masters-orleans Chapter 321 The opponent in the second round of the playoffs
Chapter 321 The opponent in the second round of the playoffs
Chapter 321 The opponent in the second round of the playoffs
After the Sonics ended the first round of the playoffs 3:0, another team swept to advance.
That's right, this is naturally the Lakers.
Just one day after the Sonics, the Lakers swept the Timberwolves 3-0 and advanced to the Western Conference semifinals.
Chauncey Billups played well, averaging 22.6 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists per game, a very good performance.
Garnett actually played pretty well, 24+15+5, such data is absolutely phenomenal.
However, there is a problem, that is, Garnett's shooting rate is less than 43%.
As an insider, this hit rate is unqualified.
What's more, he is the leading star of the Timberwolves and the team's top scorer.
Once there is a problem with him, it is the problem of the whole team.
As for the reason, it may be that with O'Neal sitting on the inside, Garnett directly made himself play like an outside line.
As an inside player, he didn't dare to be strong inside, so he could only float and shoot from the outside, and his shooting percentage was definitely not high.
However, during this period of time, Garnett's iron-blooded jumper had a very miserable hit rate.
In this case, the loss was not a surprise.
Just one day later, the Spurs also defeated the Trail Blazers with a huge advantage of 3:1.
This extremely luxurious team, which cost countless Franklins to build, was once again disappointing.
You know, the Blazers' team salary this season is as high as 8500 million US dollars, second only to the Knicks.
As for the Spurs, the total salary is only 4500 million US dollars.
Nearly half of the Blazers' salary, but on the court, it was the Spurs who beat the Blazers to nothing.
Spending money may not necessarily lead to a championship.
Perhaps it is precisely because of this year's performance that team owner Paul Allen finally couldn't bear it.
Teams have finished the first round of the playoffs one after another, so is the second round of the playoffs about to start?
In fact, the game between the Lakers and the Spurs will indeed start in a few days.
However, there is no need to worry about supersonic speed for the time being.
Because between the Kings and the Mavericks, they are now in a stalemate, and the outcome is hard to tell!
At present, the score of the two teams is 2:2.
Next, is the final life-and-death battle, and only the victor can continue.
For such a result, it is not surprising.
In the regular season record, the Mavericks only won one game less than the Kings.
Moreover, in the direct dialogue between the two teams, it was finally tied 2:2.
The strength of the two is equal to each other.
What's more interesting is that the two teams are mainly offensive, Adelman's Princeton, and old Nelson's bombardment tactics.
To put it bluntly, neither team intends to defend, but to play offense.
Long before the start of the playoffs, many media predicted that this is definitely the most noteworthy game in the first round of the playoffs.
Among other things, watching these two teams play is at least very cool.
All kinds of dazzling goals and all kinds of wonderful cooperation are so attractive to fans.
On the western side, the situation is fairly clear, but on the eastern side, it has long been a mess.
Except for the Hornets who took the lead to advance to the second round with 3:1, the other three groups of games all scored 2:2.
It seems that the playoffs in the Eastern Conference will be more intense, but there is always a feeling of pecking at each other.
It seems that there is no obvious gap between the top eight in the Eastern Conference regular season.
Such a fierce battle is meaningless.
It would be embarrassing for anyone to take the first step when everyone was similar.
That's right, it's the Magic team led by McGrady.
In the regular season, the Hornets and the Magic are actually the same, both 44 wins and 38 losses.
The Hornets have home court advantage only because of mutual wins.
McGrady actually performed well, with a 46% shooting rate and an average of 30+6+5 per game.
It's a pity that, apart from McGrady, the entire Magic team has only one Armstrong.
Facing the overall strength of the Hornets, Tracy McGrady feels a little helpless, or in other words, with his strength alone, he still can't break through a team.
May 5, the last day of the first round of the NBA playoffs.
With Bobby Jackson hitting a three-pointer, the Kings completely established the victory.
In less than 2 minutes, the point difference exceeded 15 points, and the Mavericks almost gave up the game.
In other words, the next opponent of the Sonics is the Kings.
This is really not easy for the Kings, and it is almost a comeback when everyone is not optimistic about it.
It's not that the Kings are weaker than the Mavericks, but because Peja is injured.
The injury was not serious, just a sprained ankle!
This kind of injury can even be played immediately after re-fixing the bandage.
It's just that, considering Peja's physical condition and injury history, the Kings really gave up.
In other words, they are confident that they can advance to the next round.
From beginning to end, Peja has been sitting on the bench, and when the time comes, perhaps Adelman will replace him.
It's just that the Kings performed really well today.
Relying on the advantage of the home court, the Kings scored 6 points in 15 games, and the three scored 20 points.
Facing this kind of offensive firepower, even the Mavericks can't stand it!
Nowitzki, who is in the fourth year of his career, finally played the performance of a first-class star.
Of course, the so-called star performance is naturally compared with Nowitzki, compared with the growth in previous years.
However, this is as it should be. After all, the Mavericks have expected him very much since entering the league.
This is not nonsense. The social atmosphere in Dallas really needs a white star.
Cuban probably thinks the same way.
Otherwise, the Mavericks will not let Michael Finley, who is in full swing, give way to Nowitzki.
Nowitzki's performance is still qualified!
In this round of the series, he averaged 25.4 points, 11.6 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game, which is definitely a superstar performance.
Of course, the premise is not to look at his scoring efficiency.
As an inside player, he only shot 40% from the field. To be honest, this is the reason why the Mavericks lost.
Some people may say that Nowitzki actually plays outside.
But even if it is outside play, only 40% hit rate is not enough.
On the contrary, on the Kings side, with Chris Webber's pinnacle, their performance is more stable.
Although Peja was injured and affected his state, Mike Bibby and Divac both performed very well.
Regardless of winning or losing, this series of offensive battles is really good in terms of excitement.
Both teams averaged more than 100 points per game, and the average number of shots per game went straight to 90 times.
By the way, Wang Zhizhi also got the chance to play.
However, the most playing time was only 10 minutes, and the least time was only 1 minute.
He averaged 5 points and 3.6 rebounds in 0.8 minutes per game.
It can be seen from the old Nelson's appearance arrangement, his attitude towards Wang Zhizhi.
It can be used during the game, and when the main players take a break in rotation, they can play for a little bit.
But if you want to say how much effect it has, it definitely doesn't have it.
At least, Nelson didn't immediately think of Wang Zhizhi when choosing players.
And this is already Wang Zhizhi's second season with the Mavericks.
Two seasons have not been able to obtain a fixed position in the head coach's heart, which has actually explained some problems.
Wang Zhizhi's time with the Mavericks is already counting down.
With the Mavericks out of the game, the NBA playoff derby that Huaxia fans hoped for has no chance.
Regarding what happened to Wang Zhizhi, Wang Hao could do nothing.
No way, he doesn't have Yao Ming's luck, he entered the NBA too late, and his technical style of play has been fully formed.
Not to mention his technical style of play, even in terms of age, the NBA doesn't expect much from him.
Today, not to mention being famous in the NBA, being able to stay in the NBA also requires great efforts from Wang Zhizhi.
Moreover, this year is when the Wang Zhizhi incident happened.
To be honest, about this matter, 20 years later, there is a lot of rumors, or I can't understand it.
It was a simple matter, why did it come to this point?
We met each other, and we could clarify the problem after a chat, and the result...
Of course, it's not entirely Wang Zhizhi's problem. The national team asked Wang Zhizhi in the form of an order from the very beginning, and he probably wasn't happy about it.
More importantly, after enjoying the success of the CBA, after arriving in the NBA, there are endless failures.
More importantly, this failure is not due to his talent, but purely because he entered the NBA too late.
If he could enter the NBA a few years earlier, he should be stronger.
Of course, this is Wang Zhizhi's own idea, regardless of right or wrong, he must be holding his breath in his heart.
At this time, the national team asked him to make sacrifices and forced him to return to the country to compete very bluntly.
In addition, the two parties did not have too much direct communication at the beginning, which led to the final result.
Regarding Wang Zhizhi's plan to participate in the summer split, to be honest, he doesn't think there is a problem.
The summer games are basically held in June and July, which doesn't match the start time of the World Championships at all.
This year's World Championships will be held in the United States, and the game will be held at the end of August.
It doesn't affect each other at all!
Naturally, Wang Hao didn't like Wang Zhizhi's accident, and his absence had a great impact on the national team.
Now, the Mavericks have been eliminated, and the contract between Wang Zhizhi and the Mavericks has also expired.
In other words, Wang Zhizhi needs to return to China.
Wang Hao has no time to deal with these matters for the time being, after all, the matter hasn't happened yet.
Who knew that his little butterfly's wings would flicker, and it would change again.
More importantly, with the promotion of the Kings, the Sonics are preparing for the second round of the playoffs.
This is the Kings!
In the original time and space, the Kings really reached their peak this year and became one of the strong teams this season.
They not only won the first place in the regular season, but also played all the way to the Western Conference Finals in the playoffs.
In the finals, he even played against the Lakers to the seventh game.
It's just that there are many controversies in this game, mainly due to the referee's penalty controversy.
In the future, many people say that the Lakers entered the finals by relying on referees, otherwise they should be the champions of the Kings.
This statement is biased.
In fact, in that round of the series, the controversial penalty appeared not just once, but many times.
It is beneficial to the game of the Lakers, and it is also beneficial to the game of the Kings. Anyway, the final result is that the Kings averaged 3 more free throws per game than the Lakers.
This is actually a bit strange.
Because the Kings are mainly shooting, on the Lakers side, O'Neal is strong and Kobe is strong, it seems that it is easier to draw fouls.
The first game, the Kings at home, free throws 17:22 Lakers.
In the second game, the Kings were at home, and the free throws were 38:25 to the Lakers.
The Kings made an astonishing 38 free throws at their home stadium, the Sleep Train Arena, and the home court advantage is obvious.
In the third game, the Lakers are at home, free throws 15:35 Kings.
In the fourth game, the Lakers at home, free throws 27:26 Kings.
In the Lakers' home game, the Kings are still far ahead in the number of free throws.
It's just that, in the key penalty at the last moment, the Lakers took advantage.
Game 33, the Kings at home, free throws 23:[-] Lakers.
In the sixth game, the Lakers at home, free throws 40:26 Kings.
Game 30, the Kings at home, free throws 33:[-] Lakers.
Except in the fourth and seventh games, the number of free throws between the two sides was relatively close, and there were many gaps in the rest of the games.
Or rather, the difference is obvious.
Especially for the Lakers, only in the sixth game did they have a large lead in the number of free throws.
At other times, the Kings lead more, but the Lakers took advantage of some key calls.
Wang Hao has made so many adjustments, but he actually has one thing to say. That round of the series was indeed full of controversy.
However, it is not one-sided, but two-sided.
In terms of strength, the Kings do have the ability to challenge the Lakers, but the hard power is a little bit worse.
To put it simply, the Kings actually restrained the Lakers somewhat.
In other words, those teams that advocate offense have more or less restrained the Lakers.
The strengths and weaknesses of the Lakers are obvious. The strengths are O'Neal and Kobe, two super giants and two tough players.
It is not afraid to fight you slowly, but it is afraid to fight you offensively.
The reason is very simple, in a 90-point game, it is possible for the OK team to score 60 points, or even 70 points.
As such, role players don't have much to do.
In such a game, O'Neal played one and Kobe played one, the efficiency is simply not too high.
But if it was changed to a 110-point game, the OK team scored 70 points, and the role players couldn't score 40 points at all.
This is still when the Lakers are in good shape, and the OK combination is normally at the level of 60 points.
At this time, you want the Lakers' role players and substitutes to score 50 points. Isn't this embarrassing?
In the series against the Kings, the Lakers only scored in double figures with three points.
In addition to the OK combination, Robert Hawley averaged the most points per game, averaging 11 points per game.
On the other hand, the Kings scored in double figures with 5 players.
In fact, the main reason is that the Lakers rely too much on the OK combination, and there are too few players who can support the scene.
However, this is what should be done neatly, you have an OK combination, what helper do you want?
And this also gave other teams a chance.
The Kings were once the closest to that chance, and now, to get another chance, they have to face the Sonics first.
(End of this chapter)