In the fourth game of the first round of the playoffs for the Pirates, the Pirates maintained a huge lead, and now the time is more than half of the fourth quarter, and the 76ers have no chance to turn over, and the Pirates have basically secured the second round of the playoffs.

But Richard was sitting on the sidelines at the moment, his brow furrowed.

Paul was hurt again......

Paul was injured in the Eastern Conference finals last season, and this season has been even worse, with an injury in the first round of the playoffs.

Richard sighed, this matter was completely unreasonable, Paul's luck was simply terrible.

However, although Paul is injured, the injury does not look too serious, and Richard has no plans to use the injury scroll for Paul at the moment, and will wait until the game is over to see the diagnosis of the team doctor.

If it's a minor injury, it doesn't matter, after all, the Buccaneers easily passed the first round, and then they can rest for a few days until the Magic and the Cavaliers decide the winner.

During this waiting, it was hoped that Paul would be able to recover from his injury......

Even if he can't recover from his injury, playing the Rookie Magic or the Cavaliers, Richard feels that without Paul, their Pirates can still beat their opponents.

Rondo is not as good as Paul in attack, plus his personality is not as good as Paul, and there is not much difference between him and Paul in other aspects.

And the most important thing the Buccaneers lack on the court is the offensive point, even if Rondo's offensive strength is poor, it has almost no impact on the battle situation.

……

After the game, the Pirates defeated the 76ers at home and qualified for the second round of the playoffs.

The two teams of Green Kai and Pistons also swept their opponents to advance, and it is quite rare for three teams to sweep and advance in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs this year.

The Lakers in the West swept their opponents to advance, while the Spurs, Jazz and Suns are currently leading by a large score of 3:1.

It's not that these three teams aren't strong, but the four teams in the bottom half of the Western Conference playoffs are much stronger than the East.

It's normal that these three teams failed to sweep the cut.

……

Early the next morning, the Buccaneers announced Paul's injury.

Paul will be out for about two weeks, either a little earlier or delayed due to a less than ideal recovery, but he will definitely be able to return in the Eastern Conference finals anyway.

Originally, Green Kai fans were a little excited when they saw Paul injured, and the Pirates removed a Paul, so Green Kai had a better chance of blocking the Pirates.

But the official announcement of the pirates poured cold water on them, and Paul had a high probability of coming back before the East Showdown began.

……

A week later, the Magic and the Cavaliers finally decided the winner.

Howard led the Magic to a 4-3 win over the Cavaliers and had a chance to advance to the Eastern Conference semifinals.

Richard didn't really want to face the Magic, because the Magic's lineup was full of uncertainty.

Magic's tactical system is complex and complex, and it can't be simpler than simple, it's a single-minded tactical system.

It's not a gorilla, it's an inside core with four shooters.

Howard is naturally the core of the interior line, with Turkoglou, Lewis, Nelson, Evans, and three-pointers such as Bogans, Dorin, Arroyo, Cook, and JJ Redick on the bench.

If you take a closer look at the scoring rankings of Magic players, you can easily see that among the top players in the Magic scoring rankings, except for one Howard, the other players are three-pointers......

The Magic team can average a terrifying 25 three-point shots per game, far higher than the opponent's average of 16!

You must know that the Suns, who play small ball, have only averaged more than 21 three-pointers per game this season......

Three-point thing, Richard loves and hates, the opponent may not be strong, but once the three-point shooting is crazy, it will be even more difficult for the Pirates to win.

This is the reason why Richard doesn't want to run into the Magic, he prefers to play the Cavaliers who have no characteristics, in Richard's eyes, the Cavaliers are not much better than their 76ers in the first round, and they are all rookies in the bottom half of the East anyway.

Magic can eliminate the Knights, Richard also expected that under normal circumstances, the Cavaliers have suffered a lot from Magic in the past two years, to be precise, Howard's suffering......

In the 08-09 season, the two teams met in the East Finals, and as a result, Howard defeated the Cavaliers with a score of 4:2 and led the team to advance to the Finals.

This is also the only time in Howard's career that he led the team to the Finals and stepped on the corpse of the Cavaliers to take the position......

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On May 5, the Pirates' home stadium, the Eastern Conference semifinals began.

At the beginning of the game, Richard smiled wryly, and it looked like Van Gundy was about to break the jar......

All sorts of three-pointers bombarded the basket like hail, and the Magic opened with six shots, five of which were three-pointers, and the remaining one was Howard's second offense with an offensive rebound under the basket.

Obviously, Big Van Gundy is going to shoot desperately for three points tonight......

He knows very well that if he doesn't shoot three points like crazy and play step by step, the Magic will probably be hammered by the pirates quite miserably.

In this case, it is better to gamble, win and win, and if you lose, there is no shame.

There was no shame in losing to the Pirates.

……

This crazy three-point made by Big Van Gundy is where Richard has a headache for magic.

There are many answers to the question of who is the No. 1 center in this league, but if you want to say who has the strongest rebounding ability and defensive ability, it must be Howard.

Such a top rebounder, playing with four shooters, can sometimes exert extremely magical power.

At least the current Magic's tactical system has worked well, and the opening six shots in exchange for an eight-point score, which is on par with the Pirates.

Now it's up to the Magic's three-pointers to see what their gold content is, and if they can break out, maybe it is really possible to complete the feat of counterattacking the pirates.

However, this is very unlikely, and Richard feels that as long as the Magic don't have the kind of crazy three-point shooting of 50 or 60 times and then shooting 50 percent from the field, then the Pirates won't have much of a problem winning.

At the end of the 48-minute game, the Pirate fans at the scene breathed a sigh of relief, and the madness of the Magic was really amazing.

In this game, they made 42 crazy three-point shots, hitting 17 of them, and the shooting rate was actually quite good, reaching the level of 40.5%.

But they didn't shoot much from two-point range today, not even 40 percent.

In this case, the Buccaneers relied on a solid lineup to win by 11 points.

Richard is well aware that after winning this game, it is estimated that the Magic's three-point shooting will become even crazier in the next game.

Because they tasted the sweetness in this game!

If they had made a little more three-point shots and cut down on inefficient mid-range shots, they might have been able to take out the Buccaneers tonight!

Two days later, the second game of the Buccaneers against the Magic began.

To Richard's wry smile, tonight's Magic was clearly not as lucky as G1.

Although the three-point shooting was more crazy than that of G1, the shooting percentage was outrageously low, and after the game, they made 48 three-point shots, and the result was less than 30% shooting......

This directly led to the collapse of the Magic in the third quarter, and finally the Buccaneers scored a huge difference of 31 points.

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The last two games are the home of the Magic, I don't know if G2's play is too bad, causing the players to lose some confidence, and the Magic team in these two games is not very good, and it was easily cleaned up by the Buccaneers.

Another sweep to advance, and the Buccaneers got a ticket to the Eastern Conference finals.

It's just the division finals, Richard naturally doesn't care much, he is now focusing on Green Kai and Pistons, who can advance to the Eastern Conference finals and become his opponent.

At the moment, Green Kai and the Pistons are in full swing, and the two sides have reached a 2:2 draw.

The two sides are fighting equally, and Richard naturally hopes that the more intense they fight, the better, and when the time comes, after the tie-break, drag their tired bodies to fight the East Duel.

The Lakers in the West led the Suns 3:1, and Kobe Bryant also took revenge on the Suns.

As for the Spurs and Jazz, it is now a 2:2 draw, which makes Richard look at Sloan more and more, this old coach really has something in his hands.