Chapter 500: Western Conference Finals

The Eastern Conference Finals will be held on May 18 at the Celtics' home arena at the TD North Shore Garden Arena in Boston.

The Knicks are playing their first Eastern Conference Finals game in Boston.

Speaking of which, the Knicks haven't made it to the Eastern Conference Finals for many years, and this season is destined to be unforgettable for Knicks fans. Their king, leading the whole team, rushed to the playoffs, not to mention, and now has all the way to the Eastern Conference finals, as long as they can break through the Celtics' block, then the Knicks will go directly to the stage of the finals. That would be a crazy thing for Knicks fans.

After so many years of sinking, Knicks fans have not even tasted the playoffs for many years, let alone the Eastern Conference finals. Now all of a sudden, the Knicks are in the Eastern Conference Finals, and it's no wonder that the fans aren't excited.

Said suddenly, that is to think that since Chen Jiyuan came, the Knicks have instantly changed from the original bottom team to a playoff team, although the first year is only a first-round tour, but the record of 46 wins cannot be ignored, and the second year, that is, this season, is a direct 60-win record, equaling the best record in team history. Became third in the East and advanced to the playoffs. It can be said that Chen Jiyuan has only been here for two years, but the span of progress is too big.

It feels like the Knicks have become the league's explosive account at a good price, first trading to get the league's hot star-Chen Jiyuan, and then choosing the baby, David Lee's growth in the draft, selecting the steady Sessions in the second round, and selecting a Starkey with both offense and reception with the thirteenth pick, and the backcourt combination began to be strong in an instant. Then he traded for Stephen Jackson, not to steal the weakest forward, but also to exchange Marbury for a first-round pick, and selected Lefou, and now Lefou's growth is also very gratifying. This year's Knicks are still so strong, so if the Knicks continue to grow stronger next year, then the Knicks' strength may go to the next level. At that time, the Knicks will be even more of a headache for the teams in the East.

The first Western Conference Finals between the Lakers and the Nuggets was held at the Staples Arena in Los Angeles, the home of the Lakers. It seems that the Nuggets' recuperation is still quite useful, and in the first quarter of the game, the Nuggets led the Lakers with a score of 25-17 and successfully occupied the lead.

And at the half-time, the Lakers still haven't been able to recover the disadvantage, and the score on the court is still controlled by the Nuggets, and the Nuggets' collapse was in the third quarter of the game, and in the third quarter of the game, Odom, who had been in a mess before, suddenly came to his senses. In the third quarter of the game, Odom led the team to a wave of climaxes. chased the score back in an instant,

Kobe Bryant's table today was not good, although he scored 19 points in the third quarter, he made 21 shots and hit 7 goals. The hit rate is quite low.

However, the pillar of the Lakers' interior, Pau Gasol's play is still quite good, although Pau Gasol only scored 10 points, but it was 4 of 4 shooting, 2 of 2 free throws to get this 10 points, and Pau Gasol also got 7 rebounds. Obviously, with extremely small shots, Pau Gasol will still win a double-double.

As for the Nuggets, with the arrival of Chauncey Billups, the team's playmaking and offense have become more fluid, and Anthony's shooting opportunities have become better. Anthony scored 15 points in the half again this time. He scored 28 points in the third quarter. Not to mention the high score, and the scoring efficiency is also very good. He scored 28 points on 10-of-17 shooting and 5-of-5 from the free-throw line.

However, in the third quarter of the game, the Lakers still relied on Odom's strong play to chase back the score behind. At the end of the third quarter, the score was tied at 70:70.

Odom scored 14 points on 6-of-7 shooting in the third quarter while also dished out three assists. Successfully helped the team to recover the score.

The fourth quarter of the game between the two sides was relatively close. Because Kobe Bryant frequently broke through the inside line in this section of the game, or was a status single, Kobe's back skills were also quite good. And Kobe's back is very confusing, you can't guess whether he is going to shoot or fake, many times although the inside tells him to pay attention to Kobe's movements, but he is still deceived by the feint. Then a foul was sent.

That's what's so scary about Kobe. Kobe Bryant's feints are done quickly, and they are realistic and elusive. It is a typical technical flow play. And James is at the top of the two genres. James is the quintessential power-based style of play.

Bryant frequently scored in the fourth quarter, and in the fourth quarter of the game, Bryant made 9 free throws, all of which were hit, and Bryant scored a total of 15 points with shooting and layups. Throughout the fourth quarter of the game, Kobe Bryant scored a total of 18 points. At the last minute, it was also Kobe Bryant's free throws that helped the team establish the lead, and then Anthony missed a three-point shot, and the Nuggets completely lost their chance. The Lakers took the lead on their home court.

Anthony's table in the first three quarters of the game was very good, and the Nuggets' table in the fourth quarter was not bad, but it was just that the Lakers were a little better, really a little bit, and the final score was 101:100. The Lakers won.

Double-reversals are almost always scored by star players.

On the Lakers' side, Kobe Bryant scored 37 points in the final game, and Gasol scored 25 points. Gasol is on a super high shooting percentage with 10-of-12 shooting. Got a double-double of 25 points and 13 rebounds. Combined, the two scored 62 points and scored 18 points in the game with Odom. Three people got 80 points.

And today's cute Ariza classmate is as eye-catching as Kobe's table, Kobe is because of his high score, but Ariza is because of his "high" shooting percentage. We, Ariza, have finally shown our true colors as an "iron gate". He was 1-of-11 from the field and scored just 2 points. And these two points are still fast breaks, Fisher steals, and then two people play two in the front court, and the fast break scores two points.

It was the same for the Nuggets, with Anthony scoring 38 points and Chauncey Billups scoring 22. The two also scored 60 points together. However, I still lost the game.

However, it is not surprising that the Lakers won this home game, because the Lakers are the first place in the West after all, and the gap between them and the second place is not small. The Nuggets are in second place with 54 wins, while the Lakers have 65 wins. Therefore, it is really unlikely that the Lakers will lose for the first time on their home court as soon as they come up.

The finals in the West are still quite exciting, especially the scoring battle between Kobe Bryant and Anthony still makes fans quite excited.

The Eastern Conference Finals also took place as scheduled.

At the home of the Celtics, the TD North Shore Garden Arena in Boston. The Celtics and Knicks will play Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals.

Today is the Knicks who have come to the Eastern Conference Finals after many years, needless to say, although this is the home court of the Celtics, but, compared to other teams playing away games, there are many Knicks fans in this game, although compared with the Celtics fans, it must be a drop in the bucket. However, this year's Knicks' performance obviously gave hope to fans in New York, which is why there are so many die-hard fans who have worked tirelessly and painstakingly to follow. Actually, it's not a lot of money to come here, but it's a bit difficult to get a whole ticket to this TD North Shore Garden Arena.

But this was obviously not a problem for Spike Lee, who followed the from New York to Boston. If Spike Lee weren't there, it would be a real surprise.

The Boston Celtics fielded starters were Ray Allen, Rajon Rondo, Paul Pearce, Kevin Garnett, and Kendrick Perkins.

The Knicks' starters are Chen Jiyuan, Ramon Sessions, and Rodney Starkey. Stephen Jackson, Kevin Love.

The starting power forwards of both teams are called by the same name.

For the Celtics, Garnett's absence from injury is the greatest gift from God.

Garnett is still alive and well, averaging 18.5 points, 10.2 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game in the previous series that eliminated the Magic. And more importantly, Garnett's saving zài has really raised the Green Army's defense to a higher level.

The Eastern Conference Finals between the Knicks and the Celtics have officially begun.

Chen Jiyuan and Perkins jumped the ball, and Chen Jiyuan still succeeded in jumping the ball without any suspense, because Perkins' bounce speed is indeed quite slow.

The Knicks got their chance to attack first.

On the first ball, Chen Jiyuan was in the high post on the left side to prepare to attack, and it was Perkins who defended Chen Jiyuan, Rivers still knew Chen Jiyuan better, and he still had a set for defending Chen Jiyuan, although that set was studied by Rivers and Thibodeau. But now Rivers' opponent is Thibodeau's words, then. The two of them really know each other.

When Thibodeau was in the Celtics, the defensive strategy he set was a very clear and clear Jordan rule, defending against Chen Jiyuan alone and strictly guarding against others. Let Chen Jiyuan score unlimitedly. Although Thibodeau hates that some of the opposing teams can score crazy points on their own, Thibodeau obviously hates losing even more. Thibodeau will not forget about anything else, all he seeks is victory.

Now that Thibodeau is no longer in the Celtics, Thibodeau can't guess that Rivers will still use the routine that he discussed with him, so he explained before the start of the game, let Chen Jiyuan play two balls alone, see the Celtics' defensive strategy to defend Chen Jiyuan, and then make further tactical arrangements.

This ball, Chen Jiyuan singled Perkins in a high position, because Perkins's body lì was extremely good, and he was able to withstand Chen Jiyuan's back, so Chen Jiyuan did not spend that meaningless strength to his back, and directly faced the frame single, Perkins' hand was always in front of Chen Jiyuan, ready to break the ball at any time, but Chen Jiyuan protected the ball very well and did not give Perkins a chance at all.

The advantage that Chen Jiyuan can use in front of Perkins is speed, Chen Jiyuan's speed is much stronger than Perkins', Chen Jiyuan took a step to the right, and Perkins was unmoved. Perkins' defensive experience is pretty good.

Chen Jiyuan suddenly started, and on the right side of the walk, Perkins quickly followed Chen Jiyuan's footsteps, but after Chen Jiyuan took a step, he kicked the ground with his right foot, his left foot was the axis, and he turned around and returned to the low position on the left side. Chen Jiyuan has no way to play this ball, at this time Chen Jiyuan has no extra energy to think about passing, because from the beginning of this ball, Chen Jiyuan planned to shoot by himself. So despite the fact that suddenly I saw an unknown creature on the way forward. But he still attacked by himself.

After Chen Jiyuan turned around, he didn't dribble, he jumped directly and made a jumper, Garnett stepped forward to block, but Chen Jiyuan's ball still added a backward tilt, even Garnett didn't cover it, and Perkins was half a step slower than Garnett's movements, so naturally he didn't cover it. Chen Jiyuan made a somewhat reluctant move, but he still entered. 2:0。

The Knicks took the lead in firing the first shot of the Eastern Conference Finals.