dognovel Chapter 459 The semifinals of the playoffs! 【Subscription】
Chapter 459 The semifinals of the playoffs! 【Subscription】
Aside from the Celtics, only one team managed to sweep its opponents.
In the second round, the Los Angeles Lakers swept away the embarrassment that was almost cornered by the Mavericks in the first round. They vented all their grievances in the first round on the Timberwolves, especially O'Neal and Malone, who were forced in the first round. The guy who has been floating on the outside has almost lived on the inside.
Especially Malone, this guy obviously has the top mid-range shooter in the NBA, but 80% of his points in this series came from the 3-second zone, not to mention O'Neal who made the 3-second zone his home. .
Compared with these two people, Garnett, who is slender and thin like a college student, was ravaged by these two people in this series, and the fight was unbearable, and it was even revealed that after the fourth game, Garnett, He rushed directly to the general manager and shouted at him!
"If I don't get a real center next year! I definitely won't renew my contract!"
This round of the series ended with the disastrous defeat of the Timberwolves, and the Lakers regained the feeling of being the dominant player in the Western Conference. It also made all the teams who felt that the Lakers were the same thing re-evaluated them.
After all, when Malone 630 and Shaquille O'Neal are both going inside to attack, when Shaquille O'Neal can hit that damn free throw, when you want to double-team them, but Reggie Miller and Kobe Bryant are standing on the outside, All teams facing the Lakers will have headaches and helplessness.
In another set of matchups in the West, the San Antonio Spurs, headed by the twin towers, met the Phoenix Suns led by super point guard Kidd and all-around guard Hardaway.
On one side, the inside line is king, and the other side is the defender. The two sides staged a hot showdown in the Western Conference semifinals. In the first four games, the two sides fought back and forth, and each won at home. 2 victories and entered the battle of Tianwangshan.
But before the most important battle of Tianwangshan, the Spurs suddenly received bad news. Their star, the first-team player of the year, Tim Duncan, will miss all the following games and undergo knee surgery because of a season-refunded knee injury.
The Spurs who lost Duncan immediately lost their competitiveness and dominance. They were completely penetrated by the Suns in the battle of Tianwangshan, and they lost 29 points. Then in the sixth game at the Suns' home, Hardaway and Kidd both Violent, scored 27 points, 8 rebounds, 9 assists and 11 points, 17 assists and 14 rebounds respectively, led the sun to dry the Spurs, and successfully advanced to the Western Conference finals!
This is the first time the Suns have come to the stage of the Western Conference finals since Barkley led the team to the finals in the 1992-1993 season. Their opponent is the big Mac of the Western Conference, the Los Angeles Lakers!
Another matchup in the Eastern Conference was once again the most intense and tragic series in the divisional semifinals.
Among the best defensive players, Alonzo Mourning, the second-ranked 'tough guy', led the Miami Jagged Army, and faced the Philadelphia heroes led by 'Son of Philadelphia' Iverson. The sun and the moon are dull.
First, the 76ers came out on top on the road and won their first victory in the series, and then the Heat's iron barrel burst into power, winning the next two games and regaining home-court advantage.
In the fourth game, Iverson smashed the Quartet again, scored 45 points, led his team to hold the home court, and tied the score at 2:2.
In the battle of Tianwangshan, the two sides played like a boxing match. Under Riley's strategy, the Miami natives used wild to some bad fouls at home, knocking Iverson, who rushed into the interior, to the ground again and again. But Iverson is always able to stand up again and again!
Iverson, who was full of courage and indomitable eyes, seemed to enjoy the feeling of being thrown from the air again and again, and charged towards Mourning and the others like crazy.
50 seconds before the end, Iverson once again forced the ball into the inside line, facing Mourning's help defense, the fearless Iverson threw his body into the sky, making (dbdd) become Mourning's first. At the same time as the six fouls, he did not know how many times he hit the floor heavily.
The fall was so heavy that even the fans at home in Miami couldn't bear to boo Iverson. They were even a little worried that this brave and fearless little man would just be unable to stand up.
But their worries were just emerging. The fearless Iverson once again jumped up from the floor with a face full of stubbornness. After moving his ankles, he walked straight to the free throw line.
With Iverson's two free throws and Mourning's exit, the Philadelphia 76ers have another victory on the road and won a crucial victory!
With a 3-2 lead, they head back home for a sixth game of life and death!
This is their best chance. If they can't close the game at home and go to Miami in Game 7, no one knows what will happen!
Unfortunately, the accident still happened.
The 76ers lost their touch inexplicably at home. No one in the team, including Iverson, shot more than 45% from the field, and the team shot only 38%. Naturally, this shooting rate cannot help them. win the game.
In the end, the Heat survived on the road and successfully brought the game back to Miami for the tiebreaker!
Before the start of the tiebreaker, Iverson conveyed his heart to all his teammates with a solemn expression.
"This game, we have to win! I'll be the first to rush into the Heat's circle, let them beat me up, and I'll be the last one to leave the field! Besides, I The only hope is you, my best guys, you can join me, rush into the enemy's line, and win!
Iverson's words brought the morale of the 76ers to a climax. From the beginning of the sixth game, they put on a stance to fight the Heat with all their might.
If we can't shoot, let you shoot too!
With this kind of thinking, the offensive efficiency of both sides has become extremely low. Excessive physical contact makes both sides lose their shooting touch. The game seems to have become a replica of the first round of the 76ers and the Raptors.
The scores of the first three quarters were 15:17, 17:14 and 20:18 respectively.
After the first three quarters, the score between the two sides was only a mere 52:52!
The total is barely more than 100 points.
In the fourth quarter of the game, there was no sign of recovery in the touch of both sides. In the case of a sharp drop in strength, it became more difficult for both sides to shoot.
Even in the long 7 minutes from 11 minutes left in the fourth quarter to 4 minutes left in the fourth quarter, the two sides did not hit even a single athletic goal!
Both sides can only rely on free throws to slowly increase the team's points.