Li Kaiming grabbed the rebound in the front court and scored the first goal of the opening game for the Wizards, which made the fans at the mcI Center very excited, and it was a good start for the Wizards.

However, the cheers of the fans did not last for a quarter before the rhythm of the game was beaten back by the Hawks.

Li Kaiming tried to minimize singles in the first quarter, shoot reasonably, and focus on the team, originally thought that this would make his teammates perform better, but the facts still show that Li Kaiming thinks too much......

Without Li Kaiming taking the initiative to step up and take on the offensive firepower, the rest of the Wizards team faced the Hawks' playoff-level defense, and it was difficult for them to get a good shot, and this group of people who rarely played in the playoffs also found that in the playoffs, even the referee's penalty scale has become larger, and many fouls that will be blown in the regular season will be completely ignored by the referee in the playoffs.

Referee: Foul? Any foul, as long as it doesn't kill someone, it doesn't count as a foul!

The players of the Wizards played projection basketball for a whole season, and it was also projection basketball under the regular season penalty scale, and suddenly faced with this strong defensive pressure and penalty scale, except for a few performances that had played in the playoffs, the rest of the people's legs were scared and weak!

The jump shot and the first point at the beginning of the game did not make the Wizards the team in the lead, on the contrary, after the end of the first quarter, the Wizards trailed the Hawks by 8 points at 25-33!

It can be seen from the Wizards' single-quarter scores that their offense has not been played at all, and the Wizards basically score more than 25 points in a single quarter in the regular season, and many times they can exceed 30 points, and even more than 40 points when they feel good.

But when it comes to the playoffs, everything changes!

Even Li Kaiming himself was much less efficient than in the regular season, he only made 4 shots in the first quarter, hit 2 balls, and got 4 points, 3 rebounds and 1 assist.

In addition to Hinrich's 5 points and 2 assists in 2 of 3 in a single quarter, and Bracch got 4 points, 4 rebounds and 1 block, Nick Young and Sun Yue were two people who pulled a thousand miles, and the two shot 1 of 6 in the first quarter, and combined for 2 points, 1 rebound and 3 turnovers, which completely became a breakthrough for the Hawks.

In addition to playing erratically on the offensive end, the Wizards' defense is also as porous as ever, after all, this defense has been playing for a season, and can you expect to suddenly become stronger in the playoffs?

The two stars of the Hawks, Joe Johnson and Josh Smith, completely pressed Nick Young and Sun Yue in the first quarter, scoring 8 points in one quarter and 5 points in the other, and both shot more than half.

Seeing the Wizards' performance in the first quarter, A-Smith, who was sitting in the ESpN live broadcast room at this time, shook his head and sighed.

"I thought that this group of guys could hold out for at least half the game, but I didn't expect to beat the Hawks in the first quarter! What else is there to see about this series? It's over! ”

Even Barkley, who has always supported Li Kaiming, does not have so much confidence in the Wizards, "In the first quarter, it seems that this group of boys of the Wizards team is completely unable to adapt to the scale and confrontation of the playoffs, they have a bad hand, and there are a lot of mistakes...... Alas, the old fritters of the Eagles have taught them a hard lesson! ”

The second quarter of the game started quickly, and the Hawks came up with a rotation lineup, because the Wizards were behind, so Sanders didn't dare to take Li Kaiming down, but the others still needed to rest, so Li Kaiming once again took the five-out lineup on the court, but the current five-out lineup small forward position was replaced by Josh Howard.

Sun Yue's performance on the court is indeed very positive and very daring to shoot, but his talent is here, and he is a second-round show, against a quasi-All-Star level guy like Josh Smith, he is pressed and beaten at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, and he has no power to fight back.

Sanders thought that he would be able to recover at least a little bit by coming up with a killer five-way lineup and playing the opposite rotation, but the truth was still beyond Sanders' expectations.

There is no one on the guard line who can match the best sixth man like Jamal Crawford, and Crawford is also a very good foul maker, the five-out lineup played half a quarter, and the team's starting point guard Hinrich received his third foul, and Sanders had to quickly replace him.

There is one important space point missing from the five-foreign lineup, Hudson, who came up as a substitute for Hinrich, almost urinated directly on the floor of the court in the face of such a big scene as the playoffs, and was the first to dribble over half the court, Li Kaiming just turned his head and looked, this guy was directly stealed by Crawford, and the most fucked up thing is that this guy couldn't control his own hands in defending Crawford's fast attack, and was made a 2+1 by the former!

After this goal, the Hawks expanded the margin to 12 points, which means that in the period after the Wizards took out the ace five, the margin not only did not narrow, but also widened.

The Wizards fans at the mcI Center were beaten up, and many fans have even begun to leave the court!

Li Kaiming is also anxious, if he continues to play according to tactics, the score difference at halftime will be 20 points, and he must shoot!

So in the next half quarter, Li Kaiming activated his singles form and began to constantly ask for the ball to play against the opponent, but no matter how he behaved, the opposite Hawks were unmoved, and kept Horford defending him, and never got in the bag.

And Horford's playoff experience is also very rich, after a quarter and a half of testing, he has figured out the scale of the referee tonight, so when defending Li Kaiming, in addition to legal defensive actions, small actions harassment are also used.

Under such defense, Li Kaiming's efficiency is not as unfavorable as in the regular season, although he can still maintain about half of the shooting rate, but this score is obviously not enough for him to play a team alone.

What's more, Li Kaiming does not dare to completely take over the ball, the best situation should be to open it himself first, and then drive his teammates, so as to form a virtuous circle.

However, the head coach on the opposite side, Larry Drew, seems to have completely seen through the Wizards' idea, that is, let Horford defend Li Kaiming alone, and if you have the ability, you will kill me alone, and in turn, Joe Johnson on the Hawks' side grabbed Nick Young alone.

Even though Li Kaiming started the playoff mode, he was still unable to return in the end, and the Hawks defeated the Wizards 109-89 to win G1.

Li Kaiming played 41 minutes, shooting 14-of-26 from the field, including 2-of-6 from three-point range and 4-of-4 from the free-throw line, to finish with 32 points, 12 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks.

In the ESpN studio, A Smith looked at the back of Li Kaiming walking towards the player's tunnel, shook his head and reiterated his opinion, "The Wizards are still too young, they don't know what the playoffs mean, are you awesome at averaging 33 points per game in the regular season?" At the end of the day, basketball is a team sport, and maybe you can still score 30 points in the playoffs, but you can only get stats. Li Kaiming should probably learn how to help the team win, instead of blindly focusing on his own data......"

For tonight's game, Barkley said, "In my opinion, there is no problem with Li Kaiming's performance, he is still the same as in the regular season, he scored 30 points in a game, this kid did a good job." But I would say that it was not enough, his teammates could not provide him with any help at all, they could only do two things on the court, except for the constant mistakes that were iron, and to win, Li Kaiming needed to do more......"

After the game, Li Kaiming did not attend the post-match press conference, but left the stadium directly.

The first playoff game of his life gave him a blow to the head, and since entering the league, whether it is the first summer league, the first preseason, or the first regular season, he and the Wizards have been able to win the game with suspicion.

He hasn't experienced much of a setback, at least so far.

If you have succeeded for too long, you will forget that success is just accidental, and failure is the main theme, otherwise why is failure the mother of success?

At the moment of the end of the game, Li Kaiming was also very angry and helpless, and he would also complain in his heart, why are these teammates so rubbish, but if there is a normal state, they will all play tonight.

But on the way home, Li Kaiming figured it out.

These teammates have done their best, they are at this level, you can't just blame them for losing the game and expect them to be stronger, it's unrealistic.

As long as they do their best on the field and don't act, that's enough.

Instead of complaining about your teammates, you should think about how to play the next game, and you can't play like today anyway.

It's hard enough to lose one game, two games in a row? No way!

When he got home, as soon as he opened the door, Li Kaiming found that his uncle, aunt, Jiang Shan and Elliott Williams were all waiting for him at home, and all of them looked at him with concern.

Li Kaiming smiled, "What kind of eyes are you looking at?" Do I have flowers on my face? ”

Williams walked up and patted Li Kaiming on the shoulder and said, "Lee, it's just a game, don't take it to heart, this round of the series is still early!" ”

"Yes, Kaiming, we all believe in you, it's just a little setback at the beginning, and it will get better later." My aunt and uncle looked at each other, and then spoke.

Jiang Shan walked up and took Li Kaiming's hand, "Kaiming, you are the hero in my heart, I believe you will be able to reverse it!" ”

Seeing that his relatives and friends cared so much about him, the tip of Li Kaiming's nose was a little pantothenic, "You guys really, do I look like the kind of person who will be down at once?" Winning first is not winning, standing last is the winner! ”

Williams immediately began to grin, "I'll just say it! Where is this guy so easy to beat? This is the person who watched the water dispenser for a whole year! ”

However, public opinion is not so friendly, after the Wizards lost the first game of the series, the Hawks swept the Wizards 4-0 The talk is very loud, and it has become a consensus in the basketball circle!

"If two teams are half-hearted, it's hard to play a 20-point difference in a game."

However, these comments have no effect on Li Kaiming, because he has turned off social media before the playoffs and has focused most of his attention on training.

Now that the Wizards have no home-court advantage, the next game is crucial, and if they go away with a 0-2 score, this series will be dangerous.

In the next game, you must not lose!