The first round of the playoffs in 1986–87.

The Los Angeles Lakers faced the Denver Nuggets.

The Nuggets have struggled this season, with just 37 wins and 8th in the West.

Recall that when Zhou Chen first played the playoffs two years ago, the Nuggets were still the top two teams in the West.

The Nuggets' core players in recent years have been "basketball poet" English and Fat-Liff backcourt duo.

Although each season averages points per game to rank among the top in the league, the Nuggets' defense is worse every year.

This season, the Lakers averaged 118.6 points per game, ranking first in the league, while the Nuggets averaged 116.7 points per game, ranking second in the league.

The offensive efficiency of the two teams can be said to be similar.

But the gap in strength is reflected in the defense.

The Nuggets are averaging 117.6 points per game, ranking first in the league, while the Lakers are 98.7 points per game, ranking 20th in the entire league.

This is also the most critical reason why the two offensive teams have played a world of difference.

Before the start of this series, it was widely believed that there was no suspense.

The Lakers swept the Nuggets 4-0 this season with little effort.

The first match was played at home in Los Angeles.

After the game began, the Nuggets did not give up the game as easily as the outside world expected.

After all, it's the first game of the playoffs of the season, and you always have to fight it.

Today's Nuggets' main core player Inglesh, showed an explosive hot hand after the opening.

Hit consecutive three-pointers in the bottom corner and flank to give the Nuggets a head start.

Although the Lakers are the first in the league to face the eighth place in the West, they are not taken lightly.

Zhou Chen's mid-range jumper after the opening game was also colored for the Lakers.

James Worthy and Abdul-Jabbar also blossomed inside and out, helping the Lakers catch up with the scoreline.

Early in the first quarter, the two teams were caught in a tug-of-war between you and me.

The Nuggets clearly came prepared for this game, and although they faced the Lakers, who had a 72-10 record in the regular season, the Nuggets seemed to be inherently unafraid of the Lakers' style.

Fighting violence with violence is always the most effective solution.

Although the Nuggets' defense is a mess, in terms of offensive firepower output alone, they are the only team in the entire league that can match the Lakers.

Led by Fatt Liff and Ingleish in the backcourt, the Nuggets entered the second quarter with a slim lead.

After the start of the second quarter, the substitutes on both sides fought and fell into a brief scoring drought.

The Lakers' side finally achieved a rebound in the score under the sudden outburst of Webb and Pol.

When the main force of the Lakers returned to the court, the game completely lost its suspense.

Zhou Chen scored 27 points in a single quarter, including 9 of 11 two-pointers and 3 of 3 three-pointers, leading the Lakers to a super offensive wave of 35-20 in a single quarter.

After returning from the second half, the Lakers playing at home were in full swing

! Zhou Chen and Worthy teamed up to score the first 20 points of the third quarter, and the difference between the two teams also reached 23 points

! In the last quarter of the game, although English is still helping the Nuggets score to save face, but this game he is no longer able to return to the sky! In the last quarter of the game

, Zhou Chen only played 2 minutes and then went to rest!

The Lakers, with their strong strength gap, did not give their opponents any chance to fight back.

In the end, 134-109 at home against the Denver Nuggets, won the opening of the season's playoffs! In

the first game of the playoffs, Zhou Chen scored a game-high 46 points, while also scoring 11 assists and 8 rebounds

! The Nuggets' English scored the 2nd highest 39 points in the game!

In addition, James Worthy cut 27 points and Abdul-Jabbar cut 18 points and 10 rebounds.

Rodman had 2 points, 18 rebounds, 3 steals and 2 blocks, and AC Green had 10 points, 5 assists, 3 steals and 2 rebounds.

The huge point difference at the end of the first game also fully shows the huge strength gap between the two teams.

The Nuggets were almost able to play the Lakers for about half a court before surrendering.

The next two games were not too much suspense.

The Los Angeles Lakers showed their strength as defending champions and league regular-season champions.

The last two games of the series, 139-90, 111-100, respectively, were easily won!

The Lakers won without any suspense

! 3:0

! The first team in the playoffs this season to advance to the division semifinals

! As the playoffs progress, the major awards of this season's regular season are also announced!

In the first round, the first award officially announced by the NBA is strange.

It made Zhou Chen even more strange.

He actually won the Most Improved Player Award of the season, and

Zhou Chen never thought that he would win this award.

The NBA has only begun to select the fastest improving player for the first time since last season, and Zhou Chen and the Lakers did not expect him to win the fastest improvement player award this season.

The official reason given by the NBA is that Zhou Chen has played a historic scoring performance this season and led the Lakers from eighth place in the West to the first in the league.

The 72-10 record not only set the best record in the NBA regular season.

Zhou Chen's average of 52.8 points per game also set a new high for points per game in a single season!

Zhou Chen was also the scoring king last season, averaging 38.8 points per game, but compared with last season, Zhou Chen's score has risen by as many as 14 points this season.

When Zhou Chen's various magical records were officially listed by the NBA, people were also convinced that

Zhou Chen won the Most Improved Player Award! Zhou Chen became the first player in NBA history to have the Best Rookie, Regular Season MVP, Fastest Improved Player, and Best Defensive Player Award!

No one believes that Zhou Chen will not win this season's regular season MVP trophy, it's just a matter of time.

In addition to that, the Rookie of the Season award went to the Bulls' Len Byas.

Before the draft, Byas, known as the proud son of heaven, lived up to the expectations of the outside world and grew rapidly with the Bulls this season and has become Jordan's most reliable helper.

Averaging 27.5 points, 5.6 rebounds and 4.3 assists per game, he led the Bulls to No. 1 in the Eastern Conference with Jordan.

In the Best Rookie Ranking, Rodman received the second most vote.

As a rookie at the end of the first round, Rodman is arguably the biggest jewel of the year, although he only averaged 3.5 points per game, but he was able to grab 14.2 rebounds per game, ranking second in the league, second only to Charles Barkley.

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