Chapter 151: Housewarming
In the West that year, the 48-win Warriors were kept out of the playoffs.
The top-ranked New Orleans Hornets have won just six more games than the Denver Nuggets.
The top eight, whichever team pulls it out, are all strong teams, as long as they don't touch the Celtics and 76ers in the East, they will enter the second round safely.
After the first round, although there were several tie-breaks, they did not end up in the end, and the Hornets, Spurs, Lakers and Jazz all advanced.
In the second round, the Spurs vs. Lakers became the focus.
Compared with the Lakers' single-core Kobe Bryant, the Spurs are actually a team of the "Big Three", but unlike the Big Three that the Celtics bring in everywhere, their Big Three are drafted by themselves and then cultivated.
has been playing a combination for more than ten years, and the degree of tacit understanding is outrageous.
But the game is not just about tacit understanding, at the peak of Kobe Bryant, the fairy ball with sparks and lightning all the way down, the Spurs are also bitter.
The real decisive outcome between the two teams was the battle of Tianwang Mountain, where the Spurs defeated the Lakers 111-104 to claim a crucial victory.
Then in Staples, the Spurs narrowly beat the Lakers 108-105.
If it weren't for Bruce Bowen's all-encompassing extreme defense, maybe the Spurs wouldn't have been able to eliminate Kobe Bryant, who was at his peak.
Even when Bowen defended like this, Kobe Bryant still averaged 32.9 points per game in the second round, and the shooting rate was as high as 47 percent, showing the true colors of the Flyers.
If you lose, you lose on the inside, and the combination of Horford and Bynum is full of potential, but against Tim Duncan, it is a little immature.
The Hornets lost 4-3 to the Utah Jazz.
Looking at this round of the series, in addition to the fateful battle between Chris Paul and Delon, the summary description is two words "block and dismantle".
Both teams have solid passing point guards, who play high post blocking offense, and after blocking, whether it is a split to cut or a mid-range shot, it is like a mold.
The Jazz team is low-key, but the strength is really strong, especially when playing at home, basically they can't lose, and in the end, they also relied on the stable performance of Delon and Boozer to win the "Queen Bee" Chris Paul.
Paul was not discouraged in the slightest when he lost in the Western Conference semifinals.
"I'm only 23 years old, I'm excited by the performances of the players, we're on the rise and I'll do it again next year, the year after that, and get to the next round!"
In the Western Conference showdown, the Spurs vs. the Jazz.
The two veterans battled with wits and courage, but in the end, the Jazz still lacked a trace of change and lost to the Spurs 2-4.
These teams in the West have become popular in recent years, because the strong lineup is relatively stable, and these players are familiar faces in the playoffs.
Rockets fans say that whoever passes the first round of the Rockets and Jazz will be able to make it to the Western Conference finals.
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In June, the NBA Finals are about to start.
The 76ers vs. the Spurs.
In the eight years since the beginning of the 21st century, the Spurs have reached the Finals four times, and this is the fourth.
"In the first three times, the Spurs have won, for the 76ers, the other party obviously has more experience in the finals, although the 76ers have a high win rate in the regular season, but the hope of winning the championship is actually not big."
ESPN is relentless in its downplay of the 76ers, after all, they have a 100 percent win rate in the Finals.
A reporter from Yahoo Sports also said that the 76ers will struggle to win the championship.
"From the perspective of lineup configuration, the Spurs are more reasonable. In the face of the Spurs, the 76ers' proud bench advantage is no longer there, including the second team matchup, it is difficult to find a player who can fight against Manu Ginobili, and the overall strength of the opposite side is still higher than that of the 76ers. ”
"If Philadelphia is in the West, it's hard for the 76ers to get 67 wins, and if the Spurs are in the East, they are guaranteed to win 60." - From TNT expert Barkley's prediction.
Before the finals rehearsal, the two teams have to prepare for training.
This time, the Spurs came to Philadelphia.
Philadelphia's Finals for the first time in seven years ignited the enthusiasm of local fans for basketball, and tickets to the Finals were hard to find locally, temporarily adding seats to 22,000, with an average ticket price of about $1,640.82, and the 76ers could make a lot of money.
Before the game, the mouth cannon seemed meaningless.
Wang Tomorrow consistently praises his opponents,
"Spurs are legends, Gregg Popovich is a legendary coach, and it's really exciting to play against a team like that. Their quality is there for all to see, they are quite good, they are a championship level team. ”
Popovich is also the first time to meet the coach of the team who has not started the game, and he frantically praises the opponent, if you want to say ridicule, it is not, you want to say praise, after listening to it, not only did you feel happy, but also uncomfortable, and always felt as if something was wrong.
At this time, it coincided with Wang tomorrow's completion of the relocation of his new home.
The new home is located on the banks of the Sgugir River, and it took exactly two months from the time Wang Ming bought the single-family home to the time it took to renovate it.
In the 90s, the style changed completely, and the dark brown walls were all painted in a light white.
The decoration is based on the modernist style, simple and atmospheric.
The total area of the residence is about 600 square meters, which is not very large, single-door detached family, belonging to the villa-type house, through the glass of the room, you can see the slowly flowing Sgugir River outside, which is full of sparkling river surface, quite romantic.
Two people can live upstairs and downstairs with nearly ten bedrooms.
Gal Gadot converted the original open gourmet kitchen into a single room, so that there is a separate dining room and only one less bedroom.
In addition, because both of them like fitness, they specially built a bedroom as a gym.
Wang Mingming renovated another bedroom to serve as his computer room.
There are some flowers and plants planted in the courtyard, these have not been changed, there is no basement, and three garages have been built on the ground.
In total, it cost Wang less than $500,000 tomorrow, which is a drizzle compared to his dividends of more than $10 million from Marvel.
The only bad thing is that in order to find a slightly cheaper one, it is located in the middle of nowhere, a 40-minute drive from the arena, which belongs to the suburbs of Philadelphia.
Gal Gadot is very happy with his new home.
On the first day after the two moved in, they invited some friends to a party in their new home.
Wang Mingming himself doesn't like parties the most, but now he follows the local customs and also has this kind of small family party, inviting Tom, Lu Bing, Lin Jiuzhen, and some friends Gal Gadot met at work.
There are many tall models and beauties in the cabin, and the room is full of warblers and swallows, and Tom's saliva is about to flow out.
"By the way, what are the two words at your door?"
Tom is also a Chinese expert, can speak Chinese, but he is not very literate.
Wang Ming smiled with satisfaction, "This is a plaque I hung, just two words." ”
"Wangfu!"