Chapter Ninety-Eight: The First Round Scene 1

Josh Smith was directly ejected, which not only directly affected the strength of the Hawks, but after the game restarted, the Hawks played chaotic for a while, even if the White Devils were calm, but the ball was no longer in his hands.

Mike Beebe has been dubbed the 'White Devil' not just because of his ruthless 'hard-heartedness' on the court, but also because of ...... Defensively, he can't guard anyone. And once the ball is out of his hands, the dreaded 'White Devil' starts to become incapable of playing.

Mike Bibby, who couldn't get the ball, became a humanoid ATM on the court, and could only let the Cavaliers players break through the withdrawals from him again and again, but he couldn't do anything on the court. In the first quarter, the all-powerful 'White Devil' was like an old man who had been robbed of his crutches after losing possession of the ball, and he fell down as soon as the wind blew.

Thanks to the chaos of the Hawks in the second quarter, the Cavaliers decisively began to exert their strength, scoring non-stop inside and outside. Finally, before the end of the half, the score was rewritten to 45:60, and the difference was completely overtaken and the difference was expanded to 15 points, which was reassuring.

After halftime adjustments, at the beginning of the third quarter, Hawks head coach Mike Woodson fielded his most attacking lineup in an attempt to close the score while the Cavaliers bench players were on the floor. After a second quarter, the Eagles seemed to have regained some of their touch, and their scores kept climbing.

But then, Zhang Kong, who stayed on the court, continued to score on the inside. Al Horford and Pachulia formed an interior combination not only had no way to stop Zhang Kong's strong attack, but frequently posted fouls to give Zhang Kong a chance to 2+1, halfway through the third quarter, the Hawks not only succeeded in closing the score, but were expanded to more than 20 points by Zhang Kong's 6:0 shockwave. At the same time, Al Horford also received his fourth personal foul in the process of stopping Zhang Kong's dunk and had to go off the court early.

At the same time that Zhang Kong was then replaced, the Cavaliers also replaced LeBron James to continue to maintain the impact!

After Zhang Kong went off the court, the Eagles' offense had some sè, but the defense never improved. Having lost Josh Smith, they couldn't find a suitable person to stop the onslaught of LeBron James.

Finally, at the beginning of the fourth quarter, in the face of 65:93, the 28-point gap made Mike Woodson choose to surrender and admit defeat, taking the lead in replacing all the main players and replacing them with a bunch of substitutes.

Two minutes later, the Cavaliers also replaced all of their main players, leaving Stephen Jackson with the bench to continue the fight, and five minutes later, Stephen Jackson was also replaced.

The game goes into garbage time entirely.

The final score was 89-110, and in the first game of the playoffs, the Cavaliers defeated the Hawks by 21 points to achieve the first victory of the first round of the playoffs.

After the game, Zhang Kongyue's dunk suddenly became a hot topic.

You must know that at the beginning of the season, Zhang Kong already had a slam dunk performance that leaped over one person. At that time, the target was the Wizards' All-Star power forward Jamison.

The video of Zhang Kongfei buckling Jamison was immediately turned out by the media, and many media also turned out the video of Carter's 218-centimeter French center's 'death button' in 2000.

From different angles, different directions, and different positions, the characteristics and difficulty of these three dunks are analyzed. In the end, all the media unanimously agreed that Zhang Kongyue's dunk by Josh Smith and Ilgoskas was the most difficult of the three.

Although Josh Smith is only 206 cm, don't forget that there is a 221 cm tall Ilgoskas behind Josh Smith.

Even Carter himself, in an interview with the media, expressed his approval of the difficulty of this dunk.

"I'd have to say I can't do something like this, it's crazy. Leaping two people, one of them is still a seven-foot-2 center forward. Even when I was completely healthy, I wouldn't dare say that I could do such a thing. And don't forget, he's also a center-forward! It's just crazy, and I'm sure no one else can do that with so many dunk kings that I know. ”

In this game, Zhang Kong had another nickname.

"The highest dunk king in history!"

There are two meanings of height here, one is the height of Zhang Kong, and the other is the height of Zhang Kong's bounce. In both of these cases, Zhang Kong is the tallest one in history.

The only thing that upset the media is probably that Zhang Kong did not participate in the slam dunk contest in this season's All-Star Game. This makes the nickname of 'the highest slam dunk king in history' somewhat watery, after all, Zhang Kong is not an officially certified slam dunk king candidate. Therefore, many media have called for Zhang Kong to participate in the slam dunk contest next season, no matter what.

The three playoff games played on the same day as the Cavaliers vs Hawks have also been decided at this time.

In the Spurs vs Suns game, the game was played at the ATA Center Arena, the home of the Spurs, and the first round between the two sides was colorful, and after two overtime battles, the Spurs finally won 117-115 and made the playoffs a good start.

Duncan, the heart of the Spurs, had 40 points, 15 rebounds and five assists in the game; Parker had 26 points and five assists, Ginobili contributed 24 points and five assists, and Finley had 13 points.

For the Suns, Stoudemire contributed 33 points and seven rebounds; Nash contributed 25 points and 13 assists; He had 11 points and five rebounds.

During the game, the two sides were inseparable, and the score rose alternately, until the last moment, Ginobili luckily hit the stunner, and this difficult overtime was ended.

In the Mavericks vs Hornets game, the Hornets easily killed the Mavericks with Chris Paul's 35 points and 10 assists, MVP-level performance, and won the first round.

The Lakers' home vs Nuggets game was not shocked, the Lakers' state was very sluggish throughout the game, and the Nuggets' state was even more sluggish, especially the Nuggets' backcourt double guns, as if they were completely lost on the offensive end, and the sound of banging iron was endless.

In the end, the Lakers, who performed sluggishly, successfully defeated the Nuggets with a score of 81-88. So much so that the media commented after the game that it was not like a competitive playoffs, a binomial and an inconsequential warm-up friendly match.

And in the Magic home vs. Wizards game the next day, the media that originally thought it would be a fierce battle broke through their glasses. On the home court of the Magic, the Orlando Magic, led by team leader Dwight Howard, slaughtered the Washington Wizards by a margin of 107:77 and 30 points, leaving the capital team with no face, and also creating the largest margin of eight games in the first game of the first round of the playoffs.

It doesn't seem to be a close match between the 4th and 5th places in the playoffs, but rather a bullying game between the top of the table and the vice-president.

The reason why this game lost suspense so quickly was due to the injury of the team's leader 'The General' Arenas, and on the other hand, the reason was the poor play of the Wizards' power forward Jamison.

In this game, All-Star center Jamison, who played 33 minutes on the court, only got 7 points and 2 rebounds on 2-of-18 shooting and 3-of-7 free throws.

This kind of clumsy performance is not often seen in Jamison.

Many media have speculated that this should be the media's report on Zhang Kongfei's buckle that affected Jamison's state and made his performance on the court so sluggish.

"The Magic Six Defeats the Wizards Four"

"The Power of the Death Clasp Revealed, Jamison Sleepwalking"

After the game, the media reported on the match with similar headlines, emphasizing the power of the Death Buckle. It is believed that it is precisely because of Zhang Kongfei's experience of deducting Jamison, coupled with the publicity and momentum of the media during this period of time, that Jamison's sleepwalking performance on the court has also led to the almost bloodless victory of the Magic team.

In addition, the old and spicy Celtics faced the Philadelphia 76ers who were rebuilding, and the big three's play made the game end in only three quarters, and although the Philadelphia 76ers once launched a counterattack in the fourth quarter, they were unable to shake the Celtics' lead.

Little AI, Iguodala is still too immature, and she shows her weakness in front of the old and powerful triumvirate.

The Detroit Pistons of the 'Migrant Workers Army' finally used their defense to strangle the Dragons from Toronto and successfully won the first game.

In this way, all four games in the first round of the East were over, and no one was upset, which is also in line with people's consistent impression that the East is strong and weak.

As the first round of the postponed Jazz vs Rockets game was difficult to solve at the Energy Center Arena, the two teams that faced off in the playoffs last season met again this time, and the Rockets finally failed to conquer the Energy Center Arena and failed to conquer the highland climate of Salt Lake City.

In this way, the first game of the first round of the playoffs was all over, and two days later, the Cavaliers once again ushered in the second challenge of the Hawks, still at the Quickloan Center Arena, and the final outcome was still a loss.

The day after the first-round matchup with the Cavaliers, the league's punishment for Josh Smith was swiftly handed down. Two game bans and a $20,000 fine.

This result made Mike Brown relieved and at the same time regretted, if Josh Smith was directly suspended for four or five games, the game would basically be out of suspense.

But there are only two games, and the league officials obviously still want to give the Eagles a little bit of life. Let them at least be able to support the Cavaliers for a little longer.

Source: Forrest Gump