Legendary star

Chapter 628 Advancing to the Regional Finals
"Are we too weak? Or is the opponent too strong?" Arenas, who was sitting on the bench with a towel covering his head, looked up at the frozen scoreboard in the distance with a dull face, and at the same time reflected in his heart. I kept asking myself this question over and over again. The four-game series ended, and the season of the Wizards came to an end. Like last season, the Wizards were once again swept out by the Pacers. As a loser, Arenas began to win at the end of the game After reviewing myself, I was also looking for the shortcomings of myself and the team, with a view to making a comeback in the coming year.

The Pacers are very strong, with three consecutive NBA championships, the fourth team to create a dynasty in NBA history, the No.1 Meng Xu in the league, Jermaine O'Neal, the most powerful forward in the East, and James Powell West, Tyshawn Prince, NN Hilario and a large number of very good role players, but the Pacers are not invincible, at least in the regular season of this season, the Wizards have defeated The Pacers, and in the just-concluded playoffs, the Wizards did not have no chance at all. In the last two home games, the Wizards have the hope of winning, especially the third game that determines the trend of the entire series. The winner was decided at the last second before the end. If the Wizards could win that game, maybe it would be a completely different result now.

Is it because the teammates are too bad?Although the inside strength of the Wizards is more than one level behind that of the Pacers, the Wizards have an outside combination with the most offensive firepower in the entire league. The point guard Arenas, the swingman Caron Butler, and a three-man team. Antawn Jamison, who is capable of four, averaged 67 points per game in the regular season. In the series that eliminated the Bulls, the three were able to score 71 points, 23 rebounds and 14 assists per game. , Even in the series against the Pacers, they were able to average 58 points, 18 rebounds, and 13 assists per game, plus Brandon Haywood, who can contribute 8+8 data steadily, can Speaking of Arenas' teammates, they all tried their best in this round of the series, and their performances were all fully qualified, but the final result made their efforts all in vain.

"Gilbert, although you lost, I have to say that your performance was a little bit better than last year!" With disappointment and anger in his eyes, Meng Xu walked to the side of the Wizards' bench and found the dumbwaiter. Gilbert Arenas sat there without saying a word.

"You!" After hearing Meng Xu's almost mocking words, the Wizards on the bench stared angrily at Meng Xu standing in front of them. Like last season, this season they encountered the Pacers Wizards again. They were swept out again. Although the Wizards this season were completely different from last season's Wizards who had no power to fight back, the Pacers finally had the last laugh and eliminated the Wizards in four consecutive cities. It seems that what Meng Xu is doing now is completely mocking them, but because of the other party's status and power, even if Meng Xu mocks them, they have no way to attack them on the spot, or dare not attack them on the spot.

"But, that's not enough!" Ignoring the anger that was enough to "swamp" him in the area in front of him, Meng Xu said something that completely puzzled the people in front of him, but was enough to extinguish their anger: "With your current Strength, if you want to go further in the playoffs, it is not enough."

"Gilbert, if you want to defeat me, you must first defeat yourself, otherwise you and you will never be able to cross our barrier!"

Although the game is over, although Arenas has left the arena and returned home, Arenas still can't calm down. His mind is full of the words that Meng Xu walked up to him and said to him after the game. sentence.

Since entering the league, Arenas has been training very hard. Most of his spare time is spent on the training ground and in the gym. Arenas' training intensity far exceeds that of every one of his teammates, and he is persistent. The high-intensity training of Arenas has made Arenas's strength improve by leaps and bounds. From a second-round pick on the bench to the team's main force, and now the All-Star starter, but Arenas' mentality and personality have never changed. He is easily irritated. Emotionalization has become the biggest shackle that restricts Arenas from continuing to improve and surpass himself.

"Conquer yourself, beat yourself!" Standing up and sitting on the bed, looking at the moon outside the window, Arenas murmured a few words to himself, and what came to mind again was the Adidas tailor-made advertisement for him, that The segment touched countless people, shocked countless people, and also moved Arenas, and it is still inspiring Arenas' advertisement.

On May 2005, 5, all four matchups in the second round of the playoffs ended. Except for the Pacers sweeping the Wizards to advance ahead of schedule, the remaining three matchups all ended 15-2.

In another set of matchups in the Eastern Conference semifinals, the Heat and the Pistons, who had fought back and forth in the semifinals last season, met again on narrow roads. After each grabbed an away game, the Pistons and the Heat returned to the same starting line. The Pistons can be said to be two completely different extremes. The Heat with Shaquille O'Neal and Dwyane Wade have brought superstar tactics to the extreme, while the Pistons without superstars have been built by Larry Brown. For the group team, in this team VS individual duel, it is still unknown who will have the last laugh.

As for the Western Conference semifinals, the two Suns and Mavericks, who mainly play small ball tactics, can be said to be rivals. Like the Mavericks and Kings in previous seasons, the Suns and Mavericks once again contributed a round for all fans who follow the NBA. The extremely exciting confrontation battle, the two sides averaged more than 115 points per game, and more than 12 players from both sides scored in double figures per game, which undoubtedly made this round of confrontation exciting, but the most eye-catching one is Dirk. Brothers between Dirk Nowitzki and Steve Nash faced off. This pair of combinations that parted ways due to the loss of the Finals has some unexpected performances this season, but the most surprising thing is that the two led their respective teams. The two teams met in the playoffs, and the bloody plot of changing from brothers to rivals, this kind of plot that only appears in TV dramas, will definitely attract a lot of attention and attention.

In the series between the Spurs and the Supersonics, the Spurs won the two home games first, but lost the next two away games, and was evened by the Supersonics. Duncan is not Ray Allen with 20+ games, but Antonio Daniels, a role player who chased a big contract after the Spurs won two championships. When another contract year came, he chose to join the Seattle Supersonics, which had been rebuilt on a large scale this season. After playing dead for a season, the old ball ruffian Antonio Daniels broke out in the playoffs. The king's series averaged 14 points, 4.2 rebounds, and 5.4 assists per game. Then in the Western Conference semifinals against his old club, the Spurs, his scoring average soared to 19 points per game, becoming the superstar after Ray Allen. The No. 2 scorer of the Sonics, it is foreseeable that after the end of this season, Antonio Daniels can get another big contract.

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