The fourth game between the Knicks and the Celtics was the most exciting matchup of the round, not even one, although Pierce frantically cut his playoff high 47 points, but it was still difficult to resist the Knicks' suppression, and Mo Xi even cut 42 points and 15 rebounds in the Celtics' fragile interior line, and swept the Celtics in the second round.

However, the Knicks were not the fastest to advance, right next to New York, the New Jersey Nets completed a sweep of the Hornets (now Pelicans) a day early, the first to advance to the second round, and in the West, the Spurs also swept the Grizzlies cleanly, advancing to the second round half an hour earlier than the Knicks.

In the next two days, both the East and the West quickly completed the first round of competition, without any close series, not even 4:2, except for the three teams that completed the sweep, the rest of the series all ended 4:1.

On the Eastern side, the Indiana Pacers, who were considered by the Knicks to be another obstacle to winning the championship, defeated the Milwaukee Bucks 4-1 to advance to the second round. This season, the Bucks have established a new boss, Michael Reed, the Bucks are in an upswing, and Reed's performance in this series is quite decent, averaging 18 points, 5 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game, although the shooting rate is slightly lower, only 40%, and the three-point shooting rate is only 3%, but considering that this is a playoff game, Reed's shooting rate is reasonable. With the 95-year-old champion Joe Smith pressing the lineup, coupled with European MVP Kukoc, the Bucks who lost Payton are not weak on paper. However, it is such a team, in this round of the playoffs, the average score per game is only 85 points, such a suppressed score, even better than the Knicks.

Because their opponent is none other than the Indiana Pacers led by Rick Carlisle. Although the young Rick Carlisle failed to suppress the Pistons due to his lack of prestige, his excellent tactical layout has won the respect of many coaches in the league, not to mention the Pacers, this Eastern powerhouse formed by Larry Bird has been growing into a crazy beast in recent seasons, especially Ron Artest's growth, even Mo Xi has to admit that when Artest grows to the peak, maybe next season, maybe next season, The Pacers will surpass the Nets and Pistons to become the Knicks' biggest rival in the East in the next few years. O'Neal Jr., Atey Four, Al Harrington plus a superkiller New York's nemesis who is clearly not overlooked despite being at the end of his career, Reggie Miller. Even because of Miller's existence, once the Knicks and Pacers really face off in the East, the Knicks will definitely raise the threat of the Pacers to the highest level because of Miller alone, enough to reach the Lakers and Spurs on the opposite side.

However, what gives the Knicks some peace of mind is that in the second round, they will face the first team to enter the second round, the New Jersey Nets. I believe that if it weren't for Mo Xi leading the Knicks to emerge, then in the first five years of the beginning of the 21st century, the Nets are definitely the most competitive team in the East, and this is the first team in the history of the league to build a team with a traditional point guard as the core, and Kidd did not disappoint anyone, in his hands, a group of inconspicuous teammates have become first-class players in the league, and those players who are already talented have become the league's top stars, Coupled with Kidd's absolute dominance at the No. 1 position during this period, the Nets really did whatever they wanted in the weak East.

In the first round, the Nets faced the New Orleans Hornets, who had been on the team for two and a half years, and after Marshburn left, Barang Davis took over the banner, but he was a No. 1 position, but he met the Nets in the first round, but he was still a physical strength No. 1 position. And Kidd, on the other hand, has never lost in physical confrontation.

Throughout the series, Baron Davis was doubted by Kidd's defense, although the data also has an average of 15+7+4 per game, which can be said to be a very good performance, but if you know that he is only in his early 30s per game shooting rate by Kidd, you will understand what he has experienced, his best sitting and playing can't beat Kidd at all, and the interior line that can play a role in the face of other teams when he forcibly shoots can't compete with the Nets' jumping men, and the frontcourt rebounds are completely blown up, Kidd's ability to interfere with shooting at this kind of slow No. 1 position is even more top-notch, and coupled with Baron Davis's personality, the Hornets' average points per game are also suppressed by the Nets below 90. In fact, if it weren't for Jamal Macloyd, the Hornets' temporary all-time rebounding leader, the Hornets' points per game average would have been lower, even worse than the Bucks over there.

As for the Pistons, who are about to play the Knicks next, they can be considered an easy advance, and they face the Miami Heat, who are regrouping.

Miami has undoubtedly had a huge success this season, and there is only one reason for their great success, they chose a Jordan who loves five centimeters. In the regular season, Wade's performance may not be the best rookie this season, his performance is much worse than James, and he can only be on par with Anthony, who is barely a bench player in the Knicks, but in the playoffs, he made everyone's eyes shine, facing the Pistons, the league's best defense, and even the Pistons' basket has a Big Ben guarding the town, Wade can still average 18 points per game, and with a 45% shooting rate, more than 4 rebounds, and more than 5 assists. Compared to Anthony's performance on the other side, it can really be described as heaven and earth. Anthony got a lot of playing time in the first round, nearly 30 minutes, averaging 12.6 points per game, but his efficiency was extremely low, almost not much different from Baron Davis, Pierce's defense is very good, but obviously not the same magnitude as Kidd, from which it can be seen that Wade brought people amazing in the first round. Add Odom, Eddie Jones, Caron Butler, Alston and the young Haslem to the mix, and no one would be surprised if they made it to the Eastern Conference finals, but unfortunately, they were born at the wrong time to meet another potential contender for the Eastern Conference finals, the Detroit Pistons. Odom's concentration was infinitely magnified, and was solidly educated by Rashid Wallace, and as for the other positions, except for Wade, who could be counted as equal, everyone else was pressed to the ground by the Pistons.

From top to bottom, New York hopes to be able to compete with the Heat from the bottom of his heart, not because the Heat is weak, but because he wants to see two proud sons of the 03 generation face off on the stage of the playoffs, plus, the Pistons are really the most thoroughly studied team in the entire East to study the Knicks, and the Knicks are really bored with the Pistons. Maybe it's a natural opposite, Detroit always feels inexplicably excited in the face of New York and Los Angeles, in a sense, it can be regarded as a kind of class confrontation, in the eyes of Mo Xi, Kobe Bryant and O'Neal and others, every time he fights with Detroiters, the other party always puts himself in a rather sad position, obviously a group of millionaires, but he wants to put on the face of a bitter person, put himself on the side of the weak, is the oppressed person, just like the irresistible contradiction between slaves and nobles, which makes them annoying, coupled with the Pistons' iron-blooded defense that has never changed, makes them even more annoying.

After seeing the Pistons advance to the second round, George Karl held a coaching staff meeting as soon as possible and took out the thick playbook at the beginning of the season, George Karl has reason to believe that the Pistons have definitely found more than one way to defend the Knicks, and the Knicks have to respond, in addition to hoping that the players will solve it with their individual abilities, it is undoubtedly a better choice to add a few more tactical changes.

However, for many fans, the second round of the East is definitely not good-looking, think about who will play with whom, New York Knicks vs. Detroit Pistons, even if there are Knicks, but seeing the name of the Pistons, many fans have a deep despair, and on the other side, it is even more desperate, Indiana Pacers and New Jersey Nets, these two teams that suppressed the opponent's score below 90 in the first round, what will happen when they meet, people have a lot of reason to believe, It's not uncommon for one side to score less than 70 on the field.

David Stern rubbed his forehead even more weakly, it was really annoying iron-blooded.

But fortunately, the opposite west is much better. Although there was no series of-for-tat in the first round, it was clear that the score was much more exciting than in the East.

The Timberwolves unexpectedly defeated the Utah Jazz, who lost the Utah duo and entered the restructuring stage, and the old coach Sloan failed to attack the championship again, this time when he left, he left nothing but blessings, and he blessed his other disciple Karl Malone to get what he wanted with the Lakers and get the championship ring they had longed for for a long time.

The Kings killed the Mavericks (now the Mavericks) 4:1, this may be the best series in the entire first round, this is really an offensive battle, except for the second game, both sides scored more than 100 points, the best performance of the Mavericks is naturally Nowitzki, averaging 26.6 points and 11.4 rebounds per game, while the starting points are all double-doubles, and the best performance on the King's side is not Chris Webb, but the "White Devil" Mike Bibby, averaging 23+4+4 per game, with a shooting rate of up to 48%, The three-point shot is a terrifying 52%, and the number of shots per game has reached 4.6, at this stage, the average of 4.6 three-point shots per game is already very crazy. Weber, on the other hand, makes people feel that he seems to have begun to decline, not only scoring is suppressed, rebounding is also suppressed, the shooting rate is also very low, and the free throw shooting rate is even in the early 50s, and his proud organizational ability is still there, but the whole person is already declining at a speed that is visible to the naked eye.

However, Moxi's main focus is on the other two series, one of which is the Spurs' sweep of the Grizzlies. Young Pau Gasol also played well on the offensive end against Duncan, averaging 18 points per game, shooting 57% from the field and 90% from the free throw line, but the defensive end was a bit miserable, averaging only 5 rebounds per game, and more than one block and steal per game. But another person in contrast, Tim Duncan, averaged 24.3 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists per game, shooting 58.8% from the field, and shooting a miserable 58% from the free-throw line, but he still had 2.5 blocks. And the rest of the Spurs are also performing well, far better than the rest of the Grizzlies, Tony Parker's average of 21+8 per game, Robert Horry's 11+8, Ginobili 10+4+2, Cott Grew's 10+5+2, the Spurs' sweep is obviously not an accident, of course, the cycle of history means that one day the Spurs will have to come back.

As for the other series, it is not only the object of attention, but also the common concern of more than a billion people on the other side of the ocean, the Los Angeles Lakers vs. the Houston Rockets.

The Lakers eliminated the Rockets 4:1, this ending disappointed many people, although in the eyes of many people this is a matter of course, in the playoffs, the Lakers who pretended to be dead old guys have regained their vitality, although they didn't play much, but it is not difficult for people who really watched the game to find that these old guys are recovering, and they are not soft at critical moments, under such a foundation, Kobe's play has become the key, with an average of 24 + 5 + 6 per game to win each other, Kobe's efficiency is not very high, It's just that the Rockets are really a little weak, although there are also four players scoring double-doubles per game, but no one can really stand up to save the game at critical moments. Francis played a hot 19+8+7, but his style made it difficult for him to score easily in front of O'Neal and Malone at the last moment, and another Da Yao, who was pinned on by others, played without any problems, but it was indeed not eye-catching, averaging 15+7 per game, shooting 45%, and shooting 77% from the free throw line, but if you consider that he is either O'Neal or Malone, such a record is really proud.

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But in the end, it still makes people unhappy when they lose, and what should they do when they are unhappy? Then let the person who makes you unhappy also unhappy.

One of the Rockets' No. 11 players pulled out his sinful big brother and dialed a mysterious phone call.

"Big brother, I was beaten, what are you doing? Are you bringing your brothers? ”

"Don't worry, I'm already on the way, those who dare to touch me, they don't want to live, as long as they can come to me, I promise not to give them a decent way to die. Wait and see how I avenge you! ”

The two sullen centers began to exchange information over the phone, and a certain No. 11 player of the Rockets felt that he had done nothing wrong, and if he couldn't beat it, he called his brother to help, isn't it a matter of course? And a certain No. 30 player of the Knicks agreed, but he was a little worried about what to do if the Lakers couldn't walk in front of him.