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Chapter 124 The first round of the playoffs ends, the Lakers advance to the second round (the last daily transition)
When the fourth quarter started, the Lakers players laughed and stood up to go on the court, but Walton's serious roar confiscated the smiles.

"Don't forget that today is the battle of Tianwang Mountain!"

"A 20-point lead doesn't necessarily mean we're going to win!"

"Continue to stay focused! If I see anyone laughing and laughing before the end of the game, get the hell out of me and go back to the locker room!"

Walton's sudden anger made the players a little confused.

But let the Lakers players calm down.

The game really isn't over yet.

Seeing the players playing obediently and taking it seriously, Wharton let out a sigh of relief.

Slightly squinting his eyes, some memories of the past came to mind.

Is the 20-point lead in the playoffs stable?For the Lakers. Not too stable.

In Game 2008 of the 4 Finals, the Lakers trailed 1-2 by a big score, and the Lakers played at home soon after the start and showed the momentum to tie the score. The lead was as high as 24 points!
But in the second half, the Celtics gradually eroded the leading advantage, and with a wave of 21 to 3 chasing points, they finally overtook the Lakers by 6 points and won the game!

Completed a big lead of 3 to 1!

This battle also became a turning point in the finals of the year.

The final outcome was that the Lakers were defeated in G6, and finally lost the finals of the year by a big score of 2 to 4.

Wharton remembered the painful lesson that a proud soldier must be defeated.

He will never forget, the night after losing that G5 game back then, he regretted so much that he couldn't sleep.

After the start of the fourth quarter.

Sure enough, the Blazers launched a crazy counterattack, as Walton expected, and they played more aggressively than the first three quarters.

The fatigue that should have appeared after three quarters of the game did not appear, and the Blazers' overall defensive and offensive moves became faster. Lillard led the Portland players, constantly looking for opportunities.

Sure enough, the 20-point lead was narrowed to 10 points in front of the Blazers' offensive climax. Lillard and CJ McCollum hit two three-pointers respectively, which became the key to chasing points.

With 4 minutes left in the fourth quarter, with Lillard making a layup, the Lakers 78-71 the Blazers, and the Lakers had a big lead with only 7 points left.

4 minutes, 7 points difference.

The suspense returned to the game. This is the "result" that was barely protected when Wharton reminded the Lakers players to stay focused.

"Never underestimate any team that can make the playoffs!"

"The Blazers showed amazing tenacity in the first half of the fourth quarter!"

"They are gradually equalizing the victory balance that has been completely dumped!"

The fans at the Staples Arena also lost their initial optimism. The fans looked worried and would not have laughed for almost the entire game today.

To cry at the end?

If it is really a big score comeback, then it is not as simple as simply crying.

The mentality will immediately jump out.

Zheng Long on the sidelines also looked ugly. In fact, the Lakers players did not play badly in the fourth quarter. It was the Blazers who played too well.

Lillard and CJ McCollum hit a couple of terrific [-]s that shouldn't have been made.

The Trail Blazers have already stood up, and the Lakers urgently need new players to stand up. The previous lead was won by the performance of Oladipo and Butler, but Oladipo hit the ball because of his physical strength. The rate began to decline, the breakthrough was no longer sharp, and Butler started to strike again!

Who else on the Lakers can stand up?

When the timeout ended and the game resumed, the answer was finally revealed.

Stand out.

The little fat man Jokic finally stood up.

"Jokic's organization at the top of the arc, fake fax shots, and sudden three-pointers! Got it!"

"Jokic leaned back against Nurkic under the basket, reached out for the ball, dribbled twice, turned around and shot! Hit the board!"

"No one in the Blazers can stop Jokic now. He is like a behemoth at the basket, crazily stirring up the Blazers' penalty area!"

"Butler missed a shot and Jokic made a tip!"

"The last minute!"

"The Lakers turned the lead back into double digits!"

"This is almost a tip-up that kills the suspense of the game!"

The home commentator roared passionately, and the fans in the arena cheered together. The last timeout called by the Blazers was more like a signal of surrender.

until now.

Walton finally sat down - he stood on the sidelines to direct the entire fourth quarter. At the same time, Walton also looked at Zheng Long and Johnson with a smile in his eyes.

Steady!

Johnson, who had been nervous for the whole game, talked to Zheng Long: "I almost thought I was going to be overturned today, it was difficult, it was too difficult."

Zheng Long had put away his initial nervousness, and said calmly, "A 20-point lead, I can't lose anyway, I never worried about it at all."

Johnson said: "Really? Then I was talking to you a few minutes ago, why did you keep staring at the field, so focused that you didn't hear it?"

Zheng Long: "."

At that time, it was the most critical time for the Blazers to chase points. I was really nervous to death, for fear that the Lakers would not be able to hold on and be defeated like a mountain.

Johnson didn't hold on to it either, he knew that Zheng Long had always been stubborn, just like his arrogant pre-match and post-match declarations.

just.

Let him pretend every time.

"Let us congratulate the Lakers for winning this crucial Tianwangshan battle at home and taking a 3-2 lead!"

"The next game, the Lakers will play away in Portland!"

"Whether the Lakers win the series 4-2 or Portland counterattacks and drags the series into the tiebreaker, we will wait and see!"

This G5 also ended with the Lakers winning without any risk.

The fans cheered heartily, and the Trail Blazers had to leave the Staples Arena unwillingly. The Lakers players also wanted to take Zheng Long to the locker room to celebrate with passion.

"It's not the time yet. I hope that in the next game, we can celebrate together in the Portland locker room."

Zheng Long declined the invitation of his teammates.

Wharton also followed Zheng Long's words and said: "Zheng Long is right. There are many series in history that came back from a 2-3 deficit."

"I know a lot of people haven't gotten over the idea of ​​the regular season."

"remember."

"Never lay down your arms until you've won 4 games!"

2017年5月3日，当全场比赛结束的汽笛声响起，湖人队最终大比分4比2淘汰开拓者后。

Zheng Long fulfilled his promise.

Celebrating wildly with teammates in the locker room.

Players danced and drank champagne in the locker room.

This way of celebrating is more like the scene after the Lakers won the finals.

For the Lakers, this is not a simple series, it has more meaning.

It means that even without Zheng Long, the No. [-] Lakers team in the regular season is by no means a fish to be slaughtered.

Butler raised the champagne and drank it down.

"No. [-] in the West should win No. [-] in the West! We should win, as it should be!"

"And in the next round of the series, Zheng Long will return!"

"This year we are bound to win the championship!"

Butler's rhetoric brought the atmosphere in the locker room to its peak, and everyone rushed to respond to Butler first.

Zheng Long also took a gulp with a smile.

I have long been tortured by not being able to play the game, and I am about to grow grass.

at last.

coming back.

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On May 2017, 5, the first round of the NBA playoffs ended.

The promotion teams in the East and the second round matchup are divided into the Cavaliers against the Raptors, the Celtics against the Wizards, and the West, the Lakers against the Rockets, and the Warriors against the Spurs.

The teams that advanced to the second round were almost all expected by the fans before the game.

Although many people were not optimistic about the Lakers before the game, most fans still believed that the Lakers could win the Trail Blazers, and they did.

What is worth mentioning is the game between the Rockets and the Clippers. The prediction before the game was evenly matched. Unexpectedly, Griffin was injured again after playing three games. The season was reimbursed. Lost in the first round once.

Regardless of the East or the West, the No. 1234 seed is promoted this time. No team has completed the next game, which is enough to show the gap between the strong and weak teams this year.

And this year's second round in the West can be described as full of highlights.

The Warriors and the Spurs, the two Western powerhouses, faced off directly, while the Lakers met their "enemy" Rockets again.

Most importantly, Zheng Long will finally usher in his playoff debut!

Although in the final game of the regular season, Zheng Long played with an injury and led the team to win the Warriors, making history. The scene of Zheng Long dragging his injured leg in the live broadcast is still vivid.

The fans also don't know whether Zheng Long has truly recovered from his injuries.

If Zheng Long has not fully recovered.

Even if the "triple kill" against the Rockets is completed in the regular season, fans don't think that the Lakers will be able to win the Rockets again in seven high-intensity games.

The winning percentage forecast given by the EPSN expert team before the game also explained everything. Even under the premise of Zheng Long's comeback, the experts only gave the Lakers a 6% winning percentage.

The probability of the Lakers winning the season has also dropped from the first place in the rankings at the end of the season to the third place.

The Warriors and Cavaliers are back in front of the Lakers.

Wharton office.

Zheng Long checked the latest expert forecast news and asked Wharton.

"So what these experts mean is that if I come back, the probability of our Lakers winning the championship has also decreased?"

Wharton scratched his head and said, "That's what it means, but if you don't make a comeback, our chances of winning the championship will be almost zero. It should be because of your injury that the chances have decreased. You don't have to worry too much about it."

Zheng Long said indifferently: "Of course I don't care. The so-called experts are just experts who think with their buttocks and like to catch people's attention."

Wharton laughed out loud when he heard Zheng Long's comments, and said, "Then ignore them. But the results of the MVP selection are coming out, why don't you look nervous at all?"

nervous?

Zheng Long was not nervous at all.

If his regular season performance and leadership results are not enough to win the regular season MVP, then those experts are not thinking with their butts, they are not thinking at all.

"If you're interested in this, head coach, maybe you can give me some advice on my MVP speech."

"Pfft. I don't have any suggestions, because I didn't even make an All-Star game when I was a player. You can ask Kobe about this."

Ask Kobe?

Zheng Long calculated the time. Tomorrow he will play against the Rockets at home, and he has no time at all.

If the NBA regular season schedule is dense enough, then the playoff schedule is ridiculously dense.

Two days a game, no extra rest time between the first round and the second round.

Basically, if you and your opponent reach G7 in the first round, even if you win the game, after a day off, the second round will be played immediately.

This is also the reason why players are often injured in the playoffs.

High-intensity competitive sports are inherently full of risk of injury. A simple sprain cannot be adjusted after a day of rest.

So -- "Injuries are always part of the game."

In many cases, in addition to fighting for state and tactics, the teams in the playoffs also fight for health.

Whoever is more patient will be able to go further.

Throughout history, those stars who have made great achievements in the NBA playoffs, without exception, are not durable.

The paper strength of the Clippers is good, but it is a team headed by two "glass stars", so it can't touch the floor of the Western Conference Finals every year.

"Let's do this first. This time we are playing the Rockets, set a small goal, and complete the sweep 4-0!"

Hearing Zheng Long's still arrogant tone, Wharton continued to smile and said: "Okay, then I will remember what you said. Tomorrow's pre-match press conference, I will point to D'Antoni's nose and say that."

"Old Bi, wait, you just surrender!"

Wharton's joke that didn't respect D'Antoni made Zheng Long laugh out loud!
"Okay, just say that. If you don't say that, I look down on you."

Wharton: "."

Wharton: "I'm just kidding. Then you can look down on it."

Unless you are crazy.

If he was really in front of the media, then he might be beaten up by D'Antoni, although his old man would definitely not be able to beat him, Wharton really thought so.

Old friend.

Zheng Long was also injured in the penultimate game of the regular season, against the Rockets.

Although it has nothing to do with the Rockets players.

But for the Lakers, this account has long been settled on the Rockets.

According to the logic of robbers, if you hadn't worked so hard to resist, would Zheng Long have been injured in order to fight?
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On May 2017, 5, the second round of the NBA playoffs, the Lakers' home game against the Rockets officially started.

Zheng Long's comeback also gave the media people a lot of material to post.

The pre-match reports alone covered the entire sports sector.

UC headlines: New fans think the Lakers are sure to beat the Rockets, old fans think the Rockets still have a chance, but experts say the key to the Rockets' victory over the Lakers is
Los Angeles Sports: Zheng Long's comeback, the lake fire battle, started four times!

Houston Express: The playoffs are the stage to really test the stars. Can Zheng Long, who is glass-like, really be able to adapt to the playoffs stage?
(End of this chapter)