On May 9th, the Hornets returned to the New Orleans arena and waited for the Nuggets who had packed up their things and were ready to travel.

As the whistle sounded at the end of the game, Wang Meng threw the ball high in the air, and Gasol next to him came to a big bear hug, at the same time, the fans in the audience let out deafening applause and cheers, for a while the cheerleaders danced with joy, and the streamers sprayed out of the sky, and they didn't know that they thought that the Hornets had won the championship this season.

In this regard, the Nuggets players are very calm, although they are very unwilling, but for them, the failure is not so hard to remember, the Nuggets are a very young team now, they still have a long time, and there are many opportunities to come back to compete in the future.

As for the Hornets, they are also very young, and they have just regrouped and immediately reached the second round of the playoffs, which shows that the future of the Hornets is infinitely bright.

As soon as the game with the Nuggets ended, Wang Meng immediately received a lot of calls to congratulate him, including active players such as Kobe Bryant and Bydam, as well as relatives on the other side of the ocean.

Among them, Yao Ming's phone call made Wang Meng remember deeply, "I envy you so much, you can lead the team to the second round of the playoffs at a young age, and then even have a chance to reach the finals, I have struggled in the league for nearly ten years, but I have never done this." When he said this, Yao Ming's tone was full of regret.

For these, Wang Meng did not have a very direct feeling, although he had received some grievances before, but since he got the emperor system, Wang Meng's basketball career has been extremely smooth, he got the championship ring in the first year of entering the league, and won the Finals MVP, although he was traded by the Lakers in the second season, he soon became the boss of the Hornets, was selected as MVP in the All-Star, and led the Hornets to eliminate the Nuggets and reach the second round of the playoffs with his excellent performance in the playoffs.

The Hornets eliminated the Nuggets 4:1, and in the second round, the Hornets will face the Thunder, who had simply eliminated the Mavericks 4:0 and sat and watched the tiger fight.

And in the West, the game has also ended with the first-ranked Spurs, whose GDP is old and strong, and swept the Jazz 4:0, in addition, the game between the Grizzlies and the Lakers is also coming to an end, the Lakers lead the Grizzlies 3:1, and it is estimated that there will be no surprise, and the Grizzlies will be sent home tonight.

Compared with the Spurs and the Lakers, the Thunder seems to be the most suitable opponent for the Hornets, first, they are very young and inexperienced like the Hornets, that is, they are unstable, and second, the Thunder's interior strength is weak, and in the face of the twin tower combination of Gasol and Oden, they will definitely be suppressed, and it is easier to play an advantage than the Spurs with Duncan and the Lakers with Howard.

Of course, this is just a prediction, the Thunder's backcourt horror is outrageous, Westbrook with an average of 20+7 per game, scoring champion Durant plus the best sixth man Harden, except for the current Lakers in the whole league, no team can call the Thunder in the backcourt, although the Heat can be a scoring guard and small forward, but they have been lacking a strong point guard.

Anyway, before the start of the second round, Wang Meng and the others were finally able to take a little rest.

Compared to the fast pace of the West, the East seems to be much slower, except for the Heat who swept the Magic 4-0, the other six teams are very anxious.

The Bulls, the first in the West, were unlucky to lose the core of the team, although they had a 1-0 lead before, but then they fully proved how important Rose is to the Bulls, and the 76ers won three games in a row, directly won the match point, and pushed the Bulls to a dead end.

The Pacers, the third in the West, and the Knicks tied 2:2, the Pacers won two games in a row at the beginning, and then Anthony broke out strongly, scoring 38 points in two consecutive games and 43 points in one game, leading the Knicks to catch up with the pace of the Pacers, these games Jeremy Lin gradually adapted to the rhythm of the playoffs, and his play gradually got on the right track, and in the fourth game, he was able to cut 14 points and 9 assists, although the turnovers were still as high as four, but he did enough.

The Celtics, who are fourth in the West, lead 3-1 in the series against the Hawks, and it is estimated that the elimination of the Hawks is just around the corner.

Sure enough, not long after, the Western Lakers eliminated the Grizzlies, and the Western Conference matchup list was decided, Spurs vs Lakers, Hornets vs Thunder.

The 76ers on the Eastern side eliminated the Bulls 4-2, and after the Grizzlies eliminated the Spurs last season, the Black Eight miracle was staged again and eliminated the Bulls.

The Celtics also sent the Eagles home to sleep 4:2.

The Pacers and the Knicks may be the most tragic team in the first round, the two sides fought until a 3:3 draw, and launched the battle of King Mountain, and finally it was Anthony who led the Knicks to have the last laugh, in the seventh game, Anthony and Xiao Si both played a powerful role, teamed up to score 70 points, Jeremy Lin also scored 17 points, and the three of them combined to score 87 points, defeating the Pacers and officially approaching the second round.

The matchup table on this side of the East is 76ers vs. Celtics, Heat vs. Knicks.

The second round of the NBA playoffs has started before the individual teams have finished the first round, and the game between the Thunder and the Hornets was played on May 15, and the Hornets players ended the battle with the Nuggets on the 9th, and they recuperated for five full days before flying to Ohio, the home of the Thunder, to fight with the Thunder for the second round of the playoffs.

"Our tactics are very simple, just like the training in the past few days, looking for opportunities to penetrate their inside line! Got it? We are not as good as the Thunder on the outside, if we want to win, we have to attack them on the inside, delay the pace of the game, and don't let that stunned boy from Westbrook rush up! Do you understand? Monty yelled from the sidelines.

"Understood!" The Hornets shouted.

Monty glanced at Wang Meng, Wang Meng suddenly understood, raised his hand to signal the players to pay attention to him, and then said loudly: "Partners, we may not have been together for a long time, but I think it is definitely not short, during this time we got along day and night, worked together, not only fought into the playoffs, but also eliminated the Nuggets in the first round, to be honest, we have done well enough, but this is not a reason for us to stop there." As he spoke, Wang Meng stretched out his hand and put it in the middle of the players: "Let's work together to clean up these guys in the Russian City, and then advance to the Western Conference Finals!" We'll go even further! ”

"We'll go further!" The wasps swarmed up, put their hands on the back of Wang Meng's hand, and swiped down sharply.

"Get on the field!" Wang Meng roared and rushed to the court first.