"Boss, I'm really a little uncomfortable with this training all of a sudden." Nick Yang's words pulled Liu Ren to chatter.

"If you think it's too easy, I can ask a coach to help you apply for individual training." Liu Ren said angrily.

“…… Boss, can you still have a pleasant chat! ”

"Can't!"

“……”

With the experience of the previous two years, the Lakers now have experience in the face of this situation where they swept the opponent to advance and the opponent in the second round does not know when to wait, which is to practice their strengths.

Speaking of which, don't look at D'Antoni's previous coaching experience, but he has not encountered the situation of easy promotion in the playoffs before he came to the Lakers, because he used to lead the team to only play and run, and it is not easy to make it in the playoffs, although the strength is superior, most of them are difficult to play five or six games, and grabbing seven is a common thing, for example, in the 06 playoffs, the Lakers led by Kobe Bryant alone played a 3-1, and finally turned the tables with difficulty, and was almost taken off, Therefore, in the first two years, he advanced early, and he would have a green head and make two different types of training in one day.

Now D'Antoni also understands that they are the team with the strongest theoretical power, and it should be a headache for other teams to deal with them, they relax and wait for the second round opponent to appear, and just train their own.

But when it's hard, some people complain, and when it's easy, there are people who complain.

For example, Nick Young, who likes to have nothing to do, is a little unaccustomed to training easily.

Liu Renzheng is depressed about the MVP, and the next best team doesn't know what the situation is, speaking of the record, he must be able to improve for a while, but the data is average, but it is not particularly bad.

This year's forward performance is generally average, Durant only averages 25 points per game, and Westbrook, who averages 26 points, 8 rebounds and 9 assists per game this year, has taken away a lot of shots.

You must know that Westbrook got more than 20 triple-doubles in the 14-15 season, proving that he is not worse than Durant at all, and of course he has the idea of being the boss, but his shooting rate has always been very average, with a career average of 42 percent shooting, and only 44 percent this year, you can see how miserable Durant is in the regular season this year.

James averaged 25 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists per game this year, which is much more stable than Durant and Liu Ren.

There is also Leonard, whose data is similar to Liu Ren, Leonard has improved greatly this year, averaging 23 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists per game, which is basically similar to Liu Ren's data this year, and the Spurs' record is the same as that of the Lakers.

These three people are the biggest opponents that Liu Ren wants to get a team, as for Paul George, Aldridge, and Anthony, these are either because the team's record is too average, or the team's stars have too many points and have taken the ball, and it is no problem to enter the best team, but they can't pose a threat to Liu Ren to enter the team.

This year's awards were announced earlier than in previous years, two or three days earlier.

Every year Adam Silva wants to do something big and make some changes, and this year's All-Star didn't change anything, so he began to toss again in the playoffs, and announced the best player in the regular season early, that is, the regular season, which means that in the second round, basically the best team should be released, and the small awards in the next week should almost come out.

For these small awards, the Lakers players are more concerned than last year.

Last year, the Lakers had the highest record in history, and the players' statistics were good, and many awards were already in place at the end of the regular season, just like Liu Ren's regular season MVP last season, many awards were simply unreasonable not to them.

But this year is different, the record is okay, but not the best, the player statistics are much more average than last season, there are 6 players who average double-doubles per game, and Whiteside leads in rebounds and blocks, and everyone else is average.

Winning an award, with the first time, of course, wants the second time, just like winning the championship, it is addictive for those aspiring young people, and there are too many people in the Lakers group of players who want to be great.

Antetokounmpo's goal is to be the sixth man of the year, Green and Whiteside are both the best defensive players, and both are the strongest contenders for the best defensive player, and their biggest opponents are not only each other, but also the Spurs' Leonard, and no one else is even eligible to compete except for Anthony Davis, who has exploded in statistics.

……

The playoffs continued, with the Warriors knocking out the Mavericks 4-2 and the Thunder knocking out the Clippers 4-2, and both teams began to wait for the second round to come.

One of the best things Adam Silva has done to the playoffs is the playoff schedule.

Now it's not like before, after the two teams that used to be in the second round of the match have been promoted, they will start playing directly, without waiting for another group to come out, and only when it comes to the East and West finals, they will only need to wait, which has led to a lot of teams in the East and West finals to rest for too long, it is possible that they swept twice in a row to advance, and their second round opponents also swept the opponent in the first round to advance, and then the other group of four teams all played to the tie-break, and then the team that swept in a row rested for more than ten days at once.

Now after the new rule of waiting for the other groups of opposing teams to play this round together to play the next round comes out, all teams agree, such as the Thunder and Warriors, they can rest for a few more days and wait for the Spurs and Grizzlies to decide which team will play the Lakers in the next round, instead of the two teams finishing the previous round, resting for two days, and starting to play directly before they have studied how to deal with their opponents.

In the past, it was common for teams with a large lineup advantage to abuse teams with similar overall strength, and there will be fewer cases where there is no suspense in a series.

Finally, on May 3rd, when the Cavaliers, Celtics, Knicks, and 76ers in the East were waiting for them, the seven-game battle between the Spurs and the Grizzlies finally came to an end.

This is really a round of flesh-and-blood confrontation, the Grizzlies have a group of thorns, and there are many small actions to play, and the Spurs were also a team with countless black feet back then, and the normal defense of the two teams is no longer enough, and the more they play behind, the more physical conflicts between the two teams become.

Tony Allen was overturned by Ginobili on a layup and almost fell and injured, and Tony Allen also broke Ginobili's nose with an elbow on the defensive end.

There are also Dior's flirtatious legs, Randolph's black bear iron knee, Danny Green's eyeball**, and Gasol Jr.'s white bear elbow......

It's completely back to the scene when the Spurs played the Pistons eleven years ago, and it's missing a stepping master Bowen.

Ginger is still old and spicy, ** Vicky won't say anything else, fight with him at a slow pace and drag the play, who else dares to compare with him except Larry Brown? Thibodeau had to stand on one side, but he had already passed that realm of sublimation.

In the end, the Spurs defeated the Grizzlies 91-80 in the tiebreaker to advance to the second round.

On this end, the second round of matchups is all out.

On May 4, the Warriors' home game against the Thunder will start first, and the series between the 76ers and Knicks will also start on the same day.

Immediately after the series between the No. 5 Cavaliers and the Celtics, the pair of teams that have been around since 2008 will fight to the death.

The second game of the No. 5 is the Lakers hosting the Spurs, although the two teams have the same record, but the Lakers have a 3-1 record against the Spurs in the regular season, so the Lakers have a home-court advantage.

After waiting for a week, it was finally confirmed that the opponent was the Spurs, and the Lakers players were already gearing up.

The Lakers have only one theme, and that is revenge!