plumnovel Chapter 421 Playoffs
Chapter 421 Playoffs
The NBA in March was as flat as ever.
The so-called lively news is nothing more than the performances of various stars in the regular season.
The Sonics, after the return of all members, quickly adjusted their status and made great strides again.
Not only that, they won the league's first place again.
To be honest, for this record, Wang Hao is still very important, after all, it is related to the MVP of the regular season.
Three consecutive regular season MVPs, which few people can do.
It's just that the situation is not safe now, because the NBA doesn't want someone to dominate an award for a long time.
Even Jordan's three consecutive regular season MVPs can be deprived by NBA officials, let alone Wang Hao!
However, it is impossible for him to give up competing for the MVP just because there is such a possibility.
This is obviously stupid.
First of all, we must record the record, and then there are statistics, and we must do our best as much as possible.
At that time, even if he can't get the MVP, anyone with a discerning eye will know what's going on, and he won't regret it.
In the final game in April, the Sonics also began to adjust their status.
Like Gary Payton, and PJ Brown, even got the treatment of missing the game due to injury.
There must be injuries. As a professional player, who doesn't have some big and small injuries?
Not only that, even Wang Hao played less than 30 minutes in several consecutive games.
In today's NBA, there is no rest.
April 4, the last day of the NBA regular season.
The Sonics beat the Clippers away and won the last game of the regular season without any suspense.
There is no way, the Clippers players are busy going home to fish, and one by one they have no intention of fighting.
What stands out is a mentality of lying down and letting ridicule.
The Supersonics were also welcome, and opened the point difference to more than 20 points in the first half.
In the second half, Wang Hao played casually for a while, basically spending time on the bench.
With the victory in the last game, the Sonics' record was completely fixed at 63 wins and 19 losses.
It is still the league's first record.
Of course, in a vertical comparison, compared to the previous two years, the Supersonics' record is indeed a bit worse.
Of course, the reason is very objective, and injuries are a major factor.
In addition to the injuries of Gary Payton and PJ Brown, including Michael Reed and Kirilenko have missed the game.
That is, Wang Hao, like iron, once again full attendance.
In addition to injuries, there is another very important factor, that is, the competition in the West is too fierce.
This season, there are 7 teams in the West with a record of more than 50 wins.
In such a fierce competitive environment, it is extremely difficult to create outstanding results.
It can be said that the gold content of the Sonics' 63 wins this season is not lower than that of 67 wins and 68 wins.
Apart from the Sonics, the only other team with a record of 60 wins is the Pacers.
If the Supersonics' record is limited by the fierce competition in the West, then the Pacers' record is due to the lack of competition in the East.
Of the 15 teams in the entire Eastern Conference, only 2 teams have a record of more than 50 wins, which shows their strength.
The second team with a record of more than 50 wins is not the defending Eastern Conference champion Nets, but the Pistons.
This Nets team is actually quite difficult to evaluate.
To say that they are not strong, but they have reached the finals for two consecutive years, suppressing all Eastern teams.
It can be said that they are very strong, but apart from entering the finals, they seem to have no honor.
Even the record in the regular season was stumbling.
Still talking about the Pacers, Artest and O'Neal have been fully developed after several seasons of honing.
A few days ago, Wang Hao talked with Artest on the phone, and Artest even asked him to meet in the finals together.
Of course, it's not easy.
The Sonics need to face a group of obstacles in the west, and the difficulties are even more difficult than the finals.
As for the Pacers, it is not so easy to break into the finals.
Regardless of the regular season record of the Pacers, which is the best in the East, it seems to be the only one.
But don't forget that this Pacers team doesn't have much experience in the playoffs, especially in winning games in the playoffs.
Neither the Nets nor the Pistons are easy to deal with.
The good news is that the Nets and Pistons are ranked second and third in the Eastern Conference, which means that the two teams will meet early.
The Pacers can wait for them in the Eastern Conference Finals and sit back and watch the tigers fight.
Of course, the premise is that they can successfully survive the first two rounds of the playoffs, otherwise everything is nonsense.
With the final day of games over, the playoffs are set.
The first is the West side, the Supersonics, Timberwolves, Lakers, Spurs, Kings, Mavericks, Grizzlies and Mosaics.
Then there is the East, Pacers, Nets, Pistons, Heat, Hornets, Bucks, Knicks, Celtics.
Those are the 16 teams that made it to the playoffs.
Among them, the matches between the Spurs and the Kings, the Lakers and the Mavericks can be described as full of highlights.
This season, in addition to the sudden emergence of the Pacers in the East, the same is true for the Timberwolves in the West.
This season, the Timberwolves finally made a big move.
In addition to Garnett, they also recruited Sam Cassell and Madman Sprewell to form a combination of three-headed monsters.
Under the leadership of the three, the record of the Timberwolves has been soaring.
In the original time and space, the Timberwolves even won the No. [-] record in the Western Conference, and Garnett even won the Most Valuable Player by virtue of the No. [-] in the Western Conference.
Will it change this time?
The Supersonics still won the first place in the regular season, but Wang Hao always felt a little unsure.
The playoff match was completely frozen, and at this time, the land of Huaxia was also full of excitement.
Because the NBA playoffs will stage the China Derby.
"The China Derby in the NBA playoffs!"
"Mosaic is hard to win?"
"If Mosaic wants to win, Yao Ming is the key."
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Even before the next day, various online media have already begun to rush to report.
It is not an exaggeration to say that the match between the Supersonics and Mosaic has attracted much attention.
It's just that everyone understands that the Sonics will probably win.
No way, the strength gap between the two teams is too great.
One is the defending champion, the other is entering the playoffs for the first time; one is the first in the league, and the other is only the eighth in the West.
What everyone is thinking is whether Yao Ming can win a game!
Just as the Chinese media was discussing the China Derby in the NBA playoffs, the American media also began to report.
Take stock of the NBA regular season this season, especially the various data kings.
First of all, the most concerned is naturally the scoring champion.
I don't know what's going on, but it seems that various stars in the NBA will not play this season, especially outside players.
Including Kobe, McGrady, Carter and Iverson, the efficiency of the four major shooting guards has dropped significantly.
If one person is not in good condition, what else can I say, why is everyone in the same situation?
There is actually a reason.
Last season, the NBA officially let go of the zone defense, but, last season, everyone just came into contact with it, and they are not very familiar with it.
The zone defense of most teams is only used against the inside line.
But this season, after a season of adaptation, each team began to understand zone defense.
NBA teams have adapted to using zone defense for defense, but NBA stars can't attack anymore.
It can only be said that today's NBA stars still mainly use breakthroughs as their offensive means.
The breakthrough is actually the most restrained by the defense.
Of course, there are exceptions, such as Wang Hao.
本赛季，王昊场均能够得到30.3分6.1篮板6.2助攻，此外还有1.9次抢断和1.5盖帽。
Not only that, his field goal percentage remained at 48.8%, his three-point shooting percentage was as high as 42.9%, and his free throw percentage was 89.2%.
This is already a very amazing efficiency.
Take McGrady, who ranks second on the scoring list, for the game. This season, McGrady averaged 28 points, 6 rebounds and 5.5 assists per game.
However, his shooting percentage is only 41.7%, and his three-pointers are only 33.9%.
In fact, it was not only Wang Hao who benefited, but also Peja Stokjakovic, who directly came to the third place in the scoring list.
The reason is that more restrictions on zone defense lie in preventing breakthroughs.
But in the face of medium and long-range shots, to be honest, the effect that zone defense can achieve is limited.
In particular, Wang Hao has the unique skill of attacking without the ball, and he doesn't have to worry about the opponent's zone defense.
On the rebounding list, Garnett topped the list with 13.9 rebounds.
On the assists list, Kidd is still leading, and he averaged 9.2 assists per game.
Many people may think that 9.2 assists seems nothing special, and none of them are in double figures.
However, that's not what it said.
In today's NBA, the rhythm is slow, and most teams are also defensive-oriented, with limited offensive rounds.
The Nets averaged 34.3 shots per game, 26.8% of which were direct assists from Kidd.
The Nets averaged 24.5 assists per game, 37.6% of which were sent by Kidd.
This is not counting Kidd's indirect assists, as well as support passes.
And don't forget, Kidd is a traditional point guard, not the kind who holds the ball with a big core and holds the ball in his hands as a whole.
As for the blocking king, Theo Ratliff averaged 3.6 blocks per game.
Baron Davis is the top steals leader, he averaged 2.1 steals per game.
Inside the Sonics, they are also analyzing the situation of their own players.
In addition to Wang Hao, the best performer this season is Michael Reid, who averaged 19.6 points and 4.3 rebounds per game.
Then there is Gary Payton, who averaged 11.2 points, 3.8 rebounds and 6.6 assists per game.
The 36-year-old veteran has further declined in physical function.
Moreover, Gary Payton also voluntarily gave up the right to shoot, choosing to focus more on defense.
Kirilenko averaged 12.8 points, 8.1 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 2.8 blocks per game, making him the Sonics leader in blocks.
PJ Brown averaged 8.8 points, 9.2 rebounds and 1.7 blocks per game.
Finally there was Quentin Richardson, who made a huge difference off the bench.
He averaged 15.1 points, 5.2 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game, the best performance of the sixth man.
Quentin Richardson has every chance to compete for the honor of the best sixth man this season.
On April 2004, 4, the NBA playoffs began.
However, there is no Sonics game today, and their game is tomorrow.
On the first day of the game, there was no upset.
Even in the game between the Lakers and the Mavericks, the Lakers relied on their home court advantage to pass the risk.
I don't know if the Lakers did it on purpose, anyway, the pace of the game was dragged very slowly.
This is also impossible.
The fatter O'Neal, as well as the old Karl Malone and John Stockton, couldn't run if they wanted to.
The Mavericks are very uncomfortable with this rhythm.
May 4, Seattle, Key Arena.
It can be said that early this morning, the wake-up time of countless Huaxia students was several hours earlier.
Today is the weekend. According to the past situation, the students who rest at home must sleep until they wake up naturally.
It's just that many students today are uncharacteristically, they don't need their parents to shout, and they get up early in the morning.
"The difference in strength between the two teams is too great, to be honest, they are not comparable, and there is no way around it.
I think the key point still depends on Mosaic's performance and Yao Ming's performance in the game. "
Just as he turned on the TV, a familiar voice sounded.
It goes without saying that it must be the old partner of Zhang Weiping and Sun Zhengping who commented on this match.
Sun Zhengping also continued Zhang Weiping's topic and said: "That's right, the strength gap between the two teams is still very obvious."
"What Yao Ming needs to do is to prove his strength in the playoffs and play a more exciting performance.
We all know that the Sonics are actually an outside team. They have many inside players, but they are relatively weak.
This gave Yao Ming a chance, just like the game in November last year, Mosaic actually had a chance. "
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The game is about to start, and the referee is already in the final communication with the technical table.
Today's game was not broadcast live across the United States, but it was also broadcast live by many TV stations.
Most of these TV stations are TV stations aimed at Chinese people in the United States.
As the referee's whistle sounded, the players of the two teams began to walk on the court, and the game was about to start.
On the Supersonic side, it is still the same old starting lineup.
As for Mosaic, Francis and Mobley partnered outside, Jim Jackson served as small forward, and Yao Ming and Cato partnered inside.
The game started without any surprises, Yao Ming was better on the jump ball, and Mosaic took the lead in attacking.
Yao Ming first gave Mobley an off-ball screen on the outside, and then squeezed inside to get the ball.
Even though Yao Ming is not very strong, he can still face PJ Brown with ease.
However, just after Yao Ming succeeded in claiming the position, Francis did not choose to pass the ball immediately.
Yao Ming still wanted the ball again, but unfortunately, Wang Hao had already consciously moved closer, forming a half-team situation.
Yao Ming also knew that he couldn't continue to ask for the ball, so he could only give up.
At this time, Francis waved his hand and signaled Yao Ming to play a pick-and-roll, and Yao Ming had no choice but to move up to a higher position.
Jeff Van Gundy on the bench frowned, dissatisfied with the team's performance at the beginning.
As a well-known coach in the NBA, Jeff Van Gundy is good at defense, but he is not ignorant of offense.
In this round of the series, Mosaic's only advantage lies in the inside.
He who once coached Ewing knows very well how to play the strength of a super insider.
In fact, he made tactical arrangements before the game, and it was also specially arranged for Yao Ming to play.
But so far, the effect is not very good.
Maybe Francis was slow to react, or maybe it was on purpose, but the tactics failed anyway.
This also made Jeff Van Gundy more determined to send Francis away.