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Chapter 340 4:0 swept to advance!

It's strange to say that before Xu Lang defended LeBron James, his game state was always in a normal game state.

But when Xu Lang became the main defender of LeBron James, Xu Lang's game state returned to an excellent game state in a strange way!
It was precisely because of Xu Lang's improved state that the Eagles slightly curbed the high momentum of the Cavaliers' impending comeback.

But it is obvious that it has reached this moment, and LeBron James does not want to lose. Although the final results of 4:1 and 4:0 are the same, the meanings they represent are different.

Pressing the offensive time to the last seven seconds, LeBron James looked at Xu Lang in front of him, bent over and exerted force immediately, a simple crossover against Xu Lang's defense, rushed from the right to the third within the line.

Feeling the impact force transmitted from LeBron James' body, Xu Lang could only curse inwardly, what a fucking beast.

Then try your best to alleviate LeBron James' strength impact and movement speed through continuous small physical confrontation.

With Xu Lang's defensive entanglement, LeBron James pushed his position to the free throw line abruptly, and was slowly restrained from breaking through.

After Xu Lang felt that LeBron James' speed had dropped, he immediately made a risky defensive choice decisively.

It was seen that Xu Lang made another effort to complete a physical confrontation with LeBron James, briefly stopping LeBron James' movement and body inertia.

At the same time, LeBron James also suffered a moment of confusion in the dribbling rhythm due to the obstruction of the offense.

At this time, Xu Lang immediately made a decisive move to take out the ball.

However, because LeBron James is too wide and strong, even though Xu Lang touched the basketball in LeBron James' hands, he was not able to directly steal it, but just let the basketball out of LeBron James' control.

Fortunately, at this time, Szczerbiak, who is always watching the offensive and defensive confrontation between Xu Lang and LeBron James on the flank, has rich experience.

The moment Xu Lang struck decisively, he moved closer to the two at the same time, and LeBron James took one step to control the basketball that Xu Lang poked out.

Although, immediately after LeBron James saw that there was no way to get the basketball back, he immediately chose to foul Szczerbiak.

But Szczerbiak, who was sent to the free throw line and made two free throws, still sent the Cavaliers to the abyss of failure.

In the end, he took a gamble-like LOGO shot from the bottom line. LeBron James, who missed the shot, could only put his hands on his knees and gasped for breath. He accepted it with some helplessness and regret. His journey with the Cavaliers this season was officially drawn. End period.

Of course, for LeBron James, this season is not completely without good results.

For example, because of this season, LeBron James pays more attention to the improvement of his shooting.

For example, after LeBron James went through the O'Neal incident, he no longer regarded other people as his thighs that he could hold.

And most importantly, in this poor season for the Cavaliers, LeBron James once again reaped and clarified the love of the Cavaliers fans for him.

This made LeBron James, who had been moved to leave the Cavaliers because of O'Neal, intends to give the Cavaliers one last chance, and he is also giving the Cavaliers fans one last chance, and himself one last chance.

After all, LeBron James still knows very well that if he can spend his entire career in the Cavaliers consistently.

And if he can help the Cavaliers, an NBA team that does not have a long history of team building, win several championships, it will greatly improve his personal historical status and influence among NBA fans.

Of course, the premise of all this is that the Cavaliers can trade him for better and more suitable helpers next season, and that LeBron James can see the hope of competing for the championship in the Cavaliers.

It was just LeBron James looking at Xu Lang and others who were celebrating wildly.

I always feel that the Cavaliers may need to open their eyes for several more rounds before they can help them find enough players to compete for the championship!
But in any case, LeBron James, who has made up his mind, still has certain expectations for the Cavaliers next season.

While LeBron James was silently licking his wounds and preparing to fight again next year, Xu Lang and others had already returned to Atlanta, preparing for their second round of the playoffs!

To be honest, as early as when the Eagles led by a big score of 3:0, the Eagles' coaching staff had already begun to study their possible second-round opponents.

Then on the second day after the Eagles officially advanced, Howard led the Magic to a match point in the first round of the series with a big score of 3:1.

As the last high school student No. [-] pick in the NBA, Howard has officially reached his peak this season after four seasons of promotion.

Although, from a certain point of view, this is not a good thing, after all, even Howard this season is only 22 years old.

If it is said that it has already entered the peak period at this age, it means that its possible upward potential is about to disappear.

For a typical super blue-collar center player like Howard, everyone can see his talent with the naked eye, but everyone can also see the upper limit of his talent with the naked eye.

Especially after four seasons of improvement, the means Howard can use on the offensive end is still only using his extremely superior physical fitness to complete various empty matches and second offenses.

It is even more difficult for Howard to become a player like the four major centers in the past and Yao Ming who can influence an NBA era!

At least so far, Howard's upper limit of talent is more like an Uncle Mu with slightly less stamina.

Of course, players at Uncle Mu's level are already very strong. Although Uncle Mu is not a player at the level of the four major centers, he is also the ceiling for blue-collar center players.

Of course, the topic is a bit far away, back to Howard this season.

On the defensive end this season, Howard has reached the threshold of a super giant defensive center player.

Extremely excellent physical talent and extremely agile defensive performance have made Howard's ability to protect the frame this season some of the best in the league.

And the most important thing is that while Howard played such a terrifying performance on the defensive end, he also has a relatively stable ability to catch passes!
There is no doubt that this is a very important ability for a player who plays offense purely by physical talent.

After all, if a talented man is too smooth, he may not be able to complete some excellent open opportunities, such as the last high school student's No. [-] pick before Howard.

It is also a basic requirement for a core center to be able to pass the ball out before being double-teamed and hand it over to an open teammate on the outside.

This is also an important reason why the Magic can use Howard, who is slowly entering the peak period, as the core of the team building this season, and gradually create a relatively weakened version of the one-star four-shot tactical system.

Facts have proved that even a weakened version of the one-star four-shot tactical system can still have a huge impact on the game.

At least the Nets, which has only one core player left, Vince Carter, have not been able to block the three-point rain of the Magic.

In the past four games, when the Magic faced the Nets, they were able to score at least double-digit 3-pointers in each game.

Even in the game the Magic lost, they also made ten three-pointers in a single game.

Also after most of the 3:1 lead, the Magic once again made 15 three-pointers in the fifth game of this round of the series, directly taking away the Nets in waves, and finally ended with 4: 1 to advance to the second round of the playoffs.

There is no doubt that, compared to facing the Magic, the Eagles themselves hope to face the Nets in the second round of the playoffs. The reason has already been said before.

Of course, even if they face the Magic in the second round of the playoffs, the Eagles will not be afraid.

It's just that Marc Gasol and Darko Milicic, the young insider twin towers of the Eagles, need to take on more pressure and tasks in this round of the series.

After all, in the first round of the playoffs, Howard was able to average close to 20+17+4 per game when facing the Nets, whose record was not much different from that of the Magic.

An average of 20 points per game may be just a normal performance for Howard at the end of the season, but the data performance of 17 rebounds and four blocks per game is obviously too scary.

You must know that last year's Howard only achieved an average of 15+14+1 in the four games in the first round of the playoffs.

As a result, Howard completed a qualitative change in just one season.

Although in terms of overall strength, Howard still has not been able to reach the minimum threshold of 95 for super giant players.

However, the physical attributes of 97, rebounding attributes of 95, defensive attributes of 94, and offensive attributes of 90 have made them infinitely close to the minimum threshold for super giant players.

And if Howard can also play such a terrifying data performance when facing the Eagles, it will definitely bring a lot of trouble to the Eagles' promotion.

In fact, judging from the matchup between the two teams in the regular season, Howard has always been the pain of the Eagles' inside twin towers.

Perhaps in terms of overall strength, the Eagles still have to overwhelm the Magic, but in the interior duels, Howard has the upper hand every time.

"Hello, everyone, this is TNT, and I am today's host Smith."

"Hello, everyone, I'm Charles Barkley."

"Today we are honored to have Mr. Bill Russell and the former league's top defensive super center player, Patrick Ewing, to join us in explaining the focus of the second round of the Eastern Conference playoffs."

"Speaking of which, both of them can be said to be experts on the defensive end!
Some people have been saying recently that Howard is likely to be the next super center who can influence the game by relying on defense and dominate the league.

Some people even say that Howard is the next Bill Russell in the league. I don't know how the two think about this point of view. "

Patrick Ewing glanced at the indifferent Mr. Bill Russell, hesitated for a moment, and spoke first.

"It is undeniable that the strength and talent that Howard has shown this season are amazing, especially in terms of dynamic talent on the defensive end. I personally think that Howard's performance can even rank among the best in NBA history. "

"However, the most basic definition of a super center still requires it to have sufficient offensive dominance and influence."

"And at this point, the offensive methods Howard has shown so far are relatively lacking!
Of course, Howard is only 22 years old after all, and he still has more time to grow and improve his offensive ability.

So what kind of center Howard can grow into in the future is still unknown. "

"As for whether Howard is the next player like Bill Russell, I think the old man himself should know best!"

After euphemistically expressing his evaluation of Howard, Patrick Ewing immediately handed the microphone to Mr. Bill Russell.

"Cough! Cough! How should I put it, Howard is still very talented.

But after all, he is still young, who is his successor or what type of player he will become, it is too early to discuss all of these!

I'm just talking about his performance this season, Howard is already a top defensive player in the league.

If Howard's style of play and mentality can be a little more stable, I even think that he can be regarded as the second center in the league after Yao Ming. "

Undoubtedly, although both Patrick Ewing and Bill Russell recognized Howard's defensive strength, they also made relatively conservative evaluations of Howard's offense.

Or more because Patrick Ewing and Bill Russell were once top center players.

It is clear that the upper limit of Howard's type of center player can be seen.

At least in the eyes of the two, Howard's upper limit is at best a super blue-collar!
And even the ceiling of a blue-collar center, Uncle Mu at his peak, Bill Russell and Patrick Ewing may not necessarily like it, let alone Bill Russell's approval of Howard, who is not as good as Uncle Mu. for his successor.

To put it bluntly, although Bill Russell and Patrick Ewing are both super centers who started out as defenders.

But the offensive ability of the two is not bad at all. Patrick Ewing's back and front iron-blooded jumper are offensive methods that Howard does not have, let alone Bill Russell.

As a center player who has been stable throughout his career and suppressed Chamberlain in terms of personal honor and the number of championships, he is the top three-level center player in history.

Bill Russell's offense may not be as stunning as his defense, but it's not bad either.

So for a pie-eating center player like Howard, who lacks his own singles offensive means, there is no way to stand up at critical moments and help the team make a final decision.

Both of them are a little bit contemptuous.

It's just that although the two former top super centers looked down on Howard this season.

But it was this Howard, who was not very favored by the two top centers, who also caused a lot of trouble for the Eagles in this game.

At the beginning of the game, Howard undoubtedly defeated Darko Milicic and helped the Magic win the first offensive ball of the game.

Then as soon as the Magic came up, they also gave the Eagles a blow.

The Magic attacked. Nelson dribbled the ball to one step beyond the three-point line just after halftime. Looking at Tony Allen who was defending him in front of him, he didn't pay much attention.

When Nelson saw that Howard had moved to the inside and was locked in, he directly made a simple forward and backward step, and completed a difficult three-pointer against Tony Allen's interference.

However, it wasn't Nelson's difficult three-pointer that made Mike Woodson and Xu Lang feel serious.

But at the moment of Nelson's shot, Howard has undoubtedly occupied the most favorable rebounding position.

Marc Gasol, who was facing him, didn't have any resistance, and Howard easily blocked him with one hand.