Vol 2 Chapter 612: Stubborn Kobe and West

Seattle became the first team to advance in the semifinals after defeating the Suns 4-0 at home.
The first Boston Celtics in the East and the fourth Magic in the East are the first matchups in the second round, but now the two teams have played 3 to 2, and the Boston Celtics won the fifth key Battle of the Heavenly King Mountain.
In the fifth key game, Boston Celtics' backup forward Glen Davis staged a last-minute lore, helping the Celtics complete the reversal.
Although the Celtics won the most important battle of the Tianwang Mountain, the suspense in this series is still very big.
The fifth game is the home of the Boston Celtics. It is forced to this level at their own home. It is difficult to say that the Celtics can finish the series in the sixth or seventh game.
In the playoffs last year, the Boston Celtics and Magic were the opponents in the first round.
In the playoffs last year, when the Boston Celtics encountered the Magic, it could be said that they defeated the Magic without any help.
At that time, the young little Warcraft Howard was really like a little baby in front of Garnett and the Celtics, and he could play whatever he wanted.
But this season, the playoffs met again, and Howard, the little Warcraft who painted his confidence in the Raptors, now seems to be reborn.
In the game against the Raptors, Howard averaged 25 + 20.
And in the game against the Celtics, Warcraft Howard's data is not so amazing, but the average data is still 20 + 20!
In the fifth game between the Boston Celtics and the Magic, as the Boston Celtics of the Big Three, they ended up using a shark-cutting tactic against Howard.
The Celtics head coach Doug Rivers really had no way to deal with this athletic ability of Warcraft before using the shark-cutting tactic against Howard.
Last year Doug Reeves and Garnett overwhelmed Howard in the playoffs because of Howard's youth.
But this season, in the regular season, the Boston Celtics could not withstand Howard.
Howard's progress this season is too great, the strength has increased so much, but the athletic ability has not decreased.
This is terrifying!
Such a center is really uncomfortable to play such a center unless the strength and height are all above him and the speed must keep up with him.
The Celtics are now quite uncomfortable with Howard,
Perkins is a little slow and a little short, Garnett is not short anymore, but the strength is slightly worse, and often needs to be transferred out by Odom.
It can be said that this series of Celtics was a bit embarrassed by the vengeful Howard.
A beast on the offensive end like a City Demolition Hammer, a monster on the defensive end like a ubiquitous big net, such two guys in one make the Celtics coach Doug Reeves Such a emotion.
"In the current NBA, if there is another player who can change Yes alone, then it is only possible Howard. I have never seen such an incredible center, he is omnipotent."
The omnipotent Little Warcraft Howard made the fourth round of the Magic in the East and the Celtics first round in the East into anxiety.
On the other side, the Wizards in the East and the Pistons in the East are also very anxious.
The Wizards led by Arenas and the Pistons led by Iverson have some similarities in a certain sense.
Arenas and Iverson are the kind of kings I can kill.
The Wizards and Pistons are also the kind of teams that have played well this season, regardless of whether you are a Celtics or a Rockets or the Suns.
The iron flower produced by these two teams colliding together is quite magical.
However, although the Wizards and the Pistons are the same type of team, the entire team plays with a certain player.
But obviously, in terms of subdivision, these two teams are slightly different.
In the overall style of the team, the Wizards is an offensive team, but the boss who needs the Wizards to play, Arenas, is a player with both offense and defense.
And the piston?
The Pistons are of course a defensive team, but Iverson, the boss who needs the Pistons to play with, is a thorough offensive player.
And this is what makes this series interesting.
The Wizards and Pistons were also opponents of the playoffs last season. It can be said that they are old opponents. Arenas was even considered to be the direct culprit of breaking up the Pistons last season.
The two teams are also quite familiar.
Last season, the Wizards and the Pistons were two teams with obvious offense and defense. The two teams competed for the rhythm of the game.
Whoever can grab the rhythm of the game can win.
The pace of the game is offensive, and the Wizards can win.
The pace of the game is slow and defensive, and the Pistons can win.
But after the Pistons had Iverson this year, it was a bit different.
The theme of this year's playoffs Wizards and Pistons is still to grab the rhythm of the game.
But the game results after grabbing the rhythm are different.
Even if the Wizards grab the offensive rhythm, because they have Sun Yue and their opponents have Iverson, they may not be able to win.
And if the Pistons grab the defensive rhythm, but because the Pistons have no Billups, coupled with Arenas and Sun Yue's strengthening of the Wizards' outside defense, the Pistons are not easy to beat the Wizards in the defensive rhythm.
In the end, it was only after the two teams played five games that they knew that it was not only the rhythm but also the luck that could win the game.
If the rhythm can still be controlled by artificial control, then luck or feel is something that is really invisible.
If Arenas and Iverson know how they feel every moment, how powerful should they become?
Unfortunately, neither of them knew.
So the Wizards and Pistons in this round of series, under the guidance of God, the Wizards temporarily lead the Pistons 3 to 2.
The two semi-finals in the east faced fiercely, and the four teams bit tightly.
On the west side, in addition to Yesi sweeping the sun with supersonic speed, the other group of opponents, the Lakers and Rockets are also very fierce.
The Lakers are the fifth in the Western Conference this year. In the regular season, the Lakers are actually the least in the top six teams in the Western Conference.
This year's top six in the western region, the most significant presence in the early stage is the sun, the mid-term is supersonic and rocket, and the latter is replaced by the Nuggets and Spurs.
The Lakers with Kobe Bryant and Kidd and other strong men in this year's regular season really gave people the feeling of getting a fifth in the West.
This is the feeling that the Lakers give to everyone in the regular season, but in the playoffs, the Lakers changed the feeling of no presence before, and the sense of presence suddenly became bursting.
In the first round, he defeated the Spurs led by Bowen, the strongest defensive player in history.
Tim Duncan, the Spurs' insider, was nearly crushed by the Lakers starting power forward Randolph.
Originally, with Bowen's perfect integration in the sprint stage, the Spurs, whose strength has risen to the rocket and sun levels, were eliminated by the Lakers.
4 to 2 is not a fierce score like 4 to 3.
Even from this series of Lakers and Spurs games, if Bowen's suppression and destruction of the Lakers' triangle offense is too great, the Lakers may be able to beat the Spurs 4 to 1 or even 4 to 0.
No kidding, the Lakers showed this strength in the series against the Spurs.
Duncan is the strongest Spurs, but Duncan is suppressed by the Lakers' three-owner Randolph. What else does the Spurs compete with the Lakers?
After the series ended, the Spurs coach Popovich admitted.
"Thanks to Bruce for winning our final dignity. We should have been swept by the Lakers. Bruce robbed us of two games. We regretted that we were out of the first round this season. We are sorry for San Antonio fans and Bruce.
In this series of the Lakers and Spurs, the Lakers performed very strong and incredible.
If it weren't for the supersonic and Nuggets this round of the series is too incredible, the Lakers are the absolute protagonist of the first round of the playoffs this year.
Who would have thought that the first NBA rotten tofu can brush Duncan in the playoffs?
Who would have thought that Kidd, the No. 1 NBA cancer, could find his right place in the Lakers?
And after sending the Spurs cruelly away, the Lakers also showed great fighting power when facing the Rockets, the strongest team currently recognized in the league.
The first game defeated the Rockets at home.
In the third game, he returned to home and defeated the Rockets again.
In the first four games, both sides played 2 to 2, but the Lakers won the first game.
And the Lakers beat the Rockets in two games, as long as the people who really watched the game will feel that the Lakers are definitely not lucky to beat the Rockets.
The Lakers really beat the Rockets for a really big reason.
As for this big reason?
Randolph!
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When the Lakers played against the Spurs, the Spurs had the strongest outside defensive player in the history of the league. Standing in the world to defend Bowen, Kobe played awkwardly, and the triangle offense was not used.
Stand on the spot and play Bowen?
After playing with the Spurs, Kobe was panicked whenever he thought of singles entangled with Bowen.
And the rocket?
The Rockets didn't have a defensive player like Bowen on the outside, but the Rockets had a bunch of slightly worse outside defenders, Artest, McGrady, Bowen, and Ariza on the bench.
Therefore, although Kobe can play the triangle attack again with the Rockets, Kobe's efficiency and performance are not too magical. The Rockets have too many points to match him.
But the other Lakers player Randolph, the Rockets are really not right.
The Rockets have been the power forward this season and have been former Elvis Gerald Wallace.
Gerald Wallace 2 meters 01, 98 kg.
Randolph 2 meters 06, 118 kg.
Is this an order of magnitude?
And the headache for the Rockets is that Yao Ming couldn't get Randolph in the past.
Yao Ming has lost weight this season and his speed movement has increased.
But even so, Yao Ming can't suppress Bynum and go to defend Randolph at the same time, because Randolph can shoot in addition to the hard chisel, and also has a pass inside the pass!
Unless Yao Ming is transposed to Randolph, Gerald Wallace is replaced in front of Bynum.
Gerald Wallace 2 meters 01, 98 kg.
Bynum 2 meters 13,128 kg.
Gerald Wallace may be even worse in front of Bynum.
Who doesn't go to Bynum on the 4th?
Scola?
Hayes?
Or Landry or Mutombo?
The Rockets are the strongest team this season.
But they never thought that one day they would feel that their number four was so inadequate.
However, the Rockets don't have to complain too much. Think about the Spurs' history's first striker Duncan. Wasn't the Lakers big hammer?
This year's playoffs, being hammered by this bear, is really nothing.
Of course, the Rockets' fourth position was broken up by Randolph, the bear hammer, but they can still bite the big score tenaciously. I have to say that the rocket's hard power is really tough.
The Rockets and Lakers are a series of defensive battles.
The Lakers' strongest point is that there is no point that Randolph can't withstand the rocket.
And what about the Rockets?
There are three players who can play singles, Yao Ming and Maduro.
The Lakers side is Kobe Bryant's unlimited singles Artest and Ariza and Roy McGrady, while the Rockets side is McGroy Roy Artest's unlimited singles Kobe.
The Lakers' starting because of the defensive loophole of Turk Grew gave the Rockets the opportunity to continue to take turns to play Kobe in the offense.
If the last round of Bryant faced Bowen was embarrassed.
This round of Bryant facing the Rockets, it is really miserable, too miserable, and too tired!
Kobe is the most iron man in the NBA except Yes, but it is such an iron man. It feels like he is tired after every game.
Randolph thumped the Rockets' fourth position.
Yao Ming can also beat Bynum to the Lakers.
Is it the Rockets 'No. 4 tragedy or the Lakers' Bynum?
The answer is of course the Rockets' No. 4 position.
But Randolph played the Rockets in such a miserable position on the 4th is just a chance. The Lakers' victory is based on Kobe's obvious defense of the Rockets on both ends.
To put it simply, Randolph is the upper limit of the Lakers, and Kobe Bryant is the team foundation and lower limit that are not noticed in this round.
As for the rocket side, the rocket's foundation is Yao Ming, and the rocket's upper limit is ...
"Really strong!"
"The Rockets' bench is too strong!"
In the villa in Seattle, Wang Han was very excited.
Because of the battle between the Rockets and the Lakers' most critical Heavenly King Mountain, the Rockets once again defeated the Lakers with their bench advantage.
3 to 2!
The Rockets got the match point.
"Yes, do you really want to fight the Lakers in West?"
"I want to play the strongest. At that time, the Lakers were the strongest team."
Ye Si said lightly.
Kobe can withstand the Rockets 'wolves, Randolph can wreak havoc on the Rockets' fourth position ~ EbookFREE.me ~ The Lakers did look stronger at the time.
but now……
The Lakers didn't just lose to the bench in this game. Kobe faced the consumption of Artest, Tracy McGrady and Roy Ariza, etc., and ended in the fifth game.
Looking at the viper-like eyes on TV, Yesi felt some sympathy.
That look was still so stubborn.
Two days later, the Houston Rockets beat the Lakers again in Los Angeles, and eventually eliminated the Lakers 4-2.
On the other side of the east, the Celtics and Wizards seemed to be as good as they were, defeating the Magic and Pistons 4-2, respectively.
At this point, the East and West finals teams are all produced.
The Boston Celtics play against the Wizards.
Houston Rockets against Seattle Supersonics.