When the regular season ends, it means the playoffs begin.

In the West, the top eight are the Lakers, Spurs, Warriors, Rockets, Thunder, Jazz, and Timberwolves. In the East, the top eight are the Celtics, Wizards, Bulls, Cavaliers, 76ers, Bucks, Knicks, and Heat.

Like last year, the whole league is that the West is strong and the East is weak. There are too many strong teams in the West. The Lakers, Spurs, Warriors, Rockets, Thunder, including the Jazz and the Timberwolves, all have gorgeous lineups and star players are gathered. In terms of lineup alone, the Western team is much more gorgeous than the Eastern team.

As for the East, with the disintegration of the Cavaliers and the rise of Embiid, Antetokounmpo, Porzingis and others, the entire force structure has also changed a lot.

The biggest change is naturally that James left the Cavaliers, joined the Bulls, and joined forces with Rose.

This also directly made the Bulls a favorite to win the championship, but once James and Ross were not young, and James joined and were still running in. Moreover, the Celtics and Wizards in the East played very well under the leadership of Thomas and Wall Jr., so the Bulls could only be third in the area.

In this way, the first round of the playoffs has also come out. As the number one in the West, the Lakers will play against the fourth-placed Timberwolves in the West.

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A few days later, the first round of the playoffs began.

The Lakers ushered in the Timberwolves' challenge at home. At the beginning of the game, the Lakers won the lead. Chen Feng advanced to the frontcourt and broke through with a pick-and-roll, passing the ball to Yu Qian, and Yu Qian made a three-pointer.

The Timberwolves then launched a counterattack, and Towns scored in the inside, scoring two points for the Timberwolves.

However, the Lakers quickly regained their colors, Chen Feng made a mid-range shot and easily scored two points. The Timberwolves obviously had no way to defend against Chen Feng, and they could not limit Chen Feng at all.

Of course, this is also because Chen Feng's strength is too strong. The Timberwolves can't find anyone who can match him, but they dare not double-team, because there are Yu Qian, Shi Xiaomeng, Love, and he has returned from injury. Clarkson also has considerable scoring ability. Once they double-team, it is equivalent to giving the Lakers points.

The key is that even if you are double-teaming, it is difficult to limit Chen Feng's performance. The third-level S-level is no joke. With Chen Feng's current strength in the League of Legends, it is too difficult to defend against him.

Four minutes after the first quarter, Chen Feng began to explode.

After he advanced to the frontcourt, he made a change of direction and then suddenly pulled, took a step back, and returned to the three-point line. He raised his hand and made a three-pointer.

Swish!

The ball is in, and three-pointers are effective.

A few dozen seconds later, Chen Feng received a pass from his teammate, and a fake shot swung away the defender, then accelerated to the inside, hit the defender, and also caused the opponent to foul.

However, in one minute, Chen Feng scored 6 points in a row, which suddenly widened the score difference to more than ten, which also shocked the Lakers' morale and made the attack even more terrifying.

The Timberwolves immediately called a timeout, but when the timeout came back, the situation still did not change.

The gap in strength between the two sides is there. Although the Timberwolves are fighting hard, they are not the Lakers' opponent at all and are completely suppressed by the Lakers.

When the first quarter ended, the Lakers led by 14 points.

Entering the second quarter, the Lakers' bench lineup broke out, hitting the Timberwolves 8:0, and suddenly widened the gap to more than 20.

"Oh..." The Timberwolves coach shook his head helplessly and made a substitution. Compared with the Lakers, not only is the main lineup worse than the main lineup, but they are also much worse than the bench lineup.

You know, there are no people like Okafor and Randall on the bottom of the Timberwolves' bench.

When the second quarter ended, the score difference had reached more than 20 points.

"It turns out that the gap is very big."

"There is no suspense. The Timberwolves fell behind by 23 points in the first half. There is no point in the game."

"There is nothing to behold. In any case, the Timberwolves and the Lakers are much worse than that. In my opinion, Chen and Yu are afraid that they have not yet put in full force."

In the audience, people were talking.

Various voices came into the ears of Timberwolves players. Their faces became ugly, but they could not help. The gap in strength was too big, and it could not be compensated by temporary blood.

Entering the second half, the Timberwolves also tried to counterattack, but the result was futile. They were always suppressed and beaten by the Lakers and had no power to fight back, let alone counterattack and reverse.

Until the end of the game, the Timberwolves were always behind.

In the end, the Lakers defeated the Timberwolves 130:113 and won the first victory of the series.

The game ended and the outside world started talking.

“The gap is really big.”

"This is the Lakers. They are terrible. They won 74 regular season games. I guess they will sweep all the way in this playoffs. There are not many teams that can pose a threat to them. At least, the Timberwolves are not."

"This series is gone, it's definitely a sweep."

The Lakers' strength is shocking. Although we have known that the Timberwolves are not their opponent, it is still somewhat unexpected that the Lakers' winning is so easy.

At this time, the most depressing one is the Timberwolves.

They finally reached the quarterfinals of eight in the fiercely competitive West and entered the playoffs, but after one game, their confidence was almost defeated.

Facing the powerful Lakers, they can't think of how they can win. Perhaps the best result is 1:4, at least it won't be too embarrassing to win that game.

A day later, the second game between the Lakers and the Timberwolves began.

This time, the Timberwolves were even more desperate. They were eager to win one game, even if they lost in the end, as long as they could win one game, it would be somewhat of a comfort.

It's a pity that the Lakers didn't let them get what they wanted.

This time, the Lakers showed strong defensive ability. The Timberwolves scored only 90 points in the whole game, while the Lakers scored 112 points, which was more than 20 points, which made the Timberwolves feel very injured.

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After two games, we returned to the Timberwolves' home court.

The Timberwolves played well at the beginning of this game, leading the Lakers for a time, but was quickly overtaken and never won the lead again until the end of the game.

In the end, the Timberwolves lost the game again and lost their fighting spirit.

The fourth game of this series has become dull. The Timberwolves have lost their fighting spirit and have not caused any trouble to the Lakers. They lost four games in a row and were easily swept by the Lakers.

In this series, Chen Feng averaged 27.3 points, 11.0 assists, 6.0 rebounds, 2.3 steals per game, and his shooting percentage was as high as 59.6%, which made a significant improvement compared to the regular season.

In fact, everyone knows that the regular season is nothing to Chen Feng. Only by entering the playoffs can Chen Feng be in full form.
Chapter completed!