The first game of the second round of the four-group series was completed, and the winner was decided quickly and simply, which was quite surprising.

The Supersonics defeated the Jazz steadily, which was understandable. Malone was interrupted for a 9th consecutive time and his emotions were affected.

It was expected that the Bulls crushed the Knicks.

The Pacers had predicted that they were better than the 76ers.

The Lakers won easily in the first match between the Lakers and the Suns, and this is not surprising.

What surprised people was the process of the Lakers’ game…

The same feeling as Anthony Hardaway, who is the Lakers' opponent, was surprised by the media, experts, fans, and other teams. Barkley said in his post-match comment after the live broadcast: "The Lakers don't look like a 73-win team."

When fans, players from other teams watching the live broadcast, and Lakers players heard this comment, they knew that they were not saying bad things about the Lakers, but compliments.

The Lakers played very relaxed throughout the game, but they did not play randomly, rotated in an orderly manner, implemented tactics well, controlled their advantages well, avoided their disadvantages well, and seized their opportunities properly...

When the Lakers played against the Rockets in the first round, except for the second game, they played very erratic and casually in the other two games, and it looked like the nobles were already terminally ill after winning 73 wins.

Before the start of the second round, many people still felt that the Suns could defeat the Lakers in an upset manner, just like the Knicks defeated the Heat.

Those people think that the Suns can do it. In addition to the loudest call of "Beat-LA" this year, the key is the hope brought to them by the Lakers' collection of the aristocratic disease that is already helpless.

But, the Lakers are terminally ill and have no cure for help. People just think that the Suns may defeat the Lakers, and the Lakers perform normally... After the first game of the series, people have sentenced the Suns to death.

It depends on how long the Suns can struggle now.

...

This year's playoffs were very busy. The next morning after the Lakers finished the series with the Suns, Zhang Hao, O'Neal and Fisher participated in a conference call held by the league and the Players' Association.

There are less than two months left before the end of this season. If the last labor-management negotiation on June 30 still fails to reach a new agreement, then the NBA will be officially suspended on July 1.

There was no surprise. At the beginning of the meeting, Ewing, Jordan, and David Robinson once again started arguing with the bosses of each team.

Not all bosses have to lower their salaries. Teams such as the Lakers and Knicks clearly oppose the hard salary cap clause proposed by Rockets boss Alexander, referring to the NFL hard salary cap clause.

When the owners of the Bulls, Clippers and Rockets 3 were quarreling with Ewing and Jordan, the Lakers and Knicks, the Trail Blazers and Supersonics, who were about to sell the team, did not say a word.

David Stern interrupted during the argument: "You have made enough money compared to ordinary people, and you can't always make demands."

David Stern didn't make much complaints about this, but Bulls owner Jerry Reinsdorf seized the opportunity and said, "Yes, you have made too much money, it's too unreasonable. Players earn more than the team. How can the NBA operate normally? Do you want to see the NBA go bankrupt like the ABA and be acquired?"

This sentence means something.

Everyone in the conference call heard that the Bulls boss's sarcastic words were to give Jordan, who was paid double the current NBA maximum salary.

But before Jordan could say anything, NBA Players Union Chairman Patrick Ewing spoke: "Yes, we make a lot, but we spend a lot!

We are already used to our current life, you can't let us live a poor life again, right?"

Good guy, Zhang Hao heard the sound of O'Neal and Fisher next to him slapping their foreheads with their hands at the same time...

...

The conference call did not come up with any results, and it ended again in a bad mood.

The three Lakers players who participated in labor-management negotiations did not interfere with anything.

They are all too young, even O'Neal is only in their sixth year of their career.

After the call, O'Neal said to the two teammates next to him: "Aix, Derek, I think it's going to stop. Ewing's answer is too stupid. He should pull his phone line off!"

"I think so too, so I should let Jordan say that although it means that, I don't know how to continue talking about it after saying it like this." Fisher also complained.

Each of them complained that it should be the third person's turn, O'Neal and Fisher both looked at Zhang Hao.

Zhang Hao thought for a while and asked, "Derick, when did you become a representative of the Players' Union?"

Fisher was stunned. Isn’t the topic of opening up about labor-management negotiations? How did you turn to this? He replied: “I didn’t have much playing time last year and I was idle, so I went to the Players’ Union to apply for a position, and they agreed immediately.”

"oh……"

"No, Aix, do you have nothing to say about the results of today's negotiation?" O'Neal looked at Zhang Hao, and his anger was extremely painful.

This matter is very important to their players, but when it comes to Zhang Hao, they have no reaction at all.

Zhang Hao thought for a while and said, "There will definitely be a shutdown. I think Ewing's attitude should be to threaten the bosses through shutdown, but the bosses' thoughts are the same as Ewing. People on both sides are negotiating for the purpose of shutdown, and the result will definitely be a shutdown."

"In negotiations for the purpose of shutdown?"

O'Neal tasted it, it was true!

This, O'Neal's anxiety is coming!

"Don't worry too much. When we strike for 3 months, we can file arbitration. When our strike is 6 months, we can go to court to sue and apply for NBA bankruptcy. On that day, there will definitely be a large amount of capital pouring in, eating this market and opening a new league, and the bosses will not delay it until that time.

But many players, like Ewing said, earn more money and spend more, and may not be able to last for 6 months and go bankrupt first."

O'Neal's anxiety came as soon as he was speechless by Zhang Hao's words.

"Aix, can you stop being so calm?"

"cannot."

"Then is there anything you can't do?"

"I don't understand a lot of things, I don't know anything, I still need to learn a lot of things. What's wrong?"

"Uh... it's okay, I'm disturbing..."

...

...

"Brother, look, the news says Ewing disrupted labor-management negotiations! Lelin's father is preparing to buy the Supersonics. If the NBA is stopped, will Lelin not be the owner of the NBA team?"

"Whether he says that or not, it will not affect the shutdown, don't worry."

"Brother, are you comforting Lelin?"

"yes."

“…”

The little loli was so angry that she jumped out of Zhang Hao's arms, ran away... she came back after a while and jumped into Zhang Hao's arms again.

"Brother, if it stops, where are you going to play?"

“I have something to do in the summer.”

"What's the matter?"

"Go to Athens to play the World Championships."

"Athen? Is the Athens of Greek mythology?"

"Um."

"Lelin is going too!"

"Yes, let Mr. Schultz take you there."

"Ah! Brother, can't you take Lelin there?"

"I want to follow the national team, and April can only go there by himself at that time."

"Oh... well, there is a plane in Lelin's house. Lelin and her sister will go together at that time!"

“…”

The little loli successfully won the championship.

Zhang Hao decided that he would also want to buy a plane. If he didn't drive, he would buy it and keep it, just to play.

...

After the telephone conference for labor-management negotiations in the morning, Zhang Hao followed the team for a simple training in the afternoon.

As Zhang Hao remembers, Ewing's answer became popular!

Ewing lived up to expectations and received a lot of criticism. Some experts even said that if the NBA really stopped, it would be caused by Ewing, the chairman of the Players' Union.

Zhang Hao was very calm about this matter.

After discussing about going to Greece in summer with Little Loli, Little Loli went to the kitchen to help April Clark make dinner, Zhang Hao continued to watch TV, and the second game of the Pacers and the 76ers started.

From the perspective of strength, the 76ers are not much weaker than the top three in the Eastern Conference, but the gap in strength is not particularly large.

Like after the Knicks eliminated the Heat from the bottom, in Chicago, a man in leather pants went to a nightclub with a cigar in his mouth and was having fun with the music...

Before the playoffs began, some experts said that the first four Eastern Conferences will play very fiercely when they play in the playoffs, and it is possible that the two sets of series in the second round of the Eastern Conference can be played at least 6 games.

A series of 5 games or less, 6 games or more are two concepts.

It seems that the difference is not big, but in fact, the former crushes the game, while the latter is extremely anxious.

Who would have thought that the Heat would kneel in the first round? The Bulls could continue playing music in the second round...

Fans' attention to the second round of the Eastern Conference is focused on the Pacers and the 76ers series, mainly on the 76ers with Duncan.

but……

Duncan's playoff performance cannot be said to be poor, and it is basically the same as the regular season.
To be continued...