Basketball starts with breathing

Chapter 382 It's hard to say, after all, O'Neill was beaten by Miller (for subscription)

The three teams in the West that have advanced to the second round are the Suns, Spurs and Warriors.

In the end, the Mavericks and the Kings played to the seventh game.

It’s incredible that the Kings and the Mavericks reached the tiebreaker. Of course, the credits of the referee are indispensable. This is very similar to the game between the Mavericks and the Rockets in this year’s playoffs in the previous life. The two teams also played seven games. .

Although the Rockets' performance in the regular season is not as good as that of the Mavericks, the fans are very confident in the Rockets' "down to the top".With Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady, one inside and one outside, the Rockets defeated the Mavericks led by Nowitzki should be very easy.

The process after the start of the series also seems to confirm this point. The Rockets turned their backs and defeated the Mavericks' two home games with a score of 98:86 and 113:111. They returned to the Toyota Center with a 2:0 advantage.

But the result was that the Rockets lost the series 4-3.

Among them, the referee contributed the most.

And this round of the series between the King and the Mavericks is exactly the opposite of the Rocket Mavericks in the previous life. The weak King is no match for the Mavericks. He was beaten by the Mavericks in the first two games, and the score was 2-0.
Just when everyone thought the king was over, Peja suddenly broke out, and with the referee's help, he dragged the game to the tiebreaker.

The two teams became the most eye-catching round of the Western Conference. After all, other Western Conference games ended early, and they were the only ones who kept playing and playing hard.

Entering the decisive tiebreaker, everyone thought it would be a game where sparks hit the earth, but to everyone's surprise, the Kings lost to the Mavericks by 76:116, 40 points.

The referee stopped helping and let everyone see who was swimming naked.

The East is not as sophisticated as the West. The Heat swept the Nets 4-0 without saving any face. The Nets are still an old problem. This problem has been caught by other teams since it was caught by Lu Yu when he was in the Bulls. Grabbing and playing, it has become more and more serious now, and this season has fallen to the eighth position in the Eastern Conference.

It is estimated that if no adjustments are made next season, they may not even make it to the playoffs.

The Bulls defeated the Wizards 4-2. Although Wang Zhizhi had ups and downs, he performed well overall. The Wizards of the shooting couldn't take care of themselves. The foundation left by Lu Yu is enough for the Bulls to thrive in the East for a few years.

The Pistons beat the 4ers 1-76.

If others meet the 76ers, they may not know how to play, and if others meet Iverson, they may not know how to defend, but Larry Brown knows that he has led Iverson for 7 years.

They had been together for seven years, but they couldn't escape the seven-year itch after all.

When they met again, they became enemies.

Brown led the Pistons and played against the 76ers without mercy. The Pistons, known for their defense, did not average more than 90 points per game in the regular season. In this round of the series, only one game is below 90 points, and there are actually two games left. The game scored more than 76 points, and it was really desperate to beat the [-]ers to death.

Iverson, who averaged 30 points per game in the regular season, was in a daze in this round of the series, averaging only 19.8 points per game, and was directly stunned.

Only when we are separated can we know each other's goodness.

It was only after we separated that I realized that I didn't cherish it at the beginning.

Regret?
I, Iverson, was born stubborn and never regretted it!

Another series in the East, the Pacers and Celtics, also played seven games. Anyway, Stern does not allow the NBA playoffs to have a window period. There must be teams in the East and West that play all seven games, otherwise it will be broadcast. What a pity to waste it.

To be honest, this round of the series is nothing to watch.

If you want to attack but don't attack, if you want to defend but don't defend, I don't know how it got to the seventh game.

In the end, the Pacers defeated the Celtics 4-3 and advanced to the second round.

Before the second round started, a reporter asked Lu Yu to predict which teams would advance to the second round. Lu Yu didn't give an answer, because he didn't know who the other teams would advance to, but he knew that the Suns Will definitely make the cut.

But saying such confident words at this time will make the Mavericks look very bad.

The Mavericks didn't expect that the selection last summer would start to verify the results this summer.

Last summer, they chose to keep Nowitzki to strengthen the team, but did not choose to trade Nowitzki for Lu Yu. Who knew that in the second round of the playoffs this summer, the Mavericks would meet the Suns.

After a day off in the middle, Lu Yu went back to see his daughter and several wives, and then started training non-stop, preparing for the second round of the competition.

But when I was walking with Annie, I was photographed by the media, and fans all over the United States were shocked, because Annie who was photographed obviously had a pregnant belly.

Lu Yu and Annie are dating?

And Annie is still pregnant?

"I hope this scandal is true. The two of them are so well matched, they are a couple of gods."

When Lu Yu went to training in the morning, he was ridiculed by his teammates about it, wondering if he really made Anne Hathaway pregnant.

Marion is still very depressed, why he doesn't have a female celebrity to like him, and he also wants to find a female celebrity to be his girlfriend.

Lu Yu comforted her, because those female stars have no vision, they don't know the strengths of hackers at all, to be honest, Marion is a bit ugly, but it's not that women don't like it.

After all, there are always women who know how to be warm and cold, and who know what is right and what is wrong, and they will like this one of Marion.

During the Suns training, in order to ensure the state of the players, they played six games. Logically, it doesn’t matter, the state should be maintained very well, but who would have thought that their opponent, the Mavericks, was more ruthless than them. They played seven games. They were not physically strong enough. After seven games, they were allowed to rest for two days before playing the second round.

In this way, the sun rested for five days.

The point is that during these five days, it is still unclear whether the Mavericks or the Kings will win. They can't even make targeted tactical deployments, and can only do some training to maintain their state.

But don't think that the league will stop if there are no games in the past two days.

Didn't the Heat become the only team in the league to sweep their opponents in the playoffs?

O'Neal couldn't sit still, he yelled at the media: "I am the number one center in the league, I am Shaq O'Neal, the Lakers traded me away, it was a wrong decision, see? That guy Bryant, Leading the team can't even make the playoffs, but I brought the Heat to the No. [-] position in the Eastern Conference. Without me, the Lakers are no farts, and Kobe is no fart."

When a reporter interviewed Lu Yu in Phoenix, he asked whether O'Neal's words were correct.

Lu Yu smiled: "He is the number one center in the league. I don't want to argue with him. What is there to argue about? The fans are not fools. As for the matter between him and Kobe, what does it have to do with me? He said Kobe Not a fart, of course, Kobe is not a fart, if O'Neal is willing to be, then he is a fart."

Kobe was very upset and confronted O'Neal: "Does he really think he led the Heat? He averaged only 20 points per game. Come on, without Dwyane, he might really be a fart."

"Shaq will only stay in the penalty area every game, do nothing, let his teammates help him defend, his eyes are only on the basket, he is not active in defending the pick-and-roll, and the game against Lu Yu was blown up by Lu Yu, otherwise How come we don't have a championship, he's an idiot."

The two tore apart like this.

A reporter asked Kobe, who do you think will win the championship?
Kobe said: "Of course it is the Suns. How can O'Neal beat Lu Yu as a center? He will definitely be beaten by Lu Yu. Don't worry, the finals must be swept 4-0, it must be!"

After saying this, Kobe came to Lu Yu's house.

"Please, Lu, the Heat must be swept in the finals. I don't want to see O'Neal be so arrogant."

"Kobe, it's not like you don't know that the league won't let the finals only play four games."

This is a real problem, the league will not let the finals only play four games.

This is related to various income issues from tickets and ratings.

There have only been a few Finals sweeps in NBA history.

The first was the 1959 NBA Finals.

The Boston Celtics swept the Minneapolis Lakers 4-0.

This finals is really too long ago. At that time, the Lakers were not in Los Angeles, and there was no finals MVP in the finals at that time.It just so happened that after the Lakers lost the finals, the Lakers moved to Los Angeles, so the Lakers have to thank the way they were swept this time.

The second time was the 1971 NBA Finals.

The Milwaukee Bucks swept the Washington Bullets 4-0.

This Washington Bullets is the predecessor of the current Wizards. This time the MVP of the Finals is Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the ancient god known as "Skyhook".

The third time was the 1975 NBA Finals.

The Golden State Warriors swept the Washington Bullets 4-0.

That's right, it's still the Bullets, the miserable Washington Bullets, maybe that's why the team changed its name. It's a shame to be swept twice in the Finals in just five years; Barry on the side won the Finals MVP.

The fourth time was the 1983 NBA Finals.

The Philadelphia 76ers swept the Los Angeles Lakers 4-0.

For the Philadelphia 76ers, Moses Malone won the finals MVP. Lu Yu is not familiar with this Malone. Lu Yu is more familiar with Karl Malone, who is known as the "postman";

That's right, it was Malone who was beaten by Lu Yupang last season.

Don't be surprised if you see the Lakers being swept in the Finals again, because this is definitely not the last time the Lakers are swept in the Finals.

Don't think that the Lakers' bear look is far from the identity of the No. [-] team in NBA history. The Lakers' experience of being beaten in the finals happened to be an important factor for the Lakers to become the No. [-] team in the league.

There is a saying, failure is the mother of success. By the way, for the Lakers, being swept in the finals is the road to becoming a rich team.

The fifth time, the 1989 NBA Finals.

The Detroit Pistons swept the Los Angeles Lakers 4-0.

That's right, the Lakers are here again. In total, the Lakers have been swept three times in the finals; however, Lu Yu believes that the Lakers are not wronged. After all, the Pistons defeated the team led by the basketball god Jordan in the playoffs. The Bulls, then reached the finals.

The sixth time is also the last time before Lu Yu enters the league.

In the 1995 NBA Finals, the Houston Rockets swept the Orlando Magic 4-0.

This finals is too classic, because there is a duel between the big dream Olajuwon and the big shark O'Neal; it is a pity that Olajuwon is in full swing at this time, very mature and comprehensive, while O'Neal is still a newborn calf, the results are so disparate, it is true It's embarrassing.

Lu Yu also wanted to sweep the Heat.

The premise is that the Heat can enter the finals, and the league must support the Suns. Otherwise, the league will use referees to help, and it will not let the finals only play four games.

Lu Yu remembered that this year's Heat did not enter the finals, so Kobe's suggestion was not valid at all.

Kobe still thinks too much about O'Neal, thinking that O'Neal can dominate the East, but in fact, O'Neal is really old, even in Lu Yu's previous life, the year the Heat won the championship, if it wasn't for Wade God , O'Neal was exhausted and couldn't win the championship.

But the advantage of their quarrel is that they overwhelmed the news of Anne's pregnancy.

When Lu Yu was interviewed by the media, he even added fuel to the flames, making himself the focus of this debate.

"Kobe and O'Neal are not wrong, but O'Neal obviously has more grievances. He shouldn't bring his dissatisfaction with Kobe to me. If you really want to compete with me for the championship, please bring the Heat to the finals. I am the same, otherwise, what's the use of you talking so much?"

The reporter asked: "Do you think O'Neal can beat the Bulls in the second round?"

"It's hard to say, after all, O'Neill was beaten by Miller."

Lu Yu simply couldn't open any pot and carry it.

But Lu Yu really couldn't tell the result, because the Bulls that the Heat faced in the second round had undergone tremendous changes because of the butterfly effect, and who could know the final result.

The reporter asked again: "The opponent of the Suns in the second round is the Mavericks. The owner of the Mavericks, Cuban, had a chance to trade you this summer, but he chose to give up. What do you think about this?"

Lu Yu smiled: "If you asked me this question at the beginning of the season, I would definitely feel that I was underestimated, but now, I can only thank Cuban for his kindness."

"So do you think the Suns can beat the Mavericks?"

"Of course, I have confidence in beating the Mavericks. The Mavericks, like us, have always been a team with a strong offense and a weak defense. But one thing is different. In terms of offensive power, we are stronger than their offensive power. In terms of defensive strength , Our defensive strength is also better than theirs, although we are also strong in offense and weak in defense, but we are a little bit better than them in any of them, this is our advantage."

All fans are paying attention to the game between the Suns and the Mavericks.

No one paid attention to the other game in the West, the game between the Golden State Warriors and the Spurs, and the game between the Heat and the Bulls in the East.

Yao Ming and Wang Zhizhi are not as popular as Lu Yu.

Only Chinese fans are constantly predicting, but few people are optimistic that the Bulls and Warriors can beat the strong Heat and Spurs.

Lu Yu couldn't guess either.

Because there are too many variables.

The Warriors have Arenas, the originator of blind play, and Popovich, a tactician, is not easy to predict the opponent's style of play.

The Heat's O'Neal couldn't defend, but Wang Zhizhi was deadly on the perimeter.

This is the biggest variable.

And the most unchanging game seems to be only the game between the Suns and the Mavericks, but the most unchanging game has attracted more fans' attention.

This is the result of alliance operations.

(End of this chapter)