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Chapter 242 I want to beat you

Compared with the anxiety of the Western Conference playoffs, the Eastern Conference playoffs will be much more crazy.

雄鹿队4:0横扫尼克斯队，热火队4:0横扫步行者队，公牛队4:0横扫76人队。

When the Big Three of the Heat entered the playoffs when they first entered the playoffs, they played the Pacers team with the worst record in the playoffs without any thought of resistance.

波什场均18分7篮板2助攻，韦德场均23分8篮板5助攻，詹姆斯场均24分7篮板6助攻。

The Big Three averaged 65 points, 22 rebounds and 13 assists per game.

You must know that the Pacers averaged only 87 points per game in the entire series. The average points scored by the Big Three of the Heat has reached two-thirds of the Pacers' average points per game.

How is this played?
Danny Granger, who claims to be the No. 22 small forward in the East, averaged 5 points, 3 rebounds and [-] assists in this round of the series, which is very good.

Being able to shoot 46% of the field goals under James' defense, Danny Granger can still strictly speaking be ranked in the small forward position in the East.

But apart from Danny Granger, the Pacers only had Tyler Hansbrough and Roy Hibbert average double figures in scoring, and they just passed the 10-point mark.

They want to beat the Heat with such a lineup strength, it is a bit wishful thinking.

In the post-match interview, James and Wade declared domineeringly: "This is a good start, and we hope to sweep and defeat all the next opponents."

"The Heat have only one goal, and that is to win the championship."

Bosh, who was on the side, couldn't help feeling sour when he saw the scene of the two being in love during the interview.

"We... don't have me inside."

The Bulls-76ers series has become a defensive battle.

The Bulls, the league's top defense in the restricted area, faced the 76ers, the league's fourth overall defense.

The two teams have really used both hands to fight each other since the first game. You hit me and you elbow your defensive attitude.

It's just a pity that the 76ers did not have Rose and Truth Pierce, and they lost to these two people.

In terms of scoring at critical moments, the Bulls really have too many ways to end the game.

Especially Windy Rose Rose, who turned the 76ers' entire defense upside down with his invincible breakthrough in this round of the series.

It was only then that everyone remembered that if it weren't for the excessive limelight of James and the Heat this season, Rose would be the player who could win the regular season MVP in the third year of his career!
"This No. 1 player will definitely become a Hall of Fame player in the future, and even lead the Bulls to become a dynasty team like Jordan."

"I believe that in the future we will be able to see Rose continue to grow and lead the team to the top of the league."

"We can look forward to forever from him."

This is what Magic Johnson said when he was invited to explain the fourth game between the Bulls and the 76ers.

After watching Ross perform that night, he was devastated physically and mentally.

Magic Johnson firmly believes that Rose will definitely become the top three or even the number one superstar in the league in the near future.

Fans all over the world and many celebrities in the NBA also share the same opinion as him.

They are all very much looking forward to Rose's performance in the future.

Compared with the gap between the first six teams in the Eastern Conference, the most anxious round of the Eastern Conference playoffs is the series between the Magic and the Eagles.

The Eagles eliminated the Magic with Warcraft Howard 4:2!
This is also the only time in the first round of the playoffs this season with more than one gram!
Howard averaged a large double-double of 26 points and 14 rebounds per game, and almost completely suppressed the 76ers' Al Horford in the paint.

But judging from the process of the entire 6 games, the Magic have almost been suppressed by the Hawks as a whole.

Compared with Howard of the Magic team, the entire Eagles players averaged 6 players in double figures in this round of the series.

贾马尔-克劳福德场均20分3篮板2助攻，乔-约翰逊场均18分7篮板4助攻，约什-史密斯场均14分8篮板，艾尔-霍福德场均12分10篮板，柯克-辛里奇、马文-威廉姆斯场均10分。

"The Magic lost on perimeter defense."

"Jason Richardson, Gilbert Arenas, JJ Redick, Quentin Richardson"

"None of these outside shooters on the Magic has a strong individual defensive strength."

"They hardly showed any tough performance against Jamal Crawford and Joe Johnson scoring in singles."

"Howard is indeed the league's top box-protecting center, but there is a big difference between him and top defensive insiders like Garnett and Duncan."

"That is, Howard can't guard against it."

"So when the opponent is a team with a good guard line, the entire defensive system of the Magic can't play a great role."

Big Mouth Barkley Show.

Barkley talked about one of the very important reasons why the Magic lost the game.

In the regular season of this season, the Heat's record has been soaring all the way, and the 27-game winning streak has aroused public outrage among the league's teams, bluntly saying that they are cheating.

But just as the Heat were about to attack the first 33-game winning streak in history, they were first blocked by the Bucks and then cut off by the Magic.

In fact, throughout the regular season, the three matches between the Magic and the Heat all ended with the Magic winning the final.

In Barkley's view, the Magic may be one of the few teams in the league that can form a natural advantage over the Heat.

Because they have Howard.

With the Heat's weak inside configuration, Howard's wanton bombing inside is a matter of course.

Barkley has even been looking forward to the showdown between the Magic and the Heat in the playoffs, but he didn't expect the Eagles to pop up halfway.

Barkley sighed after getting such a result.

Without the Magic, there may no longer be a team in the entire Eastern Conference that can dominate the Heat on the inside.

The entire league can still have this kind of strength, probably the combination of Gasol and Garnett of the Western Lakers.

"Without the Magic, the Heat may really have no opponents in the Eastern Conference playoffs this season."

Magic Johnson said the same thing.

Of course, he is more concerned about Howard's performance after being eliminated.

The young Warcraft sat on the bench with a dazed face. He watched the Eagles players celebrate wantonly there, his face was full of disappointment.

The magician knows Howard's optimist character very well, and he can see the loss of emotions appearing in him who is laughing and joking at any time. One can imagine how pessimistic and helpless Howard is at this time.

Kenny Smith moved on to the most important topic.

"Now that the first round of the playoffs has been played, the East and West semifinals will officially begin in two days."

"The league has also given the schedule for the semifinals."

"West: Lakers vs. Trail Blazers, Spurs vs. Mavericks."

"East: Bucks vs. Bulls, Heat vs. Hawks."

Across the ocean.

Penguin Sports specially launched the topic of "choose the team you support".

All Chinese fans voted online for guessing the Eastern and Western Finals teams.

The final result of the voting was the Lakers vs. Spurs in the Western Conference Finals, and the Bucks vs. Eagles.

Yu Jia burst out laughing when he saw the result, and said, "What does Director Su think of the result of the Western Conference Finals prediction?"

Su Qun said: "Ham, I can see it this way, this is obviously the fans messing around."

"The Heat are so good this season, how could they not even make it to the Eastern Conference Finals."

"Besides, it is true that the Eagles defeated the Magic, but they did so because the team's main offensive points were all on the outside, and most of the offensive methods were singles."

"That's exactly the area of ​​offense and the style of offense that the Magic are least good at defending."

"So the Eagles' win over the Magic is still a bit of luck."

"Of course, the overall strength of the Eagles is indeed strong, but to say that they are stronger than the Heat, that would be a bit outrageous."

"Look at the two brothers of the Heat, one James and one Wade, they are much better than Jamal Crawford and Joe Johnson of your Hawks."

At this time, Yu Jia restrained all her emotions and thought rationally for a while.

In his opinion, the Bucks vs. Eagles in the Eastern Conference finals is indeed the fans' nonsense.

If Penguin Sports is to choose the winner of the championship team you support, Yu Jia can say with certainty that these fans will definitely choose the Bucks.

After all, because of Yi Jianlian, the Rockets and Bucks have always been the home teams of Chinese fans.

Now that Yao Ming's Rockets team has been eliminated, there is no need to be suspicious that all fans will switch to the Bucks.

"It's just, can the Bucks really reach the Eastern Conference Finals?"

Su Qun paused when he heard this, and finally said with a reasonable analysis.

"Hard to say."

"The Bucks are indeed the defending champions, but this year they faced much more pressure in the playoffs than last year."

"One Bull, one Heat, and the three veteran teams in the West."

"It is extremely difficult for the Bucks to get past the Bulls alone."

"Ross's performance in this year's playoffs is very hot, not only in the playoffs, he almost won the MVP in the regular season."

"If it wasn't for James and the Heat, this year would be the year of the Bulls and Rose."

"So if I were to predict, the Heat's promotion to the Eastern Conference Finals is basically a certainty, but it is very difficult for the Bucks to advance to the Eastern Conference Finals."

Yu Jia asked curiously: "How much does Director Su think?"

Su Qun thought for a while and said, "4:6, Bucks 6."

Milwaukee.

The Bucks' in-team training has begun.

Li Lai led the entire coaching staff to watch the video tapes of the Bulls' entire playoffs in detail.

On this basis, Hammond also found some tactics of the Bulls in the regular season, especially the defensive tactics.

After combining the video tape and the Bulls' defensive tactics, Tyronn Lue proposed a lot of constructive tactical strategies.

For example, double-teaming Rose and Pierce, shrinking to assist defense, and shooting with one star.
Li Lai adopted some suggestions, and at the same time directly rejected some suggestions, and then listed his ideas and key tactical points to the two of them one by one, and led the players to conduct drills on the training ground.

"Pay attention to the inside defense!"

"Protect the rebound!"

"A Lian! Run faster!"

"Russell, pay attention to the blocking of the breakthrough route."

Li Lai's shouts sounded from time to time throughout the arena.

Yesterday, ESPN specially launched the Eastern Conference Semifinals prediction column.

Magic Johnson is backing the Bucks to win the series.

Because the Bucks are the defending champions, because they defeated the Lakers last season, the 13-game winning streak at the end of the regular season this season also proves the strength of the Bucks.

The performance of the Bucks in the first round of the playoffs also deserves everyone's belief in the Bucks' determination to defend their title.

In terms of playoff experience, Magic Johnson is more willing to believe that the Bucks can give the Bulls a heavy blow at a critical moment.

But Barkley has a different view. He is extremely supportive of the Bulls' victory over the Bucks.

In terms of record, the Bulls lead.In the season match, the Bulls lead.In player form, Rose is unstoppable.

Even in the playoff experience that the magicians value very much, Barkley also took out Paul Pierce, the former Finals FMVP player.

In ESPN's Eastern Conference semifinal prediction column, the support of those celebrities and experts was exactly 5:5.

Half of it is to support the Bucks to win the series, and the other half is to support the Bulls to win the series.

But no matter whose reason is more correct and sufficient, what is certain is that whichever team wants to get out of this round of the series must at least shed a layer of skin.

Li Lai, who has already experienced a lot of ups and downs, naturally doesn't care about unreliable expert predictions at this time.

In his view, the ball still has to be played by himself.

"However, the Bulls are a very strong opponent."

Holloway came over at this moment, holding a cup of hot milk in her hand.

She was used to Li Lai not eating every morning, so she always reminded him at this time and brought him some simple food.

Li Lai took it habitually, wanting to drink it all in one gulp, but finally found that his mouth was burning, so he slowed down.

Because I don't know when the training in the Bucks will stop, and when Li Lai will be able to take a sip, Holloway has long been used to heating the milk very hot.

The little girl rubbed her hands together from the burn, and then subconsciously pinched her ears when she realized that it was useless.

Li Lai didn't see Holloway, who was pinching her ears and shrugging her head, quickly drank the milk and handed it over, then continued to pay attention to the training ground.

Holloway was a little disappointed to take the cup, but seeing Li Lai who was shouting reminders to the players on the court, she soon smiled again.

"Dengtuzi, you have to win."

5 month 3 day.

In the Eastern Conference semifinals of the playoffs, the game between the Bucks and the Bulls officially started.

United Center Arena.

Red flames spewed out around the stadium, and huge red curtains fell from around the big screen on site.

Where the light pointed, the head of an angry bull loomed.

Below the curtain stood 15 Bulls players and four members of the coaching staff.

"NBA 2010-11 season, the Eastern Conference playoffs semifinals, the match between the Chicago Bulls and the Milwaukee Bucks has officially begun!"

on the field.

Rose, who had kept his head down, raised his head at this moment, his eyes full of firm emotions.

He still remembers the picture of the Bulls being eliminated by the Bucks in the playoffs of the 08-09 season.

It was also that round of the playoffs that made Rose deeply aware of his own shortcomings.

From 22% three-point shooting in his rookie season to 33% three-point shooting this season.

Step by step, Rose is raising his shooting level to the league average.

This season, no team in the entire league dared to empty Rose a full 2 ​​meters away from the three-point line like the Bucks did in the playoffs.

"Coach Li Lai, I have solved my shooting ability problem."

"This year's playoffs, I want to beat you!"

(End of this chapter)