Chapter 294: A good start

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Qin Yan was in the first playoff game of his life, well, the overall performance was good.

At least he contributed a lot of firepower to the Spurs on the offensive end, and Qin Yan contributed a lot to the Spurs when they were able to score so many points in the third quarter.

Moreover, as an excellent containment officer, Qin Yan successfully pulled Kobe's firepower, let Kobe Bryant attack against him for so long, and forced Kobe to go off the court to rest for a while.

Especially because Kobe Bryant single-handedly occupied a lot of the Lakers' shooting rights, and the rest of the Lakers were quite miserable, in the second half of the opening period, first Howard, then Kobe, these two took turns to contract the team's offensive rights.

Of course, Howard is a bit miserable, after all, he is a guy who is completely blocked by the Spurs' tactics, and he was purely delayed today, not only was he caught to death, but also caused his teammates to follow him on the court.

It can be said that it was precisely because Howard was killed by the Spurs that the Spurs were able to take a double-digit lead, and then Qin Yan had the opportunity to win the right to fire unlimited in the first playoff game of his life.

Kobe Bryant is different, although he is the main attacker on the court, but he can score, and he can also attract the Spurs' bag and provide opportunities for his teammates, although this opportunity is not so much, but at least it is better than nothing.

However, after Kobe Bryant went to rest, it was somewhat ironic that Gasol led the team quite well, at least the team's offense was smooth, everyone was involved, and no one was playing soy sauce.

It's a pity that Gasol's opponent is the Spurs, and the Spurs' old rogue substitute is really not blown, Ginobili, a super sixth man at the Hall of Fame level, has a better ability to lead the team!

What's more, in addition to Ginobili, the Spurs also have Maddie, Mills, Dior and other good players who can grab points, when Qin Yan is present, they are all the best helpers of Qin Yan, and when Qin Yan is off the field, these people will show their true colors like wolves and tigers, and they will go crazy to grab points.

Nonsense, it's not okay if you don't grab points, the old man gave Qin Yan unlimited right to fire, as long as Qin Yan is present, everyone will serve him unconditionally.

If you want to get good data in the first game, you can only take advantage of Qin Yan's end. But fortunately, the coach gave face, and after Qin Yan went crazy for half the court, he directly pressed Qin Yan on the bench to cool down.

Otherwise, the rest of the Spurs will be a bit ugly today.

As for the Lakers, Howard went on a strike today, yes, since he was blocked by the Spurs in the first quarter and then kicked off the court by the coach, he went on strike.

It should be said that he refused to play again.

D'Antoni didn't discuss with Howard about playing again during the game, but Howard kept his head shut and refused to answer, cold and violent, because Howard felt that his state was no longer in this game, and there was not much point in playing again, so it was better to save some effort and keep the next game.

Then at halftime, Howard refused to return to the bench, and he just stayed in the locker room and didn't play!

D'Antoni can't do anything with Howard, because he is not a coach of the level of Jackson, Popovich, or Riley after all, he is just close. So Howard doesn't have much awe for him, it's just that sometimes he needs some scene work to deal with.

So Howard refuses to play, and D'Antoni can't help it, what else? Quarrel on the spot? Don't you think the Lakers haven't had enough mess this year? This year, D'Antoni's reputation is almost rotten, and everyone says that he played a good deck of cards poorly, and it was his fate that he was not expelled halfway!

And at the same time, many people questioned the fact that he won the best coach by running and bombing, and everyone felt that D'Antoni hugged Nash's thigh, not D'Antoni who made Nash, but Nash who made him.

In fact, D'Antoni also wanted to quit halfway this year, but because his beloved apprentice Nash was still there, he felt that he would be more sorry for Nash if he left halfway, so he kept patient.

Look at what happened in this first game, a so-called No. 1 center actually went on strike, and there was an active No. 1 scorer who played one-on-one heads-up with the future No. 1 scorer opposite, even if he did recover some points, but the team still tragically fell behind.

When Kobe Bryant fought until his legs were weak and had to go off the court, D'Antoni knew that the general trend had gone, although there was still more than a quarter of game time, but when D'Antoni looked at a group of wolf-like guys with light in his eyes on the opposite side, in fact, from the heart, he had given up.

In the first game, the Lakers were gone.

It can be said that when one of the team's generals and the coach wants to give up, they are really lacking in skills.

Kobe Bryant couldn't sit still and kept asking to return to the court, but D'Antoni looked at Kobe's legs that were still shaking unconsciously, and he decisively refused.

Instead of letting him play at this time to consume in vain, it is really better to give up this time, and then go back and wake up some people in the team, and then fight for victory in the next game.

After all, as long as they can win one of their first two games, the Lakers will crack the Spurs' home-court advantage.

Without Kobe Bryant, without Howard, Gasol and Nash led a group of remnants of the Lakers to defeat, and they couldn't stop the Spurs' old hooligan bench at all.

Kobe Bryant sat on the bench, watching the team's score getting bigger and bigger, and he couldn't help the team on the court, he really couldn't bear to watch.

Then, Bryant left before the end of the fourth quarter, covering his head with a large towel, and Bryant also walked to the locker room.

And his departure announced that the Lakers had given up this game.

At 110:85, a full 25-point gap, the Lakers lost the first game of the 2012-2013 season in San Antonio!

On the other hand, the Spurs, in this season's playoffs, got off to a good start!

Qin Yan, with 30 points, ushered in the first playoff victory of his career!

Although he allowed Kobe Bryant to score 38 points, Qin Yan's first playoff game was able to score 30 points, which was already very good.

As Popovich said after the game: "The whole team worked together and united as one, so we could achieve this happy victory!" โ€

Coach D'Antoni was very silent in the post-game press conference, he took all the blame on himself and did not explain too much about Kobe Bryant and Howard's early departure.

Some reporters even believe that Coach D'Antoni is ready to be fired at any time.

But no matter how sorry the Lakers are, Spurs players and fans can start celebrating Game 1 wins.

After all, after winning a good start, the team's confidence and fighting spirit will only be even higher!