Bishop of the Devil

As for the playoff teams in the West, it is more stable, or those teams.

Trail Blazers, Kings, Spurs, Mavericks, Timberwolves, Lakers, Jazz and Suns.

Among them, there are two teams on the western side that are considered unpopular, completely beyond the expectations of fans.

The Lakers only played the sixth record in the Western Conference this season, which is simply unimaginable...

You have to know that their team has the league's first center and the league's first quarterback, and only played such a bad record.

The record of only 49 wins is not as good as the Timberwolves' 50-win regular season record.

It can also be seen from this that basketball is not a game for one or two people, but a team game.

The high-end combat power of the Lakers is definitely super tough, but their team is also strong in these two, which makes their regular season record very embarrassing.

As for the Mavericks' record, it is also surprising. No one thought that the Mavericks dare to silently enter the first half of the Western Conference playoffs.

From this, we can see that the old Nielsen's eyes are hot, and since they got Nowitzki from the Blazers, their record has skyrocketed.

This season, a record of 57 wins, which is quite an achievement.

...

Starting from this year, the playoff system has been changed. Originally, the first round of the playoffs only played five games, but now it is starting to play seven games like other rounds.

Such a restructuring is naturally a decision made by the alliance after careful consideration.

The first is to avoid some strong teams, because the first round of play errors were eliminated...

Because only five games are played, the change is too big, and the weak team may be able to beat the strong with the weak.

If only one game is played, I am afraid it will become bigger...

The second reason is that you can get more ticket income. Anyway, everything is inseparable from a word of money. How can the alliance miss this opportunity for income generation.

...

Various media have already predicted this year's finals matchup.

Most of the media predicted the Pistons and Trail Blazers finals.

The reason why the Trail Blazers did not reach the finals last season was because of Big Ben's injury. If it wasn't for Big Ben's injury, whether the Lakers can win the championship or two things.

And this season, if nothing unexpected, the Trail Blazers are estimated to be able to kill the West.

As for the eastern side, there is basically no suspense.

The Nets' strength is not bad, but it is only good. Compared with the powerful Pistons, even if they have entered the Eastern Conference, they will be lucky if they are not swept.

...

It's not just the media that guesses, even the odds offered by the major gaming companies are similar to what the media guesses.

The Pistons are securely the Eastern Conference champions and will enter the finals...

...

On April 17, the first round of the playoffs started.

Magic is naturally very uncomfortable now. If only five games are played, then with McGrady's super scoring ability, maybe there is a 1% chance of a comeback...

That's right, even if McGrady scored an outbreak, the odds for the Magic to overturn are only 1% in the eyes of all parties.

But now there are seven games to play, and the odds of overturning are really too low and too low, basically negligible.

...

The Magic had flown to Detroit two days before the game.

McGrady was also on Richard...

"Coach, Clark's contract expires next year." Tracy McGrady said there was no connection with the next playoffs.

Richard nodded. "Why, you magically remember Clark?"

"Yes, coach, I know you might go to Charlotte after the end of next season."

"Can Clark be added to our magic by then..." McGrady looked at Richard with anticipation.

For the first round of the playoffs next, McGrady was afraid of any extravagance.

In fact, the gap between the two sides is too great.

If Hill keeps his peak, McGrady still has the confidence of a battle, but now Hill can’t say anything about the peak, and he can’t make his debut. Even if McGrady is confident, he can’t raise the confidence to kill the Pistons.

Hearing Maddie's words, Richard directly smiled and waved his hand.

"Young man, you may have to think about it."

"First of all, you should be very clear about the player's stay. I will not interfere. Otherwise, I might not let you do the magic..." Richard said with a smile.

"Huh? Coach, do you know that the Magic will face such difficulties?" McGrady asked in surprise.

The so-called magic difficulties are Grant Hill's consecutive injuries and Duncan's refusal to join.

Richard nodded, he knew this naturally.

Seeing Richard nod, McGrady bounced directly from his seat in shock and looked at Richard incredulously.

"Coach, I now suspect that you are not human!"

"You may really be a god!"

...

Richard waved his hand and motioned for McGrady to calm down. "Don't be so excited, just continue with Clark."

"I just said that I will not interfere with the transfer of players. Everything will be based on the player's ideas. It is impossible to persuade players to join a specific team."

"Second, even if I interfere, don't you magic have salary space to eat Clark? Don't joke, do you think Clark will be willing to reduce his salary to join the Magic?"

Speaking of which, Richard looked at McGrady with a smile.

McGrady sighed, but he didn't think about the salary space. He told Richard that he suddenly knew that he wanted to get Clark completely.

Mainly because there are already two top-paid players in the Magic, one is McGrady and the other is Grant Hill...

If he can handle Hill's contract, he can give Clark a top salary.

But Hill’s contract is so easy to resolve. I’m afraid there are no fools in the league willing to swallow Hill’s seven-year, $93 million contract.

This contract will eventually only rot in the hands of the Magic...

After leaving Lost in Richard's office, McGrady sighed heavily.

He felt that the future was all a mist, and he could not see the light at all.

As a professional player, but also the league's top group of players, whether they can lead the team to win the championship is entirely a matter of two concepts.

...

Auburn Hills Palace, the first round of the Eastern Conference playoffs in the 2002-2003 season.

The Pistons sit at home and accept the challenge of Orlando Magic.

At the opening, McGrady felt quite hot, hitting one after another, scoring 7 points in just a few minutes.

But what made McGrady headache was that his super offensive performance did not lead the team to play any advantage.

There is no reason for him, the inside of the Pistons is too strong...

Yao Ming and Clark overturned the river on the inside, directly exploding the magic restricted area.

After Tracy McGrady's feeling cooled down, the gap between the two sides was immediately widened.

Judging from the current situation, unless McGrady can maintain the hot and hot feel of the opening game, otherwise, it is difficult to catch up with the Pistons' score.

At the end of the halftime game, the Magic had fallen 16 points behind, and Richard did not rush to kill, and replaced both Yao Ming and Clark.

After replacing Boozer as a center, Gerald Wallace was in the fourth position.

Singles Joe appeared in the third position.

This lineup is almost a small lineup, and the defensive strength of the inside is definitely not as good as that of Yao Ke.

However, the mobility is quite good, the magic is still unable to parry...

By the end of the third quarter, the game was basically in garbage time.

Richard replaced a few cannon fodder players, let them play for a while, because even if Richard put on the second lineup, the Magic can not hold back.

This is the first game of the playoffs, always have to leave some face to the Magic...

Tonight, McGrady's performance was quite amazing, scoring 32 points, 7 rebounds and 9 assists in the quasi-triple double.

But there is no way, relying on his outbreak alone, there is no chance to lead the Magic to victory.

After Grant Hill's reimbursement on the team, Mike Miller was almost the team's second player, but tonight, under Clark's defense, only 12 points of the area were accounted for...

Think about the team's second home with only twelve points, it is difficult to win this ball.

...

In the first game of the playoffs, the Pistons easily killed the opponent's magic, completely outside the expectations of the outside world.

Immediately after that, the second game of both sides started again.

This time the Pistons spent a lot of time. It was not until the half of the fourth quarter of the game that the game was in garbage time.

McGrady's performance in this game is also quite amazing. The data of 37 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists is completely worthy of his starting star status in the Eastern Conference.

But Mike Miller was completely restricted by Clark. This game was not as good as the last game, only 7 points!

After McGrady finished the game, his face was blue, and it was estimated that he was friendly with the team.

It’s not going to be mad at whoever happens this kind of thing~www.readwn.com~ If it’s not for the Magic bench tonight to play well, I am afraid it is the end of the last game, and it will not be beaten by opponents in three quarters.

...

The Pistons will continue to the next two cities, and then they will move to Orlando to play against the next G3 and G4.

No one cares about the home of the Magic, because according to the current situation, the Magic must be finished, being swept by the Pistons is their only possible ending.

But this G3 gave Magic fans a big surprise.

McGrady broke out for the third consecutive game, and even tonight's outburst even Richard watched dumbfounded.

With only six minutes left until the end of the game, the Magic fell behind with a score of 18 points. Richard looked at the situation and replaced a group of bench players.

After all, the score difference is close to 20, and the strength of the bench with the Pistons is not weak, so Richard did not think so much, let the players on the field play with confidence.

As a result, such a dozen problems directly lead to big problems.

With one minute left in the game, the Pistons led 11 points.

But it was this last minute that McGrady staged a miracle.

First, quickly control the ball to the frontcourt and make a three-pointer...

Then it was Hu Weidong who stole, and when he returned, he was chased by a three-pointer.

Immediately afterwards, the Magic fouled the ball holder and sent it to the free throw line...

This was sent to the free throw line by the cannon foul player Richard got through the trade. Where have he seen such a situation, the result was a missed two free throws.

In the Magic's turn, Tracy McGrady made another three-pointer.

Richard looked dumbfounded on the sidelines. Was he actually witnessing McGrady's moment with his own eyes? !

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