The genius of the basketball madman is on the left

As predicted before the start of the playoffs, the first round of the West is indeed much more exciting than the East. Although not every round is full of suspense, at least every round has different content.

For example, against the Thunder, the Lakers played eighth in the Eastern Conference. But in this round, the Thunder played very tenaciously.

This is the first playoff game for the Supersonics after they changed their name to the Thunder. It is also the first playoff trip for rookies such as Durant, Westbrook, Harden, and Jeff Green. They met the defending champion Lakers last season. How? I think this is a game with a huge gap.

However, they showed unparalleled vitality. Although they had no advantage inside, they still used their athletic ability to deal with the Lakers.

The two sides also played from 2-0 to 2-2. In two of the away games, the Lakers were slaughtered by 26 points.But in the critical Game 6, the Thunder failed to defend. Kobe scored 25 points and 12 rebounds on 32 of 7 shots. Although he missed the quasi-lore in the last 1.8 seconds, Gasol contributed a magic touch and made a tip-up to kill the Thunder.

After the Thunder was out, Adu couldn't help crying.

This G6 made Zuo Li very emotional. This Thunder really has unlimited potential. That is, if you meet the Lakers or the Spurs, you might pass the test!

The talent visible to the naked eye, the five positions have excellent athletic ability, and can attack and defend.

After eliminating the Thunder, the Lakers also took the first step to defend their title. Their opponent in the second round is not the Nuggets that everyone predicted last year in the Western Conference finals, and the Jazz led by Deron!

There is no sign of the decline of the Nuggets. They were even the favorites to win the championship before the start of the season. Lost the backbone, also lost the only person who can suppress Anthony, plus Billups' injury.

Anthony, who has improved defensively and changed his offensive style from last season, has once again become the singles champion. The Nuggets have no continuity in the 6 games, just watching Anthony singles.

The Jazz is actually not strong enough, their weaknesses are obvious, the lineup has not changed for so many years, and the tactics are still single, but obviously, singles alone cannot break through Sloan's defense, so the Jazz eliminated the Nuggets 4-2 and became the No. [-] player in the Western Conference. Two teams in the semi-finals.

To this, Zuo Li just wanted to say: "It's over, the Jazz will be abused by the Lakers again!"

Eat, sleep and play jazz.

The Lakers are a hurdle that the Jazz can't get over.

And the third is the Phoenix Suns, the third in the Western Conference in the regular season. They also eliminated the Trail Blazers 4-2.

However, no one mocked the Blazers in this round, but they were full of respect for them, because they lost Oden and Roy, 5 people were on the injured list, and 6 games were 7-man rotation. The Blazers can still play 6 games against the Suns It has been very difficult.

After the game, various media also expressed regret: "Injuries have ruined this team with unlimited potential."

This is also Zuo Li's regret. He has never been able to know where the upper limit of this pioneer is.

In this way, three of the four semi-final teams have been determined, and the remaining one will be produced between the "horse and bull" teams.

The confrontation between these two teams is too much to say. Duncan and Nowitzki are definitely opponents similar to Olajuwon and Ewing. The grievances between the two teams are longer than this novel.

Take Nowitzki as an example. In his career, in the regular season and playoffs, he played a total of 111 games with the Spurs, which is more than a whole season.Among them, because both the Spurs and the Mavericks have a glorious history, the two teams often meet in the playoffs. From 2001 to 2014, the two teams met 14 times in 6 years, with each winning or losing.

Especially in the past two years, the two teams have all revenged each other.

Last season, although Parker averaged 28.6 points, 4.2 rebounds and 6.8 assists per game, and Duncan also averaged 19.8 points, 8.0 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game, the Spurs were still defeated by the Mavericks because of Ginobili's absence.

And this season, the results were reversed!

The Mavericks played very well in the regular season, as if they had finally recovered from the shadow of being black eight in 07, ranking second only to the Lakers in the Western Conference.

The Spurs, on the other hand, experienced the pain of changing generals, and their youthfulness brought about a decline in combat effectiveness, and they only ranked seventh in the end.

The seventh place in the regular season is definitely an unfamiliar ranking for the Spurs team and the fans who have always supported them.

If Zuo Li remembers correctly, this should be the lowest ranking in the Duncan era.

"The Mavericks won't win this time?"

Fans thought so before the start of the series, this is simply God helping the Mavericks.

But as a result, the Mavericks suffered another tragedy.

I don't know if the second place has stimulated the Mavericks' gene that they won't play because they are ranked high. After winning the first game, the power was cut off and they couldn't play anymore!

bang bang bang!

The Spurs actually won three games in a row, and the Mavericks managed to rebound by one point in the fifth game. There will be no miracle in the sixth game...

4-2, after the Mavericks dedicated the most classic black eight in history two years ago, they also dedicated the first black seven since the 7-game 4-win system.

I am a Mavericks fan and I feel heartbroken!

This is simply far from the world, and the Spurs fans were stunned when this ball won.

Black eight followed by black seven... people can't always be so unlucky.

If Dirk saved his career with a championship, if he just retired like this, it would be a pillar of shame.

There was also an episode after the game. Cuban stayed alone in the visiting team's locker room without saying a word. After being photographed by a TNT reporter, he forcibly snatched the video tape...

However, Cuban's move was forgiven. After all, he spent more than 8700 million US dollars for the Mavericks this season and had to pay a luxury tax of 1779 million US dollars, but he was eliminated by No. 7 in the Western Conference.In the past four seasons, it has been eliminated in the first round three times. It is the only tragic team after the first round of the playoffs was changed to a 3-game 7-win system. It's good that Cuban didn't cry!

No one is confused.

And the strength of the Spurs has been verified again. They all said that the Spurs are the biggest dark horse, and they even have the opportunity to join the Lakers in the Western Conference Finals again. After all, their opponents, the Suns, have not won them in the playoffs in the next round.

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The first round of the playoffs ended with frequent upsets in the East -- and, of course, the West -- and the second round of the playoffs will begin on May 5.

The teams also arrived at the game site to prepare for the game. The Knicks will still take the lead in the second round. The Magic arrived in New York in the early morning of the 30th.

However, before the official start of the second round of the playoffs, the last highlight of the regular season this season--the awards season is finally about to kick off!