The Celtics of the East who decided the winner at the same time as the Timberwolves.

It was the Knicks who were injured, and the super offensive combination of Anthony and Stoudemire suddenly lost their way in front of a group of old men. In the first two games on the Celtics' home court, the Knicks were able to compete with the Celtics a little bit, losing by only 2 and 3 points respectively.

However, once back at home, the Knicks won't be playing.

Defensively, in particular, it was a complete mess, as if it had lost its initial sharpness. The Celtics won the third and fourth games by 17 and 12 points respectively at Madison Square Garden, which can be called big wins. Anthony scored 15, 42, 15, and 32 points in four games, and his performance was slightly inconsistent.

Don't blame him, facing the Celtics, who are still in the league's top defensive team, even Zheng Ke has to work hard.

And with the fifth and sixth games going on, more and more teams are moving on to the next round, and more and more players are losing and going home to fish.

The Magic became the only team in the first round of the NBA to defeat a high ranked team from a low rank. Howard had 25 points and 15 rebounds in the sixth game, but he couldn't recover. Stopping at the first round made him a big disappointment, and the depressed expression on his face was evident in the face of the post-match media interview.

So in addition to the Hawks, Timberwolves and Celtics, the other five teams are the Bulls, Heat, Mavericks, Lakers and Spurs.

The Timberwolves' opponent in the second round is none other than the Dallas Mavericks, who were defeated from four or five places!

The Mavericks traded the aging Dampier before the start of the season and brought in center Tyson Chandler, who was not happy with the Bobcats, to greatly enhance the depth of the interior line. And under the leadership of a group of veterans such as Nowitzki, Kidd, Marion, and Peja, the Mavericks played without rush and easily defeated the Western Conference upstart Thunder 4-1.

Although Mavericks small forward Butler is out for the season, the Mavericks are still going strong. In particular, the joint defense played very beautifully, and it was one of Thomas's most admired NBA teams.

Comparing the bench lineups of the two teams, the Mavericks are not at all behind, Jason Terry. Peja, J.J. Barria and Haywood are all strong players, especially Terry, who has just been named Sixth Man of the Year, who may start to have a convulsion at any time, which can be called the biggest killer on the bench.

So in this round of the series, there are a lot fewer people who are optimistic about the victory of the Timberwolves, and in everyone's opinion, the Mavericks can still pose a big threat to the Timberwolves.

Then came the Defensive Player of the Year award, and in that honor, it was still the war between Howard and Zheng.

Howard was able to contribute 14.1 rebounds in the regular season. and 2.38 blocks, one for first in the NBA and one for fourth in the NBA. The Magic's overall scoring percentage is only 43.6 percent, which ranks fourth in the NBA. Looking at his teammates, they are all Nelson. Turkoglu is a very average defensive player, so Howard is able to achieve such an achievement.

In comparison, while Zheng is also averaging 8.3 rebounds per game, 2.8 steals and 1.6 blocks per game, the Timberwolves' teammates look more defensive than the Magic players. Billups, Afflaro including Jordan Jr. It's all good at defense, which makes Zheng Ke's voice slightly less than Howard's.

The results came out as well, with Howard taking the award away with a slight edge

On May 1, the second round of the NBA officially began.

The first game of the first day began with a game between the Timberwolves and the Mavericks, and the Dallas Legion had been in Minneapolis for several days. Even if you are completely familiar with the climate and venue, it has become an advantage without home advantage.

The fewer the games, the more attention.

In addition to the influx of media outlets into Minnesota, there are also advertisers waving checks. General Manager McHale's desk phone was almost blown up during this time, and every day he cried and asked for more advertising space to be set up in the target center arena. There are even several TV industry giants who have begun to negotiate with owner Glenn Taylor for the future TV rights of the Timberwolves.

This made Glenn Taylor even more determined to hold Zheng Ke's thigh.

Even Zheng Ke's nonsensical request to renovate the old Target Center arena in the summer agreed to it, and promised that Zheng Ke would see a brand new arena when the tournament starts in October this year.

Zheng Ke is now the emperor of Minnesota, and if you want wind and rain, you have to say it.

In the evening, you can already see the flow of people coming and going near the target center, in addition to the fans who have tickets flock to the stadium, there are also a large number of fans who do not have tickets but choose to watch the game in the surrounding bars. Everyone is a Timberwolves fan, loves this team, chooses to go to these places with a strong basketball atmosphere, order a beer, and happily start enjoying the game.

When the bus drove into the arena, it was full of fans greeting the Timberwolves players along the way, and a few young fans chasing the bus, babbling and laughing.

Every time he sees these pictures, Zheng Ke's blood boils, and he feels that the recognition of tens of millions of people is on his shoulders, spurring him to keep moving forward.

Early in his career, he thought about playing good numbers, earning the trust of his coaches, and then establishing himself in the NBA. After becoming the big brother of the Timberwolves and becoming an All-Star starter, all he thought about was to play his own place in the league and hope that he could become a Hall of Fame player in the future. Until now, when he won a championship and gained fame and fortune, Zheng Ke was fighting for honor.

For the sake of honor, to be able to burst out with greater energy

The girls of the cheerleading team danced the colored balls in their hands, constantly shaking their graceful bodies, attracting the attention of many male animals at the scene.

Under DJ's passionate introduction, Zheng Ke led the Timberwolves to come out and became the focus of the court.

The spotlight shone on him, and Zheng Ke raised his hands. He didn't wear [Iverson's left arm guard] today, but chose to wear [Basketball God's Left Hand Bracer], and learned from Jordan, and put the basketball wrist guard on the small arm position of the elbow down, which is very handsome.

After the old-fashioned appearance ceremony, Zheng Ke led the starting five tigers onto the basketball court.

PG: Billups, SG: Afflalo, SF: Zheng Ke, PF: Kevin Love, C: Deandre Jordan. The corresponding Mavericks are also discharged from the regular starting lineup. PG: Kidd, SG: Stevenson, SF: Marion, PF: Dirk Nowitzki, C: Tyson Chandler.

And what is amazing is that these two Western powerhouses are still a rare single-core model in the league today, with the Timberwolves with Zheng Ke as the core and the Mavericks with Nowitzki as the core.

It also shows from the side that the single-core model is still feasible in today's alliance. The problem is to build a great cast of characters, and the bench lineups of both teams are at least in the top five in the league. Zheng Ke's side is a substitute for PG Lowry, a substitute for SG Marcus Thornton, a substitute for SF Corey Brewer, a substitute for PF Ty Gibson, and a substitute for center Pekovic, each of whom is in his prime and extremely athletic.

The referee walks up to the center circle with an orange basketball in his hand.

After greeting each other, the players from both teams found their position, checked their equipment again, and then settled down.

Marion was the player who was going to defend Zheng Ke, and the two stared at each other with big eyes and did not speak.

Zheng Ke wanted to laugh in his heart, and after walking in, he looked at Marion, and suddenly felt that this guy's appearance was still too peculiar. Birondo looked even weirder, as if his nickname was "Hacker", which was really scary.

In fact, Marion, who is not good-looking, is one of the few outstanding wing defenders in the NBA. His long reach, excellent awareness and top-notch athleticism allowed Marion to defend from the No. 1 to the No. 4 position, and even when he was in his prime, when he was with the Suns, he also worked as a defensive center when Smalls was injured. He is an all-round fighter and a professional athlete with a positive attitude.

Compared with Tony Aaron, Marion is much cleaner, and at the same time, it is less ferocious than Aaron.

On the first ball after the opening, Zheng Ke took advantage of Lefu's blocking, dribbled and stopped to shoot in one step, and then hit the first ball with a high arc.

"This is like Maddie!" Barkley, a TNT heavyweight guest who came to broadcast today, said that he was full of praise for Zheng Ke's high-level pull-up jump shot, "In the past, Zheng Ke's pull-up jump shots were mostly leaning forward, but now his jump shots are diversified, not only leaning forward, leaning back, drifting, depending on the specific situation." ”

Smith's eyes flickered, and then he began to sing the opposite tone, laughing: "I don't think Zheng Ke's shot looks like Maddie." You look at Maddie's shots, the arc is extremely low, and the basketball after throwing it is mostly the sound of smashing to the back edge of the hoop, "bang". And Zheng Ke's shooting wrist did not press down, the basketball was pulled up from between his fingers, the arc was very high, the goal area was small, and the hollow pierced the net, making a "swish" sound. ”

Smith's analysis is in place, and the players on the field who like to score goals in a high arc are one other than Zheng Ke.

That's the Mavericks star Nowitzki, who, like Marion, is also a 78-year-old Nowitzki, and this year is at the peak of his career, and he feels extremely relaxed against Love's defense.

The first ball of the Mavericks' offense was handed to him, and he dribbled his back against Lefu twice, and after feeling that he couldn't hit it, he turned around and shook it for a while, and then went straight to the Golden Rooster independent backward jumper.

Lefu stretched out his hand and jumped up the lid with all his might.

Nowitzki's basketball arc was so high that it looked like a jerk off, and after going straight up, the fans waited for a while before it went into the net