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Chapter 1980 City Derby
In the first round of the remaining games, the winners and losers were basically decided. The Green Army still eliminated their opponents and advanced, but to be honest, Tang Qian didn't feel stronger than last year in terms of their state this year.This is not a problem of staffing, but a problem with the internal chemistry.To put it simply, Irving, which should be the biggest core point, has conflicts with the whole team.In this way, an absolute core cannot unite the whole team, and then the whole team will be loose and fight separately.Coupled with the fact that Hayward has changed from an All-Star to a sixth man, this was not expected before.

So in basketball, there are too many things to pay attention to. No matter how strong the overall imbalance and disharmony are, it is possible that 1+1 is less than 2.

The state of the Green Army's playoffs this year did not give Tang Qian a good impression, but there are still so many rounds, and it is unknown if he finds a feeling later.The Big Three of the Green Army were the ones who became more and more courageous in the playoffs.Tang Qian will not jump to conclusions now.Have you opened the perspective of God, how can you be sure of something?There are miracles happening all the time in competitive sports. If you despise this, then it will be your turn to overturn the gutter.

It was the most difficult game between the Pacers and the Nets that dragged to the end. The two sides got to G7.In the end, the Pacers were even better, relying on Bojanbo Gdanovic's final quasi-lore to kill the opponent.In fact, there is no way. Their core main force, Oladipo, was injured in the middle of the season, so they have always been disabled.Being able to enter the second round is already very satisfying.At least the mental state of the team is here, isn't it?

The fans are also desperate.Know what the ceiling is for your team.

At this point, the first round of the game is over, and the matchup table for the second round is also out, Milwaukee Bucks VS Indiana Pacers.The remaining round in the Eastern Conference is Boston Celtics VS Philadelphia 76ers.Compared with the first round, the Celtics VS Philadelphia 76ers in the second round was quite exciting.This is a lot to watch just on the surface.As for the Bucks VS Pacers, forget it, if you can't beat it, Alphabet can go home and grow sweet potatoes.

The Eastern Conference schedule is really lucky... two rounds are rookies, so the data efficiency is very good in this way.

This year, the Bucks, in fact, only played one round, which is the Eastern Conference Finals, and that's enough.

Why do you say that, what do you say.Use your little brain, and the natural answer will emerge.

The situation in the West seems to be similar, Lakers VS Clippers, Warriors VS Nuggets.The latter also has the same feeling as the Bucks above, almost a crushing game without any suspense.If the Nuggets can beat this Warriors team, there will be ghosts.This is something that the referee is useless to help.The Nuggets' survivability in the playoffs is actually ordinary, even in the previous traditional team building era, let alone now.Five-star Warriors, destroying them, it must be a matter of minutes.In the words of ESPN, only God can save them.

This is a bit exaggerated, but it is actually reasonable.

If you think that the Nuggets themselves didn't say anything, you should understand how much pressure there is.

And even if God came and helped them pass this round, there are still super teams waiting behind. It is no longer difficult to describe the difficulty of hell if they want to break through this year's Western Conference.As far as these teams are concerned, whoever you replace is not a dead end?How many chances do you really think you have?These three teams are the favorites in any era, and even the pre-determined champions.It just happened to be together.So, except for them, it's basically green leaves.Everyone understands it in their hearts.

On April 4, the semifinals began. Today there are two more games, one is the Lakers VS Clippers, and the other is the Bucks VS Pacers.But judging from the current ratings, there are actually not many people watching the latter.Because, there is nothing to look at, the Bucks should win, and it should be big news if they lose.As for the other game, it was held in full swing at the Staples Center, well, the Staples Center, in fact, it was here where the fights took place.In this round of competition, it can actually be regarded as giving both sides sufficient physical fitness to deal with it.

Because there is no hard work.

It is nothing more than the support of the fans. It must have been crushed by the Lakers in the past, but now that James Leonard Davis is here, the appeal is still there, and the fans of the Clippers are also increasing day by day.There will be no such situation as before when playing home games but basically being Lakers fans.

According to the regular season record, the Lakers have home court advantage in the first game.Before the game, the verbal battle was already very intense, and now even the bosses are fighting each other, so the smell of gunpowder is already very strong before it starts.

In the "greeting" session between the core players before the game, several star players were all dispatched and sprayed a few words with each other. This is also a gimmick deliberately created by the league.Tang Qian came up to James and said, "Before facing the Spurs, I only said that I was [-] times stronger. Now, [-] times is not enough? Need [-] times?" It was nonsense, and he directly insisted on his point of view: "Of course, you now think you can suppress me to death?"

Hehe, after having the projection, I am confident.Ok, Ok.

Tang Qian said with a smile: "You just returned to the level of a normal person. You are always abusive, but you are actually very tired."

"Don't think about it this time."

"Hehe, brother, we won once, let's talk again."

Made... James also has anger in his head, and his chest is about to burn. He has never been so deflated, but since he met this guy, he has never had a chance to vent his anger.What he said is right, you have never won before, what nonsense are you talking about.If someone says a word, say it after you win once, you will be wilted, and any trash talk will be powerless.

Last year, he played with a single-core and beat all kinds of ghosts and snakes, and James himself couldn't spray him.

And this year, it is likely to be the last chance.

After all, depending on the age of the person, James pays great attention to maintenance, but there is always a limit.He will be 35 next year, how much oil will he have left at that time.Even if it lasts to 36 like Jordan, that is the limit.I'm not kidding you, James doesn't think he can really surpass this basketball god, and the peak maintenance is the same.And at that time, it was definitely not as good as every year.So this year is the best opportunity.

Although, he thinks so every year, tells himself so, and says so.

But people always need some dreams and fantasies, don't they?

Otherwise, if you live in despair and you have to stop doing it, that is suffering.

But this year's Clippers are indeed very strong. They swept the opponent's score difference in the first game, the most in the league, and a little more than the Cosmos team.It can be seen that their people are actually here for the playoffs.Including Leonard and Davis.They all feel that they are tired of playing the regular season, and the playoffs are what they want to do.Leonard also rested enough games in the regular season, and Davis paid for it after fully recovering.The reason is one... In their eyes, there is no regular season.

The opposing lineup is James + Davis + Leonard + Danny Green + Jordan.

The Lakers lineup is Tang Qian + Covington + George + Butler + Westbrook.

It's really a star-studded lineup. This is the series that bald men are looking forward to. It doesn't matter if the previous series didn't look good and the ratings were not high. This round of the series can be sucked back.The fact is also true, there are so many people watching this game that it explodes.

Tang Qian got the ball in his hands and immediately passed it on. Westbrook broke through quickly and wanted to launch a blitzkrieg, but the opponent obviously had sufficient arrangements.This ball James is not James in the regular season, he has a "transformation skill package".It is different from another No. 13 James.So what was easy to do in the regular season is not easy now.Westbrook wanted to launch a lightning fast attack with the ball, but was directly blocked by a thick body. He almost bounced back all of a sudden, and the dribble would go wrong.In this case, it is natural not to think about launching a blitzkrieg smoothly. The key now is to be able to stabilize the body without making mistakes.There was no other way but to pass the ball, but because the body was confronted and the center of gravity was distorted, the pass was also lacking in strength, and was directly intercepted by a long arm.

Leonard!One of the super gibbons! The death-coiled master character at position 3!
After passing, he didn't pass the ball, just a cut, and then leaned on Butler who was chasing and defending, and scored the ball.It still looks so simple, not cool enough, not explosive enough, but it can be scored.This is Leonard.

His style of play is still very prudent, not too fancy.

With this ball, Butler was fouled by his opponent because he failed to control the impact in pursuit and defense, and made an additional penalty.

Still with a paralyzed expression, everyone is hanging their faces.

Really Nima is too much.This is somewhat similar to the No. 21 retired by the Spurs.

In the past, the Lakers used screens to score the ball, and Tang Qian cut in to shoot, but Jordan's area and thickness after gaining weight are still there.In addition, the penalty was a bit hairy at the beginning tonight, and the scale was not too big. Tang Qian even took an offensive foul at the beginning.This is almost a must-have defensive technique for today's inside players, otherwise...you will have no way to face that No. 29 nuclear weapon back attack.Even with the blessing of "Tang Qian's Law 2.0", it only gave them an extra way to survive.Coming over, James accelerated directly from the top arc, and with a point, Danny Green shot a three-pointer directly!No, George took turns, and Danny Green broke through and passed the ball to Davis. Davis is a rare off-ball master in the interior, and the free movement rule is very liberating for him.So coming in easily is a small thrower stuck in the position, making it impossible to chase and defend smoothly. 4-0 up.

It can be seen that the opponent's targeting effect is very strong. It should have been practiced for a long time, and it may even start targeting the Los Angeles Lakers from the beginning of the team's establishment.I started to use them as a strong imaginary enemy in the series.In addition, the Lakers have dominated the league for so many years, and some basic play routines and habits are easy to be split and split again.This is a process that a winning team must go through.But the Lakers adjusted very quickly. On the professional basketball court, it is normal to fall behind temporarily and deal with disadvantages.There is no need to make a fuss at all, the Lakers now have the toughness and heart of this strong team.

The Lakers switched to Tang Qian's weak side to support, but it was a three-stage pull, and Covington was raised to cover. Westbrook went directly to the strong side instead of the cover side. The sudden attack made James' judgment wrong.The current James is still a little slower in his legs and feet, so he was quickly broken by Westbrook in a straight line without judging accurately, and rushed over at once.But the Clippers obviously thought of this problem, so Davis suddenly shrank from the flanks, relying on his long arms, even if it is far away, he has the ability to control.But Westbrook gave the ball to George. Leonard reacted quickly and followed suit. He also directly bypassed a false block from the Lakers in the middle.It is worthy of being one of the most powerful perimeter defenders in NBA history, that is awesome.Judgment and reaction are top-notch.But he still didn't catch the ball, because when he was about to get close to George, a huge figure lay between the two of them.In fact, Tang Qian's ball is not an amazing screen angle, but it still gave Leonard enough interference.Because... the body of this No. 29 is too big.

You just need to spend a lot of time going around.

This is why the cover of the big man is always better than the quality of the small man.

It's nothing else, mainly the size and footprint, which cannot be replicated by small people.

To make a simple analogy, everyone knows that Dooku's pick and roll is a nuclear weapon, but why doesn't Cole use it all the time?Do you really think that people don't know about it, it's just a showy operation, squandering military training?A few games, a whole season, is it realistic?Really so stupid, people can still get a salary of tens of millions of dollars?The reason is simple. It's not that the Warriors didn't try to use Dooku pick-and-roll on a large scale in the playoffs, but the result was... not invincible.

Because the two of them pick and roll each other, many times... they can't stop people.

Or it's called... Can't hang people.

So it's easy to get squeezed or slipped past and break their Dooku pick and roll.The so-called invincible "Dooku pick and roll" also has shortcomings and dead ends.It's not a one-time trick, and you can eat it all over the world.Further ahead, there is also the pick-and-roll cover of Jordan and Pippen.

Therefore, even in the small ball era, most of the inside players who lost weight went up to pick and roll.

The small man's pick-and-roll area is really limited, and it is easy to be destroyed and disintegrated.

Leonard tried his best to go around the ball, but Tang Qian's body was too wide and thick, which caused him to delay time, so the ball gave George a three-pointer and made a hit. 4-3.

The opposite side was also unambiguous. James came over with a direct pass to the ground, and Davis made an empty cut without the ball and ran to the basket.

The Lakers Westbrook hit the basket and missed, but Davis made a personal foul and made 2 of 2 free throws from the free throw line.

James began to show off his passing. The Lakers didn't pay attention to James' ability to distribute the ball. James does feel that his game ability has entered the realm of perfection.The main reason is the sense of proportion and sophistication, which is really scary.This is something accumulated by playing super giants for many years.But the Lakers did not show weakness at all. Westbrook and Tang Qian jointly passed the ball to show off, and they also played like flying.At this time, the opponent suddenly changed to an unlimited defense. The team's lineup is qualified to do so, and the ability to switch and shrink is strong.The main reason is that after James had no problem with this point, he immediately made up for his shortcomings.

The Lakers were hit by a wall and hit the iron continuously. At this time, Tang Qian stood up to stabilize the wave, and the opponent immediately shrank. Jordan's meat shield topped the man + Davis' top defense, so that Tang Qian did not shoot rashly, and split the ball Going out, a reverse run cut in from the outside, and then Butler hit the basket.He played well, and the timing was okay, but at this time, Jordan succeeded in protecting the basket directly and gave Butler a big cap.Jordan's basket protection has always been excellent, and he was also a double first team in the original time and space. Now that pure blue-collar players are no longer so popular, he is still very good as a defensive player.

The excellent athletic ability and physical condition make him worthy of others in this era.

At this time, the opponent made a mid-range shot and hit it. This team is not an extreme magic ball mosaic. They have a lot of mid-range.This is not a bragging, from James to Leonard to Davis to Green, they can all vote.And they also directly hit mid-range strikes based on the Lakers' defensive style of blocking the Mosaic team.This made the Lakers a little bit unadapted all of a sudden.

The key is the effect of the Lakers hitting the basket. This section is not good-looking, and the opponent's ability to protect the basket is really good.

It is worthy of being the second best basket-protecting team in the league, second only to the Los Angeles Lakers.

But... that's also number two.

The first is not here.

Tang Qian stood up, one top two, and also began to offer a feast of basket protection in the penalty area.

This made the Clippers' assault to the basket almost fruitless.

The fighting was fierce in the first quarter, and the game was tied 37-37.

(End of this chapter)