With the results of the major awards in the NBA season, some people are happy and some are worried.

The first round of the NBA playoffs in the 15-16 season is also over......

The East-West semi-finals are coming!

Next, the first game of the Eastern Conference semifinals between the Pacers and the Raptors will be played on May 4, and the other Eastern Conference semifinals, the first matchup between the Cavaliers and the Hawks will be played on May 3, and on the Western side, the first game to start is the G1 game between the Thunder and the Spurs, and on May 1, the Warriors and the Trail Blazers were put on May 2.

The West played first, the East played later, and the Pacers were lined up for the last day.

In fact, according to Frank's meaning, the Pacers can play the best first, so that the Raptors can have less rest time, which will be more beneficial to the Pacers.

Soon, the game was played.

The Spurs played the Thunder in the first game.

The Spurs beat the Thunder 124-92 at home to take a 1-0 lead in the series.

The Spurs were astonishingly hot, almost crushing their opponents in the first quarter.

Before the start of this game, it was generally believed that Spurs were superior, but they were not that bad. At the start of the day, the Spurs completely crushed their opponents, and the court looked less like two teams of similar strength, but like a professional and amateur game.

The Spurs didn't fall behind all over the game, going on a 10-4 run from the start, but that was just the beginning. After Durant hit a shot, Aldridge and Green scored in quick succession, and the Spurs quickly took a double-digit advantage. The Spurs blossomed inside and out, and also drew several fouls from beyond the three-point line, giving them a 23-point lead at 43-20 after the first quarter.

The suspense was lost in the first half. The Spurs did not relent, continuing to extend their advantage in the third quarter.

Aldridge had already scored 38 points in the first three quarters, Leonard had 25 and Green had 18 points on 5-of-6 shooting. The Spurs shot a whopping 68.3 percent from the field, while the Thunder shot just 39.4 percent.

In the final quarter, both sides sent various substitutions, and the whole quarter became garbage time. All the Thunder can do is narrow the gap slightly.

In the second game, the Warriors played the Trail Blazers.

Curry is still sitting on the court, Xu Xuan talked to him on the phone two days ago, this guy's dream is to lie down until the finals, and it would be better if he could lie down the championship by the way.

Xu Xuan scolded him for thinking about fart.

As a result, today, the Warriors won again.

Klay finished with 37 points, five rebounds and five assists on 7-of-14 three-pointers, and he hit a record seven three-pointers in three straight games.

Draymond Green posted a triple-double with 23 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists.

The Trail Blazers fell behind the game.

The Trail Blazers had just eliminated the Clippers 4-2, and the Warriors had been waiting for days. There is no doubt that the Warriors still have the upper hand in terms of strength, even without Curry. The Trail Blazers did not have the strength to enter the second round, but thanks to the injuries of the two main players of the Clippers, they won four consecutive cities and successfully turned the tables.

After the game, Lillard was still very dissatisfied, shouting that he would teach the Warriors a lesson in the next game.

Xu Xuan called Curry and asked him if he wanted to play in the next game.

Curry laughed and told him that he was going to play, but now, he changed his mind and went off the court to continue watching.

The corners of Xu Xuan's mouth twitched, his soul was faint.

Isn't this pure and disgusting?

Xu Xuan can imagine what Lillard's expression would be if Curry didn't play in the next game, and then the Warriors abused the Trail Blazers again, and he would definitely be in pain.

The game between the Cavaliers and the Hawks was more thrilling, and the Cavaliers were once overtaken when they led by 18 points in the second half, but they still won the first game at the last moment, leading 1-0.

In this way, the first three semifinals were all played, and it was finally the turn of the Pacers and Raptors.

......

Before the game, ESPN launched a round of voting.

Of the 100 journalists and pundits who participated in the poll, 61 believed that the Raptors would make the cut, 12 of them believed the Raptors would sweep the Pacers, 18 believed the Raptors would beat the Pacers 4-1, 21 believed the Raptors would beat the Pacers 4-2, and only 10 believed the Raptors would beat the Pacers in a tie-break.

In addition, the 39 experts who are optimistic about the Pacers, except for one who believes that the Pacers beat the Raptors 4-1 to advance, the rest all think that the Pacers can sweep the Raptors 4-0.

......

As soon as the results came out, there was a huge uproar.

The Raptors' voting range is normal, but what the hell is this for the Pacers?

38 people optimistic that the Pacers can sweep the Raptors?

What a joke, they've all been brainwashed, aren't they?

The Raptors players are glaring.

Of course, the 38 shooters who can sweep the Raptors have their own set of theories.

"Looking at all the playoffs of the Pacers in these two seasons, except for the final division finals, the Pacers have advanced by sweep! Whether it was the Hawks or the Wizards, or the Heat before, without exception, they were all swept! Our point of view is that in terms of hard power, the current Raptors may not be as good as the Hawks last season, so why can't the Pacers sweep the Raptors if they can sweep the Hawks in the Black Eight? ”

Introduction...... There seems to be some truth to this.

Even the Hawks, who were so strong and the number one in the league, were swept away, what else could the Pacers not do?

This is an analogy.

But objections were raised.

They believe that the Pacers' sweep of the Hawks last season was just an accident, and that luck is not a criterion for judging.

However, neither side convinces the other, and neither can convince the other.

......

On May 2, the Pacers arrived in Toronto ahead of schedule.

The Pacers will have no home-court advantage in this series, and they will need to play two games here before they can return to their home court.

However, Xu Xuan saw that many fans wearing Pacers jerseys, especially his No. 23 jersey, had also rushed here, ready to cheer them on away from home.

On May 4th, the game officially began.

There is nothing to say on both sides, old friends, four games were played in the regular season, two wins and two losses were drawn.

However, judging from the state of both sides, the Pacers' side is a little more imposing, even at home.

After all, the Raptors have already played a tie-break before, and no matter how much they recover their mental state, they can't be better than the Pacers.

7 p.m.

Canada Airlines Center Arena.

The Canada Route Centre Arena is Canada's premier sports and entertainment venue, with the Toronto Maple Leafs Hockey Club, Toronto Raptors Basketball Club and Toronto Rocks Lacrosse Team.

The 20,300 seats are full tonight.

The big screen was quick to show the starters of both sides.

Pacers: Xu Xuan, George Hill, Paul George, P.J. Tucker, McGee.

Raptors: Lowry, Norman Powell, DeRozan, Demarey, Valanciunas.

"Huh? Charles, the Pacers seem to have changed their lineup today, they brought in George Hill. Kenny Smith explained curiously.

"It's not just the Pacers, it's the Raptors, they've put the youngster Powell in the starting lineup, and the Raptors have a three-guard lineup."

"It looks like the pace of the game is going to be fast, fast."

The first attack after the opening.

On the Raptors' side, Varan jumped to the ball, and the little steel cannon Lowry directly accelerated!

Oh no!

The Raptors picked up the speed first!

I didn't expect that.

The small steel cannon quickly advanced to the frontcourt, and the Raptors went directly to block and dismantle.

Dermare mentioned a high-level strategy, and the small steel cannon tentatively stepped directly into the kill-

Tough play!

Lowry is called "Little Cannon" not only because of his temper, but also because of his style of play and physical fitness.

Among the guards, except for Wei Shao, few people can have the intensity of confrontation like Lowry, he is a bit like Delong at his peak, with a big butt, the average small guard is easily pushed away by him.

Misplaced singles.

Lowry didn't hesitate either, throwing to the left of the paint zone.

It's not a small challenge.

The basketball wiped the net and bounced out, McGee protected the rebound, and a pass was directly given to Xu Xuan's fast attack!

You're fast, I'm fast!

However, Xu Xuan was obviously faster this time, just pushed to the three-point line, and while the Raptors' defense had not yet fallen, he directly pulled it up and threw it-

Step-back jumper from someone Xu!

Quasi-batch!

3-0, the Pacers scored first.

Raptors head coach Casey, who was sitting on the bench, suddenly trembled.

This...... Just voted?

Why did you enter?

Outrageous!

Casey hasn't even slept in the past few days, and has studied the four games of the Pacers' first round......

Feed!

You didn't shoot threes like this before, you're two points!

Two points!

Coach Casey shouted in his heart.

Unfortunately, no one heard.

The Raptors send a baseline shot.

Lowry of the small steel cannon controls the ball and comes to the left.

Leave it to DeRozan to deal with.

Compared to Lowry, DeRozan is the Raptors' most consistent scoring point.

The CIC Master is not called for nothing.

Currently, DeRozan is also the No. 1 scoring guard in the East in addition to Wade.

When the ball reached DeRozan's hand, it was simple, he didn't even take a tentative step, he jumped up and pulled it out directly-

Bang!

Pregnant!

3 to 2, highlighting a stable word.

Xu Xuan glanced at him a few more times, it is true that the process in history cannot be stopped, but the mid-range shooting has always been one of the most important abilities of many players in the league, but unfortunately, when the trend of three-point-based play swept in, the mid-range shooting seemed to have become dispensable, and even some players no longer projected the mid-range shot, but only three-point shots. And some people have stayed in the "old times" because of their own characteristics.

DeRozan is the epitome of the old days.

This player, who is still very simple in hairstyle, has been playing for many years, and was selected by the Raptors as early as 2009 with the ninth pick in the first round, of course, it is worth mentioning that this year's rookies also include Curry, Griffin, Harden, Rubio and others, so it seems that the 09 generation can be regarded as star-studded.

DeRozan has been focused on training by the team since he first entered the league, and averaged 8.6 points, 2.9 rebounds and 0.7 assists per game in the first season of his career, which is not outstanding, but it is also decent, especially the strength shown in the mid-range shooting, which makes the team determined to cultivate vigorously.

In the second season of his career, DeRozan's average performance has reached 17.2 points, 3.8 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1 steal per game, and such an excellent performance also made the team management quickly start to build a championship-winning team with DeRozan as the core.

It's a pity.

In the 9 years that DeRozan led the team, the Raptors' highest honor was only the division finals, and DeRozan was suppressed by James until the Raptors chose to trade DeRozan to the Spurs.

The man is obsessed with mid-range shots, averaging 4.8 of 7.8 shots per game, a 61.9 percent percentage, even from less than 10 feet away. Obviously, DeRozan's offensive style is relatively simple, and many times he can only rely on his own crosshairs to score, but he can score an average of 20+ points per game only through mid-range shots, and DeRozan is indeed the first alternative person in the league.

But times are moving forward, and when you're the team's leading scorer and don't have three-point ability, most of the time the team's tactics won't be possible.

Let's say you're blocking pick-and-rolls from the three-point line...... Who cares about you, you don't have three points, why should I waste my energy to defend against you.

You're going to end up in the middle of the road anyway.

Assuming that DeRozan can develop three-point points, this man can definitely become a hot superstar in the league.

Can ...... now Maybe that's the difference between a star and a superstar.

on the field.

The Pacers attack.

Xu Xuan brought it over.

This ball of pickled peppers went to the low position to ask for the ball.

Xu Xuan passed the ball over.

Pickled pepper leaned on Demaret twice, very brutally pushed open, turned around, and made a jump shot.

Demaré failed to defend and played too hard.

Swish!

The Pacers scored all two offenses in the opening game, and the score was 5-2!

The Raptors attack.

The ball came out in the backcourt, and the block in the front court, Lowry shot a cold shot, but unfortunately it didn't go in.

Lowry's three points belong to the kind of time when the spirit is not working, when it is powerful, it is super god, and when it is not good, it is super ghost.

However, Valanciunas protected the rebound in the Armies, and under the cannibalistic gaze of McGee and Tucker, he shook off and passed the ball to DeRozan, and he was stuck in position-

Seeing this scene, the Raptors fans in the Canadian Route Center Stadium instantly stood up excitedly, as if they saw DeRozan's dunk figure...... But the next second.

DeRozan looked at the crowded, muscular inside line ahead and frowned.

There are a lot of people, forget it, they will get hurt......

Bang bang -

A mid-distance dry-draw from DeRozan.

Valanciunas froze for a moment, and McGee next to him patted him in disgust.

"Look, what are you trying to squeeze me for? People shoot basketballs, do you want to grow vegetables when you squeeze out such a large space? ”

Tucker also twitched the corners of his mouth, he was ready to foul just now, where did he expect such a good opportunity, DeRozan actually didn't deduct......

It can only be said that it was an unexpected choice.

Old Casey held his forehead with his hand, and the team member was so steady, he really didn't know whether to praise or scold.

What a scoring opportunity.

The Pacers attack.

Xu Xuan continued to lead the team to push the speed.

When he saw that the opponent was in a back three lineup, he was ready to run the whole game!

In the frontcourt, the attack came like a whirlwind.

Seeing Lowry's eyes as if he were facing a great enemy, Xu Xuan did not hesitate, lowered his head and sank his waist down-

Butterfly step through flowers——

Lowry followed.

Seeing that Valan and Demaré in front of him had a tendency to make up for it, Xu Xuan directly looked back at the moon and gave pickled peppers-

Mid-range jumper –