Chapter 393: Second Round, Against the Wizards

The five people selected for the best team are Stephen of the Wizards. Curry, the Kings' James. Harden, Cavaliers' LeBron. James, Trail Blazers' Kevin. Durant and the Pelicans' Anthony. Davis.

The five selected for the second team are Jeremy Lin of the Nets and Chris of the Clippers. Paul, Wizards' Kawai. Leonard, LaMarcus of the Trailblazers. Aldridge, DeMarcus of the Kings. Cousins.

The five of the three formations are Russell of the Thunder. Westbrook, Wizards' Paul. George, Blake of the Clippers. Griffin, Spurs' Tim. Duncan and Dwight of the Cavaliers. Howard.

Among the fifteen people in these three sets of lineups, some are expected, while some are omitted]'?

When the players can't even mix in the three formations, arguments and complaints naturally arise.

But in any case, the selection of the NBA All-NBA Team is relatively objective and fair, and the coaches and media reporters who participate in the selection are based on the performance of the players throughout the season and the evaluation of their contributions to the team.

There is no doubt that the Wizards are still the biggest winners of the whole season, Curry, Leonard, and George are on the All-NBA list, and Leonard George was also selected to the All-Defensive Team at the same time, Leonard is the defensive team first, and George is the defensive three.

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The Bucks players were disappointed not to win any awards, after all, in their opinion, the Bucks have been quite successful this season, and who would dare to believe that the Bucks can make the playoffs with the fourth place in the East and make it to the second round before the regular season begins?

And this frustration quickly turned into motivation to vent to the opponent in the second round of the playoffs.

Aren't you the best team in the league? Don't you have three players who made the All-Star team? Well, if we say that you have defeated, won't we slap all the participants in the face?

There are still advantages to being young, newborn calves are not afraid of tigers, and a few players who have only been in the league for a year or two dare to challenge my invincible division who has created three consecutive championships, and this spirit is commendable.

Wang Xiao gave great praise for this spirit, and tailored a set of targeted offensive and defensive tactics for his own players according to the technical characteristics of the Wizards' players.

But seriously, even Wang Xiao doesn't think there will be any suspense in this series, the difference in strength between the two teams is too big, as long as Brother Alphabet, Oladipo and others can learn something in the confrontation of this series, he is enough to be satisfied.

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The second round of the playoffs is played in early May.

At the Wizards' home court, the MCI Center in Washington, D.C., the first game of the second round of the playoffs kicked off.

Before the start of the game, the fans in Washington gave Wang Xiao a round of applause, and although Wang Xiao has now become the head coach of the rival team, they still thank Wang Xiao for his contribution to the Wizards.

At the same time, Curry, George, Leonard and others also took the initiative to come over to greet Wang Xiao, and even the head coach of the Wizards, Steve Lee. Cole is no exception.

Although the Bucks and the Wizards have played each other four times in the regular season, such a scene still makes the Bucks players can't help but look at each other.

"Coach, this is the playoffs, I'm not going to keep my hands!"

Curry looked at Wang Xiao with a smile and said.

Wang Xiao glanced at Curry and said angrily: "It's as if you showed mercy in the regular season before." ”

The Bucks' four regular season games with the Wizards ended in the Bucks losing all four games, and the Wizards suppressed the Bucks to the death in almost every game without any suspense.

"But Coach I really admire you from the bottom of my heart, such a team can lead you to the second round of the playoffs." George sighed heartily.

Seriously, when looking at the lineup of the Bucks at the beginning of the regular season, even George, who was cultivated by Wang Xiao, couldn't help but wonder if the coach was inflated and would actually coach such a team.

But after a regular season season, the Bucks unexpectedly ranked fourth in the East, he was completely convinced, and the coach deserved to be a coach, which was too powerful.

"Paul, don't underestimate my team, don't look at them because they're still very young, but by next year, they'll grow into your biggest rivals." Wang Xiao smiled slightly.

On the side, Cole, who also came over to join in the fun, narrowed his pupils slightly when he heard this.

George didn't take this to heart, but Cole was different, he could hear the strong confidence in Wang Xiao's tone, it was definitely serious.

Over the years, although Wang Xiao has continued to make all kinds of wild remarks, he has done them all without exception.

Now that he has personally said that the Bucks will be the biggest opponent of the Wizards in a year, it will naturally not be groundless!

After a short pleasantries, the game is about to begin.

The starting five sent by the Wizards are point guard Curry, scoring guard Thompson, small forward George, power forward Leonard, and center Gobert.

The starting lineup on the Bucks' side is the same as always, with point guard Oladipo, scoring guard Korver, small forward Middleton, power forward Antetokounmpo, and center Jokic.

The two sides jumped the ball in the middle line, and Gobert won the scrum with his better reach and bounce ability, and the game officially began.

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As Wang Xiao expected, from the beginning of the game, the initiative was firmly grasped by the Wizards.

With Curry as the core, the Wizards' small-ball strategy has tended to be perfect, and four of the five positions on the court can shoot from distance, which also doubles the pressure on the Bucks' defense.

What's more lethal is that the three positions of point guard, scoring guard, and small forward are lost at the same time, Oladipo is difficult to defend against Curry, and although Korver has a positive defensive attitude, Thompson has always been on the ball in the Wizards, and it is difficult for the two to have a direct chance to face each other.

Even the position of power forward, Brother Alphabet was suppressed by Leonard.

This made it difficult for the Bucks players to bite the score, no matter how hard they tried, losing by 7 points in the first quarter, then expanding the margin to 12 points in the second quarter, and collapsing the game in the third quarter, and the margin was expanded to more than 20 points.

At this point, the suspense of the game has been lost.

When Wang Xiao replaced Brother Alphabet and the others, they all seemed very unwilling.

At 113:87, this was the final score between the two sides, and the Bucks lost by 26 points in the opening game.

Wang Xiao didn't say much about the defeat of this game, and at the post-match press conference, he only praised the players' fighting spirit on the field, and said that he was very satisfied with the players' performance, thinking that they had played an excellent performance, but the opponent's performance was better.