On April 21, the second leg of the first round of the playoffs began, and the Utah Jazz sat at the home "Energy Solutions Arena" to face the first-round opponent Houston Rockets.

Maddy scored a game-high 23 points and had 13 rebounds and nine assists as the Rockets missed out on a triple-double for the first time in their playoff career, but that wasn't the point, the point was that he only scored one point in the final quarter.

Rockets other players, Bobby. Jackson had 18 points, Scola had 14 points and eight rebounds, Battier had 10 points, backup point guard Brooks had 11 points, and the rest of the bench was all out of sorts.

The scores in the fourth quarter were: 26-17, 21-24, 22-26, 21-17

In NBA history, there are very few teams that have fallen behind 0-2 to turn the tables, and the Rockets have been cornered.

With two home games in a row, the Jazz will undoubtedly have a much easier trip to Houston.

Delong. Williams had 22 points and five assists. Okure 16 points and 16 rebounds, Carlos. Boozer scored 13 points, and the last game was played by Andre. Kirilenko scored just three points today.

The only good news for the Rockets right now is that the Jazz are not good at playing on the road, and maybe the Rockets can return to Houston to win back two cities with home-court advantage, but overall, the Rockets have reached the edge of the cliff.

Domestic fans are in mourning, their two home teams, the Rockets and the Clippers, are now in extremely bad shape, and it is not good that the two brothers are going home to fish together.

On the same day, the Clippers' local rivals also played the second game of the first round against the Dallas Mavericks.

The Lakers relied on Paul in their opening game. Gasol and Kobe Bryant played well to win the game, and they continued to sit at home today, as the Lakers fought to extend their lead; The Mavericks couldn't withstand the Lakers' offense in the opening game, and their defense had quite a few problems. Continuing to visit Staples today, they will try to pull one back.

Paul. Gasol scored 36 points, 16 rebounds and 8 assists in the first game, becoming a well-deserved dominant. After the game, the Dallas Morning News expressed its disappointment with the Mavericks, writing that Gasol could not be restrained and that the Mavericks would inevitably go home early.

The Dallas media even angrily denounced Kidd for sabotage. said that if you want to win, you must strengthen the attack, and Mr. 20 million can't only score in single digits every game.

It wasn't for nothing that the Dallas media attacked Kidd, and after losing the first game, Nowitzki thought after the game that Kidd had taken all of his assists, while Kidd thought his rebounds had been taken away by Nowitzki......

After his 100th triple-double in the regular season, Kidd was still teasing Nowitzki: "I'm happy that Dirk only had one triple-double. I have two more zeros than him. ”

I thought it was a joke between teammates, but everyone didn't expect that when the Mavericks arrived in the playoffs, this ridicule seemed to have changed its flavor.

The media was unanimously unanimous about the Mavericks' second game, and the game was the opposite. In today's game, the Mavericks played well in the first half at least and defended well, especially Kidd did a good job of playing Fisher and Kobe Bryant's positions, which is why they were able to lead the Lakers by 12 points at halftime.

But at the beginning of the second half, Phil. Jackson changed his tactics to make their No. 24 superstar more aggressive, and that's when Kobe really started to explode. He scored 16 points and dished out four assists in the first quarter to give his team a four-point lead at the end of the third quarter.

The final result left Cuban, who had come to watch the game on a charter flight, disappointed, and the Los Angeles Lakers extended their lead at home. Let the Dallas people swallow the bitter fruit of defeat again, and at this moment in the fishing list, China's three highs are not alone for the time being.

Not only did Bryant contribute a double-double today, he scored 19 more points in the final quarter, and 35 points in the second half helped the Lakers beat the Dallas Mavericks 122-109 at home, giving the Lakers a 2-0 lead in the first round of the playoffs. The third game between the two sides will be moved to Dallas.

For the Lakers, Kobe Bryant had 48 points, 10 assists and four rebounds, and Gasol had 18 points and 10 rebounds. Wharton scored 18 points and Fisher had 10. Jujacic had nine points, Bynum had eight points and six rebounds, and Odom was plagued by foul trouble and he had just four points, six assists and four rebounds.

The Mavericks' Nowitzki had 31 points and 10 rebounds. Kidd had 10 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists. Howard 23 points and 6 rebounds, Jason. John Terry had 21 points, Buss had 15 and Dampier had six points and 11 rebounds.

In the East, the Celtics led the Atlanta Hawks 2-0, and in the eyes of the media, the Hawks were out of the game, with the Green Shirts winning both games by more than 20 points, and limiting the Hawks' scoring to 77 points in the second game, which made Atlanta fans have no hope, and they can't fill such a huge gap in strength even if they return to their home court.

The Detroit Pistons also lead the Philadelphia 76ers 2-0. Since Brand's arrival, the strength of the Motor City has risen instead of declining, and they, like the Green Shirts, have won both home games.

Many pundits in the media can't wait to jump out, and they conclude that there will be a lot of sweeping series in the East and West this year.

On April 22, the second leg of the first round continues, and today the Los Angeles Clippers will face the San Antonio Spurs again on the road, and the Phoenix Suns will also play the New Orleans Hornets on the road.

"We lost to ourselves the day before yesterday and we gave them a win." At the press conference of the second game, Ji Guoyi still refused to admit defeat lightly, and in the first game, due to the trouble of fouling on his back, he could not be more aggressive in defense.

The twin brother was also a glance, and he was talking about being careful to avoid getting into a foul crisis before the first game, but his words unfortunately came true in the game, and the panda brother was also fouled for six fouls in the last two minutes of the game, and the two of them were in foul trouble and were the main factor in the Clippers' loss in the first game.

Ji Guoyi shouted before the game: "The last game was our first playoffs, they won't succeed in this game again, we will definitely win away from home, that despicable old man washes his neck and waits for me!" ”

In the first game, Duncan was not whistled for a foul on Ji Guosha's chrysanthemum, and the Clippers of course protested to the league after the game. However, it was eventually rejected as insufficient evidence.

Duncan was asked before the game how he felt about that foul, and Shi Buddha faced the camera with a rare sense of humor, still expressionless and said: "It feels very cool!" ”

Dunleavy Sr. spent the whole day yesterday discussing countermeasures with the coaching staff, they had already lost the first game, and if they couldn't win the second game. It's okay to want Kurohachi to secretly think about it in his heart, saying it will only make people laugh off their big teeth! So this is the game they have to win, and they have to come up with new countermeasures to deal with the scheming Vic.

In the last game, Dunleavy Sr. fell to the bottom at every turn in on-the-spot command, and pre-game expectations were rarely met on the field, which made him criticized by the damned Los Angeles media for a day after the game. This is what the media like to do the most.

The current situation of the Lakers and Clippers is equivalent to the difference between heaven and hell, especially after they take a 2-0 lead, Lakers fans are now the happiest side, and there is nothing happier than seeing their sworn enemies unlucky and themselves in good shape.

The Clippers are better off being swept by the Spurs. That's a real delight!

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At 18:15 on the evening of the 22nd, 15 minutes before the start of the game.

In the away locker room of the AT&T Center Arena, Dunleavy Sr. said to the players with a solemn face: "We all know that not many people are optimistic about us in Los Angeles, and the Lakers have accumulated championship rings for decades, in exchange for our incomparable popularity." They are now aristocratic lords, and they think they can look at us condescendingly. But because of this, we can't show jokes to people who want us to fail. They think we're going to be swept and we're going to make it to the Western Conference Finals! Lads. No one is an aristocrat from the start, and since the Lakers can be an aristocracy, so can we! ”

Old Dunleavy has a good ability to open his eyes and talk nonsense, he himself is obviously a Lakers fan, and he is still a guy who wants to return to the Lakers all the time, and it is estimated that the Zen master will retire as soon as he retires. Kupchak could have brought him in with a hook of his fingers, and such a person could say such a thing to a Clippers player. The thickness of the skin can be compared with that of the fox brother.

Ji Guozhi was very disdainful of his coach in his heart, but he stood up with everyone and shouted: "Fight to the Western Conference Finals...... Kill the noble lord...... Down with the US imperialists...... Defeat Su Xiu...... Down with the reactionaries of all countries!"

All right. The last sentence was shouted by Ji Guosha in Chinese, fortunately, no one knew what it meant, otherwise a group of capital teammates in the locker room would have to pick the skin!

When the Clippers played, the 20,000 Spurs fans in the AT&T Center Arena once again greeted them with a frenzied home atmosphere, and the two brothers had just walked out of the players' tunnel, and the boos were already overwhelming, and even the players' conversations with each other were affected.

There are no changes to the starters on either side today, Tony. Parker appeared on the field with a protective mask, and it seemed that the French sports car was not absent from this race.

* Vicky released smoke bombs everywhere before the game, such as "Parker has a broken nose and needs to rest for at least a week", and even "Parker is reimbursed, end the playoffs early...... But old Dunleavy is not stupid, he didn't believe this unreliable rumor at all, how to prepare and how to prepare.

The Spurs' tactics of sacrificing Duncan in the last game to fulfill Parker and Ginobili made Dunleavy Sr. secretly worried, because they could also use this trick.

In addition to the twins, the Clippers also have Billups and Artest can play a big role on the offensive end, which can be seen from the last few minutes of the last game, when the twins were both sent off, and Billups and Artest still led the team to fight back, and their staffing is better than that of the Spurs.

Today, the two brothers had fewer tasks on the offensive end, with Dunleavy Sr. asking them to focus most of their efforts on rebounding and defense and playmaking, leaving more of Artest and Billups on the offensive end.

Ji Guoyi is naturally very unhappy with this request, he doesn't think that he will be inferior to Artest and Billups on the offensive end, is this looking down on him?

The game was broadcast live by TNT, and before the game began, Kenny. "At the beginning of this season, I thought of the Clippers with injuries, and they have been running out of luck with injuries one after another," Smith said. However, there is a saying in China that good and bad depend on each other, which means that bad things can lead to good results. Sure enough, the birth of the twins this season made them stronger than before after a series of bad luck. ”

Charles. Barkley laughed: "They lost the first game, which was expected. The Clippers have a lot of question marks right now, but basketball is changing surprisingly fast, and if you get a few important players in the right place at the right time, the fate of the team will change, just ask the Celtics. ”

In the CCTV live broadcast room, Master Reason is giving advice to the Clippers, unlike the old Dunleavy who plans to sacrifice the twins, Master Reason goes the opposite way, thinking that the last loss is completely because Artest and Billups did not restrict Parker and Ginobili enough, especially the beast should play more actively on the defensive end, anyway, losing has absolutely nothing to do with the twins.

Master Reasonable actually wants to say that Artest will play more savagely, as the first villain of the Clippers team, at this time there should be "if you dare to break through, I will abolish your momentum", at least he should make this look, once the breakthrough player has scruples, the threat should be reduced by 30%.

The atmosphere between the two teams was not so friendly before the game, and the Clippers' Little Foxes almost scrapped their most handsome player in the first game, which made Spurs fans immediately put the Clippers' annoying Cheng Dù behind the Suns and Mavericks, ranking higher than the Rockets and Jazz.

In the opening jumping ball, Ji Guoqiu defeated Duncan for the second time, and Shi Buddha was no longer the opponent of the twins.

The Clippers opened the first offense, and the twins set up two walls in front and back to Billups according to the requirements of the elder Dunleavy, who broke into the restricted area with the help of cover and scored two points with a board throw, and the Clippers took the lead again.

*Vicky reacted very sharply, the twins rarely did this in the last game like they had just done, what did the guy on the other side want to do?

The offensive end of the Spurs has also changed, the same move must not be used to the old, especially in the face of difficult opponents, the old move is easy to be slapped in the face, there are changes to make the opponent overwhelmed, several sets of tactics back and forth to make the opponent unable to defend.

Duncan acted as the opening arrow of the Spurs, Shi Fo's first attack was very resolute, and the Clippers players continued to use the bag clip against him, but Duncan still resolutely attacked the basket, and turned around to play the board in the restricted area against Ji Guoqiu's defense. (To be continued) R466