Chapter 294: The First Day
Heading into the playoffs, the Warriors' 12-man roster was decided. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Point guards: Byron Davis, Derrick Fisher
Shooting guards: Jason Richardson, John Salmons
Small forwards: Mike Dunleavy, Edondo Nahoola, Calbert Channey
Power forwards: Troy Murphy, Suan Sesse
Centre-forwards: Jandy, Alanardo Foyer, Andrés Viedrins.
The remaining two players, such as Dominican defender Luz Flores and Mexican center forward Zaco Cabakappa, failed to make the squad, and the competition for the 12th man in the team was fierce.
As long as the rest of the Warriors aren't injured, neither of them will have a chance to make the playoffs.
However, the Latvian media was very excited, and Beedrins, who had little chance to perform at the beginning of the season, had several games towards the end of the season, and finally managed to make the playoffs, fulfilling his talent as a high-pick rookie. According to the media, Andres smiled slightly, having won the trust of the bishop.
The Spurs are the most balanced team in the league, and after O'Neal traveled east, Duncan returned to protecting the rim closer to the basket, and although he was called a power forward, he actually did the work of a center.
The preseason bracket table shows that ESPN has invited a group of experts to predict the game, and the NBA's official website has also launched a prize guess to see who can guess the outcome of the game.
Pacers and Celtics, the Celtics are too far ahead of the Pacers, plus the Pacers were able to make the playoffs, thanks to the rejuvenated play of veteran Reggie Miller. The Pacers' roster is flawed, and at Pierce's point, there are no outside players to restrict.
The Rockets and Mavericks basically predict that the Mavericks can defeat the Rockets, and even solve it within six games. But it can't be said that the Rockets are completely hopeless, or from the perspective of the integrity of the lineup, the Mavericks want to beat the Rockets, including Dampier who can resist people on the inside, Nowitzki who pulls out to attack, and first-class players such as Terry and Finley on the outside, and the Rockets, only Maddie and Yao Ming.
If you want to beat the Mavericks, you have to have someone break out at these two points.
The 76ers and the Pistons, the Pistons are the defending champions, and they are all optimistic that the Pistons will sweep the 76ers, and if the 76ers can win one game, it must be Iverson who scores more than 50 points.
The King and the SuperSonics, two offensive powerhouses compete, but the key is defense, once the SuperSonics are shot, they can open up with all the teams in the league, but once they make mistakes, they may also lose to some very weak teams, and the Kings deal with the details well, not necessarily unable to win.
Experts predict that the Kings and the SuperSonics could play seven games.
And in the game between the Spurs and the Warriors, no one is optimistic about the Warriors because the Warriors are really too young.
The Spurs are the league's powerhouse, and the Warriors are the leader of the youth team. Duncan is the league's top three stars, although Yang Di is excellent in defense, but most of the time only excellent in defense, in one-on-one defense, Yang Di is not particularly good at losing points per round, compared with Duncan, it is obviously a big difference.
Experts favor the Warriors to win at least one game, as the Spurs' perimeter defense isn't particularly good, with Byron Davis and Richardson and Bruce Bowen only being able to defend one. And if young Parker and Davis are put in the opposite position, it is directly equivalent to a misalignment.
On the afternoon of the 22nd, Anne returned.
After returning from New York for a flight, I flew for six or seven hours, and I was very tired.
Sitting in Yang Di's Humvee, Anne was standing there.
Yang Di said with some distress: "You can come back in two days, anyway, we are going to San Antonio tomorrow." ”
"When the Heat played last year, I didn't come to cheer you on," Annie crossed her legs, put down her chair and lay down in a different position, "and then you got injured and I couldn't spare time to see you, you must be disappointed." Now that I finally have time to accompany you, I will definitely come over. ”
"It's okay, I understand."
"I know you understand, and I know that deep down you are the character of a good old man."
"Angrily collect a good guy card."
Anne smiled: "So you don't know how to refuse others, you have always been responsive, fortunately your friends are relatively good, and there is no such special trickery, if you are like Iverson, there are fox friends everywhere, maybe your assets will be consumed by those people." ”
"When it comes to money, I'll be alert." Yang Di retorted that in essence, he and Iverson were two kinds of people.
Anne suddenly came up and kissed Yang Di on the cheek, "But your handling of women is not certain, if I ask you for money, will you not give it?" ”
Yang Di was dumbfounded, "Give you as much as you want." ”
Anne smiled: "So in fact, it's still the same, he values righteousness, and you value affection." You've given us a lot of stuff. ”
"I don't know how to express my feelings, and I think giving something is the best way to express my emotions."
Anne covered her mouth with a smile.
Although Yang Di likes to make money, he has always been very generous in spending money, he gave Nancy a sports car, and gave Tang Xinran, Anne and others a lot of gifts.
On the 23rd, the opening game of the NBA playoffs began, and the Warriors flew to San Antonio to start preparing for training a day earlier.
In the game of the day, the Celtics defeated the Pacers by a huge margin of 102-82.
Then the Pistons defeated the visiting 76ers at home, also by a huge margin of 106-85.
The two consecutive big-score games made people suddenly aware of the huge difference in strength between the teams in the east, and some doubted whether there would be an upset in the west.
As a result, in the third game, the Rockets challenged the Mavericks away.
Maddy scored 34 points and six assists to lead the Rockets to a 98-86 lead to an upset win over the Mavericks.
Yao Ming did not perform well, only 11 points and 8 rebounds, but he guarded the restricted area well, Nowitzki had a bad hand, and with only 5 of 19 shots in the game, the Mavericks couldn't open the situation at all.
Such a sudden turn of the game made the hearts of Chinese fans excited, and they believed more than the Warriors that the Rockets had a chance to break through the first round.
In the fourth game, the SuperSonics defeated the Kings 87-82, which was obviously two offensive teams, but they played the points of defensive teams. Both teams made a lot of mid-range shots, and as a result, the Kings grabbed 21 frontcourt rebounds, and the SuperSonics grabbed 22 frontcourt rebounds.
The competition in the west is obviously much more intense than in the east, and the gap between the upper and lower teams is not as big as expected.
The next day, at the home of the Spurs, the Warriors were fully prepared to start the first game of the playoffs.