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In the second round of the Western Conference playoffs this year, the matchup between the Lakers and the Jazz can definitely be called exciting.

Before this matchup started, in fact, most fans and experts were optimistic about the Lakers.

After all, the Lakers have three very successful stars, Jokic, Leonard and Paul George. These three were the younger brothers and apprentices of Chen Xiao, Ron Howard and Wade respectively.

Just putting the names of Chen Xiao, Ron Howard and Wade together is enough to attract attention.

And these three, not only the superstars of the regular season, but also proved themselves in the playoffs.

Leonard averaged 30+ points per game in the playoffs against the Warriors last season.

Paul George and Jokic once played very well in the playoffs alongside Wade and Chen Xiao.

Therefore, these three are not regular season stars, they can really be expected.

Therefore, many people say that this series between the Lakers and the Jazz is likely to be a series of Leonard or Jokic or Paul George.

But in the end, the first five games of this series were played, but this was not the case at all. So far in this series, the gods should be Gobert...

Well, except Gobert, or maybe add a Jazz rookie Mitchell.

Gobert averaged 5 offensive rebounds per game in this series, and at the same time guarded the Jazz's inside line.

As for Mitchell, as a rookie, so far, he has averaged 28.5 points per game in five games against the Lakers, with a shooting percentage of more than 46%!

The last rookie guard who was so dangling might be Jordan.

Even Jordan's shooting percentage was a lot worse than Mitchell's.

If many people did not watch the series between the Lakers and the Jazz, they would think that the Jazz could lead the Lakers 3-2, which is the Jazz's luck.

But in fact, the Lakers can 2 to 3 Jazz, it is really lucky for the Lakers.

If it weren't for Paul George G1, 8 of 11 three-pointers, 13 of 20 in the audience, and scored 36 points efficiently.

If it weren't for Leonard G5's very controversial 16 of 22, 16 of 20 free throws, and scored 48 points, including 18 free throws in the second half.

Seriously, this series should be over.

Let's just put it this way, in Game 5, the Lakers, trailing 1-3, finished the first half on the road and trailed the Jazz by 10 points.

But as soon as the second half came up, Ingles, who was defending Leonard, got two fouls in a row, and then Gordon Hayward, who was defending Leonard, was similarly called for two fouls as soon as he came up, causing the Jazz to foul. The two best defensive players on the flank are both in foul crisis. In this game, the Lakers really explained it like this.

Of course, the second half of this game was only controversial, not a black whistle.

The referee did not favor anyone, and the whistle was balanced, but in this game, the blow was more severe, which was not good for the fiercely defensive Jazz.

It can only be said that this very controversial game is a typical away whistle game.

Well, in the NBA, most people have heard the home whistle and rarely heard the away whistle, but in fact there are.

Some referees feel that the home team is too aggressive and ferocious at home, and will use whistle to suppress them to protect the physical safety of away players.

To be honest, the Jazz in G5 really wanted to swallow the Lakers in one go, so the referee felt that there was a risk of chaos and group fights if the game went on like this, so he cooled the excitement and excitement and the crazy Jazz team.

But obviously, although G5 got away with a fluke, there are not many fans and experts who are optimistic about the Lakers' promotion until the series is played.

The gap between the two teams is huge.

Let's just put it this way, the Lakers of the new team, the current system is a singles system, but the Lakers who rely only on singles can't break the Jazz's defense at all.

Leonard playing Ingles, Paul George playing Gordon Hayward, Jokic playing Gobert, all are very difficult to play.

The Jazz seem to be the Lakers' nemesis.

Historically, when Ingalls played against Leonard, the offense basically disappeared. Leonard restrained Ingalls, but at the same time, it was not easy for Leonard to play Ingalls, because Ingalls is a A defensive player with high IQ, his talent is not that high, but he has high IQ and is very smart in defense, and Leonard's offense is also a high IQ offensive method, so a high IQ offense meets a high IQ defense, this It's hard.

Even if you lied to Ingalls, there is still Gobert in it.

Leonard did not look at the series with 48 points, but there were also two games where he shot less than 30%.

Thief suffers.

As for the group of Paul George and Gordon Hayward, Paul George is even worse, because both in history and in this time and space, the two are basically 50-50, Paul George has a slight advantage, and the two face each other. After that, there is basically no gap in grades.

Not to mention Jokic and Gobert.

Let's just put it this way, the Lakers have three strong points against the Jazz, and the strong points are not that strong.

But the Jazz's strong point is against the Lakers, and it is strong. For example, Yi Jianlian and Millsap are against Kuzma, tsk tsk, that is simply a hammer.

There is also Mitchell against Lowry. Lowry's height is too weak in front of Mitchell. Mitchell's unreasonable dry pulls really made Lowry uncomfortable.

Mitchell has strength, height, shooting, speed and breakthrough, which is really difficult for Lowry.

Historically, Mitchell's rookie season in the Jazz beat Lowry in the Raptors.

This is still the case of the Jazz and the Lakers playing singles, let's just say, the Jazz are a team that has become a system.

This team is not only the singles that Mitchell came off the bench, but also the black and white offensive system of Jordan and Yi Jianlian.

Let's just put it this way, it's hard to expect the Lakers to do much more when one of the Jazz's bench players is averaging 28.5 points per game.

Therefore, in the G6 game, many experts predicted that if the Lakers cannot open the three-pointer, the Lakers will kneel.

The two games the Lakers won, except for the controversial away whistle game, relied on Paul George's 8-of-11 three-pointers to open up the Lakers' space, let Gobert lose ground inside and out, and give the Lakers more. Offensive space.

If they can't open up the space and fall into the position like this, the Lakers will definitely not be able to beat the Jazz.

On May 10, G6 of the Lakers and the Jazz, the Lakers playing at home, just as the experts predicted, attacked three-pointers on the perimeter as soon as they came up, trying to open up space.

In the whole game, the Lakers made 44 three-pointers. You must know that in the whole game, the Lakers made only 95 shots in total. That is to say, nearly half of the Lakers’ shots were three-pointers.

But the final result was not so good. Leonard made 1 of 7 three-pointers in this game, while Paul George made 4 of 10, and Nick Young made 1 of 6, and Lowry made 1 of 5. It was Kuzma. He shot 4 of 5 3-pointers in this game. After being hammered by Yi Jianlian and Millsap for so many games, this young rookie was always on the offensive end. Without losing confidence, this game is a very smart use of Yi Jianlian and Millsap's movement not so fast, crazy moves, pocket shots.

It's just obvious that a Kuzma explosion on the offensive end certainly won't save the Lakers.

In the end, the Lakers lost to the Jazz 105-120 at home in the game of life and death in G6.

It was a big defeat.

You know, the Lakers made 27 free throws in this game, while the Jazz only made 17. This is a game at the home whistle.

In this case, I still lost 15 points, which is really unbeatable.

So after the game, the coach of the Lakers did not blame his own players. Now, the Lakers, which have not been so tacit, really couldn't beat the Jazz.

The Jazz really have been one of the strongest and most systematic teams in the West over the past few seasons, and Quin Snyder really made the Jazz into a very scary team after Sloan left.

Especially after getting Gobert, the entire Jazz team has risen to a higher level.

Therefore, after advancing to the Western Conference finals, Mr. Jerry Sloan, who was on the sidelines of Staples, was also unable to hide his tears.

It was the first time in his life that he saw the Jazz reach the Western Conference finals.

The last time the Jazz reached the Western Conference finals was in the 1997-98 season, it has been 20 years!

The last time the Jazz reached the Western Conference finals, at that time, Jordan was still in the Bulls, and the league was still in the era of the Bulls and the Jazz.

Twenty years have passed, and the entire league has undergone earth-shaking changes, but what remains the same is that the Jerry Sloan is still the soul of the Jazz team.

Therefore, after defeating the Lakers and reaching the Western Conference finals, the two 30-year-old veterans of the United Arab League and Jordan were also in tears.

Especially the United Arab League, the United Arab League is 34 years old this year. He has an incredible endurance of the yellow race. Even if he is 34 years old, his state seems to be still at his peak.

At this point, Yao Ming is not as good as the United Arab League. The reason why Dayao chose to retire at the age of 33 is because Dayao feels that his stamina can no longer keep up. This is the racial disadvantage of the yellow race. This is true There is no way.

And Chen Xiao and Alian are really rare among yellow people, especially Alian.

After all, Chen Xiao's body was transformed by plug-ins, and his stamina was locked at 100.

Therefore, it is no problem to say that the stamina of the UAE belongs to the N-year see among the yellow people, and it is a genius who is not born in the world.

Why can a mediocre Western Conference finals make the UAE so excited?

Because in the NBA, as a superstar, every round in the playoffs, the evaluation is completely different.

Some superstars can't advance to the second round for life, and some superstars can't touch the floor of the Western Conference finals for life, these will be laughed at by fans.

As a superstar, you want to not be ridiculed by the fans and gain the respect of the fans. The minimum standard is the final of the division.

As long as you can lead your team to the conference finals, there will be no fans saying things like, 'You haven't even played in the conference finals, and you're too embarrassed to call yourself a superstar.'

This is an achievement of reaching a career subsistence allowance.

As for reaching the finals, or winning the championship, this is really not something that any superstar is qualified to pursue.

At least, no fans feel that in this era dominated by the Marquette Mitsubishi, it is a necessary condition for a superstar to have a division with the Marquette Mitsubishi.

In short, reaching the Western Conference finals, for the United Arab and Jordan, their careers are considered a success.

At the same time, the Warriors and Jazz also met in the division finals for the first time.

It was also the first time that Chen Xiao and the UAE met in the division finals.

After Yao Ming retired, China's two leading players met for the division finals, which was the first time.

So, after the Jazz entered the conference finals and the Warriors joined forces, domestic fans were really excited.

As the Western Conference finals match came out, soon, the Eastern Conference finals matchup also came out.

The Bucks, the No. 1 team in the East, took the lead in reaching the finals of the division after knocking out the Nets and Wizards one after another.

The second-placed Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference and the third-placed Bobcats in the Eastern Conference struggled in the semifinals, and the Cavaliers eliminated the Bobcats 4-3.

To be fair, in last year's playoffs, if it wasn't for Jimmy Butler, the Bucks would have played the Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference finals.

And this season, without the very tough Butler, although Rose smashed Conley, the inside combination of Oden and James also smashed Cousins, Pau Gasol, and Horford's Bobcats inside team.

In the end, the Cavaliers, with a more stable offense and a more solid defense, finally defeated the Bobcats and reached the conference finals.

And this is also the Bobcats missed the finals for the sixth consecutive season after Chen Xiao left.

To be fair, this is really sad. Last season, Butler suddenly broke out because of such a sad thing, angering Cousins ​​and other teammates.

Now without Butler's spur, Rose is even more uncomfortable now.

In fact, although Rose finally stood with Cousins ​​and the others last season, he really admired Butler's courage in his heart.

As the leader of the Bobcats, he is also powerless in the face of the arduous fighting spirit of the Bobcats.

Even if Roy, the team's spiritual leader, supports him, but, seriously, the achievements of the Bobcats players are really great...

They really have no such pursuit.

Butler saw it last season that if he wants to compete for the championship, he can't stay in the Bobcats who are just passing by.

Even for the Bobcats themselves, they will not give everything for the championship. They have four championships and a dynasty. That's enough. As long as they can maintain good results and hold a good popularity, everyone can make money together. Happy, isn't it delicious?

For Cousins, UU reading www.uukanshu.com is fragrant for many successful players, and it is also fragrant for the team.

But for Ross, it's not sweet at all.

He wants a championship!

He knew very well that when he came to the Bobcats back then, his goal was to be the number one player in the league!

Curry, who was proud of him back then, is now an MVP!

And he, from the position of the first person, is even farther than Curry!

Especially Chen Xiao is already old, and he is about to give up the first person position.

With so many princes in the league waiting to take the throne, he already belongs to the backward echelon.

Rose feels he needs to talk to the team.

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