nba championship predators

Chapter 538 The Emperor's New Clothes

The Charlotte Bobcats went home for a full week of training before their opponents were selected.

At this point, the Philadelphia 76ers and Detroit Pistons have both played two games.

Who would have thought that in the first round of the playoffs, except for the three sweeps, the remaining five groups would be on fire——

Fight bloody battles and go straight to the tiebreaker!
There are so many scenes in the first round, the author is afraid that the number of words will be too low...

The only tiebreaker in the East:
Cleveland Cavaliers 4:3 New Jersey Nets.

This year, the emperor has finally trained the Guards, which is worthy of a battle.

The starters are Big Z, Drew Gooden, Larry Hughes, and the accidentally unearthed Serbian shooter Aleksandar Pavlovic.

Although they are not superstars, their combat effectiveness should not be underestimated.

Also on the bench are Anderson Varejao, Eric Snow, Donyell Marshall.

The layers are clear, the offense and defense are balanced, and the lineup is really not weak.

Although, the New Jersey Nets are not easy to mess with:

Jason Kidd, Vince Carter, Richard Jefferson, Wang Zhizhi and Jason Collins have played together for almost two hundred games.

They are probably the most stable starting five in the league, with all kinds of tacit understanding and excellent offense and defense.

It stands to reason that with such a perfect starting lineup, and spending a little more money and recruiting a few bench thugs, the Nets can be promoted to a level in an instant and advance from the top powers to the championship candidate.

However, the Nets general manager bled the bench repeatedly, and he should have been dragged out and shot for 10 minutes.

In the past few seasons, the Nets' bench lineup was still a bit full, but it fell apart as they walked.

This season, there was only Clifford Robinson, an old and fast runner, who was a little bit famous on the bench. The others wanted to be famous or not, and they didn’t have the ability.

With this kind of broken bench lineup, the game is very difficult to play.

If the starting five tigers don't win enough, they won't be enough to lose as a substitute.

After all, once they are on the field, both offensive and defensive ends will inevitably be blown up, and they will soon collapse.

In order to avoid the collapse of the bench lineup, the Nets' starting five tigers have a long standby time. Jason Kidd and Vince Carter, who need to play with the bench, basically do not rest, averaging more than 40 minutes per game.

The Nets are also really big-hearted.

With such a fucking core, aren't you afraid that they will run away?

However, neither the Emperor nor his servant Mike Brown paid attention to this shortcoming of the Nets at the beginning of the series. They felt that it was enough to be themselves.

Still sprinkle magnesium powder as usual, go to the morning court as usual, play when there is something to do, and leave the court if there is nothing to do.

They confidently believe that:
As long as the emperor personally conquests, victory is not within easy reach?
However, according to the iron law in the arena——

No matter how good your kung fu is, you are afraid of kitchen knives, and no matter how poor your clothes are, you will fall down with a single brick.

The Cleveland Cavaliers are so pretentious, and the consequences are:
Two-game losing streak at home.

The emperor's new clothes were stripped upside down.

Not to mention the big mole on the chest, even the curly armpit hair is completely clean...

The emperor suffered the most violent condemnation since his accession to the throne.

This time, he couldn't use the "teammate CBA" as a prevarication.

If these teammates are in the CBA, then the strength of the CBA will be too high. I'm afraid the whole of Asia won't be able to accommodate them, right?

Even the Emperor's mouthpiece, the "Cleveland Candide" was dishonest, euphemistically pointing out that the Emperor was not decisive enough offensively in the first two games of the series.

The media in other places is even more merciless, openly criticizing LeBron James for lack of leadership and responsibility, losing the chain at critical moments, going with the wind and being soft against the wind...

The emperor learned from the painful experience and decided to stay up all night with his servants to study countermeasures.

With their unremitting efforts, the flaws in the New Jersey Nets lineup were finally discovered!

It's not easy to be real Nima!

Many tabloid reporters pointed it out before the start of the playoffs. You deserve it for not reading books or newspapers!
Since the third game, LeBron James and Larry Hughes have not rested, and they played almost the whole game, just to pee on the head of the Nets' bench.

As a result, the Nets can't bear it.

Let's rest, the leading advantage earned by the starting five tigers is really not enough for the substitutes!

Don't rest, I'm afraid I won't be able to handle the next game.

Taking advantage of Lawrence Frank's entanglement with him, the emperor's guards, after two consecutive home defeats, realized their shame and bravely won two consecutive away games.

This is interesting.

The two sides returned to the same starting line.

Lawrence Frank is also the same, really a clever woman can't live without rice, and the substitute is not strong, so he can't rotate with five people, right?

At that time, before the game was over, the tombstones of the five were erected first.

The Cavaliers' bench lineup is much better, at least there are more insiders, whether starting or substituting, inside defense and rebounds are guaranteed.

The Nets were miserable. Wang Zhizhi and Jason Collins didn't even have a rebounder!
In the two games lost, except for Clifford Robinson, the rebounding data of the rest of the bench was zero...

Tombstones are tombstones!

Lawrence Frank was almost driven crazy. In the last three games, his lineup rotation gradually shrunk. In the crucial tiebreaker, there were only six players left.

Starting five, plus Clifford Robinson.

In this campaign, Wang Zhizhi, who played the entire game, exploded, making 17 of 14 shots and 3 of 3 free throws. He scored 31 points, 17 rebounds, and 3 blocks.

Vince Carter had a triple-double with 25 points, 10 assists, and 10 rebounds!

However, Jason Kidd, who was in charge of regulating the audience in the first six games, and Richard Jefferson, who had been fighting LeBron James, had physical problems.

Lawrence Frank couldn't be substituted.

Others may be able to withstand it for a minute or two.

Only, they can't.

As soon as Kidd left the court, the Nets' offense and defense immediately became a mess, and they were in a mess.

What about Richard Jefferson?
Except for him, no one can fight against the emperor, let's take a look at those substitutes:

Those who can keep up with the speed, their strength has been completely exploded, and those who can bear it, James has run around the field three times, and he is still looking for someone...

Lawrence Frank put his hand on his forehead:

I'm really nice!

As a result, Kidd and Jefferson, who couldn't get a rest, were so hard to have friends. One made 13 of 2 shots and the other made 12 of 1 shots.

It's like being an undercover agent, the best sixth man and the best seventh man.

In fact, in the tiebreaker, the psychologically fragile Emperor's Guards did not play well.

But with the help of the Nets swiping their swords from the palace and ruining the good situation, they always cling to the score.

Until the last ten seconds, the two sides were still tied:

86:86
At this time, Richard Jefferson accidentally offended the emperor.

Two free throws, the emperor panicked.

Only hit one.

The suspense still lingers, and the Nets execute the final attack.

Vince Carter and Wang Zhizhi were strictly defended, and Kidd made a second pass to Richard Jefferson who was emptied at the last moment.

He missed a shot from Wan Zun.

The lore failed, the New Jersey Nets bid farewell, and the Cleveland Cavaliers advanced to the second round.

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