Starting from the last bus in the NBA

Chapter 241 The first round of the playoffs

"Shh!"

Without any accident, the basketball was hollowed into the net!
"Oh my God, Wang's shots are like precision-guided shots!
My team members should be more vigilant, and can't wait until he makes a shot to block.

Facing the king, we can't give him the slightest chance. You know, he is the king of three points. "

Even the on-site host of the Rose Garden Arena couldn't help but sigh.

As for the title of the three-point champion, the title of the three-point champion after two seasons seems to be well-deserved.

Steve Smith naturally knew that standing in front of him was the best scorer in the NBA.

But knowing it is one thing, being able to prevent it is another.

No, in the next defensive round, Steve Smith pressed forward appropriately and did not give a chance for a three-point shot.

Wang Hao didn't play tricks either, and broke through directly.

Steve Smith hurriedly followed, but unfortunately, he was still a step too late, allowing Wang Hao to break through easily.

The defense is very passive, and Wang Hao made a breakthrough first. How does this make the defensive players defend?
Not only that, when facing Steve Smith, Wang Hao also used his physical advantage very cleverly.

Raising the arms properly and keeping the defender behind with the arms and body opens up more options.

Sabonis has been guarding the inside. He moved his feet immediately and chose a suitable position to help defend.

However, Wang Hao is not the kind of player who only concentrates on attacking the basket.

When Sabonis was completely attracted, the basketball in his hand had already been passed out.

After the gorilla Ewing got the ball, he completed the end with a powerful dunk.

54:53
Only 1 minute after the game started in the second half, the Sonics had already completed the overtake, and the pressure returned to the Blazers.

The morale of the Supersonics is booming, but it seems that there is a problem with the Blazers.

Rasheed Wallace missed a mid-range shot on the previous drive, and neither did Stoudemire's floater this time around.

The two core players seem to have lost their first-half form.

Returning to the defensive formation again, watching Wang Hao receive the ball directly outside the three-point line, Steve Smith feels Alexander.

One step beyond the three-point line is still within Wang Hao's range, so he has to move forward.

In this way, Wang Hao broke through again.

But this time, Sabonis had just returned to the basket and didn't even notice that Wang Hao was able to break through so easily.

A very light rebound shot, the Sonics scored two more points.

Looking at the basketball falling from the basket, Steve Smith was helpless, except helpless.

He also discovered that Wang Hao's speed is not that exaggerated, but he is very good at using his own advantages.

The three-point threat, coupled with physical confrontation, gives him an advantage when facing most defensive players.

Mike Dunleavy, who was sitting on the sidelines, had a bitter face, his expression already extremely serious.

Still, he struggled to his feet and adjusted his defensive alignment on the floor.

In the last game, Scottie Pippen, whose defensive performance was not satisfactory, was again assigned to defend Wang Hao.

It's a pity that the first two games have proved that even Batman can't guard against Wang Hao.

Wang Hao decisively changed his playing style, from offense with the ball to offense without the ball.

In this way, it is possible to avoid Scottie Pippen's advantages in physical confrontation and attack his disadvantages of slow speed.

With another three-pointer hit, the sky above the Rose Garden Arena was already completely silent.

Even if Rasheed Wallace responded and kept the score, the fans still had no hope.

The same is true.

The fans who were able to come to the scene, not to mention all of them are masters of football, but they still know a little about the situation on the court.

The morale of the Supersonics is high, and they even have a bit of unrivaled momentum, while the Blazers are like a dying patient, making the final struggle.

32:18
In the third quarter, the Sonics scored 32 points in a single quarter, directly smashing the Blazers' defense to pieces.

Among them, Wang Hao even scored 19 points in the third quarter alone, surpassing the Blazers in scoring alone.

81:71
Entering the second half behind by 10 points, judging from the score, the Blazers still have a chance.

However, in terms of status, the chances are not great.

In the middle of the third quarter, there was an episode in which the Blazers boss left angrily.

Paul Allen is not only disappointed with the loss of this game, but also disappointed with this heavily built lineup.

It's not a heavy investment. The salary of the Blazers this year is as high as 8700 million US dollars.

You know, this only includes the salaries of the players, and does not include the salaries of the coaching staff and management.

Adding up the entire team, the salary is well over [-] million.

This is the highest salary in the league. The salary of the New York Knicks, who are not short of money, is only 7300 million U.S. dollars this year.

And last season's championship Lakers, the salary is less than 6000 million US dollars.

As for the rival Sonics, the salary for this year is only 5000 million US dollars.

This is because they have eaten Ewing's tens of millions of annual salary contract, otherwise the salary level will be even lower.

As one of Microsoft's major shareholders, Paul Allen is not short of money, but he doesn't want to be taken advantage of.

It can be said that Paul Allen's midway departure has already determined the fate of some people.

For example, Mike Dunleavy, as the head coach, has been a little unresponsive.

During the fourth quarter game, Mike Dunleavy sat in the head coach's position with a dejected expression, without any reaction.

No, in the opening stage of the fourth quarter, Gary Payton and Rashad Lewis led the bench lineup and opened up the point difference again.

Just halfway through the fourth quarter, the point difference between the two sides has been stretched to 20 points.

In the Rose Garden arena at this time, sporadic fans have already started to leave their seats and leave the arena.

Rather than sitting here and watching the game depressed, it is better to leave early to save time in traffic jams.

The departure of nearly half of the fans obviously affected the state of the Blazers, especially the main players.

On the contrary, the role players have played a role, but unfortunately, their scoring is only a drop in the bucket for the situation.

108:91
The Sonics won the third game without bloodshed, successfully won the match point, and advanced to the Western Conference semifinals.

They are also the first team in the league to advance to the semifinals.

Last season, in the semifinals, the Sonics faced the Lakers and finally fell into the sand.

Starting over from scratch this season, they don't want to go back to fishing early.

"Great job guys, but let me remind you that this is just the beginning.

Next, there are the Western Conference semifinals, and even the Western Conference finals. That is our battlefield. "

Paul Westphal is also very satisfied, not because of sweeping the Trail Blazers, but because of the state of the players.

After all, they are the winners, and Wang Hao and Gary Payton were arranged for a post-match interview together.

"Wang, how do you evaluate your opponent?"

They have already won the game, so naturally there is no need to say something that will cause controversy, just a burst of praise will do.

"As we all know, the Portland Trail Blazers are an extremely good team, they have a good coach and players.

It's just that we can all see that they are not at their best and they haven't played their full strength.

The NBA is a long season, from October last year to the present, a full 10 months.

No one can be at their best all the time, not us, not the Lakers, not the Blazers.

It's a pity that their luck was not very good. At the most critical time, they encountered a period of low state. "

……

Don't look at what Wang Hao said sounds reasonable, but it's pure nonsense.

Indeed, every team has a time when it is not returning, especially in the long season.

But as a strong team, it must be able to adjust its own state.

What's more, the playoffs did not start suddenly, and the schedule was announced early.

Every team has plenty of time to adjust their status, but the Blazers didn't do it well.

In other words, in fact, they have adjusted their status, but today's pioneers are only this strength.

Well, it seems a little exaggerated to say that the Blazers' strength stops here.

However, this Trail Blazers team is indeed going downhill. They are no longer the Western Conference Finals team from last year.

It can be said that the entire Trail Blazers team, from the internal atmosphere to the state of the game, does not have a bit of a champion.

I really want to say that their most eye-catching lineup is the lineup on paper.

"So, Wang, what kind of expectations do you have for the next opponent?"

"The next opponent?"

"That's right, which team do you want to meet more?"

As the No. [-] team in the Western Conference, after advancing to the Western Conference semifinals, their opponent will be the winner between the fourth in the Western Conference and the fifth in the Western Conference.

The fourth in the Western Conference this season is the Kings, while the fifth in the Western Conference is the Mavericks.

In fact, the Kings also grew up after Adelman took over a year or two ago.

The confrontation between the two playoff upstarts was quite fierce.

Especially the styles of the two teams, they both advocate offense very much, and they played very well against each other.

Although it was only a match between the fourth in the west and the fifth in the west, the attendance rate of the fans was very high.

Even, the attendance rate is not worse than those top-ranked teams.

In the previous two games that ended, both teams scored more than 100 points.

You know, under today's NBA game standards, especially in the playoffs, it is not easy.

No way, both teams gave up defense in unison, and mainly focused on offense.

"Opponents? It's not up to us to think. Both the Kings and the Mavericks are very good teams. They both have a chance to win the series.

For us, it is enough to adjust our state and wait for the opponent to appear.

As for who the opponent is?We don't care.

From a certain point of view, they are just challengers, and we have enough confidence and strength to face them. "

For the Trail Blazers that have already been eliminated, Wang Hao is full of praise, after all, they are already eliminated.

As for the Kings and Mavericks who may become opponents in the future, Wang Hao is not so polite.

He put the two directly into the challenger position.

It is not impossible to do this, after all, they are the regular season champions of this season.

The records of other teams are not as good as theirs, so naturally they can only challenge them as challengers.

Except for the Supersonics, the rest of the teams have fallen into an anxious fight, especially the West.

The teams that can enter the top eight basically have no weak players, and no one is willing to admit defeat.

For example, when the Spurs faced their old rivals, the Suns, they obviously won two games first.

The match point has already been won, and it seems that as long as they win one more victory, the team will be able to advance to the Western Conference semifinals.

But when the Suns returned home, they dragged the final victory into the tiebreaker.

The same goes for the Kings-Mavericks game.

The Lakers, on the other hand, successfully advanced with an away victory in Game [-] of the series.

I have to say that the Jazz are really old.

When facing other players, Karl Malone can also use his body and experience to gain an advantage.

But replaced by O'Neal, Karl Malone was completely at a disadvantage in the confrontation, and he had no strength left.

In the East, the Hornets turned out to be the first to end the battle.

3:0, the seemingly mediocre Hornets eliminated the Heat cleanly.

You know, this is definitely beyond most people's expectations.

On paper, the strength of the Hornets is definitely far behind the Heat.

Who are the Heat?

The All-Star starter Eddie Jones, as well as Alonzo Mourning, who returned from injury, and former All-Star player Vin Baker.

What about the Hornets?

It's just a group of players who have been swept out, that is, Mashburn and David Wesley have some strength.

Elden Campbell and Derek Coleman are getting old.

Of course, in this round of the series, Baron Davis' performance is also crucial. After two seasons of training, he has grown up.

What's really interesting is that Jamal Mashburn, who was a Heat player last season, was traded to the Hornets.

Among them, Pat Riley vowed not to trade, and in the end, Mashburn was sent away.

Faced with such contempt, before the series started, Marsh was unhappy in various ways, and even provoked the Heat.

Now, if the Hornets have really completed their counterattack, Mashburn will naturally not be polite.

From the field, to the field, there are all kinds of provocations, against the Hornets, and against Pat Riley.

As the top two teams in the East, the Digital Team and the Bucks won the first round with a score of 3:1.

Both the Pacers and Magic struggled, but unfortunately the effect was not great.

On the Pacers side, in fact, from the beginning of the game, not many people were optimistic about it.

The first is the Pacers' own problems. His age has greatly reduced his strength.

What's more, the digital team still has Iverson, and Iverson cannot be defended. What is waiting for the Pacers is to lose.

A real pity for the Magic.

McGrady averaged 33.8 points, 6.5 rebounds and 8.3 assists in four games in the series.

Although the hit rate is slightly lower, only less than 42%, but such a record is even comparable to Wang Hao.

It's a pity that he was unable to support himself and still lost.

唯一赢球的一场比赛中，麦迪得到了42+8+10的准三双数据，另外还有3盖帽2抢断。

In this way, it was only possible to win by 5 points. It can only be said that the overall strength of the Magic team is really a bit hip.

(End of this chapter)