Chapter 681: Advance to the final

In the fourth round of the first round of the playoffs, the Pirates maintained a huge lead. The time is now more than half of the fourth quarter. The 76ers have no chance of turning over. The Pirates have basically secured the season. Tickets for the second round of the playoffs.
But Richard was sitting on the sidelines at the moment, frowning.
Paul was hurt again...
Paul was injured in the Eastern Conference last season, but this season was even worse, with injuries directly in the first round of the playoffs.
Richard sighed. There was absolutely no reason for this. Paul's luck was terrible.
However, although Paul was injured, the injury does not seem to be too serious. Richard has no plan to use Paul's injury reel at the moment. Wait until the game is over to see the team doctor's diagnosis.
If it is a minor injury, it does not matter, after all, the Pirates easily broke through the first round, then can rest for a few days, until the Magic and the Cavaliers decide the victory.
During this waiting period, maybe Paul will be healed...
Even if the injury can't be cured, playing rookie magic or knight, Richard feels that without Paul, their pirates can also hang their opponents.
Rondo is not as good offensive as Paul, and his character is not as good as Paul. Other aspects are not much different from Paul.
The most important thing for the Pirates is the offensive point, even if Rondo's offensive strength is almost, it has little impact on the game.
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After the game, the Pirates took the opponents at home at the 76ers, perfect for the second round of the playoffs.
The two teams of Green Kai and the Pistons also swept their opponents to advance. This year's first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs saw a rare situation in which three teams swept to advance.
The West Lakers swept their opponents to advance. As for the Spurs, Jazz and Suns, they are currently leading a 3-1 score.
Not that these three teams are not strong, but the strength of the four teams in the second half of the Western Conference playoffs is much stronger than the Eastern Conference.
It is normal for these three teams to fail to advance.
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Early the next morning, the Pirates announced Paul's injury.
Paul will truce for about two weeks, maybe a little earlier, or may be delayed because the recovery is not ideal. Anyway, the East finals will definitely come back.
Originally, Green Kai fans were excited when they saw Paul injured. The Pirates removed one Paul, so Green Kai had a greater chance of blocking the Pirates.
But the official announcement of the pirates poured a pot of cold water on them, and Paul had a great probability that he would come back before the Eastern Conference.
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A week later, the Magic and Cavaliers finally decided the victory.
Howard led the Magic to eliminate the Cavaliers with a big score of 4:3 and won the opportunity to advance to the Eastern Conference semifinals.
Richard did not really want to face the magic, because the magic lineup is full of uncertainty.
Magic's tactical system is complex and complex, and simple is actually simple. It is a tactical system with a single focus.
Not a gorilla, but an inside core with four shooters.
Howard is naturally the core of the inside, Turkoglu, Lewis, Nelson, Evans, Bogans, Durin, Arroyo, Cook and JJ Redick on the bench.
A closer look at the Magic Player’s scoring rankings will reveal that among the top Magic scoring players, except for Howard, all other players are three-pointers...
The average number of three-point attempts made by this magic can reach more than 25 horrors, far higher than the opponent's average of 16!
To know that the Suns playing small ball, this season, the average three points is actually only 21 times more...
This three-point thing, Richard loves and hates, the opponent may not be strong, but once the three-point shot is crazy, then the Pirates want to win will be more difficult.
This is the reason why Richard does not want to encounter magic. He is more inclined to play knights with no special features. In the eyes of Richard, the knights' strength is not much stronger than their 76ers in the first round. Anyway, it is the second half of the east. The rookie team in the district.
Magic can eliminate the Cavaliers, Richard also expected it before. Under normal circumstances, the Cavaliers have suffered a lot of magic in the past two years. To be precise, Howard has suffered...
In the 08-09 season, the two teams met in the East. As a result, Howard killed the Cavaliers with a 4:2 score and led the team to the finals.
This is the only time in Howard's career that he led the team to the finals, stepping on the body of the Cavaliers...
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On May 5, the home of the Pirates, the Eastern Conference semifinals started.
At the beginning of the game, Richard laughed bitterly, and Van Gundy seemed to be breaking the jar...
Various three-pointers bombarded the basket like hail. The Magic opened six shots, five of which were three-pointers. The remaining one was Howard's second offensive rebound.
Apparently, Van Gundy is desperate to shoot a three-pointer tonight...
He knew very well that if he didn't make a crazy three-pointer, he would probably be beaten by the Pirates in a miserable way.
In this case, it is better to gamble, to win the infinite scenery, if you lose, there is nothing shameful.
The loss to the Pirates is not shameful at all.
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This crazy three-pointer made by Grand Van Gundy is where Richard got a headache.
To say who is the first center in this league, there are many answers to this question, but to say who has the strongest rebounding ability and defensive ability, it must be Howard.
Such a top rebounder, with four shooters to play, sometimes exerts incredible magical power.
At least the Magic's tactical system has had a good effect. The first six shots in exchange for the score of eight points, which is comparable to that of the Pirates.
Now let's see what the gold content of the magic three-pointers is. If they can explode, it may be possible to complete the feat of countering the pirates.
However, this possibility is minimal. Richard feels that as long as the Magic does not have the kind of crazy three-point shots made 50 or 60 times, and then the hit rate reaches 50%, the problem of the Pirates winning is not big.
After the 48-minute game, the pirate fans at the scene were relieved, and the magic of the magic was a bit amazing.
In this game, they shot 42 three-pointers and made 17 hits. The shooting percentage is actually quite good, reaching a level of 40.5%.
But their two-point shooting rate today is not high, and even less than 40%.
In this case, the Pirates won 11 points by relying on a solid lineup.
Richard is very clear that after winning this game, it is estimated that the next three points of the Magic will become even crazier.
Because they tasted the sweetness in this game!
If they make more three-point shots and reduce the inefficient point shots, they may really be able to kill the Pirates tonight!
Two days later, the Pirates started their second game with the Magic.
What makes Richard laugh hard is that the magic tonight is obviously not as good as G1.
Although the three-point shot is more crazy than G1, the shooting rate is too low to point out. After the game, they made 48 three-point shots, resulting in less than 30% shooting rate...
This directly led to the collapse of the Magic in three quarters, and finally the huge score difference of 31 points was played by the Pirates.
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The last two games are the home of the Magic~EbookFREE.me~ I don’t know if G2’s performance is too bad, causing the players to lose some confidence. The Magic of these two games is not very good, and it is easy for the Pirates. Packed up.
Sweeping to advance again, the Pirates got tickets for the final.
Only in the division finals, Richard naturally doesn't care much. He is now concerned about Green Kai and the Pistons. Who can advance to the East and become their opponent.
Right now Lu Kai and the Pistons are in full swing, and the two sides have a 2:2 draw.
The fight between the two sides is equal. Richard naturally hopes that they will fight as fiercely as possible. By the time they finish the tie-break, they will drag their exhausted bodies into the final match.
The Lakers lead the Suns with a score of 3:1 in the west. Kobe is also looking for revenge for the Suns. When he led the team in single-core before, the Suns were eliminated in the playoffs.
As for the Spurs and the Jazz, it is now a 2:2 draw, which makes Richard look at Sloan more and more. This old coach really has something in his hand.