Chapter 392: Second Round, Against the Wizards
The game the Bucks lost was because of the feel, and then the anomaly that they won with the Hawks was also because of the feel.
As if it was bottoming out, the players who felt bad in the last game all seemed to be possessed by marksmen, with all kinds of shots, Middleton shot 4 of 7 three-point shots, Korver shot 5 of 5, and even Oladipo, who has not been very stable in his outside shooting ability, also made 2 three-pointers.
The Bucks made a total of 14 three-pointers throughout the game, and it was strange that the Hawks could win in such a situation.
The 3:1 score made Atlantans feel like they were falling into hell, even though the series was not over and the Hawks still had hope of turning the tables around, but basically everyone thought the series was over.
Wang Xiao has never missed the division semifinals since he began coaching an NBA team, and now it seems that even if the team is changed from the Wizards to the Bucks.
Back at home, the Bucks' players are even more aggressive, and although the young players have the shortcomings of inexperience and inconsistent play, they also have advantages that the senior players do not have.
It's like now that the playoffs are leading 3:1, almost the whole team has become active, and one by one is like playing chicken blood, as if winning the next game will win the O'Brien Cup.
In the fifth game between the two sides, the young lads of the Bucks played extremely positively, almost to the extent that every ball must be played, and it is doubtful that which side is now facing the dilemma of imminent elimination.
The Hawks were very tenacious throughout the game, biting the score all the time, but in the end they couldn't withstand the bombardment of the Bucks' group of talented players.
103:96。
The difference of 6 points, here is the score difference between the two sides after the final end of the game.
With a score of 4:1, the Bucks eliminated the Hawks neatly and became the second team in the East to enter the second round.
The first to reach the second round was the Wizards, who topped the Eastern Conference and easily eliminated the eighth-placed Celtics 4-0.
The Cavaliers, the second in the East, and the Nets, the third in the East, have not yet solved the opponents in the first round, and the current scores are both 3:2, and there is a high probability that they will solve the opponent with a score of 4:2 to advance to the second round.
For the Bucks, it doesn't matter what kind of score the Cavaliers and Nets make it to the second round, because their second-round opponent, who is fourth in the East, is the Wizards at the top of the East!
In the past two years, the Wizards have become the superboss of the NBA, and are regarded by almost all teams as the biggest obstacle on the way to winning the championship.
And this three-time champion dynasty team is even more dominant than Jordan's Bulls dynasty and the Lakers' OK team's Purple and Gold dynasty!
In this season's final championship prediction, the Wizards topped the list with 88% of the vote, far ahead of the Cavaliers, who have the Big Four, who are the second in the championship prediction and only receive 9% of the vote.
It can be said that if there are no natural and man-made disasters, the Wizards can basically win the fourth O'Brien Cup.
And the matchup between the Wizards and the Bucks in the second round of the playoffs has also become one of the topics that people talk about.
What kind of game will the invincible division trained by Wang Xiao personally match the young team he is now leading?
Although Wang Xiao's ability is highly admired, the game predictions given by major media are basically all 4:0, and even 4:1 is rare.
No way, the gap between these two teams in the previous performance is too big, both Eastern teams, the four matchups in the regular season, the Bucks all lost miserably, and they were powerless in the face of the Wizards' offense.
And so it is.
Against the Wizards, Wang Xiao was not ready to win.
The difference in strength between the two teams is indeed huge.
Curry, George, Leonard and others have grown at an astonishing rate under their own unmeasured victory value, and now they have all reached their peak level, while the Bucks are just getting started, and Brother Alphabet and others are still very immature.
Not to mention that he hasn't grown up yet, even in the season when he won the regular season MVP in another world, he didn't take advantage of Leonard in the playoffs.
In the 2018-2019 Eastern Conference Finals, the Bucks played against the Raptors, and the two sides fought six games, and finally the Raptors eliminated the favorite Bucks with a score of 4:2 to reach the finals and finally win the cup.
In six games, Leonard averaged 29.8 points, 9.5 rebounds and 4.3 assists per game.
He averaged 22.7 points, 13.5 rebounds and 5.5 assists per game.
The data of the two is extremely close, although Leonard scored 7 points higher than Brother Alphabet, but Brother Alphabet rebounded and assisted slightly better, which can basically be regarded as a tie.
But fans who have watched the process should know that Leonard was better in that series, and when the team needed help, Leonard was often able to step up faster than his brother, which is one of the reasons why the Raptors were able to eliminate the Bucks 4-2.
Of course that series Raptors point guard Kyle. Lowry's excellent performance was also a major factor in the team's victory.
Even the alphabet brother at the peak of the future can't suppress Leonard, let alone the fledgling alphabet brother now?
Not to mention that Leonard can only be ranked second on the Wizards, and it is slightly controversial whether he can even be ranked second.
Curry is the well-deserved leader of the Wizards, and George is very similar in data and evaluation because George shares the ball with Leonard, and it is difficult to define who is better, after all, Leonard in this world has not won FMVP.
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In the game with the Wizards, Wang Xiao has only one goal, to make the Bucks players more deeply aware of the gap between the two sides.
Wang Xiao's goal for the Bucks is to win the championship in three years, the first year is to be quiet, the second year is strong, and the third year is soaring.
Because in the third year, the 17-18 season, Embiid will return, and as the Bucks grow up, the Bucks will become very tough.
At the same time, the contract amount of Curry, George Leonard and others of the Wizards team will also be more exaggerated, so that the Wizards do not have more salaries to retain excellent role players.
Under the advantages of the other, Wang Xiao is fully confident that he will defeat the Wizards.
Before the start of the second round, as is customary, the selection of the best team has been completed and announced one after another.
As Wang Xiao expected, only Jokic was selected for the Rookie of the Year team on the Bucks, and no one on the team won any awards.
This is also a matter of course, although the Bucks have performed well in terms of record, but there is no player with particularly outstanding statistics, there are a total of fifteen positions in the best team, all of which are reserved for the best players in the league.