Chapter 154: Tough Semifinals
May 3 is the time for the final game of the first round of the Eastern and Western playoffs, as well as the first game of the second round. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info there is nothing to say in the East, the top four teams all advanced to the second round, James' Cavaliers completed the sweep of the Pistons, and the other three teams played very hard, except for the Magic who defeated the 76ers 4-2, the Hawks and Celtics were in a hard battle, and it was difficult to defeat the opponent through a tie-break. In other words, Ye Feng is the only rookie left as the main player, and Rose has already lost to Boston, and if he wants to go further, he can only wait for next season.
Among the top four teams, the Lakers and Nuggets both defeated their opponents 4-1, and the Trail Blazers lost a big player in a short period of time, but also eliminated the Rockets 4-2, and the only one who fell behind was the third-ranked Spurs. In the civil war in the Southwest Division, the Spurs only kept one home court, 1-4 by the Mavericks eliminated, fortunately there has always been only the black eight and black seven, but the Spurs have been worthy of a black six, which is also the only top four teams eliminated in the first round of the playoffs, it is said that head coach Popovich is very unhappy, but no matter how unhappy he is, he was still eliminated.
The Trail Blazers made it past the first round and had a short break for the first time in a long time, with three days to go before Game 1 of their Western Conference semifinals. Ye Feng's ankle has improved a lot, but after discussing with Roberts, McMillan does not plan to let him play in this game, and it is more important to obediently heal from the injury. He knew that Ye Feng didn't tell his family about his injury, but in this information age, there is no doubt that such a major event as the injury of the team's main players will be poked out by the media, and it will definitely not be hidden. Ye Feng naturally knew that not receiving a call from his parents just meant that they didn't want to disturb their playoff journey.
This time I went back to Los Angeles to play away, and I definitely had to go home, and maybe I would be complained about by my mother, but isn't this normal? Whose mother is not worried when she sees her son injured? It must have been her father who stopped her urge to call, of course Ye Ning knew about it, and because of his connections, he knew more than his wife, and his son didn't suffer a major injury that could ruin his entire career this time, just let him go. was scolded by Guo Yu fiercely, thinking that he was not sad about his son at all, this is the origin of the contradiction between men and women!
After a two-day break, the Trail Blazers team traveled to Los Angeles, and before leaving, Ye Feng went to the local Providence Hospital for a check-up, and when the doctor told him that he would be healed in a few days, he was almost so excited that he let his injury recur. Although you can't catch up with the first semi-final, at least you can start from the second game, Ye Feng comforted himself. For him, as long as he can play, it is no problem, and the most fearful thing is that when he recovers from his injury, he can only prepare for the next season, so he will definitely regret it.
McMillan was very humane, and directly gave Ye Feng a vacation, anyway, this guy is idle in the hotel, it is better not to exercise the strength of the upper limbs, it is not a good thing to practice strength at this time, so he simply let him go home and live for two days, as long as he can come to the scene during the competition. Ye Feng is not very willing to go home, because his mother will definitely nag for a long time, but it is not good not to go home, the last time he went home was at the beginning of the year, fortunately, now he doesn't have to wander around with crutches, otherwise his mother's firepower may be even more terrifying.
However, when he showed up at the door, he was surprised to find that his mother did not mention his ankle injury at all, but just dragged him to the table and filled him with a large bowl of rice. This is not normal, my mother is not like this, shouldn't she be angry about her accidental injury and then order herself not to play professional basketball again? What's the deal with giving a bowl of rice directly? Just hold to death? But his father kept giving him a look at him at the other end of the table, and his eyelids were about to fall off, and he understood that this was his father doing a good job for his mother, so he nodded gratefully and began to eat in a big gulp.
He can't rest long at home, and with May 4 being the first game of the series, he has to be on the spot, especially now when he's back from injury. This time, Ye Ning and his wife also appeared at the Staples Center with their son, and they were still sitting in the VIP seat closest to the stadium, and Ye Feng's position was directly in front of them. Ye Feng was a little worried about this game, the Lakers were still too strong, and they knew that this was definitely a difficult enemy to deal with when they rode the dust in the regular season, let alone on their home court.
Unlike the lack of soldiers of the Rockets, the Lakers have been soaring this season, and there have not even been many injuries, and several main players have played at least 78 games except for Bynum, Kobe, Fisher and Ariza even have full attendance in the season, although this seems to be very physically exhausting, but it may not be the desire to fight forced out of the finals last season, coupled with Kobe's paranoia in pursuit of victory, the Lakers' combat power can be imagined. Fisher, Kobe, Ariza, Gasol and Bynum, this is the starting lineup of the Lakers in this game, Ye Feng has a little headache when he sees it, of course, he is not concerned about Kobe, even if this guy nicknamed Black Mamba is injured, as long as he can stand up, he will appear on the court, he is looking at Ariza.
Sure enough, the playoffs are a place to fight defense, and both the Rockets and the Lakers have built the team's defense impregnable. Compared to Ariza, Odom's combat power is obviously stronger, but Phil did not let him start, but let Ariza be the team's starting small forward, what is needed is his gradually maturing defensive ability. Coupled with a Kobe Bryant who is both offensive and defensive, the Lakers' outside gate can be said to not lose to any team, and the Trail Blazers' flanks will be severely tested, which is not a good thing, you must know that most of the Trail Blazers' offense is launched from the outside.
Watching the Lakers players warm up seriously on the court, Ye Feng's eyelids couldn't stop jumping. A strong enemy is actually not terrible, what is terrible is a strong and cautious enemy, they will not be arrogant, nor aggressive, and they will use absolute strength to suppress you steadily, as the so-called lion fighting rabbit also needs all their strength, this game is really difficult for the Trailblazers to please go, so what will it be like when they play in the second game?