Chapter 285: Guiding Light (Guaranteed 3rd Update)
The matchup between the Trailblazers and the Spurs, with a big score of 3:1, this result did not cause any conversation in the league, mainly because the big score was not expected.
The Trail Blazers have been too strong this season, as evidenced by their sweep of the Timberwolves!
And the other set of matchups in the West, the Rockets vs. the Jazz!
At the moment, the two sides have played a 2-2 draw, and these two teams can definitely be regarded as old enemies.
In the last four years, they have encountered in the playoffs in three of them, and the first two years were the Rockets who had a chance to advance, and whether the Jazz can turn defeat into victory this year, judging from the current situation, it is really difficult to say.
In his heart, Richard wants the Rockets to advance.
There must be a reason why he dislikes the Jazz, and on the other hand, Richard wants to have a good series with the three Rockets!
At this point in time, it is already the last glory of the three elders of the rocket.
After this season, Barkley played two more seasons with the Rockets before retiring.
Olajuwon lasted four more seasons with the Rockets, and the last season of his career was not guaranteed, and he was traded to the Raptors by the Rockets, and retired after playing one season.
As for Drexler, one of the three elders, he retired after playing this season, and then Pi Erye joined the Rockets.
It can be said that this season is the last glory of the Rockets' three elders, and Richard naturally wants to play against this legendary combination.
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In the matchup in the East, the Knicks and the Heat have played back and forth, and the two sides are still tied 2:2.
Richard has a hunch that the Heat may suffer, and in their matchup, the Knicks may have the last laugh!
As for the matchup between the Bulls and the 76ers, the 76ers, like the Spurs, are currently struggling to get a win.
However, unlike the Spurs, the 76ers did not win on their home court, but on the Bulls' home court......
Dazhi and Iverson worked together to score 60 points, and finally relied on Iverson's last-minute score to score five points in a row, and narrowly beat the Bulls by 2 points!
The Purdue twins really shine in this round of the Eastern Conference semifinals......
Iverson has already become famous, and after winning the All-Star MVP, fans around the world have realized how powerful this small player is.
And Dazhi, a super big pitcher of more than seven feet, borrowed the comments of ESPN experts, that is, there is only one player in the league who can defend against Dazhi, and that is Dazhi himself!
A player who is more than seven feet long, and whose speed can be called the top in the interior, and the main offensive method is projection, how can people defend themselves?!
Bulls' Luke Langley pulled out to defend Dazhi? Let's not talk about Luke Longley's speed, he can't keep up with Dazhi at all, just say that after he is pulled out, the Bulls' interior defense will inevitably become empty, which is definitely a beautiful thing for Oakley and Iverson.
And let the fast little man defend Dazhi, Dazhi directly ignored the opponent's defense, received the ball outside the three-point line, and shot directly.
The only thing that can prevent Dazhi is Dazhi's own feel!
Experts from all sides have commented that Dazhi's style is an epoch-making style in the NBA, pointing out a new path for those big men with long-range shooting ability.
Some big men, due to physical fitness reasons, or lack of offensive skills under the basket, are very unable to eat in the penalty area, and the appearance of Dazhi, like a bright light, gives them hope!
It turns out that big players can still play like this, and if they can't stay in the penalty area, then they simply don't enter the penalty area!
After so many years of NBA history, there have been many seven-foot men with long-range shooting ability, but none of them are as extreme as Dazhi.
From the perspective of technical and tactical style, Dazhi will undoubtedly be associated with the word soft, because most of the league's interior lines are looking for physical opponents at the moment, while Dazhi basically has no physical confrontation on the field......
But no one from all sides put the title of soft egg on Dazhi's head!
Who is so grumpy, and Iverson almost attacked Pippen, the second leader of the Bulls......
In the eyes of experts and fans, Dazhi's style can never be called a soft egg, but smart, and he has better played his advantages!
Judging from the current situation, because of Dazhi, I am afraid that there will be many Dazhi-type big players in the league in the future.
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G5 in the West, home of the Trail Blazers.
The Spurs were defeated, and the game had just entered the fourth quarter, and Popovich had already replaced the Spurs Twin Towers and replaced them with a pure bench lineup.
Richard also gave Popovich a face, switching to the bench.
If it were possible, Richard would have liked to have two games for the Spurs......
It's not that Richard is soft-hearted and pitiful to the Spurs, it's that he has the idea of trying to paralyze Popovich!
After this battle, this series will definitely make Popovich inspirational to strengthen the Spurs backcourt, because the loss is too bad, I am afraid that Popovich's strength will be quite large......
And if the Trail Blazers only eliminated the Spurs 4-3 in the end, it may still leave Popovich with a little thought.
That's what Richard wants to get the Spurs two games for......
But in the playoffs, no one can say whether there will be any accidents, and it will be funny if stealing chickens will not be successful, so this idea disappeared after a circle in Richard's mind.
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After five games, Duncan has completely proven himself, proving that he is qualified to be among the strongest interior players in the league, and proving that he is the strongest power forward in the league!
This is just Duncan's rookie season, and he can cut an average of 30+10 super data per game in the Western Conference semifinals!
Faced with Duncan's dominance, Richard could only sigh helplessly.
What a perfect situation it would be if Duncan were his own player......
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Richard had a similar idea to the head coach of the other twenty-eight teams in the league!
What a perfect situation it would have been if Richard's players were his own players!
Kobe Bryant averaged 25 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists per game in this series, and if this series was the Finals, he would definitely be the MVP of the Finals.
And Lao Sa replaced Xiao Ao's starting center, and in terms of data, it was really David Robinson's five-five situation.
David Robinson averaged 20+10 per game in five games, and Lao Sa was 19+9, which is a little bit of data, and the reason for the difference is that Lao Sa has less playing time than David Robinson......
In addition to these two people, Big Ben averaged 3 points, 13 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 blocks and 1 steal per game, which is definitely not as good as Deng Du, but it is enough to rank among the league's first-line insiders.
Martial Saint Jackson on the bench, who didn't play much time, mainly played Kobe's bench, and sometimes formed a backcourt partner with Kobe, and after this round of the series, he averaged 11 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists per game, which directly made the Suns management angry.
Just a little bit, just a little bit, such an all-round player can be a member of their Suns team!
If they have Jackson in the first round of the playoffs, they will not necessarily be eliminated by the Spurs......
But even if they are half angry, they are not in a rut, it is impossible to negotiate with the Trailblazers to trade the Martial Saint, in that case, the Sun management is too undignified, and it is estimated that it will become a joke in the alliance.