Game 4 of the series between the Mavericks and Warriors continues at Oracle Arena in Oakland.

The process and result of this game were not expected by anyone before the game.

The Warriors, who had played evenly with the Mavericks before, and fought to the end even if they lost the third game, played a rout-style game.

With the exception of Nash, everyone else is extremely demoralized.

As a result, the Warriors have been trailing from the beginning and finally lost to the Mavericks 88-120.

Such a result is unexpected, but it is reasonable.

The Warriors are not a team with mental attributes, on the contrary, their team culture in recent years is just one word, chaos.

To be able to make the playoffs and play like the Mavericks in front of him is all thanks to Nash and D'Antoni.

But if you want to change the culture of a team, it's obviously not enough, or maybe it's not something that can be done all at once.

In history, the Warriors can have the rise of the Splash Brothers, and the person fans should be most grateful for is not Kerr, but Mark Jackson.

It's not about how good Jackson is at coaching, it's about the cultural change he's bringing to the Warriors.

It took him a long time to reinvent the concept of defense for the Warriors, which is a new team culture.

Since then, the Warriors have been a regular in the playoffs until Kerr arrives at the top.

In fact, further afield, D'Antoni was able to bring the Suns team in history, in addition to his tactical system, another very important reason is that the Suns are not weak defensively.

In addition to Nash, you look at the configuration of that team, Bale, Marion, Joe Johnson, Quint Richardson, Kurt Thomas, Stoudemire......

None of them are weak defensively, not even like Bale and Marion, which are the league's top defensive standards.

So it's reasonable to look back at this rout of the Warriors.

A team with no defense at all, he is destined to not go far in the playoffs.

Stronger than a calf, the previous configuration was luxurious enough, but in the end, it also stopped at the West Final.

After winning Game 4, the Mavericks took a 3-1 lead over the line.

By the way, the NBA has been refining its rules in recent years.

Last season, a series of rules such as three-second defense and illegal defense were added, and this season the first-round playoff game pattern was changed from a best-of-five system to a best-of-seven system.

As for the second round and the following games, it is still the same as the original 7 games and 4 wins.

So after winning Game 4, it was the big score that became 3-1, not a direct elimination of the Warriors.

However, this score means that the Mavericks have already got the match point.

One more win would see them reach the Western Conference semifinals for the third year in a row.

At this time, look at Sun Hao again, he is a lucky general.

Before he arrived, the Mavericks hadn't tasted the playoffs for ten years, but since he arrived, the team has made the playoffs for three years in a row.

And the results are getting better and better year by year, and this year there is a good chance to hit the championship.

Game 5 of the series returned to the National Route Center in Dallas.

The home game is another match point game, and the attendance on the scene is full.

However, there were also some die-hard Warriors fans at the scene, including Nash's fan.

They are clearly here to support the Warriors and hope that the team will fight back.

Not long after the two teams entered the venue to warm up, Sun Hao saw a cheer at the scene, and looked up to find a figure on the LED screen at the scene.

That's clearly "Little Melon" Anthony.

Anthony waved when he saw the camera, very like a gang boss.

In fact, if you really want to talk about temperament, Anthony has already stood out from the crowd when he was a rookie.

If nothing else, you let the people of the class of '03 stand together and take pictures, and the first thing you see is not James or Wade, it must be Anthony.

And now, Anthony has just led Syracuse University to 37 points in the finals, leading the team to defeat the Trident UConn and win the first NCAA championship trophy in the history of the university.

With his temperament and achievements, it's no surprise that he would be captured by a photographer before the game.

However, when he saw Anthony, Sun Hao also saw the guard named Jerry.

The guy was also waving frantically, and he also took out a guy that said "sun, go.!" slogan.

Well, this time I don't need Sun Hao to say, Nash, who is also looking up, also found out that Sun Hao also has his own fanatical fans.

Sun Hao waved his hand in response.

He responds to Jerry, but Anthony is delighted.

It was at this moment that he felt that Sun Hao was a very good basketball idol.

Sun Hao didn't know what Anthony was thinking, and after waving his hand, he turned to look at Nash in the opposite half.

Steve, I'm sorry, but your first year of playoff travel in Oakland ends here.

After the warm-up, the game started quickly.

The process of the game is the same as going on the field.

The Warriors didn't put on a good show of fighting back, Jedi counterattacking.

In Chinese history, Xiang Yu's last battle, later generations have not been able to imitate the success.

Because that requires so many conditions, the Warriors obviously don't have that ability and quality.

In the end, under the relaxed expressions of the fans, the Mavericks defeated the Warriors 114-97 at home, thus eliminating the opponent with a score of 4-1 and taking the lead in advancing to the Western Conference semifinals.

"Next year will be better."

After the game, the two teams shook hands after the game, and Sun Hao reached out and touched Nash's head.

Nash averaged 24.6 points and 10.7 assists per game in this series, and such a performance is worthy of the saying "the Warriors lost and Nash didn't lose".

Because of the "Touch Your Head" badge in his hand, Nash didn't feel uncomfortable at all, but added more affection to Sun Hao.

Yes, this is only his first year with the Warriors, and the team will be better next season with a little reinforcement in the summer.

"I'll watch you and take my share to fight for the championship!"

Nash then spoke.

Being eliminated by the Mavericks is equivalent to being eliminated by Sun Hao and Nowitzki, and this result is already better than others.

And just like he said, he can't win the championship, so let Sun Hao take his share to win the championship.

This is Nash, full of love.

"Then you have to watch it."

Sun Hao said with a firm gaze.

From the start of the season to now, he has had so many reasons to win this championship.

……

After the Mavericks eliminated the Warriors, many series of the NBA's first round also came to an end.

On the eastern side, perhaps stimulated by Sun Hao's text message, Jordan began to exert his strength in advance.

Originally, there was a gap between the strength of the Magic team and the Wizards, and it was only by Maddy's lonely heroic play that the Wizards were in a stalemate.

But after Jordan made a move, the game situation completely changed.

With 32 points in the fourth game and 39 points in the fifth, Jordan didn't give the Magic a chance and eliminated the Magic 4-1 to advance to the second round.

It wasn't until this time that fans realized that Jordan had been in the dark from the beginning of the season, accumulating for the playoffs.

If this continues, the Wizards have a good chance of breaking through from the East.

And Maddie fell in the first round of the playoffs for three consecutive years, well, he has faintly revealed his image of a "10,000-year first-round man".

On the other hand, the Celtics also eliminated the 76ers 4-2 and successfully reached the second round.

The Wizards and the Celtics, following last year, met again.

Jordan's injury last year made the Wizards finally hate, and this year they have a chance to do it again.

The same goes for Pierce on the Celtics side, who was blasted by Jordan last year, and if Jordan hadn't escaped with an injury, he might have been scrapped.

He also has a chance to prove himself again this year.

This group of matchups in the east is full of highlights.

In the remaining two groups, the Nets eliminated the Pistons 4-2 and the Pacers eliminated the Hornets 4-1.

Two defensive teams will start a war of attrition in the second round.

Look at the western side again.

The Spurs and Trail Blazers battled for seven games before eliminating their opponents 4-3 to advance to the second round.

Although the Trail Blazers were consumed in the end and ended in a big defeat, the Spurs were also consumed a lot.

This is definitely great news for the Spurs' opponents, the Kings, who eliminated the Jazz 4-1.

Defense vs. offense, the battle of contradictions was staged again in the Western Conference semifinals.

On the other hand, after the Mavericks eliminated the Warriors, their potential opponents were the Lakers and Timberwolves.

After winning the second game, the Timberwolves came back to beat the Lakers again at home, leading 2-1 at one point.

Garnett has a good chance to really get back on his feet.

But the Lakers made the simplest adjustment in the later games, increasing O'Neal's offensive weight.

As a result, in the fourth, fifth, and sixth games of the series, O'Neal's statistics were 34 points and 23 rebounds, 27 points and 16 rebounds, and 31 points and 11 rebounds.

This game is very easy.

The Lakers also turned over in three straight sets, eliminating the Timberwolves 4-2 to advance to the second round.

As a result, the two teams in last year's Western Conference Finals met in advance in the Western Conference semifinals.

While the Lakers look a little weaker, the last three games of the first round show that they have regained their playoff feel.

Moreover, at the beginning of the century, when the Lakers, OK Zen Master, these words appeared, no one could underestimate this opponent.

But for Sun Hao, this is the best outcome.

On the one hand, after being defeated by the Lakers last year, he shouted in his heart "I don't want to lose again".

Now that the Lakers are back in front of him, he has a chance to prove it and avenge last year's vengeance.

On the other hand, he has a hidden mission!

[Dynasty Terminator]!

Compared to the [Inheritance of the Gods], which was uncertain earlier, this is the real thing right in front of you.

And the reward for this hidden task is "shooting talent", the kind that directly increases his shooting ceiling, which is also the most useful for him.

His desire to beat the Lakers is no less than winning a championship.

Of course, there is a two-day break between the first and second rounds.

It was also at this time that the alliance carried out two relatively big things.

The first is that, as in previous years, the second batch of awards for the 2002~2003 season was announced at this time.

Best Defensive Player, and Best Rookie.

Ben Wallace, with an average of 6.9 points, 15.4 rebounds, 1.4 steals and 3.2 blocks per game, nearly 50% of the votes, beat Artest and Garnett, and won the award for the best defensive player for the second year in a row!

Although the Pistons' record is not as good as that of the same period in history, that doesn't prevent Big Ben from winning the award.

Because his strength on the defensive end is there, and the more experienced he plays, the higher the contribution value on the defensive end.

"Rodman of the new century", this nickname has been hammered.

The suspense of the best defensive player is not big, the big one is the best rookie.

Before that, the three most vocal men, Stoudemire of the Suns, Caron Butler of the Heat and ...... Bodi Loga of the Mavericks.

The final result came out, and the winner was ...... Bodi Loga!

He received 43% of the vote, 5% more than Stoudemire's 38%!

That's close!

However, considering Bodiloga's role with the Mavericks, as well as the Mavericks' record comparison with the Suns.

If you look at it this way, Bodi Loga, the best rookie, is very reasonable.

This made Bodiloga very happy, and as soon as he learned the news, he said that he would invite the whole team to dinner.

Sun Hao's previous judgment was right, this former European emperor just likes to collect these honors.

However, when future fans evaluate stars, many times they list personal honors.

From this point of view, Bodi Loga's preference will win him more fans in the future.

The second is that the NBA held the 2003 draft lottery at this time.

The 2002~2003 NBA season was actually very interesting.

In addition to the strong teams in the East and West, many teams are also fighting to the death in 2003, the year of the draft.

In addition to the announcement of the candidacy of popular rookies such as Anthony and Bosh, there is also a very important reason for all this.

James, after playing his junior season in high school last season, has already decided to skip college and run after this season.

He will be part of the class of 2003!

The reason for this decision is that he has accumulated enough strength and popularity, and secondly, it is natural to defeat Sun Hao as soon as possible.

He can't wait to get back the title of "Little Emperor" that belongs to him.

After all, Sun Hao has not won the championship yet, and it will be much less difficult to define the word "defeat".

The two most ferocious teams are the Cavaliers in the East and the Nuggets in the West.

Both teams have been rotten for a long time, and they can't wait for a "chosen one" to change the fortunes of the team.

In order to achieve this goal, both sides are also frequent, and the bad ones pose for a new realm.

On the Cavaliers' side, the owner directly instructed the head coach that we should lose more, and even the head coach John Lucas at the beginning of the season was unwilling and was fired directly.

Keith Smart, who came on to the roster later, came up with a mission to lose, and in the end he managed to help the Cavaliers to a 17-65 record.

Then, he also followed the class.

This wave of operations is quite suffocating.

However, the Nuggets, on their side, were not far behind, winning games that collapsed in the final quarter of the third quarter.

But the fans are very excited because they know it's for next season!

As a result, the Nuggets' final record is exactly the same as that of the Cavaliers, which is also 17-65!

This means that the probability of them getting the champion lottery is the same!

It's a show.

Then, after the operation of the show, this year's draft draw kicked off with unprecedented attention.

ps: I finished writing on a hungry stomach and went to eat! (Recommended reading: Reading Files 2013)