Chapter 134: Playoff Situation

As happy as Phil Jackson was, McMillan was just as frustrated. When he helplessly requested a timeout and watched the players walk back to the bench one by one, he came to Andre Miller.

He asked Miller with his last bit of hope: "Andre, is this guy really that powerful?"

Andre Miller was a person with stable emotions. Now he was also like a frosted eggplant, and he said helplessly: "Yes, I really can't beat him, our previous plan is going to fail."

Admitting one's failure requires extreme courage.

But Andre Miller had no other way out except to do so.

Because he was a mature person, he knew that the playoffs were not the time to puff up one's face to look fat.

If he continued to be reckless with Fan Xi, the result would inevitably be him being killed, and then he would lose even more face. He no longer had the spirit of "stubborn resistance" that young people have.

Lying flat became his choice.

He was powerless to stop the "Miracle Child" from shining.

Sigh!

McMillan sighed helplessly upon learning this answer.

He had deeply understood that the fact that he was slapped in the face had become a reality, and Fan Xi had slashed a knife on his neck, leaving a deep scar.

He subconsciously touched his neck and then said to the players: "Next, attack the Lakers' number five position with all your might."

He knew that it was impossible to get any advantage at the number 1 position.

Beep!

The whistle sounded, and the game continued.

The Lakers replaced Bynum, and Fan Xi, Kobe, Dunleavy, Odom, and Gasol appeared together.

At this time, the home court momentum of Staples Center reached an unprecedented level.

When Andre Miller brought the ball across half-court, Fan Xi pressed up directly. He drove Andre Miller away like a tiger descending the mountain. Miller no longer had the previous arrogance, and he had to lower his head to avoid it.

"Simply like a shrinking turtle."

Kenny Smith mocked mercilessly on TV.

The fans in the arena saw this scene and were also very happy. Andre Miller's previous arrogance and current humility set off Fan Xi's toughness.

The shrinking Miller passed the basketball to Brandon Roy. Roy faced Kobe alone, his one-on-one became difficult, and he passed to Aldridge, but Aldridge's hasty shot also didn't score.

The rebound was protected by Gasol and passed to Fan Xi. Fan Xi ran wildly with the ball. Andre Miller was not careful, and Fan Xi passed the ball out. Kobe Bryant brought the ball into the paint, attracted a double-team, and then passed to the left corner of the three-point line... Fan Xi appeared there without anyone knowing, Andre Miller couldn't follow his shadow at all... Swish!

The net sounded.

A beautiful three-pointer.

The Lakers' offense was like mercury pouring down.

The fans at the scene cheered.

Bynum, sitting on the bench, was full of jealousy, but bitterness quietly occupied the bottom of his heart. He tasted what it meant to be "the trend is gone."

He originally wanted to frame Fan Xi and make Fan Xi face a reputation crisis, but he didn't expect Fan Xi to be so upright; two charming female stars didn't occupy him.

What he didn't expect even more was that Fan Xi actually exploded completely in this game, and he even knocked open the representative of strength point guards, Andre Miller.

He made the Lakers' number 1 position realize the leap from "standing up" to "becoming strong."

Originally, the Trail Blazers wanted to press the Lakers to play, but now, Portland had no power to fight back at all.

This group of so-called youth army and the defending champion were simply not on the same level.

Fan Xi's explosion made the Lakers' offensive flow unimaginable. Whether it was the positional triangle offense or the sharp run-and-gun after defensive counterattacks, the Lakers played with the Trail Blazers' defense in the palm of their hands.

This was a crushing.

The game lost suspense before entering the fourth quarter.

The Trail Blazers fell into a disadvantage in all aspects from tactics to players to style of play.

"They are not a battle of the same level."

Kenny Smith said on TV.

132:108.

In the end, the Lakers won a big victory of 24 points.

After this game, no one felt that Portland had a chance to win at all.

Fan Xi scored a super stat of 28 points, 11 assists, 10 rebounds, 3 steals, and 3 blocks in this game, breaking the youngest and fastest triple-double record created by a rookie in the playoffs.

Of course, this was not the most important thing.

The important thing was that he completely stepped on Andre Miller, an elite player, and by the way, scraped the mud off his head.

And the most discussed topic after the game was the mutual throat-slitting between Fan Xi and Nate McMillan.

Without a doubt, Nate McMillan became a clown.

When he was interviewed after the game, he defended himself with a lack of words: "My neck was just a bit itchy at the time."

However, the Los Angeles media didn't let him go and said to him: "Normal people don't scratch their itch like that."

When Fan Xi was asked after the game why he did that, he obviously borrowed McMillan's answer: "If his neck was itchy, then I can only be itchy. My answer changes with him."

Fan Xi's serious face made the reporters laugh out loud.

The reporter then asked him how he viewed the harsh words Andre Miller said before the game. "This is already past tense for me, I have nothing to say, wish him good luck."

Afterwards, another reporter asked about what happened last night, asking why he didn't have anything happen with the two rumored scandal objects.

Fan Xi said with a guilty conscience: "I just want to play basketball quietly, don't ask me about these."

However, this was taken as a performance of "professionalism."

There are not many good players like Jack Fan who are both excellent in character and learning.

The league also gave Fan Xi full face after the game, not only letting Fan Xi's two shots make it to the top five, but also doing a special report on Fan Xi on the official website after the game, describing Fan Xi's "Miracle Journey" this season.

Lu Yuan happily told Fan Xi the harvest after this game. He believed that Fan Xi's commercial value had surpassed that of Yao Ming in his peak period.

Fan Xi only cared about basketball now.

After defeating the Trail Blazers consecutively at home, the Lakers will next head to the Rose Garden Arena in Portland to play two away games against the Trail Blazers.

As everyone knows, away games and home games are two completely different environments, especially in the playoffs.

For a new player like Fan Xi, psychological adjustment and adaptation are needed.

Besides caring about the next Lakers game, Fan Xi also paid attention to other teams.

The Spurs actually lost their second home game, and they tied 1:1 with the eighth-seeded Grizzlies in the West, which was shocking.

Fan Xi was not surprised. He was very optimistic about the Grizzlies. He felt that the Grizzlies were a very strong team and had a chance to defeat the strong.

In addition, the two upper-half teams, the Mavericks and the Thunder, both won two home games.

From this point of view, the strength division of the upper half of the West is also distinct.

According to this trend, if the Lakers defeat the Trail Blazers, the next opponent will be the Dallas Mavericks.

A team with very terrifying combat power and an extremely comprehensive lineup. ===== CHAPTER 135 =====