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In the East, except for Lin Tian and the Knicks who easily swept the Heat, the other three matchups did not result in a sweep.

The second-ranked Pistons in the Eastern Conference faced off against the seventh-ranked young Bulls. The defending champions showed their strong and fierce defense from the start, winning two games at home with 70:81 and 65:73, taking the initiative in the series.

In the third game of the series, Gordon, the absolute core of the Bulls, played a very amazing performance. He was assisted by God in both inside and outside shots. He scored 7 three-pointers and a career-high 44 points in a single game.

Ben Gordon's crazy success motivated the Bulls to fight for their lives. They defended the United Center and won a hard-fought victory!

But Gordon's explosion was only temporary. In the following fourth game, Brown deliberately arranged Hamilton and Billups to target Ben Gordon. Facing two defensive stalwarts and the league's best defensive system, Gordon quickly lost himself.

In this game, he made only 14 of 4 shots and 3 of 6 three-pointers. In this situation of an angel in one game and a devil in the other, the Bulls simply lost the fourth game of the series.

The score is 1:3 behind the Pistons!
In the fifth game of the series, the Pistons did not give the Bulls any chance. They played at home and used defense to overwhelm the Bulls from the start. Then they established an advantage and then completely exhausted the Bulls like a frog in boiling water.

4: 1!

The Pistons swept the Bulls and advanced to the Eastern Conference semifinals!
Then it was the third-placed Celtics versus the sixth-placed Cleveland Cavaliers. Judging from the records of both teams and the quality of their respective stars in this round of games, most fans were actually more optimistic about the Celtics!
After all, they have a tenacious defense and a perfect system, and their advantage in the interior is also quite obvious. Although the team is missing Marbury, the starting guard last season, the team's strength is still quite strong! They are the team that pushed the Knicks into a desperate situation last season!

But when the game started, everyone found that this was not the case at all!

The Celtics' proud defense could not stop Wade's breakthrough and impact!

In the first game of the series, they suffered a heavy blow at home. They were caught off guard by Wade's 37 points and lost the first game of the series.

Although the Celtics won two games in a row thanks to the performance of Duncan and Pierce and regained the home advantage, Wade broke out again in the fourth game of the series. He scored 44 points from inside and outside shots, and went to the free throw line 22 times. In the final moments, he even knocked Duncan down!

With Wade going crazy, the Celtics lost Game 4 of the series.

The two sides tied 2:2!
Under such circumstances, the following battle of Tianwang Mountain naturally became a decisive battle for every inch of land!

In this game, the Celtics, playing at home, relied on their home-court advantage, experience and Duncan's stable performance to fight the Cavaliers for a full 47 minutes!

Until the last minute, the two sides were actually tied.

At this time, Duncan stood up again! He first scored 2 points with a back hook on the offensive end, and then capped Wade when he broke into the penalty area.

Finally, it was the basket again, and Duncan's most familiar 45-degree angle shot.

"Pah, swish!"

Two almost connected sounds rang out at the same time. Duncan used his 2 attacks and 1 defense to give the team a 15-point advantage in the last 4 seconds!

This 4-point advantage directly laid the foundation for the Celtics' victory!

The Celtics then defended the Cavaliers' desperate 3-pointer and won the game with a 4-point advantage!

It's a pity that they only won this one game. When they returned to Cleveland, Wade was in great form again, scoring 41 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists. He attacked the inside again and again, threw himself into the sky and then fell to the ground, which attracted countless fans.

This series has become the best series in Wade's career so far, and it is also the most popular series!

The exclusive term "Wade fall" officially entered the public's field of vision starting from this series!

In Game 5, the Cavaliers narrowly won by points, and the two sides entered the final Game !

I don’t know if it was because both sides in the seventh game were too tired or too nervous, but they played very badly and their shooting percentages were shockingly low.

Whether it was Duncan, Pierce, Wade or Hughes, they all played extremely disappointingly.

But if everyone disappoints together, it means that the score can never be widened!

The game lasted until the last minute, and the score between the two sides was still 1:67!

The score of both sides did not exceed 70! In fact, this score had been maintained for more than 2 minutes!

Neither side has received any points in a long time.

At this time, the Cavaliers were leading.

When Duncan once again came to the low post to ask for the ball, hoping to score another goal with his personal ability, this time Wade became the hero!
Wade came from the wing to assist, jumped high, and slapped Duncan's jump shot away. At the same time, Hughes was quick to grab the basketball that Wade had slapped away, and the Cavaliers launched a counterattack!

Hughes dribbled to the frontcourt, and after looking around, he suddenly made a decision that was enough to stop the heartbeat of the entire Cleveland.

This guy who only made 18 of 6 shots tonight suddenly stopped and made a long 2-pointer!
Even Wade frowned and wanted to shout NO!
At this time, shooting this kind of ball is really stupid!

This choice is extremely bad!
then.

"Shh!"

After a crisp sound, the Cavaliers' lead reached 6 points! With only 40 seconds left in the game, they almost secured the victory!

"Nice shot Larry!" Wade was the first to shout out and hugged his partner.

After this goal, the Cavaliers are stable!
However, the Celtics did not give up. In the last 40 seconds, they first applied for a timeout, and then Pierce received the ball and forced a 3-pointer! Then the Celtics quickly fouled Wade.

With Wade making both free throws, the Celtics called their last timeout.

Then it was Pierce again. He caught the ball in the corner again, drifted 3 points and forced a shot and made it!
With 29 seconds left, the Celtics narrowed the gap to just 2 points.

Then there was another foul, and Wade made both free throws!
But then, Pierce's magic ended and he failed to hit the third three-pointer.

Although Dwight Howard grabbed the frontcourt rebound under the basket, he didn't have time to pass the ball before he was caught by Big Z with great wit.

Go take the free throw!

With 19 seconds left in the game, the Cavaliers sent Howard, whose free throw shooting percentage this season was only 53%, to the free throw line!

Then, with two muffled sounds that made the whole of Cleveland happy and Boston extremely painful, Howard missed both free throws!

This time, Big Z got the rebound. Although the Celtics did not give up and sent him to the free throw line again, after he made both free throws and widened the point difference to 2 points again, the Celtics' chances were completely gone. They could not catch up.

In the last 10 seconds or so, the Celtics seemed to be struggling helplessly, fighting a futile battle like a trapped beast.

As the final whistle sounded at the end of the game, the Celtics lost the seventh game at home!
They were eliminated in the first round!

Even though they had a huge advantage in lineup and the whole team was united, they still lost the game at home.

As the game was coming to an end, Auerbach sat alone in his box, looking tense, biting his lips and saying nothing.

If his old opponents such as Jerry West saw Auerbach now, they would definitely be able to see what he was thinking.

This old man wants to change his formation!

He must be quite dissatisfied and unhappy with the team's performance.

With this group of players on the Celtics, there will inevitably be huge changes this summer.

The deal will definitely happen!

The only suspense may be who will leave and who will come!
After the game, Wade, who led his team to break through the first round again, was excited and yelled. He always wanted to prove that he was no worse than Anthony and James! He was the best among the 03 generation!

The matchup between the Cavaliers and the Celtics is definitely the most exciting and wonderful round of the entire first round of eight series this year!
Compared with their excitement and thrill, the game between the Wizards and the Nets on the other side was somewhat boring.

The records of these two teams are the closest among the four groups in the Western Conference, and the fourth vs. fifth has always been considered the most exciting and most likely to produce a classic series matchup among all the games in the first round.

In addition, the Nets have the trio of Carter, Kidd and Yao Ming, and the Wizards have also formed a troika of Arenas, Butler and Jamison this year. The trio against the trio, theoretically, this series should be quite exciting.

But when the game started, everyone found that this was not the case.

It’s not like the series was one-sided.

On the contrary, the two sides fought back and forth, one battle at a time, all the way to the decisive battle.

Unfortunately, although the scores of the series were close, the content of the games was lackluster. Regardless of who won or lost, the final score difference of each game was more than 10 points. It can be said that there were no key moments in each game, and the games lost suspense early on.

This round of the series was therefore directly called "the most intense fight between weak teams" or "the most boring evenly matched match".

In short, the two teams tied 2:2 in the first four games, and then when it came to the decisive battle, the Wizards finally found some feeling!
Arenas took the lead in this game, scoring a nice 44 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists, while Carter on the opposite side failed to give a matching response tonight. The gap between the two teams' top scorers led to the outcome of this game.

The Wizards won the decisive battle away from home and took the absolute initiative in the series!
Then, in the following Game 33, the Wizards returned to Washington and continued their efforts, not giving the Nets a chance to extend the series. They fought hard that night, with Jamison scoring 11 points and 25 rebounds, and Butler also scoring points!
Coupled with Arenas' triple-double performance of 28 points, 10 rebounds and 12 assists, the three horses worked together to successfully eliminate the Nets, the backbone of the Eastern Conference in the past few years, and the Wizards successfully advanced to the second round!

Their opponent is this year's league champion, the New York Knicks, who have returned with the fire of revenge!

And because these two teams are offensive teams that focus on quick transitions between offense and defense, their matchup is highly anticipated by countless people!

I hope they can put on an exciting offensive battle!

As for the other group, it is the Cavaliers vs. the Pistons.

Wade, who completely destroyed the Celtics in the first round, will be able to maintain his top performance in the second round against the Pistons, who have better defense, more balanced play, and more ferocious moves?

And can the Pistons strangle Wade in the second round just like they strangled Ben Gordon in the first round and continue to defend their position as the dominant team in the Eastern Conference?
It can be said that these two rounds of series in the Eastern Conference are full of highlights!

The two semifinal matchups in the Eastern Conference have been settled, and the first-round matchups in the Western Conference naturally ended almost at the same time.

The Mavericks led by Nowitzki met the Jazz, who featured twin towers. Although the two teams with completely different styles were ranked first and eighth, the difference in wins was only 11 games! The Jazz is also a serious 50-win team!
Therefore, the matchup between the two teams was not one-sided. The Mavericks won the first two games, and the Jazz also defended their home court. The two sides tied 2:2 in the first four games!

The crucial battle of Tianwang Mountain turned into a head-on confrontation between the leaders of both sides!
In this game, Nowitzki scored a big double-double of 44 points and 12 rebounds, while O'Neal on the opposite side also had an amazing output of 39 points and 19 rebounds!
With the two top inside players almost completely swapping positions, the person who finally decided the game was the Mavericks' second-in-command Jason Terry!
'Jet' Terry withstood the pressure in the final period of the fourth quarter and made two consecutive 3-pointers from the top of the arc, helping the team take the lead and maintain the lead until the end!
After the Mavericks won the decisive battle at home, they were not at all inferior on the road. With their morale completely boosted, they eliminated the Jazz in Salt Lake City and advanced to the second round of the Western Conference!
The Suns, the second-best offensive team in the Western Conference, faced the Clippers in the first round, a team that had not made the playoffs in more than a decade.

In addition to the amazing performance of team leader Brand, who had the best year of his career this year, the Clippers also recruited the old goblin Cassell from the Timberwolves and found the devilish muscleman Maggette.

In addition to these three core players, the team also has many experienced veterans. Relying on such a group of people, the Clippers finally made a comeback this year, not only successfully entering the playoffs, but also winning the team's first 25-win season in 50 years!
It can be said that this long-standing poor team in the league has finally got a chance to turn things around.

In the game against the Suns, the Clippers also attacked the inside with all their strength, bringing Brand's advantages to the extreme!
Throughout the series, Brand averaged 33 points, 13 rebounds and 3 blocks per game! He had the same influence as O'Neal! With his crazy performance, the two teams also made it all the way to the seventh game!

In the crucial seventh game, both teams played in excellent competitive form, and the two teams fought all the way to the last moment of regular time!
In the last 3 minutes of regular time, the Suns once had a 5-point advantage!

However, they suddenly lost power in the last 3 minutes of the game and did not score a single point in the entire 3 minutes!
This three-minute scoring drought also gave the Clippers an opportunity.

Brand drew a foul and made two free throws to narrow the gap to 3 points. Then Cassell stepped up and hit a fatal 40-pointer with 3 seconds left to tie the score!
In the final 40 seconds, neither side was able to score again and the game entered the first overtime.

In the first overtime, the scoring efficiency of both sides still did not improve, and the game was still very close, but the Clippers relied on their advantage in the interior and always had a slight lead.

In the last 4 seconds of the first overtime, the Clippers still had a 1-point advantage. At this time, Nash, who was in control of the ball, made a fatal mistake! He was directly intercepted by Cassell one-on-one!

Although Nash quickly counterattacked and committed a foul, sending Cassell to the free throw line, the Suns only had 3 seconds left.

Next, Cassell made two free throws, and the Suns called a timeout and served the ball from the sideline.

The hero this time is Raja Bell, a strong player introduced by the Suns in the summer!
This guy received the ball on the wing and threw it directly. After hitting the 3-pointer, the two sides entered the second overtime!
By the second overtime, the 37-year-old Cassell was clearly overdrawn. He was so tired that he could hardly stand. Helplessly, the Clippers coach had to replace him with Livingston, who had just returned from a horrific injury.

But unfortunately, Livingston failed to withstand the pressure. His performance in the second overtime was disastrous, with 2 turnovers and 2 missed shots, which directly ruined the Clippers' hopes of advancing to the second round.

The Suns seized the opportunity and scored 14:7 in the second overtime, advancing to the second round with a 7-point advantage!

In this game, both sides gave their all. Brand scored comprehensive statistics of 33 points, 15 rebounds, 5 blocks and 5 assists. The old goblin Cassell scored 32 points. His steal at the end of the first overtime almost saved the team!

In addition to the two core players, 'Old Cat' Mobley, Radmanovich and Chris Kaman also scored double-digit points, giving strong support to the team leaders.

The Suns on the other side squeezed their main players to the extreme this evening. D'Antoni, who doesn't like rotations or using too many players, only used 7 players tonight, and James Jones only played for 16 minutes.

It can be said that he almost used 6 people to cover the entire game and two overtimes! This number sounds crazy enough.

That night, Marion scored a big double-double of 36 points and 20 rebounds, Kenyon Martin scored 25 points and 8 rebounds, Nash scored 17 points and 13 assists, Bell scored 22 points, and Barbosa, who came off the bench, also scored 15 points!
In this game, three players of the Suns played for more than 3 minutes, and two played for more than 50 minutes! They really burned out their main force, and really used up their last bullet to finally advance! (End of this chapter)