Chapter 424
In the first game, the Bucks won the game easily.
Durant played a little abnormally under Wang Meng's kraft candy defense throughout the whole process, but due to his playing style, Durant still scored 24 points and shot 46% from the field.
Corresponding to this is the rampage of the alphabet brother Antetokounmpo.
Both Harris and Pope seemed powerless in the face of Brother Alphabet.
In the game, he made 11 of 14 free throws, shooting 59% from the field and cutting down 5 assists in rebounds.
After the first fiasco, the second game Pistons made adjustments, Wang Meng turned to defend Brother Alphabet, this game made Wang Meng play very cool, at this stage he is the nemesis of Brother Alphabet, and Brother Alphabet, who has not yet developed a stable outside projection, can only rely on these two moves to break through with the ball or cut into the basket without the ball.
When facing most of the league's forwards, Brother Alphabet can use his height, strength and speed advantages to score easily, but not when facing Wang Meng.
The Artest Beast at his peak was not called for nothing, he was not afraid of anyone in terms of strength, and his speed could keep up with most of the defenders in the league.
Wang Meng, who has inherited all this perfectly, is not afraid of his brother in other aspects except for being at a disadvantage in terms of height!
And Brother Alphabet's only height advantage is not particularly obvious, after all, Wang Meng also has a height of more than 2 meters.
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In the whole game, under Wang Meng's close defense, Brother Alphabet's level was greatly defeated, with only 6 of 16 shots in the game, a shooting rate of 37.5%, and 7 turnovers, and the efficiency value was at the bottom of the starting five.
Wang Meng's defense against Brother Alphabet was very successful, but the Pistons still lost the game.
The reason is very simple, the Pistons only have one Wang Meng, and when he goes to defend Brother Alphabet, what will Durant do?
Even if the phase is not good, Wang Meng is also the best player for the Pistons to defend Durant!
When the opponent standing in front of Durant was not Wang Meng, the horror of the league's strongest scorer was vividly displayed.
In the whole game, the shooting rate was as high as 63%, including 3 3-pointers, 7 of 8 free throws, and 38 points in the game!
The total score became 2:0 in the blink of an eye, and the Pistons returned to the home court of Motor City, and there are still not many people who are optimistic.
In two games, the Pistons' leading player Drummond was questioned, although he was still the rebounding champion of the whole team and even the two teams in these two games, scoring 15 rebounds and 14 rebounds in the two games, but that's all, even when facing Jokic, he couldn't complete his defensive tasks well, Jokic averaged 4 rebounds and assists in these two games, and the data fell slightly from the regular season but remained average.
Players such as Harris and Pope have also been criticized, and their performances have dropped significantly in the high-intensity confrontations of the playoffs.
The only person in the entire Pistons team who was praised was Wang Meng.
Whether it is facing Durant or facing Brother Alphabet, Wang Meng is very strong, and his strong defensive ability is vividly displayed.
Even in those two series, he was the Pistons' top scorer, scoring 18 points in the first game and 20 points in the second.
It's a pity that it is difficult to support alone, Wang Meng's strength itself is not the top star, and it is naturally impossible to turn the tide with such a luxurious configuration of the Bucks.
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Back at the home of the Motor City, things haven't gotten any better.
In the third game, under the arrangement of the team's head coach, Wang Meng began to try to take turns defending Durant and Brother Alphabet with the assistance of other teammates, but this behavior was like lying to himself.
Whether it is Durant or Brother Alphabet, they are both stars who compete for the MVP of the regular season, even if Wang Meng is fully engaged in the whole process, he can't completely prevent death, let alone take turns to guard two people?
The result of this arrangement is that both Durant and Antetokounmpo can score easily, both of whom have scored more than 25 points and have a high shooting percentage.
So the Pistons lost the third game again.
By Game 4, the Pistons seemed to have given up on themselves a bit.
The big score of 3:0 has basically announced the Pistons out in advance, after all, it is almost impossible to win 4 games in a row after falling behind 3:0.
This thought led to the Pistons trailing by more than 20 points after only two quarters of the fourth quarter, and the game was out of suspense in advance.
With an aggregate score of 4-0, the Bucks easily advanced to the second round, and their opponent in the second round will be the winner of the Nets and Celtics.
The two teams had a bloody battle in the first round.
The Nets and the Celtics are similar in strength, although the Nets have Jeremy Lin, but the lineup and rationality of the Celtics team are better.
The Celtics' starting point guard was Thomas Jr., who was very unlucky to meet Jeremy Lin in the series, and was beaten almost the entire time.
In front of Jeremy Lin, Thomas Jr. is at a disadvantage in terms of height and strength, and the only slight advantage is only in speed, and it is not a particularly big advantage.
In the first two games in Brooklyn, New York, the home of the Nets, Jeremy Lin led the team to victory over the opponent and won two games.
However, when it came to Celtic's home stadium, things changed.
The Green Army's Devil's home court is not in vain, and the young coach Stevens is also really good, after two consecutive defeats, he quickly adjusted his tactics, allowing the Celtics to successfully move back to two games at home, and the score was rewritten to a 2-2 draw.
They will continue to battle it out for a spot in the second round of the playoffs, and the jury is still out on who will win or lose.
The other two matchups in the east have basically come to an end at this time.
There is not much suspense in the game between the Wizards and the 76ers, although Wall has achieved an average of two doubles per game this season, but there is still no comparison with the Wizards' Big Three, and it is also a crisp 4:0, the Wizards eliminated the 76ers to enter the second round.
On the other side, the score of the Cavaliers and the Hawks is 3:1, and qualifying is a matter of one or two more games.
At this time, the fans of the Wizards and Cavaliers were a little depressed.
Because soon the two teams will meet in the second round of the Eastern Conference semifinals, and there will be a life-and-death battle for a place in the Eastern Conference finals.
And at this time, the Bucks, another fierce rival in the East, only need to deal with the Nets or the Celtics, which is obviously much easier.
But there's no way around it, who makes the Bucks the number one team in the East?
You can't squeeze the Bucks into second or third place in the regular season, and in the playoffs, you can just watch the Bucks sit back and watch.