"Are we too weak? Or is the opponent too strong? With a towel on his head, Arenas, who was sitting on the bench, looked up at the scoreboard that had been frozen in the distance with a dull face, and at the same time asked himself this question repeatedly in his heart, the four-game series is over, and the Wizards' season has come to an end, just like last season, the Wizards were swept out by the Pacers again, as a loser, Arenas began to review himself after the game, and at the same time looked for his own and the team's shortcomings, in order to make a comeback in the coming year.

The strength of the Pacers is very strong, three consecutive NBA championships, the fourth team in NBA history to create a dynasty, the league's first Meng Xu, the most powerful forward in the East Jermaine O'Neal, in addition to James Posey, Tyshawn Prince, NN Hilario and a large number of very good role players, but the Pacers are not invincible, at least in the regular season this season, the Wizards have defeated the Pacers twice, and in the playoffs that have just ended, the Wizards are not without a chance, The Wizards had a chance of winning the last two home games, especially Game 3, which decided the entire series, and the two sides didn't decide until the last second before the end of the game, and if the Wizards could win that game, it might have been a very different outcome now.

Is the teammate too bad? Although the Wizards' interior strength is more than a notch behind the Pacers, the Wizards have an offensive firepower that surpasses the entire league's outside combination, organizing guard Arenas, forward swingman Caron Butler, and Antoine Jamison, who can play three and four, in the regular season, the three of them combined to score an average of 67 points per game, and in the series of eliminating the Bulls, the three were able to average 71 points, 23 rebounds, and 14 assists per game, even in the series with the Pacers, they were able to average a total of 58 points per game. With 18 rebounds, 13 assists, and Brandon Haywood, who can steadily contribute 8+8 statistics, it can be said that Arenas' teammates did their best in this series, and their performances were completely passable, but the final result made their efforts all in vain.

"Gilbert, although you lost, I have to say that your performance is still a little better than last year!" In a look of disappointment and anger, Meng Xu walked to the edge of the Wizards' bench and found Gilbert Arenas, who was sitting there without saying a word.

"You!" After hearing Meng Xu's almost mocking words, the Wizards on the bench stared at Meng Xu standing in front of them with anger, just like last season, the Wizards who encountered the Pacers again this season were swept out again, although this season's Wizards were completely different from last season's Wizards who did not have the slightest ability to fight back, but in the end, the Pacers had the last laugh and eliminated the Wizards in four cities in a row, so in the eyes of the Wizards, what Meng Xu is doing now is completely mocking them, But cowardly of the other party's status and prestige, even if Meng Xu mocked them, they couldn't attack on the spot, or they didn't dare to attack on the spot.

"But that's not enough!" Ignoring the anger in front of him that was enough to "drown" himself, Meng Xu said something that made the people in front of him completely confused, but it was enough to extinguish their anger: "With your current strength, if you want to go further in the playoffs, it is completely insufficient. ”

"Gilbert, if you want to defeat me, you must first defeat yourself, otherwise you, and you will never be able to cross our level!"

Although the game was over, and although Arenas had left the arena and returned home, Arenas' heart could not calm down, and his mind was full of the words that Meng Xu said to him when he walked up to him after the game.

Since entering the league, Arenas has trained very hard, most of his spare time is spent in the training ground and gym, Arenas's training intensity far exceeds that of each of his teammates, and the unremitting high-intensity training has made Arenas's strength grow by leaps and bounds, from a second-round pick on the bench to the team's main force, and then to today's All-Star starter, but Arenas's mentality and personality have never changed, and he is irritable. Emotionality became the biggest constraint that limited Arenas from continuing to progress and surpass himself.

“conquer oneself，beat oneself!“ Getting up and sitting on the bed, looking at the moon outside the window, Arenas muttered a few words to himself, and what came to mind again was the advertisement that Adidas tailored for him, which touched countless people, shocked countless people, and also moved Arenas, and that advertisement that still inspires Arenas.

On May 15, 2005, all four matchups in the second round of the playoffs were over, and except for the Pacers who swept the Wizards to advance early, the remaining three matchups were all tied 2-2.

In another set of matchups in the Eastern Conference semifinals, the Heat and Pistons, who fought in the semifinals last season, met again in a narrow way, and after each grabbed an away game, the Pistons and the Heat returned to the same starting line, the Heat and the Pistons can be said to be two completely different extremes, the Heat with Shaq O'Neal and Dwyane Wade took the superstar tactics to the extreme, and the Pistons without superstars were built by Larry Brown into a team that relied on the group, in this team VS individual matchup, Who will have the last laugh is still unknown.

As for the Western Conference semifinals, the two main small-ball tactics of the Suns and Mavericks, can be described as chess opponents, and the Mavericks and Kings in previous seasons, the Suns and Mavericks once again contributed a round of exciting offensive battles for all fans who pay attention to the NBA, the two sides average more than 115 points per game, and more than 12 players on both sides average points per game, which undoubtedly makes this round of matchups exciting, but the most eye-catching is the brother duel between Dirk Nowitzki and Steve Nash, The pair, who parted ways because of the loss in the finals, have performed somewhat unexpectedly this season, but the most surprising thing is that the two led their respective teams to meet in the playoffs, and the bloody plot of turning from brothers to rivals is a plot similar to that that of TV dramas, which will definitely attract a lot of attention and attention.

In the series between the Spurs and the SuperSonics, the Spurs who won the two home games first, but lost the next two away games and were equalized by the SuperSonics, but in this round of the series, the most brilliant is neither Duncan, who is as stable as ever, nor Ray Allen, who is 20+ per game, but Antonio Daniels, a role player who chased a big contract after the Spurs won two championships, and Antonio Daniels, who left the Spurs and moved to many teams after leaving the Spurs, when another contract year arrived, chose to join the Shayattle SuperSonics, who were rebuilt on a large scale this season, and after playing dead for a season, veteran ruffian Antonio Daniels broke out in the playoffs, first averaging 14 points, 4.2 rebounds, and 5.4 assists per game in the series with the Kings, and then in the Western Conference semifinals with his old club Spurs, the average points per game soared directly to 19 points, becoming the No. 2 scorer of the SuperSonics after Ray Allen. Antonio Daniels can get another big contract.