After the Wizards swept the New York Knicks 4-0, a number of other matchups in the playoffs have become clear.

The Wizards in the East were the first to advance, and the only one to sweep, with at least six of the remaining matchups played.

Although the Bulls, who are second in the East, lost the team leader in the first game of the series, after all, they have a record second only to the Wizards in the league, and Thibodeau's tactics and system are still very stable.

What's more, Howard, the boss of the opposite Magic team, also missed the entire playoff due to injury, and without Howard, the Magic team can drop much lower than the Bulls, after all, the Bulls still have Rohr Deng, Joakim Noah, and Carlos Boozer.

In the end, the Bulls defeated the Magic 4-2 to advance to the second round and became the third team in the East to advance.

The remaining two sets of matchups in the East ended up in a tiebreaker, and the Heat, who were third in the East, and the Boston Celtics, the arch-rivals, fought seven games, and in the end, it was the Heat Big Three who were young and strong, defeated the aging Green Army Big Three, and advanced to meet the Bulls in the second round.

The rising stars Indiana Pacers and Atlanta Hawks, who are fourth in the East, also played a tiebreaker, and finally the Pacers defeated the Hawks in Indianapolis because of the home-court advantage, and successfully met the Wizards in the second round.

The Spurs, the first in the West, learned the lesson of being blacked out last season, and swept the Jazz in the eighth place in the West 4-0 in the first round, and the Thunder, the second in the West, swept the youth storm in the Russian City, 4-0 and neatly sent the defending champion Mavericks to fish.

The Lakers and Nuggets played until the last minute, and in the end, the Lakers, who had Kobe Gasol, came out on top and won the Nuggets 4-3.

The biggest news in the early part of the season was naturally the rumor that Queen Bee Chris Paul would join the Lakers, but because the Hornets did not have an owner, the deal was rejected by the owners of the other 29 teams.

And within a few days, the Clippers traded from the New Orleans Hornets to Chris Paul, with this 183 new "captain" Clippers formed a team of Paul, Griffin and Jordan Jr. this season, and the team's record has also gone from the bottom three in the West to the fifth in the West, successfully entering the playoffs.

In the first round of the Western Conference playoffs, the Clippers defeated the Grizzlies, who are fourth in the West, and advanced to the second round of the Western Conference.

With the first round of the playoffs coming to an end, the NbA is gradually announcing the remaining regular season honors.

Not surprisingly, Li Kaiming was selected for the best team again, and he was unanimously selected, the only unanimous vote among all the players.

The specific list is:

Burst: Chris Paul, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Kaiming Lee and Dwight Howard

Second team: Tony Parker, Russell Westbrook, Andrew Bynum, Blake Griffin, Kevin Love.

Three: Rajon Rondo, Dwyane Wade, Cameron Anthony, Dirk Nowitzki, Tyson Chandler.

Later, the best defensive player and the best defensive team were announced, but this time it was a joke that the best defensive player was won by Tyson Chandler of the New York Knicks, but as the best defensive player, he was not selected for the best defensive team.

James, who is ranked second in the best defensive team, appeared in the best defensive team......

Is it time to say that the voters have a problem with their brains, or should they praise James for his defensive strength......

It is worth mentioning that Li Kaiming actually appeared in the voting for the best defensive team, but he only got 10 points, and if NbA adds another best defensive team, he should get the best defensive team, but unfortunately he can't add it.

And what is surprising is that the rookie of the Wizards Cowai Leonard actually appeared in the voting list of the best defensive team, and the ranking is higher than Li Kaiming, and one place short of entering the best defensive second team!

It seems that the judges who selected the best team also looked at Leonard's performance on the defensive end, after all, this season, Sanders is simply frantically honing Leonard's defensive skills and skills, every game is Leonard to solve the opponent's most difficult outside player, and in most cases, he performs well!

According to this trend, Leonard should be 100% in the best defense next season, which is definitely a very celebratory news for the Wizards, from a team that was casually stepped by on the outside last season, to now the outside is as solid as a dam, and Leonard's output on the defensive end has contributed a lot.

The most important thing is that he can also play against a top ball-handling offensive player like Li Kaiming in team training, and his progress is predictable.

On May 13, after more than a week of rest, the Wizards finally had a game, and fans in Washington couldn't wait, with a large number of fans already showing up in the plaza outside the mcI Center two hours before the game on the day of the second round of Series G1, and by the hour before the game the stadium opened, fans poured into the arena in droves.

Fans dressed in Wizards players were everywhere taking pictures, and the mcI Center's shop selling team memorabilia was on a sales spree.

This is the economic benefit of a team that can make the playoffs, and the team owner not only makes a lot of money just selling tickets for every game, but also has this kind of small commodity that can be seen everywhere, even eating, drinking, and lazing, which is a carnival of tens of thousands of people.

At the pregame press conference, when asked by reporters how Pacers head coach Frank Vogel would design defensive tactics, Vogel looked very confident.

Vogel is a very defensive coach, not only in the team's defensive tactics and philosophy, but also in the details of the team's operation, and the Pacers he assembled are a disciplined defensive team.

"The Wizards are a very strong opponent, they have a very complete roster, and Lee is definitely the core of their team, so our focus is definitely on limiting his shots."

However, when the reporter carefully asked how Vogel would defend Li Kaiming, the latter just smiled, but did not answer.

The mountain people have their own tricks!

For the Wizards, this Pacers is also a completely different opponent, although the first round opponent Knicks lineup has Tyson Chandler, the best defensive player, but when it is actually played, it will be found that the Knicks' defense is not very strong, of course, this is also related to the Wizards' offensive style of play, and it may be different to change a team that focuses on breakthroughs.

And this Pacers team, there is no All-Defensive Team level player, but Vogel can adjust this group of people to a monolith, and this is the strength of the Pacers.

And before this season, the Pacers were still a bad team, and even got the lottery lottery and picked up Paul George in 10 years, only in the past one season, the second season can rise, and can also defeat the Hawks who have a group of playoff veterans, which shows that the strength of this Pacers is still quite weak.

So before the game started, Sanders and Li Kaiming also started to go crazy with the Pacers, Sanders said that Vogel is the favorite to be the best coach, and Li Kaiming said that the Pacers roster is full of some very good players.

It can be said that the soldiers and horses did not move the poisonous milk first, but I don't know what the final effect will be.

Soon the time came ten minutes before the game, and the audience at the mcI Center had already very cooperatively put on the playoff cheering text messages, and with the blue and red theme color scheme of the Wizards, it looked like an endless sea, full of oppression!

The line-ups of both teams were also displayed on a large screen above the arena.

Washington Wizards: Point guard Kirk Simridge, point guard Klay Thompson, small forward Cowhi Leonard, power forward Kaiming Lee, center Andre Blach.

Indiana Pacers: Point guard Darren Collisson, point guard Danny Granger, small forward Paul George, power forward David West, center Roy Hibbert.

The players on both sides stood in the center circle, Hibbert and Blatch surrounded the referees, and with the referee's whistle, the second round of the Eastern Conference playoffs officially began!

Hibbert was the 17th pick in the first round in 2008, he is 218 cm tall, and his running and jumping ability is not weak, it can be said that in terms of physical fitness, Hibbert can just cover Bracch!

Two people jumped the ball, Hibbert's height and reach advantage was obvious, and the Pacers got the ball.

Collison dribbled the ball over half court, and the Pacers' tactics were very simple, basically playing teamwork, and if it didn't work, he handed the ball to Granger for him to shoot, who was the most accurate player in this Pacers, and the shooting range was also very long.

Hibbert stepped forward to block the pick-and-roll, and his huge body made Hinrich, who was about to squeeze the cover, feel like he had hit a wall, and Collison successfully accelerated to the basket with the help of the cover.

Blatch followed but the speed couldn't keep up, Li Kaiming went to help defend, Collison hit the ground and passed to David West, who was let go by Li Kaiming, who received the ball and hit a mid-range shot directly!

0 to 2! Pacers go down first!

After the Wizards served past half court, Li Kaiming and Sanders on the sidelines knew what tactics Vogel had prepared to defend Li Kaiming!

After arriving at the frontcourt, Li Kaiming did not reach out to ask for the ball, and West, who was opposite him, began to defend closely, and Paul George next to him directly put Leonard a step, and then moved towards Li Kaiming, in this case, as long as the Wizards pass the ball to Li Kaiming, it will definitely be stealed by the Pacers.

However, the Wizards' lineup is not impossible to operate without Li Kaiming, Blatche, as the team's second brain, can average 7 assists per game, and in this case, there is no problem at all to sort out the team's offense.

Li Kaiming was strictly guarded, others began to run without the ball, Blatch went up to cover Hinrich, who squeezed through the defense with the ball and then went to the middle distance, and found that Thompson, who was running outside the line, had no chance to the bottom corner of the opposite side, but Leonard, who was done without the ball, was directly empty in the mid-range waist!

Hinrich hesitated, but still passed the ball to Leonard, who also knew that he couldn't shoot accurately, so he took the ball and took three steps to attack the basket.

But Leonard's dynamic quality on the offensive end is not outstanding, and the speed is even slower after a dribble, at this time the Pacers' center Hibbert has chased back from the line, and directly took off a pegboard cap to press Leonard's layup!

Vogel on the sidelines was refreshed after seeing this scene!

Sure enough, as I expected, this paralyzed Leonard has no outside offensive ability at all, and Hibbert can still protect the basket when he comes back from the online delay!

On the other side of the court, Sanders held his chin with his hand, and there was a thoughtful look in his eyes......

This defense is kind of interesting......