Players are superstitious, and fans are superstitious too!

Will something miraculous happen in the playoffs this season?

In the next two games, the Thunder, the second-place in the West, defeated the Grizzlies 100-90 at home, and the Warriors, the third-place in the West, defeated the Clippers 109-105, instantly extinguishing the enthusiasm of Lakers fans.

Even Spurs head coach Popovich knew about such ups and downs as Lakers fans.

On April 20, before the first round of G1 between the Lakers and the Spurs started, Popovich laughed and joked.

"I understand the mood of Lakers fans, but the West and the East are different. There is only one strong team in the Knicks in the East, while there are three strong teams in the West. It is very difficult to defeat these three teams."

Popovich's words were quickly criticized.

The one who confronts Popovich is either someone else or the current assistant coach of the Lakers. I, I, please congratulate him.

"We just defeated the Spurs in the last game of the regular season. Is it difficult to defeat the Spurs? Last season, Coach D swept Popovich and the Spurs. We are not as good as Coach D and cannot sweep. It is reasonable to defeat the Spurs 4-3?"

Damn it!

At the pre-match press conference, Nash's words shocked the reporters on the scene.

Not to mention the reporters on the scene, even Popovich himself was stunned when he heard it later.

After Budenholzer came back from his shock, he sighed.

"If you don't have the life of Coach D, Nash is worthy of his reputation if you get Coach D's disease!"

Such an arrogant person is a coach who has never won an NBA game. Do you dare to believe this?

If he couldn't win a game, he would definitely stay as far as he could. He would be as cowardly as he wanted. He would be as cowardly as he wanted. How could he be like Nash?

"No matter what Nash said, as long as he doesn't show up on the court, no matter how much he says, it doesn't mean much to us!"

Popovich said after coming to his senses.

The Spurs' UCLA's fear is Nash, and Na saw through it.

Now that Nash is not on the court, Coach D is suspended again, what should the Lakers fight against the Spurs?

On April 20, the first game between the Spurs and the Lakers series, and the Spurs faced the Lakers at home.

Just as Popovich thought.

Even though the Spurs players were in poor condition in this game, although UCLA's empty cut tactic was played, the outside feel was not good, and he only scored 95 points.

But in the end, the Spurs defeated the Lakers 95-90 at home.

In this game, Duncan made 12 of 20 shots and scored a game-high 27 points.

Lao Ke, Mai Zi, Olajuwon, Roy, Olajuwon, and Yao Ming, was in a collectively poor state in this game.

Apart from Duncan, the star players' shooting percentages of the two teams are not more than 50%.

Even the Spurs are so powerful that the Lakers can't win.

What do the Lakers use to beat the Spurs?

The Spurs players were in poor form and did not make a move. Popovich was not only not unhappy, but was also very happy.

Then, something that made Popovich disgusting happen.

After the game, Nash once again came out to disgust the Spurs.

"You all say that the Spurs are the No. 1 in the West and the Lakers are the No. 8 in the West. In this game, do you feel that this is the No. 1 in the West and the No. 8 in the West?

We did lose in this game, but I feel that we are not eighth in the West, and we are second in the West!

In the next game, we will find our offensive form and defeat the Spurs!"

On April 23, after three days of rest, the second game of the series began.

The first game was finished on April 20th, and the second game was not played on April 23rd.

Such a schedule is very friendly to the Lakers.

It was equivalent to playing this game on April 20 in 7 days.

So when G2 started playing, the Lakers player who was originally in poor form took off on the spot.

Kezi made 8 of 20 shots in the game, made 4 of 10 three-pointers, scoring 26 points.

Maizi made 8 of 10 shots, 2 of 4 three-pointers, and scored 20 points.

Yao Ming made 7 of 17 shots in the game, 2 of 2 free throws, and scored 16 points.

Roy made 7 of 14 shots in the game and scored 18 points.

Olajuwon made 7 of 9 shots in the game and scored 16 points.

In this game, the Spurs also played in offensive form, with their shooting percentage and three-point shooting percentage being above 50%.

but……

Maizi was so amazing at the critical moment. He defended one-on-one and stole Ginobili and completed a layup.

In the end, he led the Lakers to defeat the Spurs 113-112.

In this game, Ginobili made 9 of 12, 5 of 6 three-pointers and 4 of 7 free throws, scoring the game's highest 27 points and 6 turnovers.

Especially the mistake at the last moment made Popovich curse directly on the sidelines.

Maizi's steal and layup really broke Popovich's defense.

At that time, the whole world thought that the Lakers would adopt foul tactics.

Only the last 12 seconds left, one point behind, the Spurs' ball rights, this must be a foul tactic!

So, why did the Lakers make such a choice?

After the game, Maizi's answer was shocked by the audience when asked this question.

"The Spurs live screen played the screen of Coach D at the last moment. I saw the coach's instructions. He touched the back of his left hand with his right hand. This was what I meant to defend and steal. Finally, you saw that I stole Ginobili's left hand with his right hand."

Damn it!

Maizi's words directly made the Holy City reporters at the scene break the defense.

It also made all the other reporters on the scene laugh.

In this game, coach D did not even have a seat ticket, only a last-row station ticket.

It is actually very obvious that the Spurs are doing this, they just don’t want Coach D to be of any help to the Lakers.

The same was true in the last game.

This is the home court of the Spurs, how can I let Coach D show?

At the last moment, he led by 1 point and the ball was still in his hands. Everyone thought that he had a high probability of winning, right?

So the live broadcasting camera also immediately showed off Coach D's body, and wanted to see the appearance of Coach D's sentient beings. Isn't this a problem?

In the NBA, when the game is about to end, it is normal to see the appearance of sentient beings that lose.

However, who can think that Coach D can command the team and successfully command when he is seen in all beings!

After Maizi told his final score in a post-match interview, Popovich was irritated.

All this is OK?

The three TNT's commentators laughed even more in the subsequent shows.

"Hahahaha, don't play critical moments with the Lakers, otherwise even if Coach D is in the stands, the opponent will pay the price!"

"The Spurs and Popovich obviously forgot that the last time they were killed, Coach D was in the stands, hahahaha..."

"Popovich won Clifford all the game and lost to Coach D in the 12 seconds, hahahaha..."

The Lakers actually played 1-1 with the Spurs at two home courts, which many people did not expect.

On April 26, after another three days of rest.

The Lakers returned to home court and G3 faced the Spurs who came away.

In this game, the Spurs once again played very well.

The Spurs, who were killed by the Lakers in the last game for three days, played very fiercely in this game.

Duncan scored 8,22 points in 14.

Parker scored 9,19 points in 18.

Leonard made 7 of 8 shots, 17 points and 5 steals.

Danny Green made 3 of 5 shots, 9 points and 4 steals.

Ginobili scored 4,12 points in 14.

Except Ginobili, the Spurs performed almost perfectly.

With 2 minutes left in the last game, the Spurs led by 5 points 100-95.

With 2 seconds left in the last game, the Spurs led by 2 points 108 to 106.

Logically speaking, the Lakers have to explain this game.
To be continued...