On the evening of the 21st, the first game of the first round of the playoffs between the Lakers and the Trail Blazers officially started at the Staples Center.

This season, Aldridge, the number one star on the Trail Blazers' team, averaged 21.2 points and 10.4 rebounds per game for the Trail Blazers in the regular season, playing the standard star power forward stats.

But in his past and present life, Aldridge is a typical regular-season star.

As we all know, there is a difference between "20+10" and "20+10".

Just like Duncan's "20+10" is not comparable to the "20+10" of other power forwards.

Although on the court, Aldridge has a stable mid-to-long-range straight-arm jumper, and he can also complete the hard work for the team by turning over the jumper at critical moments......

But with the improvement of the level of the game, Aldridge's true shooting rate in the playoffs of his career will exceed 50%, which is a good reflection of his attribute of "bullying the soft and fearing the hard".

In Wang's previous life, Aldridge's career highlight was in the 16/17 season, when he reached the Western Conference finals with the Spurs.

However, because Leonard was given a big step by the Warriors' scum Pachulia as soon as he came up in the G1 game of the Western Conference finals, the Spurs could only accept the fate of being swept by the Warriors in the absence of small cards.

But......

After Leonard retired from injury, Aldridge, who had played well in the G1 game, also showed his original form in the later games of the Spurs.

If Wang Shuo remembers correctly, after losing the small card, in the last three games with the Warriors, Aldridge scored only eight points in two games, and if you don't know, I'm afraid you still think he is a fan of James.

As it turns out, if his team has a big man with more individual ability, Aldridge is responsible for supplementing the output on the field and stabilizing the team's attacking tempo.

But if you expect him to lead the team, he'll most likely wear an invisibility cloak during the game, so you won't feel his presence.

In the NBA, there are many players like Aldridge.

And these players often have a common problem.

That's if you let them play the tailwind, and they can all play Jordan.

But once their team has a headwind situation on the field, then they will drop the chain one by one.

Of course, the reason why Aldridge can't get closer to becoming a super power forward compared to Duncan is also related to his defensive quality on the court.

Despite standing close to 280 cm tall.

And the arm span is more than 225 cm.

But Aldridge, who has an enviable static talent, was in his 16-year NBA career......

Never showed defensive toughness.

Anyway, if you expect his defense to be intimidating on the court, then you might as well count on your opponent to go up and not score.

In Wang Shuo's previous life, Aldridge would average more than one block per game in his career.

Even if his defensive positional sense on the court in the latter part of his career is acceptable, and his defensive attitude can be called his best, in the NBA, the vast majority of guards dare to attack against this tall and long-arm interior player.

In the first quarter of this series with the Lakers, as soon as the G1 battle came up, the young Ade fully exposed his "soft egg" attribute in front of this Lakers.

Offense, facing Garnett, he shot 1-of-5 in the first quarter, and most of the shots were long two-point shots.

In the NBA, being able to fight and retreat to deal with opponents is certainly the self-cultivation that a star power forward should have.

Can......

Ade's fight and retreat on this night is obviously more like an offensive method that he has to take because he does not dare to chisel into the Lakers' interior line.

Because as an inside player, he didn't dare to chisel the opponent's low post when he knew that he had an average hand, in Wang Shuo's opinion, Ade's playing style tonight was no different from sending backcourt rebounds to Kobe Bryant and Curry.

In addition to Ade, Guy, another star on the Trail Blazers' roster, is also a player who is more suitable to be a second- or third-in-command.

Although this season, Guy also handed over an all-round forward report card of "20+5+5" per game......

But as a forward player with very outstanding physical talents, Guy has a good interpretation that in the NBA, not all players can be like Kobe Bryant and Curry, as long as you dare to give him the ball, he dares to show you on the court.

Before Wang Shuo crossed over, the remark that as long as you can pick 50 times in the NBA, you can become Kobe Bryant is definitely an extremely ridiculous opinion.

Because in this series between the Lakers and the Trail Blazers, as long as Guy wants to, the Lakers will have no problem letting him pick 70 or 80 times.

But does Guy have the ability?

In Wang Shuo's previous life, Guy had a finishing rate of nearly 64% under the basket in his career, as well as a mid-range two-point shooting rate of more than 45% and a long-range two-point shooting rate of nearly 40%.

In addition, he also has a certain three-point ability on the court.

If you only look at the shooting percentage statistics panel, it is no exaggeration to say that you don't think he and Kobe Bryant can open five or five too much.

But the reason why Guy has not even been shortlisted as an All-Star in Wang Shuo's memory is mainly because of his ability, and scoring more than 20 points on average on the court is the limit of his ability.

In Wang Shuo's view, it is not for nothing that Guy and Ade successfully replaced DeRozan and Lowry as "garbage brothers" in this life.

Because both of them are the typical kind of players who are more suited to be deputy than team leader.

In this series with the Trail Blazers, after easily winning four cities in a row, the Lakers happily completed the speedrun task in the first round of this year's playoffs.

In these four games with the Trail Blazers, Kobe Bryant and Curry have not performed as usual.

The former averaged just 15.5 points, seven rebounds and 6.5 assists per game.

The latter averaged just 18.5 points, five rebounds and four assists per game.

There is no way, because in this round of the series, Kobe Bryant and Curry often clock out early after only two quarters, so they have no chance to brush up on the court to look better.

Shortly after the Lakers successfully advanced, in the West, the Thunder and Grizzlies also advanced to the next round with a score of 4-1.

In the first round of the Western Conference playoffs, the most tragic round matchup was between the Mavericks and the Spurs.

This season, without Chandler and Ray Allen, the Mavericks, who are on par with the Spurs, managed to draw 2-2 with the Spurs after the first four games.

In the Mavericks, as the "hacker" Marion is gradually eroded by the years, the scenery is no longer there.

and Kidd being treated as a toy by Parker on the court.

Nowitzki, even if he has no solution, can only fight alone.

However, no matter how tragic the "cow and horse war" is, it is just rookies pecking each other at this moment.

In contrast, this year's East once again played a high-quality matchup from the first round.

In the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs, except for the Heat who swept the Magic 4-0 and the Knicks who won the 76ers 4-1, the other two sets of matchups were tied 2-2 after the first four games.

In this matchup between the Wizards and the Pacers, since the two sides are already half-hearted, it is possible for anyone to advance to the next round.

In the first four games, the Wizards' twin towers, composed of Gasol and Randolph, unsurprisingly suppressed Smalls, who has a former NBA regular season MVP.

But up front, the Pacers pulled one back.

Granger and "Pickle Pepper," who is still evolving this year, not only managed to limit the Wizards' forward scoring in this series, but also came back and the two guys were always able to storm the city for the Pacers.

Originally, before the start of the game, the media generally believed that the Odds could have the upper hand in the guard line......

It's a bit of a surprise in this series.

Because who made Arenas meet Mike Conley, who can play with anyone in the NBA, in this series?

In Wang Shuo's previous life, the biggest feature of Conley is that he and all the super defenders can play back and forth.

But you say he's strong......

His on-court performance can't compare to those super defenders.

Wang Shuo feels that if the Wizards want to advance to the next round, most of them still have to rely on Crawford's next performance.

Because as long as Crawford draws the God Card......

The Pacers' bench score will immediately be thrown out of the way by the Wizards.

As for this series between the Cavaliers and the Celtics......

After the first four games, the total free throw ratio of the two teams was 74 to 117......

Even as Jammy, Wang Shuo's performance towards James can only be described as heartbreaking.

Because the league has taken care of the Celtics like this year......

Wang Shuo didn't understand, and couldn't understand, why James still frequently asked the referee for whistles on the court.

In Wang Shuo's view, James can't let the referee kneel down for him in turn and beg him to go to the free throw line, right?

There's no doubt that Stern definitely knows the ball.

Because if this little Jewish old man doesn't understand the ball, then how does he judge that if he doesn't provide the Celtics with "100 million" off-court aid, the Celtics are destined to have a hard time playing back and forth with the Cavaliers in this series?

However, even in the most gimmicky series of the first round of this year's playoffs, starting with the next battle of Tianwang Mountain, the Celtics must learn to play without the care of the referee.

Because unlike Xiao Hua, Stern has never been on one side of the other in a series.

On May 1, Wang Shuo watched the battle of Tianwang Mountain between the Celts and the Knights on television.

The game was played at the Cavaliers' home court, which had a better regular season record.

Before the start of the game, when the close-up of the scene was given to the fans at the scene, Wang Shuo's heart, who was Zhan Mi, suddenly cooled by half.

Because despite this life, Cavaliers fans will certainly not mock James's huddle as they did in the same period of history......

But for the Celtics' free throw-in win over the Cavaliers in their first four games......

However, the fans at the scene played slogans such as "thief of victory", "soft eggs who only rely on free throws to win", and "we never need LeBron James" to ridicule James.

In this life, in Wang Shuo's opinion, James will never return to Cleveland to play hometown basketball in the future.

Because this "proud son of the sky" who was born in Akron and grew up in Ohio has now become a "public enemy" in the eyes of his hometown in Cleveland.

The current situation faced by James is, in popular parlance before Wang Shuo's crossing......

LeBron, he's rootless!

However, if you don't have roots, you don't have to forget it.

After all, in the NBA, there are as many players as there are rootless players.

But on the evening of the 1st, with the judgment on the field, it gradually returned to the normal scale......

Following the earth-shattering kneeling at Madison Square Garden last year, what Wang Shuo never expected was that in this game, James actually knelt again!

On the court, in the second quarter of the game, shortly after the Cavaliers played an 11-0 offensive climax to pull the score of the two teams apart, James, who was responsible for bringing the bench in the second quarter, suddenly fell to his knees after encountering Chandler's block in the process of an offensive layup!

CCTV, Yang Yi, who saw this scene, said with a surprised face: "What is James doing, is it injured?" ”

James injured?

No kidding.

You must know that in Wang Shuo's previous life, no matter how Zhan Hei smeared James, James's endurance in the NBA, which can be called unique, was not black.

Quick Loan Center, James's kneeling at the moment is actually more like a catharsis to fate.

Why?

Why is my life so miserable?

For James in this life, he really can't figure out why he has fallen to this point.

As a "proud son of the sky" in the eyes of everyone before entering the league, James can't understand why he has come to this day step by step.

Is it so hard to win a game in the NBA?

In front of the TV, almost every fan saw the uneasiness in James' aggrieved expression at this moment.

It's a pity that, compared to the off-court weighting he received through "Shocking Kneeling" last year, this year, apart from receiving a little sympathy from people, James is destined to have a hard time influencing the course of this series in this way.

Because Stern just wants to make this series even more exciting.

The league president never thought of ruining Griffin, who is about to become the NBA's new regular season MVP.

In the end, in Cleveland, the Celtics lost 91-120 to the Cavaliers.

In the game, James made just four free throws, hitting two of them, and scored a total of 18 points, eight rebounds and five assists for the Celtics.

A day later, with the Cavaliers defeating the North Shore Garden Arena 125-101, the Cavaliers also managed to eliminate the Celtics by a score of 4-2.

After the game, in an interview, Mike Malone, who has never had a big heart, smiled: "I think all Cavaliers fans should be grateful to LeBron James."

Not only did he help the Cavaliers rise through his departure, but he also gave us the win in this series. ”

I have to say that Malone is indeed a person who will be revenged.

Because of this series, there are many players in the Celtics team who perform worse than James, but in order to avoid James dumping the blame afterwards......

Even before James reversed the offensive at the press conference, Malone put the pot on James' head in advance.

And being out of the first round of the playoffs for two consecutive years, coupled with being ridiculed afterwards by the coach he once looked down on, at this moment, James, who is aiming to point at the "cupping king", can imagine his mood at the moment.

However, it must be said that ......

Malone still underestimated James.

Because after being eliminated by the Cavaliers, James, who was extremely heavy, said in an interview: "I don't think one or two losses will affect my future achievements."

Everybody has been eliminated at times, and I think this year I've proven myself.

My dominance on the pitch is not going to diminish because of these cynicisms. ”

The next day, when Wang Shuo, who was still sad about James' elimination the night before, learned of James's post-game speech, even the well-informed Wang Shuo couldn't help but be stunned for a while.

So......

Or did Wang Shuo cross too early?

Because if he had traveled a few months late, he would have seen James say something similar.

That is, the classic phrase that translates to "Even if I don't go to the Heat, even if I lose a championship ring or two, I can still dominate as always."

After Wang Shuo crossed over, James's speech once made countless Zhan Mi break their defenses.

Because according to James......

You can fully understand that as the NBA's long-standing honor that determines a player's historical status, the championship should not be the standard for evaluating a player's historical status in James's eyes.

So what is the criterion for judging a player's historical status?

Don't ask, anyway.

Asking is that James has his own set of standards in mind.

A set of standards called double standards.

Just like many people are obviously telling the truth, James's brainless fans will break the defense.

Because even if you tell the truth, in their eyes, you are also embarrassing James.

In the East, shortly after the Cavaliers advanced, the Wizards also won the tiebreaker in the series with the Pacers and advanced to the next round.

According to the schedule, the next matchups in the Eastern Conference semifinals are as follows:

Heat vs Wizards, Knicks PK Cavaliers.

As for the West, after seven games of pecking between the Spurs and the Mavericks, the Lakers, who have been resting for about ten days, are finally waiting for their opponent in the Western Conference semifinals.

This year's Western Conference Semifinals matchups are as follows:

Lakers vs. Spurs, Thunder vs. Grizzlies.

Before the start of the Western Conference semifinals, public opinion was almost overwhelmingly optimistic that the Lakers would advance to the next round.

On May 8, the first game of the Western Conference semifinals between the Lakers and the Spurs officially kicked off at the Staples Center.

In the first quarter of the game, Bryant, who once returned to the locker room for treatment due to a finger contusion, almost frightened the Lakers fans at the scene and in front of the TV.

At the same time, it also shocked Popovich on the Spurs bench in a cold sweat.

Because on the court, when Kobe Bryant had a finger contusion, Popovich found that there was a macho man named Barnes on the Lakers bench who was staring at him viciously.

But in fact, Kobe's finger contusion has nothing to do with Popovich.

Because no matter how much Popovich hates Wang Shuo, under the condition that his current status can be equal to Auerbach back then, it is impossible for Popovich to make off-the-market moves at such a time.

And the basketball game ......

Finger contusions should be one of the most common injuries.

Bryant's finger was his right index finger.

At that time, when he was fighting for a rebound with Love in the Spurs, Kobe Bryant, who was overpowering, unfortunately caused an old finger injury.

Wang Shuo, who knows Kobe Bryant's career experience very well, knows very well that almost every finger of Kobe Bryant has suffered injuries of different sizes in his career.

Among them, when the finger injury was the most serious, Kobe Bryant even left a famous scene in the NBA game of playing with seven fingers.

In addition, Wang Shuo is also very clear......

Not to mention that Kobe, who has a lot of experience with finger injuries on the Spurs, makes bad moves without any gain, and even if there is profit, the finger thing is ......

How can LeFoud get the precision of Kobe's finger?

However, Bryant's injury has nothing to do with the Spurs, and it doesn't mean that Barnes' deterrence of Popovich is meaningless.

Because playing against the Spurs, no matter how badly you think of Popovich, it can't be too much in Wang Shuo's opinion.

At the Staples Center, after the first quarter of the game against the Spurs, Wang Shuo learned about Kobe's injury from the team doctor:

Just a regular finger contusion, Bryant can return to the court at any time.

This season, Kobe Bryant is indeed a bit of a bad year.

Because as the most rested player on the Lakers' roster, he wanted to save his strength for the playoffs, but he broke a finger shortly after the start of the Western Conference semifinals.

Although under the conservative estimate of the Lakers team doctor, Kobe Bryant will only need a few days to recover his health.

But Wang Shuo, who knew that Kobe Bryant could not choose not to play because of a finger contusion, knew very well that this time, even he would be difficult to hold Kobe.

After all, in basketball, finger contusions are indeed negligible injuries if they are not serious.

Even in the eyes of many basketball lovers who play regularly, if you don't play because of a finger contusion, what's the difference between that and a sissy?

Moreover......

For the iron ...... itself Ahh

For Kobe, who has a lot of experience with finger contusions, he has long been accustomed to his fingers always going against him in the game.

Fortunately, this Spurs is an opponent that the Lakers can easily defeat without Kobe's strength.

In addition, on the sidelines, after noticing that Kobe Bryant, who had returned to the court, focused his game on how to pass the ball to his teammates, Wang Shuo was also relieved that he chose to let Kobe continue to play.

In Wang Shuo's opinion, sometimes he does care too much for the players on the field.

However, this kind of love is also the main reason why his team has never had a large number of injuries.

As for Wang Shuo's good luck that fans often ridicule because he stole Lady Luck's underwear in his early years?

No kidding, in this world, no one can be lucky for a lifetime.

In fact, most of the time, the so-called good luck is also related to whether you have done your best beforehand.

In the end, the score of this Western Conference semifinal G1 game was 105-135, and the Lakers once again demonstrated their dominance in the Western Conference with a 30-point victory.

In this game, there is reason to be above board Kobe Bryant made 2 of 10 shots in total, including free throws, and scored a total of 10 points, 6 rebounds and 14 assists.

The Lakers relied on the excellent play of Curry, Ellis and DeRozan to defeat the Spurs in less than three quarters.

After the game, at the press conference, Popovich's face could be described as very heavy.

Because through this G1 battle, he can't see the slightest chance of the Spurs advancing in this round of the series.

According to the schedule, the G2 match of the finals of the two teams will be played on the 11th.

On the 10th, the NBA officially announced the list of winners of the major awards in the 11/12 season.

Not surprisingly, Griffin beat Curry to win the regular season MVP.

The best coach was won by Cavaliers head coach Mike Malone.

It is worth mentioning that after winning the best coach for two consecutive years, Malone also couldn't wait to call Brown, Spoelstra, and D'Antoni.

Same as last year.

At this moment, Ma Long seems to be a fisherman who has just caught a fish of dozens of catties.

When I saw him, he said, "How do you know that I have won the best coach in the NBA?" ”

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