Vol 3 Chapter 427: End of the first round of the playoffs

"Awesome, the Spurs' performance in the playoffs this year is really strong. The Nuggets that stirred up the western playoffs last season did not have any counterattack in front of them. They were swept out after three games. By the way, whether this team is inside defense or outside shooting, it is much stronger than in the regular season."
"Yeah, after all, during the regular season, this team has not been completely rebuilt successfully, and now, they have been completely rebuilt successfully. If the Rockets are the most profitable team in Barkley's deal, then The Spurs are the second most profitable team in this trade. This team had some problems on the outside, but with the arrival of Ceballos and others, this team has no problem on the outside. It even became an outside team!"
"Yes, it is also a big four team, and even the same core center, but in this series, the Spurs almost suppressed the Nuggets from the inside out, which is really incredible. Just like the Lakers and Warriors series, the Spurs almost completely restrained the Nuggets. The Nuggets' choice last summer was too bad, and all the strong teams in the entire West have strengthened the team. , Only the Nuggets have not changed, and now they are finally punished!"
"Well, the Nuggets are now punished. This is certain, but with the strength of the Western Conference this season, even if the Nuggets can make a difference last summer, whether this season can achieve better results. It's hard to say. After all, even the Supersonics are only fifth this season, so this team is already sixth in the West, but the opponent is too strong."
In the evening of May 2, 1995. Denver McNichols Sports Center, home of the Nuggets, although the Lakers and Warriors have the first round of the West in the same day, this Nuggets and Spurs game is quite concerned about Low, but because the previous record of the Spurs and Nuggets is already 2 to 0, this game is already a so-called life and death battle, so for this game. In fact, the degree of attention is actually good.
And when the playoffs ended, when the Nuggets returned to their homes, they still lost to the Spurs and were eliminated by the Spurs. At this time, the American reporters on the sidelines were almost in an uproar at this time, just like the round between the Lakers and the Warriors. This round of games was also considered to be close in strength before the game, and it should be fierce. But the final result will look like this.
It's just that this round of the series is compared with that of the Lakers Warriors. The Lakers and the Warriors are Lin Han who alone suppressed the Warriors, and this round of the series is the Spurs' all-round team. Suppressed the Nuggets, but in any case, these two series of games are a big defeat!
So, after getting such a result, when the first pair of lineups in the second round of the Western Conference was produced, almost all the reporters and experts on the scene looked forward to the Lakers and Spurs. Whether it is the Lakers or the Spurs, these two teams are definitely the two biggest opponents this season, although the Lakers led the Spurs with a 4-2 score in the regular season. The Lakers won four games in six regular season games.
But everyone knows that at the last moment of the regular season, the Spurs did not try their best. In the last two regular season encounters with the Lakers, David Robinson did not play at all and did not have any reference value. If you are competing against each other, the two teams actually played 2 to 2. In terms of strength, it is absolutely close, and for the four games that the two teams played in the regular season without reservations, the Spurs actually still have a certain advantage. One of the Lakers’ games was almost defeated by Lin. Han's reversal won the game. Of course, Lin Han's reversal of more than 90 points is also a victory, but will Lin Han continue to play more than 90 points in the playoffs? This may be difficult. In this case, the Spurs would think that this is actually understandable.
Of course, in any case, the Lakers and Spurs eventually met in the second round of the playoffs. This was much more intense than the Lakers and Warriors and the Spurs and Nuggets. So on May 2 The day after the game ended, on May 3rd, at this time, the entire league was almost caught in the promotion of the Lakers and Spurs. It was also the entire league that was talking about the Lakers and Spurs at this time. In this round of duel.
Moreover, not to mention that these fans and media experts all focused on the two teams after the first round of the Lakers and Spurs. Even the Lakers themselves ended the game with the Warriors. After that, when the next round of getting his team was the Spurs, and the Spurs did not have any difficulty sweeping the Nuggets, the Lakers were actually quite surprised.
"The Spurs are really strong"
In the early morning of May 3, 1995, after the Los Angeles Lakers players and coaches watched the Spurs’ video clips of the three games of the playoffs this season in the team’s video editing room, almost all the Lakers were in I have such a thought in my heart.
It seemed to the Lakers that the Nuggets, who can create some trouble for the Spurs even if they can’t win, are really impossible to be swept by the Spurs so easily, so after the game last night, they got the Spurs. After the news of the team sweeping the Nuggets, the Lakers were a bit incredible, including Lin Han himself.
And now, after watching the game clips of these three games, whether Lin Han or others have no doubt about the Spurs sweeping the Nuggets.
The Spurs are indeed better than the Nuggets. The Nuggets of the entire series have no counterattack because of their strength. After all, the Nuggets cannot always rely on Mutombo for super powers. Last season Mutombo was treated unfairly on the All-Star team and he was eager to become famous, so the fighting spirit of the whole person was quite terrible, and in the end, the head of the Nuggets did indeed complete a big inverse Attack. After the playoffs, his reputation was even slightly higher than that of Mourning.
And now, although the Nuggets and Mutombo still hope that they can win. But the belief in a must-win is definitely worse than last season, coupled with everyone's deep understanding of Mutombo, the difficulty of this Nuggets-headed player wanting to be super-natural is even greater. Too.
Therefore, it is not surprising that the Nuggets, whose overall strength is inferior from the inside to the outside, can have such an ending in the case of Mutombo being unable to surpass God and defeat David Robinson. . It's just that the Lakers are a little psychologically unwilling to accept it.
After all, compared with the Nuggets. Although the Nuggets are somewhat restrained against the Lakers, it is naturally impossible to compare with the Spurs.
It's just obvious that since the final result has come out, for the Lakers players. Although you do not want to accept such a result, you must also accept it.
Fortunately, the Lakers also know that they want to pick a soft persimmon in the second round to play the Nuggets. This opportunity is already quite slim, so the Lakers still have enough psychological capacity to bear the mentality. of.
And after sweeping the Warriors three to zero, the Lakers also have enough time to prepare for this series, although the relative Spurs are also long enough to prepare for the Lakers.
Therefore, compared to some other matches in the first round of the league. Both the Lakers and Spurs should be fairly lucky.
You know, in the two Eastern Conference games played against the Spurs and the Lakers on the same day, neither the Bulls against the Knicks nor the Hornets and Bucks were able to win or lose in three games. The Bulls were bitten by the Knicks when they came to the Knicks in the third game, and the Bucks and Hornets went from 1 to 1 to 2 to 1 since the first playoffs, and Compared with the Knicks and the Bulls this round, the fourth and fifth rounds of the Hornets and Bucks are likely to become five!
It is precisely because of this that the other four first-round matches on May 3 were quite noticeable. Of these four matches. The two teams that have won two straight games in the first two games include the Magic and Rockets. This round of the Rockets and Suns. Basically, it can be decided that the Rockets can win. The Suns who have lost Buckley have almost no chance of defeating the Rockets. Whether the Magic can win the Cavaliers on the road is somewhat uncertain. After all, since the Bulls Will be bitten by the Knicks, his old opponent in the east, why is it impossible for the Magic to be bitten by the Cavaliers, the bitter home team in their own east?
You know, although the Eastern Conference lags behind the Western Conference in the regular season, but in the intensity of the playoffs, the Eastern side is more intense. Not to mention the other two Eastern Showdowns, it means the Bulls and the Knicks and The Magic and Cavaliers two rounds of disparity in strength, there is almost no garbage time in any game. This is quite fierce compared to the strong point of the western side winning the weak team by a few points. Too.
In fact, in the four games on May 3, the Rockets did indeed easily defeat the Suns and became the third Western team to enter the second round this season. The team blocked a little, and lost to the Cavaliers 96-102 away. O'Neal's performance in this game was slightly up and down. In the first two home games, O'Neal's performance was actually better than last season's playoffs. More, but in the third game, after relaxing, O'Neill seemed to have some sense of renewed cuteness. In the end, the team also lost in Cleveland.
In addition to the two games between the Rockets and the Magic, in the other two games, the third Pacers in the East lost 89-93 to the Hawks. The score of the two sides became 1 to 2 and was eventually defeated by the Hawks. Overtaking the big score, he was also pushed onto the cliff by the Eagles, and the same is the case between the Jazz and the Supersonics. The Jazz, which took the lead in the playoffs to win a game with home advantage, continued in the next game. Was won by the Supersonics in two games, and this also led to the Jazz, the fourth team in the West actually lost their home advantage!
The third Pacers in the East and the fourth Jazz in the West have lost their home advantage by this time and the opponent has taken the match point. One foot has been pushed under the cliff, and the two duels are also the most intense in the first round of this year. Suspense is also the biggest in two matches!
This is not just what media reporters and fans think. On May 4, 1995, in the first round of the playoffs this year, the Bulls in the Eastern Conference played in the Knicks. In the fourth game of the two sides, the New York Knicks last game because the Bulls did not adapt to the away game, plus their sudden change in style of play, the team coach Nelson’s set was completely abandoned by the team, the team assistant Coach Van Gundy took over the team and completed the team's tactical return, relying on the league's first defense to pit the Bulls.
Although the Knicks can use their defensive hard power to pit the unprepared Bulls, a team like the Bulls is not a young rookie team. The Knicks can pit the bull once, and Van Gundy Jr. can pit Phil Jackson. But wanting to pit the Bulls twice is almost impossible, and the final result is indeed the same, in the fourth game of both sides. Although the Bulls are still playing away, the Bulls have already prepared to beat the New York Knicks 95-86 on the road, and after defeating the New York Knicks, the Chicago Bulls became the fourth this season. The team entering the second round of the playoffs.
After the Bulls confirmed their advancement, the other game between the Bucks and the Hornets in May 4th became the first match of the season to enter the top five. In this game, the two sides are in front. Four games played 2 to 2, the final result needs to be decided by the fifth game.
Compared with other head-to-head battles, this year's least-watched games in the first round of the playoffs may be the Hornets and Bucks. Because neither team has superstar players, Horning's Mourning and Larry Johnson are both star players, and the Bucks' David Robinson and Wen Baker are also star players. This is true, but although these four are all star players, except for the future superstar and the current quasi-superstar, the other three are not so high. Coupled with the reasons for the cities where the two teams are located, it can be said. The confrontation between these two teams is the most non-existent in the first round, but it is these two teams that have no sense of existence that will eventually play all the way from one to one to the current two to two. You know, in Many people seem to have the Hornets' advantage in this round of the series. It’s just who let the Hornets kill themselves. They are playing infighting. They have lost the advantage of the team. Eventually they were dragged into the final battle by the opponent. Fives.
The Hornets and Bucks finally entered the battle for the fifth. Immediately on May 5th, after the Eastern Conference first promoted to the Bulls, the Magic, the second Eastern Conference, also defeated their bitter home Cavaliers on the road. The second Eastern Conference team that advanced to the second round of the Eastern Conference. The Cavaliers and Magic matchup is worse than the Bulls and Knicks matchup. Although the Knicks are miserable, they are only the team owners. The coach left, the team's style of play has changed, the player's strength is actually not much worse than last season, but the Cavaliers are retired because of Larry Nance, because of the large number of injuries of Mark Price in the regular season Illness, although this team has a problem with the style of play, the player's strength has dropped. In this case, it is almost impossible for them to push the Magic into desperation like last season. It's still ups and downs because of his youth, but this guy's stability is indeed much better than last season. In this case, he won a magic game at home and has not been humiliated by the magic degree. This is quite rare. Too.
Therefore, after the Magic eliminated the Cavaliers on the road, even the Cavaliers' home fans did not have any dissatisfaction with the team at the end of the game. Even after the end of the game, the Cavaliers fans at the scene still stood Applauding and cheering for their home team players, this is completely different from the Warriors fans boasting about their players. After all, the fans are not stupid, their players are desperate, they know, the Cavaliers can win The next game for the Magic is actually desperate!
Of course, after the Magic advanced to the second round, the other two games on the same day were really caught in a huge anxiety. The Pacers were forced to the third place in the Eastern Conference. This team was 1 to 2. After falling behind, in the fourth game it was an away game. It can be said that this team was really kicked off the cliff by the Hawks, and in this kind of situation, the Pacers who like to play heartbeat are the masters. Player Reggie Miller played a heartbeat in the fourth game of the two sides, regardless of the ranking of the two sides in the Eastern Conference playoffs. The scores are very close, and this is actually very beneficial to Reggie Miller, if it was Reggie Miller last season. If Reggie Miller, who was not shortened by the league's three-point line last season, encountered this situation this season, the first three games would not be the Hawks' 2-1 lead for the Pacers. With Reggie Miller's key ball ability, in In such an anxious matchup, the Pacers are most likely to lead the Hawks 2 to 1, just like the two teams last season, the key goal is after the absence of Wilkins. How could the Hawks be Reggie Miller's opponent, even with Wilkins. The Hawks can't play the Pacers with the key ball.
However, that was just before, and this season, the Pacers are miserable. The key ball ability that has always been his best is actually because of Reggie Miller's reason. It is also very helpless. Originally, in their opinion, the Eagles should be able to easily win the series, but in the end The Hawks have reached this level. Fortunately, in the fourth game, Reggie Miller, who has been anxious about the key ball in the playoffs, finally broke out. In the last thirty seconds of this game, Reggie Miller finished Three of three made three-pointers and scored nine points in one fell swoop. In the end, the Hawks were quasi-killed, dragging the game between the two sides to the fifth game, and also regaining the lost home advantage.
of course. The Pacers and the Hawks are now in a round matchup that looks like a quagmire between each other. The West Jazz on the other side is similar to the Fifth Supersonics in the West.
Lin Han is quite concerned about this round of matchup between the Jazz and Supersonics because the strength of the two teams is very close. The two teams played in the first three games, although because of the Jazz fans. The Jazz's home advantage is not that great, and in the end the first three games lost at home. The score also became 1 to 2 and was scored by the Supersonics, but in the fourth game, the Jazz, which was slightly superior in the final strength, completed the counter-kill of the Supersonics with the outbreak of Malone. The scores of both sides The same came to 2 to 2.
If these two teams have just such a showdown, Lin Han wouldn't feel anything. The key is that in this game between the Jazz and the Supersonics, a major event that almost shocked the entire league!
As one of the best players in the league, he has never received any major injuries in his career. The head of the Jazz player Karl Malone has less than five minutes left in this game. An extremely tough confrontation with Camp defensively forced a layup. Actually, because there were too many players in the basket, his right foot stepped on the foot of his teammate pj Brown. During the live broadcast of this game, Lin Han almost felt the pain of Malone's deformed right ankle from TV. It felt that Lin Han had not suffered such an injury. In the regular season and the Rockets game, Lin Han's ankle was serious. Sprained, but Malone is obviously more serious this time, the ankle is almost ninety degrees deformed!
When I saw this scene, Lin Han almost subconsciously felt that the Jazz was going to be over. I am afraid that they will be eliminated by the Supersonics 3 to 1. Although the Jazz was leading the game at that time, Malone If the next game cannot be played, then the Jazz, which was originally a little dominant, will be directly at a disadvantage. What if the score is a little better? !
I am afraid that when Malone was injured, it was not just Lin Han who thought this way. Most of the fans in the league and journalist experts who paid attention to this game thought this way. The Jazz have finished this year's playoffs.
However, what Lin Han didn’t expect was that Ma Long, a traitor with a very low status in Lin Han’s heart, refused to enter the locker room for treatment after the end, just like Lin Han was injured when facing the Rockets. The guy actually went to the game again after accepting the tight bandage of his teammates on the sidelines!
You know, with the extremely bad relationship between Jazz players and fans, Malone doesn’t need to risk his career damage to fight this game, because for current Jazz fans, even The Jazz defeated the Supersonics in the second round, and they will not be supported by these Jazz fans unless they can win the championship, but this is almost impossible.
What surprised Lin Han only was that Malone not only gritted his teeth in the end, but also arranged 8 of the last 10 points of the Jazz in the last three minutes. He scored the highest 44 points in the game, almost by himself. The power of one leg with the Jazz dragged the game into the five battles!
And when the game is over. Lin Han was really shocked to watch the scene where Malone was taken off by Stockton and Steve Smith because of the pain and grief.
Although Lin Han has always had a bad cold for Malone, Malone's performance on the Jazz this season is indeed conscientious. Because last season was the reason for the championship, in order to eliminate Lin Han’s influence this season, Malone is quite hard. The regular season is playing hard in almost every field, and even more terrible is that in the end of the regular season, in order to maintain the fourth advantage in the west, He is considered the hardest superstar player in the West. Payton and Camp are also working hard, but these two guys are small and young. Can stand up, and Malone? Although his physical fitness is very good, but after all, he is not too young, and the departure of Lin Han this season makes him strongly want to prove his overdraft. When the Jazz came to the playoffs, Malone was really on the verge of physical overdraft.
The biggest reason for Malone’s injury in this game is not because Pj Brown’s foot is underneath. If Malone’s physical fitness is sufficient, he will have nothing to do with Pj Brown’s foot because he has the ability to stand Live, the reason why he was injured at this time is because he did not have the strength to stand up, and his legs became soft!
and so. Although Lin Han was quite unhappy with Malone, Lin Han was quite surprised by the fact that this guy could not give up and complete the final game to win despite the overdraft.
And not only Lin Han was surprised. After the end of this game, the extremely tight range of the Jazz suddenly seemed to calm down after the game!
Of course, although Malone's injury shocked the entire league, it was only an episode in the playoffs.
On May 6, 1995, the league's first five grabs were staged, and the Hornets fourth in the east faced the Bucks fifth in the east. Although it was a battle for five, both teams had very limited tactical qualities. The game was not so intense or exciting, especially on the Bucks side, the two young players on this team were completely unprepared and experienced, and this also led to the final battle of five The Bucks ended in a big defeat, and the Hornets completed the lore against the Bucks in a constant infighting. 112 to 85. The Hornets eventually became the third team in the East to enter the second round!
On May 7th, 1995, after a not-so-familiar battle between the Hornets and Bucks, the entire league focused almost entirely on the Pacers and Eagles, and the Jazz and Supersonics. In the game, these four teams are not comparable to the Hornets and Bucks, whether it is Larry Brown of the Pacers or Will of the Hawks, or the supersonic George Karl and Jerry Sloan, these four Everyone is a famous coach in the league. The tactical qualities of these four teams are definitely top in the league. In addition, the four teams have enough experience in the players. It can be said that the two games did not start in the game. At that time, it has been determined that it will be two extremely tragic games.
On May 7th, the first two games of the first five games were the Pacers and the Hawks. After two games in the previous four games, they can be said to have a good understanding of both sides. So the game was quite anxious from the beginning, just like the situation of the first four games of the two teams, this game played half, and almost all the audiences have thought of lore, even as this game TV viewers, Lin Han thought at the end of the half that this game is likely to be another game with a lore, because the scores of the two sides of this game are almost staggered.
No one can push the other side down. In this case, it is strange that no key ball appears!
In fact, when the game went to the end, it was indeed like many people thought that the two teams have been anxious from the beginning of the game to the end of the game. In the end, Reggie Miller played in the playoffs this season. Finished the lore for the first time, when there was 1 second in the game, the two sides played 86 to 85, Reggie Miller almost directly received the ball, and completed at a distance of more than one step away from the three-point line. A long-range three-pointer lore!
This is Reggie Miller's first playoff lore this season, and this lore is a crucial'series lore'!
However, after Reggie Miller completed the lore, he watched the Pacers on TV as the player who roared into the sky. Lin Han's heart is actually a bit complicated. Lin Han can feel what Reggie Miller's suffocation looks like this season.
"Hope this guy can vent all the suffocation this season"
In the end, Lin Han also had some helpless thoughts, hoping that his friend could find his own rhythm in the second round.
And after this extremely shocking game between the Pacers and the Eagles. Then came the final battle of the first round of the playoffs this season. Before this game, many people were wondering whether Malone would play. When Malone was wearing a thick bandage on his right ankle in this game When some limping came on the court, the Delta Center at home for the entire Jazz team was a little upset.
In the first two home games, as long as the Jazz players came out, they will enjoy the booing scene. This game has not reappeared. The Jazz fans who have been booing their team recently have been booing. At this time, looking at the expressionless Malone, these fans are actually not so sure if they want to boo Malone or Stockton.
And see this scene. Lin Han was also a little stunned. Obviously, although the fans of the Jazz were very dissatisfied with the team, these people were not cold-blooded animals. Although they were very uncomfortable because they were irritated before, they called out the title of "Salt Lake City is the Salt Lake City of Salt Lake City People" with a regional attack color. However, it is also true that they have no feelings for the two Jazz players. Impossible, before Lin Han came to the team, they supported this team or these two people for almost ten years.
Malone is able to fight this series of games in the danger of being affected by his career, proving that the head player of the Jazz even has a very bad relationship with their fans, but also has feelings for the team. Similarly, the Jazz’s Fans can also boo in the face of such a Malone in such a scene. Then it's really cold-blooded.
Therefore, this game was quite strange at the beginning. Even the supersonic players on the scene felt very surprised when they felt such a scene.
of course. The fans of the Jazz gave up their plans to boo Malone and the Jazz, but it would be very difficult to let them put down the shelves and cheer for Malone and the team immediately. Although the fans were emotional, they were not emotional .
Obviously, facing this situation. Malone did not receive any influence, and his face was quite cold from the beginning. Obviously, the head player of the Jazz did not think of using his own desperation to ease the relationship between himself and the fans. Since he did not think of easing the relationship through such actions, then he would naturally not be because of the fans at this time. Is slightly cold and lost.
It's just that when this game started, when Malone was still desperate on the court with his injured leg, even if the Jazz player did not think about what to get from the fans, but as this game Audience, Lin Han can clearly feel that the Jazz fans on the scene are quite contradictory at this time.
Especially when this game reached the second half, it was clear that there was no closed Malone. After the second half, the injury to the right foot worsened. Almost every time the Jazz suspended was not for tactical arrangement, but to give Malone The bandage is fixed again, in this case, let alone the fans on the scene, even Lin Han, an audience with a very bad relationship with Malone, has some sympathy in his heart at this time.
Because he was very able to understand what Malone’s pain was like at this time. In the game where Lin Han was playing with the Rockets, his right ankle injury just persisted for less than half, and Malone was from the last game to This game has been insisted for almost a whole game. You know, Malone is a heavier insider, and he is more seriously injured!
Therefore, when this game came to the fourth quarter, when the scene of the "cold blood" of the jazz fans in the third quarter finally gave the long-lost applause and sparse cheers to the Malone on the court who could only walk the game, and With the retire of time, when there were more and more applause and cheers, even Lin Han's complaints about Malone were gone at this time.
Regardless of Malone's character and strength, and regardless of Lin Han's feelings for Malone at this time, there is no doubt that Malone's return to this team is definitely worth being the leader of this team.
When Malone was only able to stand in the end, the result of this game was self-evident. The Jazz had completely lost the chance of victory when they played half of the fourth quarter, and Lin Han in front of the TV set But I can feel the cheers and applause of the Jazz fans on the scene at this time is getting bigger and bigger~EbookFREE.me~Although until the end of the game, the cheers of the Delta Center have not been able to return to Lin Han last season At the time, but Lin Han was very clear that after this game, the Jazz team may really slowly get rid of his influence, although fans who do not represent the Jazz team will forget Lin Han.
As in the 1993 season, the Jazz were eliminated by the supersonics in the first round. This 1995 season, the Jazz were also eliminated by the supersonics in the first round, just like a reincarnation, but this did not Not a real reincarnation.
So, after the game was over, looking at the jazz players and coaches on the TV who were bowing to the surrounding jazz fans, as well as the applause and cheers from the sideline jazz fans, there seemed to be something in Lin Han’s heart. A little loose.
"Mix ball, now I recognize you, I hope your toughness and hard work can be maintained"
In the end, when Lin Han looked at the TV with a complicated look, the jazz player supported by his teammates murmured this sentence, and then turned off the TV. (To be continued)
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