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Chapter 176 Division Semifinals (4k)

"See you again next year, Lin, and Kevin."

Harden's eyes passed behind the two of them and fell on the timer.

The time shown above is less than ten seconds.

This also announced their journey to the playoffs, and there were only a few seconds left.

As the final whistle sounded, Game 4 of the Rockets VS Thunder officially ended.

Harden sighed, put the ball on the ground, turned around and walked back to the player tunnel.

Last year they came back from a tough situation in the finals to win the championship, but this year they were swept out in the first round.

He wanted to go back quickly and take some time off.

Calm down and calm down.

The final score was 107:93.

The Thunder swept the home team Houston Rockets with a 14-point advantage.

In this game, three Thunder players scored more than 20 points.

林川全场出战37分钟，砍下20分13篮板9助攻1盖帽。

He didn't take many shots but still easily got a near triple-double, which even made people think that he didn't play to his best.

Durant, who returned from injury, played for 28 minutes, scored 17 points on 10 of 27 shots, announcing the strong return of the MVP.

The third player on the team to score 20 points was Kevin Martin against his former team.

此役马丁全场出战30分钟，16投9中砍下23分2篮板3助攻。

The above-average performance seems to be an attempt to prove his strength to his old club.

He was once the boss player!
If they trade him, the Rockets will regret it!

And the Rockets.

The only core and star player James Harden played 42 minutes in this game, made 24 of 11 shots, 8 of 6 free throws, scored 32 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists, but still couldn't prevent the defeat.

Apart from him, the second highest scorer of the Rockets, Parsons, only scored 14 points in this game.

Afterwards, only Jeremy Lin had 11 points, Asik had 8 points, and Beverly had 6 points.

Apart from Harden, there is no other player who can score at critical moments.

Without help, the Rockets cannot go further in the playoffs.

They couldn't even win one more game to avoid being swept.

At the post-match press conference, Harden was in a low mood and only gave a perfunctory answer to the reporter's question:

“We will go one step further next year.”

He then left the media room without answering any more questions.

After all, it would be too torturous for a swept star to sit in the post-match press conference and be interviewed with a few questions.

But on the other side, the Thunder's media room seemed particularly lively.

"Lin Chuan, how does it feel to have eliminated the Rockets led by your former teammate Harden?"

"It's really, really cool!"

Hearing the reporter's question, Lin Chuan laughed.
"It feels great to eliminate them, not to mention a sweep. You know, finishing the first round of the playoffs early will give us more energy to study the next round of opponents."

"but."

Lin Chuan sat up straight, moved closer to the microphone, and spoke with some fear in his tone.
"Since we finished our home games, the two games we played in Texas were really close, especially the third game. If I hadn't made the buzzer beater, we would have lost. If we had let them take the game, today's game would have been difficult. We would have been dragged into Game 6 by the Rockets, who were full of morale."

"I can only say that if Harden can have more helpers and stars to lead the team, the Rockets will create their own world in the West, and their future is limitless!"

"Why the West, not in the conference, or the Finals?"

the reporter asked.

Lin Chuan stared at him and fell silent.

Just when the reporters were getting a little nervous, Lin Chuan suddenly spoke up.

"Because we are still in the West, the Thunder will be superior to all the strong teams, defeat them all, advance to the finals and win the championship."

Lin Chuan spoke in a very arrogant tone, but no one in the audience doubted what he said.

The regular season record of 74 wins and 8 losses is really too tough.

This is the first regular season win in history. The strength of this Thunder team has not been accurately estimated by any media outlet.

All I can say is that they are destined to win the championship this season.

"So, is what I said great?"

After the interview, in the player tunnel, Lin Chuan pulled Durant and laughed.

Durant turned his head and looked at the cheerful Lin Chuan, and said speechlessly,
"It's pretentious, but it's true. I don't see how the Rockets can strengthen themselves to beat our complete team."

"Yes, we are the strongest team."

The game between the Rockets and the Thunder is over.

The group was finally able to return to Oklahoma and enjoy a few days of peace and quiet.

Although there are no competitions, daily training is still essential.

During the playoffs, any slight slackness could lead to failure and capsize.

Not to mention the Thunder team that is missing Westbrook, a key player.

Now the team's starting point guard is even Reggie Jackson.

Currently, he is only a second-year rookie.

During the regular season, he only averaged 14 minutes and 5 points per game.

With such a lame starting lineup, it is hard to say that the Thunder’s current strength is really stronger than several other strong teams.

The next day after returning to Oklahoma, everyone started training non-stop.

According to the schedule, their opponent in the Western Conference semifinals will be the winner between the Grizzlies and the Clippers.

In Lin Chuan's memory, after the Thunder entered the second round, they faced the Grizzlies.

After the training, Lin Chuan returned home, turned on the TV and watched the live broadcast of the game.

Today is April 4th.

It is also the fifth playoff game between the Grizzlies and the Clippers.

In the first four games, the Grizzlies and Clippers were tied at 2:2, and this game was their decisive battle.

Throughout the long history of the NBA, the team that can win the decisive battle in the series will have an 80% chance of winning the series.

Therefore, both teams will devote all their energy to this game, if for no other reason than to seize the match point earlier.

Before the game started, Lin Chuan sat in front of the TV with a Coke and waited.

Of course, the players' diet is very important, so in order to avoid consuming too much sugar, Lin Chuan also chose sugar-free cola this time.

Seeing Griffin fly up and dunk over Randolph, Lin Chuan couldn't help but cheer.

This was a really beautiful shot. After being frustrated by Randolph's defense several times, he took advantage of the ample space to jump and dunk over the short, strong, black man, venting his anger.

Lin Chuan, who was watching the dunk, was also envious, after all, his athletic ability was not strong.

He can only watch others play this kind of ball, he can't play such a cool ball.

Looking at this dunk, Lin Chuan touched his chin and suddenly thought of the new task assigned to him by the system at the beginning of the season.

“When I win the championship, I should be able to take down Antetokounmpo’s physical fitness and athleticism.”

Thinking of this, Lin Chuan couldn't help but get excited.

Jokic's body, Olajuwon's defense, plus Antetokounmpo's physical fitness and athleticism, what a monster that would be!
But at least Lin Chuan knew that he could definitely start dunking!

In this game, after Griffin dunked over Randolph, he got into the game and performed even better.

He was in great form, shooting 17 of 8 from the field and performing above his normal level against Randolph.

But the protagonist of this game was not him, but Chris Paul.

This is the real captain.

At the last minute, the Clippers were leading the Grizzlies by 3 points, and Paul dribbled slowly to reduce the time.

Lin Chuan knew that the big one was coming.

If this goal had not been scored, the Grizzlies would most likely have tied the score and dragged the game into overtime.

He put down the empty Coke bottle in his hand and stared at the TV screen.

With 7 seconds left, Paul took advantage of the screen and broke through in one step. Facing the backup defense, Paul shook off Marc Gasol's defense and made a key mid-range shot.

With only 17 seconds left, Paul's mid-range shot narrowed the gap to 5 points, completely killing the game.

The Los Angeles Clippers successfully won the decisive battle.

The score is 3:2, one game ahead of the Grizzlies.

"Huh? The Clippers actually won?"

Lin Chuan couldn't help but be surprised by the result of this game.

Because in his memory, the result of the game was clearly that the Grizzlies won the game.

Griffin was also troubled by an ankle injury in this game. He only played for 20 minutes and made 7 of 2 shots.

Paul scored 35 points by himself, and despite struggling hard, he still lost to the Grizzlies led by the black and white bears.

It seems that my arrival has changed some situations.

Lin Chuan thought silently in his heart.

So the opponent in the second round is likely to be the Clippers?

Lin Chuan relaxed his body and leaned back on the sofa.

"The Clippers... a little unexpected."

However, playing against the Clippers is more desirable for Lin Chuan.

Facing a team with extremely strong interior defense, it was difficult for him to play.

Durant's performance against them was not very good.

The Thunder might have to fight them for 6 or 7 games before they can win the game.

too much stress.

But if we can play against the Clippers, it would be a good choice.

Griffin is not good at defense. In the interior, Lin Chuan only has to face the defense of Jordan Jr.

When facing single defense, Lin Chuan can easily perform like a super giant.

Griffin also has to face the iron gate of himself and Ibaka in the interior.

The last time Lin Chuan and Ibaka turned the basket into a no-fly zone, it was exactly what they did when facing the Clippers.

He scored 60+ points by himself and got a triple-double with double-digit blocks.

This is also the top performance in his more than one year career.

The only concern is Chris Paul.

Westbrook was injured, and the player facing Paul became Reggie Jackson.

It would be difficult for Reggie Jackson to defend Chris Paul.

Fortunately, Chris Paul is not good at scoring, but is an organizer.

Not to mention that the Clippers have a near-curse-like curse of not being able to advance to the Western Conference Finals.

It’s within Linchuan’s sight.

Three days later.

5 month 3 day.

FedEx Center, Memphis.

The Clippers beat the Grizzlies by 118 points, 103:15.

In this game, Matt Barnes, who came off the bench, had the night of his career.

全场比赛14投11中，三分球7投6中，砍下了全队最高的30分。

The Grizzlies suffered defeat at home and were eliminated regretfully.

The result of this game was also officially announced. In the second round of the playoffs, the Western Conference semifinals, the Oklahoma City Thunder's opponent is the Los Angeles Clippers.

At the same time, the results of several other first-round matchups were also decided.

The matchup between the Lakers and the Spurs ended with a score of 4:1.

Kobe was not injured at the end of the regular season, but he fell in the second game of the playoffs.

The cause of the injury is exactly the same as in the previous life.

It's still a torn Achilles tendon.

After Kobe was injured, the Spurs won three games in a row and swept the new F4 team.

This also officially announced the failure of the Lakers' Big Four team.

Seeing this result, Lin Chuan couldn't help but sigh.

I thought Kobe could escape the trouble of injuries, but I didn't expect this fighter to fall in the end.

The Warriors also fought the Nuggets to 3:2, and the Nuggets pulled one back in the decisive battle, retaining a glimmer of hope for advancement.

Game 6 was held at the Oracle Arena in Oakland.

The two teams fought until the last minute.

With half a minute left in the game, the score was narrowed to 2 points.

But in the last 7 seconds, Warriors backup point guard Jarrett Jack broke through and was fouled, and he made both free throws to almost win the game.

In the final moments, the Nuggets missed a three-pointer. Although Faried grabbed the frontcourt rebound, his second attack still missed.

When Ty Lawson grabbed the rebound, there was no time left and the stopwatch ran out.

The Warriors also eliminated the high-altitude powerhouse Nuggets with a score of 92:88 and a big score of 4:2.

In the Western Conference semifinals, they faced the veteran powerhouse Spurs.

the other side.

The first round results in the Eastern Conference have come out several times.

The Knicks, led by Anthony Chandler, defeated the Bucks, who entered the playoffs with a division bonus and a winning rate of less than 4%, 0:50.

The Miami Heat only scored 4:2 against the Atlanta Hawks.

In Game 6, it was even Ray Allen's key three-pointer that killed the game.

Otherwise, the Heat would probably be dragged into a Game 53 in the first round by the Hawks, who are ranked seventh in the Eastern Conference and have a winning rate of only %.

Looking at this result, it is obvious that the dominance of the Miami Heat with its Big Three has declined to an exaggerated level.

The Celtics faced the Bulls in a gentleman's sweep with a score of 4:1.

Although the Bulls, without Rose, still have two key players, Luol Deng and Joakim Noah, these two are still not as good as the new assist king Rajon Rondo, former Wolves king Kevin Garnett and the real soul of the Celtics, Paul Pierce.

They will also face their long-time rival, the Miami Heat, in the second round.

The Pacers and Nets are also evenly matched.

In the first three games, the two teams tied 3:3.

In Game 7, the Pacers played a smooth offense at Indiana's home court, Bankers Life Fieldhouse.

Rookie All-Star Paul George made 13 of 11 shots and scored 27 points with an extremely high hit rate to lead the team to a 116-95 victory over the Nets, advancing to the Eastern Conference semifinals to challenge the New York Knicks.

From then on, the results of both sides were released and the divisional semi-finals officially began!
(End of this chapter)