Chapter 426 Lin Han, the most special one
"Congratulations to Lin Han, congratulations to the Lakers, for this team, this is a perfect series, congratulations to them for becoming the first team to enter the second round of the playoffs this season!"
The Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Warriors away and swept the Warriors to enter the second round of the playoffs with a score of 3-0. Although most people had such an estimate before the game, for example, as the commentator of this game, whether it was Larry Bird or Collins, they predicted that the Lakers could defeat the Warriors away when predicting the game, but even so, the Lakers won this game so easily and the winning of this series is still incredible.
Especially the Warriors players did not make many mistakes in this round of the series. The Warriors head coach Harris' performance was even wonderful, but even so, the Lakers still defeated the Warriors extremely easily!
This result also made many experts who predicted that this series would be a very difficult series before the start of this round of series, and it was quite embarrassing at this time. Even before the start of this round of series, Larry Bird and Collins actually believed that the showdown between the Lakers and the Warriors was suspense, but in the end, it was such a result.
The reason for such a result is that the Warriors, who are considered to have the top four abilities in the Western Conference, lose so easily, is naturally because of Lin Han's crazy suppression of the Warriors in this round of the series.
"Although we all knew that Lin Han could have a certain effect on the Warriors before this series, we really didn't expect the effect of restraint to be so obvious. This is a typical player-first series. In front of a great player, all the efforts and strategies of the Warriors have turned into nothingness."
So. When the Warriors fans in the entire arena burst into booing after the game, when all the reporters and media on the scene were cheering for Lin Han and the Lakers. As the commentator of this game, Larry Bird's eyes were all on Lin Han at this time.
After the former Celtic legendary player finished speaking, Collins beside him was also nodding wildly.
This is a very typical player-first series, and Collins agrees with Larry Bird's conclusion.
Many people know that because NBA is a commercial league, in NBA, the status of players in a team is higher than that of many other roles. Generally speaking, the star players of a team are higher than the head coach or general manager of the team. Especially those superstar players who can change the situation of the game with their own strength, their status is even infinitely equivalent to the boss of the team, and can be regarded as co-governing the team with the boss of the team.
It is precisely for this reason that the NBA's head coach has always been despised by the NCAA's head coach. Except for the few NBA coaches who can be better than players in status, most NBA coaches actually have no status in the professional coaching circle of the United States.
For these NBA coaches, of course, they are very clear about their situation. As long as they are a coach with pursuit, they will not allow such things to exist for a long time. Unfortunately, most NBA coaches want to gain a higher status than the team's star players, but often, the final result of their requests is quite bad.
Because in many NBA games, the final victory is often not determined by the team's head coach, but by the players of both sides. When the opponent has a star or superstar player who can completely suppress himself, even if the head coach is excellent, the final result is quite tragic. In this case, it is easy to imagine the difficulty of these NBA coaches want to obtain the same status as these star players.
In the end, as time goes by, as more and more games are being played in NBA games, these NBA head coaches have lost the ambition to have a higher status. In addition to a small number of people, most coaches have recognized the fact that players are more important than coaches in NBA.
And this game and this round of series are the most typical examples of a star player deciding on a round of series!
When such a game occurs, it is quite unacceptable for the teams who lose, especially for the head coaches who lose. So when the game ends, when Larry Bird and Collins look at the head coach of the Warriors, the head coach of the Warriors has been standing on the sidelines almost since the end of the game. This is completely different from Lin Han who has been celebrating with his teammates on the court.
"Although this is indeed a series in which players decide the outcome of the game, it is very rare that a player has such a huge influence."
As the former coach of the NBA, Collins's eyes were more complicated when he looked at Lin Han at this time, and his sympathy for Harris was even more obvious.
"So, before this series, we all underestimated Lin Han's strength and dominance"
After Collins finished speaking with some emotion, Larry Bird also said with a smile.
Everyone underestimated Lin Han's dominance and strength. Collins agreed with such a conclusion, and even in his opinion, Harris agreed at this time.
"What a shocking guy"
Finally, after looking at the crazy celebration with his teammate, Lin Han, who was being interviewed by TV, also said with a helpless smile.
As the live commentator of this game, Lin Han's performance in this round of the series was quite shocking. At this time, as the protagonist of this game, Lin Han didn't have much thought at this time, or, for the current Lakers, it is a very happy thing to enter the next round with such a relaxed attitude.
At least for Lakers players, especially for young Lakers players, both Williams, Harvey, Van Eksel and Eddie Jones were very excited at this time.
"Boss, I really didn't expect that the second round of the playoffs for the first time in my career will be today. When I entered the NBA, I always calculated how many years it would take for me to break through the first round of the playoffs. I really didn't expect that this would be the result now."
As Lin Han's younger brother, Eddie Jones is probably the most excited player at this time. After all, as a rookie player, he was able to enter the second round of the playoffs in the first season of his career, and he achieved this achievement as the team's starting player, which is even more rare.
Don’t think that breaking through the first round in the NBA is an easy task. It is very difficult in terms of the number of teams. There are now 27 teams in the entire league, and there are 8 teams entering the second round, which is 8 in the probability of being 87, and there is not even a third of the probability. Many NBA players and even star players may not be able to enter the second round of the playoffs as the starter in their entire lives.
Now, Eddie Jones has completed such a breakthrough in just his first season. As for all the rookies this season, besides Eddie Jones, the Spurs's only Jaylen Rose, who entered the second round as a starter, is probably the only super rookies like Hill, Kidd and David Robinson who can't even enter the playoffs.
Like last season, Chris Webber Linhan and Hardaway entered the second round of the playoffs as the core of the team. It was almost a rare scene in the NBA for decades.
And more importantly, the Lakers are able to enter the second round this season, which is also Lin Han’s first breakthrough that he has led a single core team. This is even more significant for Lin Han personally.
Before the start of this season, as the most concerned trade this season, the Lakers have been criticized for having traded Lin Han. Even though Lin Han's performance in the regular season was extremely outrageous, it can even be said that the Jazz have regretted it extremely. However, if Lin Han really succeeded in the Lakers, this may not be necessary, because everyone doesn't know what Lin Han will perform in the playoffs.
Therefore, even though Lin Han's performance in the regular season is worthy of his value, it is still difficult to confirm the final evaluation of Lin Han's big deal like Lin Han's seemingly successful. Now, after Lin Han's single-core leads the Lakers to complete the first round of the playoffs, this is also officially announcing Lin Han's success with the Lakers.
Therefore, when the game ended, when everyone's eyes were on Lin Han and the Lakers players, Jerry West's mood was not worse than Lin Han at all in the audience, and he was also quite excited. Even when the game was still a while away, the Lakers general manager had already stood up to applaud the Lakers.
Of course, in addition to Jerry West and the young players of the Lakers, such as Wilkins, Rodman and the Magic, who have rich experience in the playoffs, have already broken through the first round more than once, and are in a good mood at this time.
The only people in the entire arena are probably in a very bad mood.
As the team that played at home in this game, this game was also their last game of the season. In this case, after losing in this game, these Warriors players could not leave the game early after losing.
Faced with the booing of all the fans, these Warriors players were almost bent on the bullet and kept bowing and apologizing to the fans around them. As the team's head coach, Harris, was also in a very complicated mood and kept looking at Lin Han. This round of series was a shame for the Warriors. As a team that has always claimed to be ambition to win, they were eventually eliminated by others in the first round, and were swept by the opponent at home, which was a bit embarrassing.
If it wasn't for this home court, if it wasn't for this last game, these Warriors players would want to go directly into the player channel after the game was over and wouldn't come out.
"Hahahaha, boss, these guys were so arrogant before the start of this series. What about now? In the end, they all looked like roosters who were defeated!"
Looking at the Warriors in a very bad situation at this time, Eddie Jones really didn't have any good face. Before the start of this series, the Warriors were indeed quite confident in this series. Even the head coach of this team, Harris, has repeatedly shouted out some harsh words about defeating the Lakers. Not to mention the Warriors players to defeat Lin Han. It can be said that before the start of this series, these Warriors players, especially the old players of this team, offended Lin Han and the Lakers.
Therefore, neither the Magician nor Lin Han wanted to stop Eddie Jones's blatant mockery of the Warriors' behavior at this time.
After paying homage and apology to the fans, the Warriors players who walked past the Lakers obviously heard Eddie Jones' ridicule, but at this time, they could not move at all.
They just apologized to the fans for their poor performance in this game. If they clashed with Lakers players again at this time, then they would be tragic. So, even if they wanted to fight back against Eddie Jones, at this time these Warriors players, especially the team's leading players Chris Mullin and Tim Hardaway, just glared at Lin Han and Eddie Jones, and left with a snorkeling.
Lin Han, who was stared at by Hardaway and Mulin, smiled helplessly at this time. He was at the level of being shot while lying down.
Of course, because of Lin Han's relationship, the relationship between Lakers and these old players of the Warriors is very poor. Even as a teammate of the Dream Team back then, Magic Johnson and Chris Mullin had a limited time to communicate with each other throughout the series, but it is obvious that the entire Warriors are definitely not just some players with bad relationships with Lin Han. For example, Spreville, the young player of this team, has a very good relationship with Lin Han, and is an important member of Lin Han's Western All-Star Group.
So when Mulin and Hardaway left after glaring at Lin Han fiercely, Spreville did not leave with Mulin and the others.
"Lin, congratulations. Win a great victory"
This time, the duel with Lin Han was because Lin Han played the inside all the way. The chances of Spreeville and Lin Han's direct competition were quite limited, but for the failure of this round of series, Spreeville did not find any reason and directly admitted his failure.
Lin Han was actually a little surprised to see his friend like this. Although he knew that Spreville was a very responsible player, it was also quite difficult to make this guy directly admit that his team was not as good as the other party and that his performance was not as good as the other party.
Because this guy is not only rebellious, but also a very tenacious player of the strong level. If he thinks he has the opportunity to lead the team to defeat the opponent, then the opponent will abuse him very badly, and this guy will never bow his head. Now, this guy who never bows his head easily to others actually bows to Lin Han!
Even if the relationship between the two is quite good, it is quite incredible that such a situation occurs.
If Lin Han was still a little surprised and confused at the beginning, but after taking a deep look on Spreville's face, Lin Han's heart was also a little heavy, as if he was thinking of something.
"Lat, are you ready to leave the Warriors?"
After looking at his friend deeply, Lin Han asked calmly. When Lin Han asked, Sprevill was stunned for a moment and nodded after a little surprised. Although the nodding was not very large, Lin Han could clearly see the firmness of it. It seemed that Sprevill had made plans to leave, and this plan was quite firm.
"Lin, I really envy you for being able to play in a team as great as the Lakers, and I really envy you for your ability to make an ordinary team great. I don't have the ability like you, I can't make the Warriors great, so I can only choose to leave. I've been preparing for a few days like a team showdown."
Finally, Spreville shook his head with a wry smile and said, although this guy wants to leave the Warriors and his attitude is quite firm, Lin Han can also feel that this guy is still a little reluctant to leave the Warriors.
Soon, Lin Han also got from his friend that this guy has not yet decided where he should go, or the guy has not decided yet whether to renew the contract in advance and sign it first, or choose to leave freely after the last year after the transaction.
Of course, this is indeed a very difficult choice. If the Warriors really don't want him, he chooses to sign first and then exchange. Then because the Warriors can get very good chips, it will give him some chance to choose the team independently, but if he doesn't choose to renew the contract, then Spreville, who only has one year contract, has little trading value. No one is a fool, who will give a big offer to a player with only one year contract. Even Lin Han, if he had only one year contract last season, the trading value would not be as big as the Lakers' team.
Therefore, if this kid doesn't renew his contract, the Warriors will definitely choose a team for him to maximize their interests, and the chances of going to the garbage team are quite high. Fortunately, this kid only has one year left in the contract, and even if he goes to the garbage team, he will not be too afraid. At most, it will be equivalent to wasting a year of time.
It is precisely because he has not yet determined which route he chose to leave, that Spreville has not yet had any commitment to Mutombo, which also makes Lin Han feel a little relieved. Mutombo is not in good condition now with the Nuggets. Although the atmosphere in the team is much better than that of the Warriors, although Mutombo still performs well this year's playoffs, he lost the magicality of last season's playoffs. The Nuggets he led are no match for the Spurs at all. Compared with the Spurs, which have greatly strengthened this season, the Nuggets, which have not changed much this season, do not have much ambitions. There are differences between the players and management of the team on how the team will develop in the future.
So. Mutombo had previously expressed to Lin Han that he wanted to leave another environment and go to a more ambitious team. When both of them wanted to leave, they must have a connection. However, because both of them were still hesitating about how to leave in a way, it was difficult for these two to say what they promised each other even if they were in contact. So Lin Han didn't have to worry that after these two people made a commitment, Lin Han would lose the opportunity to pursue Mutombo.
Of course, these little thoughts in Lin Han's mind were impossible for Spreville to know. No one knew about his plan to recruit Mutombo to the Lakers.
Therefore, when Spreville left, looking at the somewhat lonely back of the Warriors player, the Lakers players beside Lin Han were also quite moved.
"I really didn't expect that Rut would have such an experience in the team. If it were not the boss but Dennis who were in power at the time, our situation wouldn't be much better than him, right?"
After Lin Han's younger brother Eddie Jones subconsciously sighed, all the Lakers players who were already a little sighing were quiet at this time, and the faces of Lakers players such as Rodman and Ruffin became a little embarrassed.
After finishing speaking, Eddie Jones seemed to notice that he was a little confused, and finally patted his head a little embarrassedly.
"Dennis, don't care, Eddie didn't mean that"
Finally, after retracting his gaze from Spreville, Lin Han pretended to glar at Eddie Jones with some viciousness and said to Rodman apologetically.
"Eddie is right. If I had let me control the Lakers' locker room, they would have been more miserable than Spreville's situation. I wouldn't have let them go."
"So, Lin, is a very special NBA player, or you are the most incredible NBA player I have ever seen. You are very strong, but you don't understand the rules of NBA at all."
Just when Lin Han and the Lakers players were a little surprised by Rodman's words, the Lakers inside player glanced at his former younger brothers, such as Rufen and Ellis, and left.
Since being conquered by Lin Han, this is the first time Rodman has shown his emotions when facing Lin Han!
After Rodman left, when Lin Han and other Lakers players came to their senses, everyone's expressions were a little different at this time. Lin Han smiled bitterly at this time, while Eddie Jones and Lin Han's loyal little brothers were a little dissatisfied with Rodman's behavior, thinking that this guy was going crazy and ready to rebel again. As for those who were just glanced at Rodman, such as Rufen and Ellis, they were almost all grateful when they looked at Lin Han.
"Lin, congratulations, Dennis seems to have given up on his plan to take revenge on you."
At this moment, when many Lin Han's younger brothers gritted their teeth at Rodman who was a little crazy just now, as the team's head coach, Magic Johnson actually smiled at this time. After he finished speaking, Lin Han, who was a little helpless, was stunned for a little, and nodded his head almost lit up, and a smile appeared on his face.
Although Rodman was very honest in the team after being overwhelmed by Lin Han, Lin Han could feel that this guy was actually very unwilling to accept it.
In fact, this is also very normal. Not to mention Rodman's bad temper, even Lin Han himself, if he encounters Rodman's situation, he may have the same choice.
However, even though he knew Rodman was unwilling to give up at that time, even if he knew Rodman had been waiting for an opportunity to revenge Lin Han, Lin Han was not worried because he believed that he would never give Rodman such a chance. In fact, it was true. As Lin Han's performance in the NBA became better and better and his status in the team became higher and higher, Rodman had almost no power to resist, so even if this guy wanted to take revenge on Lin Han, he could only wait.
However, even though Rodman did not have the chance to take revenge on Lin Han, this guy's idea still exists, which can be regarded as a relatively small time bomb. Now, this time bomb seems to have been removed.
“It seems like this summer is another busy summer.”
At this time, Lin Han, who was in a good mood, looked at the audience around the Warriors' home court and said with a smile. After saying that, Lin Han followed Rodman's footsteps and left the stadium with a smile on his face.
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The Los Angeles Lakers swept the Warriors, who were ranked seventh in the West, and advanced to the second round of the Western Conference with a score of 3-0 in the first round. This round of the series played quite quickly. The Warriors had almost no resistance when facing the Lakers. On the same day, in another Western Conference playoff game, the Spurs, who was third in the West, also defeated the Nuggets, who were ranked sixth in the West, 98-91 away. The future of the league center Mutombo ended up defeating David Robinson, one of the four major centers in the league, and his team was also swept 3-0 by the Spurs.
At this point, the first group of duels in the second round of the West also occurred in advance!
The Los Angeles Lakers will face their old rival Spurs in the second round! (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, the novel is better, updated and faster!
Chapter completed!