NBA: This Center Is So Stable

The first game of the season was a big success.

Chapter 200 Miami Heat

April 29.

The Game 6 match between the Heat and the Nets was held as scheduled.

In the end, as D’Antoni said, Dwyane Wade broke through and hit the rebound to end the game, helping the Heat win the home game and enter the Game 7.

This also became the first Game 7 of this season.

Along with the first round of the Eastern Conference, Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinals also kicked off.

The Timberwolves played against the Kings.

Under the sluggish performance of the “Wolf King”, the Timberwolves lost their home court at the Target Center without any danger, giving the opponent the first victory of the series.

The Timberwolves’ weakness in the playoffs reappeared. Kevin Garnett scored 16 points with 6 of 21 shots. The hit rate of less than 30% can be said to have handed over the victory of the game.

The Timberwolves’ core “alien” only shot 4 more times than Garnett, but he scored the highest score of 40 points in the game and became the leader of the empty-cut group.

After the game, Cassell refused the invitation for a post-match interview and left the game scene with a lot of anger.

Under the training of Rick Adelman, in addition to Mike Bibby standing out, the Kings played team basketball to the extreme, with seven players rotating and six scoring in double digits.

The upset in the first game of the Western Conference semifinals once again ignited the enthusiasm of the fans!

The Spurs vs. Lakers that followed did not disappoint the fans.

In the first game of the semi-finals, the OK combination clashed again. O’Neal asked for the ball several times under the basket but was not given. Although Kobe’s stubborn shooting choice helped him get 31 points, the highest score of the game, the inefficient performance of 26 shots and the lowest plus-minus value of the team made the Lakers ruin the game.

In this defensive duel, the Spurs scored a total of 88 points, of which GDP scored 60 points, perfectly interpreting the Spurs team in the playoffs.

Just when the fans were excited about the Western Conference game, the battle between the Pacers and the Pistons, who started first in the Eastern Conference, followed.

The first game in Indiana.

Both sides declared their declaration of this round of playoffs to the fans: defense wins the championship!

Compared with the sluggish performance of the Pistons’ rotation lineup, the Pacers’ rotation lineup hardened up amid the shouts of the fans. Elling Harrington, who came on the bench, easily scored 12 points to help the Pacers establish a lead at the decisive moment.

In the end, the Pacers defended their home court with 78:74!

The duel between O’Neal and Ben Wallace, which has always attracted much attention, is also very characteristic of the two.

As two hot inside players in the East, O’Neal scored an impressive record of 21 points, 14 rebounds and 2 blocks against Ben Wallace.

As for Ben Wallace, he defended the reputation of winning the DOPY for two consecutive years, and got Ben Wallace-style data of 11 points, 22 rebounds and 5 blocks.

With the end of the semi-final G1, the Heat and the Nets started the seventh game.

New York!

When all the teams were playing fiercely, the only team on rest, the Knicks, organized all players to watch the game.

Although D’Antoni’s original intention of organizing this viewing was to take the players to see the cards of the two teams, the players at the scene could not stop the excitement.

“Are you looking forward to Thomas? You can come back in this series… O’Neal may not be.”

Alan Houston smiled and couldn’t help asking this long-time teammate.

With the start of the playoffs, the Knicks’ crushing momentum against the Celtics, the outside world seemed to have forgotten the Knicks’ starting power forward in the regular season.

Kurt, whose presence was repeatedly weakened, looked at Houston and said faintly: “I hope the opponent in the semi-finals can put some pressure on you. For example, I think the rookie in Miami is very suitable. When he locks you up and makes you scream, you will think of me at that time.”

Houston smiled awkwardly: “We will wait for you to return. If there are no opponents like the Nets or the Heat to help you regain your touch, I can imagine how disastrous your performance will be when facing the Pistons or the Nets!”

For the Knicks players who have rested for three days, one game can restore their original competitive state.

But when the Heat dragged the game into the seventh game, their waiting days became 5 days, or even a week before the next game.

Before that.

They can only play intra-team competitions to maintain their competitive state.

If the opponents of this Knicks team in the playoffs are at least playoff-level teams, then their intra-team competition level is really outstanding.

Almost the same.

In general training matches, Wang Song will be banned and will be replaced after playing for ten minutes at most. On the one hand, the Knicks really don’t have a center who can compete with him. Apart from the running tactics, the effect of the competition is not as good as one-on-one training.

On the other hand, the rotation lineup is weak, and it is difficult to simulate the intensity of the playoffs, so it is difficult to rely on the team competition to maintain the competitive state of the playoffs.

Compared with the Knicks, Kurt Thomas will rest for less than a month before the suspension is lifted. If the first game is an opponent at the level of the Eastern Conference Finals, it may not be adjusted without two games.

This is also the reason why the Knicks will take a different approach to the Celtics in the first round and prepare to extend the game.

As the seventh game progresses.

The chatter of the crowd gradually became quieter, focusing on this stalemate game.

58s, the New Jersey Nets led by 2 points with Richard Jefferson’s mid-range shot.

35s, Caron Butler returned a long two-point shot.

87:87!

13 seconds, Jefferson, who had been the C of the Nets for the entire game, missed the key layup, giving the Heat the chance to win the game.

Van Gundy called a timeout and arranged the tactics for the last attack.

“This ball will definitely be given to the Heat rookie. He defeated the Nets in the last game and proved himself.”

“I don’t think so. It is precisely because the decision of the last attack in the last game was given to him that this attack should be changed.”

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The chattering sound in the conference room sounded, and the Heat’s short timeout ended.

13 seconds!

8 seconds!

The pointer passed by one minute and one second, and the Heat was running tactics to press time to complete the last attack.

Van Gundy is an experienced coach. He will not be stupid enough to leave opportunities for the opponent in regular time.

The last moment.

Wade slipped to the bottom line with the help of his teammates’ cover, and went to the left wing three-point line to receive the pass.

The entire Nets team rushed over.

3 seconds!

Wade made a decisive move.

The Nets, who were in a mess, looked back suddenly, and a solid black figure under the basket suddenly jumped up and scored with an alley-oop.

The last second buzzer sounded almost at the same time, and the referees on the sidelines raised their hands.

All the Heat rushed to Odom!

It was unbelievable that such a dramatic scene appeared in the seventh game.

The Nets players were a little distracted and stood there.

Kidd walked to the technical table and kept gesturing to the referee that the ball was out of time.

But with the replay of the buzzer-beater, frame by frame, it proved that the goal was valid.

At this time, Kidd changed the subject and started to ask for extra time.

The home referees couldn’t stand it anymore. Due to Kidd’s thick skin, they replayed the picture again. According to the replay of Odom’s alley-oop, they could indeed make up 0.1s!

After all, it was related to the entire series, so the technical table still made up this 0.1s!

However, what they encountered was a situation where all the Heat players were huddled under the basket, and they had no way to start.

Due to the protest of Danzi who was defeated by the buzzer beater that year, the league issued a buzzer beater rule in the 1990s, called the “Tucker Rule”!

After the last 0.3 seconds, except for alley-oops, layups, and dribbles, all other shots are considered invalid.

The Nets ultimately failed to seize this opportunity, and the Heat won the seventh game with 89:87.

Two consecutive buzzer beaters pulled them back from their vacation on the East Coast to the semifinals.

(End of this chapter)