Chapter 1757: Unpopularity is an eternal theme

"The Son of God of the Basketball Frenzy (
"I think it's incredible to be able to achieve unprecedented achievements in a league full of talented players," Lakers coach Phil Jackson said of his disciples. "He deserves it. It's not the award. Two candidates, but I have to say that Ji Feng’s contribution is not only on the defensive end, he has done a good job in every point, and everyone should see it. On the defensive end, he really has no weaknesses."
Under the leadership of Ji Feng this season, the Lakers limited their opponent's field goal percentage to 42.6% this season. This statistic ranks second in the league, better than the old defensive teams such as the Spurs, the Celtics, and the Magic. , This is also the reason why Ji Feng crushed Howard ruthlessly again.
"He is a great defensive player. He is a great help on the defensive end." As the opponent Chris Paul said after receiving the news, "When you face Ji Feng on the court, you You can think of his defensive ability, you will feel, um, this is a different feeling, and when you want to enter the inside line-I mean the guard who breaks through with the ball. We all understand the fact that Ji Fengzheng came aggressively to get a block. He did deter many shots and blocked a lot of shots."
As the opponent who has just been eliminated, Paul's words are undoubtedly very convincing, which undoubtedly makes many people who complain about Howard feel the taste of being slapped in the face.
Of course, it’s not that Howard is not good, but that Ji Feng’s performance is too good. As an opponent of the Magic in the first round, Joe Johnson also believes: "Although Howard played well, the threat inside is also great, but this season, season Peak is the better one."
Originally Howard didn’t feel anything wrong. After all, he has lost for three consecutive years. It’s accustomed not to look at it. And Howard also admitted that if he was still very upset when he lost last year, he lost consecutive shots this year. The rebounding king, really almost meant to compare with Ji Feng, just scoring 70 points proves that everyone's opinion is similar to his own.
But Joe Johnson's words made Howard wanted to hit someone, because just ten minutes before Joe Smith said this, the Hawks had just kicked the ball and knocked down the Magic at his home court!
"How to put it, it's still very unexpected. I didn't expect the magic to fall so fast. Will this be the end of the Magic 2.0 era? I don't know, but relying on Howard alone has proven to be impossible." Later Barkley said in the live broadcast room.
Although the Magic and the Eagles were considered a close matchup before the game, no one thought that the Magic would be eliminated by the Eagles 4-1 after only insisting on 5 games. You must know that the Magic were still playing the Eastern Finals last year. , And the whole process is even more outrageous. Except for the second game, the other four magic games didn't even have any strength to fight back.
After the game, the sullen man Josh Smith even said that he didn't sweat much...
It’s hard to believe that Howard himself scored 33 points, 19 rebounds and 4 blocks. The game still lost 19 points. Except for Howard, the Magic only scored 10 points and Turkoglu scored 10 points. All others did not score in double figures. The team scored only embarrassingly. With 76 points, we can see what the Magic offense has become.
Although the defense won the championship, with this offensive ability, no matter how good the defense is, you can't win the championship.
But the Magic should be fortunate that they haven't been a hot topic for long, because fortunately, the Spurs are still at the bottom this year!
The Spurs had been counterattacked by the Mavericks in the Black Seven last season, but this is not news. The battle between the cattle and horses has been a hot topic in the Western Conference in the past decade. It is normal for the two teams to win or lose, not to mention. The Spurs responded to the Mavericks with the same black sevens last season. The two teams can also be considered as a five-to-five open. They shouted LBWNB together. Don't look down on anyone.
In this season, the 61-win Spurs will not think that they will have problems in the first round of the playoffs, because the strength between the top four and five to eight in the Western Conference looks absolutely distinct in the regular season. Besides, Their opponent is the Grizzlies who have finally returned to the playoffs—a team that has been ridiculed by a trade for several seasons.
Before the game started, Grizzlies coach Hollins even said that they came to learn from the Spurs.
Basically everyone believes that the Spurs will resolve their opponents within six games.
However, the development of things has deviated from people's expectations...
NBA fans know that the Spurs are a very special presence in the league. They face the media all the year round. Whenever the outside world thinks that the Spurs are old and unable to make the playoffs, the Spurs will always immediately respond with a wave of victories. Six or seven years ago, it was the first place in the Western Conference every year. This is because the Spurs have a strong ability to adjust. They always find their own problems when they are at a low point, and then overcome them in the same way. GDP is also stronger than people think. They and Popovich are definitely the most suitable partners.
However, this time, the fans exclaimed that the Spurs may be really old!
With 61 wins in the regular season versus 46 wins in the regular season, such a big gap made people full of hope for the Spurs. However, in the first game, the Spurs overturned at their home court.
The Grizzlies played well in the game, biting the Spurs with crazy defense, and the inside line composed of Zach Randolph and Marc Gasol took turns to defend Duncan, allowing Duncan to score only 10 points and a turnover.
At the last moment, Shane Battier, who was traded from the Rockets to the Grizzlies in the middle of the season, hit a perimeter hit. The Grizzlies won their first playoff victory with a 101-98, three-point advantage!
Perhaps the Grizzlies fans did not expect that UU reading www.uukanshu.com their first victory in the playoffs would be achieved in this way.
After this, they took home advantage, which was also their first victory in the history of the playoffs. They also ended their 12-game losing streak in the playoffs.
In the second game, the Spurs once again fought against the Grizzlies and finally tied the score with a 6-point advantage. However, after returning to the Grizzlies home court, the Spurs suffered another blow. Although Manu returned to the line of fire in this game, the Grizzlies still Brave, the Grizzlies used defense to block the defense. The two sides played extremely anxiously. However, at the last moment, Goddess of Luck came to the Grizzlies in a game. Randolph, who scored 25 points and 13 rebounds, was 41.9 seconds before the final. Hit the winning three-pointer, which helped the Grizzlies beat the San Antonio Spurs 91-88 at home in the third game of the first round of the Western Conference.
On the night when the Lakers swept the Hornets, Conley was the most critical in Game 4. Conley led the Grizzlies with 28 points, 11 assists and 4 steals, leading the Grizzlies to score in double figures. They played consecutive offensive climaxes in the second half to widen the gap. The Grizzlies defeated the San Antonio Spurs 104-86 at home in the fourth game of the first round of the Western Conference. The Grizzlies led by a total score of 3-1!
Black Seven (the reality is Black Eight,) is in sight.
In the fifth game, Ji Feng also watched the live broadcast in person, and the game was still full of twists and turns. Although the Spurs once took a 16-point lead, the Grizzlies were extremely tenacious in the third quarter to overtake the score.
In the last 1.7 seconds of the fourth quarter, Neil’s buzzer made a three-pointer to help the Spurs drag into the overtime. Parker performed well in the overtime. In the end, the Spurs defeated the Grizzlies 110-103 to get a game in the series, but they still 2-3 behind.
"The Spurs are over." Ji Feng expressed surprise to this result...