The rest of the games were basically decided in the first round. The Green Army still defeated their opponents and advanced. But to be honest, with their state this year, Tang Qian doesn't feel that they are stronger than last year. This is not about the personnel configuration.
The problem is actually that there is something wrong with the internal chemical reaction. To put it simply, Irving, who should be the biggest core point, is in conflict with the entire team. In this way, an absolute core cannot unite the entire team, and then the whole team will be loose.
, the situation of each fighting alone. In addition, Hayward has changed from an All-Star to a sixth man, which was not expected before.
Therefore, there are too many things to pay attention to in basketball. No matter how imbalanced and disharmonious the overall situation is, 1+1 may be less than 2.
Tang Qian was not very impressed by the Green Army's playoff status this year, but there are still so many rounds left. What if we find the feeling later? The Green Army's three giants became more and more courageous in the playoffs.
. Tang Qian will not make any judgments now. How can you be sure of anything if you have a God's perspective? Miracles happen all the time in competitive sports. If you despise this, then it will soon be your turn to capsize.
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As expected, the most difficult game between the Pacers and the Nets came down to the last minute. The two sides managed to reach G7. In the end, the Pacers came out on top, relying on Bojambo Gdanovic’s final sure-shot kill.
They defeated their opponents. In fact, there was nothing they could do. Their core main force Oladipo was injured in the middle of the season, so they have always been on the sidelines. It is already very satisfying to enter the second round. At least the team's mental state is in place.
Isn't it here?
The fans have no desires and demands. They know what the ceiling of their team is.
At this point, the first round of games is over, and the matchup list for the second round is also out, Milwaukee Bucks VS Indiana Pacers. The remaining Eastern Conference round is Boston Celtics VS Philadelphia 76ers. Compared with the first round
, the Celtics VS Philadelphia 76ers in the second round was quite exciting. There was a lot to watch on the surface. As for the Bucks VS Pacers, forget it. If you can’t beat this,
You can go home and grow sweet potatoes with the letters.
The Eastern Conference's schedule is really lucky... I was a rookie in both rounds, so playing like this, the data efficiency is very good.
This year, the Bucks actually only played one round, which was the Eastern Conference Finals.
Why do you say that? It’s up to you. Use your little brain and the answer will naturally emerge.
The situation in the Western Conference seems to be similar, Lakers VS Clippers, Warriors VS Nuggets. The latter has the same feeling as the Bucks above, it is almost a crushing game without any suspense. If the Nuggets can win
This Warriors team is in trouble. This is something that no referee can help. The Nuggets' playoff survivability is actually average. It was average in the previous era of traditional team building, let alone now.
.To destroy the Five-Star Warriors, it will definitely take a matter of minutes. In the words of ESPN, only God can save them.
This is a bit exaggerated, but it is actually reasonable.
If you look at the Nuggets themselves and didn't say anything, you should understand how much pressure this is.
And even if God comes and helps them get through this round, there are still super teams waiting behind them. Breaking through this year's Western Conference is no longer a hellish difficulty. With these teams, who do you want to replace?
Isn't it a dead end? How many chances do you really think you have? These three teams are the favorites to win the championship in any era, and they are even scheduled to win. They just happened to be together. So, except for them, they are basically green leaves.
Everyone understands it in their hearts.
On April 28, the semifinals began. There are two more games today, one is the Lakers VS Clippers, and the other is the Bucks VS Pacers. However, judging from the current ratings, even if not many people go to watch
The latter. Because, there is nothing interesting to watch. If you lose, it will be big news. The game is held at the Staples Center, well, the Staples Center. In fact, the fight is here. This round of the game
, in fact, it can be regarded as giving both sides sufficient physical strength to cope with it.
Because there is no hard work of traveling and traveling.
It’s nothing more than a matter of fan support. It must have been overwhelming in the past, but now that James Leonard Davis is here, the appeal is still there, and the number of Clippers fans is also increasing day by day. There will not be the same situation in the past when playing away games but basically
These are all Lakers fans.
According to the regular season record, the Lakers have the home court advantage in the first game. The pre-game war of words has already been intense, and now even the bosses are fighting each other, so the atmosphere is already very intense before it even begins.
During the core "greeting" session before the game, several star players all came out and exchanged a few words. This was also a gimmick deliberately created by the league. Tang Qian came up to James and said: "Before, when facing the Spurs, I just said
I am fifty times stronger. Is fifty times not enough now? Do I need a hundred times?" James knew that this guy was very powerful with his words, so he stopped talking nonsense and directly insisted on his point of view: "Of course, now.
Do you still think you can suppress me to death?"
Oh, once you have projection, you become more confident. Okay, okay.
Tang Qian said with a smile: "You have just returned to the level of a normal person. You are always abusing me, but you are actually very tired of it."
"Don't think about it this time."
"Haha, brother, I won once, let's talk about it later."
Mu De...James also has anger in his head, and his chest is on fire. He has never been so deflated, but since he met this guy, he has never had a chance to vent his anger. He is right,
You have never won, so what nonsense are you talking about? If you win once and then say it again, you will wilt, and all the rubbish you talk is useless.
Last year, when I was playing single-core games, I defeated all kinds of monsters and monsters, and James himself couldn't stop him.
And this year is very likely to be the last chance.
After all, age matters. James pays great attention to maintenance, but there is always a limit. He will be 35 next year. How much fuel will he have left by then? Even if he reaches 36 like Jordan, that is still the limit.
Here we are. I'm not kidding you. James doesn't think he can really surpass the god of basketball. The same is true for peak maintenance. And at that time, it was definitely not as good as every year. So this year is the best opportunity.
Although, he thinks this every year, tells himself this, and says this.
But people always need a little dream and fantasy, right?
Otherwise, living in despair and having to keep doing it would be suffering.
But this year's Clippers are indeed very strong. They swept their opponents in the first game with the largest score difference in the league, a little more than the Cosmos. It can be seen that their people are actually here for the playoffs. Including
Leonard and Davis. They both feel that they are tired of playing in the regular season, and what they have to do is the playoffs. Leonard also rested enough games in the regular season, and Davis only paid his dues after fully recovering.
The reason is... in their eyes, there is no regular season anymore.
The opposing lineup is James + Davis + Leonard + Danny Green + DeAndre Jordan.
The Lakers' lineup is Tang Qian + Covington + George + Butler + Westbrook.
It's really a star-studded lineup. This is the series that the bald guy is looking forward to. It doesn't matter if the previous series didn't look good or the ratings were not high. This series can bring them back.
This is also true. There were so many people watching this game that it exploded.
Tang Qian got the ball in his hands and immediately passed it out. Westbrook broke through quickly and wanted to launch a blitz, but the opponent obviously had sufficient arrangements. This ball James is not the James of the regular season. He has the ability to "change".
It is different from the other No. 13 James. So what was easy to do in the regular season is very difficult now. Westbrook wanted to directly launch a lightning fast break with this ball, but was directly blocked by a thick body.
After delaying the confrontation, he almost bounced back and made a mistake when dribbling. In this case, naturally, don't think about launching a blitzkrieg smoothly. Being able to stabilize your body and not make mistakes is the key right now. No.
The only way was to pass the ball, but because his body was deflected by the confrontation, the passing force was also lacking, and he was directly intercepted by a long arm in the air.
Leonard! One of the super gibbons! The master of death coil in position 3!
After passing by, he didn't pass the ball, just cut in, and then relied on Butler who was chasing him to score the goal. It still looked so simple, not cool enough, and not exciting enough, but it could be scored.
This is Leonard.
His playing style is still very steady and not too flashy.
Butler also failed to control the impact of the ball because he was chasing the ball. He was fouled by his opponent and made an extra free throw.
He still had a paralyzed expression on his face, and everyone looked at him with a stern look on his face.
This is really too much. This is somewhat similar to the number 21 retired by the Spurs.
In the past, the Lakers used screens to distribute the ball, and Tang Qian cut in, but Jordan's area and thickness were still there after gaining weight. In addition, the penalty was a little hairy at the beginning tonight, and the scale was not large.
, Tang Qian even got an offensive foul at the beginning. This is almost a must-have defensive skill for today's inside players, otherwise... you have no way to deal with the nuclear weapon No. 29 playing behind you. Even if
It was blessed with "Tang Qian's Law 2.0", which just gave them one more way to survive. Coming over, James directly accelerated from the top of the arc and made a pass. Danny Green made a three-pointer directly! No, George rotated over,
Danny Green broke through and passed the ball to Davis. Davis is a rare master without the ball in the paint. The free movement rules are very liberating for him. So it is a small throw that gets stuck in the position easily.
Hands, making it impossible for the pursuit and defense to go smoothly. 4-0.
It can be seen that the opponent's targeting effect is very strong. It must have been practiced for a long time. It may even have been targeting the Los Angeles Lakers from the beginning of the team's establishment. They have begun to regard them as a strong imaginary opponent in the series. In addition, the Lakers are also dominating.
After being in the league for so many years, some basic playing styles and habits are easy to be broken up and broken down again. This is a process that a team that continues to dominate must go through. But the Lakers adjust very quickly.
, on the professional basketball court, it is normal to fall behind for a while and face difficulties in coping. There is no need to make a fuss at all, the Lakers now have the toughness and heart of such a strong team.
The Lakers turned to Tang Qian's weak side to provide support, but it turned out to be a three-step pull-up to provide Covington with a screen. Westbrook went directly to the strong side instead of the screen side, and made a sudden attack, which made James's judgment incorrect. Now
After all, James' legs and feet were a little slow, so without making a proper judgment, Westbrook quickly broke through in a straight line and rushed over. However, the Clippers obviously thought of this problem, so Davis suddenly retracted from the wing.
Relying on his long arms, he has the ability to control even from a long distance. But Westbrook passed the ball to George. Leonard reacted quickly and followed the movement, and a Lakers' false block in the middle was directly blocked by him.
Bypass. He is worthy of being one of the most powerful perimeter defenders in NBA history. He is awesome. His judgment and reaction are top-notch. But he still did not save the ball because when he was about to get close to George, a
A huge figure stood between the two of them. In fact, Tang Qian's ball was not an amazing cover angle, but it still gave Leonard enough interference. Because...the body of No. 29 is too big.
It takes a lot of time just to get around.
This is why the coverage of a big man is always better than that of a small man.
It’s nothing else, it’s mainly the size and floor space, which small people can’t replicate.
To give a simple analogy, everyone knows that Dooku’s pick-and-roll is a nuclear weapon, but why doesn’t Cole use it all the time? Do you really think that people don’t know that, and they are just showing off their skills and squandering training? A few games, a whole season.
, is it realistic? Is he really that stupid, how can he still get a salary of tens of millions of dollars? The reason is very simple. The Warriors have tried to use Dooku pick-and-roll on a large scale in the playoffs, but the result is...not invincible.
Because the two of them pick and roll each other, many times... they can't stop people.
Or it's called...can't hold people back.
Therefore, it is easy to be squeezed or slipped past, breaking their Dooku pick-and-roll. The so-called invincible "Doku pick-and-roll" also has shortcomings and blind spots. It cannot be used everywhere with one move. Further ahead, there are
The same is true for Jordan and Pippen's pick-and-roll screens. The pick-and-roll between each other is quite powerful, but if you keep using it like this, it is easy for the pick-and-roll to fail or directly fall into a double-team situation.
Therefore, even in the small ball era, post players who have lost weight mostly go up to pick-and-roll screens.
The small man's pick-and-roll area is really limited and can easily be destroyed.
Leonard tried his best to get around the ball, but Tang Qian's side was too wide and thick, causing him to waste time. Therefore, the ball gave George a three-pointer and hit .4-3.
The opponent was no ambiguity either. James came over and passed the ball directly to the ground. Davis cut through without the ball and succeeded in running to the basket.
Westbrook of the Lakers missed the basket but caused a personal foul on Davis and made 2 of 2 free throws from the free throw line.
James started to show off his power when passing the ball. The Lakers did not pay attention to James' ability to distribute the ball during this period. James does feel that his game ability has entered a state now. Mainly because of his sense of proportion and sophistication, which is really scary. This is a fight.
A lot of things accumulated by super giants. But the Lakers didn't show weakness at all. Westbrook and Tang Qian jointly passed the ball and showed off their power, and they were equally successful. At this time, the opponent suddenly changed to an unlimited defense. This team's lineup has
If you are qualified to do this, your ability to switch defenses and shrink is very strong. The main reason is that after James had no problem with this point, he immediately made up for his shortcomings.
The Lakers were hit by a wall and continued to strike. At this time, Tang Qian stood up and stabilized the wave. The opponent immediately shrank. Jordan's meat shield + Davis's top assist defense prevented Tang Qian from making a rash move and distributed the ball.
He went out, made a reverse run and cut from the outside, and then Butler hit the basket. He played well and the timing was not bad. At this time, Jordan successfully protected the basket and gave Butler a big shot. Jordan's protection of the basket
He has always been excellent, and he was also a double-team player in the original time and space. Now that pure blue-collar players have become less popular, he is still very good as he specializes in defense.
His excellent athletic ability and physical condition make him worthy of others in this era.
At this time, a mid-range shot hit the opponent. This team is not an extreme magic ball mosaic. It has a lot of mid-range shots. This is not a boast. From James to Leonard to Davis to Green, everyone can make the shot.
.And they also directly carried out mid-range attacks based on the Lakers' defensive method of blocking the Mosaic team. This made the Lakers a little unable to adapt.
The key is the effect of the Lakers' attack on the basket. This part is not good at all. The opponent's ability to protect the basket is really good.
It is worthy of being the second best rim-protecting team in the league, second only to the Los Angeles Lakers.
But...that's also second.
Isn't the first place here?
Tang Qian stepped forward, one against two, and also began to offer a feast of basket protection in the penalty area.
This made the Clippers' attack on the basket almost fruitless.
The first quarter was fiercely fought, with the score tied at 37-37.