Basketball injuries only make me stronger

Chapter 211
Because the Hornets in this time and space are too strong, they played against other teams in the regular season and won a lot of games, which would inevitably break the original ranking of major teams in history.

A certain team wins two more games, and a certain team wins two games less. This will not affect the final ranking in many seasons. However, this is the 08 playoffs, so it is different!

In the 08 playoffs, the teams that entered the playoffs had very close records. This made one or two wins or losses, which caused a huge change in the rankings of the teams in this time and space.

The first Hornets, the second Lakers have nothing to say, followed by: Rockets, Spurs, Suns, Jazz, Nuggets, Mavericks.

As a result, the schedule for the first round of the Western Conference series was naturally released.

Hornets vs Mavericks.

Spurs vs. Suns.

Lakers vs. Nuggets.

Rockets vs. Jazz.

If the development goes well, Lianfeng thinks it will develop like this this season: Eliminate the Mavericks in the first round, and then play against the Spurs or the Suns in the conference semifinals... It's really hard to say, the Suns and the Spurs will split [-]-[-].After the semifinals, there is a high probability that they will play the conference finals with the Lakers or Rockets.

There should not be much difference between the East and the history. Although the Celtics have played a full 20 games in the series in history, their absolute strength lies there. It is estimated that they will have the last laugh.

Therefore, whether it is Lianfeng himself or the team coaches, they are focusing on the Lakers, Rockets, and Celtics.

Of course, the most important thing at this stage is to study the first-round opponent Mavericks.

Before the start of the playoffs, all members of the Hornets were engaged in intense preparations. Their daily life consisted of training, watching videos, and summarizing meetings.

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If we were to say who the star with the most pressure in the past few years is, some would say Kobe, because he was deeply involved in various public opinion turmoil due to conflicts between O'Neal and the Lakers management.But in fact, everyone in the Mavericks believes that the most stressful person in the past two years is their core, the old German tank driver!
Last season, although Nowitzki was not hacked due to changes in history, his results were still not worthy of the status of MVP.

The Mavericks have continued to slump this season, and even hovered in the eighth and No.9 for a time, which made Nowitzki very self-blaming.

And the outside world threw all kinds of words related to soft eggs on him.

But instead of blaming Nowitzki, the embarrassing boss traded Kidd for five players, including later All-Star player Devin Harris and two first-round picks, in February.

This operation also showed that they did not succumb to the fate of the eighth!
Nowitzki would even think that the way to wash away his shame is to get up wherever he falls!
The best way to wash away the shame is naturally to create a black eight miracle!
It's just that Nowitzki also knows it's difficult.

Leaving aside the Hornets, just looking at him, he has a lot of problems and weaknesses: at this time, he can only play facing up to the frame, and his back-up and coping skills are insufficient. He can use his feet to pass tall and strong men, and he can shoot in the face of small ones.

As we all know, Lian Feng, like Jordan and Kobe, likes to do the most fucking defensive core.

He is a power forward, and Lian Feng is a shooting guard, but if the Hornets really defend him, Nowitzki will not be surprised at all.

The point is, Lian Feng can really defend against it!

It's not the kind of defense that completely prevents you from scoring points, but it will indeed reduce your offensive efficiency a lot!

In the second half of the regular season this season, almost every team has done something to expand their armaments, except for their opponents, the Hornets!
It's just... the old driver had no choice but to smile wryly when he thought of the current lineup of the Hornets.

Their lineup really does not need to expand their armaments.

For the Hornets in Nowitzki's eyes, the biggest defensive threat is not Lian Feng, but Tyson Chandler.

Since that guy was sold to the Hornets at a low price by the Bulls, he has started to realize his talent in that small city.

In a center of Tyson Chandler's height, he still has such a fast moving speed and vertical jump ability, which is really a headache.Although his independent offensive ability is almost zero, it doesn't matter at all in the Hornets' offensive system. He only needs to eat cakes on the offensive end.

On the defensive end, Tyson Chandler is not as single-function as the offensive end. It can be said that he is a well-deserved defensive core.This season, he averaged 1.9 blocks per game, third in the league, and 11.8 rebounds per game, second in the league!
The point is that Tyson Chandler also belongs to the kind of defender who can't get past him and can't beat him.In the game against the Hornets this season, the team lost all. The main reason is...it is difficult for them to break through the Hornets' defense.

Nowitzki is well aware of the team's weakness, that is, it relies too much on mid-range jumpers. If the efficiency is not high, it will be very difficult to play.

The Hornets happen to be one of the best mid-range defensive teams in the league.

This will be a tough game!

But there is no way, fate has pushed the team to this position, so the next thing to do is to comply with it!
Nowitzki believes that God made them enter the playoffs at eighth this season, and there must be something arranged somewhere.

That is the key to cleanse yourself of shame!
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The first two games are naturally the home of the Hornets.

training hall.

In the last practice before the game, Adelman said solemnly: "Listen guys! I want you to cheer up! We have to win the first two home games!"

Afterwards, Adelman said to Lian Feng: "Lian, come here."

Lian Feng was puzzled, but he still passed.

The two walked aside alone, and Adelman patted Lianfeng on the shoulder and said: "Fighting the Mavericks, I need you to take on more heavy responsibilities on the offensive end."

Lian Feng replied without thinking, "Of course!"

Adelman shook his head: "I mean more than that. In fact, I mean, you have to put more energy on offense, not defense. This round of the series, you defend Stackhouse or Jason Terry, I believe this is not a difficult thing for you."

Lian Feng was slightly taken aback. To be honest, from the point of view of matchups, there is nothing wrong with defending these two guys... because they are two backups and both are shooting guards.

However, they are not the core of the team.Even the combined scores of the two did not reach an average of 20 per game.

They're all too old, and defending them is certainly not a difficult thing for Lian Feng.

At this time, the core of the Mavericks is of course only one, Nowitzki.

Kidd may be the core, but Kidd, who claims to have no offense, will never be the end point of tactics.

Adelman knew that Lian Feng also liked to pick the opponent's vanguard defense, but it was obvious that it was unreasonable for him to defend Nowitzki this time.

Lian Feng nodded clearly.

Is the Mavericks this season so miserable...

Indeed, compared to the Mavericks in the year they won the championship, the Mavericks this season are more single-core than the year they won the championship due to a series of slapstick operations by the management.

Well, if this is the case, let's experience the thrill of attacking with all our strength!
(End of this chapter)