Legendary star

Chapter 662 We Are Already Considering a Round
After the awards of the regular season were announced, the schedule for the semifinals of the Eastern and Western Divisions of the NBA has also been released. Under the special arrangement of the competition system, they had to meet in advance in the semifinals. In the Eastern Conference, the Pacers, Heat, Nets, and Pistons, who ranked in the top four in the regular season, also advanced to the next round after eliminating their respective opponents. In the first round, and in the semifinals, the Pacers will face their mortal enemy, the Pistons, who also rank second in the Eastern Conference in the regular season.

This weird ranking rule directly caused the two strongest teams in the East and West to meet in advance in the semi-finals instead of the finals, so after the schedule of the semi-finals was released, there were a lot of doubts immediately Sounds, the two strongest teams clashed in the semi-finals. This situation directly led to the fact that the division finals may not be as exciting as the semi-finals. Correspondingly, the ratings and attention received by the division finals, Compared with the semifinals, it is also likely to decline, and the culprit of all this is undoubtedly the league executives who slapped their thighs indiscriminately.

David Stern, who only now realizes the seriousness of the matter, has no choice but to stand up amidst the voices of doubt, saying that after the end of this season, the league will convene the management of all players and hold a general meeting , after extensively soliciting everyone's opinions, to formulate and arrange a more reasonable ranking rule.

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On May 2006, 5, at 8 o'clock in the evening, before the first game of the Eastern Conference semifinals started, the Pacers' home stadium, the Bankers Life Arena, was already full. For the Pacers who play the same against everyone, the Detroit Pistons are the opponent they most want to meet. The grievances between the Pacers and the Pistons have a long history. Mutombo and Chauncey Lupus, James Posey and Ron Artest, the entire league knows their personal grievances, plus the Pistons and the Pacers poach each other, the Pistons poached the Pacers' Richard -Hamilton, the Pacers signed the former Pistons head coach Rick Carlisle, so every time the Pistons and the Pacers played sparks, and this kind of feud reached its peak in the Eastern Conference finals last season, a game The group fight in Auburn Hills shattered the Pacers' four-game dream, so the Pacers are all holding their breath, ready to avenge their revenge on the Pistons.

The Pistons' record this season is second only to the Pacers, ranking second in the Eastern Conference. However, due to ranking rules, they encountered the Cavaliers ranked fifth in the Eastern Conference in the first round of the playoffs. Not the opponent of the Pistons, but under the leadership of LeBron James, the Cavaliers are still very tenacious and fought the Pistons for seven games before deciding the winner. Therefore, the Pistons, who won the tie-breaker in the first round, are definitely not as good as the first-round sweep in terms of physical fitness. Of course, the Pistons are not as big as the Bulls. The series with the Pistons is definitely more difficult than the series with the Bulls.

"The Pacers are a very good team. They achieved the first regular season record of 66 wins this season, but the regular season is the regular season, and the playoffs are the playoffs. The two cannot be compared. There are many The teams that killed the Quartet in the regular season were sluggish in the playoffs, so we don’t need to belittle ourselves, not to mention that we eliminated the Pacers last season, we have a way to deal with them, and the final victory must still belong to us of."

As a thorn who used to compete with Chris Webber for the boss position, Peja Stojakovic kept a low profile after swapping clubs with Ron Artest, but after entering the playoffs , this thorn is obviously floating again, especially after scoring 41 points in the tiebreaker with the Cavaliers, averaging 26 points and 7 rebounds in the entire series, Peja Stojakovic's confidence is even stronger. It’s quite a lot. For Peja Stojakovic in the contract year, his performance in this round of the series is enough for him to get a big contract, and the outstanding performance in this round of the series, It also made Peja Stojakovic's small thoughts come alive again. Becoming the boss of a team has always been Peja Stojakovic's goal, and the Pacers are undoubtedly a very good piece. As a stepping stone, as long as it can help the Pistons eliminate the Pacers in the series, he will also contribute a beautiful statistic by the way. Peja Stojakovic believes that some teams are willing to offer themselves the core position of the team.

"About Peja's remarks? I am really not familiar with him, and I have never regarded him as an opponent. In my eyes, there is only one person who can threaten us in the entire Pistons, and that is Richard. De Hamilton, I have been teammates with Richard, I know his strength, of course only one Richard can't beat us."

"Is this my victory declaration? To be honest, from the beginning of the season, we have only one opponent, and that is the defending champion San Antonio Spurs. Of course, Shaq's Heat is also one. You know, every time we meet Shaq Any team will have a tough time, so we're already working on how to deal with Shaq and his Heat."

"Yes, you're right. We're already thinking about the next round. For us, the Pistons have never been a problem. The question is whether we will use four or five games to send them back to fish."

After Peja Stojakovic declared war on Meng Xu and the Pacers from a distance, the media who watched the excitement immediately came to find Meng Xu. Although Rick Carlisle had been persuading Meng Xu not to be fooled, Don't care about these media who are not as good as BIAO, let alone make some radical remarks, but when Meng Xu was interviewed by the media, he still couldn't help but fired, and very arrogantly told the people who came to interview him Reporter, we are already thinking about the next round.

"We are already thinking about the next round!" This is a classic and arrogant saying that has been circulating for a long time. Larry Bird said it, and McGrady seems to have said it too, but they are all in a big lead. Or when the strength of the two sides is very different, they speak wild words, but like Meng Xu, the difference in strength between the two sides is not big, and the series has not played a game, so he said "We are already thinking about the next round", It has been heard and asked throughout the history of the NBA.

(End of this chapter)