Chapter 208: The home field can't be lost
With the second of the semi-finals of the East and West all over, the East and West presented a completely different pattern.
The East once again presented two bloody defensive battles for fans, the 76ers who crossed the Bulls lost one game at the Celtics' home court by one point, and the second game continued at the TD North Shore Garden Arena in Boston. Holiday hit a three-point shot, the 76ers overtook the Celtics by 2 points, and then the Celtics hit a series of irons, and the 76ers pulled the score away through several free throws, and the last 3 seconds Thunder. Allen's three-pointer narrowed the gap to two points, but then Jordy. Meeks hit two free throws and a four-point deficit left the Celtics helpless. Garnett hit a buzzer-beating three-pointer to give the 76ers a narrow 82-81 one-point win over the Celtics on the road, leveling the overall score at 1-1.
The Heat lost Chris in their last game. After Bosh, it completely became a two-man turn for James and Wade, and the Pacers relied on iron-blooded wheel-like defense to consume the two Janway, and in the last two minutes of the game, the Heat team did not score a point. George hats and two free throws put the Pacers back in Indianapolis with a 78-75 win over the Heat.
In the other semifinal match in the West, the Spurs, who won the opponent in the first round, continued to play strongly, the Lakers were powerless in front of the old Spurs, and Kobe Bryant staged another iron show, and the Lakers lost to the Spurs again with a score of 88-105.
So far, the two groups in the East have drawn 1-1, while the top two in the West have a 2-0 lead in the regular season, and the next game is crucial for both the Kings and the Lakers.
The Kings will meet for the third time the day after the second game of the Western Conference semifinals against the Thunder, and the Kings have lost a total of 43 points in the two games, but there is no time to adjust to them at this moment.
Through the two defeats, we can also see the current shortcomings of the Kings, from the lineup, except for Tyreco, the team does not have a reliable scoring point and ball point on the outside, as long as Tyrek is on the court, almost all the offense is initiated by Tyreco, and all tactics rely on Tyreic to play. This is very similar to the Bulls, Rose's tactical position in the Bulls' offense is the same as Tyrek's, without Rose, the Bulls' offense is at least half paralyzed, and without Rose, the Bulls are ruthlessly blacked out by the 76ers. However, the Bulls have at least one All-Star named Rohr on the outside. Deng, and the Kings except for Tyreck, Jimmy is a pure defensive engineer, Garcia and Cosby are mediocre wing shooters, Morrow is a single-point shooter, Yudri at the end of the bench and Thomas Jr. barely played a few minutes in the playoffs, and the strongest individual offensive ability on the outside is Caron, who is more than half away from the peak. Butler, there is nothing wrong with such a staffing to play in the regular season, but when facing the defensive intensity of the playoffs, especially against a championship contender like the Thunder, you can't always rely on Terrick to solve problems, and you need someone who can share the offensive pressure of Tyreck.
At the same time, the Kings also have shortcomings on the inside, Cousins and West's offensive ability is not to be said, absolutely first-class, but the defense can only be said to be average, and even in the playoffs such a high-intensity confrontation, the defense is a little lagging behind.
Mentally speaking, this is the first playoff journey of this young team with Tyrek and Cousins as the core, they have no experience in the playoffs at all, facing the Thunder team who has reached the Western Conference Finals last year, although the Thunder team is also young, but the Kings' lack of experience makes them extremely immature, for the stage like the playoffs, how to deal with their emotions, and fully exert their own strength is also what the Kings must experience and learn, You must know that in the 09-10 season, the Thunder entered the playoffs for the first time and were eliminated by the Lakers in the first round, so it can be said that the Kings can come this far......
Although after two defeats, the Kings really realized the strength of the Thunder, but at this level, no one will easily say defeat. Back at the Sleep Train Arena, the Kings, who have lost two games, have put down the pressure on their shoulders to a certain extent, and the worst result is to stop there, but how can it make the Thunder suffer a little!
Fans are happy enough with the Kings' performance this season, but the regular season record is only one win behind the Thunder, and Kings fans can't accept that the team has lost three games in a row in the series.
The game was about to begin, and in the tunnel of the players, Terrick crossed his hands in front of his chest, leaned against the wall, and stopped his teammates who were about to enter.
Tyrek straightened up and walked in front of everyone, and slowly said with a serious face: "Going out is a battle of life and death, we have already lost two games, and we can't lose again when we return to the home court!" It's a dead bang today! We were able to beat the Thunder three times in the regular season, and we still beat them! ”
Tyrek's eyes swept back and forth over his teammates in front of him and continued: "I know it's not easy for us to get to this point, the outside world thinks that we have been quite successful in reaching the Western Conference semifinals this season, and I believe that each of us has this idea in our minds, and I admit that I have had this thought, especially after losing two games, I even think that we didn't want to compete for the championship in the first place, and it is enough to get here...... But after a split second I don't think so, who doesn't want to win? Now that we've come here, we have a chance to make it to the Western Conference Finals! We've only lost two away games and now it's on our home turf! Are we to be messed with?! We're going to do two more of them!! ”
Tyrek almost yelled at the end, and his teammates in front of him were silent for a few seconds, as if they were thinking about something.
"the Thunder! This is our home turf! ”
A sudden voice from the crowd broke the brief silence, it was Jimmy. Butler!
"Knock out the Thunder!! Knock out the Thunder team!! ”
Everyone shouted, as if they had reached some kind of consensus, shouting and jumping, morale high......