Chapter 324: A New Era Dawns in the East
The Bobcats' benches are almost all rookie players, but in the long season, these young recruits have not dragged their feet, but have given the team a lot of help.
All kinds of media have to admire Hu Qingniu's vision and ability to cultivate people, if it is just a Wade, it can also be considered that Wade's own efforts are due. Now young players like Josh, Ariza, Tony Allen and others are playing all at once, which has to be said to be the credit of Hu Qingniu.
Since the opponent is not strong, Hu Qingniu has no need to distinguish between substitutes and starters, Howard, Reggie Evans, Ariza, Tony Allen, Alstom's lineup played 20 minutes, and the starting time was half open.
The 76ers were desperate to find that they didn't have anyone who could attack smoothly against this bench lineup. The Bobcats' bench defense is better than the vast majority of the league's starters.
In the end, the Bobcats defeated the 76ers with a score of 31 points, 108-77.
Interestingly, no one on the Bobcats scored more than 20 points, but nine scored in double figures, as 10 players played near or more than 20 minutes, and everyone except Reggie Evans scored more than 10 points.
Wade and O'Neal were not present at the post-game press conference, and in order to show respect, Hu Qingniu had to bring this year's champion Howard and the team's top scorer Dazhi to attend. At least these two players are still subject to topical issues.
The first round of the playoffs went on quickly, and the excitement was that many of the matchups made it to Game 7.
Among them are the Raptors led by Bosh and the Royal Knights led by LeBron, although the Raptors won the first game hard, but they were soon equalized by the Cavaliers, the two teams played from 1:1 to 3:3, and the final tiebreaker James was a step ahead, turning over on the left baseline and shooting a fatal shot, ending the whole series.
This is the first series that belongs to the 03 Super Platinum in the sense of the word, and it is completely a head-on collision between Bosh and LeBron. The four kings of the 03 generation occupied the first, third, fourth, and fifth positions in the east this year, and with the current development of the 03 generation, they are all in the east, so that the performance of Mars hitting the earth will have many opportunities in the future.
The other group in the East that made it to Game 7 was the Pistons and Pacers, the old rivals. At the beginning of the series, it seemed that the series was about to fall one-sided, and the Pacers, who were short of major generals, lost two games in a row and looked vulnerable.
But back at home, Reggie Miller is back and the Pacers' soul seems to have been regained. O'Neal Jr. also stopped losing his temper and cooperated well with his teammates, winning two consecutive home games, and then the Pistons won another home court, and the Pacers reached the edge of the cliff.
The game came to the Pacers' final home court, Game 6 of the series. Since Reggie Miller made it clear before the season that this would be his last season, everyone including the fans, the players on both sides, and the coaches knew that if this game was lost, it would be the last game of Reggie Miller's career. So the game as a whole was also full of a strong farewell atmosphere.
Artest was also allowed to enter the arena to see off his big brother.
The Consec Arena was full of people, all the fans were wearing yellow cultural shirts, and the THANKS REGGIE sign was held all over the mountain.
Perhaps it burned the last life of the veteran, or maybe it was desperately not wanting to disappoint the fans at the scene, Reggie Miller broke out in a completely different state than before, shooting 7 of 9 in the first half, 15 of 19 in the game, 10 of 16 three-pointers, and 41 points in the game. This supernatural performance was enough to reverse the overall decline of the Pacers and also win the last win of the season for the Pacers.
In the seventh game after that, Reggie Miller was substituted at half-time, and only scored 3 points and 1 assist in the whole game, and Reggie Miller's only goal in the last game of his career, and the three points he relied on to become famous, narrowed the gap to less than 10 points with more than a minute left in the half. Veterans don't die, they just wither.
In fact, the fight at the Palace in Auburn Hills during the season has completely destroyed Reggie Miller's hopes of winning the championship in his last season. O'Neal Jr. is also playing with a right shoulder injury that has plagued him since March, and he wants to fight for the next series victory for Big Brother, scoring 30 points, 11 rebounds and 3 rebounds, shooting 13-of-25, the only game in the playoffs this season to score 30 points, but the shooter's shoulder injury is fatal to his shooting touch, and he tried his best.
In the final moments, the winner was decided, and the fans still stood up and cheered, paying homage to their old rivals, and Billups, who was the opponent on the field, went to the sidelines to pat Reggie on the shoulder in greeting.
Then Prince went up to comfort Miller.
Birdbird, the chairman of Pacers operations, was also sitting on the sidelines and saw Miller get up to greet the fans and applaud the Fellows.
The opposing head coach's ruthless Larry Brown even called a 20-second timeout, just to lead all the Pistons players to stand on the halfway line and applaud Miller.
Many fans who came all the way from Indiana hid their faces and cried, and Miller, who was standing on the sidelines, was also trying his best to suppress his emotions.
At the end of the game, Miller and Larry Brown, the Pistons and referees embraced, and the Auburn Hills Palace fans chanted "Reggie" and applauded.
In the final interview with former rival Ross Barkley, the fans chanted "One more year", but Reggie smiled and said that he was sure he would not play again.
A generation of heroes finally came to an end.
The NBA is a sports circle where utilitarianism reigns and loses, Reggie Miller is not a success, he did not bring a championship to India, and his personal honor book is also very thin, but he has always run tirelessly in tens of thousands of nights in his 18-year career, contributing every bit of energy in his thin body to the team's victory, which is enough for him to retire when all the fans hold up the sign "Thank you Reggie" to offer him the loudest applause and the most sincere tears, Enough for him to win the embrace and blessing of the head coach of his opponent for many years and every core player, enough for him to be called a brave man, and to be remembered forever by a city and even the entire NBA.
The Bobcats certainly didn't get dragged into Game 7, in fact, the Bobcats swept the opponent 76ers 4-0.
Iguodala was the only bright spot for the 76ers, averaging 15 points, 6.6 rebounds and 6.0 assists per game in the series, which is really good as a rookie. When Iguodala left the court in frustration, Hu Qingniu also took the initiative to find him and encourage him, saying that the 76ers will be your team in the future.
And the biggest opponent in the Bobcats East, the Heat, also easily defeated the traditional powerhouse Nets 4:1. Kidd's competitive spirit also sank to the bottom with his elimination.
The traditional giants in the East, the Pacers, the Nets, and the 76ers, who have all reached the Finals, have been eliminated in the first round, which means that the time has come for the East to renew.