Chapter 625 Championship Elimination Method

The Lakers got off to a good start in the first game of the new season.

When he checked in with the team the next day, Li Shengli was not in a hurry to participate in training. He was dragged to the general manager's office by West and Harris to drink coffee...

To be honest, after a series of successful operations, the Lakers' road to the championship has been quite smooth.

West has naturally become a winner in life. He has become the NBA's LOGO by playing and has made outstanding achievements as the team's general manager. He is completely different from the original general manager of the Mavericks Toby Knight, and Harris is the head coach. Naturally, he also took advantage of it.

As for the new season…

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"Lee, you played well yesterday. You always make me feel at ease!" West chuckled. It was hard not to laugh. After all, the Lakers' dynasty was built by him.

"Come on, do you think that for our Li, a verbal reward is as good as a cash reward?" Harris said cheerfully: "I can guarantee... no matter which team the next game is, If you dare to give him one million, he will dare to defeat others in the next game. Money is his fighting power, man."

Damn it, who are you two talking about?

Am I a man who is obsessed with money?

Li Shengli rolled his eyes at the two old men and sat down minding his own business.

"Tell me what to do, I have to go back to training."

"Well, it's nothing, just a few words between the two of us." West took a sip of coffee, pondered his thoughts, and said to Li Shengli and Harris: "Seriously, guys, we are the same as those from last season. The situation is different, last season we were thinking about who can we beat, and this season we are thinking...who can beat us."

"This is our confidence as the championship. As for now, let's do a elimination method!"

"It should!" Harris nodded: "The Spurs are one of the most competitive teams in the Western Conference, but yesterday's game... I think we all should have seen it."

After Harris finished speaking, Li Shengli and West looked at each other, and this time the conversation between representatives from the top and bottom of the team has got to the point...

Who can beat the Lakers?

Now is the time for elimination!

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West's face straightened and he said: "You can tell from the way the Spurs played in the first half, they don't have a great chance of winning. Even...Popovich didn't want to win at all. He has been testing our bottom line since the second half. I guess Winning potential and future reinforcement directions.”

"Well, I feel it. This man has great ambitions and wants to win the championship." Harris said solemnly.

"Why can't they be ambitious? After all, they have the combination of Robinson and Duncan. But... I think Li, you know the threat to them best." West handed the topic to Li Shengli.

threaten?

Li Shengli thought about it and realized that it was indeed a threat because Duncan was a dangerous person.

To be honest, the combination of Robinson + Duncan is different in style from the original combination of himself + Malone, but the effect is not the same. What the Spurs really lack is one or more powerful role players.

At this point, the Spurs are far inferior to the original Jazz, but what cannot be ignored is that... the Spurs have the foundation to win the championship.

On the other hand, every team and every season is fine-tuning, and the Spurs are no different.

Barring injuries, this means that the Spurs' future will only strengthen, but not weaken, and now is their weakest time since acquiring Duncan.

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"Duncan is the most threatening point." Li Shengli said solemnly: "Having Ben face off against him can contain some offenses, but without Campbell, our offense has also been weakened. The reason why we can win is because of Kobe's Performance, and the depth of the rotation. Popovich desperately let Robinson out and let me toss, but Duncan is also tossing our fourth position."

"Well, playing the Spurs at the fourth position is indeed a problem." West frowned.

"Don't worry, at least they won't pose much of a threat to us this season. Let's talk about it if they really make personnel adjustments!" Harris is relatively optimistic, and it can be understood if you think about it...

In any game, there is no absolute strength or weakness between the two sides.

The last place in the league is definitely one of the worst teams, but it can't be 0 wins and 82 losses. In addition to the gap in hard power, it is also the players' on-the-spot performance that leads to the outcome of victory or defeat.

Assume that the performance range of the last team is 30-60; the performance range of the first team is 50-80. This means that if the former wants to beat the latter, the former must perform exceptionally, and the latter must also perform exceptionally well. It was an abnormal performance that was forced to the lower limit.

The same model applies to the Lakers and Spurs, but the gap is smaller.

If there are no rematches for injured players and personnel adjustments, it is not impossible for the Spurs to win, but the prerequisite for winning is that there is a poor performance, and if they perform normally, it is basically impossible for the Spurs to beat the Lakers.

In the playoffs, the Spurs' hope of advancing is naturally much smaller.

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"The Spurs can be ruled out for the time being."

"Both the Rockets and Jazz played last season. There were no major personnel changes. We can only look at the status of their main players in the new season!"

"And supersonic speed... can be considered a bit more difficult to chew. It remains to be seen!"

"Well, just thinking about the playoffs, things are a lot easier in the East."

"The Bulls are still a big problem, but it seems like their situation in the East is less optimistic than ours."

"Celtics? This is a big problem. Unlike the Spurs, there...the lineup is much more complete than the Spurs."

"Considering the variables in the Eastern Conference, what we need to observe is the Celtics' game situation!"

"O'Neal and Garnett? I'm afraid... the bull can't stand it!"

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West and Harris chatted word by word.

In fact, it is exactly what West said at the beginning... The Lakers last season were thinking about who they could beat, and this season they are thinking about who can beat the Lakers.

The Spurs, who played against each other first, have been excluded. There is a threat, but not now.

Two strong teams, the Rockets and Jazz, remain to be seen.

The Sonics did not play in the playoffs last time, and they need to focus on observing the results of the game this season.

As for the east…

If the Bulls in the East cannot hold off the new Celtics, the Lakers, who are aiming for the championship, will encounter a big problem, more serious than the Spurs. After all, the Spurs are still an invisible threat, while the Celtics have become a climate.

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After walking out of the general manager's office, Li Shengli participated in the training.

To be honest, external threats will not disappear just because everyone has an idea. The real solution is actually to strengthen themselves, and the Lakers still have room for growth.

The relationship between Kobe and Crotty developed by leaps and bounds because both of them were equally crazy about training, and the normalized suicide training was beyond the reach of everyone on the team. This was the main reason why the two were favored by the management.

As for the others, although they are not as crazy as the first two, they can still be said to be serious.

Ben needs to strengthen his offense, and Campbell needs to strengthen his defense. The improvement of the two is the biggest and fastest part of the Lakers' strength improvement. However, these are not achieved overnight, and the short-term effects are basically not visible.

For this reason, Harris did not hesitate to use game time to improve the shortcomings of the two and make up for the Lakers' last weakness.

Of course, weaknesses are all relative, and each team's strength also has certain restraints.

Teams without the super No. 4 position will not be able to enjoy the gains brought by the Lakers' weakness at all; on the other hand, even with the Super No. 4 position, it will only increase the winning rate a little. After all, no matter what... the Lakers are One of the most powerful and wildest teams in the league.