Chapter 593: The Final Battle
By the end of the fourth game, many teams have already qualified! Among them, the teams that successfully advanced in the East are the Cavaliers, the Raptors, and the current 76ers team unexpectedly won three games! The Warriors, Spurs, and Rockets in the West have swept their opponents to advance!
The Thunder and Lakers just tied! The Nets' quick burst in the final minute of Game 4 prevented the Hawks from winning for the third time! Immediately afterwards, the 76ers upset and eliminated the Green Shirts with a lineup like Irving, Hayward, and Horford!
The Thunder team in the West broke out in the later games! The Purple and Gold have had problems with fitness, with more veterans and younger players not performing well.
This season, after George arrived in Oklahoma City, the team's confidence has increased dramatically! In the regular season, they finished fourth in the West behind the Rockets! Seeing the lineup of the four teammates in front of the current west, you know how tragic it must be in the second round of the competition!
The Thunder and Rockets staggered, and this time they faced the Galactic Fleet Golden State Warriors directly! As you improve your abilities, the opponents you face become stronger! The Houston Rockets will be going head-to-head against the San Antonio Spurs, a team with excellent players, bench depth, well-known coaches and overall teamwork!
Can the "low-profile version of the Warriors", jokingly called by some netizens, win against the Spurs?
On the Eastern side, after the 76ers won the Celtics 4-1, Embiid's incredibly demented eyes for more than 1 minute immediately attracted a lot of media to shoot on the spot~ The players on the team were overjoyed!
The 76ers, who have been on the verge of being on the verge of being on the verge of being rotten for several years, are ushering in the return of champions and Iverson, the addition of new players, and Embiid's return from injury has gradually become terrifying!
While Iverson is now in the East, Kobe Bryant and Nash in the West remain with the Lakers. But for the veteran players, what they can do for the team, especially in the playoffs, is basically the finishing touch, or play well in the early stage, and in the later time, other players will basically have good results if they extend the score advantage to the end.
However, in the East and West, two completely different situations have emerged this season. First of all, in the contest between the Lakers, who have the Children of the Wind and the Black Mamba in the West, and the Thunder, Kobe Bryant's average contribution per game is 23.8 points, 3.3 rebounds and 2.1 assists! Nash had 7.6 points, 1.5 rebounds and 8.4 assists!
With such a performance, the Lakers still did not advance to the Western Conference Final Four! On the other hand, Westbrook's 25.4 points, 6.9 rebounds and 6.1 assists are compared with George's 27.3 points, 3.9 rebounds and 1.6 assists, which can also see how hard the Thunder have fought in the playoffs this season!
In an interview, Wei Shao said that he did not use George as a rescue for the team after entering the playoffs! His good play is naturally what the team wants to see, but he will not slack off because of the addition of pickled peppers!
Westbrook on the field did exactly that! The fast attack and competitive form of the two also infected the rest of the team! So far, there is only one group of teams that have continued to play the first round of the playoffs.
Originally, the Nets won Game 5 and only needed to win again. However, he was pulled back by the Hawks at his team's home court.
The rest of the teams are now in a state of rest. Nets coaches are still debating how to play the Hawks in their final game. In this playoffs, Brooklyn is indeed more variable.
In the past, teams were either eliminated or swept out of the second round when they entered the first round of the playoffs...... The reason is that there is not one or several very good and experienced players in the team!
And this year's game is different for the Nets! They welcomed Griffin, a top striker! But the instability is that it's only the first year of the team.
Therefore, in the continuous adjustment of the team, there are still times when there is not much tacit understanding! But the player is now playing too much of a role in Brooklyn! Mozgov and Russell have also played well this season!
"Tactically, that's basically all we have. Assign the task and it's up to the players to see how much they can do next. I'm sure they can do a good job! The Atlanta Hawks are basically seeing that right now. ”
"Coach, I'll pour you a glass of water, who else? Wait for me, let's have a drink per person," Borg said immediately after seeing the tired teaching assistants around him and Chen Yinan, whose voice was not very comfortable.
"Oh, okay, thank you. For now, wait," Chen immediately took the water handed to him by Borg, and the other coaches drank it one after another.
"They still have a relatively small number of star players. Schroeder is one now. But the rest of the players are basically blue-collar or elite blue-collar. Therefore, the opposing team basically relies on the overall operation to find opportunities and quickly expand their lead. If we defend in place, we will have a better chance of winning! And in terms of offense, the opponent also has the strength to win us. Then it depends on the efficiency of the other end and the score is more."
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"I watched a recent episode. Now their bet video is about to surpass 8 million hits online! Originally, the host said that the Nets were basically going to be swept by Atalanta, but now look at it, the Nets and they played 3:3! I'm really sweating for him, remember to be mentally prepared after you see my show, isn't it just kissing your friend's ass~"
As the tug-of-war between the Hawks and the Nets continues to this point, the buzz about that bet is starting to heat up online! This final seventh game also caught everyone's attention! Some viewers even feel like they're starting to get lively now.
Basically, all I care about now is which team can advance to compete with the 76ers! Chen is now just concentrating on thinking about what advantages his team has not yet taken advantage of, so that the team can have a greater chance of winning in the later games.
For the Philadelphia 76ers, without Iverson, Embiid and their team's scoring linemen and guards would be a headache. One of the reasons this team is now able to advance to the first round of the playoffs is that they can play well without Iverson.
Then the answer is less to do in the game.
Coming to the home court of the Hawks, it feels like neither the Hawks nor the fans here tonight have any intention of letting their guard down on the Nets!
"That's ......"
"I haven't seen the obstacles that prevent us from shooting. You haven't paid much attention, there's been a lot of action lately," Welch said to Chen.
"Does it work?"
"Just don't look at it, if you concentrate on playing, it won't be affected much."
A moment later, Budenholzer also appeared on the sidelines. He smiled when he saw Chen.
"Young man, you can~ It seems that we are going back early this season," the two walked in each other's direction for a while, and when they saw that they were not a few steps away from Chen, Budenholzer said lightly.
"We want to get in, so there's always a team that's going to be out." Chen said with a little seriousness to the Eagles coach who had brought his boss.
"Haha! That's right! We've got to get out of the game. If it's us who are out, maybe it's because we were too relaxed in the game. It's one thing to think about the players, it's another thing for them to do. So sometimes they have to pay for some of their actions, and our coaches follow suit. ”
"I've experienced that if they don't listen to you, you can't help it," Chen remembered at this time that he and Atkinson were talking about when some Nets players began to play negatively.
"Alright, we should know who's going to make the cut when we talk here again. If you're eliminated, I also feel like you're not the Nets you used to be, and Atkinson isn't wrong. I'm okay with both cases."
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The Hawks' starters for this game were Plumlee, Ilyasova, Kent, Schroder, and Belineri, while the Nets were Mozgov, Griffin, Mike, Jeremy Lin and Russell.
It can be seen that both teams should be in earnest! There's nothing else in it. Come up and fight each other! The Eagles' offense should be sharp!
Their Ilyasova, Schroeder, Belineri and Kent are all good attacking players! Plumlee has a decent performance in both the bounce and defense.
In addition to Mike, the Nets hope that in terms of guards, they can strive for as many score advantages as possible, and have better rhythm control and control of the whole court on the court.
It's game on! Mozgov immediately jumped up and got the basketball and passed the ball to Lin not far away! Griffin took Jeremy Lin's ball and immediately flew to dunk to score points! 2:0!
After playing all season, some teams have only discovered why Brooklyn was fighting so hard to get Griffin! What stands out for him is his ability to score individually, and there are many things he does well!
So far, his advantages have also been shown! With him or not, it's really a big difference! The Nets have had some games this season when they were about to lose the win, and Griffin stepped up right away! Sometimes they even take over the game outright!
The opposing team will have a lot of headaches for him, unless a player who is good at height and foot movement can defend him more effectively. Otherwise, some players in his flexible movement were directly thrown away by him a certain distance, and his jump shot was more accurate at this time.