CIATB Chapter 349 Advance to the Eastern Finals
Chapter 349 Advance to the Eastern Finals
Chapter 349 Advance to the Eastern Finals
The game will officially start soon.
Howard successfully grabbed the initiative for the team.
The entire formation of the Explorers has changed a lot today. Tyronn Lue has no "spores" on his head, and defending a small guy like Chris Paul, he knows very well that he is still a person with a strong biting ability like Beverly ,More suitable.
Anyway, Chris Bosh and Wiggins are still on the court, this team does not lack ball holders.
Chris Paul faced Beverly, gritted his teeth as soon as he came up, and went on a rampage. ——Beverly didn't give him a chance to communicate with his teammates at all, and actively confronted him, forcing him to run with the ball.
It's just that facing Li Wan and Wiggins' supplementary defense, he can't go deep at all, and he can't penetrate the ball at all.
There is no way, he can only retreat far away, calling Howard to pull outside the three-point line.
The pick-and-roll quality of "Warcraft" is outstanding.
Breaking into the basket, he threw the ball towards Thaddeus Young on the other side.
The ball continued to shift and came to Anthony's hands.
Facing Wiggins, after he played back with the ball, he immediately turned over and hit the ball with a jumper.
2-0!
The ball was changed, and it was Columbus' turn to attack at home. The cheers rang out, but when they entered the position to attack, they automatically "silenced". Wiggins faced Anthony with the ball and made good use of his speed. Face-to-face hooks in the middle distance, Carmelo Anthony rushed forward desperately, forming a certain amount of interference.
The ball hit the rim and fell straight out again.
"Master Huo" faced Adams, and he didn't have any temper when he was resisted by the latter.
Li Wan grabbed the ball with one hand and completed the dunk while still in the air.
"Bah!"
The cheers of the audience were deafening.
2-2 draw.
On the way back to defense, Tyronn Lue continued to signal the entire perimeter defense to expand outward.
Don't give Chris Paul a chance to organize.
"cp3" barely escaped in the first round by relying on the pick-and-roll at the three-point line. Now the Explorers have pressed the entire lineup to the three-point line and are still guarding the zone defense.He tried the pick-and-roll, and finally handed the ball decisively.
Unknowingly, the "queen bee" is now 32 years old.
After the serious injury back then, there was still a little bit of strong sudden ability, but now it has disappeared with age.
Now his more role is to hold the ball to push and counterattack, relying on experience to play.
This is also the reason why the "Big Three of the Nets" is declining.
They are not just alone in such an embarrassing period, "Master Huo" and Carmelo Anthony are both in such a period!
However, compared to Chris Paul, Howard has regained some of his peak energy due to the rule changes; Carmelo Anthony is like Paul Pierce. Their technical ability determines that their scoring explosive power is not as good as before, but As long as they want to perform, they can still play a very decent offense.
Tonight's Carmelo Anthony is exactly when he is eager to show himself!
Chris Paul passed the ball helplessly, and he held it in his hands. He and Bogdanovic performed a flank pick-and-roll, and successfully switched Wiggins in front of him again.
Wiggins tried to use his chest to withstand Anthony, but was still resisted by his bigger body into a high position, turned over and hit a mid-range shot again.
"Melon"'s jump shot is just one word, and he only said it once.
4-2!
Drexler looked at Anthony's resolute eyes as he returned to defense, and nodded slightly.
Before the game, he felt that Anthony was holding back momentum tonight.
I didn't expect to fight so fiercely when I came up!
Bill Walton saw more changes in Carmelo Anthony: "Cameron is looking for Andrew Wiggins more tonight!"
The original Carmelo Anthony also got excited when he played against the Columbus Explorers, as if he wanted to prove something, so he was eager to find Li Wan to play every game.
Whether it's offensive or defensive.
It's different tonight. From the very beginning, I didn't compete with Li Wan.
Li Wan also felt that something was missing when he played against the Nets after the opening game. At this moment, watching Carmelo Anthony score consecutive goals, he also reacted at this moment:
Missing the confrontation with Carmelo Anthony!
He actually enjoyed fighting against Anthony, after all, this guy is really good at fighting.
There is a sense of extensiveness of the old ladies in the Northeast shouting "brother, you are killing me".
I don't know why, but I didn't look for him tonight, and I played with Wiggins specifically.
Ok……
Jason Kidd still has a brain!
As far as the wing is concerned, Carmelo Anthony can indeed play better when playing Wiggins. The gap in this area is not a display.
What Li Wan didn't know was that it wasn't Jason Kidd's tactic, but "Melon" figured it out by himself.
Since it is a "talent show", let Li Wan and the folks in Columbus see what kind of abilities the future "Second Leader of the Explorers" has, so why did he arrest Li Wan, the two-time "Best Defensive Player"? What about the winner of the "Award"?
He doesn't want to prove that he is stronger than Li Wan now...
What he wants to prove is that he is better than everyone else in Columbus except Li Wan!
and so……
Just dry Wiggins and you're done!
It's just that Wiggins' anger was obviously vented by his two blows.
Young man, really angry!
After asking for the ball in the next round, facing Carmelo Anthony, finding the right opportunity was a forced breakthrough, and then quickly stopped one step away from the free throw line.
This time, he showed his excellent physical coordination ability.
Just look at Carmelo Anthony across from him.
The "melon" who had been sticking to Wiggins failed to stabilize his body during his sudden "sudden brake", and his whole body fell out with more than two strides. There was a huge cheer at the scene, and Wiggins twisted With a small throw from the body, he easily dried the ball into the basket.
Now Carmelo Anthony's temper has completely come up.
The first quarter was almost a confrontation between Anthony and Wiggins.
As one of the top scorers in the league that year, Carmelo Anthony's scoring explosive power has come down, but his attitude stimulated his state this time, scoring 11 points in a single quarter.
The last time he scored double digits in a single quarter, it was the last time.
Anyway, Bill Walton rebelled against Anthony's entire game data record in this year's playoffs. sure!"
However, Wiggins is not inferior to him. After the first quarter, he scored 9 points, just a two-pointer.
But Carmelo Anthony is the highest scorer on the Nets side, Wiggins is not.Under the blessing of the "give the ball to Li Wan" tactic, Li Wan easily made 6 of 5 shots, 2 of 2 three-pointers, and 2 of 2 free throws, scoring 14 points!
The Nets, Chris Paul and Howard, just scored 10 points...
But for the Columbus Explorers, there is another Chris Bosh who didn't count.
Even if he just got an understatement of 5 points...
It was also enough for the Columbus Explorers to lead by 34 points 27 to 7!
Except for Carmelo Anthony, the Nets' scoring speed really can't keep up with the rest of Columbus.
It's no wonder that Howard has been able to "eat cakes" for so many years, Chris Paul is increasingly unable to remember the password of "São Paulo", and the "Big Three" scores all rely on Carmelo Anthony alone. holding on.
As far as the current growth of Bogdanovic and Thaddeus Young is concerned, it is a bit embarrassing for these two children to expect them to "add bricks and tiles". You expect them to give you a "high-rise building".
Can't do anything.
The first quarter of this game has also become a microcosm of the whole game.
Carmelo Anthony dragged the "giant ship" of the Nets forward alone, while the Columbus Explorers made all kinds of drives work together and crossed the finish line early.
121 to 102, the Columbus Explorers beat the Nets by 19 points and won the first victory in the Eastern Conference semifinals.
李万砍下33分13篮板6助攻3抢断1盖帽；
Wiggins scored 24 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists;
Chris Bosh scored 21 points, 9 rebounds and 3 blocks;
Beverly started the game with 6 points and 2 steals;
Brogdon came off the bench and played a "dimension reduction blow" performance. He scored 15 points in 17 minutes, which was easier than playing in the preseason. 12 points!
篮网队这边，“魔兽”霍华德15分11篮板3盖帽；克里斯-保罗18分4篮板8助攻；
In fact, the performance is not bad, but it is indeed not at the peak level.
Their performance made Carmelo Anthony look so dazzling. At the end of the game, "Melon" scored 33 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists.
There is a feeling of dreaming back to the Nuggets...
It's just that Carmelo Anthony, who was in a "difficult to support" situation, was not as angry as he was back then, but was very satisfied.
Under the witness of Columbus fans, playing such a performance must be enough to impress them?
As long as the Explorers don't win the championship this summer, he will definitely be strongly welcomed by Columbus fans when he comes over. He has already thought about the welcome comments:
"Dig the groove, the melon of the 03 golden generation!"
"This guy scored 33 points in Game [-] against us in the Eastern Conference semifinals!"
"I watched that game. Seriously, Carmelo Anthony was delayed by the Nets!"
……
So in this game, Carmelo Anthony can score 90 points for his performance, and the remaining 10 points are because he is afraid that he is too proud, and encourages himself to make persistent efforts and play well in the remaining three games of this round of the series!
what?
Why do you say three games?
Ok……
Unless Howard and Chris Paul are both back to their peak state, and he can't stretch his hips in that game, otherwise he really has no confidence and thinks that the Nets can win even one victory!
Carmelo Anthony is not sad for the loss, and New York fans are not sad for the loss, but look forward to it even more.
There are still 3 days left before Li Wan's husband returns to New York!
Before the start of the second game of the series, Carmelo Anthony ushered in another good news.
Jason Kidd looked back at the first game of the entire series. After watching it several times, he finally decided that the only winning point in the second game of the series was on Carmelo Anthony, so...
"Dwight, I want you to run more pick-and-rolls for Cameron, make sure that every shot he takes, can be done after the pick-and-roll..."
Doing so is naturally for Anthony to have more shooting space.
At the same time, it can also make his shots a little easier, and it doesn't take too much effort to ensure a more durable battery life.
Carmelo Anthony was overjoyed to hear Jason Kidd's arrangement.
If the young "Melon" heard such an arrangement, he would definitely directly reprimand "put away the damn pick-and-roll".
But just like older men like to soak wolfberries and eat kidneys, this older player also knows how to pick and roll better. ——How do you say something?When I was young, I didn't know how to pick and roll well, and mistakenly regarded singles as a treasure!
Now if someone gives Carmelo Anthony a pick-and-roll, especially a "high-quality wall" like Howard, he will definitely agree with his hands and shout: "Don't stop!"
Howard didn't say much when he heard Jason Kidd's arrangement.
Howard, who entered the league at the age of 18 and played 13 seasons without knowing it, now knows very well that he has no destiny to become a "super center".
The NBA is like this, small changes, sometimes can have a big impact...
In the second game, the effectiveness of Dwight Howard's pick-and-roll was fully demonstrated. Carmelo Anthony's mid-range shot directly after the pick-and-roll was extremely efficient. In the first half alone, Anthony relied on mid-range shots. 14 points, and in the end of the first half, he scored a total of 23 points!
The shooting percentage is 5%!
Howard's pick-and-roll quality is undeniable!
only……
According to Jason Kidd's plan, he thought that this set of cooperation could change Columbus's defense, so that the Explorers had to use more people to make up and switch defenses.
Once the opponent makes such an adjustment, the Nets' offense will have more possibilities...
Carmelo Anthony played his tactical intentions well, it's just...
Tyronn Lu of this shit doesn't know if it's a slow reaction, or what's going on!
Carmelo Anthony is smoking, this guy didn't change at all!
Wouldn't 23 points in the half be enough for this guy to move his little finger, call a timeout, and dig and dig in the little tactical board to find a targeted play?
You don't deserve to be the head coach of Columbus...
You get out of here!
I'll be, uh...
贾森-基德很生气，只是看着哥伦布探索者队的半场数据单，看着上面李万的数据：26分7篮板3助攻2抢断1盖帽……
His memory began to recover.
At this moment, he suddenly remembered that it seemed that while Carmelo Anthony kept shooting and scoring goals, Li Wan also stepped up his personal offense and responded to his goals...
Even scored a higher score than Carmelo Anthony!
between……
Is it also a change?
Jason Kidd's mentality collapsed.
Because the next thought popped into his mind:
Hmm...how can it not be counted?
If he had Li Wan, he would change like this!
After all, it was so easy!
It is simply a "key" to get it done!
With Li Wan, can he do whatever he wants?
He wanted Tyronn Lue out even more!
Such a player, to me, am I not also a grandmaster?
Ok……
History is always a "circle".
When Parker Riley sneered at Phil Jackson, his point of view was "Give me Michael Jordan, and I can do what he can do!"
Now Jason Kidd watched the "ultimate move" he came up with after a night of replaying was perfectly contained by Tyronn Lu's calm sentence "Li, you fight more", and his mentality collapsed.
Facing the reporter after the game, he said helplessly: "Sometimes it is like this. When you face an opponent like Li Wan, you can only lament that your luck is bad, and you just met him!"
However, as far as this game is concerned, it was indeed a wonderful battle against Biao.
The Columbus people at the scene called it a "hungry".
After the whole game, Columbus won 119 to 106 and "only" won by 13 points...
6 points less than the previous game!
Carmelo Anthony, who scored 23 points in the half, took 38 shots and made 20 of them. He made 6 of 2 three-pointers and 4 of 4 free throws. He scored 46 points in the game!
In addition, there are 8 rebounds and 3 assists...
If Carmelo Anthony was already a "thigh-level" presence in the Nets in the last game, then in this game, after Jason Kidd arranged Howard's pick-and-roll, Carmelo Anthony was even more Suddenly, he became the "ultimate daddy" of the Nets.
This kind of performance, no matter what happens to any super giant, it is at the level of explosion.
It's just that facing Li Wan tonight, Carmelo Anthony still looks a bit "starless".
40投22中，罚球6罚6中，三分球9投5中，全场55分，外加15个篮板以及4次助攻，此外还有4次抢断跟2次盖帽……
This is Li Wan's final stat tonight. Li Wan, who is also "full firepower", made Carmelo Anthony's 46 points "useless"!
Of course, this useless work is from the perspective of the game, from the perspective of the Nets.
Carmelo Anthony is ecstatic in his heart.
He is 120% satisfied with his performance tonight!
Even he himself didn't expect that with Howard's pick and roll, he could actually contribute such firepower!
Really great tonight!
Now he hopes that Jason Kidd will continue to use this tactic even if he goes back, so that he can maximize his firepower.
That's nothing to worry about.
Even experts from all walks of life believe that although this change of tactics did not allow the Nets to win, it did give the Nets a little more counterattack posture when facing Columbus.
In the current lineup of the Nets, apart from Carmelo Anthony, there is really no one who can achieve such an effect when cooperating with Howard.
In addition to the Columbus Explorers scoring 2-0 in the series, the Warriors currently lead the Spurs 2-0 in other matchups, and will go to San Antonio to continue the next game.
Seeing Popovich, one of his biggest "sufferers" in the past, and the Spurs being rubbed on the ground by himself and his new "brothers", LeBron James felt an indescribable sense of joy in his heart.
On the day he arrived in San Antonio, Green also had good news.
The league officially awarded the "Best Defensive Player Award" this season. With 33.3% of the votes, he beat Anthony Davis with 30% of the votes and Leonard with 21.3% of the votes. Another "Defensive Player of the Season Award" winner in NBA history.
Green said: "This is an affirmation of me!"
This season is definitely not easy for him, because of the reinforcement last summer and the arrival of someone, he became the "culprit" of the team's loss at the beginning of the season. The temporary "unification" was achieved, but he did lose a lot of the right to hold the ball and deal cards, which made him more devoted to the defensive end.
He didn't want to be "the next Chris Bosh," but he was the next "Chris Bosh."
Fortunately, judging from the results, his luck is better than Chris Bosh, because he is indeed more talented than Bosh on the defensive end.
The "Best Defensive Player of the Season Award" is the ultimate affirmation for him. With this affirmation, it is impossible for him to become the team's "back-up man".
Thinking of this, his mood became brighter...
Green, who won the award, was very happy, but Anthony Davis, who had a 3.3% vote difference, was very unhappy. He vented all his anger on the third game against the Trail Blazers.
The first two games of the series were tied 2-0.
The home of the New Orleans Hornets has become the new "devil's home" of the league. In the regular season of this season, they only lost 4 games at home.
The winning rate is above 90%.
And waiting for the playoffs, they also continued this momentum, and they still did not lose at their home court in the first round of the series.
So even if they lost the first two games of the series, the mentality of the Trail Blazers was not affected in any way. Back to the Rose Garden in the third game of the series, they took the initiative from the beginning.
Anthony Davis, who originally wanted to make a fuss on the court to vent his failure to win the "Defensive Player of the Season Award" this season, faced the opponent's momentum, but became a toy for Aldridge and Oden .
More than 8 minutes into the first quarter, Anthony Davis, who received 2 fouls in the game, could only sit on the bench and gnaw his fingers depressed.
Without him as an "inside Optimus Prime", the New Orleans Hornets, which were passive inside, became even more passive now. Deron Williams connected the entire team's inside and outside lines well, and finally they all worked together. At home, the big score was pulled back by one point, and the big score between the two sides came to 1 to 2.
At the end of the Rose Garden game, the scene in New York City can be described as "huge crowds, firecrackers going off."
Don't ask them why they are so high!
Asking is...
Their giegie Lee Wan is back!
It feels great to be able to cheer for my husband again~
Especially the group of New York fans in the Brooklyn Nets home auditorium at this moment, when Li Wan entered the field, they couldn't help shouting:
"King of New York!"
"King of New York!"
"King of New York!"
……
Just looking at this scene, it seems that the time has returned to 3 years ago!
When the Nets walked out of the home team player tunnel, they were also cheered by the audience.
This surprised them a bit.
After all, they still remember what the New York bitches did to them at home last year.They were all prepared to go to the "wrong" arena.
Just pretend there is no home game in this round of the series!
Ok……
Anthony felt that it was impossible for the Nets to win a game, and there was another reason for this!
It doesn't matter if their strength is poor, they don't even have a home game, how can they win!
But now...
This is……
what's the situation?
Are these New Yorkers transgender?
Ok……
impossible!
Absolutely impossible!
Not to mention, they really know New Yorkers.
As for the "four consecutive championships" that Li Wan brought to this city, it is doomed that no one can replace Li Wan's position in this city. What's more, Brooklyn is the hometown of New York, and New Yorkers are expected to regard it as a real place. The home team, that was a dream.
The reason why these New Yorkers gave such cheers was purely because the Nets worked hard enough, so that they could once again cheer for Li Wan in the playoffs.
It's as if the "husband" found by the owner is willing to cooperate with the task.
it's really...
High or low thank you.
However, the Nets didn't have any doubts for too long. When the game officially started, Li Wan made a dunk at the beginning, setting off cheers from the audience. The interference of boos on a large scale is considered good... At this moment, for the Nets, the familiar feeling returned.
That's it!
The whores in New York really haven't changed at all...
There is one exception...
That's Carmelo Anthony!
In fact, after the last game, Carmelo Anthony, who scored 46 points, has already caused a lot of discussion in New York.
This city has always wanted to kneel down and lick those capable players immediately.
Especially now that Carmelo Anthony is still a Nets player...
More importantly, in this game, Carmelo Anthony continued the fiery state of the previous game, making consecutive shots in Howard's pick-and-roll, which is very presence.
Ever since, the cheers sounded louder and louder when Anthony hit the goal.
Another great star matchup, Carmelo Anthony scored another 40 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists...
At the same time, Chris Paul also had the help of God in this game. The account password of "São Paulo" became more and more difficult to remember, but tonight he obviously remembered the password suddenly, and the various shots in the first half were very straightforward. .
He scored 18 points in the first half alone.
This has tied his highest single-game score in the previous two games.
Carmelo Anthony's 1 performance is already at the "big daddy" level, and now there is another "Sao Paulo", this game is also more anxious than the previous one.
Until the end of the first half, the biggest point difference between the two sides was only 6 points after halftime.
Finally, Jason Kidd waited for Tyronn Lue's transformation. In the second half of the game, in addition to moving up the entire defensive formation, the Explorers also made a big delay to Chris Paul.
This requires the Nets to stand up and help out.
but……
Compared with support, Carmelo Anthony is more of a "sharp knife", suitable for inserting directly at the opponent's "main artery". If you let him organize the support, it is tantamount to letting Lu Bu be the master.
It's not that he doesn't understand, it's just that he is more suitable for wielding Fang Tian's painted halberd in front of the battle than the master.
With just such a small adjustment, the Nets' overall tactics have changed back to Carmelo Anthony's "single fight", and what Tyronn Lue wants is for the opponent to "fight the bayonet" with him.
Because he has "God" Li Wan.
Stars against Biao, no matter who they are, in Tyronn Lu's opinion, they can't compare to his Li Wan...
Facts have also proved this point. Without Chris Paul's support, Carmelo Anthony and Li Wan were facing each other, and gradually fell into a disadvantage. The score that had been anxious in the first half was also at this moment. Slowly pulled away by the Explorers.
117 to 102, this is the final score, the Explorers defeated the Nets again by 15 points.
A big score of 3-0 means that the overall situation has been decided!
Except for Anthony, the Nets have the best data in Chris Paul. His final data in this game is fixed at 24 points and 9 assists, which seems to be the data of the top one.
But if you divide this data into the first and second halves, Chris Paul scored 18 points in the first half, but only scored 6 points in the second half!
The contrast is too stark...
People can't help but want to blame the Nets' loss on him.
After the game, Jason Kidd once again expressed his powerlessness towards Li Wan.
After this game, he can be considered to have completely understood the direction of Tyronn Lue's entire transformation. All his choices are to let his opponent fight him alone.Use Li Wan to defeat all opponents.
This……
Can it count?
There is Li Wan, who wouldn't!
Compared with Jason Kidd's jealousy, many American media have affirmed Tyronn Lue's ability to coach changes.
Because when facing the Bucks in the first round of the series, Tyronn Lue made more tactical changes on the defensive end.
Especially the first game is the most typical. Tyronn Lue tested the Bucks' Jabari Parker and "Antetokounmpo"'s "card dealing" ability through the "iron barrel formation", and successfully solved the problems of these two guys' inexperience. expand.
But now when facing the Nets, Tyronn Lue's entire tactical purpose has become to cut the entire offensive tactics of the Nets, and let the Nets fall into the confrontation between Carmelo Anthony and Li Wan middle.
While infinitely amplifying the tactical energy of "give the ball to Li Wan", it can also make Chris Paul have no room to play.
It is true that there is a feeling of "beating a snake and hitting seven inches"!
The first round of the series was so targeted, and now the second game is so "satisfied", Tyronn Lue's coaching ability, in the eyes of these experts, is really underestimated!
It's just that two consecutive games have obviously consumed Carmelo Anthony a lot.In Game 33 of the series, he soon had fitness problems.This is also the number one problem that players must face after the age of [-], especially in the playoffs, where a game is comparable to a war, the speed of physical consumption is even more exaggerated.
However, since Carmelo Anthony became a super giant, his ability to control his body fat rate has not been good... You know, the only "big center" Jokic in history who averaged 30 plus 10 plus 10 "triple doubles" per game It was also after successfully controlling the body fat rate that he played terrifying and efficient performances, including the "super giants" of the NBA, as long as they are phenomenal, there is no case that the body fat rate was not well controlled at that time.
Because this is often easy to become a breakthrough for opponents in the playoffs...
In this game against the Columbus Explorers, because Carmelo Anthony's physical fitness "lost the chain", there was no suspense soon, 120 to 100, and finally the Nets lost by a full 20 points!
It was the game with the most losses in the entire series.
4-0!
Another sweep, the Columbus Explorers advance to the Eastern Conference Finals!
In the first game of the Western Conference Finals, 35 free throws in 8 seconds, looking at the entire history of the NBA, it is also quite a blast.
(End of this chapter)