The competition soon began in earnest.

Howard managed to steal the first attack for the team.

Today's Explorers' entire formation has changed a lot, Tyronn Lue has no "spores" on his head, and he is very clear about defending a small man like Chris Paul, who is still more suitable for someone like Beverley with strong biting ability.

Chris Bosh and Wiggins are still on the court anyway, and this team has no shortage of ball carriers.

Chris Paul faced Beverley, gritted his teeth as soon as he came up, and went on a rampage. - Beverley didn't give him a chance to communicate with his teammates at all, taking the initiative to confront him, forcing him to run with the ball.

It's just that in the face of Li Wan and Wiggins' supplementary defense, he can't go deep at all, and he can't penetrate the ball at all.

He had no choice but to step back and call Howard to pull outside the three-point line.

The quality of the "Warcraft" is very good.

Breaking through to the basket, he threw the ball towards Thaddeus Young on the other side.

The ball continued to move and came to Anthony's hand.

Facing Wiggins, he hit the ball with his back and immediately hit the ball with a turnaround jumper.

2-0！

The ball was converted, it was Columbus's turn to attack at home, and the cheers on the scene rang out, but when they entered the position to attack, they automatically "silenced", Wiggins held the ball to face Anthony, making good use of his speed, and the mid-range face-to-face hook, Cameron Anthony desperately pounced forward, forming a certain interference.

The ball hit the basket and fell straight out.

"Master Huo" faced Adams, and he was opposed by the latter and had no temper at all.

Li Wan grabbed the ball with one hand, his body was still in the air, and completed the deduction.

"Phew!"

The cheers of the audience were deafening.

2-2 draw.

On the way back, Tyronn Lue continued to signal the entire perimeter defense to expand outward.

Don't give Chris Paul a chance to organize.

"CP3" barely escaped in the first round by relying on the block at the three-point line, and now the Explorers have pressed the entire lineup to the three-point line and are still defending the joint defense. He tried to block the pick-and-roll, but finally got the ball out of the way.

Unconsciously, the "queen bee" of that year is now 32 years old.

After the big injury back then, there was still a little bit of strong rushing ability left, and now as I get older, it disappears completely.

Now his role is more to hold the ball and push the counterattack, relying on experience to play.

This is also the reason why the "Nets Big Three" is declining.

They are not just in such an embarrassing period alone, "Master Huo" and Carmelo Anthony are both in such a period!

However, compared to Chris Paul, Howard has regained some of his peak energy because of the rule changes; Carmelo Anthony is like Paul Pierce, their technical ability means that they are not as explosive in scoring as they used to be, but as long as they want to perform, then they can still play a very decent offense.

Carmelo Anthony tonight is just in the moment when he desperately wants to show himself!

Chris Paul reluctantly passed the ball and was held in his hands, and he played a flank block with Bogdanovic to successfully switch Wiggins to himself again.

Wiggins struggled to hold Anthony with his chest, but was pushed into the high post by his one-size-fits-all body, and hit another mid-range jumper.

The jump shot of "Melon" is stable in one word, and he only says it once.

4-2！

Drexler looked at Anthony's resolute eyes in the defense and nodded slightly.

Before the game, he had a feeling that Anthony was holding back a momentum tonight.

I didn't expect it to be so fierce as soon as I came up!

Bill Wharton saw more changes in Carmelo Anthony: "Cameron is more looking for Andrew Wiggins tonight!" ”

The original Carmelo Anthony was also a player of the Columbus Explorers, as if he wanted to prove something, so he was looking for Li Wan to play every game.

It doesn't matter if it's on the offensive end or on the defensive end.

Tonight is different, from the beginning of the game, I don't compete with Li Wan.

Li Wan also felt that something was missing when playing with the Nets after the opening, and at this moment, watching Carmelo Anthony score consecutive goals, he also reacted at this time:

Missing the confrontation with Carmelo Anthony!

He actually enjoyed fighting Anthony a lot, after all, this guy was really tough against him.

There is a rough feeling that the old ladies in the Northeast are shouting "Brother, you can kill me".

I don't know why, I didn't look for him tonight, and I played with Wiggins.

Well......

Jason Kidd still has a bit of a brain!

As far as the flanks are concerned, Cameron Anthony does play Wiggins more to his strengths, and the gap on this head is not a decoration.

What Li Wan didn't know was that it wasn't Jason Kidd's tactics so arranged, but "Melon" figured it out on his own.

Since it is a "talent show", let Li Wan and Columbus's parents and fellow villagers see what kind of ability the future "second leader of the Explorers" has, so why did he arrest Li Wan, the two-time winner of the "Best Defensive Player Award"?

He didn't want to prove that he was better than Li Wan now......

What he wants to prove is that he is better than Columbus except for Li Wan!

So......

Wiggins and you're done!

It's just that Wiggins's anger was obviously also struck out by him twice.

Young man, he is indeed angry!

After the next round of the ball, facing Carmelo Anthony, finding the right opportunity was a forced break, one step away from the free throw line and a quick stop.

This time, he showed his excellent physical coordination.

Just look at Cameron Anthony across from him.

The "melon" that has been sticking to Wiggins failed to stabilize his body in his sudden "sudden braking", and his whole body fell out of more than two big steps, and the scene suddenly burst into a huge cheer, Wiggins twisted his body and threw a small throw, easily getting the ball into the basket.

Now Carmelo Anthony's temper has also come up completely.

The first quarter was almost a confrontation between Anthony and Wiggins.

As one of the league's top scorers that year, Carmelo Anthony's scoring explosion is now down, but his attitude has stimulated his form, scoring 11 points in a single quarter.

The last time he scored in double digits in a single quarter was last time.

Anyway, Bill Wharton rebelled against Anthony's entire game stats record in this year's playoffs, and this is the first time this year that he has scored double-digit points in a single quarter on the playoff stage: "Cameron played really well tonight! ”

However, Wiggins is not inferior to him, and he scored 9 points after the first quarter, which is a two-point difference.

But Carmelo Anthony was the Nets' top scorer, Wiggins wasn't. With the blessing of the "give the ball to Li Wan" tactic, Li Wan easily shot 5 of 6, 2 of 2 three-pointers, and 2 of 2 free throws, and scored 14 points!

And the Nets' Chris Paul plus Howard only scored 10 points......

But on the side of the Columbus Explorers, there is also a Chris Bosh score that doesn't count.

Even if he only got an understatement of 5 points......

It was also enough to give the Columbus Explorers a 7-point lead at 34-27!

On the Nets' side, apart from Carmelo Anthony, the scoring speed of the others really can't keep up with the rest of Columbus.

It's no wonder that Howard can only "eat cake" for so many years, Chris Paul is becoming more and more unable to remember the password of "St. Paul", and the scores of the "Big Three" are all supported by Carmelo Anthony alone.

As for the current growth of Bogdanovic and Thaddeus Young, it is really a bit difficult to expect the two of them to "add bricks and tiles", and you expect them to give you a "high-rise building".

It can't be done at all.

The first quarter of the game also became a microcosm of the whole game.

Carmelo Anthony dragged the "giant ship" of the Nets alone, while the Columbus Explorers crossed the finish line early with all kinds of drives.

121-102, the Columbus Explorers beat the Nets by 19 points to win the first semifinal of the Eastern Conference finals.

Li Wan scored 33 points, 13 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals and 1 block;

Wiggins had 24 points, six rebounds and three assists;

Chris Bosh chipped in 21 points, 9 rebounds and 3 blocks;

Beverley started the game, with 6 points and 2 steals;

Brogdon came off the bench and played a "dimensionality reduction" performance, scoring 17 points in 15 minutes, which was easier than playing in the preseason, this year's Columbus team won by 12 points in the starters, and the bench won by 5 points by his play!

On the Nets' side, "Warcraft" Howard had 15 points, 11 rebounds and 3 blocks; Chris Paul 18 points, 4 rebounds and 8 assists;

In fact, the performance is not bad, but it is indeed not the level of the peak.

Their performance made Carmelo Anthony look so dazzling, and at the end of the game, "Melon" scored 33 points, in addition to 7 rebounds and 4 assists.

It's like a dream back to the Nuggets......

It's just that Carmelo Anthony, who is in a "single-handed" situation, is not as hot as he was back then, but is very satisfied.

In the presence of Columbus fans, playing such a performance must be enough to impress them, right?

As long as the Explorers don't win the championship this summer, when he comes, he will definitely be strongly welcomed by Columbus fans, and he has already thought of the welcoming comments:

"Dig a groove, 03 melons of the golden generation!"

"This guy scored 33 points in the first game against us in the Eastern Conference semifinals!"

"I watched that game, and seriously, Carmelo Anthony was just delayed by the Nets!"

……

So in this game, Carmelo Anthony can give his performance 90 points, and the remaining 10 points is afraid that he will be too proud, and encourage himself to keep up and play the remaining three games of this series!

What?

Why do you say it's three?

Well......

Unless both Howard and Chris Paul get back to their peak form, and he can't pull his hips in that game, he really doesn't have the confidence to think that the Nets can win even one win!

Carmelo Anthony is not sad about the loss, and the New York fans are also not sad about the loss, but are looking forward to it even more.

There are still 3 days left before Li Wan's husband returns to New York!

Ahead of the second game of the series, Carmelo Anthony had another piece of good news.

Jason Kidd looked back at the first game of the entire series, and after watching it several times, he finally decided that the only win point in the second game of the series was on Carmelo Anthony, so ......

"Dwight, I want you to block Cameron more and make sure that every shot he makes can be ...... after the pick-and-roll"

Naturally, this was done so that Anthony had more room to make a move.

At the same time, it can also make his shot a little easier, and he doesn't need to spend too much effort to ensure a longer battery life.

Carmelo Anthony was overjoyed to hear Jason Kidd's arrangement.

If it was the young "melon" who heard such an arrangement, he would definitely directly reprimand "put away that damn block".

But just like older men like to soak wolfberries and eat kidneys, this older player also knows how to block and dismantle well. - What is the saying? When I was young, I didn't know how to block and dismantle, and I mistook singles for treasure!

Now if someone blocks Carmelo Anthony, especially a "high-quality human wall" like Howard, he will definitely raise his hands in agreement and shout: "Don't stop!" ”

Howard didn't say much when he heard Jason Kidd's arrangement.

Howard, who entered the league at the age of 18 and played 13 seasons unknowingly, now knows very well that he has no destiny to become a "super center", and it is not a big deal to block and dismantle the "old iron" who has been together.

The NBA is like that, small changes can sometimes have a big impact......

In the second game, Dwight Howard's blocking and dismantling effectiveness was fully demonstrated, and Carmelo Anthony's mid-range shooting efficiency was extremely high, and Anthony scored 14 points in the first half alone, and in the end of the entire first half, he scored a total of 23 points!

The shooting percentage is 5 percent!

Howard's pick-and-roll quality is true, nothing to say!

It's just that......

According to Jason Kidd's plan, he thought that this combination could change Columbus's defense, so that the Explorers had to use more people to supplement and change the defense.

Once the opponent makes such an adjustment, the Nets' offense will have more possibilities......

Carmelo Anthony played well with tactical intent and just ......

This Nima's Tyronn Lu doesn't know if it's because of the slow reaction or what's going on!

Cameron Anthony is smoking, this guy is stunned and has not changed formation at all!

Isn't 23 points in the half enough for this guy to move his little finger, call a timeout, and dig through the little tactical board to dig out a targeted tactic?

Why don't you deserve to be the head coach of Columbus......

You get me out!

I'll do it, huh......

Jason Kidd was angry, just looking at the Columbus Explorers' half-time stats and looking at the stats of Li Wan above: 26 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and 1 block......

His memories began to revive.

At this time, he suddenly remembered that it seemed that while Cameron Anthony kept shooting and completing the goal, Li Wan also strengthened his personal attack and constantly responded to his goals......

He even scored a higher score than Cameron Anthony!

Seashell......

Is it also considered a change of formation?

Jason Kidd's mentality collapsed.

Because the next thought popped into his mind:

Well...... How can it not be counted?

If he had Li Wan, he would have changed his formation like this!

After all, it's so easy!

It's just a "key" to get it!

With Li Wan, can he do whatever he wants?

He wanted Tyronn Lue out even more!

Such a player, give me a generation of grandmasters, don't I?

All right......

History is always a "circle".

Back then, Parker Riley sneered at Phil Jackson, and the opinion was "Michael Jordan give it to me, and I can do what he can do!" ”

Now Jason Kidd watched himself review the "killer move" he came up with for a night and was perfectly curbed by Tyronn Lue's calm sentence "Lee, you fight more", and his mentality collapsed.

Facing reporters after the game, he said helplessly: "Sometimes it's like this, when you face an opponent like Li Wan, you can only sigh that you are unlucky, but you met him!" ”

However, as far as this match is concerned, it is indeed a good battle against Biao.

The Columbians at the scene were called a "big addiction".

At the end of the game, Columbus won by 13 points, 119-106......

That's 6 points less than the last one!

Carmelo Anthony, who scored 23 points in the half, ended up shooting 38 times in the game, hitting 20 of them, 2 of 6 three-pointers, and 4 of 4 free throws, scoring 46 points in the game!

He also had eight rebounds and three assists......

If Carmelo Anthony in the last game was already a "thigh-level" existence in the Nets, then in this game, after Jason Kidd arranged Howard's blocking, Carmelo Anthony became the Nets' "ultimate daddy".

This kind of performance, no matter what happens to any supergiant, is at the explosive level.

It's just that tonight in the face of Li Wan, Carmelo Anthony still looks a little "starlight".

He finished with 55 points on 22-of-40 shooting, 6-of-6 free throws and 5-of-9 three-pointers, plus 15 rebounds and four assists, in addition to four steals and two blocks......

This is Li Wan's final data tonight, and Li Wan, who is also "full of firepower", made Carmelo Anthony's 46 points a "useless effort"!

Of course, this useless work is from the perspective of the game, from the perspective of the Nets.

Carmelo Anthony was ecstatic.

He was 120% satisfied with his performance tonight!

Even he didn't expect that with Howard's blocking, he could actually contribute such firepower!

Tonight was really fantastic!

Now he wants Jason Kidd to continue to use this tactic even if he returns, so that he can maximize his firepower.

There's nothing to worry about at that.

Even experts from all walks of life believe that although this change did not allow the Nets to win, it did make the Nets a little more counterattacking when facing Columbus.

In the current lineup of the Nets, apart from Carmelo Anthony, there is really no one who can achieve such an effect when working with Howard.

In addition to the Columbus Explorers, who played a series with a big score of 2-0, the Warriors are currently leading the Spurs 2-0 in other matchups, and will next go to San Antonio to continue the next game.

Seeing that Popovich, one of his biggest "bitter masters" in the past, and the Spurs are now being pressed to the ground by himself and his new "brothers", LeBron James has an indescribable sense of joy in his heart.

On the day he arrived in San Antonio, Green had good news.

The league officially awarded the "Best Defensive Player Award" this season, and he won 33.3% of the votes, beating Anthony Davis with 30% of the votes and Leonard with 21.3% of the votes, becoming another winner of the "Defensive Player of the Season Award" in NBA history.

Green said: "This is an affirmation of me! ”

This season must not be easy for him, because of last summer's reinforcement, the arrival of someone, he became the "culprit" of the team's loss at the beginning of the season, and although he reached a temporary "unification" with LeBron after the "Christmas War", he did lose a lot of possession of the card, which made him more committed to the defensive end.

He didn't want to be the "next Chris Bosh", but he became the next "Chris Bosh" anyway.

Fortunately, judging by the results, he has better luck than Chris Bosh, because he is indeed more talented than Bosh on the defensive end.

The "Defensive Player of the Season Award" is the ultimate affirmation of him, and with this affirmation, he will not be able to become the team's "backstabber".

When he thought of this, his mood was even brighter......

Green was happy to receive the award, but Anthony Davis, who was 3.3 percent short of the vote, was unhappy, and he took all his anger out on Game 3 against the Trail Blazers.

The two sides played 2-0 in the first two games of the series.

The home of the New Orleans Hornets has become the league's new "devil's home", losing just four games at home in the regular season this season.

The win rate is above 90%.

And in the playoffs, they continued this momentum, and they still did not lose on their home court in the first round of the series.

So even after losing the first two games of the series, the mentality of the Trail Blazers' side was not affected in any way, and the third game of the series returned to Rose Garden, where they took the initiative from the start.

Anthony Davis, who originally wanted to make a big fuss on the court and vent that he failed to win the "Defensive Player of the Season" award this season, faced the opponent's momentum, but instead became the toy of Aldridge and Oden.

With more than 8 minutes to play in the first quarter, Anthony Davis, who received two fouls in this game, could only sit on the bench and gnaw his fingers in frustration.

Without him such an "inside Optimus Prime", the New Orleans Hornets, who were originally passive on the inside, were even more passive, Deron Williams connected the inside and outside of the whole team well, and finally they worked together to pull back a point on their home court, and the big score on both sides came to 1-2.

At the end of the Rose Garden competition, the scene in New York City can be described as "a sea of people and firecrackers".

Don't ask them why they're so hi!

Asking is ......

Their Giegie Lee Wan is back!

It feels awesome to be able to cheer for my husband again~

Especially at this moment, the New York fans in the audience at the home of the Brooklyn Nets, when Li Wan entered the court, they couldn't help but shout one by one:

"King of New York!"

"King of New York!"

"King of New York!"

……

Just looking at this scene, it is as if time has gone back to 3 years ago!

When the Nets walked out of the home team's tunnel to cheer from the audience.

This took them by surprise.

After all, what these New York bitches did to them at home last year is still fresh in their minds. They were all ready to go to the "wrong" arena.

It's better if there is no home field in this series!

Well......

Anthony thinks the Nets can't win a game, and there's another reason for that!

Even if the strength is poor, they don't even have a home field, how can they win!

Can ...... now

This is......

What's the situation?

These New Yorkers have turned sexual?

Well......

No way!

When pigs fly!

Not to mention, they really know New Yorkers.

As far as the "four consecutive championships" that Li Wan brought to the city, it is destined that no one can replace Li Wan's position in the city, not to mention, Brooklyn is the hometown of New York, and it is a dream to expect New Yorkers to treat this place as a real home team.

The reason why these New Yorkers gave such cheers was purely because the Nets worked hard enough that they could once again cheer for Lee Wan in the playoffs.

It's like a "husband" who is looking for according to the owner, and is willing to cooperate with the task.

It's really......

Thanks for the highs.

However, the Nets didn't doubt it for too long, and when the game officially started, Li Wan started with a violent dunk and set off cheers from the audience, and when the Nets attacked, let alone cheers, it was good not to make large-scale boos to interfere...... At this moment, for the Nets, the familiar feeling returned.

That's the smell!

The New York bitches really haven't changed at all......

There is one exception......

That's Carmelo Anthony!

In fact, after the last game, Carmelo Anthony, who scored 46 points, has caused a lot of discussion in New York.

The city has always wanted to kneel and lick those powerful players.

Especially at this moment, Carmelo Anthony is still a Nets player......

What's more, Carmelo Anthony continued his hot form in the previous game in this game, and made consecutive shots in Howard's pick-and-roll, which was very presence.

As a result, the cheers rang out louder and louder when Anthony hit the goal.

It was another great star-to-star matchup, with Carmelo Anthony scoring another 40 points, along with nine rebounds and five assists......

At the same time, Chris Paul is also a god in this game, and the account password of "Sao Paulo" is becoming more and more difficult to remember, but tonight he obviously remembered the password coldly, and the various projections in the first half were very crisp.

He scored 18 points in the first half alone.

This has equalled his highest single-game score in the previous two games.

Carmelo Anthony's 1 performance is already at the level of "Big Daddy", and now there is another "Sao Paulo", and this game is also more anxious than the last one.

Until the end of the first half, the maximum difference between the two sides was only 6 points at the end of the half.

Finally, Jason Kidd waited for Tyronn Lue's change of lineup, and in the second half, the Explorers made a big delay on Chris Paul in addition to moving the entire defensive formation up.

This requires the Nets to step up and help with the response.

But......

Compared with the strategy, Cameron Anthony is a "sharp knife", suitable for inserting directly into the opponent's "artery", if you let him organize the strategy, it is equivalent to letting Lu Bu be the main bookkeeper.

It's not that he doesn't understand, it's just that compared to the main book, he is more suitable for wielding the Fang Tian Painting Halberd in front of the formation.

With just such a small adjustment, the Nets' entire tactics have changed back to Carmelo Anthony's "one-man fight", and what Tyronn Lue wants is for the other party to "fight bayonets" with him.

Because he has "God" Li Wan.

Star Biao, no matter who it is, in Tyronn Lue's opinion, is not as good as his Li Wan......

Facts have also proved this, without Chris Paul's response, Carmelo Anthony alone and Li Wan Biao, gradually fell into the disadvantage, and the score that had been anxious in the first half was slowly pulled away by the Explorers at this moment.

117-102, which was the final score, and the Explorers won again by 15 points against the Nets.

The big score is 3-0, which means that the overall situation has been decided!

In addition to Anthony, the Nets' best stats are Chris Paul, whose final stats in this game are fixed at 24 points and 9 assists, which looks like the top No. 1 stats.

But if you divide this statistic into two halves, Chris Paul scored 18 points in the first half and only scored 6 points in the second half!

The contrast is too stark......

One can't help but want to blame the Nets' loss on his head.

Jason Kidd once again expressed his inability to do anything about Li Wan after the game.

After this game, he also completely understood the direction of Tyronn Lue's entire change of formation, and all his choices were to let the opponent play alone with him. Use Li Wan to defeat all opponents.

This......

Can it also be counted as a trick?

There is Li Wan here, who wouldn't!

Compared with Jason Kidd's jealousy, many American media have affirmed Tyronn Lue's ability to coach and change formations.

Because in the first round of the series against the Bucks, Tyronn Lue made more of his tactical changes on the defensive end.

Especially in the first game, Tyronn Lue tested the "dealing" ability of Jabari Parker and "Brother Alphabet" of the Bucks through the "Iron Bucket Formation", and successfully expanded the inexperience of these two guys infinitely.

And now when facing the Nets, Tyronn Lue's entire tactical purpose has become to cut the Nets' entire offensive tactics, so that the Nets will fall into the confrontation between Carmelo Anthony and Leewan.

While infinitely amplifying the tactical energy of "giving the ball to Leewan", it can also make Chris Paul have no room to play by the way.

It's true that there is a feeling of "hitting a snake and hitting seven inches"!

The first round of the series was so well targeted, and now the second game is so "stomachy", Tyronn Lue's coaching ability is really a bit underestimated in the eyes of this group of experts!

It's just that two games in a row have clearly drained Carmelo Anthony. In the fourth game of the series, he soon developed fitness problems. This is also the number one problem that players must face after the age of 33, especially in the playoffs, where a game is comparable to a war, and the speed of physical exhaustion is even more exaggerated.

It's just that Carmelo Anthony's ability to control body fat percentage has not been good since he became a supergiant...... You must know that Jokic, the only "big center" in history who averaged 30 plus 10 plus 10 "triple-doubles" per game, also played a terrifying and efficient performance after successfully controlling the body fat rate, including the NBA "supergiants" in the past generations, as long as it is phenomenal, there is no situation where the body fat rate cannot be controlled at that time.

Because this is often easy to become a breakthrough for opponents in the playoffs......

In this game with the Columbus Explorers, because of Carmelo Anthony's physical fitness, there was no suspense soon, 120-100, and the Nets lost by a full 20 points!

It was the most lost game in the entire series.

4-0！

Another round of sweeps, and the Columbus Explorers advance to the Eastern Conference Finals!

In the first game of the Western Finals, 8 penalties in 35 seconds, looking at the entire NBA history, it is also quite explosive.

(End of chapter)