Chapter 227: Smooth Promotion
The time on the timer is changing rapidly, and the ten players on the court are competing around the basketball, but no matter what they do, it can't change the outcome that is coming. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info2 min...... 1 minute ...... 40 seconds ...... 20 seconds ...... The Trail Blazers' lead remains in double digits, and Gentry hasn't replaced the Suns' starting lineup because it's their last game of the season, and a second more can be spent on the court.
McMillan replaced the starters one after another with 2 minutes left in the game, leaving only Ye Feng on the court, and he was joined by Fernandez, Bayless, Batum and Huo Ershu, a lineup that was almost all substitutes. It can also be seen that McMillan is a very cautious head coach, and did not underestimate them because the Suns have not been able to narrow the difference, although he replaced almost all the starters in order to respect the opponent, but he still left Ye Feng on the court, which is why the Trail Blazers can still play back and forth with the Suns with a set of quasi-bench lineups, Ye Feng is the key factor.
However, when there were 15 seconds left before the end of the game, McMillan finally replaced Ye Feng, and the game was already stable. Although Nash made a three-pointer in the final moments, it was too late, and the three-pointers had no impact on the outcome of the game, and the Trail Blazers comfortably defeated the Suns 108-100 to advance to the Western Conference semifinals. When the final whistle blew, every Suns player cried, they had no idea that their team would be eliminated in the first round of the playoffs. Watching the Trail Blazers players cheer uncontrollably in the other half and thanking the fans for their support, the Suns players all bowed their proud heads.
Ye Feng looked a little sad, but he didn't step forward to comfort his opponent, because this is professional sports. Last year, he lost to the Lakers in the semifinals, Ye Feng also walked into the player's tunnel with tears and numbness, although the communication with Kobe Bryant made him feel a little better, but losing the series is losing, and after going back, he couldn't even sleep for several nights in a row, and all he thought about was the scene of being killed by Kobe. Now the Suns players are suffering similar to him at that time, maybe a little better, after all, Ye Feng was beaten from heaven to hell, and the Suns have not been ahead from beginning to end in this game.
He shook his head and smiled helplessly, he was only a second-year, what qualifications did he have to comfort those veterans? They must have eaten more salt than they had eaten rice, right? Now that you've won this series, don't think about it anymore and celebrate with your teammates before the semifinals begin, and as for the Suns players who have departed, they can only let them think about it a little bit. As he saw the Suns players leave through the tunnel, he shrugged his shoulders and turned to blend in with the excitement of the crowd, celebrating the series in a frenzy.
In fact, the Trail Blazers' win in this series brought a great shock to insiders, who have always insisted that the Trail Blazers were just lucky to have a big lead, but now that they have eliminated the Suns 4-2 and say they are lucky, do you think the fans are stupid? Anyone can see that the Trail Blazers are definitely not only in the sixth division in the West, but can beat the third-ranked Suns, and this injury-plagued Young Guard team does have two brushes. They lost 3-4 to the Lakers last year when they were fully healthy, so I wonder if they can go one step further this year?
Soon the first round of the Eastern and Western playoffs was over, and interestingly, there were four 4-2 in the West, and in addition to the Trail Blazers, two other teams also accomplished the following feats: the Spurs behind them, and the Jazz in front of them. The Spurs unexpectedly defeated the second-place Mavericks in the West 4-2 to advance to the second round. Although Nowitzki, the Mavericks' number one star, averaged 26.7 points and 8.2 rebounds per game, and he was surrounded by Butler, who averaged 19.7 points and 5.8 rebounds per game, GDP played well throughout the series, averaging 53 points per game and allowing the Mavericks to average only 92.8 points per game. The Nuggets' Anthony was also hard to beat with four hands, and although he averaged 30.7 points per game, Delon had 25.8 points and 11.2 assists and Boozer's 22.5 points and 13.3 rebounds to make it to the second round. The Lakers eliminated the Thunder without much effort, and Kobe Bryant even averaged only 23.5 points per game, but still led the team to victory. Westbrook averaged 20.5 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists per game, which can be regarded as an extraordinary level.
In addition to the Hawks, the Cavaliers, Celtics and Magic eliminated the Bulls, Heat and Bobcats 4-1, 4-1 and 4-0 respectively without incident. James averaged a quasi-triple-double of 31.8 points, 9.2 rebounds and 8.2 assists per game in five games, beating Rose's 26.8 points and 7.2 assists, and it was normal for the Cavaliers to win. Wade is also a typical example of a single player, although he averaged 33.2 points, 5.6 rebounds and 6.8 assists per game, but the Celtics Big Three averaged 54.8 points per game, Rondo could also contribute a double-double of 14.8 points and 10.2 assists, and the Heat could only accept the result of elimination. On the Magic side, although Howard was injured and only averaged 9.8 points and 9.3 rebounds per game, Nelson, Lewis and Carter averaged double-doubles per game, directly knocking out the Bobcats, who entered the playoffs for the first time in team history. The seven-game battle between the Hawks and the Bucks turned into an iron showcase, and it remains to be seen if the Hawks would have won had it not been for Joe Johnson, who averaged 20.9 points, 5.4 rebounds and 5.7 assists per game.
After the end of the first round, the matchup table for the Eastern and Western semifinals was also released, with the Cavaliers vs. Celtics, Magic vs. Hawks in the East, and the Lakers vs. Jazz and Trail Blazers vs. Spurs in the West. In contrast, it is widely believed that the Eastern Conference game is more interesting, not to mention that the four teams in the semifinals are the top four in the East, and the feud between the Cavaliers and Celtics in the 2007-08 season alone is very interesting. As for the West, the fifth, sixth, and seventh teams actually completed all the grams, and the money is really surprising, but it's just a surprise, no one thinks the Lakers will encounter any obstacles, but is that really the case?