The older superstars of the NBA

As the hearts of the winning team gradually gather together, the season gradually enters the middle stage. Although the New York Knicks lost a lot of games at the beginning, their record became more and more stable after entering the middle period.

They originally fell to third place in the Eastern Conference and suddenly rushed to second place in the Eastern Conference. Even they are only one or two games away from the Nets, which is first in the Eastern Conference.

While they have achieved brilliant results, the best performer in the Western Conference is the Golden State Warriors. LeBron James has lived up to the fans' ridicule of him. He has indeed integrated well with the Warriors. Both sides Getting into the zone with almost no discomfort.

Of course, the Warriors are in good shape, but they have no idea of ​​a winning streak. Especially after entering the middle of the season, the Warriors' main players began to take turns to reduce their playing time.

Especially for LeBron, his playing time has dropped from 34.9 minutes per game with the Lakers last season to 30 minutes per game. The same is true for Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson. Both of them have reduced their playing time.

The outside world also sees the Warriors' operations very clearly. Fans know that this is the Warriors' hope to save energy in this way, and then wait for work in the playoffs, and then be able to rush into the finals in one fell swoop.

One way or another, they did!

While ensuring the record, it also allowed the core of the team to get enough rest, which protected the physical health of the core players to the greatest extent, so that injuries no longer plagued the Warriors as they did last season.

Time flies by quickly and the season comes to an end in a blink of an eye.

Various clubs in the east and west have also begun to get busy, and many teams have begun to make preparations for the final stage.

The top four teams in the Eastern Conference are the New York Knicks, Brooklyn Nets, Milwaukee Bucks, and Philadelphia 76ers.

The top four teams in the Western Conference are the Golden State Warriors, Los Angeles Clippers, Phoenix Suns, and Denver Nuggets.

Although the top four are not necessarily the final winners, generally speaking, if there is no Black Eight miracle, basically the top four in the East and West will be the final winners.

The time soon came to mid-April.

The regular season is over and the playoffs are finally here.

According to the Eastern Conference rules, the top-ranked Knicks will face the Washington Wizards in the first round of the playoffs.

The battle between the two sides began quickly.

Madison Square Garden Arena.

Here, the Knicks usher in Game 1 of the first round of their playoff series.

In order to show respect for their opponents, the Knicks specially sent out their core lineup. Players from both sides come out for a jump ball.

Snapped.

The referee threw the basketball, and Andre Drummond took the lead to slap the ball out.

The basketball fell out and was quickly caught by Zhao Feiyang. He gave the ball to Zach LaVine, who pushed towards the half court.

After halftime, LaVine organized an attack at the top of the arc. Zhao Feiyang pretended to catch the ball from the wing, but actually helped LaVine create opportunities.

The two met each other, and LaVine suddenly accelerated toward the basket with the ball.

DeAndre Jordan on the inside quickly filled in, and LaVine took this opportunity to throw the ball. It's a pity that this time his strength was still a little lacking. When he was interfered with, the basketball he threw failed to hit the basket.

boom.

The basketball bounced away.

Just when the two sides were about to compete for rebounds, an incredible scene occurred that made everyone feel unbelievable! Zhao Feiyang suddenly rushed into the crowd, jumped up and smashed the ball into the basket before the big men on both sides jumped up.

boom.

The ball went in.

The whole place was in an uproar.

Although New York fans have seen too many operations belonging to Zhao Feiyang, such operations of making up for dunks in the paint are still relatively rare.

"nice shot!"

"Good job!"

"With such a team leader, we will definitely be the championship!"

The fans were beyond excited.

It was the Wizards' turn to serve.

The ball passed half court and Bradley Beal took the ball for a single. The person who came up to mark him was Zhao Feiyang. The two faced each other, and Bill tried to dodge Zhao Feiyang and break through to the basket.

Unfortunately, he couldn't get rid of Zhao Feiyang. When he chose to rush to the free throw line area to take a shot, Zhao Feiyang, who had been guarding him, jumped up high and used a big block to blow away Bill's shot. go out.

Snapped.

Amidst the exclamations of the fans in the audience, the basketball fell out of Bill's hand. The two sides competed for the ball together, and soon Adrian Ennis on the wing seized the opportunity to seize the ball. After getting the ball, he quickly threw the ball to Zach LaVine.

LaVine quickly counterattacked with the ball, rushed across the half court, accelerated to the basket, and smashed the ball in with a one-handed dunk.

The ball went in.

The game between the Knicks and the Wizards is gradually getting closer.

At halftime, the score was 59-50, with the Wizards trailing by 9 points. When the second half started, the Knicks put on their bench, and the Wizards also temporarily replaced some of their main players.

Unfortunately, their lineup is really poor. Except for All-Star players like Bill, there are no good stars in the team. Therefore, there is almost no suspense in the second half of the game.

In the end, the Knicks successfully defeated the Wizards, and the score between the two sides ended at 116-100 in the first game of the series.

They lost by 16 points in the first game alone, which made many fans in Washington disappointed with the Wizards, and the outside world really had no expectations for this game.

Soon the second game came as scheduled.

There was still not much suspense in this game. Zhao Feiyang played for 33 minutes, scoring 27 points, 3 steals, and 7 rebounds.

LaVine played 37 minutes, scoring 21 points and dishing out 11 assists.

Derrick Rose played 31 minutes, scored 17 points, provided 7 assists and stole two goals from the opponent.

The best performer on the Wizards side was only Beal.

This guy concentrated the team's ball rights and scored 34 points. Unfortunately, his strength alone is really limited. While occupying most of the ball rights, he failed to drive other players to perform well.

Therefore, it is not surprising that the Wizards lost the game.

After the big score reached 2-0, in fact, there was basically no suspense between the two teams in the first round of the series.

No matter what the Wizards did, they couldn't beat the No. 1 Knicks.

The next two games passed quickly. As the fans expected, the Wizards lost to the Knicks by a huge score of 0 to 4.

The Knicks also easily defeated their opponents in the first round of the playoffs to advance to the Eastern Conference semifinals.

While they advanced early, the records of other Eastern Conference teams were also released quickly.

The second-ranked Brooklyn Nets are also very strong, but their opponent is the Boston Celtics.

Although the Celtics have an average record this season, their overall strength is still stronger than the Wizards.

The series between the two sides will begin at the Barclays Center Arena.

The Nets won the first game without any suspense.

The big three performed outstandingly.

Kevin Durant scored 27 points, James Harden scored 16 points, and Kyrie Irving scored 19 points.

The strong output of the three made the Celtics unable to defend. With all three points in good shape, the Celtics' defense was no longer so effective.

The Nets also won the second game after that.

Irving performed best in this game. He took a lot of shots throughout the game, but he scored 31 points and hit a long three-pointer at the most critical moment.

It is precisely because of his contribution that he helped the Nets successfully win the last game.

In the third game, the sluggish Celtics finally decided to start a counterattack. The young men in green jerseys had a tacit understanding throughout the game, and they showed 100% concentration in both offense and defense.

In the first half, they clung to the score, and in the second half, they tried their best to cause fouls. In the end, with the efforts of the young players, the Celtics won the Nets by 4 points.

This game was so difficult that the winning Celtics players almost cried with joy after the game.

I thought that pulling back one game would reverse their fate, but it turned out that the Celtics still thought too much.

The Nets easily won the fourth game after that, with the Big Three teaming up to score 77 points, making the young men in Celtics once again feel the terror of the superstars.

After the big score of 3-1, the morale of the Celtics completely collapsed.

In the crucial fifth game, the Celtics players barely resisted and were snatched away by the Nets.

Harden performed the most in this game, scoring an astonishing 34 points alone, helping the team advance to the second round without any suspense.

4-1, the Nets were the second to advance.

The third-ranked Milwaukee Bucks and the sixth-ranked Miami Heat played six games to decide the winner.

Everyone originally thought the Bucks were stronger, but judging from the Heat's performance against them, the Bucks did not seem to have completely reversed their fortunes because of the addition of Damian Lillard.

The addition of Lillard played a big role on the offensive end, but on the defensive end, he also caused some problems for the Bucks.

Of course, the most important thing is that Lillard seems to be unable to integrate with the Bucks so tacitly.

Therefore, the two sides played a full 6 games. Each had a victory or defeat in the first two games. The Bucks struggled to win the last two games. After the score was 3-2, the Bucks finally got on the right track.

In the end, with Lillard's key three-pointer, the Bucks defeated the Heat and qualified.

The seventh-ranked Philadelphia 76ers and the fifth-ranked Atlanta Hawks battled until the seventh game.

Neither side showed any signs of crushing their opponents, and the scores kept changing. It was not until the last battle that the Hawks won the opponent with Trae Young's 32 points, 7 rebounds and 10 assists.

Although it was difficult, it was a win after all, and the Eagles successfully advanced to the next round.

Their opponent was the Knicks, who easily swept the Wizards 4-0.