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Chapter 1133 Oklahoma Youth Guards (Part [-])
For various reasons, when the Clippers, the third in the West, met the Nuggets, the sixth in the West, in the first round of the playoffs, almost no one was optimistic about the former.

Even if the Clippers have a better regular season record and a more complete lineup, it won't help.

Almost [-]% of experts and analysts believe that the Nuggets will enter the Western Conference semifinals.

Especially after the Nuggets' big away win in the first game, there are more and more such predictions.

But Lan Shengli led the Clippers to surprise everyone again.

After losing one game first, the Clippers made great efforts to win four games in a row, directly eliminated the Nuggets at the Staples Center, and won the first round.

The momentum of the Clippers like a tiger descending the mountain also surprised many people.

A team without an All-Star player, a team whose first five players are all playoff debuts, and even the coach is a rookie in the playoffs, unexpectedly eliminated the Nuggets 4:1. The NBA, and even the hottest news in the American sports circle.

And Lan Shengli has also become the hottest figure at the moment.

You know, the Clippers were considered unable to enter the playoffs before this season, and could only hover on the edge of the lottery zone.

However, through Lan Shengli's training and training this season, the Clippers have reached the Western Conference semifinals and have become the Western Conference semifinals.

In the powerful west, such results are good enough.

But for Lan Shengli, who always maintains a "hunger", everything seems to be just the beginning.

"Entering the playoffs, we have completed the mission of the season and won the first round. We can say that we have exceeded the mission. In this case, why don't we continue to win~?!, I don't want to go too far , I just want to say, we can win more~!!"

"So, let's put away the joy of winning the series and wait for the semi-final opponent to appear~!!"

Lan Shengli said earnestly to the players in the locker room.

"Remember what I told you before this series started~?!"

Lan Shengli asked.

The team members looked at each other, as if they didn't quite remember.

"Keep calm, stay positive, stay focused, it's the playoffs, it's another level, it's a normal basketball game, don't forget what I said before, we don't have to prove to anyone, we just have to focus The game itself is enough, many of us have never had playoff experience before, including me, so I know you will have a process of adaptation, I hope this process can be shortened as much as possible, I hope Players with playoff experience in the team can play a greater role, we must defend the home court and defend our territory~!!!”

Lan Shengli repeated it word for word.

"My God~, this is the ability of Berkeley's top students~, this memory is too good~"

Harden listened, shaking his head and sighing.

Although Harden may not be sure whether Lan Shengli's words are the original words, but this is not important anymore.

"Now we have done it, we have done what many people think we can't do, we have never wanted to prove anything, but through the results, we have proved that the Clippers are not soft persimmons~!!"

Lan Shengli continued to speak.

"Crack clap clap ~!!!"

When the players and the coaching staff heard this, they immediately started applauding, adding to the atmosphere.

"Next we have to wait for the arrival of our opponents. Whether it is the Mavericks or the Trail Blazers, I have great confidence in you and our coaching staff. Or what I said just now, since we have reached the semifinals , let’s make our journey longer and more challenging~!”

Lan Shengli continued to talk to the players.

Injecting this kind of motivation will definitely make the Clippers better prepare for the next game.

Because the other three groups of first-round matchups have not yet had results, so ~, the Clippers have thus become the first team to advance in the first round of the Western Conference.

This is something unimaginable before the start of the playoffs, but it happened so real.

This is the NBA, this is the charm of basketball.

Because the ball is round, everything is possible.

"Congratulations!!"

In the passageway of the arena here, the general manager said to Lan Shengli.

"Haha, same joy, same joy~!"

Lan Shengli said with a smile.

"To be honest, even now that we have confirmed that we will enter the second round, I still feel that all this is really too unrealistic, it is really like a dream~!!"

The general manager said with a smile on his face.

"Then let this dream last longer~!!, until dawn~!!"

Lan Shengli replied.

"Haha~!!, I hope so too~!!"

The general manager laughed and sighed.

As a young coach, Lan Shengli has thoroughly proved his ability in this series. I believe that in the future games, no opponent will dare to underestimate the Clippers and Lan Shengli.

Looking at the entire league, there is not only Lan Shengli as a young coach, Brooks, who was once Lan Shengli's mentor, is also a young coach, and he is also leading the team in the playoffs.

As I said just now, only the Clippers and Nuggets are over in the first round of the playoffs in the West, and the other three groups are still in progress.

The Thunder, led by Brooks, have already led the defending champion Lakers 2:1.

In the first game, the Thunder's "four young men" composed of Durant, Westbrook, Ibaka and Evans made a big fuss at the Staples Center.

In the first game, they won the away game and regained the home court advantage.

Let the Lakers' journey to defend their title in the playoffs get off to a bad start.

However, in the second game, the Lakers quickly adjusted, and Kobe stepped forward to take over the game. With Kobe's strong performance of 40+ points, the "M~V~P~!! "In the voice, the Lakers won the second game, and the total score of the series was tied 1:1.

The defending champions are already showing signs of recovery.

And often the fourth and fifth series are the most understandable and the most anxious. After all, the close regular season rankings of the two sides show the balanced strength of the two sides.

This situation was confirmed in the third game.

The two teams played inextricably in the third game.

"Swipe~!!!"

Bryant's turnaround jumper hit.

"Swipe~!!!"

Here Durant made a three-pointer.

The third game became a battle between Kobe and Durant.

"Beep~!!"

"Dangdang~, brush~!!"

"Yeah!!!"

(End of this chapter)