Chapter 551 - The Playoffs 1 (1/2)
”Welcome to everyone who came to watch the first game between these two teams in this first phase of the playoffs, the Los Angeles Lakers team plays at home against the Minnesota Timberwolves.”
”The Minnesota Timberwolves team had the worst performance of the Western Conference teams that qualified for the playoffs, yet in the first round games where a team needs 3 wins to qualify we can expect a lot of games between the two teams.”
”At the very least we will have 3 games between these two teams and thus the Minnesota Timberwolves team is much more likely to advance to the next phase of the playoffs with so many games.”
”Kevin Garnett has been doing the best season of his career and is making the fan better accept the millionaire contract that is being paid to him, even if the team's budget was compromised because of Garnett's contract, the Minnesota Timberwolves team has a team strong.”
”Even so, the Los Angeles Lakers team is definitely a favorite to win this game and qualify for the next phase of the playoffs, the Los Angeles Lakers team is a favorite to win this season's NBA title.”
”Even with this reduced season with 50 games, the Los Angeles Lakers team had one of the best seasons in the team's history with 44 victories and just 6 losses ending the season in first place at the Western Conference.”
”The Los Angeles Lakers team has the best attack of this season with excellent players like 5-time NBA champion Dennis Rodman, Shaquille O'Neal, Kobe Bryant, and Rick Fox on the starting team.”
”The Los Angeles Lakers team still has Jake Smith who debuted this season and was chosen in the three months of this season as the player of the month and is a favorite to be chosen as this season's MVP.”
”Jake averaged 34.9 points, 11 assists and still has an average of 8 rebounds and 8 steals per game, Jake also plays the 48 minutes in every game, Jake plays every minute of the game which helped the team Los Angeles Lakers taking advantage in many important games.”
”With this team, it is normal for the Los Angeles Lakers team to be the favorite team to win the NBA title, we will follow this game to see which team starts these playoffs with a victory.”
Just as the commentators said what was expected in this game was for the Los Angeles Lakers team to win the game, the players of both teams also knew this, and the fans who were at the Great Western Forum expected it.
The game started and Shaquille O'Neal won the first ball possession for the Los Angeles Lakers team, Shaq passed the ball to Jake who started organizing the first attack for the Los Angeles Lakers team.
Jake advanced with the ball and passed it to Rick Fox on the left, this season Rick was having one of the best seasons of his career as a player, Rick played more than 44 games in this reduced season and won the affection of the fans with his good performances in the season.
Rick played well in most games and with the Los Angeles Lakers team playing well and winning many games it was natural for Rick to be praised as well as the other players, Rick received the ball and Sam Mitchell arrived pressing in defense.
Rick held the ball for a while and passed it to Kobe Bryant on the right, Kobe received the ball and Anthony Peeler came pressing on the defense, Kobe held the ball and tried to make a feint and deceive Peeler, Kobe tried to make a body feint and could not deceive Peeler.
Kobe kept trying and dribbled pretending he was going to go left and going right, Peeler was tricked in that move and Kobe advanced to the inside area, Joe Smith tried to hinder the advance of Kobe who accelerated and drive to the basket to make the 2 first points for the Los Angeles Lakers team.
The fans were excited by Kobe's beautiful play to make those first points, Jake hoped that in this game Shaq and Kobe would stand out as they always did in the important playoff games, if they played well it was certain that the Los Angeles Lakers team would win.
In another move the Minnesota Timberwolves team went on the attack, Terrell Brandon advanced with the ball and passed to Peeler on the left, Peeler received the ball and Kobe came pressing on the defense.
Peeler held the ball for a while and passed it to Mitchell on the right, Mitchell received the ball and Rick came in pressing on the defense, Mitchell tricked Rick with a feint and tried to advance from the right.
Rick was not fooled and pressed in defense, Mitchell passed the ball to Peeler and Peeler went to the middle and the Minnesota Timberwolves team players changed positions in the play, Peeler passed the ball to Brandon on the right and Jake was on the defense.
Brandon received the ball with the possession time running out and he attempted the mid-range shot and scored 2 points for the Minnesota Timberwolves team, at the beginning of the game the Minnesota Timberwolves team was playing well in attack and trying to press on defense.