Chapter 875 [Eight kills in the season, meet again in the finals]
Guo Xu called Yao Ming to give some condolences, but he didn't mean to gloat. He actually hoped that he would meet the Rockets in the Western Conference Finals, so that more Chinese fans would see his playoff performance.
Without Yao Ming, Guo Xu felt that the Grizzlies had a greater chance of advancing, and they had a clear advantage in the inside.
In Guo Xu's previous life, Yao Ming was seriously injured in the playoffs in 2009, and now it happened again. At that time, many people put a big blame on Kobe, saying that Kobe injured Yao Ming.
Kobe was wronged. The snow in May was like "The Day Afternoon".
Although Kobe's center of gravity is rising and falling when he breaks through, he can hit Yao Ming's knees on the top, swing his knees on the middle, and hit the point guard's knees on the bottom, which is obviously a technical job, but what does his knees have to do with cracks in his ankle?
In fact, Yao Ming's injury is caused by fatigue.
He has played too many games in the past two years. It was a miracle that he could finish the finals healthy in 2008. He had almost no rest and immediately returned to China to participate in the training camp for the Chinese men's basketball team. After he finished the Olympics, he started preparing for the new NBA season a month later. If the Olympics were not held in Beijing, the Basketball Association's men would have to let Yao Ming play in the 2007 Asian Championships.
Yao Ming is a giant with a height of 226cm. His consumption on the court is far better than that of other players. Although Old Nelson will control Yao Ming's playing time and only allowed him to play 33 minutes per game, he is still overloaded.
Yao Ming was relatively relaxed in the first round of the playoffs, and Danpier did not have the ability to attack independently. In the second round, facing the "Double Bears" Gasol and Randolph, Yao Ming felt uncomfortable on the defensive end. Both of them could pull out to shoot, and he had to increase his running.
The hearts of Chinese fans are cold. Yao Ming's injury means the Rockets' failure to defend their title. It doesn't make much sense to play the Grizzlies 2-0 in the first two games, and they can't pass the Suns level.
It doesn't matter who advances to Guo Xu. Even the Rockets, who are not injured, have obvious weaknesses in the lineup. They may be able to beat the Suns one or two times, but it is basically impossible to eliminate the Suns in the seven-game and four-win game.
The next day, the Suns swept the Lakers and completed eight consecutive kills in a single season, which was exciting.
Esley is strong in offense and weak in defense, Fisher is not strong in attack and defense, and Famal is not good at anything, and the gap in No. 1 position is destined to be the end of the Lakers.
The Lakers are not at a disadvantage in other positions, but in order to double-team Guo Xu, the Lakers have to relax their defense against others. As soon as the Suns' offensive end is running, they bloom more points.
Guo Xu's performance in this series was also very eye-catching, with an average of 27 points and 12.5 assists per game, a shooting percentage of more than 50%, and a three-point shooting percentage of 50%. After entering the playoffs, his style of play has become more reasonable, and the combination of sudden and point shots has led the entire team instead of tending to make assists.
The Eastern Knights swept the Eagles 4-0, and the advancement was as easy as the Suns.
Boozer beat Murphy in one-on-one, James beat Josh Smith in one-on-one, and even Mo Williams was not at a loss when he met Nash. He scored a lot of points under Nash's defense, which was the team's third scoring point.
After introducing Murphy, the Hawks' strength declined, but Murphy broke his fate in his previous life. He played in the playoffs...
The other two rounds of the series played tiebreakers, and the Magic defeated the Pacers 4-3 hard.
"Warcraft" Howard is a flawed player. Although he was selected for the All-Squad this season, O'Neal at the end of his career was not at all advantage. O'Neal was waiting for him to attack near the penalty area. Howard could not play singles and could only reduce his shots.
If Howard wants to score, he has to pull out to cover his teammates, and wait for the defender to lead O'Neal away and cut the ball to the basket.
Tekeglu and Caron Butler both organize forwards and have equal strength.
Magic's point guard Jamal Nelson is lucky than Guo Xu's previous life. He was not seriously injured. He was just missing for four weeks during the Star Game. Otherwise, he would have been selected as the Eastern Conference All-Star. With him, Magic did not consider reinforcing the point guard through trades. In the parallel world, they traded Alstom in the mid-term.
Nelson's mid-range shots are excellent, and his breakthroughs and organization are still working. He deserves the All-Star this season. However, he is not a defender who is good at launching fast attacks, and the Magic can only grind the position with the Pacers.
The Magic won the Pacers 20 points with Tekeglu's super-level performance in the home tiebreak match. In this game, Tekeglu made 9 of 12 shots, 4 of 5 three-pointers, 3 of 3 free throws, and scored 25 points, 5 rebounds and 12 assists.
Butler was lost in the key game, making only 4 of 15 shots, 0 of 3 three-pointers, 5 of 6 free throws, and only scored 13 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists.
O'Neal scored 18 points, 15 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks, slightly over Howard's 12 points, 16 assists and 3 blocks.
This time O'Neal was eliminated with a smile. The Pacers achieved this result without being favored at all, and they were still honored even if they failed.
O'Neal was at home during holidays and began to concentrate on studying the scripts, waiting for Guo Xu to finish the game and shoot that comedy movie together.
The Grizzlies and Rockets won the final victory in the series. The Grizzlies won 99-83 away games in the away game and reversed and advanced.
The two Bears are still the key to winning. Gasol scored 21 points, 18 rebounds and 4 assists, which beat Hayes, and Randolph's performance was better than Scola's 18 points, 8 rebounds.
After Yao Ming was absent, the Rockets had to rely on Scola to attack in the interior. Under the strict defense of his opponent, he made 4 of 12 shots and 3 of 4 free throws, scoring only 11 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist.
The Grizzlies have difficulty advancing, and the prospects for the Western Conference Finals are not optimistic.
The Suns originally played many people, and their physical strength has returned to their best state. Experts predicted the outcome and thought there was no suspense, and the Suns would advance to the finals 100%.
In the series between Eastern Magic vs. Cavaliers, people are also one-sidedly optimistic that the Cavaliers have advanced to the finals for four consecutive years, because the coach of the two teams in the regular season has obvious advantages.
David Stern doesn't want to see this pattern. The Suns vs. The Cavaliers in 4 years and 3 Finals? How many fans are there who are willing to watch it?
Because of Guo Xu's appearance, NBA entered an era of lack of competitiveness ahead of schedule. Just like the days when the Cavaliers vs. Warriors in his previous life, there were no more than four teams with NBA's chances of winning the championship, and most of the teams were running with no competitiveness.
If you want to win the championship, you must have a star group and gradually become a trend. The only way to change this is to implement a hard salary cap, but that is inconsistent with the NBA's business route. James has not announced the decision yet, and he will start a new era of star grouping when he decides.
There is indeed no suspense in the Western Conference Finals and the Eastern Conference Finals.
The Suns eliminated the Grizzlies 4-1. Their loss at home in the second game made Grizzlies fans excited for a while, but soon the Grizzlies lost three games in a row and went home to fish.
The Grizzlies rely too much on the performance of the two bears. Mike Conley and Nate Robinson performed well in the first two rounds. When Guo Xu was suppressed, they were severely suppressed. The strength of both sides was half a pound.
The Suns' inside wheel battles have a slight advantage in dealing with the two bears, mainly four-player rotation, and the Grizzlies' rotation is worse than the starter. In key games, the coaching staff reduces Jordan's playing time and avoids being targeted by the opponent using the "shark-cutting tactic".
The Grizzlies won the game because the Suns' outside are collectively inaccurate, and the league's strongest three-team hits only 25%.
The Knight eliminated Magic 4-2.
The Magic did not dig out Rashad Lewis and introduced Sean Marion. They were not an orthodox power forward. It was very difficult to defend Boozer, but the weaknesses in this position were enough for the Magic.
Chapter completed!