NBA Opening Draw To Twilight Shaquille O’Neal: Chapter 452 potential opponents
After the end of the first round of the playoffs, the Blazers returned to Portland for the first time. They did not stay in Los Angeles, but chose to bring the joy of promotion back to Portland and give feedback to their hometown parents.
Next, they need to wait for the winners of the Thunder VS Warriors and Clippers VS Mosaic showdown. Even if the Thunder and the Clippers all kill their opponents by one, Wang Zelin and the others will have a small week off.
Before that, the pioneers could only wait, wait in daily training, wait in constant recharge...
During the waiting period, Wang Zelin, who started to enter the role of rest and force in advance, inevitably went to observe the games of other teams, which could be regarded as observing the opponents in the next round in advance.
Especially the Clippers-Mosaic game.
Including Terry Stotts and David Vanderpool, they are also very concerned about this group of duels, because the opponents in the next round will be generated from them.
It's not that they have no confidence in the Blazers winning the next round, but they are pursuing a greater chance of winning. If you can easily win the game and advance to the Western Conference finals, why not do it?
So, in the next few days off, Terry Stotts also organized players to watch the Clippers and Mosaic games with him.
Entering the fifth game of the series, the Clippers, who returned to the home court with a 3:1 lead, and Mosaic, who were on the verge of desperation and had to fight their backs, started the battle of Tianwang Mountain.
In the end, Mosaic won by one point in overtime, and the score was 121:120. Howard, who had been in a slump for several games in the series, finally broke out, scoring a large double-double of 25+14. In addition, there was another Clippers breakthrough player who was frightened by 5 blocks in a single game.
On the last night of April, Howard dreamed back to the magic period, allowing countless fans to once again witness the peak of Warcraft.
Thanks to Howard's explosion, he grabbed a key rebound at the last moment of the game, and made two free throws after being fouled. Only then could Mosaic gain a 4-point lead and Paul's final score. Thrilling buzzer-beating three-pointers are useless.
The Clippers won the key match point of Tianwang Mountain, but they still lost the game, which made Terry Stotts all sigh:
"See? This is the playoffs. Never underestimate your opponent. Now the score of the series has changed from 3:1 to 3:2. Although they are still one game behind, the Mosaic team has the possibility of a comeback. …”
After the battle of Tianwangshan between the Clippers and Mosaic, Terry Stotts once again gave the disciples a vaccination.
Of course, Mosaic won another thrilling game, and the Blazers also benefited a lot, because it means they have more time to observe their opponents in the next round.
If the Clippers and Mosaic really fought hard to the tiebreaker...that would be interesting.
If that happens, Terry Stotts has thought about what headline the media will give:
"Two tigers fight each other, and the third-party pioneer may become the biggest winner!"
On the other hand, Wang Zelin did not forget to always pay attention to the game of the Pacers in the east.
In the Pacers VS Eagles series, the Pacers first went to the two cities and got a huge 2:0 lead.
Helpless, after arriving in Atlanta, the home of the Eagles, the Pacers were a little unaccustomed to the situation, and the Eagles won one game, and the series became 2:1.
Fortunately, in the fourth game of the series, the Pacers' young leader Paul George broke out again, scoring 22 points, 13 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 steals and 1 block. The quasi-triple-double data helped the Pacers take a 3:1 lead. The advantage returns to home.
Back in Indiana, the two sides began the most crucial battle of Tianwang Mountain in the series. It should be said that the Pacers deserve to be the first in the East this year, and they can play much harder than the Clippers.
In the match point round, Paul George and his teammates all scored 12 points of attention. Everyone on the Pacers was working hard. They didn't want to be involved in the tug of war.
In the first quarter, they took a 6-point lead at 28:22.
Then came the second quarter, with the Eagles relying on key Paul Millsap as well. The outside sharpshooter Korver's two three-pointers from the bottom corner brought the 6-point disadvantage back.
At halftime, the score was 48:48, and the two teams were tied.
The third quarter was still fierce. The two teams did not give way to each other, and there was more than one cross-lead situation on the field.
In the end, it was the Pacers insider Optimus Prime Gao Yuanyuan who scored a foul under the basket and added a penalty to make the score 77:75, allowing the Pacers to enter the final quarter with a 2-point slight advantage.
Then, the plot that everyone did not expect came!
Entering the final decisive battle, it was so tense and exciting that many fans were even reluctant to leave the decisive battle moment when they chose to hold their urine, but the players of the two teams on the field began to attack for three and a half minutes.
On the field, the voices of "Duang", "Duang" and "Duang" came from time to time, which made some fans who had the urge to urinate even more unable to stop.
In the end, David West, the eldest brother of the 2003 platinum generation, scored a goal in the middle distance, which he is best at, causing a fatal injury and ending the three and a half minutes of feeding each other on the field. Behavior.
The Pacers, who took the lead in breaking the scoring drought, were like patients who had been constipated for a long time.
Since then, it has also completely established the victory of this game.
In the end, the Pacers won the Tianwang Mountain with a ten-point lead at 107:97 at home, defeated the Eagles 4:1, and advanced to the Eastern Conference semifinals.
"The Pacers won the match point, won the Tianwang Mountain, the semi-finals, the Eastern Conference finals, the finals... Their future is the sea of stars!"
The roar of Reggie Miller, the commentator and Pacers legend, came from the TV. In front of the TV, Wang Zelin breathed a sigh of relief. History changed because of him again.
The Pacers did not advance to the Eastern Conference semifinals two games ahead of schedule, instead of fighting the Hawks in seven games.
So, will they keep pushing forward, as TV Lee Reggie Miller said, all the way to the finals?
It seems that it is not impossible.
When the wheel of history rolls forward, the pace of the times will never stop!
Every year's NBA playoffs can be seen as a change of times. Maybe at some point, the classic drama of the Yangtze River's back waves pushing the front waves and a new generation laughing at the old will happen.
To borrow the old blacksmith's classic quote: "There is always someone to win, so why can't it be me?"
This sentence is also very applicable to the Blazers youth army led by Wang Zelin and the same young Pacers players!
Suddenly, Wang Zelin really hoped that his opponent in the finals would be this Pacers team.
Although he knows that defeating the two-time defending champion Miami Heat is more valuable, more topical and attractive than beating the Pacers, he still prefers to face the Pacers on the finals stage.
If I have to say one reason, it is the sympathy between young people.
After all~www.mtlnovel.com~ the older generation represents Keke and Deng, and the Mesozoic represents Zhan, Wei, and Du, so... Among the younger generation, there are two young people who are the most dazzling in the eastern and western regions in recent years. Guards, naturally non-Pacers and Trailblazers are innumerable.
What?
What do you mean Thunder?
Don't make a fuss, since Detonator sent the bearded player away, leaving behind the two who were not very compatible with the style of play, the Thunder prospect knows everything.
Rather than beware of the Thunder, it is better to be more careful about the rising water duo, as well as the Heat and Pacers, the two most championship-winning teams in the East.
Therefore, it is no wonder that Wang Zelin would have a whim.
However, he also understands that the Pacers and the Heat, or in the competition between the leaders of the two teams, Paul George is still a little more tender than James. It is difficult to advance to the finals!
As for the many powerful enemies on the western side, Wang Zelin attaches the most importance to the Spurs GDP, and he has a feeling of "heroes in the world, only the king and the ear"...
Of course, I have to reiterate that his king is not a Cao thief!