On May 14, the Lakers and Hornets played Game 6.

In an interview before the game, the last game was an excellent David. West recalled: "Karim. Abdul. Abdul-Jabbar is an absolute idol for me, he's one of the few players I've always looked up to, and I am amazed by the way he plays and the way he approaches the game. ”

West's words made Lakers fans very comfortable to listen to, but now Abdul-Jabbar's apprentice Bynum does not have the demeanor of his own master at all, and the name of "An Pig" is a big shame for Abdul-Jabbar, after all, this is his only apprentice.

Hornets coach Byron. Scott said of his beloved disciples: "When David starts playing, it's hard for anyone to stop him. ”

In the fifth game of the Hornets' 102-81 victory over the Lakers, David . West's 39 points, 14 rebounds and 5 blocks were extremely brave, and it can be regarded as one of the brightest performances of this year's playoffs. A forward like Garnett has never done this, and the only interior player who is better than him is the Fox brother who scored 45 points against the Jazz.

Ji Guoyi won 40+ twice in the two rounds of the playoffs, and the domestic media and fans have called them superstars, and even American fans who are particularly picky about Chinese players have to admit that the twins' table xiàn is already the table of the top all-stars, and then they are superstars.

The Lakers and Hornets are still 3-2, the latter won one game, but the situation is still not optimistic. Paul said: "If we want to qualify, we have to make the most of our home game and win our sixth home game. Throughout the 2nd round of the playoffs, the eight teams won an average of 90% of their home games. It can be seen that the home court advantage is obvious, and we are confident that we can beat the Lakers at home. ”

The Purple and Gold are coming to the home court of the Hornets, and they can only rely on Kobe and Gasol, which is the way out for the Purple and Gold. Gasol is one of the most underrated players in the NBA today, when faced with a life-or-death test. He's going to show his quality.

But Lakers fans are not so optimistic, looking back at the first five games of this series, Gasol has averaged only 13 points on three away games, while two home games have averaged 22 points, and Gasol now has to solve one thing, which is that he must play better on the road. Otherwise, the Lakers would not be able to defeat the Hornets with Kobe Bryant alone.

Gasol's struggle this round was forced by Tyson. Chandler's defense, in the first round against the Mavericks, Nowitzki defended the Spaniards, and the two European interior lines exploded each other on the court. The second round against the Hornets was different, and the king was very tall. Defensively tough, he rarely needs teammates to complete the defense against Gasol, so it will be difficult for the Lakers to get open 3-point opportunities on the perimeter. Still, once Gasol gets a good position under the basket, his skill and ability can easily get Chandler into foul trouble, as in Game 4, when Gasol scored 25 points.

So the key now is Gasol's position, which requires the Lakers to adopt some tactics, and Gasol can't simply stand in a high position. Phil. Jackson's triangle offense must allow Gasol to go deeper into the low post to get the ball and use his skills to hit the Hornets inside. It's not just about dealing with the Wasps. The Clippers' Panda defense is not inferior to Chandler, and if Chandler can't be solved now, even if the Lakers advance, it will still be very troublesome to face twin Gasol at that time.

The Lakers players were resolute in Game 6, and despite being on the road, their expressions looked very grim. The last big loss made Lakers fans very dissatisfied with the team, compared to the Clippers' devastating sweep to advance. The Lakers obviously made the aristocratic fans feel very shameless, how could they let that big bad team go to the front?

The Hornets didn't dare to lose their home turf either. After the first quarter was 17:17, Kobe Bryant turned on the offensive mode, scoring 5 points with free throws, and then he assisted Gasol to score four points in a row, and the two worked together to play 9:0, and the Lakers opened the gap at 26:17.

The Lakers shot 15-of-22 from the field in the first quarter, with Kobe Bryant and Gasol scoring 10 points each, and Odom also scoring 8 points, giving the Lakers a 12-point advantage at 36-24.

The Hornets launched a counterattack in the second quarter, and with 5:35 left in the quarter, Chandler hit a shot and scored seven straight points to tie the score at 41:46, but Odom scored two three-pointers after that, and the Lakers pulled the score away. Odom hit three three-pointers in the quarter and scored nine points in the quarter as the Lakers led 58-51 at halftime.

After the start of the second half, the Lakers played a defensive role and gradually pulled the score away.

In the last five minutes of the quarter, the Hornets only had Chandler dunk for two points, and the Lakers ended the quarter with a 10-2 run, leading by 15 points at 78-63 after three quarters, and the Hornets shot only 6 of 20 in the quarter.

Just one minute into the final quarter, Wharton Jr. hit two 3-pointers in a row, and the Hornets trailed by 21 points at 63:84.

In the final five minutes of the final game, Bryant made a picturesque step-back jumper to give the Lakers a 24-point lead over the Hornets at 89:65. A minute later, Scott had no choice but to replace all the main players, and the last four minutes were more than 20 points behind, and they could not turn the tables around, and the game entered "garbage time".

In the end, the Lakers defeated the Hornets 100-80 and successfully advanced to the next round on the road.

Bryant. Bryant had 30 points and seven assists. Gasol contributed 18 points and 10 rebounds, and Lamar contributed 18 points and 10 rebounds. Odom had 16 points and nine rebounds, while Bynum still didn't play well, with only four points and six rebounds.

Chris. Paul had 21 points, 8 assists and 6 rebounds. West 16 points and 8 rebounds, Tyson. Chandler had 14 points and 9 rebounds. Stojakovic 13 points.

After the game, TNT's famous "Big Mouth" commentator Charles Murphy commentator. Barkley wrote an article claiming that the Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers will meet in the Western Conference Finals. Stern must have smiled better than Phil. Jackson is sweeter.

Conspiracy? Absolutely not, the Lakers and Clippers are the two best teams in the Western Conference this playoffs.

Even better, who would have thought before the season that the Lakers and Clippers would go this far?

So, which team will have the last laugh?

Charles. Barkley was unruly and said, "I'm bullish on the Clippers, but the Lakers have a chance. However, the Purple and Gold will eliminate the Clippers if they want to. They need to play perfect basketball to have any hope of reaching the Finals, they need Kobe Bryant and Gasol to play well in every game, Odom and Bynum to make solid contributions, they need high shooting percentage and low turnover, they have no room for error, and the Clippers have a chance to win even if the twins don't play very well, and they still have Mr. Key and the Beast.

The Lakers have two major advantages over the Clippers: 1. Kobe Bryant and 2. Phil Jackson.

Kobe Bryant is the most perfect player in the league today. No one on the Clippers can limit his play, Kobe Bryant can score anywhere, and his strong will is unmatched. He also wanted to move at the beginning of the season and was full of grievances against the team, and the Lakers fans even booed him in the first game of the preseason, and of course, I booed him. But after the start of the training camp. Mr. MVP quickly got into battle mode and seemed to say, "I'm going to put a bit of unhappiness behind me, and as long as I'm with the Lakers, I'm going to give it my all to lead the team forward!" ”

Secondly, in the coaching session, Phil. Jackson is the best psychiatrist. Come on, the Zen master has led the team to win the NBA championship nine times, and the elder Dunleavy is a good coach and a good person, and you have to give him enough respect, but he has always been at a disadvantage when it comes to dealing with *vic, who is on the same level as the Zen master.

The two teams are in the coaching session, Phil. Jackson's advantage is very clear, he can touch the hearts of the players. The fourth game of the Hornet series. At one point, when the Lakers trailed by 17 points, Phil pinned Kobe, Gasol and Odom all under the court, allowing the bench players to focus on recovering the score. This is completely genius coaching, master-level motivational tactics, if you change to other coaches, I'm afraid you would have yelled a long time ago, "Kobe, hurry up and play for me!" "But Phil. Jackson instilled confidence in the bench players in such a magical way.

But the Lakers' disadvantages are also obvious. The Clippers have taken the initiative in almost every position in the starting lineup, and the only possible opponent the Lakers have an advantage in is the shooting guard. Whether it's Posey or Mobley, against Kobe. Bryant probably won't take advantage of anything.

The Lakers' hidden advantage could also be home-court advantage. They could get seven home games, and if you take that into account, the Lakers' winning percentage would increase a lot.

At the post-game press conference after the Lakers advanced, for the upcoming Western Conference Finals, Zen master Phil. "It's very exciting to be able to play against a team from the same city in the Western Conference Finals," Jackson said. The playoffs have come this far and we finally have the Clippers. ”

Similarly, Bryant was also happy that the opponent was the Clippers, and he excitedly told reporters: "We got our hands on ourselves and gave a lot of great games!" It's great that we're back in the Western Conference Finals again, and it's great that our opponent is the Clippers! ”

Dajia can understand Kobe's excitement, since the "big shark" O'Neal left the Lakers, the Purple and Gold Army has experienced a very difficult period, although Kobe Bryant is still an unstoppable killer on the court, but the Lakers' record is not ideal. This season, the Lakers have once again made fans feel like they are kings, and under Kobe's leadership, they have an impressive 8-3 record in the playoffs this season.

On the other hand, when the Western Conference Finals met the Lakers, the whole Clippers team still maintained a frightening calm, although the Clippers players were not particularly excited, but there was a huge amount of energy hidden under the calm.

"Neurotic, it's no wonder we're not calm, we've been waiting for a week, and the excitement has long passed. But playing against the Lakers is just amazing, Kobe Bryant is at the peak of his competitive career, don't think I'm going to praise him, I mean beating Kobe like this to show how good we are. What, predict the score? I think it's okay to finish the battle after 4 games, right? This is what Ji Guoyi said in an interview the next day, most of Los Angeles is criticizing him for being overly arrogant, and the whole Lakers team is even more excited, ready to make this dead fox look good, four games of your uncle!

On May 15, Game 7 of the Eastern Conference semifinals was played in Boston, and the Celtics continued their good performance at home, with Pierce scoring a new personal high of 42 points in this year's playoffs, and Garnett dominating the interior as they led the Celtics to a 100-92 home victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers.

The Celtics eventually eliminated the Cavaliers 4-3 to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals, where they will face the Detroit Pistons for the Eastern Conference title.

The Cleveland Cavaliers fell short, and they failed to reach the Eastern Conference Finals again.

LeBron. James scored 45 points, 8 assists and 10 rebounds for the Cavaliers, but the little emperor could not lead the Cavaliers to pass alone, and only Delonte was among his teammates. West scored in double figures to finish with 18 points. The two emperors combined to contribute a staggering 63 points, but they were powerless to recover.

So far, all four teams in the league have been decided, and the Western Conference finals will be Los Angeles Clippers vs. Los Angeles Lakers; The Eastern Conference Finals were played by the Boston Celtics vs. Detroit Pistons.

As early as before the Boston Celtics and Cleveland Cavaliers game, the Los Angeles Clippers and Los Angeles Lakers schedule has been released, the two sides of the division finals, the West will be played before the East, this year's division finals format will be 232 format, the Clippers' three home courts are connected together, such a format is actually strong for the away team.

Game 1 - 17:00 Lakers home on May 16

Game 2 - 18:30 Lakers home on May 18

Game 3 - May 21, 19:30 Clippers home

Game 4 - May 23 at 20:00 Clippers home

Game 5 - May 25 to be determined at the Clippers' home court

Game 6 - May 28 to be determined at the Lakers' home court

Game 7 - May 30 to be determined Lakers home (to be continued) R655