The convulsion superstar of basketball

Chapter 274 273. McGrady's curtain call; playoff situation (3.4K words ask for a monthly ticket)

February 5.

Since the first game of the Eastern Conference semifinals between the Magic and the Celtics, the outside media has also covered the game overwhelmingly.

After all, the popularity of this game can be said to have reached the top of the league.

And this game process also did not disappoint all the fans.

Throughout the game, the Magic and the Celtics have been engaged in hand-to-hand combat, and even the action of fighting at the basket is getting bigger and bigger.

The hard work and wits of the two teams throughout the game made the fans on the scene feel excited.

But the only thing that surprised the fans was that the Magic defeated the defending champion Celtics in the first game.

You know, before the start of this round of the series, according to the unanimous predictions of experts from all walks of life, the probability of the Celtics advancing is as high as 59.1%.

That, in turn, means the Magic have only a 40.9 percent chance of advancing to the Eastern Conference semifinals.

Although this is only a rough analysis made by experts based on the conditions of the two teams before the game, but in terms of experience and lineup, the Celtics do have more advantages.

It can be said that the only advantage of the Magic in this round of the series is that the lineup is relatively deep, and the average age of the players is younger, so it is inevitable that they will have more advantages in physical strength.

However, before the game, no one thought that this could be the magic weapon for the Magic to win. It was just that after the first game, the Magic happened to make good use of these two points to win the game in one fell swoop.

So after the first game, the current approval ratings of the two teams are basically the same.

At least the support from the outside world is no longer as disparate as it was before the start of this round of the series.

In addition to the game between the Magic and the Celtics, on this day, the results of other events in the league were also released.

Among them, the Eagles vs. Heat series, which is considered to be the most suspenseful in the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs, is also completely finished.

Since the two teams tied the total score to 3:3 before, the two teams also ushered in a tie-breaker in Atlanta today.

In the game that just ended, the Eagles relied on the extraordinary performance of Joe Johnson and Josh Smith to finally defeat the Heat 91:78 and successfully advanced to the Eastern Conference semifinals.

And there will be a new round of contest with the No. [-] Cavaliers in the East in the Eastern Conference semifinals a day later.

In the exciting tie-break between the Eagles and the Heat, Joe Johnson, who has always been known as a big heart, was also fully fired.

全场比赛乔约翰逊一共是出场了高达41分钟，其中个人19投11中，三分线外7中3，罚球6中6，最终砍下了31分4篮板3助攻的数据。

Helped the Eagles to successfully defend the tiebreaker at home.

For the Eagles, in addition to Eagle King Johnson, Josh Smith and Mike Bibby also became the key figures in winning the game.

其中约什史密斯全场一共是贡献出了17分11篮板2助攻2抢断以及5次封盖的数据，并且在这五次封盖中，有三次是直接送给了热火队的当家球星闪电侠韦德。

And the five blocked shots in a single game in the playoffs also set a new career high for Josh Smith.

As for Mike Bibby's performance in this game is also relatively good.

Mike Bibby not only sorted out the Eagles' offense well in this game, but most importantly, before the game started, Bibby was also arranged by the head coach to match up with Wade.

In this way, Joe Johnson can be stripped out as much as possible on the defensive end, so as to retain more physical strength to participate in the offense.

Therefore, Mike Bibby's 14 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists on the offensive end of the game can definitely be regarded as a major contributor to helping the team win.

As for the Heat, compared with the full performance of the Eagles, the Heat played in this round of the series more like the 76ers of the year.

However, this situation is a last resort for the Heat. Due to some injuries, not many players can play for the Heat in this round of the series.

Among them, only Wade and Michael Beasley are left with the real offensive ability.

However, since Michael Beasley is only a rookie player, and his experience in the playoffs is very lacking, so in this round of the series, Michael Beasley's average playing time is only 24.6 minutes.

This also led to the fact that in most cases, the Heat's offensive burden had to be on Wade's body.

This is the main reason why Wade will become the NBA regular season scoring leader this season.

In these seven games with the Hawks, Wade can be said to have spared his old life. In this round of the series, Wade averaged 42.3 minutes per game, of which he was able to contribute 31.2 points, 4.8 rebounds and 7.4 assists.

The whole round of the series, the Flash Wade can definitely be called a god, but in the tiebreaker, Wade also encountered layers of attack from the Eagles coach Mike Woodson.

Therefore, in the case of at least two people marking the whole game, Wade in the tiebreaker only contributed 21 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists in the end.

Although this statistic is still very dazzling, for this Heat team, which is severely lacking in offensive firepower, Wade's abnormal performance has become the main reason for the Heat's loss in the tiebreaker...

With the situation in the Eastern Conference already very clear, the results of the first round of the playoffs in the highly competitive Western Conference this season have also been released one after another.

Among them, in addition to the Lakers defeating the Jazz early and sitting on the Diaoyutai waiting for their opponents, the Nuggets, who ranked second in the Western Conference in the regular season, also sent the Hornets home to fish with a total score of 4:1.

Although in this round of the series, there are many classic scenes of Chris Paul crying on the field, but under the absolute strength, Paul still can only continue to look up to the ladder of the playoffs.

In addition to the Nuggets and the Lakers, the other two games in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs had some big and small upsets.

Among them, the Mavericks, which ranked sixth in the West in the regular season, defeated the San Antonio Spurs with a total score of 4:2.

And Nuo Tianwang even used an excellent data of 26.7 points, 8.2 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game in this round of the series, personally ending this round of high-profile battles.

However, although the above rounds of competition were fierce, for Chinese fans, the most exciting news was that Yao Ming led the Rockets to defeat the Portland Trail Blazers with a total score of 4:3.

In this life-and-death battle that lasted seven games, the Blazers originally won the match point in the battle of Tianwangshan, but after that, the Rockets abruptly pulled two games in a row, creating an upset promotion in this round.

In the entire round of the series, Yao Ming's average playing time was also as high as 39.7 minutes. You must know that such a playing time is definitely a lot of soreness for a giant who is [-] meters tall.

However, in the end, after being exhausted and fighting seven bloody games, Yao Ming still led the Rockets to a successful victory over the Trail Blazers, helping the Rockets once again enter the stage of the Western Conference semifinals.

In these seven games, Yao Ming averaged 21.1 points, 10.6 rebounds, 4.6 assists and 1.9 blocks per game.

Among them, in terms of personal shooting percentage, Yao Ming has a shooting percentage as high as 59.7%.

You know, as the core of the Rockets' offensive and defensive teams, Yao Ming is not a traditional pie-eating center, so such a shooting percentage can completely represent Yao Ming's high-efficiency offensive level.

In addition to Yao Ming, the Rockets were able to defeat the Trail Blazers in this round of the series, and the contributions of Scola, Artest, and Landry were also crucial.

Among them, Artest not only completed the important task of defending Huang Mambaroy, but also contributed 16.7 points, 7.2 rebounds and 2.3 assists on the offensive end.

And the 38.7% three-point shooting rate also created Artest's career high in the playoffs.

However, the upset promotion of the Houston Rockets made many fans feel very excited, but for the Rockets fans, there is a very annoying news.

That is, since McGrady returned from injury, McGrady's performance in the regular season this season has been in a paddling state.

And when the playoffs came, when the fans hoped that McGrady could stage a return of the king, McGrady's personal state turned out to be jaw-droppingly bad.

整轮系列赛里，麦迪的场均上场时间也是能够达到32.3分钟，但是在投出了只有33.7%命中率的同时，麦迪却是只能贡献出11.6分4.2篮板3.7次助攻以及3.9次失误的咸鱼数据。

And according to a statistic, whenever Tracy McGrady is on the court, the Rockets' average loss per game will increase by 6.2 points.

So if you use statistics, then McGrady's presence not only failed to help the Rockets become better, but it still dragged down the Rockets' defense.

But in fact, even if McGrady's performance is so poor, the main reason why Coach Adelman still chooses to put him on the court is because of the star effect.

The so-called star effect is to use the aura of popularity brought by oneself to put psychological pressure on the referees and defensive players at home.

It can be said that in this round of playoffs, the fans of the Rockets really realized that McGrady might really fall from the altar and become an ordinary player who was gradually marginalized...

And this season's struggle in the playoffs seems to be more like a microcosm of McGrady's entire career.

Everyone is criticizing McGrady for not working hard enough off the court, and criticizing McGrady for not focusing enough on the court.

But behind the criticism of this sentence, people seem to have forgotten that this man with congenital scoliosis has also won the title of the league's scoring champion.

People seem to have even forgotten that this man, who was criticized by people for not having the desire to win, once had a closed injection and went into battle with injuries.

And this kind of choice that can almost bring ruin to his career is because McGrady wants to lead the team through the first round, break the Utah curse, and become a leader in the true sense of the word.

Maybe people only remember that McGrady was ruthlessly blocked by the basket in a fast-break counterattack at the end of his career, but maybe from that time McGrady has understood that his era may really have passed quietly.

Perhaps this man who suffered from congenital scoliosis and was determined by the doctor to be unable to do any high-intensity training from now on was using such a rather embarrassing way to perform his curtain call to all the fans.

Although this was not his original intention...

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