plumnovel Chapter 385 Playoff Situation
Chapter 385 Playoff Situation
Chapter 385 Playoff Situation
"Loud!"
"My God, it's Wang, he saved the Sonics!"
"The omnipotent king, this is our king!"
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When the basketball passed through the air and fell steadily into the basket, the host on the scene almost roared out.
It's just that no matter how loud his voice is, it can't be compared with the fans who lost on the spot.
At this moment, the Key Arena was completely boiling.
Countless fans cheered loudly, hugged each other, and the massive secretion of adrenaline made them excited.
When seeing the basketball fall steadily into the basket, Wang Hao was also extremely excited, raising his arms and shouting.
Not only that, he jumped directly to the technical stage and shouted loudly to the fans after the loss.
"This is our place!"
The fans in the front row obviously heard this, and they were extremely excited, and they also followed him and cheered.
"This is our place!"
"This is our place!"
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The cheers continued to spread, and there was even a feeling that the roof was about to be lifted off.
The Supersonics' bench, including Willie Walker and other team executives, is also extremely excited.
Especially Howard Schultz, as the team owner, he is naturally the most excited.
However, after looking at his team and the arena, he always felt that something was wrong.
This old arena is no longer worthy of this team.
This is not the first time Howard Schultz has had such an idea, but now he is particularly firm.
The Mavericks left the arena very lonely. The score of 0:2 was not a good result for them.
Of course, they still have a chance.
"Of course, we are confident about it, as we all know away games are always very difficult.
Back in Dallas, the Sonics are going to be in the same trouble we were, and that's our chance.
In Dallas, we're going to win the games we lose. "
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When Wang Hao came to the press conference, the Mavericks' post-match interview was coming to an end.
The Mavericks ended the interview, and it was finally the Sonics' turn.
The moment Wang Hao appeared, some reporters couldn't wait to ask.
"Wang, how does it feel to be a lore?"
"Of course it's cool, it's fantastic to decide the game at the last minute.
However, I enjoy this feeling, and I don't like this situation often.
A lore, which means that the game failed to end in regular time, and they can only hope for the final blow.
But the basketball game is full of uncertainties, and the lore is a forced and helpless choice. "
"What do you want to say about Dallas' performance?"
"Of course, they did a good job. They have already forced me to make a lore at the last minute, which shows that they played well."
"Dirk said he will teach you and the Sonics a lesson in Dallas."
"Really? He is very confident. The Mavericks are full of fighting spirit. This is a good thing. It means that the game will be more exciting, isn't it?
I'm looking forward to the Dallas game. "
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Today's reporters behaved quite well, and did not ask too much questions about Wang Hao.
In fact, it's not just now, in fact, this has been the case since this season.
As for the reason, it is naturally that Wang Hao's words are different.
Of course, it doesn't mean that having a status in the NBA can really prevent the media from making trouble.
In fact, the more famous the star, the more closely the media stares at him.
However, under normal circumstances, the reporter will restrain himself, after all, he still wants to continue the interview next time.
If there is an opportunity, media reporters will not be polite.
It's not as good as Iverson. Now it's not impossible to be targeted by reporters, saying that he plays too independently or something.
He was bombarded by the media last season when the Numbers team was eliminated in the first round.
The same goes for O'Neal and Kobe.
Even Jordan, when he retired for the first time, actually had a lot of media factors.
Now, however, the media has not found any big news, so they treat Wang Hao very kindly.
Of course, the main reason is that Wang Hao's game today was really good.
In this game, the Sonics defeated the Mavericks 119:118, which was a proper offensive battle.
In this game, the Mavericks played well.
诺维茨基28分9篮板，史蒂夫纳什16分10助攻，还有迈克尔芬利得20分5篮板3助攻。
Of course, there is also the surprise soldier on their bench, Nick Van Exel scored 22 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists.
The three scored 20 points. This offensive firepower is really rare in the league.
As for the Sonics, they actually played well. Gary Payton had 15 points and 8 assists, Lewis had 18 points and 7 rebounds, and Michael Reid had 16 points and 5 rebounds.
Of course, the most important thing is Wang Hao. In this game, he scored 48 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists.
More importantly, the lore at the last moment, otherwise, all the hard work today will be in vain.
Just when the Sonics led the Mavericks 2:0, the remaining three divisional semifinals also officially started.
That same day, in a game that ended earlier, the Spurs beat the Lakers at home.
This game was also extremely difficult, and no one was able to open the score, and it was not until the end that the winner was decided.
It's just that, the point is not this, but after the game, O'Neal kept a dark face and didn't speak, nor did he accept an interview.
That's right, he didn't even show up for the press conference, and the Lakers gave an injury factor.
As for the reason, anyone who has watched the game or the statistics knows what is going on.
In the whole game, O'Neal took 20 shots and scored a large double-double with 24 points and 21 rebounds.
Today, on rebounding, Duncan and David Robinson were directly beaten by O'Neal.
The two added up to only 19 rebounds, which was not as good as O'Neal alone.
The Spurs lost 12 rebounds in today's game. Logically speaking, the Lakers should be the one to win.
As the famous saying goes, dominating the rebounds can dominate the game.
Let me talk about why O'Neill is unhappy?
20 shots is not a small number, but, everything is afraid of comparison, and there will be problems when the comparison is made.
Kobe's 38 shots are almost twice that of O'Neal. Not only the number of shots, but also the 22 shots are more than O'Neal.
There is also a very important issue, that is, O'Neal has 21 offensive rebounds on 7 rebounds.
In other words, one-third of the shots were actually grabbed by O'Neal himself.
However, the chances of really relying on teammates to pass the ball in and give it to him are actually very few.
And also lost, O'Neal can be happy.
Of course, there was a reason why Kobe took so many shots, it wasn't that he really didn't care.
It's really the current Lakers team, it's so weird.
The OK combination is indeed strong, but there is no lineup that can match the two.
There is no one to share the pressure, the OK team can only play by themselves.
O'Neal is double-teamed and defended all the time. In this case, the opportunity is not all with Kobe.
It's a pity that today's Kobe is in a mediocre state and failed to score more goals, otherwise the outcome is uncertain.
In the East, the semifinals are also going on.
The four teams that entered the semifinals were also the same as expected before the start of the playoffs.
With a 3:1 lead, the Magic stretched their hips and were abruptly overturned by the Pistons.
Maybe it was because I played too well in the first few games and consumed too much luck.
In the last three games, McGrady performed very hip-stretched.
In the three games, none of the games had a shooting percentage of more than [-]%, which is really difficult to win.
In the last three games, he made 72 of 26 shots, and his shooting percentage was only 36%.
Even though he scored 37 points in Game 17, he actually made [-] free throws.
It can be seen that David Stern still prefers McGrady, after all, he is a star with a gorgeous style of play.
If he can help him complete the Black Eight Miracle, McGrady will definitely gain a lot of popularity.
It's a pity that if you give him a chance, he's useless!
In the final possible home win, the referee has given 17 free throws, but the Magic still lost.
Between the digital team and the Hornets, in the end, the digital team was better and advanced to the semi-finals.
Also in the case of no help, Iverson became more and more courageous and led the team to victory.
Averaging 34.8 points per game, he really worked hard.
The Eastern Conference finals were repeated last year, and the Nets easily defeated the Bucks to win again.
In the end, the Celtics reversed and won.
In the Eastern Conference semifinals, the Pistons' opponent is the digital team, and the Nets will also face the challenge of the Celtics.
In the second round of the playoffs, the stronger Pistons and Celtics also took the lead to win the next game.
However, these news did not attract much attention.
It's not that there are too few fans of the Nets and Pistons. In fact, there are not many fans at all.
It's just that, compared to the news about Wang Hao's lore against the Mavericks, these facts are not worth mentioning.
Both the Sonics and the Mavericks had two days off due to the move to Dallas.
And during those two days, other games were going on.
The first is the Eastern side. With home court advantage, the Pistons and Nets won one after another.
However, in the West, the Lakers lost again.
Taking twice as many shots as Bruce Bowen, but scoring one less goal than others, Kobe's performance is still ugly.
For these competitions, Wang Hao at most read the newspapers to learn about the results, and did not pay special attention.
For them, the game against the Mavericks is the most important.
Regardless of the two-game winning streak at home, after coming to the away game, it is not that simple to win.
Especially at home in Dallas, it's pretty unfriendly.
After all, Texas is a well-known racist state in the United States, especially the city of Dallas.
Not to mention the away team, even the Dallas Mavericks players, some of them can't stand the fans here.
Sure enough, when the Sonics stepped into Dallas's home stadium, the American Airlines Center Arena.
There was more than one sound from the Dallas fans, there were voices of cheering and cheering, and there were all kinds of foul language.
"It's really a nasty place."
Even Gary Payton couldn't help but say something, it can be seen that this place is really unfriendly.
Fortunately, it is not the first time to play in Dallas, after all, we have to meet several times every season.
With the cheering and cheering of the fans, the Dallas Mavericks are also fully fired.
Under the old Nelson's tactical system, the Mavericks attacked like a razor-sharp spear.
Even supersonic speeds are somewhat difficult to resist.
99:106
In the end, the Sonics still lost by 7 points.
In fact, the entire game down, although the Dallas Mavericks have maintained the lead.
It's just that the lead is not big, and the Supersonics have always had a chance.
Especially in the last 3 minutes of the game, Wang Hao broke out, taking advantage of the opportunity of offensive and defensive transitions, and succeeded consecutively.
With two unreasonable three-pointers, he scored 8 points in a row.
In this case, if it is another team, it is estimated that the Sonics have evened the point difference, or even overtaken it.
Not so with the Mavericks.
While Wang Hao continued to score, the Mavericks also showed strong offensive firepower.
The east is not bright, the west is bright, and they can always score the ball.
In the end, with the result of the three scoring 20 points, the Mavericks successfully pulled back a round.
Among them, Nowitzki 24 points, Michael Finley 21, Nick Van Exel 20 points.
More than that, the Mavericks shot 99 crazy shots.
What does this mean? The 48 minutes of the game can be roughly divided into 24 minutes for each side to attack.
In other words, the Mavericks can complete a shot in about 10 seconds.
This is too exaggerated!
Of course, there is also a reason why the Supersonics are also extremely fast-paced and started a confrontation with the Mavericks.
Seeing the end of the game, Paul Westphal was lost in thought, thinking about the team's style of play.
From the last game to this game, the results of the counter attack did not look so good.
That's right, the Supersonics can play fast, but their rhythm suddenly speeds up when they switch offense and defense.
Instead of pursuing a fast pace throughout the game.
"Maybe, you can adjust your tactics."
The next game is the day after tomorrow, and the Sonics did not return to Seattle, but were preparing in Dallas.
At the beginning of the second day, Paul Westphal decisively changed the training plan and arranged new tactics.
"Gary, tomorrow's game I need you to slow down the tempo, don't rush, play slowly.
We are not giving up the opportunity to switch offense and defense, but to control the rhythm.
Since Dallas people like to play fast, let's slow down the speed and play positional warfare. "
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If there is a good opportunity, then speed up the offensive and defensive transition, if there is no good opportunity, then play slowly.
Paul Westphal's request is very simple, and the tactics are also very simple, that is, no longer blindly play fast.
It's just that the so-called simplicity is simply nonsense.
What is a good opportunity?
Players are playing on the court, facing a fleeting opportunity, the time to make a decision is simply a split second.
Once there is hesitation, the opportunity is gone in a blink of an eye.
Moreover, what is a good opportunity?Everyone's judgment is different and difficult to grasp.
For other teams, maybe the head coach would not dare to do this at all and temporarily change tactics.
Even if there is a change, it is to become more thorough and directly reduce the rhythm instead of giving players autonomy.
Paul Westphal is not worried, because the supersonic game rhythm is always in the hands of Wang Hao and Gary Payton.
He believes that the two know what to do and will make the most correct choice.
(End of this chapter)