Chapter 556: Various Battles of Tianwang Mountain
After the fourth game between the Pelicans and the Warriors is also over, there is a very magical situation in this year's playoffs, except for the Lakers who have swept the opponent and directly qualified, the other three groups of matchups actually played a 2:2 draw after the first four games, in fact, many recent playoffs are basically a large round of series in one group is the battle of Tianwang Mountain is enough to be eye-catching, but I didn't expect this season's playoffs Although the first round was very boring, But by the time of the second round, the development of this plot brought a lot of ratings and attention to the league.
First of all, the battle between the Raptors and the Celtics will start first, and the two teams will play this battle at the TD North Shore Garden Arena in Boston. So even though this is the home court of the Celtics, everyone still can't understand who has the advantage of these two teams, and few ball commentators dare to easily side with these two teams, after all, these two teams are very unstable and have a good chance to win.
However, for the Lakers, they don't care about the final outcome of these two teams, after all, in terms of overall strength, these two teams are likely to play soy sauce in the division finals, because in terms of overall strength, no matter which of these two teams, there should be no chance to beat either the Cavaliers or the current Pacers.
In the end, the Celtics still have to be better, in this game their core Thomas Jr. reappeared in the game with an injury, although the hip was affected by the injury, but his play in this game was not soft at all, 15 shots hit 7 balls, although the shooting rate is not high, but 7 goals, but 5 of the 3 goals are three-pointers, plus 6 free throws all hit, this game only played 29 minutes Thomas Jr. is still relatively efficient 23 points, and there are 6 assists scored, It's a little better than Lowry, who has been beaten to a bit sleepwalking by the Raptors' garbage brothers, who has been playing 37 minutes.
The Celtics' battle for Kings Mountain ended in victory, but the Cavaliers fell into a bitter battle on their home court, and the players in the Cavaliers team who were really fighting were still online in the entire series, in fact, there were only two players, Lao Zhan and Irving, whether it was Love or George Hill, whether it was Tristan Thompson or Korver and the like on the bench, basically the performance was not particularly powerful, George Hill just had one game that played very badly, Korver, on the other hand, didn't play very well in the two games they lost, and Love and Thompson only played better in one game.
In the first three quarters of the game, Lao Zhan scored 29 points, and Irving also scored 27 points, while the Cavaliers only scored 72 points in the first three quarters of the game, which means that everyone else only had a total of 16 points, which also includes the 8 points scored by the bench bandit Jefferson alone, speaking of which, in fact, the Lakers also contacted Jefferson in the summer. However, at that time, Jefferson and the Cavaliers were enjoying their first championship trophy, so they didn't think about leaving Cleveland at all, and in the end, this matter could only end in failure, but it didn't take long for the Lakers to find Solomon Hill at the small forward position, and the small forward who came to the door played very well this season.
In this case where the Cavaliers play badly on the bench, the only thing that can be seen is only the two core players of Lao Zhan and Owen Hongze, although Lefu is said to be the inside line of the Big Three, but in fact, playing next to Lao Zhan, the space for the inside line to play is not very large, plus his three-point shooting rate today is very bad, so the decline in data is also natural. And TT was originally a blue-collar cake eater who played quite well, but suddenly he didn't know what to smoke and went crazy, and he actually went to provoke Khloe Kardashian, the best defensive player, and the result was naturally a significant decline in state, plus Lao Zhan was also dissatisfied with his attitude, so he gradually reduced the passes to him, so his data naturally plummeted.
The role players around him did not play well, and although Lao Zhan and Irving were able to help the team bite the difference, they did not have the strength to end the game directly, after all, two fists are hard to beat four hands, especially the Pacers' pickled pepper combat effectiveness is not much worse than Lao Zhan, Ibaka is almost abused the Cavaliers' interior line at both offensive and defensive ends, when he was in the Thunder team, he was not able to defeat Lao Zhan's Heat team, but this time it seems that he has a good chance to avenge the revenge of the year.
On top of this kind of all-star matchup, the Cavaliers actually have the upper hand, after all, Irving and Lao Zhan are both among the best players in their positions in the East, but the difficulty is in the competition of other players, the Pacers have been a starting lineup since the regular season, and the bench players are one of the best teams in the league, and after the trade, they solved the internal contradictions of the team, under the excellent performance of the bench players and the unity of the main players, They can achieve this kind of record, in the playoffs, this kind of team with many people fighting can always achieve unexpected results, especially three of their starters have rich playoff experience, Ibaka and Pickles Pepper have played in the Finals, although Rose has not entered the Finals, but also played in the Eastern Conference Finals, Jordan Hill also played in the Eastern Conference Finals with the Pacers last year, only Hood basically has no experience in the playoffs, Coupled with the likes of Louis Williams on the bench, the Pacers' fighting power is indeed very good.
When the game reached the fourth quarter, the Pacers' more flowering characteristics were reflected, at the critical moment the Cavaliers and the Pacers' offensive options were completely two extremes, the Cavaliers were more critical moments the less they dared to hand over the ball to role players to deal with, and the Pacers' side, although the critical moment was also more pickled pepper to handle the ball, but their tactics were flexible, almost all players on the court had a tactical arrangement to receive the ball and attack, which made the two teams difficult to defend. It's not a level, the Pacers basically focused on Irving and Lao Zhan in the fourth quarter, while the Cavaliers still played these two points, which made them not shoot away from the feeling of role players, and as a result, they were forced to catch the ball and shoot at such a critical moment, and the efficiency can be imagined.
In the end, the Cavaliers unexpectedly lost the key battle of Tianwang Mountain on their home court, which made many Lao Zhan fans very worried, after all, the winning rate of the battle of Lao Zhan Tianwang Mountain is very high, after losing this game, the Cavaliers will become very difficult in the future, if they can't win in the next game, and drag the game into a tie-break, then they can only go home, heroes, please come over again.
In fact, what is really worth arguing about in this game should be the tactics of the Cavaliers, to be honest, last year's championship everyone was boasting that Tyronn Lue was the wise man who could assist Emperor Zhan, but judging from the various performances this season, Tyronn Lue's on-the-spot command ability is really a big problem, so we can often see Coach Lu standing on the sidelines like a mentally retarded expression in the regular season, and often see the Cavaliers after the pause after being chased by consecutive points, the tactics still have not changed, still let people use the same routine to continue to score points on your head, which made the Cavaliers lose at least five more games in the regular season this season, but everyone just put all the pressure on James.
The Cavaliers were cornered, and he was connected with the same disease, as well as the Pelicans' Big Four brothers, their battle for Kings Mountain was exactly the same as the game between the Cavaliers and the Pacers, and the Pelicans also focused all their firepower on the Big Four, but they were slightly better than the Cavaliers, because their four cores all had the ability to attack with the ball, and the combat effectiveness of the four people playing together at critical moments was still very terrifying. But the bad thing is that the shooting ability on the Warriors' side is really a bit unbearable for the Pelicans, the Warriors hit a total of 23 three-pointers in the whole game, this number has broken the playoff record, including Curry's 8 shots 4, Klay Thompson's 9 shots 5 and Durant's 6 shots 3 all hurt the Pelicans very much, this three-point shooting rate simply killed the game, not to mention that Green also scored 3 three-pointers today, Iguodala and West also hit two three-pointers each.
Of course, in addition to the opponent's three-point shot, some problems on the Pelicans' own side are also the reason why they lost the game today, although Kim Terry is a relatively stable head coach, but he is also the first time to encounter the situation that there are four All-Star level players in the team to let him command, so his tactics are very cautious, and he does not dare to have any problems in the distribution of the ball to cause internal discord within the team, of course, his approach is understandable, But in the face of the Warriors' death five hours, his tactics seem a little too good to keep up with the rhythm, the speed of the two big inside lines still affects the team's rotation after all, if the Warriors' shooting rate is not high, they can barely play like this, but the opponent's shooting rate has already flown up, they play like this again, it looks a little silly, and in the end they also lost this very critical battle of Tianwang Mountain away.
After the results of several battles on Tianwang Mountain came out, the Lakers' generals began to prepare for the Western Conference Finals, but before that, Ye Xuan was still ready to take his brothers to the away stadium to create some pressure on his next opponents, so the Lakers team plus head coach Wharton Jr. and Lao Ke and other help coaches appeared on the streets of New Orleans, and they first visited Anthony and others before the Warriors arrived in New Orleans. Of course, the main reason is that Ye Xuan and the others still have a better relationship with a few people in New Orleans, and after cheering them on, Ye Xuan also asked them to get some tickets by the way, after all, the position of the player's family is definitely better than the position that he can buy quietly by himself.
The game between the Pelicans and the Warriors started in a blink of an eye, and the footage on the scene was also very witty, and the Lakers had already been discovered before the opening, of course, it may also be because Ye Xuan and their group of tall people are too conspicuous, especially Nick Young and Clarkson are also wearing their own jerseys very arrogantly. And the seat of a group of people is obviously in the position very close to the Pelicans' bench, you must know that this position is generally only allowed by the players' families and the like, and it didn't take long for the commentators on the scene to also come with news - Ye Xuan posted a picture of the scene on his social platform, with the text "Cheer for my brother." Then Aite Anthony, after knowing the news, the audience at the scene cheered Ye Xuan and the others regardless of whether they might be their opponents in the next round.
And those talented viewers made various slogans on the spot, such as one of the slogans written to Durant, "You can never surpass James, just like you can't surpass Ye Xuan." Of course, there are also those who say things about Curry's unanimous MVP" Compared with the 73-win overall runner-up, Ye Xuan is more qualified to be unanimously elected MVP. "Obviously, everyone knows that this season's regular season MVP will almost only be produced between Ye Xuan and Wei Shao, one is to lead the team to win the best record in history, and the other is to play a legendary statistic - an average triple-double per game. In contrast, Curry's stats have slipped this season due to the addition of Durant, and he is not even eligible to be selected as an MVP candidate this season, let alone anything like a unanimous MVP.
But I have to say that these fans in New Orleans are also playing crookedly, Curry is most annoying now that others tell him how Ye Xuan is, and how Ye Xuan is better than you, this kind of remark didn't feel anything at the beginning But he didn't expect that in the season of his rise, Ye Xuan also rose strongly, and in the confrontation between the two, he has always been the one who is at the disadvantage, although everyone says that the style of the two of them is very similar, they are both three-point maniacs, and they both like to shoot ultra-long-distance three-pointers, And they all like to pretend to be forced, but Curry is also very bitter in his heart, after all, Ye Xuan's body is not a point guard at all.