The time quickly came on April 16th, and after three days of intense preparation, the mcI Center was already filled with the atmosphere of the playoffs.

Thousands of Wizards fans traveled from all corners of the city and then gathered at the mcI Center to cheer on their home team.

At the same time, there are countless media, also waiting at the pre-game press conference, tonight's interview is definitely the most concerned, because there are too many experts and media, all think that this group of matchups is the most likely to happen, even Li Kaiming himself did not expect that he led the team to the third place in the East, and so many people are not optimistic about themselves, this group of people is not swollen enough.

At six o'clock in the afternoon, the press conference at the mcI center was crowded, and all kinds of camera equipment filled the space, which was only a few dozen square meters, and everyone was waiting for the arrival of the Wizards players.

As soon as Sanders walked into the scene with Li Kaiming, he immediately attracted the attention of all reporters, and the protagonist of tonight's interview is no longer Li Kaiming alone, Sanders, as the coach who led the Wizards to the playoffs for the first time, will definitely be greeted by reporters.

"Philip, in your opinion, what is the main point of this game?"

Sanders also came prepared, "The Hawks have a relatively average lineup, they have a scorer like Jamal Crawford on the bench, and we mainly have to pay attention to the rotation of the team, and we can't let our pure bench lineup play at the same time as Crawford. ”

"Then what role did Li Kaiming play in the rotation stage? Will he play more than 40 minutes? ”

'It's hard to say that until the game starts, Lee is the heart of our team, we rely on him to run the team, and he plays the most crucial role in whatever changes in our tactics and strategy. Playing time still depends on how the game develops, and if we can get the opposite side to garbage time, I don't think he needs to play too long. "Sanders' response was perfect.

Sanders' last sentence made the reporters in the audience laugh, hit garbage time? Now many people are predicting that you will be beaten down, it would be good if you didn't lose the game, and you still want to play until garbage time? Slippery world!

"You won three of the four games in the regular season and the Hawks, do you think that will give you confidence? Does the regular season strategy inspire the upcoming playoffs? ”

"There's no doubt that yes, we have the upper hand in the regular season and that's definitely going to give us a lot of support, but I reminded these lads that when the playoffs start, we need to forget about the regular season because the playoffs are completely different games, we don't dwell on the history of winning the regular season, life always has to look forward." Tonight's Sanders is a master philosopher, and he can even give a few philosophical sentences when answering questions about the game.

Sanders' interview is over, and it's Kaiming's turn next.

"Lee, you're averaging 33.6 points per game in the regular season this season, which is the fifth time in history that a rookie has won the scoring title, and the first three times were all ancient basketball, that is, in the history of modern basketball, you are the first person to win the scoring title as a rookie, how do you feel?" ESpN's reporter started with an interview about a question related to regular-season stats.

Li Kaiming coughed, then pulled the microphone a little closer, "It feels very good, I enjoy this journey." ”、

"What do you think of the regular season experience in the first season? Can you still put in a performance like this tonight? ”

"The NbA is the top professional league on the planet and I should feel honoured to be in this league and to be in this league with all the great players. As for tonight's performance, I think my stats should be different from the regular season, because it's a playoff game. Li Kaiming deliberately sold a pass.

"Oh? Do you mean, maybe you didn't perform as well as you did in the regular season? The reporter thought he had captured some big news and immediately asked.

"No, no, no, I mean, it's all the playoffs, so of course the game has to be played seriously! Some games in the regular season were a bit of a mess, but when it comes to the playoffs, we have to pick ourselves up, after all, NbA only gives us four chances per team......

Reporter:......

Can you still pretend to be so forced? I have seen it for a long time!

After the pre-game interview, Li Kaiming returned to the court to start warming up, and his good brother Elliott Williams, Jiang Shan and his uncle sat in the area closest to the court, because the Wizards gave each player a few family tickets, Li Kaiming gave them the tickets and let them watch the Wizards' playoff debut!

Williams had the best eyes, and he was the first to find Li Kaiming coming out, and then began to wave from afar, and also shouted Li Kaiming's name.

Li Kaiming turned his head and saw that his relatives and friends were sitting there, looking at him with a happy smile on his face, so he also responded with his right hand.

Of course, the pre-game repertoire - autographs for young fans must not be missed, and every time this group of little guys looks at Li Kaiming's eyes, he feels like a superhero who saves the world.

The fans in Washington are still very face-saving, the mcI center for the playoffs opener was full, and the Wizards also prepared a Wizards-themed blue short sleeve for each spectator who bought tickets.

In order to reflect the home advantage, tonight's home player entrance ceremony was also very grand, and the original season opener had a fight, and dJ on the scene shouted "The last starter, All-Star, scoring champion, Lee!" Triumphant! Bright! The entire mcI Center was filled with deafening cheers and screams!

“mVp！ mVp！ mVp！ ”

The current Li Kaiming is the spiritual totem of the city, and the fans chant his name neatly, making Li Kaiming who ran out also feel his scalp tingle!

Is this what it's like to fight for the city?

The lights returned to normal, and tonight's on-duty commentators, Glen Consor and Dave Johnson, began to introduce the starters for both sides.

Washington Wizards: Point guard Kirkshinrich, point guard Nick Young, small forward Sun Yue, power forward Kaiming Lee, center Andrey Blach.

Atlanta Hawks: Point guard Jordan Crawford, point guard Joe Johnson, small forward Josh Smith, power forward Al Horford, center Jason Collins.

In order to match the height of the Wizards' two interior lines, Larry Drew actually asked Horford to play power forward, and then replaced a 213 meat shield center Collins to play against Bradge, it seems that Larry Drew has also done a lot of homework for this round of the series.

The players from both sides moved their bodies a few times, then spread out on either side of the center circle, Bradge and Collins jumped the ball, and the whistle fell as the referee threw the ball into the air with one hand!

Playoffs, start!

Bradge plucked onions on dry ground and jumped high with both feet, and his jump speed and height were better than Collins's, so he won the jump ball with ease!

Li Kaiming expertly ran over, grabbed the ball with one hand, and then handed it to Hinrich, who was standing behind.

The fans at the mcI center also cheered when they saw the home team's jump ball win, although the jump ball did not affect the ownership of the whole game, but it could give the Wizards captain morale and make a good start to the game by the way.

Hinrich dribbled to the frontcourt, faced Jordan Crawford's defense, and after waiting for his teammates to settle on the outside, he called Bradge up to cover.

Collins, who followed Blatch, shouted to pay attention to the cover, and at the same time rushed over to help delay Hinrich's breakthrough, Jordan Crawford heard Collins' reminder, so he took a step out with his left foot in advance, just to avoid Blatch's cover.

But Blatch's 7-foot body is here, and although Crawford was not stuck, it also made him a few steps behind Hinrich, and Hinrich took advantage of this gap to directly change direction and kill inside and face Collins.

The Hawks' defense is still very targeted, Jordan Crawford did not give up chasing after being passed, and Collins did not change his defense, but raised his arms high to delay, resolutely not letting the Wizards play misplaced.

Hinrich dribbled to the three-point line, then slowed down and jammed Crawford with his body, waiting for Brackey to go down the line and slowly rub into the box.

Blatch turned around after the pick-and-roll and went to the basket one step ahead of Hinrich, but Collins had no choice but to follow up, which created space for Hinrich to play from mid-range.

When Hinrich was two meters away from the basket, he suddenly jumped with both feet and threw it, Collins interfered with it with all his might, and the ball was successfully defended by him.

However, Collins pounced, and there was a Bradge under the basket, who took advantage of the gap to jam the basket and was ready to rush for the rebound.

Horford, who was defending Li Kaiming next to him, couldn't see it, and also joined the fight under the basket, and began to flank Blatch with Collins.

The three of them competed for a long time, but in the end, no one controlled the ball, and the ball flew to Li Kaiming, who was about to go to the basket.

As soon as Horford saw this, he immediately rushed towards Li Kaiming, and Larry Drew's voice was still echoing in his head, "Al, you have only one task tonight, entangle Li Kaiming for me, as long as you do your best to entangle him, we will win half of this game!" ”

Seeing Horford coming, Li Kaiming dribbled the ball, then rushed to the basket with Horford in a jump, stretched out his left arm to block Horford's block, and then gently picked up the basket with his right hand, and as the basketball rebounded and fell into the basket, Li Kaiming got the first playoff point of his career!

2 to 0!

The fans cheered, the opening jump ball was won, the first attack was scored, and everything was going in the best direction......

Consol on the commentary bench also clenched his fists and cheered, "Well done, Lee scored the first point for the team!" ”

On the sidelines, Sanders clasped his hands to his chest with a faint smile on his face.

Lao Tzu has Li Kaiming in his hand, are you still afraid of being beaten down? Big joke!