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Chapter 817 Advancing to the Second Round

On May 5, US time, at 2:7 p.m., Game 6 of the Lakers VS Mavericks series kicked off.

Surprisingly, this year's postseason fights were quite intense.

The Lakers are currently in Game 6 with the Mavericks, the Rockets and Clippers are also in Game [-], the Spurs and Grizzlies are in Game [-], and the Thunder and Warriors are also in Game [-].In other words, the situation in the West, except for the slightly better Spurs group, the rest are inextricably linked, and no one dares to take it lightly.

Up and down, it is possible at any time.

Compared with the West, the East is much better. The Pacers and Eagles are currently in G6, the Bulls have been eliminated by the Wizards with a big score of 1-4, and the Heat easily swept the Hornets 4-0.This is also the only team this season that has completed a sweep in the first round of the playoffs. James, who is still a bit closed in the regular season, began to enter the state as soon as the playoffs arrived and slowly unblocked. In 4 games, he averaged 30+8+6+2 per game, defeated his opponent with more than 55% field goal percentage and 35% three-point field goal percentage, and there was no suspense at all.

When the concentrated play of the ball has not yet been implemented in the league, James's data looks so versatile and excellent!

Wade and Bosh have been completely reduced to "after the halo" this season.

Coupled with the fact that the Raptors and the Nets fought to the sixth game, this is the overall situation in the East.

Two rounds of the series have come to an end, and the intensity and excitement are completely inferior to those in the West.

Very normal.

Looking at the records and leading stars of these teams in the East, the Raptors, the third in the East, are placed in the West, and the top eight will not be able to make it.This situation is not only this time and space, the original time and space are almost the same, and the third place in the east cannot enter the top eight in the west.Needless to say, the team's overall combat ability, this data is too convincing, no one will believe you say "the west is strong and the east is weak".

Secondly, the leading stars and core players, the East is also incomparable with the Western teams.

Take the third-ranked Raptors in the East as an example, the leaders are DeRozan and Lowry.What are the statistics of these two people in the regular season?A 22% shooting rate of 4+4+1+42.9, has experienced an All-Star in his current career, and then has nothing.DeRozan wants to get the third team of the best team, that is still a matter of the 16-17 season.What about Kyle Lowry?In the regular season, he averaged almost 18+5+7 data per game, and his shooting percentage was also at the 42% level.Career history is... nothing!Yes, nothing!It will be next year when he enters the All-Star team for the first time, and the best team will not be available until next season.So in general, the Raptors are led by an All-Star for one season, roughly this ability.What about the third in the West?The core configuration of the Oklahoma City Thunder this season is Kevin Durant, who averaged 1+32+7+6 per game in the regular season, and his shooting percentage exceeded 1%. , Russell Westbrook with a shooting percentage of 50%.The career honors of the two are, Durant has 22 All-Stars, 6 scoring titles, 7 best teams, and the best team that has not yet come out this season, he is also a certainty.Russell Westbrook has 2 All-Star appearances and 43.7 All-NBA Second Team appearances.Check out this Honors portfolio?I don't know how many levels to blow up the Raptors, who are also third.The same goes for the fourth Chicago Bulls, led by Joakim Noah and Jimmy Butler.In fact, they really can't pick anyone this season. Although Butler and Noah are both defensive players, judging from the current series between them and the Wizards, the strongest player is... Ty Gibson , he averaged 5+3+4 in 3 minutes per game, and his shooting percentage reached more than 3%!As for Noah and Jimmy Butler, they both performed mediocrely, with more than 30.8+ playing time, but the statistics are not good, and it is not uncommon for them to be beaten by the Wizards.

The leader of the Wizards is a Wall who entered the All-Star once, and then got no honor.

The Hornets are led by Al Jefferson and Kemba Walker.Al Jefferson, who should have been selected to the third team of the best team, has lost his center position in the third team and was snatched by Howard.In other words, here, they are led by "stars" without all-stars and teams.Even in the original time and space, Al Jefferson of the best third team led the team.

Isn't it normal for this kind of core lineup to be swept away by the Big Three in Miami?Do you think every team has such terrible teamwork and chemistry as the Spurs?In such a comparison, even the Clippers' core lineup is completely crushed.If the Heat come to the West, first of all, it is not that simple whether it is the Clippers, Rockets, Thunder, Spurs, Lakers or even the Grizzlies this season.Do you think the playoffs can break out of the West so easily?It has been said that apart from Cosmic Yong, only the Lakers have reached the finals three times in a row since the 90s in the Western Conference.One was the "OK combination era" and the other was Kobe's solo era.So far for more than 20 years, no team has done it, and the Spurs are the same.

So you are in the West and you said that James can make it to the finals?you think too much!First of all, if he consumes the championship team that he can't beat, he can be wiped out several times!Otherwise, how did you get his winning percentage in the finals?Not to mention the overall consumption and overall pressure of breaking out in the West.Like the East, sometimes "only play the Eastern Conference finals", it is completely one side of heaven and one side of hell.

That's why Yahoo Sports made a statistics for this year's playoffs. More than 8% of the people think that the Eastern Conference series is boring and boring. ESPN's TV subscription data also proves this point, the West is much higher than the East's overall subscription data.so……

The saying that "the west is strong and the east is weak" is once again rampant in the league.

Of course, this did not slander the Eastern Division, because whether it is in terms of stars, record or match data, the Western Division is completely crushed.If there is any objection to this, it is a dead duck with a stubborn mouth, and I can only give you a big blow.

Dallas' American Airlines hub.

Away locker room.

It was another "dark ceremony" where the lights were completely turned off. Kobe shouted directly at the end:
"G6! GAME. OVER!!!"

That's right, the game is over, that's what the Lakers are going to do tonight, they don't plan to go back to the Staples Center to play the Mavericks.

Go back to the Staples Center and you will be your opponent in the next round!Clippers OR Rockets!

TNT is responsible for the commentary for this game. Because it is the playoffs, Barkley, O'Neal, Kenny Smith, and Reggie Miller are all there.

"The Lakers VS Mavericks, Game [-], I believe everyone didn't expect this to be the case, right? If the Lakers hadn't won the battle of Tianwangshan, the situation in this game is likely to be completely reversed!" Ken Ni Smith said: "The resilience of the Mavericks is unexpectedly strong. Speaking of Texas teams, they are not easy to mess with. We were the Rockets back then, known as the City of Resilience."

"Shaq and I should have experienced this. Against the Texas team, unless you completely win, you can't take it lightly at all, so as not to be overthrown by them in the end."

"Charles is right." O'Neal also said: "The West is strong and the East is weak since Jordan withdrew from the league. Basically, as long as we highlighted the West at that time, we were the championship. Take a look at the comparison of the records of the East and West this year. Like a shot put and a balloon, one is extremely strong, while the other breaks as soon as it is pierced, it has no fighting ability at all."

"So I regretted it at the time. I shouldn't have stayed in the Phoenix Suns. Alas." Barkley sighed.

"You can pull it down, Charles. At that time, whether you were in the East or the West, you would eventually meet Michael. Do you think you could kill him and his Bulls? I remember Michael's best finals. The statistics are against your Phoenix Suns, right? How many points did he score? 50? Who will win in the evening? Let's vote with a show of hands."

As a result, three people chose the Lakers, and only O'Neal chose the Mavericks.

His reason is that the German is a magical player, and he happens to restrain the Lakers' inside defense. If he is the same as Game [-] and Game [-] tonight, who knows if the Mavericks will win the game?
But in this game, O'Neal took it for granted, because Nowitzki was obviously at the limit of his body, and the continuous explosions in front of him exhausted his reserves, so the first half of the game was very mediocre.Only 10 of 3 shots, 3 of 1 three-pointers, 7 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists.Tang Qian's defense against him in the first half was very powerful and excellent.

Why did it suddenly become stronger?

The reason is nothing more than two points. Nowitzki returned to normal in the game. He did not explode without "The.Zone" and "Super God" facing Tang Qian, and he was not so destructive.After all, he is going to be 36 soon, and it has only been more than a month, so it is obviously not comparable to the peak super firepower.What's more, Tang Qian's "inner demon" only weakened his competitive state by 10% in this game, which is already the minimum weakened by the "inner demon". Therefore, Tang Qian's starting point of defense is much stronger than in the previous games.

It's also the same as one goes up and down, this time it becomes Tang Qian's up, Nowitzki's down.

Without the German breaking the game at a critical moment, the Mavericks could not survive the weak offensive period, and the Lakers seized the opportunity to bombard them indiscriminately.The Lakers scored 58 points in the first half. If it wasn't for Meeks, who made 4 of 0 shots from beyond the three-point line, the score would have broken through 60 points in this half!What about the Mavericks?The first 8 minutes of the first quarter were good, and then gradually declined, and the offense became weaker and weaker, and the offense was difficult.Anyway, the Lakers' strategy is that when Nowitzki goes up, Tang Qian goes up, and when Nowitzki goes off, Tang Qian goes off.

It is impossible for Nowitzki, who is about to be 36 years old, to play 40+ minutes per game as before, so Tang Qian can make it through with a little push.And he doesn't need to grab rebounds and block shots, and he saves a lot of energy.

In the second half, Nowitzki stepped up his own attack. His state broke out and he exploded, but he didn't score 2 goals, and fell into a stalemate where his shooting percentage dropped rapidly.Because Tang Qian also exploded, he still defended and suppressed his opponent.In addition, tonight's "heart demon" has only dropped by 10%, so defending the Germans in this way, Tang Qian feels much easier than the previous few games.

It can be seen that Nowitzki wanted to explode more in the second half, but... the consecutive explosions in the previous few games hurt his vitality. He has a heart, but his body is already weak.In the end, Nowitzki only made 24 of 9 shots, plus 2 free throws, and scored a total of 22 points, with a shooting percentage of only 37.5%.You have to know that Nowitzki's career shooting percentage in the playoffs was as high as 46.2%, which dropped almost 10% this time, which means he has been defended.

Especially in the fourth quarter, Tang Qian let Nowitzki make 5 of 1 shots again. During the period, he also contributed a block, which directly killed the Mavericks' counterattack wave.After all, Nowitzki is old. Without more helpers, he can only hold on for a few games. It is impossible for him to be as stable and explosive as he was in his peak era, and beat his opponents.

At the end of the game, the Lakers defeated the Dallas Mavericks 115-101 and 14 points away, with a big score of 4-2, and successfully advanced to the Western Conference semifinals.Kobe scored 35 points, Nash scored 9 assists, Gasol scored 20 points, Tang Qian scored 10 points, 7 rebounds, 3 blocks and 2 assists. The Lakers ended the first round of the battle.

In the series, Kobe averaged 34.8 points per game, scoring a total of 209 points, and these data are "new history."Because in the original time and space, after Kobe tore his Achilles tendon in the 12-13 season, he never played even a playoff game, and his playoff data stayed in the knockout game against the Thunder in the 11-12 season.The total score was 5640 points, and there was no progress in the next few seasons.

The all-time scoring champion in the playoffs, which should have been easily obtained, also lost the opportunity to challenge due to injuries, just like the total scoring champion in the regular season.This is definitely a great regret for countless Humi and Comey.Even if it will be surpassed by James in the future, it is an excellent experience to be able to reach the top.

Because of the addition of these 209 points, Kobe's current total score in the playoffs has reached 5849 points, which has surpassed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's total score of 5762 points.Currently ranked second in the playoffs scoring list.Second only to the god of basketball, Michael Jordan.

Also surpassed, there is also Steve Nash, the son of the wind. He originally had only one assist data for No.5 Larry Bird, and ranked sixth with 1 (because Tony Parker's 1061-13 season The total number of assists is not as much as later).Now it's approaching Jason Kidd in front of him.

It is also a historic monument.

That night, Kobe said that this is just the beginning, the Lakers still have three rounds of the series to break through!

Without the championship as a footnote, these statistics are just floating clouds, not worth mentioning!
Nash also agrees with this point of view. He said that although he is honored to surpass Larry Bird, his attention will only be concentrated on the following games.As long as it can make the Lakers win, he is willing to do anything!Just like this round of the series hot!
D'Antoni also said at the press conference: Hot sacrifice is great!Without his active defensive pressure, our Lakers would not have eliminated the Dallas people so easily.So I think our whole team should show respect and thanks to him!
That's what I said, but some people in the outside world just like to "find trouble for nothing" and "make use of it", as if they feel that this can reflect his expert nature and professional nature.

On May 5, the day after the Lakers defeated the Mavericks, the NBA announced the selection list for the first team of the league's best team. The list is as follows:

Kevin Durant + LeBron James, this is the best team for forwards.

Kobe Bryant + Chris Paul, this is the best guard team.

Then... Tang Qian was indeed the best center forward.

Tang Qian was selected for the first team for the first time in his career, starting from the third year.

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