In the 40 years since the NBA was founded in 1946 to 1986, there has never been a Black Eight miracle in NBA history.

It wasn't until the '90s that the Nuggets and the New York Knicks accomplished this feat.

The Lakers' journey to the regular season had its ups and downs, eventually stumbling into the playoffs in 8th place.

After the All-Star Break, the Lakers briefly rushed to No. 2 in the West.

But then the sudden comeback of Worthy and Abdul-Jabbar made the Lakers' tactical system and run-in problematic again.

Worthy and Abdul-Jabbar, under the magician's system, may still be the league's top superstars.

But now the Lakers have changed their dynasty and become Zhou Chen's team.

Zhou Chen finally polished a set of tactical systems perfectly with a group of newcomers, and in a blink of an eye, he faced a collapse situation.

At this point, Zhou Chen could only take one step to see one step.

Do your best, resign yourself to fate.

He won't force Worthy and Abdul-Jabbar to give up their starting spots to newcomers.

He can only adapt to the current Lakers roster configuration as soon as possible to meet the upcoming first round of the Western Conference playoffs.

Against a stronger and more well-organized Rockets than last season, the Lakers have a hard time.

What's more, this season's big dream Olajuwon has completed its evolution, not last season's "young dream".

When the Lakers broke into the playoffs as eighth, many people suddenly reacted.

The era of belonging to the Purple and Gold Legion may really be over.

Although Zhou Chen's personal performance is very strong, the current Lakers can no longer return to the glory era of the "Showtime" period.

Until '86, there had never been an 8th-place team that could break away from the first place in the division.

Linked to the recent state of the Lakers, this season's Lakers can be described as nine deaths.

Even the Lakers' sales of playoff tickets have shown a sharp decline compared to last season.

Many Los Angeles fans have no expectations for the Lakers this season.

After all, the greater the expectations, the greater the disappointment, just like last season.

The Rockets had home-court advantage in the first round of five best-of-five games, with the first two games being played on the Rockets' home court.

The Compaq Center arena is a sea of people, a sea of red, indicating the popularity of the playoffs.

After the Rockets reached the Finals last season, this season the Rockets achieved the first record in the West.

Although Olajuwon's personal data is not as good as Zhou Chen and Jordan, as a top pick, his team leading results are indeed better than Zhou Chen and Jordan.

Before the start of this game, the Lakers temporarily changed lineup.

Zhou Chen and Michael Cooper partner in the backcourt, with James Worthy as the starting small forward, AC Green as the starting power forward, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar at the center.

A lineup of big four and small.

After replacing Webb, the overall roster height of the Lakers has been greatly improved.

The other three players on the outside are very mobile and are more suitable for Zhou Chen's system on the defensive and off-ball ends.

The Rockets' starting lineup is: Rodney McRae, John Lucas II, Levis Lloyd, Hakeem Olajuwon, Larry Sampson.

The game is about to start!

The referee threw the ball high into the air, and Sampson, who was 2.24 meters tall, easily jumped from Abdul-Jabbar to the ball.

The 1985-86 NBA Playoffs are officially on!

McRae advances the front court and organizes the attack!

After Olajuwon received the ball, he faced the defense of AC Green and directly began to play back and dream dance moves.

Although AC Green is only 2.06 meters tall, he is not weak in the face of Olajuwon, who is 7 feet tall, and his strength in the next set is very stable.

Olajuwon turned around and threw his hand directly!

Zhou Chen let go of the outside line and directly rushed into the inside line to help defend Olajuwon!

Big dream turned around and threw missed!

Zhou Chen jumped high in the air and grabbed this defensive rebound.

The Lakers launched a defensive counterattack!

Zhou Chen crossed direction, dribbled at high speed, connected several people, and killed the basket one by one!

Big Dream ran fast and soon stood under the rebound!

Don't move like a mountain, raise your hands high, ready to seal Zhou Chen!

Zhou Chen came to the free throw line and swung past Sampson!

Step directly outside the penalty area and take off!

Grab the ball with one hand and split it sideways!

Goodbye boy full of bows, not afraid of the years and not afraid of the wind!

"Boom~boom!" The sound of bodies colliding in the air!

After Olajuwon confronted Zhou Chen in the air, he flew out directly!

Lying heavily on the floor!

After being buttoned in, Zhou Chen roared up to the sky, and the sound was so loud that it directly trembled the entire Compaq Center silently!

Zhou Chen used this shocking buckle of the century to open the curtain of this season's playoffs!

To the fans of the Rockets' home stadium at Compaq Center, to fans around the world, this year's Lakers are not lambs to be slaughtered!

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