Legendary star

Chapter 254 Playoff Situation

In the end, Meng Xu scored 22 points in the second quarter and led the Spurs' bench to 53 to 41, ending the first half with a 12-point lead over the Timberwolves.For Meng Xu's convulsion in the second quarter, not only the Timberwolves, but even the Spurs themselves were not prepared. In the past, as long as Meng Xu led the bench to play, it was time for everyone to score points. But today, the Spurs The substitutes can only watch Meng Xu play by himself on the field, and pick up a leak by himself by the side, but there is nothing these substitutes can do about what Meng Xu has done. The Spurs have a high status, and they will point to Meng Xu to pass the ball to him in the future.

But Duncan on the sidelines was really happy to see Meng Xu's performance. Both Meng Xu and Duncan came from Wake Forest University. The alumni and the outside media called it the "Wake Forest duo". At the same time, Duncan also believed that no matter how good Meng Xu performed, he would not be able to threaten his position in the Spurs, and Duncan was not so good at this position. Therefore, the better Meng Xu performed, the happier Duncan would be, because it meant that he had more courage on his shoulders.

After the start of the third quarter, Duncan took the initiative to reduce his shots and began to focus on supporting the inside and defending the basket.Therefore, in this case, the Timberwolves' defense is also caught in a dilemma. Meng Xu feels so good now, it is impossible not to strengthen his defense, and Duncan can't relax.But in the minutes of Flip Saunders' hesitation, the Spurs have continued to increase the score.

In the end, when the game ended, 76 to 90, the Timberwolves lost to the Spurs by 14 points in the away game. If it weren't for the Spurs' main players sitting on the bench in four quarters, the point difference between the two teams may be even crazier.

"This is really a historical pairing." Although the game between the Spurs and the Timberwolves was a game in which the results could be predicted before the game started, but after the final game ended, the on-site technical statistics sheet After that, Michaels was still a little shocked. Duncan made 20 of 13 shots, 10 of 7 free throws, 33 points, 18 rebounds, 4 assists and 5 blocks. Meng Xu made 19 of 12 shots, including 3 of 12 three-pointers. 7 of 10 free throws, contributed 6 points, 37 rebounds, 12 assists, 6 steals, 4 blocks, rummaged through the history of the NBA, the last pair can contribute 2 points, 70 rebounds, 30 times in a game The combination of assists was still in the distant ancient times.

"This is indeed a historic combination. In the current league, only the combination of Shaq and Kobe of the Lakers can be compared with the two heroes of Wake Forest." Although Duncan and Meng Xu played in the regular season The data in the game is at least one grade behind O'Neal and Kobe, but no one in the current league dares to say that Duncan is one grade away from O'Neal, or that Meng Xu is one grade away from Kobe.

"It's true, Duncan and Meng Xu, Shaq and Kobe, these are all historical-level combinations, and they are so young, maybe in the future, the Western Conference, or even the entire league, will be their stage." See Looking at Meng Xu who was waving to the fans in the distance, Michaels also stood up and said with emotion.

"Is the future theirs? I hope so." After hearing the words of Mike's death, Magic Johnson said this sentence with a little deep meaning, and then stretched out his hands to applaud the Spurs in celebration.

On the second day after the game between the Spurs and the Timberwolves, when all the media were hyping up the OK combination and the Wake Forest duo, which one was stronger, all the Spurs players were also given by Popovich. An injunction was issued to prevent it from happening in front of the media. At the same time, in order to prepare for the second game against the Timberwolves, the Spurs were also left in the club for restorative training.

On April 2001, 4, after the first game of the series between the Lakers and the Trail Blazers ended, this heated battle for the strongest combination also became the center of all public opinion. In the game between the Lakers and the Trail Blazers, O'Neal played 22 minutes, made 40 of 21 shots, 13 of 15 free throws, contributed 12 points, 38 rebounds, and 22 blocks. Kobe Bryant also contributed 6 points, 30 rebounds, and 7 assists. .Once one of the top three in the Western Conference, the Blazers who could wrestle with the Lakers and Spurs without losing the wind, were completely abused by the Lakers in this game. Under O'Neal's madness, the Blazers' Dell Davis, A Vidas Sabonis and Scottie Pippen were sent off for six fouls.

Soon, when the first game between the Spurs and the Lakers ended, the Spurs and the Lakers became the focus of all public opinion. Before the first round of the playoffs was over, almost everyone was already looking forward to the Spurs Joined the Western Conference Finals with the Lakers.

Just the day after the game between the Lakers and the Trail Blazers, the second game of the Spurs-Timberwolves series, in this game, the Spurs' defense was even more suffocating than the previous game.Desperately, the Timberwolves team's shooting percentage was compressed to a terrifying 29%. Except for Garnett who made 24 of 8 shots and scored 20 points, no one from the Timberwolves team scored in double figures, and the Timberwolves scored 62 points in the game. The score is also the lowest score in the two rounds of the series.In this game, Duncan once again contributed 30 points, 15 rebounds, and 5 blocks, while Meng Xu had a triple-double of 18 points, 11 rebounds, and 10 assists.

While the Spurs continued to ravage the Timberwolves relying on their excellent defense, the Lakers once again showed people their powerful offensive firepower. On April 2001, 4, in the second game of the series between the Lakers and the Trail Blazers, the Trail Blazers Six people from the team scored in double figures, Scottie Pippen, Rasheed Wallace, and Steve Smith scored 26+, but they still couldn't bring the Blazers a victory.Because the opposite Lakers were even better, in this game O'Neal made 6 of 3 shots and 20 of 24 free throws. He contributed 13 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists again. Kobe Bryant had 33 points, 12 rebounds, 5 assists.After Derek Fisher, who came off the bench in the last game, contributed 25 points, the Lakers' surprise player in this game was Rick Fox. In 5 minutes of playing time, Rick Fox made 7 of 21 shots and contributed 30 points. 14 points, 8 rebounds, 20 assists.

In the first round of this season's playoffs, after two games, the situation of promotion is already obvious. Unlike the fierce fighting in the first round of last year's playoffs, this year's first round of the playoffs can be said to be One-sided, several rounds of confrontation in the West, the Spurs lead the Timberwolves 2-0, and the Lakers lead the Trail Blazers 2-0.

In the game between the Kings and the Suns, one was Princeton and the other was bombardment. These two teams both advocated offense very much. In this playoffs, the Kings and the Suns also dedicated a feast of confrontation for all fans. , In the previous two games, both the Kings and the Suns averaged more than 110.5 points per game, and the Kings averaged 32 points per game. Points, 13 rebounds, 6 assists.Kidd of the Suns even scored triple-doubles in two consecutive games. In the end, when Hardaway was still unable to play, Kidd, who lacked helpers, was also unable to support himself. After losing two consecutive away games, the Suns also scored 3-0. behind the king.

The fourth Mavericks in the West and the fifth Jazz in the West played very dramatically. The lineup was more reasonable and the younger Mavericks fell behind the old Jazz 0-2 after two games. , in these two games, the three cores of the Mavericks, Dirk Nowitzki, Michael Finley and Steve Nash performed 3+ games, and they performed well, but the old Malone on the opposite side, Xiang Chi Like a elixir, rejuvenated, 20 points in one game, 34 points in one game, Nowitzki has no temper every game, and the other Jazz Shuangsha, John Stockton, also averaged 36 points per game in two games , 16 assists, after the end of the two series between the Jazz and the Mavericks, some media even used a teasing tone to describe Malone and Stockton, did they find some secret recipe for rejuvenation.

There was basically no suspense in the Eastern Conference game. The 76ers led the Pacers 2-0. Mutombo, who was traded to the 76ers after the All-Star Game, became the key to this round of the series. Among them, the African mountain Mutombo had 22 rebounds in one game and 16 rebounds in one game. In the case of losing to the opponent by 11 rebounds per game, if the Pacers can still win, it can only be described as magical.

McGrady, who led the team alone for the first time, can contribute 30+ triple-doubles in two games, but without helpers, the Magic lost at least 3 points to the Bucks in every game, and McGrady is now Facing the dilemma of going home to fish.Unlike his cousin who is about to go home, Carter is now in high spirits. At the end of the two games, the Raptors lead the Hornets 10-2, and Carter can also contribute 0 points and 26 rebounds per game And the data of 8 assists.

In the end, the Knicks and their mortal enemy, the Heat, were left. The series between the two teams was also the most intense round of the series so far. After the away game, the two teams are currently tied 5-1.

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