From sparring to superstar

Chapter 321 319. Answer: I am also considering my opponents in the next round

After the first game, the Clippers team was determined.

Returning to the locker room after the game, Jordan commented on tonight's opponent: "Madman has the ability but no leadership qualities, Marbury has the ambition to lead the team but has no ability, Johnson has good talent but lacks ability and is not reused, and Marion has ability and enthusiasm. They have both, but he is not enough to connect the inside and outside... They have no possibility of defeating us, and they do not have the conditions to defeat us. We just need to play steadily."

Jordan's instructive tone made his teammates feel comfortable listening to him, because this man deserves to speak like this.

Big Q didn't hear enough and asked: "Michael, in other series, which teams do you think can advance to the second round?"

Jordan likes the praise of Big Q very much, but he just didn't say enough. He only played 13 minutes tonight and had no place to use his strength. He analyzed:

“The Magic and Nets are definitely going to advance.

The strongest players on the Wizards are Brand and Hamilton. They were unlucky to encounter Duncan and McGrady who were stronger than them.

No one on the Hornets is Kidd's opponent. Except for Duncan, no one in the Eastern Conference can prevent Kidd from winning the next series.

I estimate that they will lose one game at most. If it is still a win-win-win system of 1 games, they will never lose a game. "

"The Pistons are strong on the outside, but they are too weak on the inside. They happened to encounter Iverson, the most powerful breakthrough player. Iverson narrowed the strength gap between the 76ers and the Pistons. If the Pistons failed to make effective adjustments, The 76ers are more likely to advance."

"The Pacers have a better lineup than the Raptors, but the Pacers' coach is not good, their offense is too poor, and their defensive system is good but not adaptable enough to stop Carter."

"The Lakers and Trail Blazers, I think the Trail Blazers are actually stronger, but the Lakers have the Black Mamba and the Shark. No matter who wins, it will be very difficult for them."

"The Timberwolves and Kings, if Garnett can keep limiting Webber like that, it will be difficult for the Kings to advance this year."

"It's a pity for the Mavericks. They are very unlucky. If they met the Timberwolves or Trail Blazers, they would have a great chance of winning, but they happened to meet the Jazz who restrained them. They are taking an offensive and defensive line this season, but regardless of Neither the offense nor the defense are strong enough, and the Jazz are very good at dealing with such a team..."

Li Ao was undergoing physical therapy while listening to Jordan's instructions. From the perspective of analyzing the situation, the God of Basketball is worthy of being the God of Basketball.

It's just that Jordan's analysis perspective is becoming less and less like a player...

All the first games of the 8-group series in the first round have been played, and the playoffs have begun.

On the 22nd, the league announced the Best Coach Award. Gentry, who had 70 wins, beat Rivers, who had no losing streak in a single season, to win the best coach award.

Winning the best coach twice in three years has given Gentry another layer of gold.

On the 23rd, the league announced the Best Sixth Man and Most Improved Awards.

Jordan got 49 first-place votes and accounted for 27.2% of the total points, beating Odom who got 35 first-place votes and 24.1% of the total points to win the Best Sixth Man.

Arenas received 101 first-place votes and won the Most Improved Award with an absolute advantage of 50.1% of the total score.

获奖之夜，乔丹在与太阳队的系列赛第二战中表现风骚，14投8中，其中三分球1中1，加上8中6的罚球，三节拿到23分3板2助攻2抢断打卡下班。

With a record advantage of nearly 30 games, the Clippers theoretically have the possibility of underestimating their opponent. In fact, they do have the idea of ​​​​underestimating their opponent. They are also full of contempt for the Suns in preparation... but they can't hold Marbury to death. , single-handedly increasing the concentration of the Clippers players.

Jordan was 40 years old and won a personal award trophy. Just when he was happy, Marbury jumped out to give an interview and said that Odom and Kirilenko were the real best sixth men, and Jordan's performance was not worthy.

So Jordan let Marbury know whether he was worthy or not!
When it comes to cheating, a guy like Jordan is quite skilled. He just scores in isolation, shrinks to grab rebounds, and occasionally passes the ball. There are many irrelevant things. He focuses on using his strengths and avoiding weaknesses. It seems that the veteran is still working hard.

Jordan was playing so hard, swearing and giving orders, his teammates must have stepped up and went all out on both offense and defense...

102 to 85, the Clippers defeated the Suns again, leading 2-0.

On the 24th, the league announced the Best Rookie Award.

The Little Giants lost to the Little Overlords by 19 points, and unfortunately lost the best rookie.

Yao Ming was quite unlucky. The year he joined, the "minor award voting reform" happened.

Prior to this year, awards such as Best Rookie, Best Sixth Man, Most Improved Award, etc. were all single-vote systems, that is, each voter got one vote, and the final vote was purely based on the number of votes.

This year it became everyone voting for the first, second, third... candidate, with each vote having a different point value.

姚明新秀赛季82场全勤，场均14.4分8.2板2助攻0.4抢断2盖帽，球队战绩39胜43负，拿到了115张第一选票中的61张。

斯塔德迈尔新秀赛季也是全勤，场均13.5分8.8板1助攻0.8抢断1.1盖帽，球队战绩43胜39负，第一选票只有54张，不敌姚明。

But Stoudemire was higher than Yao Ming in the second vote. He won the Rookie of the Year with 40.6% of his total points, beating Yao Ming's 39.1% of his total points.

The media analyzed that Yao Ming received more first-place votes because of his better personal performance. The reason why Little Bully was able to reverse the situation with second-place votes was because the Suns had a better record.

When competing for Rookie of the Year, Yao Ming was at a disadvantage in New York.

His fight let other players know how hard his punches were, but it also attracted trouble. In New York, the magnitude was magnified even more than in Los Angeles.

On the 26th, the Clippers came to Phoenix to play against the Suns.

李敖12投6中，其中三分球3中1，加上2中2的罚球，拿到15分6板5助攻2抢断1盖帽；小奥尼尔11投6中，外加4中2的罚球，拿到14分10板2助攻2盖帽。

Jordan and Odom both came off the bench to score 19 points.

毕比7分5助攻、雅里奇5分4助攻、杰拉德-华莱士和马特-哈普林都拿到7、大Q6分2助攻……

快船队4人得分上双，出场11人全都有得分，以108比85再胜太阳队，大比分3比0。

狂人17投9中，加上10中9的罚球，高效拿下全场最高的27分，马里昂16分8板表现也还可以。

But Marbury made 27 of 9 shots and scored 22 points and 4 assists...

In this series, Marbury showed people how bad he is at playing in the playoffs. He played extremely well in the regular season, averaging 22 points and 8 assists per game. But in the playoffs, he was still the same as in the regular season, with poor efficiency. Too low to see.

到了4月28号，晚上8点30分，快船队客场与太阳队展开系列赛第4战。

Trailing 0-3, the Suns still wanted to give it a try.

Although Marbury's performance in the playoffs was poor, he never gave up, and Madman and Marion are not people who give up easily. The Suns played very good defense tonight, leading the Clippers 20-15 in the first quarter.

The Clippers were caught off guard in the first quarter, but quickly adjusted in the second quarter and defeated the Suns 21-18. Entering the halftime break, the point difference was reduced to 2 points, trailing 36-38.

In the third quarter, the Suns used painful experience to prove one thing to non-top defensive teams - don't fight the Clippers on defense.

The Clippers used their strongest five-man team in the third quarter and scored 24 points while preventing the Suns from scoring only 14 points.

After three quarters, the Clippers led the Suns by 60 point, 52-8.

Marbury broke out in the final quarter, scoring 9 points in a single quarter and leading the team to 23 points. However, the Clippers also scored 20 points in the final quarter. The Suns' late counterattack did not pose a substantial threat to the Clippers.

Tonight, Marbury had his best performance of the series. He made 25 of 10 shots from the field. His shooting percentage was not high, but at least 4%, including 9 of 3 three-pointers, plus 4 of 4 free throws. Scored 27 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals.

Facts have proved that he is not incapable of playing well in the playoffs. With such intensity of defense tonight, a scoring point guard can shoot 40%, which is very good. Opposite a player as stable as Bibby, only 9 He scored 3 points and 12 assists on 3 shots.

What Marbury lacks is experience in playoff games. He has been improving in this series, but by the time the progress can be seen, his playoff journey is over.

李敖20投9中，其中三分球2中2，加上2中2的罚球，拿到22分7板2助攻4抢断2盖帽；

小奥尼尔18投8中，加上3中2的罚球，拿到18分14板1助攻1抢断2盖帽；

替补上场的乔丹9投4中，加上6中6的罚球，拿到14分5板2助攻；

毕比9投3中，其中三分球7中3，加上3中3的罚球拿到12分2板3助攻……80比75，快船队5分优势击败太阳队，大比分4比0晋级第二轮！
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They eliminated their opponents in the away game and advanced. After the game, Li Ao could clearly feel the change in the fans' attitude towards them.

They were just opponents before, but now they have become hated enemies by Suns fans.

In the past, Li Ao always felt that the Lakers were too hated. Now, the Clippers have also followed the Lakers' old path.

Defeating an opponent head-on in the playoffs will inevitably earn the hatred of the fans of this team. Just like in the 01 playoffs, the Clippers lost to the Kings, and Clippers fans regarded the Kings as their most hated enemy. .

In 4 games, the Clippers averaged 99.25 points per game, limiting the Suns to 79.75 points per game, with an average margin of 19.5 points per game. It would be strange if the Suns didn't hate them.

这个系列赛是李敖进入NBA三个赛季以来最轻松的一次，场均打28分钟，拿到19分5.7板2.5助攻2.2抢断1.2盖帽。

The series against the Suns was easy, and Li Ao had time to focus on other series.

The God of Basketball's situation analysis is still very good.

Before the Clippers, the Magic and Nets have already advanced to the second round.

The Magic swept the Wizards 4-0.

邓肯场均21.5分10板2.5助攻3盖帽，投出了60%的命中率，场均15投9中，但罚球……4场比赛一共28次罚球，只命中率14次，罚球命中率比投篮命中率低了10个百分点。

Duncan shot 42.5% from the field in this series...

麦迪场均21分6.25板3.5助攻1.5抢断1.5盖帽、卡塞尔场均18分8.5助攻，魔术队三大球星命中率都超过5成，没给奇才队任何机会。

Brand and Hamilton, who were playing in the playoffs for the first time, learned a lesson.

However, the dominant performance of the Magic's three major stars, like the dominant performance of the Clippers, was ignored by the fans among the three teams that swept the promotion.

基德4场比赛场均15.5分10.7板11.5助攻2.5抢断，4场比赛3次三双！
This regular season, Kidd played 80 games, averaging 21.1 points, 8.5 rebounds, and 9.4 assists per game, and scored 22 triple-doubles. He became the first in the modern basketball era and the third in NBA history to have more than 20 triple-doubles in a single season. players.

With these three triple-doubles, Kidd's number of triple-doubles in the playoffs has reached 3 games, ranking No. 9 in the number of triple-doubles in the playoffs. He is only one time away from the second-placed Big Bird, and one time away from the first-place. Magic was just...3 shots away.

Magic's 30 playoff triple-doubles are regarded as an unsurpassable record like Chamberlain's 100 points in a single game.

There are too many requirements to achieve this. You have to play enough playoff games, have a high concentration of ball rights, and have teammates with good enough shooting abilities...

Even in an era when triple-doubles are common 20 years later, there are only a handful of players who have more than 10 triple-doubles in the playoffs in their career. They play many playoff games every year, their teammates are always strong, and their teammates' ability to support them is always strong... ...Future Goat who met all the conditions was very close to this record, but he was unable to surpass it until he retired.

In the other five series, the Trail Blazers and the Lakers, the Raptors and the Pacers, and the Mavericks and the Jazz all played very anxiously, with the big scores all tied at 5-2.

The Timberwolves and Kings, the 76ers and the Pistons... all lead 3-1!

After the first four games between Garnett and Iverson, the limelight even overshadowed Kidd's.

Kidd's performance was very exaggerated, but in the end it was just a game of abuse.

Garnett and Iverson defeated top teams on their own.

Li Ao is very happy to have swept the promotion early. He will have time to watch the game between Garnett and Iverson!
But the next morning, an interview left him silent for a while...

Last night, the 76ers defeated the Pistons 108-102 at home, leading 3-1. Iverson said in an interview after the game: "If it were last year, I would be thinking about the second round like Spider-Man. rival."

This is the content of the interview report. The title is - "Answer: Like Spider-Man, I am already thinking about my opponents in the next round."

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On May 5st, the Pistons returned to their home court and started going on a rampage. The entire team was irritated by Iverson. They scored 1 points and beat the 129ers 129-106.

Ray Allen made 32 of 18 shots from the field, including 16 of 9 three-pointers, setting a new NBA playoff record for three-pointers in a single game. In addition, he made 7 of 6 free throws, setting a career playoff high in a single game. 51 points.

艾弗森今晚表现依旧暴躁，22投13中，加上9中9的罚球拿到35分3板7助攻2抢断，但被雷-阿伦暴揍了。

李敖看了直播，这场比赛……其实还挺好看，除了雷-阿伦的51分，比卢普斯的12分19助攻也很亮眼，本-华莱士8分22板、阿泰斯特16投9中加上6中4的罚球拿到22分7板1助攻3抢断2盖帽也很暴躁……

The buff the answer gave to the opponent's gloves was so powerful that it suddenly ignited the Pistons who were about to lose their fighting spirit.

Li Ao watched G76 between the 4ers and the Pistons. Iverson made 29 of 14 shots in that game, plus 15 of 13 free throws to score 41 points and 6 assists. He single-handedly defeated the Pistons. At the end of the game, the Pistons The players on the team looked confused and looked like they wanted to run away from the stadium.

Even tough guys like Artest and Ben Wallace had their mentality exploded at that time, and the whole team couldn't outscore a single dwarf.

But because of Iverson's words, the Pistons were risking their lives tonight as if they were facing someone who would cut off their financial resources.

After the game, Li Ao saw a close-up of the faces of the Pistons players, and his energy suddenly changed, and all the lost confidence came back.

In fact, if you read the full text of Iverson's interview, you will know that Iverson did not mean to look down on the Pistons, but when the media published the news, the title was just a sentence, and the fans quoted it out of context...

Li Ao was puzzled. What kind of special button was used to defeat the Pistons with a 3-1 lead?
The same goes for Iverson. If you want to consider it for the next round, consider it. He also mentioned Spider-Man.

If Spider-Man himself offends the Pistons, it doesn't matter. Now it feels like a pot fell from the sky.

Look at Garnett, he is so smart at this time.

After the Kings showed strength in G4, they were disheartened. Garnett caught his teammates bragging after the game and was determined not to buff the Kings.

到了G5，加内特20投12中，加上8中6的罚球，拿到30分13板5助攻4抢断2盖帽，率领森林狼队以106比98强势击败国王队，大比分4比1晋级第二轮。

After slandering Iverson, Li Ao returned his attention to his own playoffs.

Although he guessed that the Timberwolves might advance, he didn't expect that the Timberwolves would actually win!And so neat and tidy.

From the G5 live broadcast, Li Ao saw frustration written on the faces of other Kings players.

The performance gap between the two teams' stars is too big.

5场比赛，加内特场均27.8分18.6板5助攻2.6抢断2.2盖帽，51.4%的投篮命中率。

韦伯场均17.8分7.6板3.4助攻1.4抢断，44%的命中率。

In addition to the performance gap between the stars, the head coach's on-the-spot response gap is also reflected. Flip Saunders has expanded Garnett's advantage to the extreme.

As for the Kings, Adelman was almost helpless after his star player was suppressed, which led to the collapse of the team's confidence.

After this series, the topic of who is the second most powerful forward in the league has been decided.

If the position is divided by playing style, then Garnett is definitely the No. 2 power forward, and his personal ability is ranked No. [-].

Li Ao was a little regretful that he could not play against the gorgeous Kings in the playoffs for the third consecutive year, but he was still looking forward to playing against Garnett at the peak of his personal abilities.

Garnett is the only team to defeat the Clippers twice in the regular season this season!

That's right, Garnett's sixth consecutive first-round trip was cut off, and he can't summon the dragon with seven stars... There is a high probability that the Suns will not let the madman go. The madman's contract has two years left, and Colangelo will definitely not Like Dolan, who gave away a madman to the Timberwolves for nothing, as long as the Magic management is not crazy, they probably won't let Cassell go... So where can I find the other two heads of the Huskies?

The 'loyalty' of the Wolf King in the original time and space somehow extended to 07.

In this situation, if the Timberwolves fail to get some strong helpers for Garnett next season, will he renew his contract with the Timberwolves after his 04 league-highest salary of 2800 million is over?
(End of this chapter)