Chapter 250: The Next Round of Opponents
The Timberwolves easily defeated the Trail Blazers at home and became the first team to advance this season, and only the Timberwolves did not experience 2-2 in the second round of the current four-team matchup, but directly from 3-1 to 4-1, it can be said that everyone thought that the Timberwolves and the Trail Blazers were one of the toughest matchups before this round of games, but in the end they were made into a one-sided game by the Timberwolves, and the Timberwolves had a certain test in addition to the first three games. In the fourth and fifth games, the Timberwolves completely swept the opponent in a state of devastation. net
The Timberwolves' easy promotion this time once again allowed the Timberwolves to meet the challenge of latecomers with a strong attitude, in the fifth battle between the Lakers and the Grizzlies at the same time as the Timberwolves, the two teams played 2-2 in the first four games, the Grizzlies were originally the first to go to the next city, and it was a big victory, which also made the Grizzlies players somewhat underestimated, for the Lakers' changes they underestimated, which made the Lakers win two games in a row in the home and away games, until the fourth game between the two sides started 2 days ago, the Grizzlies woke up from a dream, also won a valuable victory at home to tie the total score of the two sides, and in the fifth game, the Grizzlies who fought away lost again, the Lakers played very well in this game, especially Glen Les, in fact, O'Neal and Kobe Bryant's performance was excellent, and the Grizzlies have already had enough estimates for these two, it can be said that for O'Neal Grizzlies is directly on the pinch, and for Kobe Bryant, Carter also defended himself, but Artest thought that there should be no problem with Glen Les's defenseIn the last game, the Grizzlies hit O'Neal fiercely and then let Carter freeze Kobe Bryant so that the Grizzlies finally won, in the last game, Glen Les did nothing under Artest's defense, but in this game, Glen Les completely broke out, and Artest was like sleepwalking, unable to keep up with people. It was clear that Glen Les had no intention of going against Artest at all, but instead used his own experience, constant movement and movement to complete the attack. After this game, Glen Jackson even unexpectedly got praise from Phil Jackson, which was unthinkable before, no matter how many points Glen Les had before, Phil Jackson also ignored him, and in this game Phil Jackson actually said that he played a triangle offense.
Seriously, for Glen Les, he has always been suspicious of Phil Jackson's triangle offense, and he held the thick triangle offense tactical analysis that Phil Jackson sent him, and he didn't like this set at all, which is why Phil Jackson was extremely unhappy with him, and he didn't think he was any different from before in this game. Just a little more cover, a little more interspersed and moved, and no more sticky balls, all of which he got based on his own experience. For Artest's defense, he can only do this, as long as he stands still, he will be locked by Artest, which forces him to keep moving, and this way of being forced by Artest to have no way to escape the offensive method is secretly in line with the essence of the triangle offense, which is definitely a comedy for Glen Rice who wants to laugh and can't laugh, Phil Jackson doesn't like him, even if he gets Phil Jackson's approval in this game, he won't think he will have much development in the Lakers, and this game is also an accident. He still didn't know what the next game would be, and he knew he probably wouldn't have the great run that Phil Jackson admired today.
But it was such an accident that made the Lakers defeat the Grizzlies in this battle of Kings Mountain with difficulty, and also made the Lakers get the match point after this game, it can be said that although the Lakers this season are in turmoil, they have always been very lucky, especially Phil Jackson, every time the Lakers or himself are desperate, the team will always have players to stand up for him or for the Lakers. The Grizzlies are not a weak team, this is also a dynasty-type configuration team with an A+ player Carter and an A-level player Rahim, and after Artest joined this season, this team was completely activated, otherwise they would not be so crazy in the final stage of the regular season season, it can be said that although the Grizzlies are not as good as the Trail Blazers in terms of overall strength. But in terms of lethality, they are much better than the Trail Blazers, and it will not be easy for the Timberwolves to defeat such a grizzly bear. Therefore, although the Lakers have already won the match point, it is still difficult to determine the outcome of the game. …,
Now Zhuang Fei's Timberwolves are the first to advance. The Lakers and Grizzlies are still undecided, for the Timberwolves, their preparation is becoming more and more difficult, they have no way to arrange for one of them, can only prepare for the two at the same time, although Zhuang Fei has repeatedly emphasized to the Timberwolves players that no matter how the opponent is to focus on themselves, but this strategic contempt cannot be exactly the same in terms of actual tactics.
Compared with the stalemate of the Lakers and Grizzlies, the two games in the East are as good as the two matchups, Reggie Miller's Pacers and Iverson's 76ers, the two teams have played each other in the playoffs last season, and the 76ers lost easily at that time, but the situation has changed somewhat this season, although the Pacers are still a notch higher than the 76ers in terms of overall strength, but it is clear that Iverson is more mature this season, which also makes the two teams alternate in the first four games in the big score. In another Eastern Conference matchup, the Heat, who are second in the East, and the Knicks, who are third in the East, are also a pair of old enemies, and the Heat were blacked out by the Knicks last season, which can be said to make Pat Riley and the Heat be hung on the pillar of shame.
It also made Pat Riley laugh at the New York media for a whole year, for Pat Riley he has long wanted to seek revenge on the Knicks, it can be said that the current Heat is united, although there is no problem with the Heat in terms of fighting spirit, but in terms of strength, the gap between the Heat and the Knicks is not big, and even the Knicks are a little more than the Heat in terms of team lineup thickness, the Heat is now stronger than the inside and the Knicks are stronger than the outside. This also made the personal feud between the two teams stalemate in this round of duels.
Soon, the fifth game of the two matchups in the East was played, the Pacers won the 76ers at home, although they only won 90-87 by three points, but the Pacers still won the match point, in this game the 76ers leader Iverson scored 44 points alone, which is also his third 40+ in the five games of this round of matchups, the first two times the 76ers won, but this time they lost, these 44 points he spent 43 shots, it can be said that the shooting rate and efficiency are extremely low, On the other side, Reggie Miller scored 27 points on 18 shots, and although Miller didn't score much, the Pacers had four players score in double figures, while the 76ers had only two.
The other game of the Heat and the Knicks, the same Heat also won at home, this game Gorilla Ewing performance is very bad, this season can be said to be another watershed for Ewing, according to some New York media reports New York is ready to send the gorilla away, and then intends to set Alan Houston as the core team, this season Gorilla Ewing actually heard boos in his home Madison Garden Plaza, which was absolutely unlikely to happen before.
After five games in the second round of the East and West, one team advanced, and all the others were rematched, and even now some media have predicted that the final three matchups are likely to enter the final tiebreaker, and the Lakers and Grizzlies game soon provided proof of this statement.
In the sixth matchup, the Grizzlies who fought at home finally won 110-105, a five-point difference over the Lakers, the Grizzlies made a total of 44 free throws in this game, and at the end of the fourth quarter, the Grizzlies' interior line has been all sent off, if it weren't for O'Neal's free throws that interrupted the Lakers' feel and offensive rhythm, if Carter scored 16 points in the last five minutes, the Grizzlies were going to kneel on their home court in this game, and Carter's personal offensive desire was stimulated again in this round of matches with the LakersAlthough the Grizzlies are much stronger than last season, their offensive power against the Lakers is still somewhat insufficient, and it is difficult for the Grizzlies to beat the Lakers if Carter does not score. In fact, Carter scored 40 points three times in the series, and the Grizzlies won all of them.
Just when everyone thought that the same was true in the East when the Lakers and Grizzlies played to the final tiebreaker, the two matchups in the East ended in six games. …,
After the Pacers won the match point in the last game, this away game against the 76ers, Larry Bird has no intention of playing with the 76ers to steal seven, and at the beginning of the direct game, he did not hesitate to use the overall strength of the whole court to press the 76ers to defend, and the defensive intensity is extremely high, everyone can see from the beginning that Larry Bird just wants to take the 76ers in one bite, the longer it drags on for the Pacers, the more unfavorable it is for them, they are not a young team, they need to have a break, It would be very disadvantageous for them to play the division finals immediately after the end of the division semifinals, so the Pacers will put the final showdown in this one, although the Pacers increased the intensity of the game, but the 76ers under the leadership of Iverson only reacted immediately after the chaos at the beginning of the game, the two teams still played to the end and still did not score, Reggie Miller shot a key shot when there were 5s left in the game, and Iverson missed the three points that equalized the score at the end, The 76ers fell below the Pacers again this season.
And in another home loss in New York, there is a bit of a shameful taste, this is not to say that the Heat increased their horsepower like the Pacers, but the Knicks' own hand is too bad, the Gorilla is forced to shoot from the outside, and other Knicks players can't get into the Heat's interior, which makes the Knicks fall behind by more than 20 points after three quarters of the game, you must know that the Heat is not an offensive powerhouse, and the Heat only scored 60 points after three quarters, and there was a controversial picture in this game, The Heat have a lead of 25 points with 5 minutes left in the game, the Knicks have given up the game and the Heat are still keeping the main force on the court, which is definitely against the rules of the NBA wall, but Pat Riley was stunned to brush the difference to 30 points before replacing the team's main team, which also shows the resentment of this god operator against the Knicks, and the more the Knicks shame him, the happier he is.
Now that the Eastern Conference Finals matchup has come out, only the West is missing, who is the opponent of the Timberwolves? The Lakers are still Grizzlies. (Your support is my biggest motivation.) )
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