Chapter 214: The Lakers who easily advanced and the teams that fell into a hard battle

The Lakers, who have been able to win big prizes in the NBA regular season for the past two years, have become spectators this year.

Other awards went to Chandler, Chandler, Crawford, George and Irving, respectively.

The Cavaliers' ability to finish third in the East this year and advance to the Eastern Conference semifinals with the Celtics in four of their six games under the care of the referees is inseparable from the defensive toughness that the "King of Fighters" has given to this young team.

In addition, although Ellis's stats still lead the race for Sixth Man of the Year, with Curry becoming the league's active No. 1 point guard this season and the Lakers' well-known dominance, the judges clearly favored Crawford, who has been in danger for many times this season.

Of course, because Wang Shuo knew that Stern had never liked to put his eggs in one basket, in fact, early in the morning, Wang Shuo roughly guessed that the Lakers would not continue to play a leading role in this year's awards.

This season, if the Lakers can win the championship, then this team will become another dynasty team after the Knicks.

Wang Shuo knows very well that the success of building a dynasty is bound to bring huge prestige blessings to the players in this Lakers team.

Therefore, if the Lakers are allowed to be the male number one in the awards at this time, how will the other 29 teams in the NBA play?

In addition to the awards, the results of this year's best team are as follows:

Best Team 1: Yao Ming, Griffin, Durant, Wade, Curry.

All-Round Second Team: Jefferson, Duncan, Anthony, Westbrook, Rondo.

Three best teams: Gasol, Nowitzki, Xiaos, Ellis, Paul.

All-Defensive First Team: Chandler, Duncan, Lore Deng, Tony Allen, Rondo.

All-Defensive Team 2: Ibaka, Garnett, Artest, Paul, Westbrook.

Affected by attendance, Kobe Bryant unfortunately missed the selection of the best team this year.

Curry successfully replaced Kobe Bryant and became a guard in the NBA this year.

Curry, who played a total of 80 games for the Lakers in the regular season, averaged 29.7 points per game (2,376 points total) for the Lakers this season, and also scored 6.0 rebounds (480 rebounds), 5.4 assists (432 assists), 2.0 steals (160 steals) and 0.2 blocks (16 blocks) per game.

In addition, Curry hit a total of 352 three-pointers for the Lakers in the regular season, which once again set a new NBA single-season three-point shooting record.

So far, Curry has hit a total of 914 three-pointers in his career.

If nothing else, next season, Curry will be the player who has made the fewest 1,000 three-pointers in NBA history.

This season, in Wang Shuo's view, the only fly in the ointment is that Curry's shooting percentage and three-point shooting rate are only 47.4% and 42.8% respectively.

Compared with the full-ticket MVP season in his memory when he was able to average "30+" per game as a member of the "180 Club", Curry does have a lot of room for improvement on the offensive end at the moment.

In addition, because Parker had a "friend's wife" incident with a teammate Dick before the start of the playoffs, Paul was also successfully shortlisted for this year's All-NBA team.

For Paul, who is thinking about life in Charlotte at the moment, this is undoubtedly a consolation prize.

As for my turtle, who became a "double two team" player in one fell swoop this year, he used his strength to interpret what it means to reward hard work.

Compared to many players who are already quite perverted when they enter the league, in fact, Westbrook did not show his explosive physical talent when he was tested that year.

As Wang Shuo remembers, most of my turtle's athletic talent was developed after entering the NBA.

It's just that, compared with the same period in history, under the guidance of Ma Long, not only can he always use his nitrogen energy to accelerate to break out for the knight at this moment, but his improvement in basic skills is visible to the naked eye, which also makes Wang Shuo doubt his life.

Because as the leader of Zhan Mi, Wang Shuo really can't accept the fact that my turtle can practice stronger basic skills with hard work.

After the awards, on the 11th, the second game of the Western Conference semifinals between the Lakers and the Spurs continued at the Staples Center.

With the assistance of Kobe Bryant, who injured his finger, Lefu in the Spurs team successfully handed over the "20+20" report card in this game.

However, Lefou's excellent play did not change the obvious gap between the Spurs and the Lakers.

In the second quarter of the game, after entering the rotation time, under the joint impact of Ellis, DeRozan, and Gallinari, the Lakers established a lead of more than 20 points in one fell swoop.

And after halftime, in the third quarter of the game, Curry rained a wave of desperate three-point rain at the Staples Center.

In the end, in this G2 game, the two teams finished with a score of 98-131, and the Lakers scored another game at home, leading the Spurs 2-0 in the series.

Two days later, the Lakers' G3 match against the Spurs moved to San Antonio.

In this game, after gradually getting used to the impact of a finger contusion, Kobe Bryant finally broke out.

On the premise of only playing the first three quarters of the game for the Lakers, he shot 10-of-16, including free throws and three-pointers, and scored a total of 35 points, 7 rebounds, and 8 assists for the Lakers.

In the first two games, the Spurs couldn't play with the Lakers under the premise that Kobe Bryant would give Love a lot of rebounds every game, so let alone on this night when Kobe Bryant broke out in a small wave?

In San Antonio, the Lakers won 140-108 in Game 3 between the two teams.

A day later, in the fourth game between the two teams, even the home fans could not raise the interest to cheer for the home team.

Because the fans at the scene know very well that the Spurs being swept by the Lakers in this year's playoffs is already a high probability of happening.

In order to prevent accidents, in the fourth game between the two teams, Wang Shuo once again put Barnes in the game squad and asked him to glare at the Spurs bench a few times if he had nothing to do.

As it turned out, Popovich was not stupid.

Faced with a warning from Wang Shuo......

Knowing that he dares to disgust the Lakers next, Wang Shuo will join forces with the other twenty-eight teams to join forces to bury Popovich, who has buried himself, even if he is aggrieved in his heart at this moment, he can only hold it back.

After all, last summer, as one of the people with insider knowledge, Popovich knew that a large part of the reason why the NBA's labor negotiations went smoothly was because Wang Shuo asked Jordan to bring a message to the players' union and other owners at the most critical moment of the negotiations.

There is no doubt that at this moment, Wang Shuo's words and sentences are enough to affect the development process of the NBA in the future.

Yes.

This young coach, who is not yet 40 years old, has already surpassed the "cardinal" of the year in a sense.

In San Antonio, the Lakers didn't give the Spurs any chance.

In the fourth game between the two teams, the Lakers gave the Spurs fans a reason to leave the game early in just one half.

In the end, after defeating the Spurs with a score of 133-94, the Lakers successfully advanced to this year's Western Conference Finals.

The process of the Lakers advancing to the Western Conference finals this year can only be described as a flat horse.

And this year's other Western Conference semifinals matchup......

What stands out is an abstraction.

Because Wang Shuo never dreamed that Brooks could be planted in the same pit for two consecutive years.

"Didn't they already know last season that when they played against the Grizzlies, they had to give Kevin as much the ball as they could instead of Derrick in charge?" On this day, when reviewing the first four games of the Grizzlies and Thunder with Wang Shuo and others, Vogel said with a puzzled expression.

So far, the Grizzlies and Thunder have tied 2-2 in the first four games.

Although this year, the Grizzlies, who have successfully recruited Tony Allen to join, have significantly improved the hardness of the forward line......

But in this series, the stronger Thunder was obviously dragged down by Brooks.

Let's be honest, if he could, Brooks would likely take a few days off and the Thunder would be able to advance to the Western Conference finals.

Because of his hair-barring sideline command......

In Wang Shuo's opinion, it is better not to command.

At the same time in history, Tony Allen did kill Durant in the game.

But is there a possibility......

The reason why "Mr. Tony" was able to lock Durant on the court is related to Durant's head coach Scott Brooks?

Just like last year, Brooks, who refused to turn back even if he hit the south wall, still handed over the team's main offensive responsibility to Rose in the game against the Grizzlies this year.

However, no matter how well Rose played in this series, this "Rose of the Russian City" could not lead the whole team.

Because with Jefferson and Milicic on the inside, veteran coach Hollins is not afraid of you Thunder attacking the Grizzlies' interior at all.

On the contrary, as the game progresses, Lowry on the Grizzlies side can always use his two offenses from time to time to kill the points that Rose won for the Thunder with great difficulty.

Then, when the Thunder want to pass the ball to Durant to finish again......

Due to the fact that he could not touch the ball for a long time during the game, and every time he caught the ball, "Mr. Tony" would try his best to limit it......

How can Durant guarantee his offensive efficiency?

In addition, in this series, Brooks also had problems with the use of Ibaka and Yi Jianlian.

Because Jefferson is overweight, Milicic has to focus on filling in the positions for his teammates, so if Brooks can arrange more tactics for the two guys, Rose's offensive pressure on the court will not be so great.

And with the team's main lineup dragged into a tug-of-war by the Grizzlies, Harden, who has gradually grown up this season, should have been the winner of this Thunder team.

In the regular season, Harden averaged 17.2 points, 4.4 rebounds and 4.1 assists per game for the Thunder, making him one of the most efficient Super Sixth Man in the league this season.

It's just that......

As the most important source of firepower on the Thunder's bench, Harden also failed to get heavy use from Brooks in this series with the Grizzlies.

The reason is that Brooks geniusly believes that when the starting lineup can't establish a lead, Harden's style of play on the court should be steady, and he should try to minimize that unreasonable shot.

Compared with the "Haki Stone" in Wang Shuo's memory, Harden, who was soft-spoken at this time, did not dare to disobey the coach's arrangement after he came on the court.

As a result, he always seems constrained in the game, as if he is playing in shackles.

But here's the problem......

As a player who needs a certain amount of autonomy to make a great performance, how can Harden influence the situation of this series after being half-destroyed by Brooks?

In the first four games against the Grizzlies, he averaged just 11.5 points per game.

With such a performance, not to mention that Hollins doesn't need to pay special attention to him.

At this moment, even Thunder fans began to doubt Harden's ability to play hard.

Wang Shuo doesn't know if the Thunder will choose to renew Harden's contract in the future.

But one thing he was sure of.

That is, as people gradually understand how strong this Thunder team is in the future, they will definitely understand that in the NBA......

It's true that not all coaches can drive a galaxy battleship.

In Wang Shuo's eyes, Brooks is undoubtedly the typical transitional coach.

When there are a lot of young players on the team who need time to develop, Brooks, who is very good at building the hearts of young players, is definitely a good fit for the Thunder back then.

But as the young players in this Thunder team gradually grew up......

Brooks has become the Thunder's biggest shortcoming at the moment.

And the West, just as the Thunder and Grizzlies are in a bitter battle......

In the East, the Heat and Knicks also felt the "love" from their Eastern brothers in their respective Eastern Conference semifinals.

In the first four games against the Wizards, the Heat and the Wizards were tied 2-2.

Although in this series, the Heat have a certain lineup advantage......

But the Wizards' team stands out for being one who can fight tough battles.

Bosh and Gortat were both suppressed by Gasol and Randolph in this series.

In front of Gortat, the Polish hammer, Dajia once again gave Washington fans a sense of what "Iberian Chamberlain" is this year.

When it comes to Bosh, Randolph fully demonstrates what it means to be flexible and fat.

Whether in the low post or in the high post, Bosh has nothing to do with Randolph.

However, the Wizards played back and forth with the Heat in the first four games......

Mainly because Arenas exploded in this series.

Previously, how aggrieved he was when he played against Conley.

At this moment, Arenas made Billups depressed.

On the court, facing Arenas's sudden cold arrow......

Billups doesn't understand......

Why can this guy score several three-pointers in a row at every turn, but he often plays N shots in the first four games.

Of course, because in the first round of the playoffs, the Wizards played a full seven games against the Pacers.

Therefore, the further this series is played, the more the Heat will definitely have the advantage.

It is......

Under the premise of not being able to beat the Wizards quickly, the Heat will undoubtedly suffer a wave of losses in the Eastern Conference semifinals in advance.

As for the Knicks vs. Cavaliers matchup......

Not to mention that Brown was almost made to explode by Malone before the game......

On the court, after the first four games with the Cavaliers, Brown didn't understand, why did the Cavaliers average 15 free throws per game?

In terms of coaching ability, in Wang Shuo's view, Brown and Malone at this time belong to each other.

But there is one thing, the current Malone does outperform Brown.

That is, compared to the overly honest Brown, Malone obviously knows how to use off-court weighting better than him.

In the first round of the playoffs, because Malone knew that the injustice encountered by the Cavaliers in the game was because the league wanted the Cavaliers and the Celtics to play better in the playoffs, he never had a seizure.

But if you think that Malone didn't choose to have a seizure at that time because of the considerate alliance......

Then you couldn't be more wrong.

In fact, the reason why Malone didn't choose to attack at that time was because he knew that in the next round, the Cavaliers would definitely face the Knicks as long as they advanced.

Therefore, before the start of the Eastern Conference semifinals with the Knicks, Malone decisively counted the injustices encountered by the Cavaliers in the playoffs this year.

Seeing this, one might say, what does the injustice that the Cavaliers encountered in the previous game against the Celtics have anything to do with the Knicks?

Yes, there is no direct relationship between the two.

But......

In a sense, Malone indirectly reminded Stern.

That's ......

Since you have previously made the game look better, you can choose to help the Celtics in secret.

At that moment......

Can you help a knight in a situation where they need help?

Obviously, Stern read Malone's hint and chose to give the Cavaliers a small help in this series......

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