Chapter 220: The Strong Are Strong

But for this game or this round of the series, Brown just said so casually, everyone just listened to it so casually, I haven't heard of grinding and chirping when the strength is far beyond the opponent, everyone believes that the 76ers will directly sweep the opponent 3-0 to advance to the next round, which can also give the players a few more days to prepare for the semifinals.

Not to everyone's surprise, the 76ers easily won two games in a row again, swept the opponent and advanced to the next round. Although the Pacers also fought back in these games, and even almost turned over and reversed in the second game, with Lewis's three-point kill, the 76ers got through the danger and have not hindered since then.

However, the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs was more than 3-0, but surprisingly, the other team that was swept was actually the third-ranked Heat. Their offense went awry, with only Eddie Jones averaging 19 points per game in the series, while only House, Mourning and Grant scored in double figures. In contrast, the Hornets' offensive firepower is much stronger, with Mashburn and Byron Davis averaging 20+ per game, which makes the Heat simply unable to parry.

The series between the Bucks and the Magic was also one-sided, with the Bucks winning the series 3-1 even though the Bucks were beaten by the Magic after taking a 2-0 lead. The Bucks' three muskets, Ray Allen, Cassel and Glenn Robinson, combined to score 61.3 points per game and kill the Magic. In the previous life, Maddy failed to make it to the second round, and now it is even more impossible for Armstrong and these people to get the advantage of the Bucks, who are second in the East.

The only tug-of-war was between the Raptors and the Knicks. These two teams are also particularly interesting, the Raptors are young and energetic, and the offense is very strong, averaging the top five points per game in the league, while the Knicks' players are old and heavy, still holding on to the previous iron-blooded defense, it can be said that this is a spear and shield battle. However, the veterans led by Houston still failed to withstand the youth storm of Carter and Maddy, and lost 2-3. In the final battle of Game 5, it was Carter and Maddy who combined to score 12 points in the final minute of the fourth quarter to make the Knicks' entire effort come to naught.

On the western side, the Lakers also easily passed 3-0, after all, Garnett and Szczebiak's joint outbreak is not something that can be seen in every game, especially the Zen master specially arranged Rick Fox to mark Szzambiak closely, and the lone Garnett can't make any waves, not to mention that O'Neal has been putting pressure on him on the inside. The Timberwolves' fiasco left the team's management in a big way, which also laid the groundwork for their subsequent large-scale reinforcements.

The second-ranked Spurs also took the Trail Blazers bloodlessly, and the Trail Blazers at this time were still good on the inside, and the interior rotation of Sabonis, Schramf and Rasheed Wallace was a nightmare for many teams in the regular season. But their tragedy was that they met the Spurs, and the twin towers of Duncan and the "Admirals" were not inferior to the Trail Blazers, and the outside players were superior, and it was only natural that they swept the Trail Blazers 3-0 to advance to the next round.

As one of the top three in the West, the Kings also showed strong offensive ability, although they were disarmed by the Suns in the first game, but they quickly won the series in three consecutive games, including two games to break 100, which is not easy. You must know that the pace of the game is still relatively slow throughout the league, and the defensive intensity in the playoffs is better than in the regular season, and the ability to score more than 100 points has proven the Kings' strong offensive firepower.

Similar to the East, there is also a game in the West that has reached the end, and that is the Mavericks vs. Jazz. In fact, on paper, the strength of the Jazz is significantly greater than that of the Mavericks, and although Malone and Stockton, the Utah duo, have entered the end of their careers, their strength is still there, and the blocking and dismantling are still very sharp. But what makes them feel helpless is that the Mavericks' troika - Nowitzki, Finley and Nash played at a very high level, Nowitzki averaged 23.8 points and 7.6 rebounds per game, Finley 23.8 points, 6.8 rebounds and 3 assists, Nash 18.4 points and 6.8 assists, plus Juwan Howard, who averaged 14.8 points and 8 rebounds per game, the Mavericks showed much better strength than the Jazz in this series.

And in the final game, Finley played a full 48 minutes, scoring a game-high 33 points on 13-of-24 shooting and hitting a game-high three-pointer with 1.8 seconds left before the game. However, it also has something to do with Stockton's poor form, his old partner Malone scored 24 points and 10 rebounds, but he only scored 4 points, 11 assists and 4 steals failed to help the team win, perhaps it was this game that made this old powerhouse fall apart, after all, the Mavericks are still too young.

Chang Wei looked at the second-round matchup table in his hand, with a wry smile on his face, he still has to face his former disciple! To be honest, the Raptors are more difficult to deal with than the Knicks, Carter and Maddy are clear about what strength Chang Wei has, such a young genius player is easy to suddenly break out in the game, and once they break out, they are almost unstoppable, the Knicks were directly killed in the final battle because of the joint outbreak of Carter and Maddy, which is also what Chang Wei is worried about.

But at the same time, he has a lot of confidence in Brown and all the players of the 76ers, and although the Raptors are not an easy opponent to play against, the 76ers still have a good chance of winning. The only thing that worries Chang Wei is that the 76ers don't have enough defenders, Lynch and Snow are the top defensive players in their respective positions, but Snow's height is obviously insufficient, whether it is facing Carter or Maddie, he will be at a disadvantage, and he can play six or seven achievements with his ability.

After thinking about it for a long time, Chang Wei smiled, this kind of headache should be left to Brown to solve, and he can't help much. Rao is a headache for Maddie, and Chang Wei does not regret the various in-depth training he conducted on Maddie at the beginning, and he does not regret training him to be a top swingman with both offense and defense, even if he is now an opponent.

In Chang Wei's view, the toughness of one or two people is not to be feared, and the 76ers are more than just one or two strong, which is why the Pacers will be solved neatly. He believes that the rest of the Raptors players can't stop the impact of the 76ers at all, and it's a big deal to let Carter and Maddy play alone and cut off their connection with their teammates.