Chapter 963: The Playoffs Begin!
The 2014-2015 NBA Playoffs have officially begun!
In the three days before the trimming, all the awards for the season were released, and the Spurs were lucky enough to get a Defensive Player of the Year (and also a defensive team) to avoid the embarrassment of a failed season.
Then Qin Yan was selected for the best second team and defensive second team, Jokic was the rookie first team, and Anderson was the rookie second team, which finally gave the Spurs some awards to watch.
And after the various regular season awards have been awarded, the playoffs have finally officially begun!
The most watched games in the first round are the Warriors vs. Pelicans (because Curry is going to sweep), the Cavaliers vs. the Heat (love-hate relationship between James and Wade and others), the Rockets vs. the Clippers (Paul's road to the West), and the Thunder vs. Grizzlies (contradictions).
Especially the Spurs and the Trail Blazers, the Trail Blazers are already a team with little news, plus a Spurs that look "unintentionally defending" this year, the game between them is even less interesting.
Why don't you go to see Curry's sweep or the Janway showdown!
However, the Spurs are not the team that played on the first day, which is slightly better, otherwise the TV stations would have to worry about the ratings.
On the first day, the bosses of the East and West all played, and the Warriors were really tough, under the leadership of the new MVP, their three-point shots became more and more accurate, and they played an offensive frenzy in three quarters, and Davis on the Pelicans' side tried his best to save the team, and was beaten by 23 points in the first game!
James and Wade met again on the playoff stage in the East after a year, and the two hugged each other before the game, looking like "unfinished love".
But in the game, James didn't save face for his former teammates at all, and even several times he was still carrying Wade head-on after blocking and changing defenses, forcing Wade and blood cap Wade, not having the good feeling of the brothers before the game.
Wade has lost most of his martial arts after his knee injury this season, and he no longer has the heroic style of the "Flash" back then, otherwise, James would not have been able to bargain from him so easily.
Therefore, even if Bosh desperately won 20+10, the Heat still lost miserably at the feet of the Cavaliers.
In the rest of the game, the Rockets lost to the Clippers and lost their home-court advantage. The Raptors defeated the Knicks and took a 1-0 lead.
After the first day of the game, there are very few highlights on the second day, basically the Thunder and Grizzlies have something to watch.
Sure enough, the Grizzlies did not disappoint the audience, the Grizzlies, the strongest defensive team in the league, gave people the feeling of "black seven" this year, Tony Allen once again incarnated as the "Durant Buster", and prevented Durant from shooting 6 of 20 in the first game, for the scoring machine Durant, this shooting rate is very humiliating, if it weren't for the free throws, maybe Durant couldn't score 20 in this game......
Moreover, in addition to Tony Allen, the Grizzlies also have the "old prince" Prince, Prince is tall and fast, and it is Durant's type of player who likes to defend the most, when Prince and Tony Allen are both on the court at the same time, it is when Durant struggles the most.
And the black and white bear on the inside line is even more complete jumping man Ibaka, although Ibaka avoided the situation of playing with injuries in the playoffs last year, and now his strength is maintained very well, but whether it is Randolph or Gasol Jr., he is somewhat restrained in his style of play.
Although Ibaka can jump, in front of the two big stakes, it seems useless for him to jump, as long as the black and white bear squeezes him out of the attacking range, Ibaka has no threat.
Oh, the Thunder still has Westbrook left, this really can't be helped, Kang Li is suffering from a loss, and he can't stop him.
But Westbrook, a person who can't see his teammates when his brain is hot, has no way to save the team, you break through well, that is, a two-point point, the Grizzlies can catch it back by playing hard inside, and the Thunder's ace singles tactics really don't work here in the Grizzlies.
In the end, the Thunder became the second team to lose home-court advantage after the Rockets, and the scores of the two teams were also very close, 90:94, the Grizzlies won by 4 points, but the Thunder, who had super offensive firepower, only scored 90 points, which has to say that the Grizzlies' defensive ability is really strong!
Then, it was Spurs' turn.
The opponent of the Spurs in the first round is the Trail Blazers.
This opponent is definitely no stranger, the Trail Blazers' backcourt golden twin guns, it was in the game against the Spurs that found the inspiration to match, and then slowly formed a combination and showed their power.
However, the playoffs are not the same as the regular season, and the Trail Blazers have not yet experienced the "double guns" of the playoffs, so can they bargain in front of the Spurs, a group of elites who have been in the dark for a whole season?
This one...... Apparently unlikely.
Popovich said in a meeting with the players before the game: "We have been low-key for a whole season, and now it's the playoffs, you don't have to hide it, you can play how you want, you must play the team's prestige!" ”
As soon as Popovich's words came out, it undoubtedly loosened the chain that had been imprisoned in the regular season for the Spurs team, and invisibly, the combat effectiveness of the entire Spurs team was about to be liberated!
MMP, after holding back for a whole season, can finally let go of playing in the playoffs!
Therefore, in the first battle with the Trail Blazers, after the Trail Blazers appeared on the court, they vaguely felt that the Spurs they were facing were not the same team at all in the regular season!
It's like a beast that has been hungry in a cage for a long time, and suddenly it's been released, vowing to devour everything that stands in its way!
The golden double guns in the backfield were directly destroyed in this game, as if they had forgotten to put bullets on the guns today, and the "Bang Bang Bang" hit the iron directly, and the gold guns became bronze guns.
On the Spurs' side, Qin Yan scored 40+ points in the first game, he was omnipotent in and out of the game, and his shooting rate was also frighteningly high, 15 of 18 shots, and almost 10 free throws, it can be said that he almost killed the outside group of the Trailblazers by himself.
And Leonard, who just won the best defensive ball, also sent 20 points steadily, coupled with the scores of GDP, Tucker, Mills, Green and others, the Spurs really held the Trail Blazers in their hands and ravaged them like plasticine, pinching them into an "S" shape for a while and a "B" shape for a while......
At 123:82, the Trail Blazers lost by 41 points and fell behind 1:0 in the overall score.
And the Spurs, too, were red in this game, which made everyone pay attention to them again.
Who went out of their way to rumor that the Spurs couldn't help playing this season? In the playoffs, they dare to slaughter others by 40 points, and this team is obviously ready to defend the championship!