Chapter 439: First Round (7)
A point of pressure is a little adjustment in people's leisure life, and a lot of pressure makes people have to stand up and move forward, and if it is a hundred points of pressure, it is estimated that only the real king or sage can still stand.
It is said that people's potential is infinite, but this is just people's own statement, under the huge pressure, the performance of ordinary people is not as strong as imagined, most people will choose to retreat under great pressure, only the real warrior will choose to face the difficulties, but the result of this warrior is either to become a hero in people's mouths, or to turn into the dust of history completely dissipated without a trace.
Obviously, the Spurs don't have that kind of true warrior in their spurs, they are a team of veterans with a lot of experience.
The veterans have experienced the rights and wrongs of the alliance, experienced the ups and downs of life, and their ability to resist pressure is undoubtedly huge, but at the same time, from another perspective, the veterans still look at the difficulties very lightly, their courage is based on their own experience, if the degree of pressure exceeds what they have experienced before, then the first to give up is of course this group of veterans who fall into the trap of self-experience.
This actually shows a very reasonable thing, that is, the ignorant are really fearless.
When the third quarter of the first round of the playoffs between the Spurs and the Runners came to the third quarter, everyone in the Spurs was undoubtedly under tremendous pressure, and they could feel the anger in the hearts of the fans in the SBC Center Arena who were watching the gap between the two teams by more than 30 points, and they could also feel the opponent's amazement and surprise at their invincible hand.
At the same time, everyone on the Spurs can also feel that their bodies have gradually tensed under the pressure.
Under the three-point shooting of the whole team of the Runners, the Spurs really had the idea of giving up the game at this time.
Wang Lei was also a little inexplicable at this time watching the players on the field continue to expand the score of the two sides with one incredible projection after another, he did feel that all the players of the Runners team were in good shape today, but he didn't expect that this group of young people was completely crazy today, this is really how to shoot.
However, Wang Lei is worried that it may not be a particularly good thing for the player's state to break out so early, because it is the third game of the first round at this time, even if the Spurs are swept and promoted, the next opponent will not be as easy to deal with as the Spurs.
Although the state of the players is similar to a concept of pumping, but generally speaking, the player's play will basically maintain a wave-shaped curve, with highs and lows, Wang Lei is now worried about the Runners' group of young people if they can maintain this super state, it is the best, but if they can't keep it, they will have a great impact on the player's mentality when they encounter particularly difficult games, and even affect the development of young players' entire career in the future.
At this point, the game on the court finally finished the third quarter, and the Spurs veterans sat on the bench one by one with almost gloomy faces, because they are now 34 points behind the Runners, which also means that the suspense of the entire fourth quarter is lost, and it also means that their journey this season will be over to the next game.
Yes, even the Spurs don't feel like they can come back from 0-3 down in the overall game, which is unprecedented in the history of the league, and there are only a handful of people who have come back from 3-1 down.
The players of the Runners came off the court with a hint of excitement on their faces, because this kind of game was so enjoyable, and the whole team entered a wonderful state, and when the ball arrived in their hands, they seemed to become a member of the Runners, and the Runners could score as much as they wanted.
After the start of the fourth quarter, the Runners boldly brought on all the substitutes, including those who had not played much in the previous two games, and had plenty of opportunities to play.
After entering the playoffs, Wang Lei dared to use people like this, in addition to being bold, Wang Lei also has confidence in the players, he believes that even the most unusable player on his team can withstand the Spurs' final offense today.
As Wang Lei expected, the Spurs had no intention of exerting force in the fourth quarter, and Alexander Pope was in a hurry, but the veterans on the court had already resigned themselves to their fate, and they didn't want to be injured or damaged because of a game that no longer meant well.
In the end, the Runners won their first road game of the playoffs with a comfortable victory, and a 3-0 score was already a sign that they would advance to the next round.
At the same time, the Eastern and Western playoffs teams are also fighting each other, the Lakers faced the same young Thunder team to easily win two straight at home, but after arriving on the road, they encountered the Thunder's fierce counterattack, the clever team did not learn anything else, but learned the Runners' best fast chase counterattack.
In the end, the Lakers carelessly lost Jingzhou in Oklahoma City and were pulled back by the Thunder.
Just one day after the Runners' away win over the Spurs, two more games in the Western Conference playoffs were also coming to fruition.
The Trail Blazers' regular season results this season are far worse than last season's, and their reputation is not good right now, because they missed out on a player like Turgun who can bring good results to the team and a good market for the team, and the general manager and head coach of the Trail Blazers have been harshly criticized by fans and even team owners, and they ended up in the regular season only sixth in the West and will meet the Grizzlies in the first round of the playoffs.
However, against the Grizzlies, who played the classic pick-and-roll tactics, the Trail Blazers' interior line was not so good, and they were similar to the Spurs in that they also suffered a defeat on their first home court, trailing the Grizzlies 3-0.
The fourth-place Houston Rockets in the West and the fifth-place Utah Jazz in the West also decided the third game, and the Jazz, who suffered two consecutive defeats on the road, returned home to play a super iron-clad defense, and finally relied on a quasi-stunner at the end of the game to pull back a game.
A day later, the Spurs' second game against the Runners at home began, and the Spurs were easily won by the Runners without any fighting spirit, so that this round was originally regarded by many media and commentators as a battle between the two worlds, and it became the first game to end this round of the playoffs.