Chapter 603: The Chosen One

Clippers waited for four days, finally getting the outcome.

Lakers with a 4-2 series win eliminated Harden and Howard's Rockets, advancing to the Western Conference Semifinals.

Yu Fei and Kobe faced off again in the playoffs.

Since Yu Fei's journey west in the summer of 2007, every year's playoffs seemed to end up with him meeting Kobe, but each time, he was the victor.

Although this season's Lakers are the best they've been in recent years, they lost both of their matches against the Clippers right before the regular season ended, and now meeting in the playoffs, even the most ardent Lakers fans knew the odds were not in their favor.

One pre-semifinal episode or, should I say, a cause of widespread controversy, was Durant narrowly beating Yu Fei in the regular season MVP voting, clinching his first MVP trophy of his career.

"Aesthetic fatigue," like "you're too young," is a phenomenon not to be ignored in the NBA award evaluations.