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Chapter 458 Garnett's Qualities

In early May, the playoffs entered the second round.

The Mavericks ranked slightly lower in the regular season. They advanced to the second round and encountered the No. He will only be able to charter a flight to Seattle to prepare for the game on the second day after playing the Lakers.

At the same time, with the progress of the playoffs, the major awards of the regular season are also announced one after another. Unlike usual, this year's announcement progress is very fast. Before the second round, all the awards will be announced.

The scoring leader was won by Jordan's 30.4, the rebounding leader was accepted by Rodman's 14.9, and the three kings of assists, blocks, and steals were Stockton, Mutombo, and Payton.

As for the best rookie is Damon Stoudemire, Garnett also missed this; the best coach is Phil Jackson, leading the Bulls to hit the first data in history of 72/10, which is not surprising.

From this point of view, not to mention Li Shengli, the entire Mavericks have nothing to gain, but the weight of these awards is average, and no one cares, the main event is yet to come...

Li Shengli won all the center forwards for a while and one defense!

The MVP of the regular season didn't run either. Counting last season's two consecutive wins, even Jordan won the scoring champion and couldn't stop him. Even if Li Shengli didn't have any statistics, he still ranked first in points, rebounds and blocks on the top five lists. Two, it's pretty scary.The only regret is that DPOY's best defense is gone, and it was won by the Supersonic glove Gary Payton. At the same time, Payton also became the first point guard DPOY in league history.

But even so, Li Shengli is still the biggest winner in the regular season.

One defense and two consecutive MVPs, and the most important championship, FMVP, Li Shengli wants more.

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Back to the schedule.

The Supersonics and Mavericks didn't have much trouble before the game, and they started the first game directly, and according to the intensity of the second round, both sides were also the main players.

For the Mavericks... Li Shengli, Kidd, Garnett, and Curry have not stayed for a long time, plus a third position McLeod, and in the combination of the four generals, only one of them is Crotty as a substitute. After all, he is a functional role player. The meaning of existence is to make the team's tactics changeable and adaptable. Just like Rodman of the Bulls, he played 3 games in the first round and all of them were substitutes. It is just Crotty's role. Not as obvious as Rodman.

As for supersonic...

The record in recent seasons has been rising steadily, and the strength is definitely strong enough. Coupled with George Karl, who has unconstrained tactics, he has been ranked No. [-] in the Western Conference this season, and the starting lineup is not surprising.

The center is Elvin Johnson, who has the same name as the Magician, and is considered the worst starter in the Supersonics; the power forward is Kemp, and the small forward Detlef Schramff is the number one German. A player who joined the NBA with outstanding scoring ability; point guard Gary Payton; shooting guard Jose Hawkins.

Looking at the regular season data of the Supersonics team, although Kemp and Payton are in charge, the scoring data of the whole team is very divided. Basically, whoever is pulled out can be used as an offensive point, except... the starting center for this game Elvin Johnson.

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To be honest, the pre-match atmosphere of this game was a bit too good.

Kidd went to have sex with Payton. After all, the two had known each other since childhood and had played together before entering the league. In addition to the fact that the temporarily formed major league beat Ryder violently, Kemp also happily faced Li Shengli. Grinning, ugly is a bit ugly, but the atmosphere is really good.

"Look, hey, this camp is so enthusiastic." During the warm-up, Curry couldn't help laughing.

"Isn't that my credit? Payton and I know each other very well." Kidd curled his lips, worried about Garnett, "Kevin, don't talk trash for a while, just bear with it."

"Damn, who do you think I am? I'm also a qualified young man."

How talented are you?

You have a chicken feather quality!

Li Shengli cried. After all, after playing for a season, everyone knows what kind of urine Garnett is. It’s just that no one talks about him as a teammate. From Garnett’s point of view, it’s basically... the big stage of the league. Mom, you Come on, the opposite side of Shunfeng is full of brothers, and headwind will let your genealogy ascend to heaven.

That's it, what quality is there to talk about?

"Kevin, please show some face!" Li Shengli took a sip, and practiced two shots, but they didn't make two practice shots, which gave Curry a headache, but Li Shengli didn't respond.

Sonics to start Irving Johnson at center?

This Johnson played the first game in the regular season, but the opponents who started the game were all standard core teams such as the Rockets, Spurs, and Mavericks, and this game is the same. Supersonics coach George Karl is dedicated to this team. A center with a meat shield to fight against Li Shengli, bullying Li Shengli does not have the "short hand" of the CIC.

However, Li Shengli is really not afraid of not having a mid-range shot. After all, when he first entered the league, he rarely had mid-range in his arsenal, and this time... the Mavericks have Garnett, and Kemp will not participate in the inside entanglement. Dou, Johnson alone really can't cause big problems for the Mavericks.

Furthermore, no matter how powerful the defensive point guard Gary Payton is, he can't hold back the Mavericks' outside shot percentage, which directly weakens the impact of Payton's defense on the game.

This is just the offensive end of the Mavericks, and the defensive end... Even if the Sonics claim to be able to play with all players, Garnett's awareness and area of ​​top defense can greatly suppress it.

Based on this, the supersonic's outside charge will have resistance, and inside, Johnson vs. Li Shengli, the original meat shield center only emphasizes confrontation, the offensive threat is very small, and the only threat can only be Camp, after all, Garnett defends alone The power forward is still a weakness.

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To be honest, anyone can see the strength of each company on paper!

George Karl also knows that his own Supersonics can beat anyone, even the Rockets and Spurs are not afraid. After all, the number one in the Western Conference is not blown out, but he also knows... In the entire Western Conference, the most difficult thing for the Supersonics is calf.

The inside combination of Li Shengli + Garnett is different from the Rockets and Spurs, because Garnett is too flexible, completely different from the previous standard fourth position...Li Shengli is strong inside, few people can parry, send people to the inside , Garnett immediately turned over one shot, but after sharing the defensive personnel, Garnett didn't shoot, Li Shengli was still able to turn over their inside line one by one.

There is one thing to say, the team's lineup does have incompatible attributes in some aspects.

The Sonics are not afraid of the Rockets, the Spurs, or the Mavericks.

Because even if the center position is overwhelmed by a super center, Kemp can also overwhelm the opponent at the fourth position. In addition, Payton leads the team to pull the defense, and the game is easy to play. Can well limit Kemp's position.

The Mavericks are not afraid of supersonic speeds, but to a certain extent they are afraid of the Spurs and Rockets.

Because if Li Shengli can't hold down the center position, Garnett's performance environment will be limited. If he really wants to move to the outside shot, it depends on whether Kidd and Curry can shoulder the burden.

In such a comparison, it can only be said that the supersonic speed is more unlucky.

If they were No. [-] in the Western Conference, they would not encounter this situation, but they are No. [-] in the Western Conference. In George Karl's view...the second round is even more difficult than their Western Conference Finals. After all, their opponents in the Western Conference Finals will be in the Spurs and rocket output.

(End of this chapter)