Chapter 657: Second Round of the Playoffs
On April 25, it was the Bucks' final game against the Philadelphia 76ers......
Although there are a total of seven games in the series, with the strength of the Philadelphia 76ers, no one expects them to hold on to more than four games under the Bucks......
Li Tuanjie did not appear in this game, sitting on the bench in a formal suit and chatting with the substitute players around him.
In fact, in this round of the series, Li Tuanjie appeared in the second game, and he did not appear in the next two games, and the Bucks still beat the opponent!
The reason why Li Tuanjie didn't appear on the stage, in addition to not being interested in the game, was more because he wanted to train his teammates!
All along, as long as Li Tuanjie is there, the Bucks have the backbone, and their teammates know that even if their performance is not good, Li Tuanjie will definitely be able to save the situation!
They have now developed a dependence on Li Tuanjie, which is something that Li Tuanjie never wants to see.
After the end of this Wanjie League, Li Tuanjie is still ready to continue to participate in the Plane Team League, and Li Tuanjie will definitely hope that his teammates can each take charge of themselves, so now this part of the playoffs is a good time to temper his teammates!
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The final winner of this game is naturally the Bucks, although Iguodala's performance in this game is very good, but two fists are difficult to beat four hands, and his proudest defensive ability, used to defend Li Mitsui, who is physically strong to the sky, does not have much effect, and the loss is just expected.
The Bucks swept the Philadelphia 76ers with an absolute advantage, and this is still the case when the team's big man didn't play much!
The rest of the league, especially those aspiring to compete for the championship, can imagine the mood at the moment! The Bucks' dominance is terrifying, and it makes them feel a lot of pressure!
In addition to the Bucks sweeping the opponent, the Green Kai on the eastern side also swept the opponent, and the Lakers and Rockets on the western side also swept the opponent.
Judging by the current situation, this season's champion team must have been produced from these four teams!
The performance of the Rockets in the playoffs this season is somewhat unexpected, the Rockets, who have been in the first round for most of the time, because the two absolute cores are in a healthy state this season and are extremely competitive, in the first round of the playoffs, they can win opponents by an average of more than 12 points per game, which is really scary.
For the rise of the Rockets, the most pressure must be on the Los Angeles Lakers......
With the current strong momentum of the Rockets, it is very likely that they will eventually meet the Lakers in the Western Conference Finals, and it is still unknown who will get the tickets to the Finals with the combat power of both sides!
The situation on the western side is confusing, but the eastern side is clear at a glance, even if Green Kai also swept the opponent to advance, but they will still not be the opponent of the Bucks!
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On May 1, Labor Day, the Bucks finally ushered in the second round of their playoffs!
That is, the Eastern Conference semifinals.
The opponent is Howard's Magic, who eliminated the Cleveland Cavaliers in the first round to qualify for the second round of the playoffs!
Although he entered the second round of the playoffs, Howard was in a lot of pain at the moment, and he felt that he was a little happier to be eliminated by the Cavaliers......
Because against the Cavaliers, even if the team loses, it will be difficult for the Cavaliers to limit Howard, and against the Bucks, it is different, Howard is likely to lose and lose data......
On the Eastern side, the Bucks vs. Magic, and the Green Kai vs. Pistons, there are no big surprises in the two setsup, and fans expected this matchup before the playoffs start.
In the West, the Lakers vs. the Spurs, and the Rockets vs. the Nuggets!
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As for the Wanjie League in the virtual space, the current parallel champion team led by Li Tuanjie still maintains a winning record.
There are only three teams left in Group A that are still on a winning streak, and if nothing else, the teams in Group A that will advance to the finals of the World League will be born from these three teams.
As for Group B, there are still four teams left to win all of them!
What made Li Tuanjie a little painful was that he found that both Group A and Group B had a team with the ultimate host......
This is something that Li Tuanjie never expected before the game, and more than once, the host of the passer-over told Li Tuanjie that the ultimate level host would rarely participate in the ordinary Wanjie League......
The word very few is quite interesting, the probability of the ultimate host participating in the ordinary Wanjie League is very small, but it does not mean that it will not participate, Li Tuanjie obviously won the jackpot this time, not only met the ultimate host, but also met two at once......
However, Li Tuanjie is not very worried, if it is based on Li Tuanjie's strength before, then Li Tuanjie may be a little nervous, but at present, Li Tuanjie's strength is not what it used to be, what can the ultimate host be, as long as the other party's strength is not strong to the level of Jabbar or Huang Tianlong, he does not have to worry at all.
Even at the level of Abdul-Jabbar or Huang Tianlong, Li Tuanjie does not feel that he must be worse than them, as long as the opponent's lineup is not too perverted, Li Tuanjie still has the hope of winning.
This is the confidence of Li Tuanjie's strength after it is fully formed!
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In the first game of the Eastern Conference semifinals against Magic, Li Tuanjie still sat quietly on the sidelines and watched the game!
I have to say that the overall strength of the Magic is not at all comparable to the Philadelphia 76ers, in the absence of Li Tuanjie, although the Bucks still maintain the lead, but the leading score is only three or five points, and the court is extremely struggling, if it is not for Li Mitsui with his strong scoring ability to bite the score, I am afraid that now the Bucks have begun to fall behind!
Li Tuanjie sat on the sidelines and laughed, this is the scene he wanted......
The Bucks have been winning too smoothly, losing only one game all season, and in this case, it is inevitable that the Bucks' players will have some arrogance......
In their eyes, Lao Tzu is the best in the world, and the Bucks are the strongest team in the world.
Playing in this mood, the handling of the ball on the court will definitely become very casual, although even so, the Bucks can still beat their opponents!
But this is obviously not the scene that Li Tuanjie wants to see!
It is true that in the real world, no matter how arrogant, arrogant, and unpopular the Bucks players are, they may still be the winners in the end!
But it's just a real-world game......
What if you go to play the Plane League?! Everyone is a super team, and it can even be said that every team in the Dimensional League is enough to be called the strongest team in history when placed in their respective planes!
There is not much difference in everyone's strength, in this case, if the bucks are arrogant, I am afraid that the end will be miserable!
So what Li Tuanjie is looking forward to more at the moment is not that the Bucks can beat their opponents, but that the Bucks can lose one game......
It's good to lose! If you lose, you can hit the "arrogance" of the Bucks players, at least that's what Li Tuanjie thinks!
If Stotts and the Bucks players knew that their boss was sitting on the sidelines and hoping that their side would lose, I am afraid that they would directly unite to rebel and strangle the boss Li Tuanjie......
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After the first half of the game, the Bucks still didn't have a big point advantage, mainly because the monster Howard was really a bit perverted......
Don't look at the Bucks' current lineup, Gasol Jr. and Jordan Jr., two powerful centers, but under Howard at his peak, it is completely insufficient......
In half the game, Howard has exploded with 19 points, 12 rebounds and 2 blocks, which is extremely perverted!
If you want to talk about the player with the best mood in the game at the moment, it must be Howard, not only is the team not much behind, only a mere four points difference, and his own statistics are also extremely luxurious......
The game against the Bucks, either collapse or win, this is a universally recognized truth in the whole league!
Losing by four points at half-time is not a collapse by any means!
Not only did he "win", but Howard was also a staggering statistic, so it's no wonder he's not happy......
However, Howard naturally knew that the reason why he was able to get such data was completely related to Li Tuanjie's failure to appear......
If Li Tuanjie appears, then Howard's data in the first half will directly shrink by at least half, or even shrink to only one-third......
In his heart, Howard was full of fear for Li Tuanjie......
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At the start of the second half of the game, to the shock of the Bucks fans at home, Howard seemed to have played hormones, and the restricted area was even more violent, Gasol Jr. and Jordan Jr. took turns to play, but they couldn't effectively limit Howard!
In today's game, the monster Howard seems to be incarnated as O'Neal at his peak, as long as he catches the ball under the basket, he will directly burst into a split, and at worst he can get the opportunity to go to the free throw line......
Originally, free throws were Howard's shortcomings, but in today's game, he scored a total of 4 free throws in the first half and scored 3 of them!
And just five or six minutes into the second half, Howard had already made six free throws, hitting five of them!
This free-throw percentage is simply scary, and no one knows what Howard is crazy about today......
Stotts can only be anxious off the field, he has never encountered this situation this season, to be precise, since last season, he has not encountered this kind of situation where the opposing players are on the rise!
Generally speaking, as long as one of the opposing players goes violent, Li Tuanjie will definitely immediately step forward to extinguish the fire, and with Li Tuanjie's physical fitness, he can really defend from the No. 1 position to the No. 5 position!
So in the game against the Bucks, basically no player has a chance to cut super high scores!
Cutting down a score of more than 30 points is already the limit of what Li Tuanjie can tolerate, and he wants to score more than 40 points on the Bucks?! There are no doors!
But now that Li Tuanjie is not on the field, Stotts is completely out of line......
Playing Howard, the shark cutting tactic must be able to be used, but in today's game, Howard's high free throw shooting rate is outrageous, and the shark cutting tactic can only give Howard points......
In order to effectively limit Howard, Stotts even put Gasol Jr. and Jordan Jr. on the court, but it didn't work very well......
At the end of the third quarter, the score was 79:73!
Such a score situation rarely happens to the Bucks, and what makes fans even more shocked is that the 73-point score turned out to be the total score of the Bucks!
In other words, the Bucks are the team behind right now!