After the confession failed, I went to the NBA to play and lose weight

Chapter 277 G1 Begins

At this point in the playoffs, the teams in the Eastern Conference Finals and Western Conference Finals are generally the same as most of the media predicted at the end of the regular season. It also makes people say that the regular season of this season is too rich.

The two teams in the Eastern Conference Finals are the first and second in the East, and the two teams in the Western Conference Finals are also the first and third in the West. Moreover, the Spurs and the Hornets have the same record.

This kind of gold content also proves the absolute strength of several teams in their respective divisions, so the following Eastern Conference Finals and Western Conference Finals will receive a lot of attention.

The first game of the Eastern Conference Finals was broadcast live by ESPN across the United States, and it was even broadcast on CCTV 5 in China, Europe, Japan, South Korea, and some TV stations in Southeast Asia. It can be said that it has attracted the attention of the world.

Such a big stage also made the players on both sides feel very excited. They even started to play during the warm-up before the game. Howard dunked several times in a row, which made the home fans cheer and adrenaline surged.

It must be said that the home team's ability to reach this point this season was completely unforeseen by all Magic fans before the start of the game.

In the playoffs of last season, they were swept out in the first round 0:4, and they also paid tuition for the young players who entered the playoffs for the first time. They signed Lewis during the offseason. The goal must be to go further. The slogan of the management It's the Eastern Conference finals, but everyone knows that slogans are just slogans after all, and it's not so easy to realize.

What's more, the East is not weak this season. The veteran Pistons, the Cavaliers with James, and the Celtics who formed the Big Three and ignited public opinion.

Who would have thought that they would actually stand on the stage of the Eastern Conference Finals, facing the Green Army, the most powerful imaginary enemy in the Eastern Conference.

Moreover, many fans still have confidence in the home team's ability to win.

"Hello, viewers and friends, welcome to Central Five. Today we are broadcasting the NBA07-08 season playoffs and the first match of the Eastern Conference finals. And both beat the 2-win Magic, and the Boston Greens."

Today CCTV's commentary is Ma Jian, Su Qun, and Yoga. In the Eastern Conference finals, the attention is different, and of course the attention is different.

And from now on, there is only one game a day, and more people can be arranged.

Naturally, their focus was on Li Chengming first.

To put it a bit exaggeratedly, Li Chengming is now burdened with the ardent expectations of hundreds of millions of people in China, as well as the expectations of tens of millions of fans who follow and love basketball.

If you don't reach this step, you won't be able to appreciate the feeling of heavy burden on your shoulders.

Li Chengming couldn't understand it before, but now he feels that it has been really difficult for Dayao these few years.

But fortunately, he has a big heart.

The rebroadcast footage also accurately found Li Chengming, and Su Qun immediately smiled and said: "Li Chengming looks very relaxed today. I think the key to the Magic team's victory over the Celtics lies in the advantage of the inside line, and this is mainly because of Li Chengming's advantage." body."

Ma Jian nodded, and echoed: "I think the Green Army should still try to defend Li Chengming alone as much as possible. Let's see the effect first. If it is a double attack, the Magic has enough experience to deal with it, and everyone else can stand up. The Magic It's great because they have Li Chengming, but they don't only have Li Chengming.

"Look at Howard, can you defend? The Cavaliers let Howard face an empty basket because of a pincer attack. The Green Army must not make this mistake again. There are also Lewis, Turkoglu, Nelson, and even Bogans and Evans. They all have a chance to deliver a deadly blow from the outside."

Yoga sighed and said, "The Magic's lineup is really mature. I think the men's basketball team can actually learn from Van Gundy's tactics..."

In the past, there was only Dayao in the national team, and guards were always the weakness of the men’s basketball team. If it weren’t for FIBA’s rules that are slightly more favorable to inside big centers, and the penalties would not be against him, Dayao may face a more difficult situation than in Houston. .

Of course, it was hard enough because the teammates were worse.

Now that Li Chengming has appeared, it may be possible to further liberate Dayao by then-the most important thing is to share the pressure, so that Dayao does not have to worry about the lack of physical strength in the fourth quarter, and it is enough to let Li Chengming play at the critical moment.

The Magic team is almost like this now, and the reason why Li Chengming is still placed on the bench most of the time is also the reason, to slightly suppress the time for him to explode.

"Okay, the game is about to start soon, both sides are ready to jump the ball - Howard helps the Magic grab the first wave of possession, Nelson holds the ball and advances..."

More than three minutes into the game, the two teams played in a turbulent manner. The ball was basically in the hands of their core points of holding the ball. They followed the tactics honestly. , obviously there is still a gap.

Yoga commented on this: "Both teams should test it first. After all, it is the first contest in the playoffs, and neither side is in a hurry to play their cards."

However, it can also be seen that the lineups on both sides of the field are already evenly matched. Li Chengming on the Magic side has not played yet, and the Green Army also has an away game debuff, so it is hard to say which side is really stronger.

The real meat of the drama probably has to wait until the rotation stage is entered.

The three on-duty referees didn't grab the show too much, not only because the two teams had similar expectations, and whoever lost could win, but also because it was the first game and it wasn't time to operate.

When it was nearly 5 minutes into the game, the score of the two teams came to 14:16. The Magic won by two points. It is worth mentioning that the three-pointers on both sides have not yet been opened, and the scoring is basically from the inside and the low post.

靠着挡拆配合，魔兽5中4拿到11分3篮板1助攻，几乎包办了魔术队前面的进攻；而绿军那边，加内特3中2拿到5分、皮尔斯2中2拿到6分状态也都不错。

The Green Army called a timeout first, and Rivers seemed to be a little restless and planned to adjust first.

After all, the Magic's rotation stage is too strong, and they basically win points from the regular season to the playoffs. If they can't gain more advantages during the stage when the main force is in good condition, they may be sent back at any time.

What's more, letting Howard wreak havoc at the basket alone is definitely not what he wants to see. Not to mention a complete blockade, at least enough restrictions must be imposed.

Otherwise, they wouldn't even be able to limit one of them. What would they do when Li Chengming played together?

After the timeout, the two teams made adjustments at the same time. The Green Army took Perkins down and replaced them with Posey, adding a shooting point. This is a signal to strengthen the offense.

At the same time, Posey's mobility can also play a good role in cooperating with Garnett when switching defenses and double-teaming. After all, Perkins is too slow to let him out.

Naturally, the Magic also replaced Li Chengming on the court, but Turkoglu was replaced. The main reason was that Van Gundy wanted to replace Li Chengming to face Pierce and see the effect.

When playing against the Cavaliers, Turkoglu led the defense against James, which played an excellent role in restricting him and was unanimously praised by the outside world.

But Turkoglu is not a dedicated defensive player after all. His defense can be said to be on the level, but it would be embarrassing for him to defend against the opponent's offensive sharp knife every time.

Just like the previous few rounds when Turkoglu defended Pierce, the effect was not very good. Obviously he is not suitable for this type of matchup. Van Gundy naturally wants to let Chengming Li come up and try.

Not to mention, in terms of type, Li Chengming has certain similarities with Pierce, but Li Chengming's style of play is still more inside.

One of Pierce's great advantages is his big butt. It can be said that most of his back-up skills revolve around this.

Anyway, Turkoglu really couldn't stand it, and was beaten so badly that he wanted to vomit.

But Li Chengming really has some experience in the matchup. In fact, from his own point of view, thinking about what he would do when attacking, most of them can be directly applied.

And his biggest shortcoming is that his turning speed is not fast enough, but Pierce plays the rhythm like this, but he can eat alone, making the opponent stand up and not move. Footsteps or shooting, neither is an appropriate choice.

(End of this chapter)