Pick Westbrook

Chapter 434 Meniscus Tear

The best lineup: Chris Paul, Leonard, James, Durant, Joakim Noah.

Best Second Team: Stephen Curry, James Harden, Jimmy Butler, Paul George, Dwight Howard.

Best Team Three: Tony Parker, Carmelo Anthony, LaMarcus Aldridge, Blake Griffin, Anthony Davis.

Best Defensive Team: Jimmy Butler, Kawhi Leonard, Andre Iguodala, Paul George, Joakim Noah.

Best Defensive Second Team: Chris Paul, LeBron James, Anthony Davis, Serge Ibaka, DeAndre Jordan.

All-Rookie Team: Michael Carter-Williams, Victor Oladipo, Trey Burke, Tim Hardaway II, Giannis Cina-Hugo Antetokounmpo .

Defensive Player of the Year (DPOY): Kawhi Leonard.

Most Valuable Player (MVP): Kevin Durant.

Eastern Conference playoff teams: Miami Heat, New York Knicks, Toronto Raptors, Chicago Bulls, Indiana Pacers, Brooklyn Nets, Charlotte Hornets, Atlanta Hawks.

Western Conference playoffs: New Orleans Pelicans, Golden State Warriors, San Antonio Spurs, Sacramento Kings, Memphis Grizzlies, Houston Rockets, Portland Trail Blazers, Los Angeles Clippers.

4 month 20 day.

The playoffs have officially begun, with the Pelicans playing against the Clippers at home.

Blake Griffin of the Clippers averaged 24 points, 10 rebounds and 4 assists per game this season, and is known as the second power forward in the Western Conference.

Anthony Davis of the Pelicans is considered by most fans to be the third power forward in the Western Conference.

So at the beginning of the game, the matchup between Anthony Davis and Blake Griffin became an unprecedented topic of discussion among fans.

Li Lai assigned two tasks to Nongmei, one was to beat Blake Griffin on the offensive end, and the other was to kill Blake Griffin on the defensive end.

"Go and prove that you are the number one power forward in the Western Conference!"

Under Li Lai's instruction, Anthony Davis' eyes were full of anger. He stared at Blake Griffin and even wanted to tear him alive.

Blake Griffin's personal offense likes to break through the back turn and then take a penalty kick at the basket, because his height and wingspan are not outstanding, especially when facing thick eyebrows, Blake Griffin's disadvantage is more obvious.

Therefore, when facing the thick eyebrow defense, Blake Griffin tried to stretch out to shoot and support from outside the three-point line.

He really didn't have the courage to break through the Pelicans' penalty area. After all, they were still standing on the inside with a talent to blame DeAndre Jordan.

boom!
Blake Griffin's first singles shot was slapped and slapped by the octopus monster Anthony Davis.

This defense is also like the epitome of the entire series.

Then the Pelicans attacked, Anthony Davis singled Blake Griffin from the waist, and made a fadeaway shot after a back turn.

Followed by Anthony Davis and Chris Paul's high pick-and-roll dunks.

The City of Lob Pickups is coming!

第一场比赛，安东尼戴维斯22投13中，罚球7罚6中，个人爆砍32分12篮板5盖帽的恐怖数据。

与之对位的布雷克-格里芬，全场比赛24投10，罚球6罚4中，得到了24分10篮板4助攻。

Fully suppressed by Anthony Davis.

In addition to Blake Griffin, the Clippers' second scorer, Jamal Crawford, who averaged 19 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists per game, encountered crazy tearing defenses from Leonard and Jimmy Butler. .

在第一场比赛11投1中，罚球5罚5中，只得到了7分3篮板3助攻的数据。

The Pelicans' terrifying defense directly suffocated the Clippers, and they only scored 90 points in the game.

The Pelicans won 104:90.

The Clippers did not make any waves in the subsequent series, and Blake Griffin was blocked in one game and only scored 15 points and 7 rebounds.

"In this round of the series, the defending champion Pelicans showed terrifying defensive strength and swept the Clippers with a completely overwhelming attitude."

Barkley has begun to look forward to this year's playoffs, to be precise, to the three teams of the Pelicans, Warriors, and Heat.

The strength of these three teams is the best in the league. If nothing else, this year's championship is also one of these three teams.

Kenny Smith said: "If the Pelicans win the championship again, they will successfully defend the championship. If the Heat win the championship, it will make up for the regret of defending last season. If the Golden State Warriors win the championship, it will be the championship trophy that has been silent for 40 years in this city."

Second round of the series.

Eastern Conference matchups: Heat VS Bulls, Knicks VS Raptors.

Western Conference matchups: Pelicans vs. Kings, Warriors vs. Spurs.

Facing the combination of the Kings of the league's new Big Three, James Harden, Paul George and Howard, the Pelicans have been under a lot of pressure from the beginning.

In particular, James Harden made the Pelicans a total of 4 fouls in the first quarter, and also made Leonard and Jimmy Butler two each.

The two are the best defensive gates on the outside of the Pelicans. Harden's hand-in-hand dancing with body hair fouls and breakthroughs directly collapsed the entire game plan of the Pelicans.

Li Lai went to the referee angrily to complain.

"Foul if you touch it? Can you still play ball?!"

In fact, the league did take care of James Harden and gave the opponent too many unnecessary fouls, and James Harden is very good at drawing fouls. This is a match made in heaven.

But Li Lai quickly calmed down, he needs to always make the right decisions for the team.

After Jimmy Butler and Leonard encountered a foul crisis at the same time and were taken off the court, Li Lai directly put on the super offensive lineup of Paul, JJ Redick, Vince Carter, Diaw and Anthony Davis.

The Kings originally led by 35:25 by a full 10 points. As a result, in the second quarter, when the Pelicans took this lineup, the situation on the court changed suddenly.

JJ Redick directly blew the counterattack horn in two consecutive three-pointers. Anthony Davis also hit a three-pointer from the outside, forcing Howard to leave the penalty area.

In this way, Paul has more space to break through the basket, attracting a lot of defensive attention from the Kings, and Diaw and Vince Carter on the other side made consecutive hits.

Throughout the second quarter, the Pelicans blasted a crazy 15-of-9 three-pointer percentage, directly beating the entire Kings team.

Their head coach Mike Malone even called three consecutive timeouts in 3 minutes, but he couldn't stop the Pelicans' fiery touch.

In the first game, the Pelicans narrowly won 110:106.

Afterwards, Li Lai, Stevens, and Du Feng discussed how to defend James Harden.

Try to give James Harden space to shoot and reduce the frequency of his breakthrough to the basket. At the same time, when arranging the players' defense against James Harden, let him go to the basket and let Anthony Davis and DeAndre Jordan do it. Guard frame.

Of course, James Harden will inevitably explode in this way, but the Pelicans can accept the opponent's explosion, just need to watch others.

Barkley: "Harden alone can't kill a super team like the Pelicans!"

In this way, the Kings' No. [-] scorer Paul George, who is both offensive and defensive, suffered. He encountered almost crazy chasing and interception by the Pelicans.

The entire series only averaged 14 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists per game, and the shooting percentage was less than 40%.

However, in the third game, Paul George's consecutive three-pointers facing the defense reflected his star quality, but it was only a flash in the pan.

The Pelicans still swept the Kings 4-0 and reached the Western Conference Finals again.

James Harden performed brilliantly in this round of the series. With an average of 30 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists per game, he was recognized by the fans as a player who will enter the ranks of super giants next season.

The series between the Warriors and the Spurs also played very hard. The two teams played two overtime games, but both were taken away by Durant and Curry in overtime.

Moreover, the Warriors averaged a terrifying 116 points per game throughout the playoffs, almost breaking the Bucks' crazy scoring record in the playoffs.

Obviously, even a playoff-quality defense doesn't seem to be able to do anything about this Warriors offense.

Eastern Division.

The Heat defeated the Bulls 4:1. Rose tore the meniscus in his right knee and was reimbursed for the season again.

People can't help but sigh that fate has left too much injustice and regret on this talented young man.

尼克斯队4:2战胜了猛龙队，林书豪场均20分3篮板7助攻，是赢球的最大功臣。

(End of this chapter)