"You all saw it, this lineup of the Spurs just doesn't want us to make the playoffs at all!" D'Antoni took a deep breath and continued: "Think about what we went through in the first half of the season. Losing streaks, injuries, ...... Everyone thinks the Lakers are finished, and everyone knows that the Lakers can't make the playoffs! But now, we've got one foot on the playoffs! ”

"But they're going to close the door to the playoffs! They don't want us in! D'Antoni pointed to the Spurs on the other side, and then roared: "Would you like to?" Will you be willing? Do you want to be so humiliated and locked out of the playoffs? Do you want to watch all your previous efforts go to naught at this moment? ”

"Nope! We can't be slaughtered! D'Antoni himself replied, his voice suddenly rising to the top, and even his expression became hideous. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

"The more they don't want us to make the playoffs, the more we want to get into the playoffs! Once I only went from 16 wins to 32 losses, we were sentenced to death by everyone! But now that we're alive, we're going to tell the world that we're going to do a miracle! An unprecedented miracle! ”

At this moment, the emotions of the Lakers were completely mobilized.

Not just D'Antoni, but everyone in the team, especially those who have experienced the first half of the season, are excited, and they recall that they suffered a series of painful defeats in the first half of the season, and now they are about to come to an end, only to encounter such a roadblock as Spurs.

"Kill San Antonio!"

"We will win!" The Lakers' morale was immediately high.

……

The Memphis, Mavericks and Grizzlies game entered its first official timeout.

"Boys, I have good news for you, in San Antonio, the Spurs have all the main players! They're going to fight the Lakers! Grizzlies head coach Dave Jogle said.

Hearing the news, the Grizzlies bench, whether it is the players who are resting, or those who have no chance to play, all have their eyes lit up, the previous Grizzlies were most worried that the Spurs would let the Lakers go, after all, the Spurs are currently firmly sitting in the first position in the West, they and the Lakers are desperate, and they can't improve their rankings anymore, and the main force of the Spurs has entered the state of rotation rest as early as half a month ago.

And now, the Spurs have sent the main lineup, which shows that they are not ready to let the Lakers go.

"The Spurs are on all the main lineups, and the Lakers will lose!" Coach Joggle continued: "Our chance has come! Win this game and we'll have a chance to make the playoffs! ”

Coach Joggle doesn't need to say much, the Grizzlies players already know what to do.

For the Grizzlies, their only chance to make the playoffs is for the Lakers to lose to the Spurs and win against the Mavericks in front of them!

Meanwhile, on the bench on the other side, the Mavericks have learned the same news.

"The Spurs fielded their strongest lineup, which shows that they don't intend to let the Lakers go in the final game of the regular season, and if the Lakers lose at the same time as us, the Grizzlies across from us will be seventh in the West and we will fall to eighth in the West." Coach Carlisle continued: "Popovich certainly knows that, and they think it's easier to play us in the playoffs than it is to play the Lakers. ”

Coach Carlisle said as he looked at his players. Nowitzki, Monta-Ellis, Marion, Calderon, Carter, and others all looked solemn. Obviously, they don't want to face the Spurs in the first round of the playoffs. To be precise, there is no team in the league that wants to meet the Spurs in the first round of the playoffs.

"You don't want to run into our old enemies in the first round of the playoffs!" Coach Carlisle spoke.

As teams in Texas and playoff-level powerhouses, the Spurs and Mavericks are really a pair of old enemies. Since Duncan and Nowitzki both entered the NBA, the two have fought for almost the rest of their careers. Needless to say, the history of the playoffs alone is enough to make an NBA blockbuster.

In the 2001 playoffs, when the first round of the playoffs was a best-of-five game, and only a best-of-seven game was played in the second round, when David Robinson led the young Duncan to defeat Nowitzki, Nash and Finley 4-1 to form the Mavericks Troika, which was the first meeting between Duncan and Nowitzki in the playoffs.

In the 2003 playoffs, when the Mavericks troika was at its peak, they met the Spurs in the Western Conference Finals.

In 2006, the Mavericks troika had long since disintegrated, but the Spurs' GDP mix gradually entered a golden age, and the Spurs were the defending champions. However, in the second round of the playoffs this year, the Mavericks fought hard for seven games, and finally eliminated the Spurs at the Spurs' home court, in this series of playoffs, Duncan averaged 32 points and 11 rebounds per game, and Nowitzki averaged 27 points and 13 rebounds per game, which is a peak matchup between Nowitzki and Duncan.

In 2009, the Mavericks and Spurs met in the first round of the playoffs, which was perhaps the most suspenseful matchup between the "bulls and horses", and the injuries affected the Spurs, and the Mavericks defeated the Spurs 4-1.

In 2010, the two teams met again in the first round of the playoffs, and this time the Spurs managed to get revenge 4-2.

Without Zhang Guan, this year's Mavericks would finish eighth in the West, meet the Spurs again, and become the only team to fight the Spurs in Game 7 in this year's playoffs.

After more than ten years of fighting, Nowitzki knows very well how difficult the Spurs are to deal with and how difficult Duncan is to deal with.

"I don't want to run into Spurs in the first round! Our destiny must be in the palm of our own hands! Nowitzki clenched his fists.

In this game, if the Mavericks can beat the Grizzlies, then the Mavericks can avoid the Spurs regardless of the outcome between the Lakers and the Spurs.

……

San Antonio.

Gasol's face was hideous, he faced Duncan, who was defending with his arms high, jumped up directly, and hit the basket from the front.

Duncan looked depressed, and in his impression, Gasol rarely attacked like this.

What is wrong with Paul today? Playing so tough, when he used to play with me, he usually shot, how can he correct his strong play today? This is a little inconsistent with his usual style, is it possessed by his brother! Duncan thought to himself.

The basketball smashed into the hoop, circled around, and bounced out.

"Grab the rebound!" Duncan shouted, and Split leaned back, trying to jam his position and stop Carman behind him.

However, a powerful force came from behind Split, and Split did not stand firm, but lost his position, took a big step forward, and lost his good position.

Carman jumped high and grabbed the rebound between Split's hands and hooked it up.

"Kaman! This old guy can still jump so high! Split was slightly startled.

In fact, Kaman was born in 1982, two years younger than Da Yao, and only 32 years old this year, while Split is already 29 years old, both of them are athletes in the post-80s and 85s, and they are the same generation. It's just that Kaman has been a little lucky in the past two years, people will look fatter, and he has a big beard, plus there are some tops on his head, he looks like a person in his forties on the surface, and some people may believe that he is fifty years old.

Carman's goal was immediately greeted by a burst of cheers from the Lakers' bench, and although Thackeray had been cut, White Edged had inherited Thackeray's job well, and he was more passionate than Thackeray when he waved a towel. White Edge is already a bit ADHD, and he is also a narcissist, this kind of person is absolutely first-class in stealing the camera, and his various towel swinging skills are better than Thackeray's.

Coach Popovich frowned.

The Spurs' tactical execution was not a problem, and the players played seriously, but Popovich felt that this game was difficult to win. The opposite Lakers team fought fiercely, Gasol and Carman, veterans in their thirties, played like young men in their twenties, and those young people in their twenties were all possessed by Beverley, pestering their respective opposing players like mad dogs.

"I expected the Lakers to be desperate, but I didn't expect them to be so desperate!" Popovich suddenly felt a trace of regret in his heart, but the current Spurs are already difficult to ride.

If the Spurs just put a bunch of substitutes on the bench, it doesn't matter if they lose. But the Spurs fielded the main lineup in this game, and if they still lose, it means that they will also lose to the Lakers in the playoffs, which is a big blow to the team's confidence.

Popovich finally realized that he was using a double-edged sword that could hurt his enemies and more likely to hurt himself.

……

"Zhang Guan, three-pointer, score!"

"Zhang Guan, break through with the ball, stop jump shot, score!"

"Zhang Guan, steal Parker, fast break, ball in! Parker caught up, but he didn't dare to foul! ”

Parker thrust in his waist and looked a little depressed, this was his fourth mistake of the day.

"I'd better defend him!" Leonard handed the ball to Parker and then found Zhang Guan.

Leonard is an athlete who started out on defense, and this season Leonard has grown into a top defender, and some have even compared him to Tony Allen. But in fact, Leonard's one-on-one defensive level is still above Tony Allen. Compared to Tony Allen, Leonard is taller and has longer arms, which also gives him an advantage in defense.

When Zhang Guan held the ball, Leonard did not hesitate to sacrifice the set of "death entanglement" that he was good at.

"Zhang Guan, it's broken!" Amid the exclamations of the audience, Leonard dribbled to the Lakers' halfcourt, and then went straight to the layup!

"Whoosh!" A figure suddenly flew from behind, but grabbed the basketball in the air.

"What?" Leonard looked up in surprise, only to see that Zhang Guan had already landed.

"You can jump so high! I still underestimate Zhang Guan! Leonard calmed down, he knew that if it was someone else, his goal would definitely be scored, but Zhang Guan's physical fitness was too good, so he took the ball back again.

At the same time, Zhang Guan is also reflecting.

"Leonard deserves to be the king of steals, and he was robbed by him if he was not careful. I should have been more cautious! ”

Zhang Guan thought of this, but the movements on his feet were a little faster, and in the next second, the figure flickered, clinging to Leonard, and rushed over.

……

"Leonard can't keep up with Zhang Guan's rhythm, if even Leonard can't limit Zhang Guan, then he can only rely on the defensive strategy of the bag." Popovich's eyes narrowed slightly.

Leonard was originally a weapon prepared by Popovich for James, but now it seems that if you want to meet James, you have to pass the Zhang Guan level first.

"Is it time to leak our defensive tactics? That's for LeBron James, and if you use it now, it may not work when you play the Heat. But if you don't use it now, you will play the Lakers in the playoffs, and when the time comes, you still have to use that set of defensive tactics in the face of Zhang Guan. Caught in a rut, Popovich hesitated and called in the assistant coach.

"Inquire about the score between the Mavericks and the Grizzlies." Popovich spoke.

Soon after, the main coach came back with the news that the Mavericks and Grizzlies were tied at 73, and the two sides were evenly matched.

"The Grizzlies are very likely to lose, and if the Grizzlies lose, even if we beat the Lakers, the Lakers can still make the playoffs, and they will still meet us in the first round of the playoffs. Should we expose our tactics in advance? Popovich struggled for a while, weighed the pros and cons, and finally decided to replace the main player from the field.

……

"The Spurs made an early substitution! Duncan is out, Parker is down, Leonard is down, Green is down, Split is down! Five-for-five, is this Popovich's new tactic? The narrator spoke.

"No, it's not a new tactic, the Spurs gave up!" Another commentator continued: "The Spurs are currently down by eight points, this is the third quarter, it's not time to give up the game, is it too early to give up?" ”

"Popovich probably doesn't want to expose his tactics too much, after all, this is only the regular season, and for the Spurs, the biggest challenge comes from the playoffs!"

……

"113-110, congratulations to the Lakers for their victory, they got their ticket to the playoffs in the last minute of the regular season! Two months ago, who would have thought that it would be the Lakers who would finally make the playoffs! With a record of 16 wins and 32 losses, it is close to the bottom of the West and will be doomed to be stopped out of the playoffs! However, in the next game, they played a 33-1 record! ”

"The moment Zhang Guan joined the NBA, when he said he was going to lead the Lakers to the playoffs, we all thought Zhang Guan was telling a joke, but he really did it! He really works wonders! I think this time, Barkley is afraid that he will kiss the ass of the donkey again! ”

……

In ESPN's studio, Barkley looked embarrassed.

"What? This can get the Lakers into the playoffs, and I have to kiss the ass again! In the future, everything about Chinese players must not be talked about anymore! ”

……

The game between Memphis, Grizzlies and Mavericks has entered the overtime stage, and the news of the Lakers' 113-100 victory over the Spurs has reached the ears of head coach Jogle.

"If we lose, we still lose!" Jogel looked at the young men who were still working the field and lowered his head in frustration. The Lakers' victory over the Spurs, and the Grizzlies' struggle, has become meaningless.

……

In Los Angeles, in a mansion, Kobe Bryant walked out of the bathroom, looking at the score on the TV, but his heart boiled.

"Won, really make the playoffs!" Bryant took a deep breath, a hint of heat flashing in his eyes.

"It's time for me to come back too!"

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