Chapter 144: On the Eve of the Eastern Conference Semifinals (Second Update)
As April crept by, and when May arrived, the first round of the Eastern and Western playoffs came to an end. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
The Rockets and Hawks became the third and fourth out teams, they were defeated by their opponents in six games, of which the Rockets' exit sparked heated discussions in China and even North America, and the first quarterback and the first center partnered in the first season, actually out of the first round, this result made many people who are optimistic about the Rockets unacceptable.
The Pacers defeated the Hawks 4-2 to advance to the Eastern Conference semifinals, while their opponent was the Raptors, who defeated the Bulls 4-3, Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan played better and better, and finally led the team to defeat the Bulls and advance to the second round.
Like the 76ers, the Raptors are also a big dark horse this year, the two sets of matchups in the Eastern Conference semifinals are released, the old strong team Pacers vs. the dark horse Raptors, the old strong team Heat vs. the dark horse 76ers, whether the dark horse wins, or the old strong team continues to be strong, everything is still unknown.
In the West, the Spurs defeated the Mavericks in seven difficult games, but won the last game by 25 points, which can be regarded as an absolute advantage, ending the first-round series, and their second-round opponent is the Trail Blazers, who sent the Rockets home in six games.
The Thunder and Grizzlies also played until Game 7, and for Durant, Tony Allen's defense was indeed a challenge, but fortunately, Westbrook and Reggie Jackson performed well, leading the team to force past the Grizzlies and enter the second round.
The Warriors and Clippers also played until the tie-break, and the Clippers scored 20+ points with 4 players, although Stephen Curry scored 33 points, and the Warriors scored 7 double-doubles, but they still lost to the Clippers with rebounding guarantees at the last moment.
After the Clippers won the seven-tiebreaker, they naturally faced the Thunder.
After the first round of the playoffs, the league also announced the winner of the Most Improved Player Award, Jeff Hornacek's big man Goran Dragic, who won the Most Improved Player Award with a season average of 20.3 points, 3.2 rebounds, 5.9 assists and 1.4 steals per game.
Jeff Hornacek tweeted congratulations, and Anxi followed suit.
However, after Anxi tweeted, the following posts on Twitter were all asking Anxi's opinion on the next round of the game.
"Ann, the second round is about to start, are you nervous against the Heat?"
"Ann, do you have the confidence to lead the team to beat the Heat?
"Heat is hot! Heat will win, Anxi, you are destined to be a loser!"
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An Xi looked at these replies and even the replies of Heat fans, and was speechless for a while.
But if you think about it, the Heat are also arriving in Philadelphia, and the second round of the playoffs is just around the corner, so it's understandable that people will turn their attention to the game.
However, before the game, An Xi didn't want to do anything in response and say anything provocative.
But if Anxi doesn't say it, it doesn't mean that LeBron James won't say it.
"yes, that's right, we met the 76ers in the Eastern Conference semifinals, that's one of the things I'm looking forward to the most, I think our opponent should be the 76ers, so that we can beat them and complete the revenge of being killed by them three times in the regular season, I don't say this disrespectful to the Bobcats, it's just that the 76ers are stronger opponents because they beat us three times in the regular season, and it will be a very good challenge for us to beat the 76ers in the playoffs. ā
LeBron James himself is not very willing to be interviewed by the media, but the media has repeatedly asked, and Rich Paul has given some advice, thinking that the pre-game interview and ruthless words can attract certain fans, which can be regarded as a sign of determination, so LeBron James chose to stand up and say a few words after comprehensive consideration.
Faced with a reporter's second question about the determination to beat the 76ers, LeBron James continued: "We're definitely going to beat the 76ers, if you predict the score, I think it should be 4:1, the 76ers will win and then deny our sweep." ā
The reporter who interviewed LeBron James quickly became excited, and this was much more emotional than "we will sweep the 76ers", and it was not interesting to say too much about the sweep, and LeBron James said that the 76ers had a chance to reject our sweep, which seemed even more provocative.
Reporters immediately deepened this sentence of LeBron James in their minds: "LeBron James said: The 76ers can get one win at most, and they can only refuse our sweep." ā
It does seem to be full of hatred.
As a result, after deep processing by reporters, LeBron James's words immediately caused an uproar in North America.
"The 76ers can only refuse the sweep of the Heat?
"The 76ers beat the Heat three times in the regular season, and they can only refuse the Heat's sweep in the playoffs?
Sure enough, LeBron James's words caused a large number of 76ers fans to be dissatisfied, and there were also many neutral fans who thought that LeBron James was talking big, after all, with the strength of the 76ers this season, it is not like the strength level of only winning one game against the Heat.
The reporters also found LeBron James again with various rebuttals, and LeBron James realized that he seemed to have done something wrong again.
Rich Paul asked him to let go of his cruel words in the media, but he involuntarily increased the intensity of his cruel words, which does look a little arrogant, but this is also the reason why LeBron James has been in a good mood recently, the Heat easily defeated the Nets in the first round, and there seems to be no opponent in the East, the only thing to pay attention to is the 76ers in the next round.
In the West, there is even more good news, the biggest opponent Spurs was dragged by the Mavericks to the seventh game, almost being blacked out by the eight, and the Thunder was the same, being dragged by the Grizzlies until the seventh game before the winner was decided.
In contrast, the Heat's journey to the finals is much smoother, and this season may really be the best time for the Heat to win the championship.
Because the situation in front of the Heat this season is indeed very good, and in this situation, LeBron James's self-confidence has swelled, and at the suggestion of Rich Paul, he has said something big.
In the face of a new round of questions from reporters, LeBron James, who couldn't get it back, simply said to the end: "Yes, I said so, I think if we really have to let the 76ers compare us, we must be the big hits." ā
"The regular season? You said, it was the regular season, not the playoffs, and the Nets beat us four times in the regular season, but what about the result? We also swept the Nets in the playoffs. ā
After LeBron James's big words, before the Philadelphia media could speak, the Cleveland media took the lead as the first to go.
Brian Windhorst, a reporter for the Cleveland Honest Reporter, said: "LeBron James is starting to talk big again, I know him very well, since the Cleveland Cavaliers were around, he has been talking a lot, what I will definitely bring a championship to the Cavaliers, I will never leave Cleveland and whatever, I'm tired of hearing it, I can't post this in my column, but I can post it on my Twitter." ā
"I just want to debunk the veil of LeBron James hypocrite, as for who will win the series between the 76ers and the Heat, I don't make any predictions, but I don't think the 76ers have no chance at all, and Anxi's performance this season is no worse than LeBron James's traitor!"
As Brian Windhorst said, he couldn't post it in his column, but he posted it on Twitter, and Brian Windhorst's sharp words have already described LeBron James as a villain, which immediately caused further hype about the matter.
The Miami Sun Sentinel is the most influential newspaper in the Miami area, and Ian Vindman, the paper's top reporter and writer, did not hesitate to join the fray in the face of Brian Windhorst's fire.
"The Cleveland Cavaliers didn't make the playoffs, I don't know why they bombarded LeBron James at this time, and I don't think the other teams should be involved when the two teams are about to start their playoff matchup, and they don't qualify for this battle. ā
In words, Vindman had already excluded Windhorst.
But Philadelphia finally has a foreign aid, and naturally he will not let go of this foreign aid, Tom Moore of the "Bacchus Express Times" joined, re-provoking the previous topic of Winderhorst: "Brian Winderhorst is right, LeBron James often says some big things, in addition to his promise in Cleveland, he also said in Miami that he will lead the Heat to seven or eight championships, but three years have passed, and Miami fans still don't know what the O'Brien Cup looks like." ā
LeBron James also said that he never faked a fall, but the league issued a fake fall ticket the next day. ā
Now LeBron James is talking big again, the king of big words in the NBA, it should be LeBron James, he should change the problem of loving big words, this problem. ā
With the joint efforts of the media in Philadelphia and Cleveland, before the start of the Eastern Conference semifinals, LeBron James's hat of talking king cannot be taken off. (To be continued.) )