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Author: Tiamo the Withered

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It is said that the playoffs are the real stage for testing superstars. Many stars who performed well in the regular season were unable to perform and lead to victory in the playoffs.

For example, before Gasol went to the Lakers, he had never won a playoff game and had no performance to turn the tide. In addition, he was a white foreigner, so he was inevitably labeled as "soft".

This may also be an implicit reason why Kobe was able to win the MVP. After all, if you can't admit Gasol's strength, you can only praise Kobe.

Li Chengming's performance in the first two games of the playoffs was actually average, and because the team won both games, the criticism against him was not that big. In addition, he is still a rookie after all, so the outside world still has a certain tolerance.

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If this is still the case in the third and fourth grades, then I probably have to start complaining directly - of course, if I really keep it up, because "no progress" will also inevitably be criticized.

It's just that Li Chengming soon scored 30+ points in another game. His overall performance in the first round was not much worse than that of the regular season. He was second only to Howard and Turkoglu in the team, and he was worthy of being the Rookie of the Year.

's name.

Unexpectedly, a king bomb was released in the second round. You must know that so far in the playoffs, there have only been five 40+ points in dozens of games, and they were five players, Kobe, Tracy McGrady, Duncan, and Boston.

Shi and Parker.

The highest one was Kobe's 49 points in Game 2 against the Nuggets, with a shooting percentage of 67% and 10 assists. Combined with his efficiency, it is no exaggeration to say that he alone defeated the Nuggets.

Duncan and Bosh both scored 40+15 points to help the team win. In the sixth game against the Jazz, McGrady "reflected" and scored a double-double of 40 points and 10 rebounds. Unfortunately, the team lost in the end.

Still out.

As for Parker’s 41 points, they also occurred in the series with the Suns. In the third game, Parker scored 41 points and 12 assists with 65% shooting. Duncan also had 20+10 in the same game. Who would have thought that these two would score in the second round?

When facing the youth army Hornets, what happened instead?

Among them, Bosh has the smallest status, but as a representative of the 2003 Platinum Generation, a two-time All-Star, and the boss of the Eastern Conference Raptors, Bosh can also be considered a famous star.

In contrast, a rookie like Li Chengming achieved such a performance, and he happened to be facing the Cavaliers led by James, another representative of the 2003 generation. James served as a good background and set off Li Chengming.

At the same time, this actually made the outside world's controversy over MVP much smaller.

After all, Gasol is so "soft" and Li Chengming is so "hard". Is there any doubt about who is the better helper, Kobe or Howard?

Even if Gasol performed well with the Lakers, there is reason to say that he changed after coming to the Lakers and being driven by Kobe.

Even though Howard is the indispensable defensive core of the Magic, his performance from the first round to now is basically the most stable in the team. The media can compare Li Chengming with him offensively, but of course there is no comparison.

In fact, if you like you, everything will be good, but if you don't, you will be nothing.

The media depends on the direction of the trend, and the direction of the trend is obviously led by the league. After all, the MVP has been selected, so you can't slap yourself in the face, and you have to find ways to make up for it.

Fortunately, Kobe is ambitious enough. This playoffs, he has the most 30+ points so far, and he has given up the chance to reach 50+ points by one point, and 40+ points by 2 or 3 points.

In the first round, he had already averaged 33.5+5.3+6.3 per game, and it seems that this trend will continue in the second round.

If the Lakers can reach the finals or even win the championship, and he can maintain this performance, then this season will definitely be a proud and "god-like" season for Kobe.

Now more and more people feel that the next three MVP favorites may meet together. Kobe may first face Paul in the Western Conference Finals, and then face Howard in the Finals.

Of course, the second round has only been played twice, so many things are still difficult to say.

What if the Spurs' old guys get back their form and make a comeback?

What if the Raptors regain their touch on the outside?

On the other hand, the Lakers and Magic are considered by the outside world to be relatively stable and have a high probability of entering the conference finals.

In fact, in Li Chengming's view, Howard, Kobe and Paul, all three of them have reasons to win the MVP this season - since he can't win it himself, it doesn't matter.

Howard's biggest advantage is his good record, but he focuses on defense and suffers in terms of statistics. After all, rebounds can affect DPOY selection, but they cannot affect MVP.

It's not like James, who has an all-around reputation, and he doesn't have many assists.

In this aspect, he can't compare to Li Chengming. Li Chengming's data panel is very comprehensive and can often fill in any data. This also makes it possible that sometimes when his performance does not seem to be that outstanding, the data is still passable.

And he may not take so many shots, but rarely when his hand feels cold, the overall shooting rate is above 55%. This also makes domestic fans ridicule him for his "intelligent adjustment", which can improve the shooting rate in the first half and the second half.

If you pull it back, if the previous one was not good, the next one will definitely explode.

Of course, after this explosion, some people were naturally worried about whether he would stretch his hips in the next scene, but in the end, he really "stretched his hips".

Due to the schedule, there was no game the next day, and it would be another day before the second round of G3.

First, there were two other games. The Green Army came to UMass, the home of the Raptors, and lost another game.

The home whistle in this game can be said to be quite biased, which was somewhat disadvantageous for the Celtics, who were very defensive. Garnett and Pierce got into foul trouble one after another, which also made Rivers' personnel deployment very difficult.

It was Ray Allen who should have stepped up at this time, but his shooting was not in top form today either.

If other players hadn't stepped up, the Greens might not have lasted until the fourth quarter.

However, after Garnett committed five fouls at the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Greens' defense collapsed and they were beaten 9:0. The point difference was also widened to 20 points, and the suspense of chasing points was completely lost.

No one on the Green Army scored 20 points again. Although they did not try their best defensively, it is true that they had problems offensively. They did not dare to go to the basket because they would not get fouled, but their outside shots were not accurate. Naturally,

It can only fail.

This is somewhat of a deliberate attempt by the league to create suspense. After all, the Raptors are also the "only hope" of UC and a market that the NBA values ​​​​very much.

The Raptors once again led the series 2:1, which was unexpected but reasonable.

When the Green Army lost their first home court, this was the foreseeable price.

Next, they need a last-ditch battle in the second away game. If they fall behind 1:3, they might really be overthrown by the Raptors.

On the contrary, it is the Spurs and Hornets. The Spurs coming to the away game are actually their last stand. They have a reason not to lose this game. After all, if they lose again, they will fall behind 0:3, which is more dangerous than the Green Army. It is basically certain.

It's going to ruin the series.

Popovich made a bold change on the spot and put Ginobili into the starting lineup. As a result, Parker and Ginobili both scored 30 points.

Duncan didn't take many shots, but he did all the dirty work, grabbing rebounds and blocking shots. His defense was also the key to allowing the Spurs to take the lead in the third quarter and to contain the Hornets' counterattack in the fourth quarter to seal the victory.

GDP exerted its strength, and the role players also performed well. Therefore, although the Hornets' internal and external stars Paul and West performed equally well in this game, the others did not play well, and they could not attack and defend, so they could only swallow

This was a huge defeat.

Winning this away game is crucial for the Spurs. At least they have regained a lot of momentum, and they still have to fight in the future.

Then the next day it was the Magic's turn, and they also encountered trouble on the road.
Chapter completed!