CIATB Chapter 240 Entering the East Finals and the End of the Era
Chapter 240 Entering the East Finals and the End of the Era
Chapter 240 Entering the East Finals and the End of the Era
A game that is about to rain is over.
After watching the New York fans, one reaction...
That's it?
Before the game started, they really thought they had encountered a problem.
After all, in the first round of the playoffs, the strongest team was the New York Knicks, averaging about 25 points per game, and the second strongest team was the Magic.
Although the Thunder won the game 4-0, they only won by about 10 points per game.
The Magic beat the Nets by about 14.5 points per game!
This is the Nets with Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, Chris Paul and Daluo!
With the exception of starter JJ Redick, the other four have All-Star experience...
To beat such a team like this, even the arrogant New York fans feel the pressure.
The result can be...
Hi hello hi!
New York fans feel that they can study the opponents of the Eastern Conference Finals in advance.
The league officially announced the best team and best defense team for this season.
Li Wan was once again selected as the "Best Team" and "Best Defense Team"!
This is the third consecutive year that he has been a member of "Double First Team"...
This is also the fifth player in NBA history to achieve this achievement. Apart from Li Wan, the remaining three are: Jordan, Kobe and LeBron James...
And Dwight Howard!
It is also worth mentioning that after winning the "Double First Team" this time, Howard has already entered the top ten ranks in NBA history. He is one of the 10 players who have won the "Double First Team" the most times.
Li Wan is one time away from this goal.
In addition, the players who entered the "best team" with Li Wan are: Kobe, LeBron James, Kevin Durant and Dwight Howard.
None of the Spurs, which has the best record in the league, was selected for the "Best Team".
This is actually quite rare in the history of the NBA...
The best second team members are: Derrick Rose, Chris Paul, Blake Griffin, Kevin Love, Oden;
Not only did the first team list not have the names of the Spurs players, but neither did the second team.
It wasn't until the third battle that the name "Tony Parker" appeared.
Other than him, no one else on the Spurs is on the list.
Leonard looked at the list, glanced at Popovich's "best head coach" again, and fell into thought:
Why did I come and what am I going to leave with!
In addition to Tony Parker, the other members of the three teams are: Westbrook, Dirk Nowitzki, Carmelo Anthony and Tyson Chandler.
When Wade saw this list, his heart sank to the bottom...
Since the 04~05 season, except for the year when the injury season was reimbursed, he has been able to enter the "Best Team" at least, but why his brother has been here for two years, he can't even enter the "Best Team" up?
"With Wade's strength, do you still have the nerve to call yourself a giant?"
"Yeah! How can a giant have to be in the best team, right? But I searched through the 10~11 seasons, and I didn't see his name!"
"It's a real hammer. If it weren't for LeBron James' teammates, Wade would be an ordinary All-Star at best, without the strength of a giant at all!"
"Hurry up and trade Wade, what use is he!"
……
Wade suddenly felt a lot of pressure.
If he can't win the championship again this year, or if the "Big Three of the Heat" end up "without a championship", he believes that he will definitely see such rumors in the comment area.
In addition...
The thing that frustrates him is that...
The release of this "best list" can be regarded as locking his entire career, and he will never return to the "boss" position!
A player who can't even make the "best team" is still so old, which team is willing to use him as the core...
It was also at this time that Wade realized how much sacrifice he had given up power!
What does possession mean?
data!
With statistics, when you reach the age of 38, others will say that you are old and strong!
If the team loses, it's because the teammates can't do it. Can you blame us giegie?
You find Brother Antetokounmpo and Curry, and help my giegie, see if my giegie can win the championship!
After two days of rest, the New York Knicks continued to sit at home and started the second game of the series with the Magic.
After being restrained in the last game, Stan Van Gundy thought hard and finally...
Pulled out my hair!
I can't think of anything...
At the end of the night, Stan Van Gundy had only one feeling:
It is really difficult to coach without Li Wan!
He wants to explain!
Some people, when they are here, you feel that they are extremely difficult!
When he's gone, I feel like he's too much to hang on...
D'Antoni's expression is getting more and more confident.
After reflecting on and summarizing the first game, the New York Knicks played "man-to-man defense" more easily in the second game.
The Magic were forced to drop their positions, and the rhythm of running and bombing could not be pulled up at all.
Joe Johnson could still stand up and score goals in singles against Ray Allen to help the team win the score, but when the Knicks let Li Wan switch to him in the second half, he died down again. There was no sound.
The point difference of this game was opened in the third quarter.
Before the start of the fourth quarter, the lead of the New York Knicks came to 10 points away.
As soon as the fourth quarter came up, the New York Knicks began to increase the frequency of "cutting Howard tactics". After breaking Howard's mentality, they finally won the second place in the series with a score difference of 116 to 99 and 17 points. games.
Big score 2-0!
If the first game is lost, the Orlando people still have a little anticipation, thinking that the team just didn't expect the opponent to be so cunning in the first game, and when they adjust, they will be familiar with the Knicks' defensive routines .
After all, the Magic is not the Suns of the year!
But at this moment, the result of the second game came out, and they had no reason to continue to lie to themselves.
If you look at the overall performance...
Even if the Magic is not the Suns of the year, it is not much worse.
The Knicks arranged them tactically clearly, obediently, and had no temper at all.
Barkley uttered a classic "truth" in the future: "It seems that Dwight Howard really can't beat Li Wan!"
When Howard heard such comments, he couldn't fxxk say that in a result-oriented league, no one would care. What the Knicks did to him, they only saw who had the last laugh.
Ever since Li Wan left Orlando, almost every time the two met, Li Wan had the last laugh.
Although he has not completely fallen off the cliff this time, the current situation is here...
Even if he returns to Orlando in the next game, he doesn't have the confidence to play a beautiful counterattack.
This side is about to get the match point.
Another set of matchups in the Eastern Conference semifinals has been delayed.
The flowers waiting for Rose and the Bulls are all dying, but the Heat lost to the Pacers in the sixth game with a 3-2 lead. The big score was 3-3. This year's first group "tie-break "War" appears.
No one expected that it would happen in the series between the Heat and the Pacers.
Before the game, everyone thought that at most 4-1, the Heat would be able to eliminate the Pacers.
The result can be...
The Pacers have brought so much trouble to the Heat, and the tenacity of this team has exceeded everyone's expectations.
Fate was shrouded in fog, and some public opinion began to spread. Many voices believed that Wade's state had declined too much this season, which seriously delayed LeBron.
毕竟勒布朗-詹姆斯季后赛场均30.6分9.7篮板5.6助攻1.9抢断，投篮命中率50%！
The data is directly full, such a performance, you can't put the blame on him, can you?
Compared with last season's playoffs, Wade's performance has declined significantly, and his average scoring is only about 22 points per game. The Heat are playing so hard...
Whose problem is this not obvious at a glance?
These public opinions confirmed Wade's worries. In order to prove himself, in the seventh game of the series, he stood up and scored a series-high 7 points to help the team beat the Pacers 32-108. Into the second round of the playoffs.
Waiting for them there is the Bulls who have already advanced.
As the dust settled on another set of duels in the East, the top eight lists of the East and West also had their final results.
The Thunder, which entered the semifinals of the playoffs the fastest this season, have already played with the Clippers at this moment.At the end of the first game, Carmelo Anthony scored 37 points, overwhelming Kevin Durant's 34 points. In the end, the Clippers only won by 3 points. The Clippers scored 1-0 in the Win this round of the series first and hold the home court advantage in your hands.
The Spurs also waited for their opponents in the semifinals-the Los Angeles Lakers and the Grizzlies fought hard for 7 games. In the end, the Lakers won the "Tie-break" by virtue of their "championship background" and successfully defeated the Grizzlies. into the next round.
Tim Duncan fights Kobe again!
4 month 30 day.
Amway Arena.
Game [-] of the series between the New York Knicks and the Magic arrived as scheduled.
When all the members of the Magic team played tonight, their faces were full of determination.
They are 2-0 behind, and they still have 2 chances, but 0-3 behind means that there is no chance. Tonight is their "last stand". They don't want to lose hope before the fourth game...
The idea of wanting to win seems to have moved God. Tonight's magic team felt very fast. Before the end of the first quarter, they had already hit 6 three-pointers.
When D'Antoni saw Anderson's hand against Lewis, drifting his body and hitting a three-pointer into the basket, he knew that the goddess of victory was a bit biased tonight...
At the end of the game, the Magic returned to their first game at home and won the first game of the series with 19 three-pointers, rewriting the big score to 1-2!
After winning the game, even Stan Van Gundy breathed a sigh of relief.
In any case, at least it avoided being swept like last year. From 0-4 to 1-4, it seems that the difference between "sweep" and "gentleman sweep" is a big step for the Orlando Magic.
The New York Knicks accepted the loss with equanimity.
As a "three-point team", they understand very well that this is the magic of "three-pointers": sometimes they will cause the team to lose, and sometimes they will bring surprises to the team!
Ok……
Sometimes, it will bring some delusions!
For example, after Dwight Howard won the game, his entire mental state completely changed. When he was training in the team the next day, no matter who he saw, he would rush up, shake the opponent's shoulder excitedly, and spit all over the place. : "We can win, we can win! Come on, keep up the state of last night, come three more games, we will win!"
This looks very much like the younger sister who sold the house excitedly said to her brother: "Brother, our family is rich!"
Full of heartache.
And this sadness, on the second day, all turned into heartbreak.
On May 5, the fourth game of the series between the Knicks and the Magic started.
The New York Knicks took a more resolute attitude in this game. Through continuous "man-to-man" and "pressing", they cut off Steve Nash's connection with other people, and let the Magic even play singles. They all seemed a little impatient.
Including Joe Johnson, none of the Magic's field goal percentages exceeded 40% in the first quarter!
Stan Van Gundy also wants to come to the "imitation show", but compared to the defensive resources of the New York Knicks, the Magic's side pales in comparison.
Position [-], position [-], plus position [-], the three positions are full of loopholes, and there is no defense at all.
Joe Johnson at the second position puts a lot of role in the offensive end, plus he is facing Li Wan on the defensive end, even if Howard is a backup defense, he can only barely protect himself...
With such a defensive strength, it is impossible to "imitate" the New York Knicks to cut off the connection between Li Wan and the others. It can only be said that there is no hope!
At the end of the first half, the Magic fell behind by 10 points.
Coupled with the Knicks' efforts again in the third quarter, the point difference suddenly exceeded 20 points.
The buzzer sounded in the fourth quarter, 128 to 100, and the New York Knicks won the fourth game of the series with a new high point difference in this round of the series.
The big score was officially rewritten to 3-1!
It's only one game away from eliminating the Magic.
5 month 4 day.
The New York Knicks, with three match points in hand, returned home.
Another set of matchups in the Eastern Conference semifinals. The Bulls and the Heat also finished their first game of the series. home field.
The Heat lead 1-0 with a big score!
Derrick Rose was a little lost in the double-team between Wade and LeBron, and only scored 19 points, and his shooting percentage was only 39%!
The soul of the Miami media issued an article: "This is also the best team, so why not Wade?"
This question revealed Derek Rose's tough face: "I think they will know the answer soon!"
Windy City fans were thrilled by his answer. They believed that Derrick Rose would give the performance they expected and swell the face of the Miami media.
The game started when the Knicks returned home.
In this game, they obviously rushed to solve the Magic at home, and their status came very quickly.
There was a wave of 14-0 scoring in the first quarter.
In the middle, Stan Van Gundy called a timeout, but failed to stop the momentum of the Knicks.
The Magic encountered the "law of conservation of character", the "unscientific three-point tide" in the third game of the series, and this game has all returned.
Anderson made a wide-open three-pointer and actually shot a "three-pointer", which was in stark contrast to his handsome and elegant three-pointer that day.
At the end of the first quarter, this game is also over for the Magic.
110 to 97, this is the final score.
The New York Knicks beat the Magic by 13 points, won the fourth game of the series, and officially eliminated the Magic with a big score of 4-4.
The audience cheered everywhere.
Under the light, Howard slowly looked down at his raised hands. After 5 games, he averaged 14.4 points, 17.6 rebounds and 2.8 blocks per game. The data is among the blue-collar workers, which can be said to be "top data"...
His vision gradually blurred.
Li Wan beat him to tears again!
difficult!
too difficult!
As a devout believer, Howard understands very well that he should not question his Lord, he can have the two-way life of beauty and happiness now.All are guided by the Lord...
but……
He still couldn't help but want to ask:
"Beast" just wants to win once, what's wrong with "Beast"!
Steve Nash also looked a little dazed. He suddenly felt that his body seemed to be covered with a layer of shackles. On the shackles was written "You will never have a championship!"
It's really not that he wants to be discouraged, but the current situation:
Lost to the tactics of 7 years ago again!
Let him have to be discouraged!
Li Wan walked towards Stan Van Gundy amidst the cheers of the audience.
The face of "Coach Anxi" is full of "you are worthy of it". Losing to Li Wan is not an unacceptable thing for Stan Van Gundy.
On the contrary, it is not surprising!
he really felt...
His beloved apprentice is the strongest player in the world!
Orlando Multimedia showed their "realistic" side at this time: "The Magic are once again standing at a fork in the road of fate!"
If they lose to Li Wan once, they will feel that they still have a chance.
Now that they have lost Li Wan again, they won't think so anymore.
More importantly, the two Magic teams are building around Howard...Since Howard can't win with the team...then don't waste time, rebuild quickly!
If they didn't win the championship in 09, they may still be a little patient now. After all, Howard is still a "double team" player in the league.There are only 3 such players this season.
Li Wan, LeBron James and Howard, even Kobe didn't do this this season!
Can a player with excellent offense and defense not hide like a baby bump?
But the problem now is that winning the championship in 09 gave them a taste of the sweetness of the championship, and the decline was too fast, making them eager to get back that sweetness, so they became impatient.
The media in Atlanta was thankful that the management made a good deal and traded Joe Johnson ahead of schedule.
"Eagle King" almost always hit halftime in this round of the series.
In the first half of the five games, he averaged 5 points per game, but in the second half he averaged only 12.4 points per game... In addition, he averaged 5.2 turnovers per game.
Li Wan's defense made him completely breathless.
Especially in the last game, Li Wan, who became more and more familiar with Joe Johnson's routine, allowed the "Eagle King" to score only 2 points in the second half, but sent 3 turnovers.
Although Li Wan won the "Best Defensive Team" for three consecutive years, he did not perform very well when facing the league's top scorers.
What stands out most about him on the defensive end is his help defense, make-up defense and switch defense...
It's just such a player with not so top single defense ability, but he defended Joe Johnson like this. This doesn't mean that the "Eagle King" is old, what else could it be?
Joe Johnson, who couldn't argue with anything, could only say in a low voice: "Lee's defensive ability is underestimated. I think he is a defender at the level of the best defensive player!"
It's a pity that when these words came out of his mouth, others felt that they were making excuses for themselves, so that they would not look so embarrassed.
The New York Knicks made it to the Eastern Conference Finals.
At this time, the other group in the Eastern Conference semifinals had just finished Game 2 of the series.
Derrick Rose once again demonstrated his ability to "follow his words", scoring 32 points in a single game, sweeping away the haze of the previous game, and leading the team to the final victory.
The big score was rewritten to a 1-1 tie.
The Chicago media asked loudly: "Miami, now, do you know?"
Speaking of winning this game, the Bulls still have another major contributor, that is "Hamilton who can't run to death". He made 14 of 8 shots and scored 20 points to help the Bulls in the most anxious third quarter. , Gradually grasped the advantage.
It is also his constant running, helping Rose again and again, and opening up the offensive space. LeBron James and Wade dare not focus all their attention on Rose in this game, or Hamilton will raise his hand. It's a shot, and by the way, report your own zodiac sign: Clay!
In the West, the Spurs and the Lakers have played 3 games. The Spurs lead 2-1. The only game the Lakers won, Kobe scored 32 points. In the other two games, Kobe did not reach 30 points. The team did not resist at all, allowing the Spurs to have the last laugh.
If the regular season and the first round of the playoffs have exposed the overall instability of the Lakers, then the current game against the Spurs, this...
It was completely exposed!
Without exception, the three games were all fights, and it became Kobe VS Spurs. If the "Black Mamba" can beat it, then it will win;
In addition, Leonard, who is only a freshman this year, did give Kobe a lot of interference on the defensive end.
Just putting those hands in front of Kobe is enough to break his defense...
God, can you be a little fairer, this guy is the size of one hand, and it's almost the size of my two hands!
How can you be so eccentric!
5月10日，马刺队赢下了系列赛的第4场比赛，并成功将大比分改写成了3-1！
The Lakers are standing on the brink...
To make matters worse, the next game in the series will start at the home of the Spurs.
Koe said after the game: "We will definitely return to Los Angeles with a victory!"
Can……
The veteran Popovich has figured out the lifeblood of the Lakers in the first 4 games.
In the fifth game, he speeded up the offensive rhythm through constant substitutions, causing the Lakers' rotation problems. They easily defeated the Lakers 99 to 77 with 22 points.
4-1!
The Spurs eliminated the Lakers and entered the Western Conference Finals!
At 3 minutes and 45 seconds of the fourth quarter, the biggest point difference the Lakers fell behind came to 26 points.
Phil Jackson saw that the situation was over and replaced Kobe.
This scene is very similar to last year's finals.
But there are also differences...
For example, Kobe's eyes were full of desire for revenge at that time, and his eyes were piercing.
And now...
His head bowed...
What the Lakers have shown this season, even Kobe, who possesses the "Mamba spirit", has no confidence in the next season...
He didn't even dare to look up, what he was afraid of seeing was the end of his era!
A relative's child got married today.
(End of this chapter)