Chapter 134: Promotion and Not Being Favored
The fifth game between the Magic and the Heat, which was supposed to be a difficult game to distinguish between winners and losers, but in the case of the unexpected outburst of a group of role players of the Magic, the Magic won the game and also got the match point, and the angry Pat Riley naturally sprayed his group of men in the visiting locker room at the Amway Arena...... しw0。
On the Magic side, the next game is going to Miami again, and they are shouting the slogan "Win the game, avoid long nights", and their fighting spirit is high.
And the playoffs in the East and West are also turbulent, when the Jazz hope to win a direct promotion in their next game, the Lakers unexpectedly broke out and refused to sweep, and the Rockets and the supersonic showdown, the Rockets got the match point, but the gap between the two sides is still small and pitiful.
In the sixth battle between the Magic and the Heat, the two sides still attach great importance to it, and the Magic want to win it directly and enter the next round to avoid long nights and dreams. The Heat, who are unlikely to give up, hope to snatch the win of this game and force the series into a tiebreaker.
The game was on the verge of a game on the home court of the Heat, with fewer fans on the sidelines than expected, and the Magic thought about the next round and launched an onslaught from the very beginning of the game.
In the first quarter, Jonny kept shooting three-pointers regardless of his body that was not yet well, and ran at any cost. And Doug Christie, who was not in the last game, tried his best to defend Tim Hardaway on the defensive end, and halfway through the first quarter, Tim Hardaway actually had a tendency to be blocked by Doug Christie. Ronnie Secali, on the other hand, seems to have regained his regular-season form from the previous game. Consecutive mid-range shots, constantly teasing PJ Brown with footwork, the first quarter. The Magic led by 11 points.
The collapse of the Heat is just around the corner, but in the second quarter, Pat Riley, who is good at inspiration, after a passionate roar, the Heat actually rose for a while in the second quarter, and throughout the second quarter, the Magic did not occupy a slight advantage on the court. But the good thing is that the Magic didn't lose points either. They tied with the Heat in the second quarter, and at halftime, the Magic still led by 11 points.
And at halftime, Ricky Addubatu used the way he inspired players in the playoffs. Again the encouragement for the players: "We are still 11 points ahead! 11 points, keep that advantage! We're going to make the cut! The Eastern Conference Finals are beckoning, come on! In the third quarter, defeat them! ”
In the Heat's locker room, the furious Pat Riley continued to spray his own spit, and the Heat players felt a storm, and they mustered up the fighting spirit to return to the court, but they didn't expect that what awaited them would be a more fierce attack from the Magic.
At the start of the third quarter, the Magic lineup was starting point guard Anfernee Hardaway. Starting point guard Jonny Lee, starting small forward Denis Scott, starting power forward Ronny Secali. Starting center Marcus Camby, the Magic used this team's strongest three-point lineup to play a furious offensive strategy. The American Airlines Arena kept ringing with the muffled "" sound of DJs on the spot.
In the third quarter, the Heat were completely defeated, and they scored 45 points in a single quarter by the Magic, and the Magic also relied on the terrifying performance in the third quarter. directly widened the difference to 30 points, and the game ended in the third quarter.
Ultimately. The Magic beat the Heat by 27 points and beat the Heat 4-2 to advance to the next round, and before they had time to celebrate, the league soon announced the schedule for the Eastern Conference Finals, and the Magic were going to start thinking about their opponents in the next round the moment they just advanced.
Bulls, the name in the nineties of the 20th century is very powerful, 1991 to 1993 three seasons, the Bulls completed three consecutive championships, then Michael Jordan retired, and in 1995 Jordan returned, immediately won the championship, and this season is the second full season after Jordan's return, the Bulls are on their way to their second consecutive championship.
And the Magic should feel tricky, because their opponents are very strong, with the second-best record in the history of 69-13 in the regular season, and the first-ever regular season record was created by them a season ago, in addition, after the two-round series, the Bulls won every round, almost crippled the opponent's kind of god, Jordan's state is hot, Pippen's state is not bad, and more importantly, Rodman is stronger than Jordan's interior partner in the first three crowns!
And Michael Jordan in these two seasons has completed the gods, and people are full of praise for Jordan's performance, even if Jordan has some not very good performances, there will be no unfavorable remarks in the media, for example, this season Michael Jordan had a single game of iron 27 times, but after that game, no one dared to stand up and say that Jordan is no longer good, but everyone said: "It's just his own problem, and it has nothing to do with defense." ”
When Michael Jordan averaged 371 points per game, the media would say he had a lot of finishers. But in the finals last season, Michael Jordan was prevented by Gary Payton as the lowest scoring and shooting percentage of his career, but there are not many people in the media who dare to say that Gary Payton is Jordan's terminator, because they are afraid of being reprimanded "This is disrespectful to the legend!" ”
And in today's media, it is natural to believe that the Bulls will win, and all the Magic can do is to hold on to a few more games. In fact, the strength of the Magic is indeed very far from that of the Bulls.
However, at the moment when the Magic advances to the Eastern Conference Finals, their goal is not only the Eastern Conference Finals, when people have further hope, the corresponding goal is also there, the Magic's idea is simple, they are the underdog in this matchup, it is normal to lose the series, but people always have ideals, what if it is realized? And magic is betting on that realization.
For the Magic, they are not without opportunities, at least the vague discord within the Bulls is their chance. After all, Dennis Rodman was once a member of the Pistons Bad Boys Army, and Michael Jordan and the Bad Boys Army have a bitter hatred, and now Jordan may be able to put up with all this because of the championship, but what if the Magic give each other a thrill? Then it's hard for anyone to say.
On May 17, 1997, when the Rockets narrowly defeated the SuperSonics by 5 points on their home court and defeated their opponents 4-3 to advance to the Western Conference Finals, the Eastern and Western Finals were all released. And the Big Three's Rockets struggled a little in the first two rounds of the playoffs, and some of them didn't look like the Big Three should be, which also cast doubt on the prospects of the Rockets. It's the Jazz, who have made it easy to advance in successive series.
As a result, the Jazz are the favorites in the Western Conference Finals. And like the Western Conference Finals, the Eastern Conference Finals are also considered a one-sided game, and the Bulls are naturally very favored. And the finals of the East and West began in this atmosphere. (To be continued)