On the other hand, the sixth game between the Lakers and the Mavericks went through two overtimes and ended with the Lakers' defeat. These two teams really dragged the series to Game 7.

Although the Lakers are only ranked fourth in the Western Conference in the regular season, the two Los Angeles teams have always been considered popular in the Western Conference Finals. Kobe is still recognized as one of the best players in the NBA. Many people hope to stage the Western Conference Finals battle between the Lakers and the Clippers.

However, when the Lakers were forced to the 7th game by the Mavericks, the Clippers were still as strong as the Rockets and Suns advanced 4:1. The Cavaliers and Magic in the East also swept their opponents. There are only two giant teams in the entire league, the Lakers and the Celtics, who are still struggling for their respective division semi-finals, so more and more people are beginning to question whether the Lakers and the Celtics are still an excellent team?

However, fans of the two teams disdained this. When the Rockets won two consecutive championships, the whole process was even more difficult. Didn’t they become the final winner?

So what does that sentence mean - never underestimate the heart of a champion.

On May 1, the seventh game between the Lakers and the Mavericks, espn pre-match report: There is no doubt that in terms of strength, the Lakers are stronger, but what they lack is their stable performance in every game, which is also the reason why the Lakers are difficult to become Western Conference champions. They lack the dominance like the Clippers, and this is a necessary quality for every dynasty team. The ok combination back then had this attribute, but the Lakers now do not. Kobe's stability is not as stable as O'Neal, so he needs a partner who plays a steady role. Unfortunately, Gasol is difficult to gain the upper hand against the Panda brother. This is why the Lakers always lose to the Clippers."

Lakers fans are naturally complaining about Gasol now. They think Kobe will definitely not be worse than the Fox brother. Then the reason why he can't beat his neighbors is naturally due to Gasol. His sister-in-law is always soft. If it were O'Neal or Duncan, the result would definitely be different.

Of course, it still has to be the peak Duncan and O'Neal.

The Los Angeles Times naturally stands on the side of the Lakers. They believe that Kobe has more experience in "Trick Seven" than any Mavericks player. He has played 5 "Trick Seven" and averaged 27.5 points, 7.8 rebounds and 5 assists per game. The team's record is 3 wins and 2 losses. In the past 6 games, Marion of the Mavericks' defense has been very successful against Kobe. He has made Kobe's shooting percentage only 42.8%. However, Kobe has the tradition of breaking out in the "Trick Seven" battle, and Marion will be under greater defensive pressure.

Although Da Bendan rebelled and became a Clippers fan, Da Bendan still hoped that the Lakers could win in the match between the Lakers and the Clippers. He believed that the Lakers still needed Byron and Davis to regain his touch, and he had to beat the old Kidd, instead of only getting one more point than the Old Demon in six games. If he dared to do this, the Lakers would be done.

Jason Terry has always been one of the best sixth men in the league. He has contributed an average of 25 points in three games against the Lakers and has a shooting percentage of up to 55%. The Lakers must strengthen their defense against Terry. If Terry can still play such a crazy offensive performance in the seventh game, the Lakers' situation is not good.

On May 1, the Lakers finally let go of their pride and arrogance in the seventh life-and-death battle and firmly insisted on their strategy of attacking the inside.

Gasol has never been trusted in the Lakers. He, the so-called inside core, is not even ranked in the top three in the team per game, and is even behind Kobe and Davis, which makes him no chance to show his own characteristics.

But what's interesting is that once the Lakers lose, everyone will find the Spaniard as soon as possible and attack their sister-in-law for being too soft, and her sister-in-law is not good, and her sister-in-law is undercover...

Ji Guomeng was very immoral when he evaluated Kobe. He believed that Kobe was the enhanced version of Ginobili, and the former had stronger athletic ability and physical strength. As a result, this offended two people at once. The Argentinian secretly scolded himself for why he was not as good as Kobe, and why did he become the poor version of Kobe? Kobe also secretly hated that he obviously surpassed Jordan's great superstar, so why did he become the enhanced version of the sixth person?

In the tiebreak between the Lakers and the Mavericks, the enhanced version of Ginobili and Ruan Ron's sister-in-law's performance was not very good, but the Lakers still won the game. The winner was Tyson Chandler, the center with the name of a boxing champion, was plagued by the inside line last season by back injury, but Chandler has actually returned to his peak level this season. His defense against the Polish Hammers in this game can be said to be completely unscathed. The Lakers' inside line is solid under Chandler's performance, but the Mavericks' outside shooting is just like shooting, so a feast of iron shots is presented to fans.

For the Lakers, Kobe made 6 of 22, Davis made 5 of 15, Gasol made 5 of 12, and Odom made 3 of 8. The entire Lakers players seemed to be playing with gloves.

The Mavericks' iron-striking skills are not very good. Nowitzki made 6 of 18, Terry made 4 of 20, Marion made 3 of 10, and Kidd made 2 of 10.

Well, here we are, why did the Mavericks lose today? The answer is already very obvious. The Lakers used their defense to make their opponents more iron than themselves, thus making it difficult to win the final semi-final entry for the league.

The Dallas were eliminated in dismay, and the Mavericks became the eighth team to bid farewell to the playoffs.

Cuban, who was ambitious this season, once again reaped the bitter fruit of failure. The reason is that the Mavericks actually know that when your center is not as good as your opponent and the inside defense becomes a shortcoming, it is just a luxury to win.

The Mavericks are already a strong team, but they are still missing the last puzzle to win the championship. The Poles are doing well, but if they want to win the championship, they need a real inside gate. But now there are not many such players in the entire league, so Cuban looked at Chandler, who scored 12 points, 15 rebounds and 4 blocks in the seventh game, wondering if there is a chance to grab food from the Lakers.

The Lakers finally breathed a sigh of relief at this time. If they were eliminated in the first round, they would be shameless to face the elders of Jiangdong. Especially with such a strong comparison between the Clippers, the Clippers' support in Luocheng might have exceeded 40%.

After the regular season this year, the Los Angeles Times conducted a routine survey and found that the Clippers' approval rating reached a new high in Los Angeles, rising to a 38% support rate in one fell swoop.

Although the Lakers continue to lead with 62%, the results of another survey are not optimistic about the Lakers, because among the fans born in the 1990s, the support ratings of the two teams are almost the same, which means that the Clippers are grabbing young fans, and these young fans represent the future.

If the Clippers can continue to suppress the Lakers in the next ten years, then in ten years, the Clippers' approval rating may catch up with the Lakers, which is the current crisis for the Lakers. It may not take ten years. If this continues, in just three or five years, the Lakers' approval rating in Los Angeles may not be able to suppress the Clippers.

Of course, five years, ten years and other things... are all things in the future. The Lakers have more imminent challenges. In the seventh game against the Mavericks, although the Lakers won the game, the process seemed very difficult. Now for the Lakers, how to find their state as soon as possible is a problem they urgently need to solve. Whether it is coach Phil Jackson, or core Kobe Bryant, they all believe that it is cruel to encounter the Clippers in the semi-finals. One of the two teams with the strength to win the championship must be eliminated in the semi-finals.

On May 1, the East-West semi-final matchup table was released, with the West being the Los Angeles Clippers vs. Los Angeles Lakers, Houston Rockets vs. Phoenix Suns; in the East, the Cleveland Cavaliers vs. Boston Celtics, Orlando Magic vs. Atlanta Hawks.

The game between the Lakers and the Clippers is undoubtedly the focus of the battle. I don’t know how many times the Los Angeles derby has been held, but it has attracted most of the attention of fans. Will the Clippers still win this time?

Faced with this question, Lakers fans are very confident. When asked how the Lakers will perform in the playoffs, Kobe also showed some helplessness and dissatisfaction. "I can't be sure, I don't know," Kobe admitted, "The team is very strange at the moment, a bit unpredictable. I don't know how everyone's performance will be tomorrow, so I can't answer." Obviously, Kobe is dissatisfied with the team's ups and downs this season. They can win 15 consecutive victories in the season and lose to the Kings, a league-recognized bottom team like the Pacers.

This problem was fully reflected after the All-Star Game. The Lakers made adjustments at that time, so they achieved a record of 15 consecutive victories. But when people think that the Lakers have entered the playoff mode, the team strangely suffered a five-game losing streak, which is too embarrassing. Especially compared with the Clippers' 34 consecutive victories, how can they achieve this result?

Why has Kobe been so low-key this season? Of course, it is because the team's record has made him not confident to talk to the dead fox. The dead fox will definitely catch things that are difficult for ordinary people to mention and repeatedly poke the wounds.

Feier Jackson, who looks much older, also admitted: "Our team ended the regular season in a fluctuating state. The last 25 games are a bit incomprehensible. We can win a winning streak, but we can also experience a five-game losing streak." At the same time, the Zen master also emphasized: "We have not gotten rid of this phenomenon in the playoffs, so we were almost eliminated by the Mavericks, but if we still perform like this in the defending champion, we will not have any chance."

The Zen master said was not a smoke bomb, nor was it a sign of weakness in the enemy. Instead, he was really worried that the team would suddenly lose its state as he won the first round, and he would never have such a situation in the face of the Clippers, otherwise it would be hard to say whether he would be swept.
Chapter completed!