NBA: Start by torturing Jordan and add points to upgrade

The eldest and second oldest have already exchanged their pieces, so now it’s up to the third oldest!
While the top two players of each team played quite well, the third players on both sides performed poorly.

Bosh was beaten dizzy by Brand, and Maggette was beaten blind by James. The status of these two in this series has declined from "key figures" before the start of the series to "contributions if they don't fall behind" in the end!
These two people have played the worst series in their careers!

If the third one doesn’t work, then we have to rely on the fourth one!

Mobley and Francis!

These two people can finally be considered as players who play the same position, and both of them are the type with strong scoring ability and almost negligible defensive level.

整轮系列赛，莫布里是场均12分3篮板5助攻，弗朗西斯场均13分2篮板4助攻！

Exchanged.

Another exchange!

If the fourth one can't do it, then we have to look at the elder one...

Forget it! There is no need to continue watching! From the performance of the above players, we can see that both teams fought hard but could not gain any advantage over each other. The two sides played extremely tense, from the first game of the series to the seventh game of the series!

In the first six games, the two sides were fighting back and forth, you take one shot and I take another!

从1：0到1：1，从2：1到2：2。

In the end, both sides fought all the way to a decisive seventh game!

Even in the seventh game, both sides were evenly matched until the very last moment!
In the last 2 minutes of the seventh game, the Clippers once had a 2-point lead!

Davis also successfully intercepted James' pass and immediately passed it to Maggette who was running fast.

As long as Maggette can make this shot, the Clippers' chances of winning and advancing will skyrocket!
But who would have thought that just as Maggette was about to make a layup, a big hand reached out from behind and slapped the basketball that Maggette had just shot.

A nail plate blood cap!
Needless to say, among the players on both sides, the only one who can still muster such physical strength and fighting spirit at this point in the game is James!

James hugged the basketball, turned around and launched a rapid counterattack, then stood at the top of the arc, and after a screen, he decisively shot a three-pointer!

"Boom!"

Not entering!

Just when the San Antonio players were covering their heads in near despair, O'Neal under the basket once again burst out with his domineering power, hitting the basketball out of the three-point line and back into James' hands.

This time, James did not shoot when facing an open space, but passed the ball to Finley, who passed it to Bosh on the other side.

This time, Bosh, who was abused throughout the series, finally rose up!
Outside the 3-point line, with Brand's long arms, he made a desperate 3-point shot!
This goal allowed the Spurs to overtake by 1 point!
It also made the whole San Antonio boil!
In the next minute or so of the game, the Clippers suddenly lost their aim on the offensive end. They shot many times but always failed!

Whether it was Brand's strong inside attack, Davis's 3-point shot, or Mobley's breakthrough layup, all ended in vain!

After a series of missed shots, the Clippers failed to score even a single point in the last two minutes of the game!
As the Spurs seized the opportunity, Francis and Finley made two free throws under the Clippers' foul tactics, which completely killed the game!

The Clippers lost the good situation and lost the seventh game by 5 points, and were eliminated!
The Spurs' opponent is a team that has just eliminated their old rival in the past few years!
The Lakers, third in the Western Conference, face the Timberwolves, sixth in the Western Conference!

This is the fourth consecutive time that the Lakers and the Timberwolves have met in the playoffs!

The first time the two teams met was in the Western Conference Finals, when the Timberwolves successfully defeated the Lakers and advanced to the Finals!
And the two times that followed, whether it was the second game of the Western Conference Finals or the first round of last season, the Lakers won in the end!

This season, these two teams that were full of confidence but could never win the championship have undergone tremendous changes. The Timberwolves lost Iverson and the Lakers traded O'Neal.

The main new players of the two teams are Kidd and McGrady!

Compared to the bloody battle between the Spurs and the Clippers, where they were not satisfied even after beating the opponent to death, and had to take out the opponent's testicles with a knife and crush them on the ground before they could go home and sleep comfortably, the two teams in this round played relatively less passionately!

The Lakers easily won two games in a row at home and defended their home court. Then the Timberwolves pulled one back at home and the score became 1:2!

But in the next most crucial fourth game, the Timberwolves failed to defend their home court. The Lakers relied on Kobe and McGrady to score 79 points together and successfully won the game, gaining a huge advantage of 3:1 in the series!
But just when everyone thought that the Lakers could win the series in one fell swoop after returning to their home court, an accident occurred!
During a breakthrough in the second quarter, McGrady accidentally twisted his knee, and his entire knee was in a dislocated position!
Just looking at it can make people shudder!

This is definitely the most serious injury McGrady has ever suffered in his career!
After this incident, this unfortunate guy was directly put on a stretcher and sent to the hospital!
And because of McGrady's injury, the distracted Lakers also lost this game which should have been a battle for promotion!
The next day, McGrady's test results came out.

His cruciate ligament and meniscus all suffered extremely severe damage because of this!

He will have to undergo surgery next, and the estimated recovery time is 6-8 months!

McGrady's season is over early!
Not only this season, but even next season, McGrady may not be able to make it to training camp and the opening game!

This guy suffered an extremely serious injury that was enough to destroy his career!
As for whether he can come back in the end and what kind of condition he will be in after returning, only God knows!
In the sixth game of the series, as if he was stimulated by learning that his friend suffered a serious injury and was about to leave his peak, the single-core Kobe broke out again in this game!

彻底的爆发！他内突外投，全场比赛35投19中，其中3分球7投3中，罚球10罚9中，全场狂轰50分8篮板4助攻！

Under Kobe's extreme madness and complete outburst, no one in the poorly attacking Timberwolves could match his firepower!
Garnett had 18 points, 14 rebounds and 7 assists, Kidd had 9 points, 9 rebounds and 8 assists. The two superstars failed to score 30 points combined. The fate of the Timberwolves was naturally self-evident.

The Lakers eliminated the Timberwolves for the third time in a row, becoming Minnesota's biggest victim! But the Lakers also lost one of their core players, Tracy McGrady, and whether they can still pose a threat to the Spurs has become an unknown!

The original gimmick of O'Neal and McGrady respectively facing their former team and old partner was reduced to half in the blink of an eye.

But even so, there is Los Angeles and Kobe, O'Neal and James!

This round of the series will not be ugly, and the attention of this round of the series will not be low!

Even though McGrady is missing, Kobe, the most stubborn, paranoid and unwilling to admit defeat in the entire league, will never just surrender.

The last matchup in the Western Conference is between the Mavericks and the Nuggets!
Both teams are led by top European power forwards: Nowitzki and Milicic!

In addition, both teams have an excellent guard who is good at scoring: Terry and Billups!

Finally, the head coaches of both teams can be regarded as first-class coaches.

George Karl and General Johnson!
Just by looking at the names and core players of these two teams, you can guess what the focus of the games between these two teams will be.

Nowitzki VS Milicic!

These two top forwards from Europe will compete to see who is better in this round of the series!
The first four games of this series were also very tense and difficult to decide.

诺维斯基在第二和第三场比赛中分别轰下41分9篮板和44分15篮板的完美数据，他也带领小牛拿下了这两场比赛！而米利西奇则是分别在第一和第四场比赛之中轰下38分20篮板和37分17篮板的大号两双！在他的带领之下，掘金队也如愿拿下了这两场！

2:2 flat!
Another showdown in the Western Conference has reached the decisive battle!
And at this point, when the two power forwards have given their all, it is the turn of the rest of the players to take control of the game!
Chauncey Billups!

This big-hearted player who won the Finals MVP finally broke out in the decisive battle!
他22投13中，3分球9投6中，罚球8罚7中，轰下39分8次助攻的完美数据！

Under his leadership, the Nuggets successfully broke through! They won the away game! After getting the match point, the next thing they have to do is to defend their home court!

The sixth game of the series also became the most brutal showdown between the two sides!
Both sides strengthened their defense and increased their confrontation, and the match became more and more like a wrestling battle between two Europeans!

Nowitzki only made 21 of 7 shots that night and scored only 20 points, but he attacked wildly and grabbed an astonishing 18 rebounds!
Milicic was in a similar condition, also only making 20 of 6 shots and scoring 18 points, but he also put a lot of experience on the rebounds, grabbing 21 rebounds in the game!
And from the performance of these two people, it can be seen that this game is a battle of iron shots!
A bad shooting battle means that both sides are very inefficient, scoring is slow, and it is very difficult to widen the score gap!
The bloody battle in the sixth game lasted until the last 2 minutes of the game and the two sides were still tied!
And at this time, an important moment that could affect the entire series appeared!
Billups broke through and shook off Nowitzki, then leaned on him and successfully tricked Nowitzki into committing his sixth foul!
Nowitzki was sent off!
The Mavericks lost their absolute main force and first core, and they immediately lost their backbone!

Although Terry is still in the team, it is obvious that Terry cannot shoulder the leadership responsibilities in this kind of game in terms of ability, prestige or personality!

In contrast to him is Billups, whose leadership qualities are so great that they seem to be overflowing from him!

The guy who caused the crucial foul went to the free throw line and made both free throws easily. The Nuggets finally took the lead again!

At this time, there were almost 3 minutes left until the end of the game, and with the difference between the two sides only 2 points, the Mavericks actually still had a good chance!
But the problem is, Nowitzki is not here!
After coming to the frontcourt, Terry seemed to be in a hurry to make achievements. He did not wait steadily for the opportunity, but directly jumped up after a single screen and took a long 3-point shot!
"Boom!"

But unfortunately, what greeted Terry was a terrible dull thud, and the basketball did not go in!
Milicic grabbed the backboard and raised his elbows fiercely, threatening everyone around him to stay away from him!
Then, after making sure that no one was looking for an opportunity to steal the ball, Milicic put the ball down and started dribbling forward.

After he dribbled all the way to the frontcourt, he took a quick look at the Mavericks' defensive position, and then this guy immediately showed why he was the second pick and why people say that European basketball is rising rapidly!

Because after this guy took a look at the opponent's defense line, he immediately planned a perfect route in his mind for him to shuttle through. Then Milicic accelerated suddenly without any cover, and in the blink of an eye he passed the first player defending him, then rushed into the inside and turned around to get rid of Dampier who was protecting the rim.

Finally, he jumped high and slammed the ball into the basket with both hands!

These two rounds of offense and defense also became the watershed of this game.

In the subsequent games, the Mavericks became more and more anxious, and the more anxious they became, the more confused they became, and the more confused they became, the harder it was to put the ball into the basket.

On the contrary, the Nuggets on the opposite side completely took control of the game at this time. Under the command of Billups, they played with measured advance and retreat, simple and efficient!
In the end, with Nowitzki's departure, the Mavericks also left!
The Nuggets made a run in the final moments of the game, defending the Denver Plateau with an 8-point advantage and advancing to the divisional semifinals!
Their opponent is the most capable and offensive running and gunning team in the league, the Suns!
In terms of the players' status and energy, the team's popularity and attention, and the hype of the game, this set of matches is the one with the least hype and the lowest attention among the four sets.

There is no way, because the other three groups of matches are either revenge battles, superstar battles, reunions of old teammates, or all three.

In short, the league and Stern are quite satisfied with this divisional semifinal!

Except for the Nuggets defeating the Mavericks, which resulted in Nowitzki and Nash not meeting again in the playoffs, and McGrady's serious injury that caused him to be reimbursed for the season, the other matchups can be regarded as the combinations that Stern wanted most.

Stern is 100% confident about the ratings and attention of the upcoming games!

In addition, during the interval between the first round of games, the league also released the results of the major awards of this season as usual!
The Best Rookie award was almost unanimously won by Brandon Roy of the Hawks. He averaged 16 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists per game this season. His comprehensive, cold-blooded, stable and efficient style of play won him many fans in the first year of his career.

At the same time, he and Johnson brought the long-weak Hawks back to the playoffs! Although they were swept away by the Celtics without any suspense, Atlanta people believe that they have found their puzzle for the next 10 years!
Then there is the best rookie team that has nothing to do with the Knicks. They only have one rookie this year, Shannon Brown, but apart from occasionally showing off a dunk in garbage time, this guy has completely failed to integrate into the team or enter the team's rotation.

So of course I won’t win any awards.

进入新秀第一阵容的除了罗伊，还有场均11分6篮板的巴尼亚尼，场均10分2篮板2助攻的兰迪·弗耶、场均10分4篮板的鲁迪·盖伊、场均14分5篮板的泰鲁斯·托马斯！
As for the second team, it is Millsap, Greg Smith, Walter Herman, Jorg Garbajosa and Rajon Rondo.

The reason why I want to specifically talk about this rookie lineup that has nothing to do with the Knicks is not for the sake of nonsense.

This is because the Bobcats' second pick Aldridge sat on the bench for the entire second half of the season. He only played 44 times throughout the season, averaging 9.1 minutes per game, scoring 3 points, 1 rebound and 0.4 blocks.

It’s water!

以及步行者队那位虽然场均能够送出12分3篮板2助攻，但命中率只有35%，并且因伤只出战了40场的亚当·莫里森。

Morrison's data seems to be much better than Aldridge's, but this is the data forced out by the bottom team with unlimited firing rights!

In other words: no matter how you play or how you perform, you can only play like this and you will get hurt if you are touched.

Morrison, there is a high probability that he has failed!

Bird and Jordan both chose water!

For others, it's just a spice in their daily lives.

But for Lin Tian, ​​this is definitely a good thing worth celebrating!

He sent a text message to Jordan and Bird without hesitation.

“Do you need a recommendation service for new talents?”

"Yes." Bird was as thick-skinned as ever and directly expressed his need for help.

"Get out!" Jordan thought that Lin Tian had harmed him by specifically recommending him a fake product, which brought shame to him.

"Don't pick Oden!"

No matter what the attitudes of these two are, Mr. Lin is very particular!

I sent a message to both of them at the same time, saying that this is my answer to them and they are welcome.

Looking at Lin Tian's text message, Bird and Jordan reached a consensus in their minds and radio waves at this moment.

"Fuck you!"

This bastard is now lying to people without even mentioning the Basic Law? He is just lying directly without any disguise, right?

Not choosing Oden?
What’s the difference between this and not selecting O’Neal in 92, not selecting Duncan in 97, not selecting Yao Ming in 01, and not selecting Howard in 04?
and many more!

It seems that there is someone who...

Yao Ming was not selected in 01, and Howard was not selected in 04?

He is worthy of being called the God of Basketball!

Awesome! Extraordinary! (End of this chapter)