The Clippers played comfortably enough in the first round to sweep the Jazz to advance to the second round of the playoffs, but the first round matchups in other series this season have been different.

The east is too far, so let's focus on the west first.

Aside from the Clippers, the easiest game in the first round was probably the Oklahoma City Thunder in the bottom half of the West, where OKC defeated DEN with a 4-1 aggregate score.

Don't look at the huge disparity in the total score, in fact, the Nuggets played quite tenacious.

Because in at least four of these five games, they went to the last three minutes of the final quarter, including one overtime.

No, George Carr is the kind of manager who lacks luck.

To be able to take a team that doesn't seem to be able to make the playoffs at all to the sixth place in the West, and play like this with the young and energetic OKC, is enough to prove his ability.

It is worth mentioning that James Harden is in excellent form, and in terms of offensive efficiency alone, he is better than the other two less of the Thunder.

It seems that Ci Shiping's elbow at the end of the season did not have much impact on the beard, but since Shiping swung his elbow, it is impossible that it is useless.

Looking back a few years later, people believe that it is very likely that it was Ci Shiping's elbow that made Harden awaken the writing wheel and become a descendant of the Uchiha clan in the future.

The Thunder in the lower half of the region to kill the Nuggets is expected by most people, and it is also the bull and horse battle in the second half of the region, which makes it difficult to say who can advance in the end.

When the two Texas powerhouses meet, it stands to reason that no one is sure of winning.

However, the actual result was a big surprise, SAS defeated DAL by a huge score of 4:1, in fact, the real game was far more brutal than the score on paper.

At least four of the five fierce battles between the bulls and horses ended with less than 5 points.

It can be said that the two sides are fighting for every inch of land.

Why do Mavericks only fight for the next game?

Heartbeat!

That's right, since the veterans won the championship last year, they don't want it as much as they used to.

And Cuban did not retain the championship squad for various reasons, coupled with the lack of adequate training during the shutdown season, which made the team's veterans completely lose the possibility of the last fight.

Dirk Nowitzki still beat Tim Duncan in the matchup, and there is a saying that among the famous power forwards in the NBA, the offensive ability of German tanks has always been in a class of its own, even Duncan, Garnett, Gasol and others are not comparable to him.

The Mavericks' loss fell to other players, Kidd Sr. was blown up by Parker, George Hill also overwhelmed Jason Terry, Ginobili's first-round play was quite average, but the soon-to-be-forgotten UFO, Vince Carter, also failed to find a career turnaround in the Mavericks.

Generations of talented people have come out, and a generation of new people has replaced the old.

Many NBA fans like to say that they grew up watching who and who the ball, but in fact, the real NBA arena was even more brutal than people imagined.

Players come and go every year, and according to official statistics, the average career of a player in the NBA is only a short 3-4 years.

So much so that on the forum, there are often such types of ridicule:

"Who's playing well, and what's the team he's on now?"

"It's gone!"

"Dead?"

"I mean not in the NBA anymore!"

"Why didn't he fight?"

"It's gone. ”

……

Therefore, those superstars who have dominated the stage for a long time are the real rare existences. And for the vast majority of players, the first thing to consider is survival.

In other words, why was Yi Jianlian able to accept the base salary offered by the Clippers?

In fact, if he returned to Yuedong, he would definitely get a higher salary, and nothing could explain all this except his own persistence and desire.

You know, being able to survive in the NBA is not an easy thing in itself, especially for international players.

The second-round roster for the lower half of the West was released first, and even if there were some twists and turns, there were still no surprises in the whole.

However, when the gaze turned back to the upper half of the western area, the situation on the lower gram appeared.

The Grizzlies finally reversed the Lakers with a total score of 4-3 and advanced to the second round of the playoffs, and their next opponent will be the Los Angeles Clippers led by Erniu.

Zach Randolph has suffered a serious injury this season and his form has dropped significantly compared to last season.

As usual, this should have been an opportunity that the Lakers should have taken advantage of, but sadly, Pau Gasol was even worse.

Sister-in-law didn't suffer serious injuries, but last summer's transfer rumors always haunted him, similar to the Mavericks' problems, a player or a team, without that spirit, basically has no possibility of winning.

Mike Conley completely exploded Ramon Sessions, and Rudy Gay also did what a team's top scorer should do in the face of Ci Shiping's defense, and made Ci Shiping's shooting rate plummet on the defensive end, which directly became a cancer for the Lakers.

Mark Gasol is half as good as Bynum in terms of stats, but those who have watched the game know that Gau is far more important in the Grizzlies' offensive system than the opponent in the Lakers' system.

Finally, of course, it is the Black Mamba - Kobe Bryant.

The swarthy volute is definitely not right, because the volute of this series is just guarded!

That's right, the series averaged less than 42 percent from the field and 33 percent from three-point range, averaging 24.6 shots per game, but also scoring a team-high 27.8 points per game.

It may be too much to say that such Kobe Bryant is a cancer of the team, but it is necessary to say that Kobe Bryant alone takes on the responsibility of the team, and his teammates are all CBA, and it definitely takes some of the inexplicable courage of some of Komi.

Well, from another point of view, you can't blame Kobe Bryant for everything, after all, it's Tony Allen who is responsible for defending him.

"I don't know how to attack, but don't think about it either!"

That's a really big deal, and with this defensive prowess, Tony Allen is qualified to survive in this league.

It's always said that defense doesn't require skill, and that's certainly not true.

There are specialists, true defensive experts, and they also need excellent defensive skills and enough defensive experience.

There are very few players like Erniu and James who can maintain super dominance on both offensive and defensive ends for a long time, and Kobe Bryant at his peak is naturally among them, but this period is still much shorter than the first two.

In general, the era that belongs to Kobe Bryant is about to pass, and with Mamba's character, even if the Lakers find another super center for him, they may not be able to get along well and help the team rise again.

Regardless of whether O'Neal reported Wade's thigh, he now has four rings, and Kobe, who left O'Neal, has failed in the finals several times, and still only has three rings.

Well, it's not that the boss doesn't work hard, it's just that Erniu is too BT.

Some of the Minies said that Benzema was to blame for the loss.

Benzema: "......"

The situation in the west is relatively calm, and in comparison, the first-round series in the east is more interesting.

The Bulls lost to the 76ers 2:4, yes, Black Eight!

Strange to say, the black eight and black seven, which have always been rare, seem to have become slightly more frequent in recent seasons.

In fact, even if the Bulls can win the first round, no one will expect them to continue in the second round, because team leader Derrick Rose only played one playoff game and suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee and was directly reimbursed for the season.

In fact, this season, the Windy City Roses suffered serious injuries back in the regular season.

Rose played only 39 games in the entire 11-12 season, and the MVP attendance rate was less than 60% based on the percentage of 66 regular season games in the reduced season.

But this is also one of the important reasons why the Bulls were able to hold their ground and win two games against the 76ers after losing Rose.

No way, they're used to how to win when the boss isn't around.

Larry Drew's coaching prowess was praised during the regular season, as the Bulls were still the No. 1 team in the East even without Rose.

Tom Thibodeau, the Clippers' first assistant coach, said disdainfully: "Give me that Chicago Bulls, and I can lead the team to that kind of performance." ”

In Thibodeau's view, the defensive lineup formed by Noah, Boozer, Gibson, Ruhr Deng and others is already the strength of the Eastern East, not to mention the indecent development of the Heat regular season, and the Hawks are also in a state of reconstruction scandal.

When it came to the playoffs, the lack of depth of the Bulls' roster was still exposed in an instant.

The 76ers' black eight wins on the whole, or rather, can only win on the whole.

When Andre Iguodala is second to Jrue Holiday or even Louis Williams in points per game, you can't tell who the leader of this team is.

If you look at the regular season statistics alone, the team's top scorer is actually Louis Williams, who has never even played a start.

Lowe averaged 14.9 per game, the highest scorer on the 76ers.

Otherwise, James Harden is too good this season, and the Thunder are even better at record, and Lowe is definitely qualified to compete for the SMOY (Sixth Man of the Year) spot.

I don't know if I don't see it, and I'm shocked when I see it.

The 76ers were able to enter the Eastern Conference playoffs with a record of 35 wins and 31 losses, relying on the strength of the defensive end, and they really couldn't score on the offensive end anyway.

The odd 76ers made it to the second round of the playoffs, but like the Bulls, no one was optimistic that they would be able to go further.

Because the other group of matchups, also in the top half of the East, was too strong, the Celtics, who are fourth in the East, have faced their old enemies, and the Atlanta Hawks, who are fifth in the East.

It should be noted that the Celtics' regular season record is only 39-27, while the Hawks' record is 41-25, so the question is, why is Green Kai ahead of the Hawks?

The reason is also the NBA's bizarre format, according to the rules, the Green Jacks, as the top spot in the Atlantic Division, will automatically get a top-four playoff spot in the East, even if their regular season record is not as good as the Hawks.

The Hawks and the Heat belong to the same Southeast Division, and when the Heat finished second in the East, the Hawks could only settle for fifth place in the East.

As the roadblocks that once blocked the Green Army's Big Three from hitting the championship, these two teams can be described as new and old hatreds, and they are about to break out.

In the end, the Green Army had the last laugh with a tighter defense, and the Green Army, who had been recuperating in the regular season, began to exert their energy in the playoffs.

Kevin Garnett broke out with an extremely strong fighting power, facing the young and strong Griffin, he was still able to efficiently contribute 18+10 statistics per game, and made great contributions to the team on both offensive and defensive ends.

Griffin was majestic in the regular season, but he fell off the chain in the most critical playoffs, facing the close defense of the Green Army, the griffons who were able to contribute close to 20+10 in the regular season, but only got 16+8 data in the first round series.

Both in terms of offensive efficiency and the number of shots taken are lower than the performance of the regular season.

The performance of the superstar still depends on the playoffs, and in this regard, Griffin still has a long way to go.

Joe Johnson has also been much worse than he used to be, he has been more or less affected by the transfer, but more importantly, as the team's first attacking point, he still hasn't shown enough dominance.

It should be said that some people are naturally more suitable to be the second master, and the embarrassment with Erniu to contain the opponent is definitely called a contemporary Pippen, but without the help of Erniu, Embarrassment immediately became a contemporary Jordan with quotation marks.

The lunar eclipse at the No. 3 position has completely become a cancer for the team, and Mike Woodson and Embarrassment are still limiting his three-point shooting, but the eclipse's mid-range shooting attributes are enough to bury the team at a critical moment.

Dragic has also been tepid under Rondo's defence, lacking possession and the team will hardly offer him the salary he wants this summer.

For a team that is about to rebuild, being able to play with the Green Army in a tie-break is already the best affirmation of their basketball talent.

The Atlanta Hawks, who were eliminated in the first round, officially announced the complete collapse of the former Hawks dynasty.

If last season they could still use Griffin's arrival and not yet adapted to the team as an excuse, then this season's early farewell only proves that the team's construction has taken a detour.

Hawks owner Tony Ressler has naturally become the least popular guy at the Philips Center.

If it weren't for his insistence on exchanging two bulls for Griffin, maybe the Eagles could have built another three-in-a-row dynasty, but now, Atlantans can only watch the City of Angels give birth to a new league powerhouse, or even a championship.

They originally had a supergiant that was not inferior to Michael Jordan, but they were traded by the new owner.

The bottom half of the Eastern Conference was relatively normal, with the high-pick team rightfully beating the low-pick team.

The Heat took out New York 4-1, and New York can't expect them to get one step closer in the playoffs if they don't solve their problems on the defensive end for a day.

The Pacers' 4-1 victory over the Magic may seem a bit of a surprise, but you must know that the third pick in the East this season is not the Magic.

It's an indisputable fact that the Pacers are on the rise, but more importantly, the Magic lost their all-out momentum in the transfer trade with the Sparks.

The heart defeated the heartless, this is the true portrayal of the first round of the playoffs in the 11-12 season.