masters-orleans Chapter 689 The third round begins!
Chapter 689 The third round begins!
Chapter 689 The second round begins!
The current focus is actually not on teams such as the Lakers, Warriors, and Cavaliers. These teams are too stable, and so far there have been basically no overturns.
The current focus is actually on teams such as the Clippers, Rockets, Raptors, and Bucks.
why.
They're so evenly matched that it's hard for even the most senior analysts to say who will advance to the second round.
In the arena, Xu Xuan meticulously holds the ball for daily training.
Although the task was completed, Xu Xuan did not miss a day of necessary training.
Seriously, complete every day's training very seriously, this is what Xu Xuan has to do.
far away.
Coach Frank watched this scene with relief.
What he admired most about Xu Xuan was his spirit of self-discipline.
There is no need for anyone to ask him, he can do everything well by himself very self-disciplined.
Frank has seen countless players do this, but only a few can do it.
Xu Xuan is one of them, and even among these players, he is a very outstanding one.
If there are any active players who can have such an attitude and self-discipline, apart from Xu Xuan, Frank can only think of one person, and that person is LeBron James! ! ! !
While training wholeheartedly, Xu Xuan is also preparing for the second round of the playoffs.
Compared with the first round, Xu Xuan felt that the second round was the real obstacle.
Whether it is the Clippers or the Rockets, they are definitely not so easy to solve.
The Lakers must be prepared for all challenges.
What's more, there is only one condition for Xu Xuan to complete the task. As long as he enters the Western Conference Finals, he can complete the task, so Xu Xuan can't wait!
at the same time.
Games other than the Lakers and Cavaliers are still going on.
The Thunder played the fifth game of the Warriors.
The Warriors have already led 3-1 and won the match point, but it has to be said that Westbrook really worked hard!
Xu Xuan finished watching the game.
Westbrook played a full 48 minutes, and after a game, he didn't rest for 1 minute.
But how to put it, the hard power gap between the two teams is really huge.
With Curry, Durant, and Clay firing together, even if Westbrook doesn't stop, he will never be able to keep up with such fire suppression.
After a round of artillery fire, Westbrook could only be defeated.
What to do? He worked hard, he almost lost his life after a game, but he is really not invincible!
His scoring is high, but it's all in exchange for a huge number of shots.
His high score does not mean his high efficiency, this is completely two concepts.
Even Xu Xuan, in the face of Curry, Durant, and Clay's combined artillery fire, if he didn't have that super high efficiency, he would probably be defeated in one round, or even the speed of being defeated Faster than Thunder.
After all, the configuration of role players on the Thunder side seems to be better than that of the Lakers.
The only advantage the Lakers have over the Thunder is Xu Xuan's upper limit!
Compared with Westbrook, Xu Xuan's 48 minutes is obviously more deterrent than Westbrook's 48 minutes!
Because no one knew what Xu Xuan would do.
Even if he fights against Curry and Durant plus Klay on his own, no one will believe it!
This is Xu Xuan, this is Xu Xuan now!
Someone even nicknamed him "Miracle Light"!
Meaning he is the only one who can do it all!
This is the Lakers' only advantage over the Thunder, and in the eyes of outsiders, the Lakers' only advantage!
Because the playoffs are different from the regular season, there are 7 games in the playoffs, and you can't expect the Warriors' Big Three to feel all the sticks in the seven games.
Therefore, the Lakers have a chance to win, but it is very difficult! ! !
Didn't you see that Thunder has been knocked down?
After the Warriors defeated the Thunder 4-1 and advanced to the second round, the Spurs followed suit. They also defeated the Jazz 4-1 and advanced to the next round.
In this way, in the Western Conference semifinals, opponents in one and a half regions have been released, namely the Golden State Warriors VS San Antonio Spurs.
This is basically exactly the same as the prediction before the start of the playoffs.
In fact, when the rankings were decided, everyone felt that these two teams must have met. Looking at it now, they are exactly the same.
The match between the needle point and the wheat awn is coming!
Relatively speaking, the Lakers can wait a little longer than that, because the Rockets and the Clippers have already scored 3 to 3, and there is still the last tiebreaker. It seems that the two teams have really fought very fiercely. The knife sees blood.
3 to 3 ah.
Frank was overjoyed.
He wished that these two teams would play a tiebreaker, no, it would be better to grab a [-]th or a [-]th game, so that the Lakers would have more rest time and enough time to study each other to better deal with it.
All the Lakers fans are happy, and they are jumping left and right on the Internet during this time.
They support the Clippers when the Clippers are behind, and they support the Rockets when the Rockets are behind.
Anyway, they will support whoever loses.
Before the tiebreaker, you must not lose!
Satisfied now, tiebreaker, happy!
The outside world, seeing the Rockets and Clippers playing so fiercely, thinks that the Lakers' hopes of advancing to the second round are growing.
No way, the tiebreaker in the first round consumes too much physical energy, and the Lakers ended the first round 4-0 with the Grizzlies. In terms of physical fitness, there is too much difference, and Xu Xuan's first round is not good. Haven't worked hard yet.
When Xu Xuan exerts his strength, the chances of winning this game will naturally be greatly improved.
As for the Eastern side, although it was tied 2-2 before, the situation does not seem to be as encouraging as the Western side.
The Toronto Raptors played the Bucks, the Boston Celtics played the Bulls and the Washington Wizards played the Atlanta Hawks, all of which ended the battle 4-2.
The Celtics defeated the Bulls, the Raptors defeated the Bucks, the Wizards defeated the Eagles, and the three teams advanced to the second round.
On the Eastern side, four teams have been decided.
Two and a half districts, namely Celtics VS Wizards, Cleveland Cavaliers VS Raptors.
It was unexpected that the eastern side finished the first round first.
But on the second day, the Rockets and the Clippers also decided the winner.
Both teams played really well, but the Rockets finally relied on Harden's super performance to beat the Clippers and advance to the second round.
The moment the Big Three of the Clippers lost the game, they were scolded by fans on the Internet
That's right, it's been so many years since the formation of the Big Three, and every time they say it's good, every time they say there's hope, but every time they can't even make it to the Western Conference finals, it's still a joke!
The trio, including me, was sprayed miserably, and I was directly sprayed to the point of autism, which is too uncomfortable.
How should I put it, the higher the expectations, the greater the disappointment, and these things go hand in hand.
Without showing the expectations of the fans, the fans will naturally not let them have a good time.
Not to mention that the Big Three of the Clippers were sprayed miserably, my heart was also very sad, and I even had the idea of leaving the Clippers.
indeed.
It has been six years since he came to the Clippers in 2011 and today.
After the past six years, he can't do anything. He hasn't done anything he longed to do before. Even the Western Conference Finals, the floor of his dream Western Conference Finals, has not been touched once until now.
In terms of sadness, my gun is the saddest one.
But what to do, it's not that he doesn't want to do it, it's just that he can't.
And now the competition in the Western Conference is becoming more and more fierce. In the past, although they couldn't make it to the Western Conference Finals, with the hard power of the Clippers, there were quite a few teams who made it to the second round, but this year they didn't even make it to the second round.
How should I put it, one word: You f*ck cry for me! ! !
What if you don't cry?
Didn't even make it to the second round, let alone the Western Conference Finals
Coupled with the fact that I was scolded miserably by the fans, it's no wonder that I had the idea of leaving in my heart.
Not only him, but Griffin and Jordan are a little lost now.
Originally thought that after Kobe retired, the glory of the City of Angels would be dominated by the Clippers. Who would have thought that Xu Xuan would come suddenly, and the situation would change instantly.
The glory of the City of Angels does not need the Clippers to dominate at all, and the Los Angeles Lakers are still all-powerful.
Thinking of this, I feel depressed for a while.
You said that it is not good for Xu Xuan to go, he has to come to the Lakers, and they will all be miserable!
But no matter how angry I am, I still have no ill feeling towards Xu Xuan in my heart.
In the final analysis, it was because his strength was not as good as others, and it was not the Lakers who made him fail to advance in the first round. After all, he was still incompetent because the Rockets lost the game and were eliminated.
No wonder it was on Xu Xuan.
Then the next question comes.
Where are you going?
Where am I going? !
It's really hard to decide at this hour and a half.
As the league's top point guard, there is absolutely no shortage of market for my guns.
His problem is that the contract is still there.
My gun's current contract is a renewal contract signed in 13.
He signed a five-year, $5 million contract with the Clippers, in which Paul has player options in the fifth year of the contract.
In other words, he is still under the contract, and the amount of this contract is not small.
If someone wants to take him, he must first take this contract, and then come up with a bargaining chip that satisfies the Clippers. Otherwise, how could the Clippers give him up so easily?
Will not!
Now that he knew he was going to leave, the management would definitely not miss any chance to squeeze him dry.
Paul actually has a bold idea in his heart, but it is very difficult to realize this idea. It depends on whether the two sides have this intention. If not, he is just thinking about it.
If so, then.
Now that the Rockets have defeated the Clippers, the Lakers' opponent in the second round must be the Rockets.
At this time, the Warriors and Spurs over there have finished the first game of the series.
1 to 0, the Warriors took the lead to get a good start.
The upper limit of the Warriors seems to be a little higher than that of the Spurs. It's not nonsense. Xu Xuan really thinks that the Warriors will be the winner of the Western Conference Finals. Of course, the final result is hard to say.
On the Eastern side, the two groups also completed a matchup each.
Here the Cavaliers play the Raptors, there is no suspense at all. After Lowry and DeRozan met James, they really changed from the Raptors to the "cute dragons". The performance against the Bucks and Antetokounmpo in a round is simply very different.
But everyone didn't have any surprised expressions about the Raptors' loss. After all, they are old "artists", let alone losing to the Cavaliers, it's quite normal.
In the other group, the Wizards and Celtics game, the Celtics won the first game.
The score was 123 to 111. Both sides scored a lot. The Celtics finally won by 12 points, which is considered a big victory.
Now there is only the first game between the Lakers and the Rockets left.
"Speaking of which, after the Lakers swept the first round, they left too much rest time. Compared with the Rockets, their preparation time is also long enough." Ke Fan said.
Now the Rockets are definitely a tired team. After all, after a round of tie-breaks, from the perspective of physical strength, the Lakers have an absolute advantage.
The result of the game did not exceed everyone's expectations.
The Lakers defeated the Rockets cleanly and got a good start, leading 1-0!
Immediately afterwards, the Warriors became more and more courageous, winning at home one after another, leading the Spurs 2-0, and had already gained a large lead.
As long as there are no accidents in the next two away games, the Warriors have basically entered the Western Conference Finals with one foot.
My cannon eyes became even redder. The things he pursued so hard were achieved very easily by others, which made him feel a sense of frustration, and the sense of frustration in his heart was very strong.
Don't play like this!
He was going crazy thinking about the Western Conference finals. He came to the Clippers full of confidence, but in the end he had nothing, but year after year, reaching the Western Conference finals was like playing.
What the hell, this day can't pass! ! !
Had to change places!
Others don't know how much impact the Warriors' 2-0 Spurs record has brought to me, and if the Lakers beat the Rockets here, the impact will be even greater.
From the current point of view, the Lakers have no small hope of defeating the Rockets. After all, the first game is almost a crushing level.
Harden, the spiritual leader of the Rockets, was fully fired, but still lost to the Lakers. From this, it can be seen that this Lakers is definitely not as weak as imagined!
On the Eastern side, the Cavaliers defeated the Raptors again, also leading 2-0 with a big score.
And the Celtics played the Wizards at the same 2-0. This surprised many people, because the strength of the Celtics and the Wizards seemed to be almost the same, but they didn't expect the Celtics to play in the first two games. The round was played so well, the big score led 2-0!
Compared with the first round, this second round of competition seems to end sooner.
It's a bit puzzling.
However, more people explained that this is due to the huge difference in strength between the teams.
Players like the Lakers, Warriors, and Cavaliers seem to have a lot ahead of other teams, so this series is one-sided.
And the Lakers didn't leave any suspense for everyone.
After 1-0 in the first game, he decisively defeated the Rockets in the second game at his own home court, leading 2-0 with a big score!
The Lakers fans are happy, this game is so good, so far, they haven't lost a game! !
(End of this chapter)