With the raging anger provoked by Adrian, the Toronto Raptors played the most exciting game of this series. Chris Bosh, who was completely furious, scored 39 points and 16 rebounds.
Data. But even with such strong statistics, Chris Bosh still can't change the team's fate of failure. Because there is someone on the Magic team who is stronger than him!
51 points and 13 rebounds, this is what Adrian delivered on the court. In addition, Rashad Lewis added 23 points and Turkoglu scored 16 points. The three of them scored 90 points. Orlando
The Magic defeated the Toronto Raptors for the third time on the road 122:129, proving that Adrian's sweeping declaration was not just a joke, and that the Orlando Magic was indeed making strides towards sweeping the Raptors.
At three o'clock in the afternoon on Sunday, April 26, US time, the fourth game of the Magic vs. Raptors series started on time at the Air Canada Center, the home of the Raptors. The Toronto Raptors have already been "forced" into this game.
On the edge of the cliff, they have actually been "forced" off the cliff. In the history of the league's past seven best-of-seven series, no team has ever been able to come back from a bad situation of 0:3. No one.
People are optimistic that the Toronto Raptors can do this. Now all the Toronto Raptors can do is to get at least one victory and avoid the ugly situation of being swept by the Magic.
Sam Mitchell also used this to motivate the Toronto Raptors. He said a lot, but he didn't know how effective it would be. After three games, he had completely seen that the Toronto Raptors had no chance of defeating the Orlando Magic.
Opportunity. The strength gap between the two teams is so great that the Raptors have no chance at all.
There is only one thing he can do now. That is to encourage the players to have little courage left, and strive to win a victory from the Orlando Magic at home and avoid being swept. Otherwise, this game will
After one series, he may have to find another job.[
However, the Orlando Magic are not prepared to give the Toronto Raptors a chance to survive. What they want is a sweep. Only by sweeping and defeating the Toronto Raptors can they maximize the momentum for Adrian to compete for the regular season MVP. Moreover,
Three consecutive losses, especially the third game. The Raptors tried their best to win at home, which was a huge blow to the morale of the Toronto Raptors. How about Sam Mitchell?
The Toronto Raptors, who had lost their momentum, looked strong on the court.
110:102 Although the score difference is not big, the Magic led from the beginning to the end and completely suppressed the Toronto Raptors from beginning to end. However, after the victory was decided in the fourth quarter, the substitute lineup was too relaxed.
Because of this, the Raptors recovered some points. Adrian only played 30 minutes in this game, but still handed over a transcript of 30 points and 7 assists.
4:0. The Orlando Magic swept the Toronto Raptors and became the first opponent to end the first round of the East-West series.
In other series, the Washington Wizards defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers with 36 points in a last-ditch battle, chasing the total score to 1:2. DeShawn Stevenson scored a Washington Wizards-high 19 points, and the Wizards all
Five members of the team scored in double figures. The Rockets played away from home and played another game with a score of 94:90. The total score was 2:1, at the home court of the Philadelphia 76ers. The arrogant Detroit Pistons once again relied on their old coach Larry Brown.
They lost to the Philadelphia 76ers 75:95. The Hornets and Jazz fought fiercely for two overtimes. In the end, with the advantage of home court, the more resilient Jazz persisted until the end, and the total score was also tied at 2:
1. The Suns, who returned to their home court, were beaten by the Spurs and lost the third game 99:115. The Suns, who were trailing 0:3, also faced the fate of being swept. In the ensuing game in the West, the Los Angeles Lakers vs. the Denver Nuggets.
Among them, the Los Angeles Lakers also won. Kobe Bryant only scored 22 points, but grabbed 7 rebounds and sent out 8 assists.
Some NBA awards have also begun to be announced. The first one to be announced is the winner of the Best Sixth Man Trophy. Manu Ginobili of the Spurs won this award with an absolute advantage.
Ginobili played in 74 games this season, 51 of which came as a substitute. He averaged a career-high 195 points, 48 rebounds, 45 assists and 147 steals per game. Compared to his career
He averaged 137 points per game, which was nearly 6 points higher. At the same time, Ginobili was also the only player to contribute 17 points in less than 32 minutes per game.
Ginobili won the title of Best Sixth Man. His prize will be a new 2009 Kia SUV, which can carry 7 passengers. At the same time, as an official partner of NBA, Kia also announced that it will be the most valuable player in the competition.
The winners of Value Player, Best Defensive Player and Most Improved Player are offered generous rewards.
On April 23, the league announced the candidates for the best defensive player of the season. Kevin Garnett was elected the best defensive player of the season with 188 points and nearly 10 rebounds. His defensive performance in the Celtics
The role played by the system is obvious to all. His 805% team winning rate added extraordinary brilliance to him. In the end, Garnett received 90 of the 120 first-place votes and 12 second-place votes.
and 7 third-place votes, for a total score of 493 points.
Last season's best defensive player Camby ranked second, Rockets' Artest ranked third, Shane Battier ranked fourth, ranked fifth is Adrian, and then Bowie
Vintage, Kobe Bryant and Hawks' Smith.
The Sportsmanship Award fell into the hands of Jordan Hill of the Suns. This is the second time that the veteran has won this award. Unfortunately, this award did not bring good luck to Hill. After the award was presented,
During the game, the Suns lost 87:92, lost 1:4 to the Spurs and were brutally eliminated by the Spurs.
On April 29, the Magic finally appeared in the selection of major awards. Turkoglu successfully won the selection of the Most Improved Player award with his average of 211 points, 45 assists and 51 rebounds per game this season.
Got the last laugh, considering Gino
The game in which Billy won the award was the only game the Spurs lost to the Suns. The same game Garnett won the Defensive Player of the Year award, the Celtics lost to the Hawks, and the Sportsmanship Award went to Jordan-
With Hill in his hands, the Suns were eliminated by the Spurs 1:4.
Turkoglu was very happy and at the same time couldn't help but feel a little uneasy. This award will be awarded to him in the first game of the Magic's second round. With the previous three precedents, this year's award seems to have become one.
There is a curse, the team that wins the game will lose.
Amid this anxiety, the playoffs progressed quickly. The Los Angeles Lakers swept the Denver Nuggets 4:0, becoming the second team after the Orlando Magic to sweep their first-round opponents. In the final game
Kobe once again broke out with 31 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists.
Then the game between the Suns and the Spurs ended. After losing one game, the Spurs returned to their home court and completely defeated the Suns 4:1. The Cleveland Cavaliers, who also returned to their home court, did not leave anything else for the Wizards.
Opportunity, LeBron James scored 34 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists, leading the Cavaliers to defeat the Wizards 4:1 at home and advance to the second round.
The Pistons, who returned home, regained the initiative in the game and brought the score back to a total score of 3:2. The Detroit Pistons, who went to Philadelphia again, did not make any mistakes due to underestimation of the enemy and used their strong muscles to give the Philadelphia 76ers a game.
A clean defeat, defeating the Philadelphia 76ers 4:2 to advance to the second round.
Then the Rockets also eliminated the Mavericks 4:2 to advance to the second round. The Jazz, who had been unlucky at the beginning, won two games in a row after returning to their home court. Finally, they fought the Hornets in seven games and were eliminated 4:3 in the end.
As the series progressed, some awards were announced one after another. Stan Van Gundy still failed to compete with Baron Davis for the award for the best head coach of the 2007-08 regular season announced on the evening of April 29.
It finally fell into the hands of Hornets head coach Byron Scott. In the fifth game of the Hornets vs. Jazz, Byron Scott received the best coach trophy from league officials.
The Sonics failed to enter the playoffs, but Kevin Durant won the honor of Rookie of the Year.
In the 80 regular season games that Kevin participated in this season, Durant assisted 192 times, made 873% of his free throws, made 448 free throws and made 391 goals, and averaged 346 minutes per game, ranking first among rookies; at the same time, Durant
He sent a total of 78 steals, ranking second among rookies, shooting 43% from the field, averaging 084 blocks per game, and ranking third among all rookies with 59 three-pointers.[
In the selection of the Best Rookie of the Year, Kevin Durant also won the Best Rookie of the Year trophy with a huge advantage of 90 first-place votes and a total of 545 points.
The only remaining game in the first round of the Eastern and Western Conference series is the final game. The series between the Celtics and the Atlanta Hawks.
To be honest, no one expected that the Celtics would have a fierce battle with the Hawks that would require a 'tiebreak'. Before the series started, almost all predictions about the Hawks vs. Celtics series were one-sided.
Favoring the Celtics, most experts predict that the Celtics will end this series with 4:0 or 4:1, and at most it will not exceed 4:2.
But in fact, the total score between the Hawks and Celtics is now 3:3, and the two sides are tied. The following tiebreaker will be a fierce duel to determine the outcome. On this day of the game, the Magic
Almost everyone in the team couldn't help but sit in front of the TV to watch the Hawks' away game against the Celtics. In fact, it was not just players from the Magic, but also the Pistons, Cavaliers, and the three Eastern Conference teams that advanced to the second round.
No one is willing to take their eyes away from this game. (To be continued.)
