The first round of the Eastern and Western playoffs was in full swing, and the first two games of all the first round matchups were over a day after the second game in Philadelphia and Chicago.

On the western side, the situation is largely unexpected.

The final regular season ranking in the West is still the Lakers, and after forming the combination of Sangao and Kobe, the Lakers have topped the Western Conference for three consecutive years. Although the record does not seem to be as strong as last season, it still has a 60-22 record, and in any year, it is a strong contender for the championship.

And everyone knows that it's the norm for the Lakers to make a bit of a fuss in the regular season. Not to mention the regular season, the Royal Army, which may already be the strongest team in the history of the league, even on the playoff stage, will have similar situations from time to time.

There is no other reason than because they are so strong, and the strong ones don't need to really work hard to easily defeat most opponents.

The Suns, who are second in the West, also have a slight drop from last season. This is related to the fact that in the regular season, the team's core player Steve Nash missed about ten games due to a back injury.

In the end, the Suns won 58 wins, and this year's Western Conference Finals may be the last chance for the Suns to try this five-star lineup. After Nash gets old, the growth of Xiao Si and Howard will sooner or later have a hint of the idea of being the boss themselves.

If these tridents are dismantled, there is no way to make much of a wave for the remaining Richardson and Hill people.

Third in the West is a little bit of a surprise, with the Dallas Mavericks, who fell in the first round in a row last season and last season, to 56 wins.

In fact, since the 2006 Finals, the Mavericks can be said to have been unlucky. The famous Wade Celestial God went down to win four games in a row, and the comeback to win perhaps the most exciting championship in history began. The Mavericks have suffered from black eight, black seven, unfavorable lineup run-in, aging players and so on.

Last season's Mavericks fell into the team's deepest slump since acquiring Nowitzki, and no one would have thought that they were still championship contenders and that it would be a blessing to be able to make it through the playoffs.

This season, most of the Mavericks' roster structure has not changed significantly, but they have received a rather dazzling and luxurious, but not necessarily familiar coaching staff if they don't know so much about world basketball.

Coach David Blatter, the European god of war, has won almost all the team honors and coaches' individual honors in European basketball, and can be said to be a figure of equal honor and winning generals in European basketball.

Former coach Junior General Johnson, after several all-night talks with Mark Cuban, agreed to stay as a defensive assistant coach. Considering that he has led the Mavericks to an astonishing 67-win season, it has to be said that it is quite a bit of courage to be able to put down his body at this moment and continue to coach with the Mavericks.

In terms of offensive assistant coaching, I don't know what kind of magic power Cuban used, inviting a figure who has gradually attracted attention in the NCAA basketball circle in the past two years, and is even three years younger than the team's main point guard Jason Kidd.

Brad Stevens, Brad Stevens began as the head coach of Butler University in 2007, and in two years, Butler University's record continued to soar. By the 2009-2010 season, some commentators even thought that Butler, with the addition of strong reinforcements, would break into FINAL-4.

And at this critical moment, Stevens was moved by Cuban's sincerity and chose to enter the NBA and directly challenge higher difficulties.

In the NCAA game later, some fatal flaws in the strength of Butler's team were revealed, and he stopped in the round of 16 and failed to create any great storms.

Stevens, who entered the NBA, brought a lot of new and interesting tactics to the Mavericks. The maturity and creativity on the offensive end have been improved, especially in the combing of the offensive rhythm, Stevens is also a mentor and friend to Kidd, and the two people of the same age have exchanged and discussed with each other, so that the Mavericks have unconsciously improved a lot.

However, in your and my timelines, we all know that if Stevens hadn't entered the NBA early, the next two years would have been the peak of his NCAA coaching career.

He will lead Butler University to the NCAA Finals for the second year in a row.

Blatter, on the other hand, will continue to rule in Europe for a few years until he comes to the Cleveland Cavaliers and starts the LeBron 2.0 era of the Cavaliers.

The appearance of Chen Mu has changed many things, butterfly wings are constantly flapping, and more and more unexpected changes have occurred. The Dallas Mavericks failed to get the desired Carlisle, so they simply started directly from European basketball and the NCAA, and built themselves up a super coach lineup that would be luxurious in a few years.

This coaching lineup, coupled with the players with extremely high basketball IQ of the Mavericks, when will they create their own waves?

Fourth in the West, the Portland Trail Blazers have finally blossomed and moved up to the top half of the West.

In Portland today, the growth of the players is becoming more and more eye-catching, especially the inside and outside combination of Roy, Aldridge, and Oden, who have played quite strongly at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends.

In fact, there have been many people discussing whether Portland's record will be improved if Portland's coach McMillan can delegate more power on the offensive and defensive ends and lead young Portland to play more creative basketball.

In Chen Mu's eyes, will Cheeks, who is most suitable to help Portland take off, will contact the Portland Trail Blazers?

Everything may be revealed one by one after the season has passed.

In the lower half of the West, the Denver Nuggets, Utah Jazz, San Antonio Spurs, and Oklahoma City Thunder are extremely close to each other in the big brawl of the four teams. And they all have more than 50 wins, and the situation of being strong in the west and weak in the east still seems to exist in the second half of the zone.

After the first two games, the situation in the first round of the West was basically dominated by the top horses.

First vs. eighth, the Lakers led the Thunder 2-0, and the young three young plus Jeff Green did not pose much of a threat to the Lakers.

In the second match against the seventh, the Suns and Spurs temporarily fought to a 1-1 draw.

But people who have watched the game know that the reason why the Spurs can win the second game on the road is directly related to the fact that the Suns' interior beast combination Howard and Xiaosi have committed too many fouls. Especially Xiao Si, as soon as his temper came up, he yelled at the referee a few times, and smashed the basketball on the floor, and was sent out after two technical fouls.

The Spurs have to step on the sun under the gram, and the difficulty is not ordinary.

Third vs. sixth, the Mavericks led the Utah Jazz 2-0. In this group of matchups, every bit of the Jazz's advantage was almost exactly restrained by the Mavericks.

Delong's strength and big-picture outlook lost his advantage when he met Kidd. On the contrary, the speed was not originally a hasty characteristic, which was just right for old Kidd's appetite.

Boozer's mid-range and back-to-back shots were several notches behind Dirk. In other positions, the Jazz team can't take advantage, and it's not strange that they have been beaten by two cities in a row.

The fourth-fifth matchup is relatively interesting, the game between the Trail Blazers and the Nuggets, the younger Trail Blazers are clearly playing more calm, and the Nuggets, who have a larger age structure, continue to play offense and defense. In both home games, the Trail Blazers successfully defended, 2-0, and there is no small hope of promotion.

In the east, the situation is more interesting.

"We're 2-0 up with the Cavaliers."

Before Game 3, the Philadelphia 76ers traveled to Chicago for an away show at the Union Center.

On the bus to the arena, Curry checked the message on his phone and talked about the situation in the east.

"It's not surprising that no one can guard against LeBron. Gerard Wallace can't, although the body is good, but LeBron's technique is too crushing the advantage. ”

Chen Mu leaned back on the seat to rest and spoke.

"You mean they can sweep too?"

Iverson asked from the side.

"Well, I think so, because it's similar to ours."

Chen Mu nodded and said: "If the Bobcat can't prevent LeBron, it means that it can't prevent the whole Cavaliers." ”

"What about the bull??"

Carney leaned in and asked.

"You can't stop me."

Chen Mu replied shamelessly.

“…… Beat!! ”

Iguodala couldn't take it anymore and stepped forward to take the lead in a violent beating.

"Ahem, then the third vs. sixth, oh, the Hawks and the Bucks are tied 1-1."

Curry continued to dutifully talk about the situation, in fact, these things players have been paying attention to for a long time. At this time, Curry was talking about someone else's game, but the Philadelphia players were listening to the situation of another team that they cared about very much.

"There is not much difference between these two teams who advance to the second round, and they can't beat the Cavaliers anyway."

Although it is said that LeBron is his mortal enemy, Chen Mu's mind is very clear, LeBron's strength is there, and the strength of the Cavaliers is also there. Neither the Hawks nor the Bucks are opponents of this Cavaliers.

"Well, the Knights' luck is good, and the opponents in the first and second rounds are not much of a threat."

Iverson nodded.

"Then came the fourth and fifth."

Curry didn't finish half a sentence here, and the whole bus fell silent.

If you listen carefully, you can even hear the breathing of the players getting a little heavy.

Fourth ...... in the East

"Celtics vs. Heat, 2-0, two big wins."

Curry said lightly.

"The Heat are actually not weak, this season."

Lowry spoke.

"There's no chance, against Boston."

Iverson's eyes were deep.

"In the playoffs, you will be a Super Saiyan...... That's exactly what happened. ”

Iguodala nodded.

"And ......"

Curry continued: "In Game 2 yesterday, Rondo had 37 points, 11 rebounds, 12 assists and a big triple-double ......"

"Crunch"

The bus stopped, and the conversation came to an abrupt end.

Chen Mu was the first to get up.

"Do what is in front of you first, and the opponent behind ......"

Chen Mu walked to the car door and looked back at his teammates, the flame in his eyes was still there, but it was hidden deeper.

"Let's kill ...... one by one!"

“…… Roar!!! ”

The flames ignited in the hearts of the Philadelphia players, and as they roared off the bus, they startled the reporters who were waiting.

What is this for??

What is Philadelphia going to do with Chicago......?!! (To be continued.) )