Chapter 257: Knocking out the Celtics
In the last 2 minutes, the Celtics really failed to make any big waves. Allen made a three-pointer, but to no avail.
99:91, in the end, the Wizards won the game by 9 points, eliminated the Celtics with a total score of 4:1, and advanced to the Eastern Conference finals.
Although it was expected, after the incident really happened, many people couldn't help but sigh.
A few years ago, the Celtics, the favorite to win the championship, were defeated so easily by 4:1, and the serious aging of the Big Three is one of the reasons, but it is an indisputable fact that the rookie players on the Wizards' side are improving at an amazing rate.
After 5 series, Curry averaged 25.8 points per game and shot 42% from the field, which was the highest score for both teams, but the real hero of the win was Paul, who averaged 21 points and 8 rebounds per game and shot 46% from the field. George.
In addition to the players who scored more than 20 points in these two series, the scores of some of the Wizards' players are as follows.
Clay. Thompson is averaging 14.1 points per game while shooting 44 percent from the field.
Ke Huai. Leonard averaged 9.2 points per game while shooting 51 percent from the field.
Jamison averaged 12 points per game, McGee 8, and Caron. Butler averaged 7.5 points per game.
As for Beverly, Jimmy. Butler, Chandler. Parsons and Isaiah. Thomas and others all scored under 5 points.
Jamison & Caron. The Butler duo have taken a back seat entirely, handing over the offensive task to the rest of the team's young players.
On the Celtics side, the main offensive firepower is the Big Three, who are older than Jamison and Butler.
Garnett averaged 19.7 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists per game, Pierce 17.7 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists per game, and Ray Allen averaged 11.9 points and 4.3 rebounds per game.
Outside of the Celtics' Big Three, the best performers among the other players are Rondo, who averages 13.7 points, 7.4 rebounds and 12.3 assists per game, and Buss, who averages 9.9 points and 5.3 rebounds per game.
Except for the starting five, the Celtics did not have a single player who could get out of the game, and Sean was the best player. Bradley is also averaging only 6 points per game.
As for others such as Petrus, Kenyon. Doolin, Lane. Players such as Hollings also did not score more than five points.
After this series, it basically announced the end of the era of the Celtics' Big Three.
In another time and place, because of the conflict with Rondo this season, Bradley stole a lot of playing time, and the Green Army would only offer him a two-year, $6 million insulting offer contract, causing Ray Allen to leave the Green Army to join the Heat.
Now because of Wang Xiao, many things that should not have happened after the butterfly effect have happened in the alliance, but the situation on the Celtics' side is not much different from another time and space.
So this summer, Ray. Allen is unlikely to stay with the Celtics regardless of whether he joins the Heat on another plane, and the Green Army will completely tear down and rebuild by trading Pierce and Garnett a year later.
Wang Xiao doesn't care what the future holds for the Celtics, whether Danny Angie will reuse the young young marshal Brad like another time and space. Stevens, re-establish the Green Army as a strong team.
After stepping past the Celtics Big Three, the next thing he needs to face is the league's biggest boss, the Heat Big Three!
Perhaps it was because of the butterfly effect, or maybe Wang Xiao's persuasion of Rose had a little effect, and the Bulls, who ranked second in the East, easily defeated the Magic 4-1 in the first round.
Howard missed the playoffs due to injury, and without Howard, the Magic had little resistance to the Bulls.
And the Heat, who eliminated the Hawks in the second round, also had a hard time with them.
When the Wizards eliminated the Celtics 4-1, the two teams were tied 2-2.
Wang Xiao deliberately watched the live broadcast of the fifth game of the two teams, the first half of the game was extremely intense, the Bulls' iron-blooded defense made the Heat Big Three very uncomfortable, but the Heat's defense was not vegetarian, and the defensive battle between the two sides was even more intense than the fifth battle between the Wizards and the Green Army.
However, the unexpected happened.
In the second half of the third quarter, Rose broke through the railing with the ball and made a layup, but accidentally sprained when he landed, and fell directly to the ground with a very painful expression.
When he saw this scene, Wang Xiao looked confused, but after thinking about it carefully, he was relieved.
Rose's injury is really a matter of time, his style of play is destined to be extremely risky for injury, it was better in the regular season, and in the playoffs, the defensive intensity increases, and the impact on the basket regardless of the recklessness will inevitably cause such a result.
Coupled with the fact that Thibodeau is a coach who is good at defense, there is nothing special about the offensive side, which is to use Rose's frequent breakthroughs to tear up space.
Don't talk about Rose, even Wade, when he was young, the impact was stronger than Rose, and his knees were also injured? You must know that Wade's European step is much softer and safer than Rose's breakthrough method, and Wade's large-tonnage body can also effectively protect him.
Wang Xiao didn't know if Rose's injury this time was the same torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee as another time and space, but judging from his painful expression, I am afraid it was not much better.
Without Rose, the Bulls' offensive firepower dropped a notch in an instant, and after losing the fifth game, they lost the sixth game and were eliminated 2:4.
In this way, the Heat will also advance to the Eastern Conference finals and will once again compete with the Wizards for a spot in the Finals.
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The Eastern Conference Finals are the Wizards VS Heat, while the Western Conference Finals are dominated by the Spurs and the Trail Blazers.
The Trail Blazers have replaced the Thunder in another time and space and have become one of the representatives of young teams in this time and space, Durant, Aldridge and Jordan Jr. complement each other, even stronger than the Thunder in another time and space, after all, only Westbrook can prevent Durant.
Without Westbrook's restrictions, Durant, who has unlimited ball rights, is extremely lethal, and Aldridge on the inside can still rely on range to help Durant open up space, and Jordan Jr. has experienced Wang Xiao's training system bonus for two seasons in the Wizards, and his defensive ability is the top in the league, probably second only to Howard, and Tyson, who won the best defensive player this season. Chandler didn't give in.
In addition to these three, the Trail Blazers' starting point guard and shooting guard are Andre Brown. Miller & Wesley. Matthews, a seasoned point guard veteran and a defensive uplifter, can help the Trail Blazers.
Wang Xiao feels that the Trail Blazers have a high probability of winning with the Spurs, after all, the Spurs do not have a player who can prevent Durant at the front, and the Trail Blazers are Andre. Miller though can't keep up with Tony. Parker's speed, but as long as it is with Wesley. Matthews can solve this problem by switching defenses.
Of course, what the actual situation is will only be seen in the actual game, maybe there is no best sixth man Harden as a bench scoring point, and the Trail Blazers' bench will be blown up by the Spurs' Ginobili.