Learning in the NBA can make you a god

Chapter 154 Playoff Situation

The Lakers season ends one day earlier than most teams. After the game against the Kings, the regular season is over and preparations for the playoffs begin.

April 2008, 4 local time.

The regular season of the 2007-2008 season is all over, and the final playoff seats are also settled.

The Eastern Green Army led the league with 64 wins and 18 losses, becoming the number one in the Eastern Conference regular season.

Immediately after that are the Detroit Pistons, Orlando Magic, Cleveland Cavaliers, Washington Wizards, Toronto Raptors, Philadelphia Digital Men, Atlanta Hawks, and entered the playoffs.

The Lakers in the West are 60 wins and 22 losses, second in the league and first in the West.

Behind them are the New Orleans Hornets, San Antonio Spurs, Utah Jazz, Houston Mosaics, Phoenix Suns, Dallas Mavericks, and finally the Denver Nuggets who squeezed into the playoffs.

The first round of the playoffs against the following East: Celtics VS Eagles; Pistons VS Digital; Magic VS Raptors; Cavaliers VS Wizards.

West: Lakers VS Nuggets; Hornets VS Mavericks; Spurs VS Suns; Jazz VS Mosaic.

Looking at the situation of the playoffs, Li Tian also felt a little emotional. The Lakers are really lucky. They avoided the Western Conference powerhouses Spurs, Suns, Hornets and Mavericks in the first and second rounds. They only need to be in the Western Conference Finals. Against one of the teams they end up with, but then they should be exhausted.

Glancing at his former owner, the Grizzlies, he was third from last in the West and third in the league.With a potential new star, Supersonic became the vice squad leader of the league.

For this reason, TNT specially organized a program to predict the situation of the playoffs, and predict which two teams are most likely to enter the finals, and also predict which team will win the O'Brien Cup in the end.

Joining the show are Charles Barkley, Reggie Miller, Kenny Smith, and special guest Magic Johnson.

Smith, the host, spoke first.

"The fierce regular season is over, and the playoffs are about to begin. Let's discuss the first round of the playoffs first. What do you think about the 8 playoff matches?" Smith said.

"Hahaha, the great Barkley will speak first, do you have any objections?" Barkley spit.

Miller, who was closest to him, also moved his stool and chose to sit close to Smith.

"Tell me." Miller said after wiping his face.

"Hahaha, it seems that my aura scared you." Barkley said shamelessly.

"Get out, damn it, you're like a faucet, full of saliva." Miller cursed.

"Hahaha, let me talk about the West first, Johnson, you can't hit me after I finish talking.

In the first round, I think the Lakers, Jazz, Hornets, and Spurs, these four teams will enter the second round. " Barkley did not forget to wipe his mouth after speaking.

"Fatty man, I think the Nuggets still have a chance. They have Iverson, the No. 96 pick in [-], and Anthony, who is even younger. The Nuggets with two guns are not so easy to surrender. The Lakers want to enter the No. [-] pick." The second round will not be so easy." Miller doesn't think so, but he thinks that the Nuggets have a chance.

"Nuggets? They have no chance. If there is no defense in the playoffs, it is impossible to go further. Don't forget that this season the Lakers have introduced Gasol and Lee, and it is easy to win." Johnson is supporting the Lakers, and there is no reason why the Lakers win.

"Johnson, is this blind support? Well, but I also agree with your statement. The Nuggets are very strong offensively, but they have no defense. The chance of meeting the Lakers is not great, but there is still a chance after playing 6 games." Ken Ni-Smith said that he also supported the Lakers to win the game against the Nuggets and eventually advance to the second round.

Miller insisted on himself, the Nuggets will advance to the second round.

For Barkley's other predictions, no one else has any opinions. For this reason, Johnson and Miller quarreled for a long time. In the end, Johnson also threatened that the Lakers will enter the second round 4-0.

For this reason, the two wanted to bet against LPG. After hearing this, Barkley resolutely refused to continue discussing this topic.

"Damn it, can you stop mentioning LPG, I'm going to spit out the food I ate last night." Barkley roared angrily.

"Hahaha, if you can spit it out, your stomach must have already digested it." Smith complained.

"Damn it, Miller, we still don't discuss this, it makes me so sad."

It's hilarious to watch Barkley play tricks.

"Well, let you go, let's discuss the playoff situation in the Eastern Conference." Miller chose to let go of Barkley.

"Okay, let's stop talking about LPG, let's start talking about the Eastern Conference playoffs." Smith really couldn't stand it anymore, and if the chat continued like this, he didn't know what would happen.

"Hahaha, let's not mention LPG. Let's see what will happen in the Western Conference match?" Miller still didn't forget to diss Barkley.

Barkley said angrily, "Reggie one day, I will return it."

As soon as the threatening words came out, everyone in the studio laughed, even the video crew laughed out loud.

"Okay, okay, fat man, what do you think of the East?" Johnson also smoothed things over.

"I think the Eastern side, first of all, is the Celtics. I think they will sweep 4-0 and advance to the second round. They have the Big Three. If they can't sweep the Eagles 4-0, then they want to win the championship. The championship will be difficult, the Big Three are too old." Barkley is very optimistic about this Celtics team, but also very heartbroken. At that time, he hugged his thigh for the championship, but in the end he was still without a championship for life, which made his historical status drop a lot.

"Yes, if the Green Army of the Big Three can't sweep it, then it will be really difficult for them to win the championship." Miller also agrees with Barkley that the Big Three are a bit old.

"I am also optimistic about the Celtics. There is Garnett inside. This is a man who has won the MVP. He also has a historical three-point shooter Ray Allen. There is Pierce at the small forward position. Except for the center, which is their weakness, the others Perfect in every way, I really can't figure out why they couldn't sweep the Hawks." Smith agreed.

"I really hate the Celtics, but this season they really have a historic lineup, and I can't find any reason to oppose them." Johnson shook his head helplessly.

At that time, it could be said that it wasn’t just the four of them. Most of the media thought so. They had the historic Big Three, unlike the F4 of the Lakers. At that time, the other two giants had already reached the end of the year. In addition to the conflict between Kobe and O’Neal , Kobe is involved in lawsuits and so on.

"The Cavaliers with James, although they struggled a bit this season, it was the same last year. James alone led the team to the finals. But it is a pity that they met three old guys and were swept away. , this season can also rely on James alone to reach the second round." Smith said.

"Well, it's really unbelievable that a team with James can't make it to the second round." Barkley believes that James alone can bring a big team to the finals. It is also easy, not to mention they are facing Wizards.

"Haha, that's true. James' performance in the playoffs is so incredible that people can't imagine how he did it." Miller said.

When James heard this sentence, he would definitely want to say, "It's all forced. As the favorite of the league, it's a shame that he couldn't even make it to the second round of the playoffs."We were the runner-up last season, we were eliminated in the first round, how can we fight? '

James said too much is bitter tears. It’s not that Cleveland doesn’t bring in players, but that the players who brought in don’t know why they retreat when they reach their abilities. They all want to go to Tianchao to ask some Feng Shui masters to have a look. Is Cleveland’s star? No way.

"Pistons and digital people, do you need to consider this? Do you have any different opinions?" Barkley asked a few people playing tricks.

"Since the digital people lost Iverson, they are not a strong team in the playoffs. They are not willing to spend money and want to win the championship. This is impossible. The rookie Iguodala they worked hard to cultivate has not yet Growing up, I don’t think there is any hope of playing against sophisticated digital people. The Pistons will definitely enter the second round, it’s just a matter of playing a few games.” Miller knows the horror of this Pistons. The Pistons of Lupus, Hamilton, Wallace, and Prince are too difficult to beat in the playoffs.

"Although the Pistons do not have the top stars in the league, they have a mature system. The players cooperate with each other tacitly, and everyone will become the starting point of the team's offense. Hamilton's running without the ball makes it difficult to defend." Smith I believe that this Pistons team is not liked by Stern, otherwise it would be impossible to win only one championship and only have defensive games, which cannot attract more fans to watch, and the league does not make money.

"Yes, this team has a balanced offense and defense, and the defense is also a top 5 team in the league. Without Iverson, if there is a player who can stand up and make the final decision, it will be impossible to enter the second round." Barkley also Not optimistic about the number of people to win this round of the series.

"Then there is only the last group left, Magic VS Raptors, and then we can discuss which team can win the championship." The more Barkley said, the more excited he became.

"The Raptors and the Magic, I think the Magic are more likely to win. They have the second center in the league, and a center with super defensive ability. Whether it is jumping or speed, it is the top in the league. They also have Lewis. All-star forward, offensive and defensive.

On the other hand, the Raptors, their center Bargnani will not have a little chance in the matchup with Howard, he will be blown up, Bosh, he is softer and he will not have the experienced Lewis any chance.

The next round should be the young Warcraft Howard, and the Dragon King will have no chance. "Barkley expressed his opinion.

After saying this, he also breathed a sigh of relief, and finally finished the first round of the analysis that his old friend helped him to analyze. If he were to analyze the data himself, he might as well kill him.

"Everyone knows that offense can get tickets, but defense can really bring championships. The Raptors don't have a complete defensive system, and they have little chance to advance to the next round.

Howard can be said to be the defensive system of the Magic, coupled with the All-Star Lewis, will easily enter the second round, unless of course Howard is reimbursed for the season due to injury. "Miller said, he also does not think the Raptors have a chance to enter the second round.

Magic fans were very happy when they heard Miller's comments, and thought that the Magic would definitely enter the second round, but they couldn't help but greet Miller when they heard that Howard was reimbursed for the season due to injury.

"Okay, finally let's talk about the boring first round of the playoffs, let's talk about the teams that can enter the Eastern Conference Finals and Western Conference Finals." Barkley couldn't wait, and took away Smith's host job.

"Barkley, you're taking my job," Smith complained.

"Haha, don't care about this, let's start discussing the semifinals." Barkley continued.

"Does that matter? Of course it's the Lakers. You're going to select the other team. There's no need to doubt that." Johnson said, but he had been silent for a long time without expressing his opinion. In his eyes, there was only one team, and that was the Lakers. , other teams are just running with them.

"Haha, Johnson, you are still the most loyal supporter of the Lakers. The other team will be the Spurs. Whether they face the Suns, Hornets or Mavericks, they all have natural advantages. The troika plus the old fox Popovich, it is difficult to lose the game.

do you know?This season Duncan feels as young as ever, playing steadily like an old dog. "Barkley really wanted to take Duncan out for an autopsy to see how he was able to remain as an old dog. But in the last few years, his state fell off a cliff, resulting in no championship for life.

"The Spurs are indeed too stable, not just Duncan, Popovich, Parker and Ginobili, it is really incomprehensible. They are the defending champions, but the Spurs have no precedent for winning the championship in even-numbered years. Are you going to deliver food to the Lakers?" Smith analyzed.

"It seems to be true. The Spurs have not won the championship in [-], so it is really not easy for them to win the championship this year. Is this sending the Lakers to the finals for free?" Miller couldn't help but sighed. He has never won a championship in an even-numbered year, and the last few championships have been in odd-numbered years, so there has not been a single defending title.

"I have said that the Lakers are the strongest. I just want to tell you the Lakers championship. There is no need to question this. The championship must belong to the Lakers." Johnson said.

The other three were not surprised by what he said. From the beginning to the end, Johnson always shouted for the Lakers championship.

"Johnson, we shouldn't have come to you. If we had known you would have said that." Barkley couldn't help complaining.

The studio burst into laughter.

"Haha, whatever you say is the Lakers championship." Johnson also felt that he came here to say this, but he has seen the Lakers' new tactics.

"Okay, your Lakers championship. What about the East?" Smith felt that everyone in the East thought that the Celtics would enter the Finals. No team in the entire East could prevent the Celtics from entering the Finals.

"Haha, I also learn from Johnson, the Celtics reached the finals." Barkley said loudly.

After Barkley finished speaking, he looked around and asked one by one if anyone objected.

On the one hand, everyone thought so, and on the other hand, they hoped that Barkley would leave quickly, otherwise it would be time to take a shower. The spitting was really scary.

"Haha, that's it. The Celtics have entered the Finals, the Lakers and Spurs have entered the Western Conference Finals, and this live broadcast is over." Barkley left after speaking, leaving the three stunned.

(End of this chapter)