Chapter 455: Go to the Western Conference?

Judging from the fact that Sun Hao used Sun Hao to trade Kobe after failing to defend the title, the management of the Mavericks team is no longer as patient as before.
Coupled with the Celtics management team in the East, this summer is destined to be a little extraordinary.
Fans are still excited for the "Black Eight Miracle", and the last set of tiebreakers in the first round of the second day officially opened.
Unlike yesterday's final game, the Nuggets and Clippers played the fierce tiebreaker.
The two teams have been in a stalemate from the beginning, to the last moment.
In the last 10 seconds before the end, the two teams tied, and the Nuggets had the last chance to attack.
James broke through the double team to the basket, and then chose to split the ball.
After catching the ball near the baseline, Nene made a mid-range jumper at the buzzer.
The ball is scored and the whistle blows.
The Nuggets beat the Clippers, and the thrilling approached the second round of the playoffs!
The Denver Pepsi Center was in a boil.
James raised his head excitedly and shouted.
The taste of breaking in the first round of the playoffs was so refreshing.
In this way, the first round of the game is all over, and the semi-final matchup on the Western Conference is also released.
Lakers VS Warriors, Suns VS Nuggets.
The Spurs and the Mavericks, the two favorite teams in the championship, were out of the first round. This result was beyond many people's expectations.
But this is what makes the NBA exciting.
"Where.amazing.happens."
This slogan is very well promoted.
The confrontation between the East and West semifinals will not officially start until a day later, and at this time, the league announced the ownership of the second batch of season awards.
Best sixth man, best defensive player and best rookie.
The best sixth man was won by Mike Miller of the Grizzlies.
Miller was sent to Memphis before McGrady, and in theory his ability to make a starter is more than enough.
But the Grizzlies chose Battier before, plus former All-Star Eddie Jones, he has always played as a substitute.
74 games off the bench in 65 games, averaging 30 minutes, 13.4 points, 5.7 rebounds, and 2.7 assists per game.
The best defensive player was won by Ben Wallace.
This is the fourth time Wallace has received this honor in five years.
If it weren't for Artest's "cross-cutting" in the middle, Big Ben would accomplish an unprecedented five consecutive dpoy feat!
But there is no if, that can be called a cut-off, and even makes him not even three consecutive times, which is a bit embarrassing.
From this perspective, the two protagonists of the Palace of Auburn Hills, Artest "won".
The results of the selection of the best rookie came out. The Bulls' Paul got 51%, and more than half of the votes were elected without any suspense!
Deron ranked second in the vote, he got 28% of the vote.
It is worth mentioning that Bogut, who previously said that his dish should be the best rookie player, only got 7% ​​of the votes, not as good as Paul's teammate Granger.
In terms of performance alone, Bogut is better than Granger, who averaged only 7.9 points per game this season.
But the result of this vote was voted by the media. It can only be said that Bogut's conclusions have aroused a lot of disgust from the media.
The fans are still discussing the results of the selection. The Eastern Conference semifinals have already started first, and the fans feel overwhelmed.
And this is why the league announced the awards in batches in the middle of the series.
Overwhelming, will keep you focused on the NBA.
In history, Adam Mosaic, in order to save money by the way, threw all the awards after the end of the season, and gave them uniformly like the Hollywood awards ceremony.
As a result, the painting tiger is not an anti-dog, and while being complained by fans, it also makes the fans lose the atmosphere of expectation and discussion.
In the East, the Wizards and Magic started the game first.
Both McGrady and Arenas faced former clubs, and the two teams had a sweeping experience last year, and there were a lot of grievances.
At the beginning of the game, the two sides played extremely fiercely.
Arenas brought his fiery state of the first round to the second round, hitting consecutive three-pointers from the outside line, giving people a taste of "the old little Sun Hao, now the general".
However, in front of Yao Ming, Dwight is always his younger brother Howard without the prestige of dominating the basket in the first round, and he has no power to fight back against Yao Ming.
"Eating, sleeping, and playing Warcraft" is more realistic than Deron's fight against Paul.
In this era when center is king, Sun Hao can only rely on high scores to win without O'Neal. Arenas is not as explosive as Sun Hao, and facing a hot team like the Wizards, it is obviously difficult to support.
This is also the reason why Sun Hao, Nowitzki and Bodilloga won the championship in the Mavericks team in the 02~03 season, and it is still talked about by fans, because it is really special.
In the end, the Wizards steadily defeated the Magic 97-83 and won the first victory of the Eastern Conference Finals.
There is not much suspense about the result of the game, but fans have a lot of comments after the game. Howard seems to be the focus of heated discussion.
"26 points and 12 rebounds, 13 points and 6 rebounds. Guess this is the stats of who the Wizards played the Magic and who."
"Don't call Howard "Warcraft", call "Devil", the devil in the hearts of Orlando fans!"
"To be honest, I feel that Howard and O'Neal are really far behind. This guy's inside offensive skills are not as good as mine!"
"I'm not as good as you. I think I am a little bit better than you, but probably only a little bit."
"That's not what you said about the Heat! You also said Howard is the strongest center after O'Neal! Yesterday Xiao Tiantian, today Mrs. Cow?"
"Actually, I don't think Howard is weak, but Yao is too strong...I have the illusion that Shaq is not Yao's opponent."
"It's still going to start at five or five, but Shaq has been a little weak this season. At most one season later, Yao will be the league's first center!"
"Michael really understands the ball. It was really great to choose Yao instead of Kwame Brown back then!"
"Didn't it say that Sun suggested that he choose?"
"It doesn't matter who chooses him, anyway, as a Wizards fan, Yao Mai is a fan before, and he is having a good time these days!"
"Yao Sha, Sun Mai, I really hope the Wizards and the Lakers will play in the finals! I won't be able to leave for a minute!"
"Speaking of this, I suddenly remembered next year's World Championships. Yao and Sun are on the same team..."
"The Chinese team is the Olympic champion. I am afraid that few countries can stand this twin star. There is also Yi and Wang. What team does our country send?"
"I haven't heard the news yet, and I don't know what the Basketball Association's arrangements are, but in accordance with past traditions, we will not have the strongest lineup in the World Championships."
"It means to let it go? It seems that no one can stop the Chinese men's basketball team from winning the World Championships. The Olympics plus the World Championships, the rise of great powers!"
"Don't be funny, wait until the 2008 Olympics we will send the strongest lineup. The Chinese and Spanish teams are all chicken feed."
"But it was at home in China in 2008, so it will definitely be a battle."
...
The fans talked about going from Tiannan to Haibei, it was a joy.
But just as they were discussing, another game in the East followed immediately afterwards.
Unlike the Wizards and Magic, the Pistons and the Nets are evenly matched.
The Nets' strengths and weaknesses in one season are obvious. The outside line is strong and the inside line is weak, and the teams that don't meet the super inside line can play.
The two teams played until the final moment of victory. Anthony showed his big heart quality and hit key goals continuously to help the team win the game successfully.
Such performance also made fans' evaluation of the 03 generation skyrocket.
Now James, Anthony, Wade, Yi Jianlian, and Hinrich who have appeared in the playoffs have all played well. Even if they did not come, Bosh, Milicic, Kaman and others have performed well in the season.
The platinum generation is worthy of the name.
When the two games in the East are over, the next day's summary will be on the West side.
The Lakers and Warriors game will start first.
In the training session on game day, the mentality of the Lakers players was extremely relaxed.
You know, before the start of the playoffs, almost everyone is ready to play the Lone Ranger in the second round.
Taking into account the excellent performance of the Mavericks in the regular season, it can even be said that most people are ready to fight hard in the semifinals.
As a result, the Lone Ranger team has been hacked, and the person they want to fight directly becomes the Warriors.
That kind of happiness is beyond words.
"Say thank you to Tang for me."
Walker ran directly to Sun Hao and shouted.
Sun Hao smiled and shook his head.
He didn't think his teammates underestimated the enemy.
Phil Jackson is not Johnson, and the Lakers have O'Neal, the semifinals will definitely feel good for them now.
Even O'Neill was smiling.
The mentality of the big shark is actually very understandable. When you can hide, you will definitely want to hide, but if you can't hide, then you can only enjoy the game.
To be honest, he hasn't played against such a weak inside team in the playoffs in recent years.
The players have a relaxed mentality, and the coach cannot relax.
Phil Jackson still attaches great importance to the game.
Just like the previous analysis of how to play and run the team, Jackson chose, or he can only choose the first one, playing position pressure.
Of course, the Black Eight experience of the Mavericks does not have much reference for them, because the styles of the two teams are completely different.
"Don't despise your opponent."
This is what Jackson said the most during training.
He also feels that the game will go smoothly, but what he needs most is the players' focus.
The next night, the Staples Center was packed.
There are two types of competitions, one is the fierce one that can be foreseen, and the blood will burst before the game starts.
The other one is the one that can be expected to win, and the game will be inexplicably exciting.
In everyone's body, there is a trembling heart.
However, when warming up before the game, the scene that took place on the scene made people imaginative.
Sun Hao and old Nelson hadn't seen each other for a long time, they talked for a long time in the midfield, and they gave a hug when they separated.
This made the fans who said they were going to be sent more and more to feel that there was something.
After the warm-up before the game, the starting lineups of the two teams were released one after another.
On the Lakers side, Payton, Sun Hao, Ariza, Walker, O'Neal.
Jackson returned to his regular lineup for the second half of the season.
On the Warriors side, Byron Davis, Jason Richardson, Matt Barnes, Jamison, Biedrins.
Compared with the Lakers, the Warriors can say that the lineup has changed a lot.
This adjustment demonstrates the bold coaching style of the old Nelson "Mad Scientist", and also shows that the Warriors' goal this season is not just a black eight.
Some people will say that the "Black Eight" will be enough!
However, human desires are endless.
And the Knicks, who completed the "Black Eight" last time in history, played until the finals.
So it's perfectly normal for the Warriors to have expectations.
The game began immediately, and the two teams started to debut.
In the cheers of the fans, O'Neal easily put the ball back to the Lakers half, officially kicking off the Western Conference semifinals.
The Lakers' first offense changed the first round of play, and Payton directly fed the ball to O'Neal, who was an important player in the post.
After receiving the ball, O'Neal did not hesitate, relying on Biedrins's hook to shoot.
Sun Hao is no stranger to Derrins. This is an absolute alternative insider developed by the old Nielsen in history, even more alternative than Stoudemire.
He is 2.11 meters tall, thin and strong, with excellent jumping ability, and is somewhat similar to Anderson, so he is also known as the "fighter among whites."
But he has better flexibility and stronger physical confrontation than Anderson, which allows him to achieve more than Anderson in history.
Just like the first goal, he interfered with O'Neal's offense with an unexpected confrontation, and then...
There is no use for eggs.
O'Neal knew that he would not enter the moment he took the shot, and he had already made two shots ahead of schedule and completed a tip-up over Biedrins's head.
Biedrins interfered with the first one, and was completely powerless in the second.
O'Neal's weight now rests on him, and he is dreaming when he thinks of it.
The Lakers came out on top.
After returning to the defensive end, the Lakers' defense is also very interesting, O'Neal guarded the basket, and everyone else expanded out.
This is a bit like the Spurs defense team before, and then the Warriors suddenly stopped playing.
The three-pointer is restricted, and O'Neal is under the basket, which is forcing them to hit the distance!
But their mid-range is not better than the Spurs...
"The defensive strategy of the Lakers makes me think Avery Johnson looks like a mentally retarded."
Barkley's big mouth was unrelenting, and he spit out directly.
You know, in the first round, Johnson didn't even make such an attempt.
Although they don't have O'Neal, Diop's defense at the basket alone is not bad~EbookFREE.me~ Davis finally made a strong breakthrough to the basket, obviously rushing to foul.
But O'Neal was not fooled. Instead, he seized the opportunity to directly give Davis a big hat.
This offense and one defense, the Lakers fans on the scene are already excited.
The Warriors restrained the Mavericks in the first round, and in the second round the Lakers had the Warriors!
And the remarks about "Can O'Neill play in the small ball era" can really be a complete conclusion.
With this kind of inside pressure, those small ball teams simply don't want to speed up, but to protect their fragile penalty area!
Because you can't guard against the inside, you can't talk about defensive counterattacks. Just throwing a three-pointer from the outside is absolutely unkillable.
This is also the biggest difference between the Warriors under Cole and the Warriors under the old Nelson in history.
Between these two teams, there is Mark Jackson, the founder of the Warriors dynasty, who has implanted the concept of defense into the Warriors and transformed the Warriors.
The game on the field continues.
On the defensive end, O'Neal held Richardson's basket impact again, with a sense of sight of "a shark is at the gate, but the fish is not open".
And after O'Neal scored the rebound, the Lakers counterattacked the Warriors counterattack, Sun Hao crossed the defensive fast break dunk to ignite the audience.
After the Warriors finally relied on Richardson's off-ball mid-range to break the scoring drought.
Looking back, O'Neal turned around and directly kicked Biedrins away, a "shark out of the cage" dunk with both hands, and the whole basket trembled!
Such rounds of offense and defense continued to be staged in the game, and the adjustment of the old Nelson had little effect.
After half a quarter, the Warriors only scored 8 points...
Fans have basically understood this.
The current round of the series, it is really a serious pass!