In the second game of the first round of the playoffs, the Lakers still easily defeated the Thunder by 22 points and returned to Los Angeles with two consecutive away wins.
At the Los Angeles airport, they were greeted by thousands of fans as if they had won a championship.
In fact, Shen Huan also contributed to this.
Shen Huan once again returned as the king, scoring a super 20+ five-doubles and breaking the NBA record. This made Shen Huan and the Lakers fans feel calm.
Once it is confirmed that your favorite star and team are about to win two consecutive championships, why do you think everyone will be unhappy
As long as Shen Huan is in good condition, neither the Golden State Warriors nor the Cleveland Cavaliers have the slightest chance.
If you watch the game between the Lakers and Thunder, you will know that Shen Huan's breathing has not changed much, he is completely comfortable!
The current first-round opponent, the Thunder, has been completely ignored by fans.
Next are the Lakers' three consecutive home games. According to Shen Huan's character and temper, he will definitely get rid of the Thunder in 4 games and wait for the next opponent. —The winner of Utah Jazz and Houston Rockets.
If the predictions are correct, the opponent in the semi-finals should be the Houston Rockets.
In addition to the star James Harden of the Houston Rockets, whether it is Eric Gordon, Ryan Anderson, Trevor Ariza, or rising star Clint Capela, they are all role players, not first-rate stars. Not to mention a superstar.
Even if the single-core James Harden can defeat the Utah Jazz with teamwork and personal leadership, he has no room to struggle against Shen Huan and the other three players.
So Rockets fans are now actively imagining the Western Conference Finals with the Golden State Warriors for the second consecutive year.
Even the Lakers' own players, especially the younger ones, were very relaxed. After returning to Los Angeles overnight, they went home and slept until almost noon.
But when they woke up, they suddenly saw the overwhelming news in the newspapers.
"Shen Huan is destined to be weak?"
"The strongest player in NBA history that cannot be copied?"
"Look at Shen Huan's state in the two games and see the fall of God!"
“All the members of the Golden State Warriors are overjoyed—we will definitely win the Western Conference Finals!”
"Can Shen Huan like this still suppress the strongest James? It's obviously impossible!"
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Young people are always easily influenced.
Especially Ingram, who only joined the team last season, he was so scared that he didn't even eat lunch and hurriedly drove to the training hall.
At least hundreds of reporters gathered at the entrance of the training hall.
Seeing Ingram's car, they swarmed around him, shouting that they wanted to interview Ingram.
"Ingram, do you think Shen Huan was weak during training?"
"I heard that Shen Huan even cried because of her poor condition?"
"What's the reason why Shen Huan can't come to the fourth quarter?"
"As an admirer of Shen Huan, don't you have any opinion on Shen Huan's declining condition?"
"Ingram, would you like to say a few words?"
“…”
Ingram's car window was only slightly open, but the reporters' noise was so loud that it inevitably reached his ears.
Ingram, who had never been so "besieged" by reporters before, could not drive or get out of the car. He could only stay in the car.
Fortunately, the security guards ran over and escorted his car into the parking lot of the training facility.
After getting out of the car, Ingram turned around and ran into the training hall.
As a result, before he even entered the training ground, he saw Shen Huan, Kobe Bryant, Iverson and Howard sitting together leisurely drinking coffee.
"Hi! Master Huan!" Ingram yelled the Chinese title he learned from Chinese fans, and asked breathlessly: "What's going on? Why are the reporters trying to smear you like crazy? Your body Something went wrong? Have you been to the hospital?"
Before Shen Huan spoke, Iverson laughed, "Young man, don't be so nervous, relax, relax!"
Ingram plays power forward, but he and Iverson train together, and Iverson is very optimistic about this young man.
Shen Huan also handed him a bottle of mineral water, "I'm fine, don't worry."
"But the reporters..." Ingram relaxed a little at this time. While drinking water, he asked doubtfully: "Are they crazy? Suddenly, they are overwhelmingly saying that you can't do it!"
"If reporters don't write like this, where will the sales come from and where will the gimmicks come from?" Kobe shook his head.
Kobe is the most hacked of all active players.
If you lose, you will be scolded, and if you win, you will be scolded.
No matter what Kobe does, it’s okay to scold him anyway.
Therefore, he is also the one who has the most experience in being scolded and knows the tricks of reporters deeply.
After seeing the news early in the morning, Kobe knocked on Shen Huan's door—the two families were less than 100 meters apart, which was very convenient.
He originally thought that Shen Huan would get angry after seeing these news, but he didn't expect that Shen Huan was fine. He ran when he needed to run, trained when he needed to train, and didn't take it to heart at all.
This made Kobe feel at ease.
Shen Huan had never experienced this behavior from reporters before, but in his previous life, he had seen many NBA stars being slandered like this by reporters.
Especially the Iron King of Los Angeles around you, it's natural for him to be so strong - you have been endlessly blackmailed by reporters for so many years, so as long as you don't collapse, you will naturally become stronger.
Shen Huan went out of his way to read the reporters' theories.
what did they say
The first game was normal. The Lakers won by 51 points. That was because Shen Huan tried his best to scare the enemy.
But in the second round, Shen Huan's true colors were revealed.
Whether it was scoring, dominance, or his command and control of the entire team, it was not as good as the first game, so the Lakers only won by "only" 22 points in the second round.
According to this state, the Lakers' mentality is likely to collapse.
Even if it's not the Thunder or the Lakers, it will definitely collapse when facing the Golden State Warriors, a superstar team that has been working together for a season.
The reason is that Shen Huan wasted his talent wantonly.
In such a year, Shen Huan never trained systematically, continued to strengthen himself, or fought with high-level players to maintain competitive status. Instead, he did some "boring" things.
Now this evil effect is reflected.
This year's NBA teams are already frantically improving themselves in order to defeat Shen Huan and take revenge.
However, Shen Huan himself failed to live up to expectations and his condition and ability declined. Isn't this the best opportunity