Chapter 175: The Western Finals are here
-- "The Los Angeles Goes On" -- The Los Angeles Times.
The Los Angeles derby has attracted the attention of hundreds of millions of fans, and in this focus series, the Los Angeles Clippers have proved their pride with their strength, yes, they are going for the O'Brien Cup, and they will quietly wait for the winner between the Houston Rockets and the Dallas Mavericks, I believe that both the Dallas and Houston Clippers have the confidence to step on the opponent and rush to the finals stage, and the Los Angeles continues to move forward.
"4:1, Clippers' Victory" -- The New York Times.
"Unstoppable, Trembling Might" - Yahoo Sports.
"The New King of Los Angeles - Lin" - "America Today".
As early as five months ago, I once said that once Lin really beat the Lakers in the playoffs, it would be equivalent to the road to the throne, and now I can finally be honest and convinced that Lin is the king of Los Angeles, someone asked me to predict who the final winner of this year is, I only gave one team, that is the Clippers, I believe that the Los Angeles will not run aground until his port, and this year's O'Brien Cup will be the first jewel in the crown of the new Los Angeles King Lin. Am I exaggerating? Let's wait and see.
With the Clippers kicking the defending champion Lakers out of the playoffs with a total score of 4-1, another semifinal in the West was played between the Dallas Mavericks and the Houston Rockets, the biggest reliance of the Rockets over the years Yao Ming and Maddy are exceptionally healthy, but this year's Spurs although the regular season record is generally not weak, the playoffs tragedy of consecutive years seems to be rewritten this year, the current total score of the two teams has come to 3:2 The Mavericks have won the match point, and the sixth game will be played in Houston, the home of the Rockets, The Clippers are also paying close attention to this game, but before the results of the game, the Clippers can only prepare with two hands, practicing the corresponding defense and offense.
The Eastern Conference Cavaliers and Celtics series were chased by the Celtics with a 2-1 lead, and the sixth game will be played at the Celtics' home stadium, TD North Shore Garden Arena, and if James can't lead the team to victory, then he will say goodbye to the playoff stage again. Dwight. The Orlando Magic, led by Howard, swept the hard-fought Atlanta Hawks out of the tournament with ease, and the Magic quietly waited for the winner of the Celtics and Cavaliers.
On the sixth night of the Rockets and Mavericks, the league announced the league's defensive first team list, and Lin Fei naturally did not win this award, but the Clippers' main small forward has mainly taken on defensive tasks this season. Artest has been endorsed by other head coaches, 30 teams voted for by the head coach, they will select the first and second teams of the best defensive team according to their position, where the coach is not allowed to vote for the player he coaches, and the player will get two points for a first team vote, and one point for a second team vote.
In the final vote, Ron. Artest received 12 votes for the first team, and 12 votes for the second team thought that Mike was the only one who was voted to be the first team. Only five managers other than Dunleavy did not vote for Artest, who scored 36 points, which ranked fourth out of all.
With 38 points second only to LeBron James among forwards, he was eventually selected to the All-Defensive First Team, and the Clippers came off the bench with Wilson. Chandler didn't make the All-Defensive First and Second Teams, but he also received nine second-team votes.
In addition to Artest, Dwight, who is the No. 1 rebounding blocker. Howard entered the defensive first team without any suspense, the little emperor James also entered the defensive first team with a score of 38 points, Kobe Bryant, who had just been eliminated by the Clippers led by Lin Fei, also successfully entered the defensive first team, and the last guard spot came from the league's steal king Rajan. Rondo, and the Clippers' main center, Tyson. Chandler moved into the second team of the defense, and Gerrard also entered the second team of the defense. Wallace, Chris. Paul, Kevin. Garnett, Dwyan. Wade.
Ron. Artest and Tyson. Chandler's selection was undoubtedly well deserved, and shortly after the award was announced, the Clippers knew their next opponent.
The Dallas Mavericks won on the road with the help of "Jet" Jason. Butler's fourth-quarter outburst sent the Rockets to fishing, and the Mavericks would have to face the Los Angeles Clippers led by their own bitter host, Lin Fei, on the stage of the Western Conference Finals.
The Green Shirts are also at home with LeBron. James went on vacation, and for the Clippers, who are aiming for a championship, they would prefer to meet the young Orlando Magic rather than the Boston Celtics in the Finals, but they still need to face the Dallas Mavericks, although Lin Fei has only lost to the Mavericks once in his short three-year career, and has achieved an astonishing 12-1 record, which has also led the Los Angeles media to cite a big proof that the Clippers will definitely advance.
The Western Conference Finals will be played in Staples three days later, and the Los Angeles Clippers are making final preparations.
The Dallas people are even more worried, after all, Lin Fei can always perform quite well against them, and how to defend Lin Fei has become a headache for Mavericks head coach Carlisle.
The day before the start of the game, the NBA officially announced the 2009-10 regular season All-One Team first, second and third team selection, and the selection of the best defensive team, this award is not selected by the coach but by the United States and Canada 122 sports reporters and TV commentators voted for in the voting process, in the voting process, voters must choose two guards, two forwards and one center, and each first team vote is five points, and the second and third teams are three points and one point respectively.
Position comparisons are based on individual vote scores, and the final list of the best teams is 1st, 2nd, and 3rd.
As the new regular season MVP, Lin Fei is undoubtedly the most qualified, and there has never been an incident in the entire NBA history where the regular season MVP failed to enter the first team, and the final voting result was just eliminated from LeBron. James scored a perfect 610 points to become the top scorer, while Dwight Brown, who led the team to the Eastern Conference Finals, was the top scorer. Howard narrowly defeated Yao Ming to enter the first team.
New scoring champion Kevin. Durant squeezed out Cameron at the forward position with a score of 579 points behind James. Anthony and Dirk. Nowitzki made the All-Round First Team.
And Lin Fei's position is guard, and there are many superstars in this position, such as Kobe Bryant, who has been on the first team for five consecutive years. Bryant, such as Flash Dwyan. Wade, assist king Steve. Nash, Jazz star player Delon . Williams Trail Blazers leader Blanton. Roy.
In the end, Lin Fei got 98 first-team votes, 22 second-team votes, and 2 third-team votes, with a total of 558 points, becoming the first place in the guard position, and successfully entered the first team of the best team, while Kobe Bryant followed closely with 520 points.
The second team was selected by Yao Ming, Nowitzki, Anthony, Nash and DeLong. Williams, the third team of the All-Star team is Stoudemire, Thiem. Duncan, Paul. Gasol, Blanton. Roy and Maddie.
With the release of this award, all the regular season awards for the 2009-2010 season have been announced.
And people are undoubtedly looking forward to the next East-West finals.
The media in Dallas was much quieter, as if they had suffered a lot from the previous head-to-head battles, so they chose to keep a low profile, and the Western Conference Finals were played the day before the Eastern Conference Finals, and the media across the United States focused their attention on the Western Conference Finals.
Can Nowitzki, a German tank that has been depressed for several years, lead the team to victory?
Can Xinke MVP Lin Fei lead the Clippers on the road forward?
Was the process of the competition one-sided or intense?
All questions can only be answered in the competition.
On May 18, there were too many fans in the square outside the Staples Center, and these fans couldn't buy tickets, and although they didn't choose to stay home, they came to the square outside Staples to watch the big screen, where tens of thousands of people gathered, and the passion of the people was no less than in the arena, and the Los Angeles Clippers players appeared one by one to the huge cheers.
"Let's greet our MVP with the most passionate, passionate, and crazy...... superβ¦β¦ Lin ...... "With the roar of the Clippers' live DJ, Staples Arena reached the first **, and the huge cheers brought a huge shock to the Dallas players.
Lin Fei trotted out of the players' tunnel, stretched out his hand and high-fived the fans on both sides from time to time.
"Lin, come on! Kick the Dallas ass hard. β
"Lin, come on, let them know this is Staples."
"Slaughter them! Slaughter them! β
"We're going to sweep!"
β¦β¦ The various voices of the fans drilled into Lin Fei's ears.
"The game is finally going to start, let's take a look at the starting lineups of both sides, the Dallas Mavericks are still Eric. Dampier, Dirk. Nowitzki, Caron. Butler, Stevenson, and Jason. Kyd. Hoffman said, looking at the data in his hand.
"Let's look at the starting lineup of the Los Angeles Clippers, in the Western Conference semifinals, the Clippers' changeable lineup became an important weapon for the Clippers, is there a new lineup change today, the center is Tyson. Chandler, power forward Rashid. Wallace, small forward is Wilson. Chandler is not Ron. Artest's change of formation may not have been expected by Carlisle, the scoring guard position is still Lin Fei, and the playmaking guard is Andre. Miller, Miller and Kidd's traditional old-backer matchup would be a highlight. "Bill. Wharton followed Hoffman's words.
Carlisle in front of the Mavericks bench stood on the sidelines with his hands on his waist and expressionless, and the Dallas Mavericks' defeat in the face of Lin Fei made him have to worry about this game, and in stark contrast to Carlisle's expression was Mike Dunleavy on the other side, Dunleavy is now more and more of a master coach.
Caron Butler is the most reliable player in the Mavericks' main lineup except for Nowitzki, and Butler's defense is also the number one in the entire league.
With a whistle, the referee threw the ball into the air. Chandler jumped to his feet and gave the racket to Andre with an absolute advantage. Miller.
Kidd pressed forward as soon as possible, Andre. Miller dribbled steadily to the top of the arc and stopped.
"It's useless to be handsome."
Lin Fei looked at Stevenson who said this sentence with some astonishment, he never thought that Stevenson would come up with such a sentence.
In fact, Stevenson said this sentence for a reason, because his girlfriend and her girlfriends happened to be seen by Stevenson when they were discussing handsome guys at home, and the focus of their discussion was an article, the most authoritative female surname magazine in the United States reported that Lin Fei was the most handsome man in the United States, which made Stevenson very unhappy, and that night he used the method he thought was a man to "teach" his girlfriend, and the consequence was that his girlfriend was still in good spirits after a night, As for himself, he was criticized by Carlisle for his poor performance in the afternoon game the next day because of his physical weakness, so Stevenson's hatred for Lin Fei has been a long time, of course, Lin Fei does not know this reason.
"But looking like you, I'm really embarrassed to come out." Lin Fei responded with a smile.
This completely stimulated Stevenson's inferiority complex, and he made up his mind to make Lin Fei look good today.
A hidden elbow blow made Lin Fei, who couldn't dodge, frown, and looked at Steven Forest Fei, who was a little proud, deciding to do something.
Relying on Stevenson, who was almost half a head shorter than him, Lin Fei raised his right hand high and asked Andre Miller for the ball.
Andre Miller saw that Lin Fei wanted the ball, and without any hesitation, he immediately passed the ball over.
"Attacking with the ball?" Not far away, Caron Butler saw Lin Fei preparing to hold the ball and single, and Stevenson was thinking about going up to help defend, although Stevenson's defense was good, but the height difference made him not believe that Stevenson could defend Lin Fei.
Lin Fei immediately turned around after receiving the ball, facing Stevenson head-on, holding the ball in both hands and looking at Stevenson's defense with the corners of his mouth slightly upturned.
"You can't stop me!" The tone was not heavy, but it was clear that it got into Stevenson's ears.
"Come on, let me see your stink level." Stevenson snorted unconvinced, and the whole person took a step forward.
Just as Stevenson was moving his footsteps, the basketball landed on the ground, quickly shuttling back and forth under Lin Fei's crotch, and the frequency was a little surprisingly fast.
The continuous crotch made Stevenson dare not move easily, and at this moment, Lin Fei suddenly took a horizontal slide to drive Stevenson's rapid lateral defense.
Lin Fei did not rush to attack but waited for Stevenson to regain his position, and looked at Stevenson with a hint of a smile in his eyes, in Stevenson's eyes, Lin Fei's action was undoubtedly a huge mockery, "Damn!" β
When Stevenson couldn't help but curse, Lin Fei slapped the ball fiercely, accelerated in place and rushed directly to Stevenson's left side, Stevenson hurriedly moved his body to prepare for defense.
Just when the two people's bodies were about to make contact, Lin Fei suddenly braked suddenly, stopped his momentum abruptly, and instead took his left foot as the axis and pulled the ball with his right hand, which seemed to be leaning on Stevenson to complete the turn.
"Don't underestimate people!" Stevenson roared inwardly, quickly moving his pace to try to stick to Lin Fei, making Lin Fei's turn useless.
Obviously, Stevenson underestimated Lin Fei's current strength, and just when Stevenson's center of gravity changed in his moving pace, Lin Fei suddenly pulled back and Stevenson had a position gap, and then suddenly accelerated and threw Stevenson, who was unable to react, behind him.
Stevenson only heard the sound of the basketball hitting the ground, and the body that was originally attached to Lin Fei was also unstable because of Lin Fei's sudden pull-back and turn, and he almost fell to the floor looking extremely embarrassed.
The Staples Clippers fans were unsparing in a huge cheer.
The caron who had already been watching Lin Fei on the side. Butler immediately decided to drop Wilson, who was defending himself. Chandler pounced on Lin Fei.
However, just as he rushed towards Lin Fei, Lin Fei directly dribbled sideways at Butler, who was rushing quickly, which made the sudden action make Butler, who was rushing quickly, unable to react, and watched Lin Fei and him stagger by.
By the time he finished turning, Lin Fei was already stagnant in the air, and the basketball flew towards the basket.
Swish!
A crisp sound of wiping the net announced that Lin Fei opened the scoring for the first game of the Clippers' Western Conference finals.
"Beautiful, Lin successfully opened the scoring for the Clippers." Hoffman praised Lin Fei's opening offense.
Stevenson shook his hand in annoyance, looking unwilling.
Offense and defense transition, Kidd dribbled the ball to the front court unhurriedly, and now Kidd rarely dribbles and breaks through except for three points on the outside, relying more on his superb ball quotient and masterful vision to help his teammates score, the Mavericks' most trusted German Nowitzki.
Looking at the inside line leaning against Rashid. Wallace bit Nowitzki, who was in position, and Kidd sent the ball inside with a high lob.
Kidd's lob was just right for Nowitzki to catch the ball comfortably, and after receiving the ball, he stabilized his center of gravity and Nowitzki was ready to attack.
The key to the Mavericks is Nowitzki, so in order to be able to defend against Nowitzki, Mike. Dunleavy sent Rashid. Wallace, although Wallace is stronger than Nowitzki defensively, the two have one thing in common, that is, they like to turn over and shoot, but Rashid. Wallace is his signature turn-over straight-arm jumper and Nowitzki is more often the use of his unique stunt Golden Rooster Reading after turning, but as long as he rolls Dunleavy thinks there should always be the same place, so this game Dunleavy chose to send Rashid from several inside lines. Wallace defended Novitzki, while the more athletic Tyson. Chandler assists in defense, after all, Mavericks center Dampier has limited offensive ability.
Nowitzki was well aware of Rashid. Wallace's characteristic, he didn't fight Wallace in a day or two, he didn't choose to attack quickly, but chose to turn around after a simple backrest.
Looking at the face frame of Nowitzki Rashid. Wallace raised his arms high to try to block Nowitzki's shot, while Tyson on the other side of the basket. Chandler was ready to rush to help.
Two tentative steps in a row, seeing that Wallace was unmoved, Nowitzki jumped directly with his right foot on the back, his left foot was half-shrunk with a noticeable back, and his blonde hair chose to shoot after sweeping the air, although Wallace blocked all angles, Nowitzki still did not give up.
The basketball crossed Rashid in a high-arc of Knott's own. Wallace's fingers flew into the basket.
"Dirk's signature shot is almost an inexplicable existence, just like the defenders can only hope that Dirk has a bad hand." Bill. Wharton sighed.
The Clippers were prepared for this as well, and after Nowitzki's goal, Tyson. Chandler quickly sent the ball to Andre. Miller, and Miller directly passed the ball to Lin Fei, who ran quickly to the frontcourt, without stopping a long pass, and the Mavericks defenders had not had time to settle down at this time.
After receiving the ball, Lin Fei directly dribbled the ball and attacked quickly, and directly chose to shoot when he was still one step away from the three-point line, accompanied by Lin Fei's confident smile, and the basketball accurately fell into the basket.
"This is Lin, a terrifying three-point chase that shot directly through the Nets." Hoffman said.
Switching offense and defense, Kidd passed the ball to Butler, and Butler and Lin Fei formed a nominal mismatch but in fact the two were of similar height.
Lin Fei stared at Butler in front of him, Butler's continuous dribble breakthrough failed to find a good offensive opportunity from Lin Fei's defense, and Butler decided to choose to pass the ball under Lin Fei's unusually obvious defensive footsteps.
At this moment, Nowitzki, who was inside, was raising his arm high to ask for the ball, and Butler passed the ball in his hand as if he had seen a savior, and Butler, who was in a hurry to pass the ball, obviously forgot that Lin Fei, who was half a body away from him, was the champion of this year's slam dunk contest.
A half-high ball was passed and was directly cut off by Lin Fei, who jumped up.
Butler didn't have time to get annoyed, and immediately turned around to stop Lin Fei's fast attack, and immediately chased after him, Butler and Stevenson chased after Lin Fei.
Clippers fans saw Lin Fei advancing quickly, sending huge cheers and cheers, watching Dallas's basket get closer and closer, Lin Fei ran faster and faster. The huge speed advantage completely threw off Butler and Stevenson, who were struggling to catch up behind him, and with no one to defend, Lin Fei easily slammed his hands and let go of his hands only after the basket he dragged creaked.
"Lin, well done" Wilson. Chandler rushed up and gave Lin Fei a high-five.
"Let's work together to take out the Dallas!" Lin Fei responded with a smile.
"Caron underestimated Lin's bounce and underestimated Lin's reflexes, in fact, just now he just thought a little bit and he wouldn't have been cut off." Hoffman commented on Butler's pass just now.
"Concentrate your attention, attention!" Carlisle yelled at Butler, apparently unhappy with such a mistake.
At 7:2, just two minutes into the opening period, the Clippers took a five-point lead, and looking at Kidd who dribbled into the halfcourt, Miller immediately posted it.
(To be continued)