Another series in the Western Conference was the Spurs vs. Kings. The two teams eliminated the Trail Blazers and the Suns with a total score of 3-1 respectively in the first round.

The Spurs eliminated the Kings 4-1 cleanly. Unfortunately, their No. 2 scorer, starting shooting guard Derek Anderson, who averaged 15.5 points per game, ended his playoff journey ahead of schedule due to injury, and could only challenge the Lakers with a remnant team.

The team that is also the core inside, the Spurs are slightly better than the Kings' Weber and Divac's combination.

The key to the victory and defeat of both sides is the starting lineup at No. 1. The famous "White Chocolate" Jason Williams is at a disadvantage against the low-key role player Antonio Daniels of the Spurs.

Williams won't play without performing. He averaged 24 minutes per game in the playoffs, scored 8.8 points, 2.3 rebounds and 2.9 assists, and shot 42.6% from the field. It's hard to see from the data that this is a point guard.

Williams can only live in the highlights and cannot fight tough battles. Although fans like him very much, the Kings boss has issued a death order and summer must trade him away.

Since the schedules of the East-West Finals cannot be too different, the Spurs and the Lakers have to wait for four teams in the East together.

Two games were played on May 18, and the two Eastern Conference series were 3-3, entering the brutal tiebreak battle.

In this game, Raptors Vince Carter scored 39 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists, Iverson made only 6 of 24 shots, 1 of 7 three-pointers, 7 of 9 free throws, and scored 20 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists.

In the fifth and second games, Iverson broke out, scoring 52 points, 7 assists, 4 steals, 54 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.

These days, a group of Aimi challenged Guo Xu on the Internet and asked him to see what the real core is. Guo Xu did not respond, and by the 18th, the group of people stopped saying a word.

Iverson is a scorer with extremely unstable performance and can easily hit his fans in the face. He scored 50+ in this game and could score 20 irons in the next game. Iverson played 71 games in the regular season, with 29 shooting percentages below 40%, and only 7 games hitting more than 50%.

On the 19th, the first game between the Lakers and the Spurs started at the Staples Center.

The Spurs have always made the 193cm big point guard Daniels start in the playoffs, and the Lakers have also adjusted the lineup. Fisher and O'clock start together, and Guo Xu comes on as the substitute and becomes the sixth man.

In the first quarter, the two sides started a defensive battle. Fisher's defense against Daniels was very successful. Kobe also easily defended veteran Terry Bert. Except for the double towers, no Spurs scored.

In the last three minutes, Popovich replaced Avery Johnson, and the Spurs needed someone to break through with the ball. Jackson immediately replaced Kobe and Guo Xu.

Guo Xu quickly took the ball and turned the "Little General" into a "Little Pawn". Now Johnson is scared when he sees him.

The Lakers led 29-17 in a single quarter.

In the second quarter, Guo Xu and Kobe appeared together to lead the substitute. The other three were Bowen, George, and Horry. The Lakers accelerated the pace of offense and defense conversion and fought back whenever they had the opportunity. Soon the Spurs substitutes broke down and widened the score gap to more than 20 points.

The Spurs' strongest lineup cannot beat the Lakers in the regular season, and now there is no chance. Popovich can only reuse Daniels on the outside. The latter allows people to see what the point guard is "the first pass" and he will not take action to give him unlimited shots.

The score difference between the two sides continued to widen in the second half, and the Lakers led by 28 points in the third quarter, entering garbage time.

Popovich was at a loss on the sidelines and could not defend against the Lakers' offense. The Spurs were in the double towers to defend the penalty area, and the mobility of playing together was too poor. Duncan had already struggled to defend O'Neal alone. Kobe and Guo Xu made a pick-and-roll breakthrough, and misplaced against Robinson was an opportunity. He attracted assisted defense and could pass the ball and assist his teammates.

At the end of the game, the Lakers beat the Spurs and got a good start to the Western Conference Finals.

"Zen Master" Phil Jackson couldn't stop smiling when he shook hands with Popovich. He felt that his luck was out of date.

Guo Xu came to him. The Lakers signed an All-Star with a minimum salary. He obviously won the game without doing anything and got the Best Coach Award. Popovich jumped up and down the sidelines, shouted after the timeout, but was useless.

There is nothing we can do about it. The Spurs' double towers can limit O'Neal's singles, but it is impossible for the outside to defend Guo Xu and Kobe.

Guo Xu pressed Johnson and Daniels on the floor and rubbed them. He scored 26 points and 6 assists in 27 minutes; Kobe scored 35 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists in 35 minutes.

After the first game, experts predicted that the Spurs would be swept by the Lakers. No team could stop the Lakers from winning the championship. Guo Xu's declaration at the press conference was not arrogant, but the truth.

If the Western Conference team cannot beat the Lakers, the Eastern Conference team will not be able to think about it. The Eastern Conference playoffs are very fierce, and the stars are scoring because they have too few scoring points and not strong lineups, so the ball rights are concentrated on the stars.

The key reason why the 76ers can win 56 this year is not their strength, but that there are too many weak teams in the Eastern Conference, and they are all playing badly except the top eight. They have to play four games in a season with many bad teams, and they are still teams that are highly favored by the league.

Another team that was highly praised by Heat Mourning was reimbursed, and Hardaway became aborted and ranked third in the Eastern Conference with 50 wins. This shows that.

The Pacers made it to the playoffs with only 40 wins, and ranked 11th in the West with 40 wins, while the Rockets were blocked from the playoffs with 45 wins.

On the 20th, the Bucks defeated the Hornets with difficulty under the leadership of the "Three Musketeers" Gentleman Sword, Big Dog, and et aliens, and won the seventh tie and advanced to the Eastern Conference Final.

If you only look at the number of stars, the Bucks are the strongest in the East. Unfortunately, their inside line is all blue-collar, and there is no one who can score, and their defense is not very good. Moreover, their lineup is not deep enough, and the strength of the starting and substitute is very different, so the score mainly depends on four people.

The Bucks are a team that cannot be developed, and the league will never support them. Who made the team build in Milwaukee?

Sam Kassel suffered a big loss in this regard. He played All-Star data in the Bucks for many consecutive seasons, but never selected for the Eastern Conference All-Stars. It was not until he was traded to the Timberwolves that he finally had an exposure...

In another game, the 76ers and the Raptors fought more fiercely, and the two sides won't decide the outcome until the last moment.

With the 76ers leading by 6 points, they didn't score a single point in the last three minutes. The Raptors had a chance to overtake, but Vince Carter missed the final buzzer-beating shot, and the Raptors lost 87 to 88 away.

This series has a very high ratings and is a classic. Few players can score 50+ in the playoffs, while Iverson and Carter scored 50+ in a total of three times, working together to contribute perhaps the most exciting star performance in NBA history.

Carter scored 50 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists and 4 blocks in the third game. Unfortunately, he was invisible in the final quarter of the tiebreak battle. He made 1 of 3 shots, 2 of 2 free throws, and only scored 4 points and 5 assists. After the game, many people on the Internet criticized him for passing too many passes and too few shots. When fighting for bayonets in the final quarter, passing is not what the core should do.

In Guo Xu's previous life, this was the best series in Carter's life.

As a very popular star, Carter has never even entered the finals. He has not even entered the Eastern Conference Finals as a core, but has only entered the Eastern Conference Finals in 10 years with the Magic. He has stayed in 6 teams, each team has been competitive, giving people the illusion that "Carter has entered the finals" or even "Carter has won the championship".
Chapter completed!