Chapter 181: Sweeping
After this ball, LeBron James did not appear to be discouraged as imagined on the surface, and the offense was still very efficient, but Li Feng felt that James's heart was more than that. (_&book&bar)
Perhaps, far away in Miami is the East Palace of the little emperor, and in the later games, he just stood the last shift for the knights.
In the third game, LeBron James scored 48 points, but Li Feng still had the upper hand, scoring 51 points, and the difference between the two was only 3 points, but the Cavaliers were bloodied in New York with 82-120.
3——0。
This score speaks for itself, the Cavaliers are already at the end of the crossbow, no team can reverse in the case of 0-3 down, the only thing the Cavaliers have to do now is to cover that fig leaf and avoid sweeping!
From sweeping the Knicks to avoiding a sweep, the Cavaliers' rhetorical shift can show their embarrassment, and even Shaq O'Neal has spoken about retirement in an interview.
In the fourth game, the Cavaliers' performance was remarkable, LeBron James not only scored frequently, but also integrated the entire team, and the two sides were deadlocked until the last quarter.
If the Cavaliers had shown such combat effectiveness from the very beginning, it would have been the Knicks who would have been swept away.
At the last moment, Li Feng scored consecutive singles to pull the score apart, and the knights collapsed...... After the last, the score was fixed at 102-111, and the knights were swept miserably!
The Cavaliers just went home fishing, but the league announced the major awards of the regular season, although James poured eight lifetimes of blood mold in the playoffs and was disgraced by Li Feng, but this award is the regular season. One yard to one yard, LeBron James still won the regular season MVP award, and like Dirk Nowitzki, he became the MVP who was swept in the first round.
Li Feng's harvest is also amazing. In addition to the best rookie, Li Feng also entered the second team of the All-NBA team and also won the ninth place in the MVP vote as a rookie.
In this way, Li Feng's status is unrivaled in New York, even if LeBron James wants to come to New York, Dolan has to consider Li Feng's attitude.
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The day after the Cavaliers were eliminated, the game between the second and seventh in the East also ended. The Boston Celtics swept the Indiana Pacers in the playoffs, winning by an average of 24.5 points in four games, and the Green Shirts in the playoffs are not the same team as they were in the regular season.
The Celtics can knock out the Pacers like a carnage. The biggest contributor is not the Big Four, but the roaring Tianzun Rashid Wallace, Wallace averaged 24.2 points, 11 rebounds and 3.5 blocks per game in the first round against his old opponent, and completely destroyed Li Feng's brother Roy Hibbert, Tianzun can be inside and out. The guy who has both offense and offense will be a big headache for the Knicks.
The two teams that were predicted to meet in the first round in the regular season met in the second round, Boston's home stadium, North Shore Garden Arena, was overcrowded, and many Knicks fans also came to Boston to cheer on the team, after all, the distance between Boston and New York is like a city to a suburb in the face of American traffic.
Roaring Tianzun, who performed well in the first round, did not appear in the starting lineup. The Celtics are still playing with the starting lineup for the regular season, with Kendrick Perkins at center. Power forward Kevin Garnett, small forward Paul Pearce. Shooting guard Ray Allen, point guard Lagalondo.
The Knicks' lineup is also unchanged, with center Eddie Corey, power forward Li Feng, small forward James Harden, scoring guard Marcus Thornton, and point guard Chris Duhon.
When jumping the ball, the two fat men were anxious, the referee jumped up before the ball was released, and the second time the referee threw the ball, Corey was a little slower, and the basketball was dialed to his side by Perkins.
Rondo received Perkins' pluck, and under Dujon's pressing, he stabilized his rhythm before trotting through the half.
Woowoo......
The fans at the scene began to cheer for the Celtics players, and some fans deliberately painted the Celtics logo on their faces; Some fans simply stood in the aisle with their upper bodies bare, dancing with their hands; Some fans got new tattoos to cheer on the team. …,
There is even a fan holding a wooden card printed with a very cute anime dragon, but this funny cute dragon portrait seems to be a bit like Li Feng, his chest and heart are being stuck with a knife, this fan has become the idol of Bostonian tonight, and the sound of cheering for him can be heard from time to time, which shows that Li Feng is very "popular" in Boston.
Hold the ball and break it out, share the ball.
Rondo showed a high-profile posture at the beginning, Pierce in the bottom corner on the right side received the ball, made a gesture and shot a fumbled a little, got rid of Harden with Perkins' block, and forced a breakthrough through Corey's defense from the baseline and hit a mid-range shot.
"Striker, pass the ball!"
From defense to offense, Corey desperately squeezed the position on the inside, resisted Perkins' defense and interference sideways, and stretched out Li Feng, who was ready to attack on the outside, with the other hand, took the initiative to ask for the ball.
Well? This seems to be the first time this has happened!
Li Feng, who was about to attack, was a little surprised in his heart, but he still dropped the ball to the left side of the basket in his hand, and then began to swim left and right on the outside.
Harden and Thornton on both wings crossed back and forth, switched positions, and ran without the ball, and these two guys did their best to disrupt the opponent's defense, while Duhon moved near the free throw line on the right side of the center, sometimes covering the two spoilers, sometimes mentioning the high post to block and pick and roll for Li Feng, and they created a single opportunity for Corey.
Dribbled the ball and slammed inward, Corey took the opportunity to step and hook his hand to shoot, ignoring the threat of Pierce who contracted the bag, and attacked very resolutely, and the basketball hit the board into the basket.
"Well done, handsome guy Eddie!"
Li Feng patted his hand with the retreating Corey, and this big man was using practical actions to reduce the burden on him.
After the start, the two teams showed their abilities, the Celtics although a little surprised by the Knicks' sudden change of offensive focus, but this is also within their expectations, the outside may ignore the role of Corey, but the Celtics will not.
You go back and forth, Corey has strengthened the frequency of inside attacks, and Pierce has also strengthened the frequency of shrinking packs, but the Celtics' defensive center of gravity is still faintly restraining Li Feng who is cruising on the outside. ……
At least the first half of the first quarter was successful, Li Feng didn't get even a chance to make an easy shot, and there were few opportunities to force Garnett to single out, and the Celtics' gambling defense was more thorough, almost doing five defenses or five defenses in most defenses.
The stalemate continued, and the Knicks' role players still couldn't find their senses, with Thornton hitting an open three-pointer early in the opening stanza before disappearing from the court.
He can only be seen running constantly when defending, while Harden can't get close to the basket under the control of the opponent's joint defense, and his running line is clearly touched by the opponent.
The true defensive strength of the Green Shirts was only revealed in the playoffs, and the regular season game could not be used as a reference at all.
Corey attacked again, arching Perkins inside, and just as he was getting Pierce to shrink the defense, he didn't force another shot, and the basketball was pushed by him with one palm to Dujon on the weak side of the free throw line.
There is no good way to get out of the ball, and the latter sees that there is no one around to defend him. Immediately dribbled towards the basket and made a layup......
Syllable!
A black hand suddenly flashed in mid-air, and Garnett's strong bounce power was used again, pressing the basketball on the rebound with one palm, and Pierce grabbed the basketball in contraction, and passed it to Rondo on the outside, who kept the ball in his hand. Immediately moved to the middle lane.
Aggro!
Ray Allen received the ball and flew to the frontcourt, and the opposing Thornton defense was half a beat slower, so he could only watch the opponent hit a fast-break layup, and the Green Shirts scored with the offensive style that the Knicks are good at. In the first quarter, the Celtics did an almost perfect job on both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, Li Feng always had to face at least one defense when holding the ball, and once he showed signs of shooting or breaking, he would immediately encounter a double or even a three-man bag. …,
The Celtics' interior line also turned into a joint defensive formation; Once Li Feng passes the ball out, it becomes very difficult to catch the ball again, and Pierce, who has good mobility, does not hesitate to block him with physical strength, which makes Li Feng almost can only swim on the outside, and his contact with the team is somewhat difficult.
20-26, the Knicks unsurprisingly trailed.
In the first quarter of the game, Li Feng only relied on free throws to score five points, and his shot was either forcibly destroyed by the opponent or was affected and deflected out of the basket, and the Celtics' defense tonight was definitely champion-level, active and tenacious.
Corey became the Knicks' first point of attack, scoring 10 points in a single quarter and completely overpowering Perkins, but the latter's defense was also an important factor in the Celtics' lead, and he had a very large range of movement when defending, and the defense formed by Kevin Garnett can be considered the strongest in the league. In the second quarter of the game, Li Feng surprised all the spectators and took a two-minute break off the court.
The Celtics replaced Perkins with Wallace, and the five stars took the opportunity to play an 11-0 orgasm.
Garnett was unrestrained by Li Feng and hit three turnaround jumpers in a row.
The Celtics pulled away from the score, and the crowd at the North Shore Garden Arena was getting excited. (To be continued......)