king of defenders

Chapter 1454 The second round, the inside line is a pit

"The Heat won." Meng Yun lay comfortably on the sofa.

"Yes." Guo Shuyao nodded, "There is one minute left in the game, and the Heat lead by 1 points, so there shouldn't be any problem."

The point difference between the two sides was only two or three points before, but when Walker and Lowry canceled each other out and Siakam missed again and again, Xiang Long was scoring steadily, and the point difference between the two sides gradually widened.

And as game time dwindled, that became clear.

"Siakam is still not mature enough." Guo Hai commented with a smile, "After all, it was only this season that he was strengthened and became the core of the team. It is normal that he cannot withstand the pressure."

Meng Yun just smiled when he heard the words. In fact, Xiang Long and Siakam entered the NBA in the same year, and they were both players in the 2016 draft. However, although Xiang Long has a cold personality, he has a mature and calm mind, which is his advantage.

The game ended just as a few people were talking. In the end, the Heat won, eliminated the Raptors 4:2, and advanced to the second round.

The four Eastern Conference teams that have advanced to the second round are all released, namely the Celtics, Bucks, Nets, and Heat. They are the top four in the Eastern Conference during the regular season, and there is nothing unpopular.

Then the second round will be Celtics vs Heat, Bucks vs Nets.

This shows the benefits of the Nets fighting for third in the regular season. They don't have to face the Celtics who are number one. Compared with my Celtics, the Bucks are still somewhat easier to deal with.

Looking at the Heat players celebrating on the TV screen, Guo Hai turned to Meng Yun and said with a smile, "I don't know if you can meet the Heat."

Meng Yun spread his hands together: "It's really hard to say."

The two teams will meet unless they both reach the Eastern Conference Finals, but can the Heat really beat the Celtics?Meng Yun felt that the Celtics were really strong.

And he didn't have the mind to manage the Heat. His team's next second round was also difficult, and the opponent Bucks were not much weaker than the Celtics.

At this time, Guo Shuyao suddenly asked: "Meng Yun, what is your goal for this year?"

"Target?" Meng Yun raised his eyebrows, but did not answer.

In fact, Coach Atkinson's goal this season is to enter the playoffs and advance to the second round, because the top two are the Celtics and Bucks, so his goal is to enter the second round.

But this is not Meng Yun's goal, his goal is farther!

The second round of the Eastern Conference playoffs is all over, and the second round is about to start. The four teams that entered the second round are all preparing nervously.

Nets practice arena.

The players were training on the field. Coach Atkinson and two assistants were sitting on the sidelines, staring at the tactical board and discussing. The three looked serious and dignified.

"Our inside line is still at a disadvantage." Jacques Vaughn shook his head and said with a wry smile: "The Bucks have the Lopez brothers and Antetokounmpo. Noel and Allen are probably not opponents. .”

"Yes." Assistant coach Pablo Prigioni also sighed: "If our inside line can be stronger, we can relax a lot."

The Nets played very well this season, even exceeding people's expectations. First of all, they have Meng Yun, and secondly, they have good players on the front line, guards, and bench lineup, but the inside line is really weak. up to this point.

Once they encounter a team with a strong inside line, the Nets can only rely on outside shooting and rely on Meng Yun's personal ability to win.

In fact, for the Nets, although entering the playoffs as the third place in the Eastern Conference can avoid the Celtics, it is not easy to face the Bucks. The Bucks are very strong inside.

The second round is about to start. Coach Atkinson and the two assistant coaches repeatedly discussed and compared the advantages and disadvantages of both sides. It turned out that the inside line was a big hole.

Coach Atkinson said in a deep voice: "There have always been internal problems. It is meaningless to talk about these now. Let's talk about other things." He said, looking at the court, "The Bucks are very strong. We can only rely on Meng Yun."

This is a bit helpless. The team failed to strengthen last summer and the lineup is not strong enough. It will definitely be troublesome to play against a team like the Bucks. Even Coach Atkinson has no idea.

At the same time, the Bucks in Milwaukee are also preparing for the game.

Several coaches got together to study, and finally ended the discussion with a smile on their faces. After studying, they were full of confidence in winning this round of the series.

"The advantage of the Nets lies in the outside, in Meng Yun." An assistant coach said: "But we have an absolute advantage in the interior, and the Nets' interior has no way to match Giannis."

"Yes, the main reason why the Nets were able to beat the 76ers is because the 76ers have no one who can match Meng Yun." Another assistant coach also said: "But we have Giannis, and Giannis has no solution. Like LeBron, like KD, he can offset Meng Yun's role with his super personal ability. And the rest of the Nets players are simply impossible to compete with our players."

The head coach also smiled and nodded slowly.

This is the confidence of the Bucks. They have an absolute advantage on the inside and are not weak on the outside. The most important thing is that they have someone who can match Meng Yun.

Why were the 76ers easily defeated by the Nets?
But people who are experts in everything can understand that it is because they have no one who can match Meng Yun, just like the Raptors always lost to the Cavaliers, the reason is the same, that is, there is no one who can match James.

When a player reaches a certain level, he can indeed affect a team.

The Bucks have Antetokounmpo, an incomprehensible player, and the Nets are weak inside. It can be expected that Antetokounmpo will blow him up, so the Bucks are very confident.

Two days later.

Milwaukee, Bradley Center.

The Nets players are warming up on the court, and the audience is full of Bucks fans, waving all kinds of things and cheering for the Bucks.

Dinwiddie and LeVille were talking, and LeVille said: "It seems that many people are not optimistic about us, thinking that we are just being restrained by the Bucks, not their opponents."

Dinwiddie pouted: "They will know when we beat the Bucks."

As he spoke, he looked at Meng Yun, only to see Meng Yun silently practicing shooting, one after another, with a calm expression, unmoved by anything outside.

Meng Yun also heard some discussions. It was nothing more than analyzing the gap between the lineups of the two sides and the characteristics of the team, and then concluded that it was difficult for the Nets to win, and they were not optimistic about them.

This is something we are used to.

But the game is not just a comparison of data. If that is the case, then there will be no black eight miracles in the history of the NBA.

(End of this chapter)