NBA: Magic Johnson opens the season, crowned MOP

After the Spurs led the Warriors 2-0, the situation of the East-West semifinals gradually became clear.

In the East, after losing to the Bulls in the first game of the series, Noah publicly humiliated them. The South Coast Big Three knew the shame and then bravely defeated the Bulls by 37 points in the second game at the American Airlines Center in Miami!

"37 points", which is also the biggest score difference in the Bulls' playoff losses since the establishment of the team!

The Heat held the second home court with a score of 115:78; on the Knicks side, after losing the first home advantage, Angua publicly blasted the team after the game. Some players had the highest salary in the team (19.95 million US dollars), but for three consecutive years, when the team needed him most in the playoffs, they"felt at ease" lying on the hospital bed and watched the team lose!

Under the guidance of Angua's"remarks", the outside media, especially the New York media and several major TV stations, let the public opinion ferment wildly. In the second game with the Pacers, Angua single-handedly fought against the"Five Tigers" at Madison Square Garden, scored 32 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists, and led the team to a 105:79 victory over the Pacers.

For a time, the name of"King of New York" resounded throughout the rice grains, and the fans of the Big Apple City at this moment believed in a"fact" at the same time."——

Carmelo Anthony is the"hot man" sent by God to save the Knicks!

In the West, the results of the first two series of the"league's strongest offensive firepower" and"league's most efficient defense" were"surprising""——

Before the game, ESPN, Bleacher Report, TNT and other American sports media were unanimously optimistic, claiming that this series would be the least suspenseful of the four games in the second round!

In fact, many famous basketball commentators including Mike Brin and Jeff Van Gundy predicted that even without Russell Westbrook, the second-in-command who averaged 20+5+5 per game, the Thunder, with Kevin Durant, the second-ranked MVP this season, and Serge Ibaka, the"block king of the season", would eliminate the Memphis Grizzlies, which had already"fallen from the altar", in at most six games!

But the facts were like a loud slap in the face of these so-called"prophet" - the Grizzlies, playing away, won two games in a row at the Energy Arena in Oklahoma City and led 2:0.

Durant scored 29 and 35 points in two games respectively, but it was not enough to save the team. The black and white bears dominated the penalty area. The fourth place in the DPOY voting and the league's inside gate completely lost their"black, rough and tough" style in front of"Tennessee O'Neal", averaging 6.5 points, 5 rebounds and 2 blocks per game...

In the words of Jeff Van Gundy, the famous ESPN commentator who commented on the Thunder's playoffs:

"Serge faced Zach's flexible footwork, exquisite fake moves, and excellent under-the-basket offense... He was too frivolous and passive, making people feel that he was not a veteran who had played in the league for five seasons. Instead, he performed worse than the sophomore Reggie Jackson in the team!"

Durant played 56.7% of the true shooting rate in two consecutive games, and scored a game-high 35 points in the second game. Veteran Kevin Martin on the bench also contributed 25 points, but except for the two of them and the team's sophomore Reggie Jackson, no one scored in double digits in this game. The

Thunder, who lost Westbrook, struggled in the playoffs. In the first round, they were dragged by the Rockets, the"newcomer" in the playoffs, who ranked seventh in the West, for six games. When the Western Conference semi-finals started, it was difficult to keep any home advantage in the hands of the"black and white bears"...

With a total series score of 0:2, they went to the Federal Center Arena of the Grizzlies. This made the outside world feel confused about the prospects of this second-in-command in the West in the playoffs!

"The partnership of Randolph + Gasol may not be the most dominant inside combination in the league today, but it is definitely the one that all teams least want to encounter!

After the All-Star Game, famous coaches such as Popovich and Brooks keenly"perceived" that Grizzlies head coach Hollins seemed to be consciously falling to the lower half of the Western Conference. The four teams in the upper half of the Western Conference are almost trying their best to avoid encountering this Grizzlies in the first round.

No one wants to fall into the Grizzlies' struggling defense system that is like a quagmire!

No team wants to fight such a team for seven games before the divisional finals, and then face the next round of opponents with"double mental and physical fatigue"...

And the two"inside giant bears" of Memphis who entered the playoffs like taking stimulants, have been defeating the strong all the way since the start of the playoffs, first slaughtering the"Alley-Oop City" and then destroying the"Oklahoma Storm"."！

"Tennessee O'Neal averaged 19.5 points and 12.3 rebounds per game. This year's DPOY winner, Xiao Jiasao averaged 17.2 points, 8.5 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 2.2 blocks per game.

Mike Conley on the outside also scored 16 points per game. There was also the famous Tony, who averaged 9.3 points per game.

It was not clear about the Eastern Conference, but the experts and fans basically had a"determined" number of opponents in the Western Conference Finals.

Popovich, who was about to arrive in the Bay Area of California, also put on his reading glasses at this time, sat next to Joey and began to study the Grizzlies' current The"game video" of the playoffs in 2017.

This kind of"reaction" may show disrespect for the Golden State Warriors who"just" lost 0:2...

But at this moment, no one thinks that it is too"arrogant" to consider the opponent in the Western Conference Finals in advance!

Except for Fat T-Mac, who is now wearing headphones and playing cards next to Manu.

The Spurs who are about to arrive at San Francisco International Airport don't know that at this moment, a pair of Splash Brothers full of"rage for revenge" and"ideas of the new king's rise" are sitting in the locker room, listening to the team coach and the smiling and kind white old man's impassioned"speech"——

Western teams have suffered from the Spurs for a long time!

They swore together: two home games, not one can be lost!

Defeat the Spurs and reach the top of the Western Conference!

The young Warriors are full of passion, sweeping away the"gloom" of the first two games of the series, rekindling their passion, and united as one, vowing to overturn the league's veterans at home...