Chapter 182: The Sorrowful Knight

The day after returning home, Ye Feng began to exercise in the gym, at this time he was very glad that his father was far-sighted, and he had prepared a gym when he first bought this villa, and the equipment was very complete. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info so that he doesn't have to look for gyms everywhere to exercise, with his current fame, walking on the street is also the master of being asked for autographs every minute, and he can't go to the public gym if he can.

However, for him, going to the gym is still a part of his work, but watching football is different, and that is the leisure time he is most looking forward to. The East and West have reached the stage of the division finals, and in order to attract more fans, the NBA deliberately staggered the dates of the Lakers vs Nuggets and Cavaliers vs Magic, so from May 19, Ye Feng sat in front of the TV on time every night and began to watch the division finals. But while watching the game, he will still ponder some of the tactical characteristics of these four teams, unlike the fans, just looking cool, this is the homework that Ye Feng added to himself.

In the first game of the Western Conference finals, Mars hit the earth, and the 2003 draft draft with James Anthony scored 39 points, Billups, Martin and ** also scored double-doubles, but the opposite Kobe Bryant scored a game-high 40 points, and Gasol contributed a double-double of 13 points and 14 rebounds. Although in addition to these two, only Fisher scored a double-double, but only Mbenga did not play and did not score on the Lakers team, in other words, as long as the Lakers players who played on the court scored points, the Lakers won 105-103 and took the lead in winning the Western Conference Finals.

Although they only won by 2 points, the Lakers, as the boss of the West, still won the game, and in the first game of the Eastern Conference finals on May 20, the Cavaliers suffered a particularly tragic opening black. Although James scored 49 points, plus 6 rebounds and 8 assists, Howard scored 30 points and 13 rebounds, Lewis scored 22 points, and Turkoglu sent a double-double of 15 points and 14 assists, and finally the Magic defeated the Cavaliers 107-106 and took the lead in nullifying the opponent's home-court advantage. In this game, Ye Feng focused on James and Turkoglou, the former took on the team's scoring responsibility, but the latter played the role of offensive playmaker around the core, which is better or worse, after all, James won the data, and Turkoglu won the game.

On May 21, the Nuggets got their revenge at the Staples Center, and the score was also strikingly similar to the first game, 106-103. Anthony and Billups combined for 61 points, while Martin and Kreiza off the bench each contributed 16 points to help the team pull one back. Although Kobe Bryant also scored 32 points on 50% shooting, and Gasol once again contributed a double-double of 17 points and 17 rebounds, the Nuggets played a run-and-gun tactic under Karl's tutelage, and the Lakers, who were unaware for a while, also lost a home court. Ye Feng noticed that in two consecutive games, the Lakers' interior hopeful Bynum did not play well, and he didn't know if Phil would let him continue to start the game in the third game.

The East also ended in a 1-1 draw, and this time the Cavaliers managed to limit the mighty Howard, allowing him only 10 points and 18 rebounds, and Turkoglou, who dished out 14 assists in the last game, was no longer magical, scoring a team-high 21 points, but only dishing out four assists, completely dragging down the team's offense. And James once again cut 35 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists in the overall statistics, Xiao Mo, Big Z and West's three protectors combined for 43 points, and the Cavaliers narrowly won by 96-95. It's clear that the Cavaliers are limiting not only Howard, but also Turkoglou, and without him threading the needle, the Magic's loss becomes logical.

To Ye Feng's surprise, Phil continued to use Bynum as the team's starting center in Game 3, but he continued to underperform, dwarfing his 7 points and 4 rebounds in front of his partner Gasol's 20 points and 11 rebounds. Kobe Bryant had an all-around 41 points, six rebounds and five assists, and teamed up with Gasol to blow up the Nuggets. The Nuggets' biggest downfall is that the two cores Anthony and Billups are cold, the former shooting 20.8% from the field and 14.3% from three-point range, and the latter is only 33.3% and 28.6%, and when the others can't step up, it's normal to lose by 6 points at 97-103.

The Magic continued their comeback journey, and it looked as if they were the better side in the regular season. Although James recorded a quasi-triple-double of 41 points, seven rebounds and nine assists, under Howard's leadership, all five of the Magic team-doubles scored, and Turkoglou also hit a quasi-triple-double of 13 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists to help the team defend their first home court with a 99-89 victory over the Cavaliers. Of course, Ye Feng will not think that James's style of play is not as good as Turkoglou, this is determined by the team's lineup, just look at the Cavaliers only have 15 points from Xiao Mo and 12 points from West, James can't bring it when he turns on the assist mode, so it's better to score by himself.

In the fourth game of the Lakers against the Nuggets, Bynum's performance improved, with 14 points and 5 rebounds considered passing. The core of the Lakers is still Kobe Bryant, who has 34 points, seven rebounds and five assists, and Gasol, who has 21 points and 10 rebounds. But as the saying goes, two fists are hard to beat four hands, although the Lakers are not two fists, but the Nuggets are not four hands, seven people scored a double and directly beat the Lakers by 19 points, which is also the largest point difference in the Western Conference finals so far. **'s 14 points and 13 rebounds and Martin's 13 points and 15 rebounds helped the team grab 18 more rebounds than the Lakers, which directly led to the Lakers being tied 2-2.

But the Cavaliers weren't so lucky, losing 114-116 to the Magic on the road again. James is the league's No. 1 small forward, with a quasi-triple-double of 44 points, 12 rebounds and 7 assists proving his strength, but Howard scored a double-double of 27 points and 14 rebounds, and the team's starting point guard Alston scored 26 points, and Turkoglu also hit a quasi-triple-double of 15 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists, and the Cavaliers had to accept that they were 3-1 behind.

The Lakers didn't give the Nuggets a chance in games five and six, and they turned on the team-assist mode, beating opponents 103-94 and 119-92 in a row to advance to the Finals 4-2. Although James led the Cavaliers to pull back a game in the fifth game, he only got 25 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists in the sixth game, while Howard cut a big double-double of 40 points and 14 rebounds, and the Magic eliminated the Cavaliers with the same score of 4-2 and met the Lakers in the finals. This defeat also laid the groundwork for James' crazy outburst next season and his departure to Miami next season, which is a later story.