Bishop: since 1998

Chapter 75 Teams in the second round!

The Lakers, the first to advance to the next round, can leisurely spy on other teams' matches.

Sure enough, the Spurs became more and more champions, and eliminated the Suns with a score of 3 to 1.

In the first two games, the Spurs easily ground the Suns to death. In the third game, the Spurs' perimeter was blocked by the Suns led by Kidd. Mario Eli made 12 of 2 shots, Cole made 5 of 0 shots, and the Suns Team wins one game.

The match between the Trail Blazers and the Kings was initially thought to be a one-sided situation.

Unexpectedly, the Kings' Princeton system tactics are amazing.

In the second game, the smooth offense broke the Trail Blazers.

In the third game, the Blazers slowed down their pace and wanted to use defense to kill the Kings. As a result, the Kings were very tenacious and narrowly beat the Trail Blazers by 3 points.

In the fourth quarter, the two sides played very anxiously, and the Kings once had a chance to take the game away.

However, when the star Webber was about to win the team, his mentality collapsed again.

The mistake was caught by the Trail Blazers and counterattacked, overtaking the score.

In other words, the difference between the two sides is only one point at this time, and the Kings still have a chance to kill.

However, Webb continued to lose the chain at a critical moment and chose to pass the ball. Then, Jason Williams passed the ball after receiving the ball inexplicably and broke through, directly passing the basketball out of the sideline.

Wolong and Fengwei shot together, ruining the king's chance to advance.

Back at home, the highly motivated Trail Blazers had the last laugh in the tiebreaker and advanced to the Western Conference semifinals with a score of 3 to 2, where they would face off against the Spurs.

Li Mu smiled, this is an early Western Conference Finals.

They met early as the Lakers took the top spot.

The rest is the Jazz VS Rockets. This series of matches also reached the 5th game.

In the first four games, you win one game and I win the other game.

In the fifth game, Barkley and Olajuwon Qiqi broke out, and Karl Malone alone could not stop the Rockets' two super insiders from exerting their strength at the same time.

Moreover, the Rockets have Pippen, and they have the best pick-and-roll defense player in the league.

As a result, the Rockets had the last laugh, beating the Jazz 3-2 and advancing to the Western Conference semifinals.

Everyone on the Lakers team, including Li Mu, thought that the Jazz would advance in the end, but they didn't expect the Rockets to burst out with small energy.

The Lakers' desire to avenge the Jazz fell through.

In the Eastern Theater, the Knicks surprised the league and achieved an incredible miracle of black eight.

With a score of 3 to 2, the Heat team, which ranked first in the regular season in the East, was eliminated.

Will play against the Eagles, who also advanced 3-2.

In the other group, Iverson played in the playoffs for the first time, and he was better than McGrady's entire career.

In the first game, Iverson was terribly strong, with 30 points, 7 assists and 5 rebounds, winning the first game.

In the second game, Iverson was targeted and only scored 13 points and 3 assists. As a barometer for the 76ers, the 76ers lost to the Magic.

Next, in the third game, Iverson played a god-level performance, scoring 33 points, 10 steals, 5 assists and 5 rebounds, directly using 10 steals, and the Magic collapsed.

In the fourth game, Iverson could be even stronger, scoring 37 points and 9 assists, leading the 76ers to a 3-1 score, eliminating the Magic and advancing to the second round.

They will be playing against the Pacers, who swept the Bucks' Ray Allen, Cassell and Robinson 3-0 cleanly.

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The Lakers determined that their next opponent is the Rockets.

Before the game, media commentators were not optimistic about the Rockets.

Don't ask, if you ask, the Rockets were defeated in the regular season.

The record of the two sides fighting is 4 to 0.

The Lakers are 4 and the Rockets are 0.

Moreover, the Rockets have to lose about 30 points on average.

The gap between the two lineups is too obvious, even if the veteran is good at working hard and good at playing in the playoffs.

The Rockets are not favored.

The Lakers also looked very relaxed.

Compared to playing against the Rockets, Li Mu and the Lakers paid more attention to this year's honor.

How to put it, the Lakers also played an amazing record, there should be a lot of personal honors.

The first to be revealed is the list of the best team and the best defensive team.

The best teams of the 98/98 season were Kidd, Iverson, Duncan, Mourning and O'Neal.

For the best second team, the Lakers have Kobe selected. The list is Payton, Kobe, Hill, Malone, and Webber.

The best defensive first team, the Lakers are all in ink.

Duncan, Kidd, Payton, Pippen, Malone, Mourning.

Good guy, instead of 5 people, 6 people were selected, which shows that the competition is very fierce.

The best defensive second team, and no Lakers players were selected.

They are, Mucci Blaylock, PJ Brown, Eddie Jones, Theo Ratliff and Mutombo.

Bo Wen and Da Ben were not even selected for the best defensive second team, which made Li Mu feel very disappointed.

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Los Angeles, Great Western Forum.

July 5, night.

In the Western Conference semifinals, the Lakers VS Rockets started.

On the big screen in the arena, the starting lineups of both sides were displayed.

Li Mu made a steady wave, decided to strengthen the defense, and played the Iron Squad out of the field.

Billups, Kobe, Bowen, Big Ben, O'Neal.

The Rockets started with 5 players, which is also an iron lineup.

Dixon, Mobley, Pippen, Barkley, Olajuwon.

beep~~
In the jump ball, O'Neal beat Olajuwon and scored the first attack for the Lakers.

Billups dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, broke through and made a three-pointer.

"The Lakers are too messy, just take a shot." Mike Breen shook his head.

He knew that the Lakers were strong, but, Xia Ji... No, if they played blindly, it might ruin the good situation.

The Rockets, those three superstars, are real products, none of them are watery.

Bang-dang-!
Billups made a shot, and the iron basket flew out.

Big Ben bounced well, overwhelmed Barkley, and got the rebound.

Landed, continued to bounce, and with a bang, grabbed the rebound directly on Flying Pig's head, and at the same time, dunked the basketball into the hoop.

0 to 2! !
Barkley's face was very serious. When the Rockets attacked, they immediately got stuck and asked for the ball.

Pippen knew Barkley was on fire.

Without disturbing Barkley's interest, he passed the basketball in.

After catching the ball, Barkley sat with his back and buttocks, and began to arch step by step.

Big Ben's talent for showing strength didn't give Barkley the face of his ass, and didn't let him show it off.

Barkley is not a star who can't play without his butt.

Turn your back and shake your shoulders to the right and left, take a step back, and pull the ball up.

Big Ben Springman generally flew up in front of him.

With almost no sight of the basket, Barkley relied on his feeling to lean back and stay in the air as much as possible.

Before Big Ben landed, the basketball had already flown to the basket.

Swish-!
At the same time as the basketball fell into the basket, a whistle sounded, and the referee called Da Ben the thug for a foul.

This is a start 2+1! !
Da Ben had just performed amazingly, but in the end, when he turned around, he gave him another big gift.

Barkley was not relentless, and made a steady hit from the free throw line, scoring a 3-pointer.

3 to 2! !
Offensive and defensive transition, the Lakers attack.

Billups didn't make any more waves, and hoisted the basketball into the interior steadily.

O'Neill sat back to catch the ball, and suddenly made a hard chisel.

Bang-!
Olajuwon took half a step back.

Continue to return to defense.

Bang-!
The big truck-like collision came again, but fortunately, Barkley came.

O'Neal came to the sweet spot, and immediately after turning around, Olajuwon and Barkley were sandwiched into a sandwich.

O'Neill struggled, feeling the sharpness of Barkley's elbow.

Throwing the basketball obediently, Billups regained the basket and quickly transferred it to Kobe.

Taking a quick step, Kobe made a sudden stop and made a jump shot...

Mobley, who is 1 meters tall, failed to become a top shooting guard. The disadvantage is his body.

He couldn't prevent such an attack at all, so he could only resign himself to fate.

Bang-dang-!
Kobe Bryant voted iron life.

We hit hard with iron.

"what!

The state of the Lakers is not normal, and the outside line has made consecutive shots.

The position of the head coach is still too far behind. At this time, Rice should go, and this ball has it. "

"It was Big Ben again, he grabbed the rebound very well, clicked in the air, bounced continuously, and took the basketball down.

After landing, Barkley cut the ball.

Foul, Barkley seems a little anxious! "

On the court, the Lakers still had the ball, served from the sideline, and Billups handed the basketball to Kobe.

After a move or two, Kobe didn't play and handed the basketball to O'Neal.

Bang-!
O'Neal tried his best at the first collision, knocked Olajuwon into the air, turned around and made a basket.

Bang-dang-!
Dunk with both hands, the whole body is hanging on the basket.

3 to 4! !
Off the court, Rockets coach Tomjanovich frowned.

The Lakers' inside line actually had an absolute upper hand at the start.

This is definitely not good news.

Even if the Lakers' outside team is on the line.

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(End of this chapter)