The playoffs will start on the 21st, and each team will have two to three days of rest.
During this period, the media began to hype the highlights of the playoffs and make various predictions about the outcome, and experts came forward one after another.
TNT, ESPN, ABC and other TV stations have launched their own programs, inviting basketball experts and retired stars to discuss these topics.
tnt believes that the least suspenseful matchup in the first round is the Lakers versus the Nuggets.
There is a high probability that the Lakers will advance by sweeping 4-0, and there is a small probability that the Lakers will advance by 4-1.
The reason for losing a game is that the Lakers will make mistakes or let loose. There is absolutely no chance against the Nuggets normally.
Although the Nuggets have the league's second most powerful duo, Iverson and Anthony's defense is too poor. They scored 56 points together and then lost 55 points together, which doesn't make much sense.
Although the Lakers' two-star combination lost a lot of points, most of them were relaxed after taking the lead. When it comes to the critical moment, the forward defense formed by the two of them ranks among the best in the league.
Although the Nuggets are predicted to lose the game 0-4, tnt believes that this is still a very interesting series because this matchup will stage a huge scoring battle.
Other duels are mostly based on defensive positions.
Between the Hornets and the Rockets, experts believe that the Hornets will advance 4-1 or 4-2. The Rockets only have one Yao Ming, and it’s hard to beat them with two fists.
Spurs vs. Mavericks, this is considered the most brutal matchup in the first round.
Between the Suns and the Jazz, most people think that the Suns can defeat the top, ignoring the Jazz's home court advantage.
As for the first round of the Eastern Conference, experts generally believe that there is no suspense.
There is a gap between the top four and bottom four teams.
ABC TV analyzed each team's winning probability.
They believe that the Lakers' probability of winning is as high as 90%, the Celtics are as high as 9%, and the remaining 14 teams will share the 1%.
This 1% is probably due to the possibility that the core members of the Celtics and Lakers may retire due to injuries.
The odds given by betting companies are similar. The Lakers' odds of winning the championship are only 130, which means that if you buy for 100 yuan, you will get 130 yuan in compensation if you win.
Not bad, much higher than bank interest rates.
That's it, gambling companies have set limits and stipulate that one person can't buy too much, otherwise he won't be able to afford the compensation.
This kind of odds is called quit odds by betting fans. How can anyone who likes to gamble like the odds of 1.3? This is clearly forcing them to buy other teams.
Not to mention, the odds of other teams are quite impressive.
The odds of both the Hawks and the Pacers are 100 to 1. If you buy 100, you will lose 10,000. It’s exciting to think about it.
On the 21st, the playoffs begin.
There are four games on the first day, namely Cavaliers vs. Wizards, Magic vs. Raptors, Hornets vs. Rockets, and Suns vs. Jazz.
The Cavaliers beat the Wizards, 93 to 86.
James, the cruel little prince, was not merciful at all and led the team to defeat the Wizards easily.
The Wizards' Jamison, Arenas, and Caron Butler scored 60 points together, Haywood scored 15 points, and the other five role players scored 10 points together.
The Cavaliers' scoring was also mainly concentrated on four players, with the remaining five players totaling 12 points.
In the playoffs, role players are less and less afraid to take action.
The Magic beat the Raptors, 114 to 100, easily winning.
Howard scored 25 points, 22 rebounds and 5 blocks. The Raptors only dared to shoot three-pointers from the outside and did not dare to go inside.
The Suns beat the Jazz, 120 to 109. The Suns beat the Jazz with 13 three-pointers.
The Rockets played the Hornets and lost the game 82-99.
It is very rare that the experts guessed the outcome of the first day correctly.
On the 22nd, the playoffs continued.
The Pistons played against the Pacers first, and the situation finally turned out unexpectedly.
The Pistons lost the game 87-90.
Although the Pistons were much better than the Pacers on paper, they just lost. This is the charm of the game. No one can be sure who wins until the last moment.
Even if they are as strong as the Lakers, experts only give them a 90% chance of winning, which means there is at least a 10% chance of a surprise.
The Celtics beat the Hawks, and the Celtics slaughtered the Hawks 104-81, as if they were taking out the anger they suffered from the Lakers on the Hawks.
Although the Celtics won, the Big Three only scored 50 points together, which made experts very worried.
How can you compete with the Lakers with this kind of firepower?
The Spurs beat the Mavericks. What was originally thought to be a fierce battle turned out to be one-sided.
The Spurs easily defeated the Mavericks 117 to 94.
Stackhouse and Josh Howard shot 5 for 25 and were nicknamed the undercover duo.
Duncan made 16 of 24 shots, scoring 40 points, 15 rebounds and 3 blocks.
The fans gasped, thinking that this guy had hidden too much during the regular season and should be punished.
In the last game, the Lakers played against the Nuggets at home.
The Lakers started with Fisher, Kobe Bryant, Zhang Zhiyuan, Hayes and Bynum.
Jackson still used Odom as a substitute to maintain the team's firepower at all times.
The Nuggets' starting lineup is Anthony Carter, Iverson, Carmelo Anthony, Kenyon Martin, and Marcus Camby.
Anthony Carter played point guard at 185, and Iverson played shooting guard at 183.
To dare to put together this kind of lineup, I have to say that George Karl is crazy.
This is a complete abandonment of defense and an attack against the Lakers to the end.
Seeing the Nuggets' starting lineup, Smith couldn't help but exclaim. Barkley actually approved of it. He said: "George Karl is very smart. He knows that he can't guard him anyway, so he just doesn't guard him."
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Zhang Lili commented: "The Nuggets are desperate from the start. The Lakers need to be careful and not be careless."
The two teams jumped the ball, Camby gave the ball to his own side, and the Nuggets attacked first.
Carter controlled the ball for half the game, Iverson ran without the ball, and Kobe chased him.
Then Iverson and Carter changed positions, and the basketball was in Iverson's hands. Iverson controlled the ball and broke through Fisher, and went to the basket and scored.
When the Lakers attacked, Kobe looked at Iverson's size and wanted to use his height to bully the opponent.
So Kobe asked for the ball, and then took the shot towards Iverson.
Iverson did not block it, but Kobe still hit the mark.
There is actually nothing wrong with his choice, but there is something wrong with his feel.
Kobe retreated slightly helplessly.
The Nuggets counterattacked quickly. Iverson and Carter went on the fast break together, and Fisher didn't know who to guard.
After Kobe caught up, Iverson relied on his flexibility to dribble the ball and avoid Kobe's sneak attack.
However, their attack was also delayed by Kobe, and Zhang Zhiyuan and others had already retreated to their own positions.
Iverson bravely broke through, then got into the crowd and was almost intercepted by Zhang Zhiyuan.
Then Iverson made a throw, and his posture was crooked, which was very difficult.
The ball missed, Bynum protected the rebound, and the Lakers counterattacked.
The Nuggets retreated quickly and the Lakers lost the opportunity to play a fast break.
But it's not a big problem, the Nuggets' position defense isn't very good anyway.
Kobe back-up Iverson, and then came up with a classic fadeaway jumper.
This is the rhythm he is familiar with, and the ball goes in.
It was the Nuggets' turn to attack, Iverson burst out, and the Lakers blocked it.
Iverson passed to Carter, Carter passed to Anthony, Anthony broke out, the Lakers blocked it again, Anthony passed to Iverson, and Iverson continued to organize.
The advantage of dual point guards is that they don't need to act recklessly and can have more choices to ensure efficiency.
Iverson broke out again, attracting Hayes to help defend. Then Iverson threw the ball to the basket. Martin followed up and took off, dunking the ball into the basket.
Even though they passed so many times, their attack actually didn't take much time.
They played very fast and changed a lot, which is why Hayes made a mistake to double-team.
The situation was chaotic and his judgment was wrong.
In the transition between offense and defense, the Lakers' offense didn't have so many bells and whistles, and they just let Kobe Bryant bully Iverson's height.
Kobe took the ball again, pushed away Iverson, turned around and scored a jumper.
Kobe took charge of the Lakers' offense, and Zhang Zhiyuan didn't care.
Anyway, fmvp only looks at the data from the finals, not the average data from the playoffs. It doesn't matter if you let Kobe brush it first, and then sneak up on him again in the finals.
Before the finals, as long as you can win.
The Nuggets attack, Anthony plays Zhang Zhiyuan in isolation, but misses the mid-range shot.
"Anthony's choice is not good. Since teammates have better opportunities, they should let them shoot more. Look at the Lakers, they just seize your weaknesses and attack..."
Zhang Lili commented.
The Lakers attacked, and Kobe continued to single out Iverson.
Laker Anthony Carter dropped Fisher, ran in front of Kobe, and pressed on with Iverson.
Kobe didn't pass the ball immediately, and the situation immediately went bad.
The basketball was photographed by Iverson. Carter picked up the basketball and went on a fast break.
If George Karl dares to play two short men, he will naturally have corresponding tactics.
Carter rushed to the front, with Zhang Zhiyuan chasing behind him.
Rushing to the basket, Carter took off.
It's a pity that he is short, has poor jumping, and his skills are far inferior to Iverson.
When he simply lifted the basketball, Zhang Zhiyuan slapped the basketball away.
"pretty."
Fans exclaimed that this kind of chase-up hat greatly boosted morale.
When the Lakers attack, Kobe still holds the ball, but Zhang Zhiyuan has changed positions with Fisher through movement and entered the inside.
Kobe then passed the ball to Zhang Zhiyuan. Zhang Zhiyuan pushed Anthony Carter away with one butt, and then took three steps towards the basket.
Martin stepped forward to interfere, but Zhang Zhiyuan had already thrown the ball towards the basket.
Such a short distance is almost like a free throw for those pitchers with a soft touch.
The ball goes in.
4 to 6.
The Nuggets attack, Martin catches the ball under the basket and is about to attack the basket.
Zhang Zhiyuan ran to help defend, and Martin immediately passed the ball to Anthony, who hit a mid-range jumper.
6 to 6.
The Nuggets played very unitedly at the beginning and actively shared the ball.
When the Lakers attacked, Kobe took the shot and scored from mid-range.
6 to 8.
The Nuggets counterattacked, Iverson rushed to the basket and caused Bynum to foul, and made two free throws.
During the transition between offense and defense, Zhang Zhiyuan and Fisher used a pick-and-roll and once again got the opportunity to play Carter alone. He squeezed Carter away and rushed inside, then made an emergency stop jumper and scored.
8 to 10.
"Hey, the Lakers haven't made a three-pointer today."
Smith said in surprise.
As the team with the most three-pointers in the league, this is not normal.
"Perhaps it is too easy to break through. Carter and Iverson are not strong enough to prevent the double star's breakthrough."
Buckley guessed.
The two teams continued to play for several rounds, and Zhang Zhiyuan finally threw his first three-pointer, which was towards Iverson.
The ball goes in.
Then George Karl immediately made a substitution and replaced Carter with Jr. Smith. This was to increase the height and prevent Zhang Zhiyuan from shooting.
George Karl was afraid that Zhang Zhiyuan would miss the shot and if the three-point shot went smoothly, he would not be able to play.
After Smith came on the court, the Nuggets' organization became worse, but their firepower became much stronger.
Smith can break out and shoot, and is a pretty good role player.
The Nuggets attacked, Iverson broke through Fisher, Kobe went to help defend, and then Iverson passed the ball to Smith.
Smith took a step back and stood outside the three-point line.
The ball goes in.
15 to 17, the Nuggets held on to the score.
However, the Lakers are not in a hurry. They just need to wait patiently for the Nuggets players to feel less comfortable. The Nuggets cannot always be so accurate.
The Lakers attacked and the person defending Kobe became Smith.
Whether it's speed or strength, Smith doesn't suffer.
Kobe tried to hit a jump shot.
The Nuggets attacked and Anthony shot a long two-pointer but missed.
This shot choice is not very good, but who makes him the leader of the team?
Lakers offense.
They have many options, they can play with two stars in isolation, or they can use tactics to attack the Nuggets' defensive weaknesses.
Zhang Zhiyuan chose a simple style of play, holding the ball and beating Anthony in isolation.
He first raised the ball and made a fake shot.
Anthony pounced, Zhang Zhiyuan broke through, went to the basket, and succeeded in a layup.
15 to 19.
"Anthony really shouldn't be fooled by such a simple fake move."
Smith commented.
"Those who don't know better think that Zhang Zhiyuan is a veteran and Anthony is a rookie. In fact, it's the complete opposite."
Buckley said.
On the court, Anthony finally scored a goal based on his personal ability.
However, his overall efficiency is still low.
The Lakers counterattacked, and Bynum grabbed the position under the basket and wanted to make a shot, but was blocked by Camby.
The two sides continued to fight for several rounds, 20 to 24.
Then Zhang Zhiyuan and Hayes were replaced to rest, and Odom and Ariza came on.
Zhang Zhiyuan's move gave the Nuggets the upper hand immediately.
Although Ariza's defense is not bad, he is under great psychological pressure when facing Anthony.
Coincidentally, Anthony is very tough and hits the ball hard without considering the effect at all.
Such an operation only made Ariza suffer.
Seeing this, Kobe could only go over to help defend, and then Smith started to show off his power again, hitting two goals in a row.
On the defensive end, the Lakers seemed to be blown away, and the Nuggets hit an offensive climax.
Fortunately, they continued to maintain a stable output on the offensive end. Odom hit two and Kobe also hit two.
After the first quarter, the score was 34-34, and the two sides were tied.
The Nuggets can accept this result. After all, they are the weak side, and they will make money if they can balance the situation.
The Lakers can also accept it. After all, they have Zhang Zhiyuan leading the team during substitute time, so their firepower can be maintained.
"It is indeed a high-scoring battle. If the current trend continues, the two teams will score at least 250 points in this game."
Smith commented.
"I think we can hit 260. After all, Zhang just shot a three-pointer now. Once he starts throwing three-pointers, the score will rise faster."
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