The end of the regular season doesn't mean it's time to relax, it's a sign that the players need to cheer up!

Because the playoffs are about to be more exciting and exciting!

Of course, this kind of excitement does not exist for those who go fishing as soon as the regular season is over, such as the guy who is chattering next to Li Kaiming now!

Li Kaiming rolled his eyes, "It's not that I said brother, it's the third year, it's been three years in the league, and you haven't played in the playoffs yet?" Your rookie contract is over next year! ”

Elliott Williams also didn't give in, and retorted with a stiff neck: "I really want to play in the playoffs, and I want to send you to fish in the playoffs!" Who makes my team boss not good, and he can't lead the team to the playoffs......"

Li Kaiming held back a smile, "I can tell you, I have DeMardeRozan's contact information here, be careful that I tell him what you say." ”

Williams's face changed when he heard this, and then he waved his hand again and again, "Don't, you guy's heart is really black, I will come over to cheer you on as soon as the season is over, I didn't expect you to be ready to sue me for being black!" Brother, my heart is going to be broken by you......"

Seeing Williams' pretended sad look, Li Kaiming laughed, and the words he said made Williams's face red.

"I also want to go to the scene to cheer you on, but you won't give me this opportunity......"

Williams:......

On April 19th, the third day after the end of the season, the playoffs of the 2012-2013 season officially kicked off!

In the Wizards' locker room before the game, Li Kaiming tied his shoelaces, then stood up and stomped his feet twice to feel the tightness of his shoelaces.

Because of his signing with Hongxin Erke, almost everyone on the Wizards who does not have a sneaker contract is wearing the signed shoes he gave them!

It's a win-win, and the role players don't have endorsement contracts, but Hongxin Erke can provide them with game shoes and advertise themselves by the way.

And because of the existence of Bradge, Hongxin Erke has also begun to send people to contact Leonard and Thompson, according to Jiang Shan, the process is relatively smooth, maybe after a while, Li Kaiming will not be the only spokesperson for Hongxin Erke of the Wizards.

Sanders didn't make any special arrangements before the game, just reminded the players to stay sober and make decisive moves after playing!

The Wizards don't need that kind of pregame chicken soup session for a long time, because the current Wizards are a complete winning team, and everyone will make the best choice to win.

After the Wizards selected Li Kaiming, they made the playoffs for the third consecutive season, so the fans in Washington were also very face-saving, and the mcI center was full in the first game of the playoffs.

Although the ball market is important, basketball is a competitive sport after all, and most fans still like to watch winning games rather than watching basketball itself.

The entrance ceremony for the first game of the playoffs is very formal, and it seems that both the East and the West attach great importance to this ceremony that symbolizes the beginning, after all, as the saying goes, a good start is half the battle.

After the entrance ceremony for the Wizards, the big screen in the mcI center also showed the starting lineups of both sides tonight.

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

Boston Celtics: Point guard Bryden Bass, point guard Avery Bradley, small forward Paul Pierce, power forward Jeff Green, center Kevin Garnett.

Rajon Rondo did not play in this game due to injury, so almost no one favored Celtic in this game.

But Garnett and Pierce, both old guys, said in their pre-game interviews that they would do their best to bring the victory back to Boston.

The veterans are always disobedient to the old, and in their eyes, they are still the top of the league, not an outdated old thing.

However, the game is played, not blown out of the mouth, no matter how fanciful the pre-game rhetoric is, it has to be the actual performance to convince the fans.

With the referee's whistle, the ball was thrown into the air, and Bradge and Garnett jumped almost at the same time, and in the end, Garnett won and helped the Celtics win the first attack.

Bryden Bass dribbled past half court, the Celtics played an inside and outside combination, and finally it was Bass who passed the ball to Garnett, who took advantage of the fleeting opportunity to make a big jumper!

With Bang's iron, Li Kaiming picked up the rebound and passed it to Hinrich.

The Wizards went to the frontcourt, Li Kaiming and Thompson ran along the three-point line, Blatch and Leonard covered each other, Li Kaiming and Thompson attracted defenders for each other, and finally the Celtics chose to wrap up the more threatening Li Kaiming, who stuck the Green Army two defenders alone, and Thompson ran to the three-point line to receive the ball and shoot!

Swish!

Watch the ball hollow into the net!

The Wizards' playoff goals this season started with this three-pointer!

The Green Army sent a baseline ball to attack, and after arriving in the front court, the ball was given to Paul Pierce, who decided to single-handedly pick out the facial paralysis in front of him, teach the young player a shallow lesson, and spray two trash words by the way after the goal, and also mention the glorious history of his own and Kobe Bryant's battle against Biao in the Finals......

And just as Pierce was about to start with a three-in-one threat, a big hand stretched out like lightning and cut into the basketball with unmistakable precision!

Pierce only felt the emptiness of his hands, and then the two hands snapped together!

Leonard's steal directly made Pierce doubt life!

This special hand is with navigation, even Kobe Bryant can't cut the ball so neatly......

Leonard grabbed the ball after a steal, because he was not very skilled in dribbling, so he passed the ball to Hinrich, and Li Kaiming took it straight to the whole court.

Garnett knew the horror of Li Kaiming's fast attack without the ball, so he chased desperately behind Li Kaiming, but unfortunately he was no longer the wolf king he was at the beginning, and after he got older, he could only watch Li Kaiming's back get farther and farther away, and finally received a pass in the penalty area......

At this time, Garnett suddenly felt a trace of sadness in his heart, could it be that my time has passed?

The defense of the Green Army's lineup is still very good, except for Li Kaiming, the remaining few members of the Wizards team are difficult to face their opponents to score consistently.

Although Thompson has a good hand, Bradley against him is a defender who is very good at squeezing cover, especially after Thompson scored a three-pointer in the opening game, Bradley chased more fiercely, and almost did not give Thompson any space to shoot.

It's still going to be tough for Leonard to face Pierce on a playoff powerhouse, even if it's an older Pierce.

Compared to defense, the Celtics' offense is their biggest drawback.

The strongest three-point player in the lineup is actually Pierce, and the others are some ice shooters who shoot 30 percent from the field per game.

But Pierce is facing Leonard, who is averaging 2.8 steals and 1.6 blocks per game this season......

Coupled with the fact that Pierce is older, physically and explosively not as strong as before, and although he is a skilled floor-flow player, his declining body means that he needs to put in more physical effort to get rid of defense, and basketball is still a sport that relies heavily on physical talent at the end of the day.

The second scorer on the team is the elderly Garnett, who averaged 14 points and 7 rebounds per game this season, Garnett is an interior player who is not good at scoring, otherwise why would an mVp player only have a single highest score in a single playoff game in his entire career at 35?

At the end of his career, his iron-blooded jump shot could not support him to score high scores, not to mention the Wizards' interior defense, Blatch and Li Kaiming were two people squatting and one helping to defend, and Garnett was miserable.

Both of the Celtics' cores were targeted, so the Wizards unsurprisingly led by seven points at 27-20 after the end of the first quarter.

Li Kaiming got 9 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists in a single quarter, and Sanders changed to a rotation lineup in the second quarter, and Li Kaiming went to rest.

The rotation lineup has Leonard on the outside and McGee on the inside, so there is no need to worry about defense at all.

But the development of the game in the second quarter was still unexpected by Sanders, and a person who no one expected actually stood up!

This is the Celtics' starting power forward Jeff Green, who played tepidly when Li Kaiming was on the floor in the first quarter, but he didn't expect to explode directly after facing the substitute in the second quarter!

Jeff Green scored 5 points in a row with a three-pointer and an air-cut dunk to stop the Wizards!

You know, this guy had heart surgery last season and missed a whole season!

I even heard that his heart stopped beating for a while!

But this is such a person who not only returns to the game, but also stands up when his team is in crisis!

Even Li Kaiming listened to this guy's deeds, and there was a trace of admiration in his heart!

Of course, admiration is admiration, the game still has to continue, not only to continue, but also to get this first victory!

Li Kaiming and the five-outside lineup are on the lineup, and this time he plays the center against Garnett.

After coming on the court, Li Kaiming first received the ball and faced Garnett with a backward shot, but unfortunately it didn't score!

And Garnett was angry after grabbing the rebound, and roared, looking very strong, as if he had blocked Li Kaiming's whistle shot.

When Garnett was full of passion, all the players of the Celtics knew who to give the ball to, so when they went to the frontcourt, the outside line passed the ball to Garnett in the waist position, and the latter didn't even make a force to top Li Kaiming after receiving the ball, so he turned around and shot directly, it seems that he wanted to play a time difference!

This kind of unconfrontational shooting was simply a hat for Li Kaiming, and he chased up and slapped Garnett's shot away, and the ball fell into Thompson's hand.

The Wizards launched a fast attack, and after arriving at the front court, Li Kaiming continued to go inside, Hinrich gave the ball in, Li Kaiming met the bag on the inside and passed the ball to Lewis in the bottom corner, Lewis, who was pressed by Jeff Green for a long time, finally got the opportunity to prove himself, and hit the three-point shot steadily!

After Li Kaiming's return, he and Leonard immediately helped the Wizards stabilize their defense, and the Celtics' offense was already constipated, and now it is even more iron!

In the end, the Wizards defeated the Celtics 98-81 to win the first game of the first round of the playoffs.

Because the Celtics' defense is not weak, Li Kaiming is still a lot more serious than in the regular season, with 36 points, 14 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 blocks and 1 steal.

Thompson scored 9 points and Leonard had 7 points, 6 rebounds and 3 steals!