At this point, the game completely lost its suspense.

During the break, Hornets coach Monty Williams surrendered and withdrew all his main players.

On the Mavericks side, although several main players were dissatisfied with Paul, they still chose to respect their opponents and all took a rest.

In the fourth quarter of the game, both teams replaced their full substitute lineups.

Generally speaking, in this kind of matchup between substitute lineups, the difference in strength will not be too big, and the point difference will generally not change.

But today's game seems different...

The Mavericks' bench gangsters have no intention of letting the Hornets go.

As soon as the fourth quarter started, they launched an 8-0 shock wave, widening the point difference to 53 points in one fell swoop.

Seeing such a huge point difference, Shen Fei already thought of that magical number in his mind.

At the same time, the director of the Mavericks home game had nothing to do, so he cut the camera to the Hornets bench and accurately found the "Queen Bee" - Chris Paul.

At this time, Paul was watching the game expressionlessly, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Click~"

The picture is frozen and a beautiful photo is taken.

The director was satisfied and sent the photo to the team's media department.

............

In the subsequent games, the Hornets' substitutes obviously played much harder, and the point difference remained at around 55 points.

Just like that, the game came to the last minute.

Dallas' offensive possession.

Barea passed half court with the ball, lowered his center of gravity, and waited for time to pass.

After this attack, they will not launch another attack in the future.

Therefore, Barea decided to finish this round well.

When there were 6 seconds left in the attack time, he moved!

I saw Barea dribbling the ball from his hip, switching the ball to his left hand, and then speeding up to break through inside.

Jarrett Jack, who was guarding him, quickly moved sideways to block.

Throughout the fourth quarter, Jack was broken through by Barea countless times, which had a psychological shadow.

Therefore, when he moved laterally to block, he advanced too aggressively and his body center of gravity shifted quite a bit.

Seeing this, Barea kicked the ground with his right foot, took a step back and bounced back outside the three-point line, and then shot a three-pointer.

The basketball left his fingertips and spun at high speed, drawing a beautiful arc in the air...

"Shua~"

Hollow into the net!

158:100.

The Mavericks actually expanded their lead to 58 points!

There are 36 seconds left.

The Hornets' substitutes did not give up and continued to play the final attack.

Off the court, Paul frowned.

This score difference has already reminded him of some bad memories.

He never expected that two years later, this nightmare figure would land on his head again.

This made Paul feel regretful and uttered wild words before the game.

The Hornets' last attack failed in the end.

After the Mavericks protected the rebound, Barea carried the ball through half court and quietly waited for the end of the game.

In the end, the Mavericks sat at home and defeated the Hornets 158:100 by 58 points, advancing to the second round!

After watching the game, Shen Fei took out his phone again and browsed the news for a while.

Soon, he saw a photo of Paul laughing on the bench.

This photo is obviously photoshopped.

And his original photo was the one taken by the director of the Mavericks home game.

"Killing is heartbreaking..."

Shen Fei shook his head and said.

As we all know, Paul has always been famous for his competitive spirit.

In this photo, his smile and the score in the lower right corner look particularly ironic!

Of course, Paul brought this upon himself.

Shen Fei knew that the reason why Paul said those provocative words in the interview was to mess with the mentality of the Mavericks players.

Because Paul knows very well that in the absence of David West, the Hornets' strength will be difficult to compete with the Mavericks.

Without using these off-the-table tricks, they have basically no chance of winning.

However, it backfired as these extra-game moves made the Hornets' loss even more embarrassing.

............

The next night, the playoffs continued.

City of Angels, Staples Center.

The Lakers are at home against the Denver Nuggets.

In the previous four games, the Lakers also led 3:1.

As long as they win this game, they will become the Mavericks' opponents in the next round.

In such an important game, the Lakers' ace, Kobe Bryant, will naturally not show mercy.

In this game, he made 5 of 6 shots in the first quarter and scored 12 points, helping the Lakers establish their lead.

In the second quarter, Kobe re-entered the game with 6 minutes left.

But after playing, he immediately entered the "killer" mode and scored 15 points in a row!

The Lakers, also led by Kobe, expanded their lead to 20 points at the end of the second quarter.

In the end, the Lakers defeated their opponents without any blood and advanced to the second round.

Shen Fei watched the game in his office.

This result did not surprise him at all.

After all, Kobe has recovered from his knee injury.

After the Lakers advance, the second-round matchup in the Western Conference is almost here:

Rockets vs. Thunder.

Lakers vs Mavericks.

One group is a duel between young soldiers, and the other group is a dream-chasing competition between old boys.

I have to say that both sets of duels are very interesting to watch!

Of course, all this is based on the Thunder being able to defeat the Spurs and successfully enter the second round.

............

Not long after the Lakers game ended, Game 6 between the Thunder and Spurs came as scheduled.

Shen Fei originally thought that the Thunder could pursue the victory and win the series in one fell swoop.

Who would have thought that the aging Spurs would be "revived" again.

In this battle, the Spurs' outside shooters were full of firepower.

Throughout the game, they made a total of 20 three-pointers!

Among them, Matt Bonner, known as the "Trebuchet", scored 6 three-pointers alone.

Relying on their strong outside firepower, they finally narrowly defeated the Thunder 105:100, bringing the total score to 2:3.

............

Two days later, except for the Spurs and Thunder, all other games in the first round were over.

Over here in the east.

The Heat defeated the Pacers 4:1.

The Bulls defeated the 76ers 4:1.
To be continued...