Chapter 314: The First Game Day of the Playoffs
After scoring 46 points to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers, Bosh was highly rated. The media winds have also shifted, and Bosh is considered a player on the same level as James, at the very least, Bosh has the ability to change the course of the series.
People are starting to change their minds about this matchup with the smallest gap in the East, and more and more people are backing the Raptors to win the final series.
The first day featured four playoff matchups. In addition to the Raptors and Cavaliers, there are also two sets of West and one East matchups.
Among them, the Spurs educated the Nuggets boys with an ultra-low score of 95-76. Tim Duncan didn't make a difference, finishing with 11 points, 10 rebounds and 2 blocks on 5 shots.
The main contributor to the team's victory belongs to the French sports car, and Parker is not in vain in the good times, facing the Nuggets who are obviously weaker than themselves, Parker showed a completely different aggression from the regular season, and Parker, who averaged only 16 points per game in the regular season, is an offensive player who starts at the top level. But in the first playoff game, Parker scored 32 points and 9 assists, turning the Nuggets from the backcourt to the frontcourt.
Ne~ and Milicic, two inexperienced insiders who couldn't keep up with Parker's rhythm of shuttling like the wind, and before the third quarter ended, the hot-tempered Ne~ committed 6 offenses, and halfway through the fourth quarter, Milicic, the first brother, also went down.
This is the performance of the Spurs on the offensive end, on the defensive end, the big devil Duncan's data looks mediocre, but in fact, he single-handedly limited the Nuggets twin towers to death, inside ~ the whole court slashed 5 points, Milicic was not to be outdone and cut 6 points, the two of them together just as much as the big devil himself.
But Duncan made 5 shots, and Ne~ and Milicic were the top two in the Nuggets scoring list, adding up to 25 shots in this game.
Duncan shrouded the Nuggets twin towers under his own defense throughout the game, crushing the opposing two, but there were only two cold blocks on Duncan's data sheet. Duncan's role on the defensive end is undoubtedly not reflected in the statistics, and his contribution on the defensive end is undoubtedly no less than Parker's on the offensive end, just look at the Nuggets who only scored 76 points in the game. If you want to know what Duncan did in this game, you can't go without going to the game in person.
The other game in the East was between the Heat, who are second in the East, and the Nets, who are seventh in the East.
In just one season, the changes between the two teams are very different, and the fish belly Heat has become a hot Eastern powerhouse, and the Nets, which were originally strong, have had a very tight season this season.
As a result, there was no suspense, Hu Qingniu didn't even watch the game, and he knew it when he saw the gloomy face of Master Kidd at the press conference.
The Heat defeated the Nets with a score of 128-90, and this time the Heat showed no mercy and blossomed in full swing. Maddie scored 31 points, Carter 33 points, Webb 26 points, Haslem 16 points, and the four combined to score more than 100 points. The Big Three alone, Maddy, Carter and Webb combined to score 90 points as much as the entire Nets team.
Although the team lost, but to be honest, Master Kidd's performance in this game was actually impeccable, with a triple-double of 26 points, 13 rebounds and 13 assists, and 5 steals on the defensive end, but I had no choice but to look at my teammates around me.
The 38-year-old Ron Moser is old enough to dribble the ball to his feet, but he's one of the most experienced and reliable shooting guards on the Nets. When it comes to Maddie and Carter, Mosser's defense is no different from paper.
The bald Richard Jefferson is Kidd's best assistant right now, but unfortunately this season's injury has affected the offensive efficiency of the offense, and the shooting rate is 40%. On the defensive end, it's puzzling that Jefferson, a nimble young man with his legs, is even more effective against Maddie and Carter. Almost as soon as it was an acceleration, or a change of direction, Jefferson could be thrown away.
The rest of the clubbing center, Jason Collins, was abused by Haslem, who was 10 centimeters shorter. The team's management is not enterprising, it doesn't cost money every offseason, and the Nets are getting worse and worse, and Kidd will definitely not stay in such a team for long.
The final finale is the most differentiated set in the West, with the Seattle SuperSonics, who pursue fast shots, and the Rockets, who have super centers and strive for slow-paced basketball, are facing the small-ball strategy.
Both teams were in control of the tempo of the court at the start of the game, with Ray Allen taking possession of the ball himself and looking to bring the rhythm up with quick through balls and catch-and-shoot shots.
But on the Rockets' side, I am immovable, Hardaway's more than ten years of experience in the league is not given in vain, even if the SuperSonics team scores a three-pointer in 3 seconds, Hardaway will only hold the ball slowly and advance in the next round, and also command his teammates to settle down, including Yao Ming.
Van Gundy Jr. does have a set of defense, but now the Rockets don't have any special tactics on the offensive end, and it's basically all left to Hardaway to organize.
To be honest, even Hu Qingniu believes that Hardaway has played more offensive tactics than Van Gundy Jr. has ever seen. Fan Jr. is the kind of traditional coach who is considered to have studied under Pat Riley, but Van Jr. learned Riley's stubbornness, but he didn't learn to be flexible, so that his coaching career barely progressed. has been emphasizing defense and basketball, which were hard currencies more than ten years ago, but unexpectedly, the evolution of basketball rules and the changes in the NBA environment eventually made Van Gundy Jr. lose the opportunity to continue coaching.
But it's the 04-05 season, and Van Gundy Jr.'s coaching has merit on the defensive end, although most of it is due to assistant coach Thibodeau.
Everyone knows that the SuperSonics' 50-win record is all due to the two guns of Ray Allen and Lewis, but knowing that it is known, how to defend against these two people has always been a big problem.
The Rockets didn't want to defend against the two of them this time, but they found a way to cut off the overall connection of the supersound!
When it comes to shooting, the SuperSonics are undoubtedly the most accurate team in the league, and even the Suns are far from being able to reach them. But why the SuperSonics with similar tactics are not as good as the Suns, the key lies in passing.
The entire SuperSonics team averaged 16 assists per game this season, compared to the league average of 20, and the reason for this is that the entire team does not have a single player who passes the ball very well, and even apart from Ridno, the best passer is Ray Allen, who is also only an average level passer.
So the SuperSonics, who don't pass well and pursue quick offense, are actually league leaders in turnovers.
The Rockets' strategy is to keep an eye on the other players except Ray Allen and Lewis and not let them comfortably play the ball to these two big shots. You must know that the efficient three-point shooting at this stage still exists in receiving the ball and then shooting, not Curry's day-to-day mode of dribbling and shooting.
Without his teammates to deliver the shells, Ray Allen and Lewis were indirectly dumbfounded.