Watching Shay score 50 points without relying on three-pointers, Thunder fans completely gave up their illusions.

This round of the series, they simply can't win!

Durant and Rose are indeed great, but in front of Shay, they are just mortals.

After Shay scored his 50th point of the game, the margin became exactly 20 points.

Scott. Brooks paused the game, and it was clear that he was going to replace all the main players and take the initiative to raise the white flag!

Garbage time has inevitably arrived.

Shay raised a hand and walked off the field as a victor.

This game made Shay the oldest player in NBA history to score 50 points in the playoffs.

At the same time, it was also the seventh time in Shay's career that he scored 50+ points in the playoffs. surpassed Jordan's six times and became the only all-time first!

50+ in a single game in the playoffs is a very difficult thing.

In the history of the NBA, there are only three people who can do it more than twice, AI, Jordan and Shay.

Even if the time limit is relaxed to 2023, there will only be one more Lillard on this list.

What Kobe Bryant, James, Curry, Durant, and Aunt Alphabet, these well-known names have only achieved 50+ in a single playoff game once.

And Shay, did it 7 times!

With such a foil, you can see what a terrible achievement this is.

In this regard, Shay is a simple dimensionality reduction blow to the other players.

In front of Shay's 7 playoff single-game 50+ games, sophomore Kevin . Durant is nothing more than an insignificant ant.

Adu was completely beaten and walked to the bench with his head down.

Before thinking about it, Durant was not the chosen one.

The height of the center can shoot and finish like an outsider, dribble and break through, and do things that are completely inconsistent with his height.

In his sophomore year, he became one of the best scorers in the league.

The whole world has extremely high expectations for him, especially after Auden kneels, the law of "there must be water in the eyes of the champion" seems to be destined that Adu will be the ultimate winner.

However, such a talented guy was helpless in front of Shay. When defending Shay one-on-one, he was even more powerless by Shay.

Durant's self-confidence completely collapsed, and he thought that he would be able to shine in the playoffs in his rookie year with Shay's script.

Although Shay lost to Ah Hua in the second round in his rookie year, he led the team to a 0-2 deficit in the first round to reverse the Suns, which is also one of his classic battles.

You must know that the first round of the playoffs that year was still a best-of-three system. Shay's wave reversed, and the gold content was quite high.

Since then, Shay has been on the rise. won the championship the second year, won the MVP, drank the bath water of the beauty until she vomited, and walked to the peak of her life.

Adu doesn't want anything else, he just wants to experience the refreshing feeling of drinking a handful of bath water until he vomits after playing the playoffs.

But Durant only found out at this time that he was holding O'Neal's script!

You have to be shaved for a few years before you can stand up!

At the scene of the game, Barkley and Reggie. Miller is blowing like crazy.

"50 points is 50 points, and it's 50 points in the playoffs. It can only be said that Shay is really a person who has been forgotten by time. At 38 years old, the playoffs are still strong! ”

"Charles, I finally know how easy it was for you to win those two championships back then. With Shay here, even a pig can win the championship! ”

Buckley:

"Reggie, shut up, I don't like talking to people who don't have championship rings.

Talking to someone who doesn't have a ring is a cross-server chat, and you can't talk together at all, you know. ”

Scott. Brooks also completely gave up his illusions at this time, knowing that it was better to deliberately lose a few games and fall to eighth in the West.

I don't know why, Brooks feels that the No. 1 Hornets are much better than the No. 2 Lakers!

Paul wasn't going to come out in his fifties at a moment's notice.

And just like that, the game was completely thrown into garbage time.

The camera swept over the Thunder bench, and they all looked skeptical about their lives, from the head coach to the players.

Shay really made it clear to this young team what the playoffs are and what is the stage controlled by superstars.

Adu is too late to regret it now, he knows that he must have been ridiculed to death on the Internet.

And all of this is his own fault.

Although Shay was talking about 50 points in front of the whole team at the time.

But after all, there was no media at the scene, so if Adu hadn't taken the initiative to poke this thing out, the outside world would not have known.

The outside world doesn't know, and he doesn't need to be so embarrassed now.

But Adu revealed this matter by himself, thinking that he could embarrass Shay, but he dug a hole and jumped by himself!

Well, now the whole world knows that Shay can handle Durant as much as he wants.

Adu wants to cry without tears, it's over, after this battle, Lao Tzu can't even drink the water for washing his feet now!

Eventually, after the boring garbage time, the Lakers beat the Youth Thunder at home.

Playoffs lead 1-0 on aggregate!

Rose's playoff debut scored 23 points, which was remarkable.

Adu scored 20 points in his playoff debut, better than Ma.

But. Because of Shay's 50 points, they, especially Durant, have only shame and no glory at this time.

After the match, Shay looked at Adu, spread his fingers, and then shrugged.

There was contempt and arrogance between the movements and demeanor.

Durant looked at Shay with a displeased face, clenched his fists, and then said to Rose: "Shay is too arrogant, relying on Stern to be his own son, pretending to be Liu Beep, right?" Wait for Derek, I'll meet him! ”

Rose hurriedly grabbed Adu: "Forget it, don't fight anymore!" ”

Adu shook Rose away: "We are men!" You can lose, but you can't be humiliated! ”

"Du!"

Ignoring Rose's shouts, Durant walked straight to Shay and raised his arms ferociously.

Take the initiative to go up and shake Shay's hand!

"Brother Xie is really V587, the little brother has been taught. There were a lot of people outside just now, brother, the matter of scolding you with a trumpet is purely a little brother who is confused for a while, Brother Xie don't care! ”

Ross:???

Isn't that what you said about going to meet Shay!?

Jinnima will say the hardest words and do the softest things!

Ross just had a superfluous run to pull that idiot!

Can Durant not hurry up and apologize? If he doesn't apologize, he is really afraid that Shay will be 50+ times in the next few games.

He didn't want to be beaten by Shay's 50 points per game.

Seeing that Adu admitted his mistake with sincerity, Shay also encouraged his juniors: "You Brother Xie and I are not the kind of people who are cautious, forget it this time." Don't be discouraged, you've already scored a lot today. It's only 30 points less than me, which is good. ”

Abdul:.

Only 30 points less. Brother Xie comforted people, it really didn't have a comforting effect at all.

The first time of youth is really a bright sadness.

At this time, Adu probably couldn't understand how sad it was that his youth was over and he hadn't had the first sorrow.

At the post-game press conference, Scott. Brooks, on the other hand, is like a scientist who has discovered a new world, chattering and sharing his astonishing discoveries:

"Shay's scoring prowess is impeccable, and I now know why Jordan can't beat him."

"Defensive strategy? It doesn't make sense at all. No strategy you can use to stop Shay from scoring. ”

"He's the best scorer of all time, the best defensive player of all time, even the best playmaker of all time.

The only team that can beat this Lakers team may be the Lakers in the 90s in the videotape. ”

This coach who previously felt that his defensive strategy was seamless, and Shay's 50 points was purely a fart-eating coach. At this moment, it looks like it is completely conquered.

Brooks, of course, knew that when the series was not over, such praise of the opponent's star could affect the team's morale.

But.

Morale has a fart!

At present, in a best-of-seven game, the Thunder have no chance of winning at all!

A game that is destined to be lost, do you still need to care about morale?

Morale is like Wei Ge, if you have it, it can make you like a tiger, but it can't make you start from nothing!

After Shay's first game of the playoffs, the eyes of the world were drawn to him.

This year, Shay's form in the playoffs is almost like last season.

Everyone is sure that Shay is more than just a playoff player this time.

Yesterday, at a press conference, Shay also made no secret of his ambitions:

"The Staples Center has never raised a championship pennant since it opened.

Now those flags on the dome of the arena were all moved from the Great Western Forum.

So my goal is to raise the championship pennant in this arena! ”

Shay's goal was already clear, and the first battle was just a small test.

Whoever dares to stand in the way next is Durant's end!

So in the three games after the first round, the Thunder really didn't make any waves.

And Durant also found out that when he was in G1 before, Shay said that he had scored a lot, which was not comforting, but explaining the facts.

Because after three games

Shay hasn't allowed Durant to score 20 points again!

G2, Durant was shot 7-of-24 and scored just 19 points on 29.2% shooting.

G3 intensified, making Adu 5 of 23, and the shooting rate dropped to 21.7%!

Only 16 points were scored in the game.

Brooks suspects that Durant has been taken away, which top scorer can shoot less than 30% in two consecutive games in the playoffs?

Actually, it has something to do with Shay's energy allocation.

In the first game, Shay released the cruel words of "50 points" after all, so he mainly focused on scoring and did not force Durant too the defensive end.

But as we all know, there will always be a period of sage time after the ruthless output.

As a result, Shay's desire to score in the next two games was not so high.

And men, they all like the new and hate the old.

The first game was still fresh, so Shay injected the score into Durant's body.

But if you play too much, you don't feel it, which is why Shay's desire to score in G2 and G3 decreases.

But precisely because the desire to score is not so high, Shay can focus most of his energy on the defensive end.

Therefore, Adu suffered an old sin.

In this period, Adu's ability to hold the ball in front of top defensive experts is basically equal to 0.

As long as he dares to dribble, Shay will dare to set a new league record for steals in a single game.

In desperation, Adu's offense was only left with the trick of catching and shooting.

But Adu, with no advantage in speed and fitness, struggled to get away from Shay without the ball.

And the height advantage he was proud of was also gone in front of Shay.

This is equivalent to the way to score is blocked by Shay!

The Thunder were dumbfounded when they saw the fans, they didn't expect Adu to be like this in the playoffs.

They all thought that Adu's template was Shay, but it turned out that his template was Kobe!

It's only the second grade, and he has shown such a terrible talent for striking iron, and he will get it in the future?

After three games, Adu wanted to ask Shay: "Brother, do you recruit a tall shooter?" ”

He wants to surrender to the enemy!

Playing basketball with Shay, there's no fun at all. No matter how fun the project is, it's boring to lose all the time!

Before, Adu also thought that Drexler was a bad breed, and he was actually beaten by Shay to retire and took the initiative to admit defeat.

A real man has to fight his opponent to the end!

But now, Adu has gone from laughing at Ah Hua to understanding Ah Hua.

Durant is going to play with Shay for a few more years, and he probably wants to retire early.

After the third battle, everything was closed.

Although before the series began, 93% of fans thought the Lakers would advance.

But to be honest, I guess most people didn't expect that this would turn into a one-sided massacre.

Everyone thought that with the talent of the Thunder, which is best in the league, even if they want to lose, they can at least steal one or two games.

But the Lakers did a great job, and they didn't let the Thunder take away a single game.

G4, Adu pondered, Shay, after slackening, would definitely not defend himself to death again.

This is a great opportunity to save face!

Shay G4 did slacken and didn't take it so seriously.

Adu was then shocked to shoot 5-of-14 from the field and shooting 35.7 percent.

The shooting rate is 30%, which is indeed very high compared to the first two games.

The magician couldn't help but tease Adu at the end of the game:

Kevin. Durant has improved tremendously and increased his shooting percentage by more than a dozen percentage points! If he continues to improve like this, his shooting rate will reach 100% sooner or later!

If there are 9 games in the playoffs, the Lakers will definitely lose, and the Thunder will definitely be able to reverse 5-4!

Shay snickered, it was the format that saved him! ”

Of course, there can't be a 5-4 reversal.

4-0, the Lakers won the Thunder bloodlessly.

Although Shay did not score more than 30 points in the next three games, G1's 50 points are enough to show Shay's current ability.

After the first round, on TNT's show, Barkley did something that embarrassed most of his peers, but made Shay's fans very happy.

In the show, Barkleyro listed the comments of major media and industry insiders about Shay and the Lakers before the season began.

"I don't know what Shea is doing when he comes back, Shay's ceiling right now is the first round of the playoffs. Lower limit? There is no lower limit! ”

"Giving the 38-year-old veteran a salary cap, the Los Angeles Lakers made the stupidest decision in franchise history. If Shay can play at the top salary level next season, I'll eat upside down! ”

"No one really thinks that Shay is still an MVP-caliber player, right? The current Shay is not even up to the level of an ordinary All-Star. I predict that next season, Shay will only average 15+5+3 per game. ”

"The Lakers are just selling tickets, and they know very well that Shay is great and can't lead the team to victory."

'Shay isn't that strong and hopefully he won't see us again after season next season. Because, I really can't bear to bully a useless veteran. ”

The reason why Barkley released these comments is also very simple, that is, to use Shay's current achievements and performance to slap their faces!

Shay's cap is just the first round? Now, Shay has made it past the first round.

Shay can't even reach the level of an average All-Star? Now, Shay is the MVP candidate!

Shay can't lead the team to victory? The Lakers have played their first 60-win season in the 21st century!

However, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Barkley did not disclose which media outlets and who made the comments.

It's like giving them a mosaic.

But the last sentence "I really don't want to bully a useless veteran" is deeply remembered by many people, and it is useless to play mosaic.

Because this sentence was said by Popovich at that time!

Obviously, after becoming the third team in NBA history to eliminate Shay in the playoffs last season, Popovich was a bit drifting.

At that time, the Spurs had not been retaliated against by Shay, so Popovich's tone was very arrogant.

And this sentence has now been dug up by Barkley, which is also useful.

Because

The Lakers' opponent in the second round is none other than the San Antonio Spurs!

In the first round, the Spurs defeated the Mavericks 4-1 and won the Texas Civil War.

But in fact, if it weren't for the AI injury, the Spurs would probably be taken down.

Because of the first game of the series, the AI scored 43 points on the Spurs' weak outside defense and led the team to victory.

It's a pity that in the second game of G2, the AI sprained his ankle seriously and had to end the season early.

The Mavericks, who had no backbone, were also swept by the Spurs four times in a row and were swept by the gentleman.

However, after the series, many media said that the Spurs were just lucky to advance.

If the AI is not accidentally injured, the Maverick will never be eliminated so easily.

But Popovich was not convinced:

"It's sad about AI, but if he doesn't get hurt, the outcome won't change. We're aiming for the championship and we can't just go down in the first round. ”

Popovich's behavior of pretending to beep when he got cheap made the fans very unhappy.

Therefore, most people are looking forward to Shay giving justice to his little brother AI.

But at this time, Paul, who was extremely bad with Shay, jumped out again:

"Predict the outcome of the game? Spurs will definitely qualify. Shay was lucky to meet a youth army like the Thunder in the first round, so he was able to advance.

But the experienced San Antonio Spurs will tear apart all the pretense of the Lakers! ”

Paul, as a fan of Duncan, dreamed of fighting Duncan again.

And, Shay is probably Paul's most hated player right now, not one of them.

Even if he beats himself into a titanium alloy dog's eye, Shay actually has to come to mix in the MVP matter, which makes Paul very unhappy.

The Spurs defeated Shay, who is now in a lot of traffic, and then beat the Spurs themselves.

Flattered~

Seeing that Popovich and Paul were menacing, Shay certainly did not show weakness.

At the mention of Spurs, Shay shook his head vigorously:

"The AI lost to injuries, but not to the Spurs. The San Antonio people got past the first round, but luck didn't work with me. ”

Although Shay used a 50+ massacre in the regular season, he completely defeated the Spurs.

But that's not enough.

In the playoffs, Shay also wanted to bury the Spurs with his own hands.

Popovich said the Spurs could advance even if the AI wasn't injured.

Shay added that the Spurs were just lucky to get to the second round.

Both teams don't give each other a face at all.

Coupled with Paul's fanning of the flames, everyone felt that this round of the Western Conference semifinals would be quite intense.

However, in the first game of the series, Shay hit the Spurs hard.

In the series G1, Shay scored 39 points in the game, leaving the Spurs powerless.

The Spurs are still an old problem, and the perimeter defense is too bad and too loose.

Shay doesn't need to push hard, he can go in easily.

Goal.

Moreover, the Spurs have an unexpected problem - Duncan can't prevent Randolph!

As the season progresses, the 38-year-old is in better form.

But Duncan's form is getting worse and worse.

Plantar fasciitis and excessive weight overwhelmed Duncan's body.

He's slower and more sluggish than he was in the regular season!

As a result, Randolph also scored 21 points and Duncan scored only 13 points.

So angry that Duncan almost got up on the windmill.

After the game, Duncan could only reluctantly rub Ginobili's head with a basketball to vent his anger.

So G2, Ginobili finally stood up and scored 32 points explosively.

Can he not explode? If he loses, he will be gone!

But in front of Shay's 37 points and Randolph's 23 points, Ginobili's score was simply not enough.

The Spurs didn't mess up on the defensive end today, and they would rather let everyone else go than flank Shay.

But what made Popovich desperate was that the Spurs broke the defensive lineup, and the last two were helpless with Shay!

Moreover, Randolph's performance in the low post has also remained solid.

The Spurs, who eliminated Shay last season, have been unable to fight back this season.

2-0, the Lakers won all two home courts.

At the new press conference after the game, Shay also deliberately mocked Popovich: "I really don't want to bully a useless old coach, to be honest, with their outside defense, AI can win them casually." But alas, Spurs' good fortune ended here! ”

Popovich did not respond, and at the press conference, he humiliatedly acquiesced to his defeat.

Because as a coach, he knows very well that he has no power to return to the sky in this round of competition.

The Spurs' perimeter defense problems were too great, and Duncan's form couldn't recover for a while.

None of this is a problem that tactical strategy can solve.

At this time, no matter how hard he is, it will only make his face more swollen.

But Paul wasn't convinced, he didn't want to see his idol's team beaten like this.

I don't want to see Shay show off his might, but no one dares to confront him.

So, in his interview, Paul mentioned Shay again:

"Spurs are at home and tend to be more powerful.

Isn't there an old saying in the NBA? The series really starts when you get a win away from home!

Shay is a, he doesn't have to be the winner in the end. ”

Then, Shay G3 continued to exert power, scoring 38 points in a single game, and still easily won the opponent at home at this point.

At the press conference, Shay smiled brightly:

"Chris probably doesn't know there's an old NBA saying, don't mess with Shay."

At this point, Paul is just hard-mouthed, and he also knows that the Spurs will not be able to turn over again this year.

Shay used the simplest and crudest way to take revenge on the team that eliminated him last season.

After the G3 fight, Howard was also sad.

Because the day after the end of G3, the Lakers held a press conference to officially announce that Shay was the best defensive player of the 08-09 season!

This year, the voting results for the best defensive player were close.

Shay had a 44 percent first pick, while Howard had a 40 percent first-choice rate.

Obviously, Shay's abuse of Howard in the regular season made him win a lot of favor and finally won the award.

Shay lifted the fourth Defensive Player of the Year trophy of his career, which allowed Shay to draw Big Ben and become the person with the most Defensive Player of the Year awards in NBA history!

To be honest, Shay and Big Ben have subverted the perception of the team's award.

In most people's minds, this award belongs to a tall center.

But.

Although Big Ben is a center, his height is all made up by his hair. That's it, he actually won the most best defensive player awards in history.

Although Shay is tall and has long arms, he can play on the outside.

Shay and Big Ben have redefined the best defensive player.

But Shay isn't just a best defensive player, because the best defensive player is torturing the Spurs with scoring.

G4, the Spurs, who have given up resistance, naturally failed to create a miracle.

Shay also did what he wanted, using a 46-point performance to kill and sweep the opponent in two consecutive rounds, and successfully avenge the AI!

And Shay has played these four games, and his average score per game is just .40 points!

Once again, Shay played a series averaging 40 points per game!

After the game, in order to hide his embarrassment, Popovich deliberately blackened himself in a joking tone:

"I'll admit, before the start of the season, I was a little louder, hahahaha."

Although he said this in a joking tone, Popovich probably did not save much face.

The media believed that this was Popovich's true feelings.

Even the haughty Popovich must admit that he shouldn't have been so disrespectful to Shay!

The next day, the newspapers were full of headlines like this: "Popovich apologizes for Shay's mistake."

This arrogant old man finally got the ending he deserved.

And Shay also used a clean 4-0 to successfully avenge last season's revenge in an almost cruel way.

Compared to the previous year, the situation has changed dramatically. The year before, it was felt that Shay had lost his authority.

But now, Shay has leapt to the zenith again!

Two 4-0, the Lakers easily reached the Western Conference Finals!

Now, Shay is waiting for the winner between the Nuggets and the Hornets.

Currently, the Nuggets and Hornets are tied 2-2.

The reporter also asked Shay to roughly predict who his opponent would be, and Shay replied without hesitation:

"It's the Hornets who want to make the cut."

"Why? As far as I know, you and Chris. Paul didn't have any friendships. ”

"That's right, so, I wish I could get Paul on his way with my own hands!"

In the previous series with the Spurs, Paul had been twittering on the sidelines, and Shay had put up with him for a long time.

This time, there is no need for a war of words.

You can directly fight it out!

Shay's words made Paul extremely angry.

He also responded to Shay before the G5 with the Nuggets:

"He'll regret talking to the MVP like that."

Paul has always felt that he has the best chance of winning the MVP this year.

First of all, in terms of record, Paul and the Cavaliers' 66 wins are invincible.

During the regular season, the Hornets won both meetings with the Cavaliers.

So, Paul is very confident in the MVP.

I'm a dignified MVP, is it something you Shay can threaten?

This time in G5, Paul also scored a super double-double of 33 points and 12 assists, which made the Nuggets miserable.

In fact, Paul was finally given a chance to raise his head and catch his breath after being held in the water for a long time.

Because in the first four games, the Nuggets had Billups in charge, so Paul's performance was very average.

The Hornets are relying on Maddie and David. West hung and barely tied with the Nuggets.

Today, Paul finally broke out for the first time.

After winning this game, he was naturally very arrogant: "Shay, don't worry, I'll be able to knock you to the ground soon!" ”

Chris. Paul, this is perhaps the most disrespectful player to Shay today.

Even if he was beaten into a titanium dog's eye, he still spoke disrespectfully to Shay.

Shay looked at the arrogant Paul and clenched his fists.

Hurry, hurry, hurry up and end your current game.

Now, you're the one I want to beat!

Finally, in the series G6, Maddie, West and Paul all scored 20 points.

And at the critical moment, Billups chased down a three-point miss, and the Hornets finally struggled to sweep the tenacious Denver miners into the dust with a total score of 4-2.

The Hornets also reached the Western Conference Finals for the second consecutive season!

And the most anticipated round of the series in the world is finally coming!

Shay and Paul, Hornets and Lakers.

All grievances will end in a head-on collision!

The game ended, though at home of the Nuggets.

But Paul still exclaimed excitedly:

"We are the kings of the West!"

The reporter hurriedly interrupted Paul:

"There's a Lakers in the West waiting for you, Chris. Defeat them, and you're the rightful king of the West. ”

Chris. Paul, the man who thought he was destined for MVP, led the team to a team-best 66 wins.

Amid the reporters' cameras and the boos of the fans, a friendly smile was revealed:

"Los Angeles Lakers? They are but a step on my throne.

When you are old, you must be self-aware.

Shay isn't an MVP anymore, and he's not a winning general.

Any idea why they made it to the Western Conference Finals?

Because in the first round, he met the Thunder, who was too young.

In the second round, he met the overly aged Spurs again.

But in the Western Conference Finals, they won't be so lucky. ”

With that, Paul immediately turned away, and the smile on his face disappeared instantly.

He must avenge his idol, his own eyes!

Shay, on the other hand, is ready.

In fact, the six games between the Hornets and the Nuggets have already made Shay see the weaknesses of the Hornets.

Don't worry Chris.

This is a series that will surely go down in history.

Today's 2-in-1 chapter is present! (8000 words, return to normal tomorrow) conscience is old, kneel and beg for a monthly pass!

(End of chapter)