NBA: James wants to team up with me

Chapter 98 swept the Nuggets in the first round. Only Wang Chong and Wade were left in the 03 class?

As expected, Anthony's first game was a miserable loss. Not only did he lose the game, but his personal data was also a mess.

Throughout the game, Anthony made 17 of 6 shots and relied on 10 of 7 free throws to barely score 19 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists. Moreover, some of these points were obtained in garbage time in the second half of the game.

In this regard, 19 points are the highest score of the Nuggets team. Miller has 15 points and Boykins has 16 points. Marcus Camby, the team's starting center, has 19 points and 8 rebounds, which is the same as Anthony's score.

Coincidentally, O'Neal also scored 19 points in this game, and he did not have as many rebounds as Camby, only 6.

It's not that O'Neal was suppressed by Camby in the game, but the lead was too big. O'Neal didn't play a few minutes in the third quarter, and only played for just over 30 minutes in the entire game, fully implementing that classic saying.

"You fell down before I even exerted any force."

O'Neal, who shot 13 of 8 from the field, already scored 17 points in the first half. In the second half, he only completed one dunk under the basket and then left the court happily to watch the excitement, highlighting his relaxed and freehand attitude.

反观坎比，前三节比赛战罢的时候只有8分4篮板入账，在最后一节的垃圾时间里却重拳出击，7投4中罚球4中3，得到11分4篮板，这才有了19分8篮板的数据。

The gap in strength inside is so huge, let alone outside.

科比20投9中，罚球10中8，得到全场最高的26分。

Wang Chong made 14 of 8 shots and scored 21 points and 5 rebounds.

Wang Chong, Kobe Bryant and O'Neal alone scored 66 points.

The only thing that makes Lakers fans feel a little worried is the other two members of the F4 combination.

Malone's performance in his first game back from injury was a bit unsatisfactory. He only scored 14 points on 3 of 7 shots in the game. Fortunately, 11 rebounds in a single game did not make his statistics too ugly.

Gary Payton scored 10 points and 4 assists on 11-of-4 shooting, and his performance was also average.

But for the 35-point victory, the performance of the two veterans didn't matter at all.

At this time, Lakers fans have not yet realized that after entering the playoffs, apart from the OK combination, the other two players, who were overtaken before the season, were completely burdensome.

In the original 03-04 season, after entering the playoffs, Payton's condition declined rapidly. In 22 playoff games, he averaged only 7.8 points and 5.3 assists per game, and his shooting percentage was 36.6%. Compared with the regular season, he was completely different. Two people.

Especially in the finals, when facing Billups of the Pistons, Payton was not as useful as Fisher. In 5 games, he averaged 4 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists, shooting 32.1% from the field, compared with 5 points, 7 rebounds and 33.3%. Ma Long's hit rate can be described as a crouching dragon and a phoenix.

The Lakers lost an upset loss to the Pistons in the Finals. Kobe Bryant's crazy move to steal the boss was partly responsible, but Marlon Payton's undercover behavior actually had a greater impact.

Therefore, entering the playoffs, Wang Chong was actually mentally prepared for Marlon and Payton to pull his hips. Anyway, now that the Lakers have one more person, it is enough to let the two of them sit on the bench. It is enough to focus on him and the OK combination of the Big Three. Against any team in the league.

In fact, even with only the OK combination, the Lakers are still a super team that has made it all the way in the Western Conference, defeating the Spurs and Timberwolves, two powerful rivals, and entering the finals.

-

After losing the first game, the Nuggets naturally wanted to win a game as much as possible to avoid being swept out.

But this kind of thing is really not something they can do if they want to.

The gap in strength between the two teams is really too big.

April 4, the second battle.

Still at the Lakers' Staples Center, the Lakers defeated the Nuggets 95:81. Although the 14-point difference was much stronger than before, they still had no power to fight back.

这场比赛科比17投11中，全场狂砍31分，同时奥尼尔也打出20分22篮板的大号两双。

<divclass="contentadv">OK combination showed off their power at the same time, making the game very easy to win.

It's just that Wang Chong didn't have many opportunities to perform in this game. He made 11 of 7 shots and only had 16 points and 4 rebounds.

After two games, the Nuggets can finally return to their home game in Denver.

As the famous home stadium of the Devils, the Nuggets are very much looking forward to winning a game at home with the advantage of the plateau climate.

But things backfired.

107:86, 102:91.

Two games, two clean wins.

The Lakers were not affected by the Nuggets' devilish home court. They simply defeated the Nuggets 4-0 and advanced to the second round of the playoffs.

The Nuggets were swept, and Anthony lost in the first round of the playoffs for the first time in his career.

In terms of his first career playoff performance, Anthony's performance can only be described as terrible.

In 4 games, he averaged 15 points and 8 rebounds per game, while shooting only 32.8% from the field.

Obviously, Anthony is not used to the surge in intensity of the playoffs. Although he has outstanding abilities and full potential, Anthony is ultimately just a first-year rookie.

Wang Chong's performance in the first round was also quite satisfactory.

He averaged 16.8 points per game, which was significantly lower than during the regular season. However, his shooting percentage did not drop as sharply as Anthony did, and remained at around 50%. The drop in scoring was only due to the fact that the number of shots taken was lower than during the regular season. Just decay.

Entering the playoffs, veterans who have proven themselves are definitely more trustworthy than newcomers who are not stable enough.

After the OK combination entered the playoffs, their average shots per game increased to a certain extent. Moreover, the Nuggets themselves were not strong enough. The Lakers clocked out in the third quarter in two games, including Wang Chong, who did not play for too long and did not score much. This is also normal.

The Lakers sweeping the Nuggets is not big news. After all, there are not a few teams that have swept their opponents in the first round of the playoffs.

In addition to the Lakers in the Western Conference, the Spurs also swept the Grizzlies 4-0 to enter the second round.

In the East, the Pacers also swept the Celtics, ranked eighth in the Eastern Conference, 4-0, and the Nets swept the New York Knicks 4-0.

There were a total of eight matchups between the East and West in the first round, half of which were swept 4:0, which shows how big the gap in strength between the teams is.

It is worth mentioning that the Heat defeated the Hornets 4:3 in the first round, and Wade also entered the second round, surpassing Anthony and following in the footsteps of Wang Chong.

In the 7 games of the first round, Wade averaged 15.4 points, 4 rebounds and 5.6 assists per game. The statistics are closer to Wang Chong and Anthony, but his 42.4% field goal percentage is still a bit better than Anthony.

After the first round of the playoffs, only three rookie players in the 03 lottery are still fighting, namely Wang Chong of the Lakers, Wade of the Heat and Milicic of the Pistons... Well, in the end It's okay not to mention one. After all, he had no chance to play in the Pistons. He only played 34 games in the regular season, averaging 4.7 minutes per game and 1.4 points and 1.3 rebounds.

季后赛首轮活塞4:1击败雄鹿，米利西奇仅出战1场比赛，并且出场时间仅3分钟，得到1分0篮板0助攻的100分成绩后，便继续稳坐冷板凳。

No one continues to pay attention to this talented European center who once pushed Anthony to the third pick and even had the opportunity to threaten James' status as the top pick.