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Chapter 311 The Sufferer of the Spurs?

DeWeese worked hard at home to regain his form.

The Magic also ushered in their first round of the playoffs.

The Celtics' trident still struggled without Davis' magic.

After all, Houston, Mashburn, and Kidd have only played for two years at most.

They can bring the rebuilt Celtics into the playoffs, which has already made Celtics fans very satisfied.

In the first game, the Magic were at home and gave the Celtics a hard education.

The most normal performance of the Celtics was Kidd. Faced with Nick Van Exel, Kidd surrendered a quasi-triple-double of 14 points, 9 rebounds and 11 assists.

Mashburn and Alan Houston struggled against Sprewell and Klay's defense.

前者全场21投6中，仅仅砍下22分6篮板3助攻，命中率极低。

Alan Houston was 15 of 3, which was even worse. If he hadn't made two three-pointers and three free throws, he wouldn't even be able to score 10 points.

The Magic, who didn't hold back at all, slaughtered the Celtics at home. They won the Celtics 77-124 by a full 47 points.

奥尼尔全场25投17中，罚球10中6，砍下了40分14篮板4助攻4盖帽。

Sprewell also scored 25 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists, sharing Van Exel's assist pressure well.

Clay also scored 23 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists. The three combined scored 88 points, which has surpassed the Celtics' scoring. . .

As for the other games, there was no suspense. In the first game, there was no such thing as a down-and-up situation.

The Bulls barely made an effort to win against the Hawks, who had no superstars on their team.

Jordan only played 28 minutes before the game entered garbage time.

He also scored 28 points, 25 rebounds and 7 assists in 7 minutes, which is not inefficient.

The only surprise is that the Spurs game against the Mavericks was originally thought to be a game without suspense, but under the impact of the young Mavericks, the Spurs almost overturned at home.

In his first playoff game, Hill had a quasi triple-double of 29 points, 8 rebounds and 9 assists. Hardaway also performed very well. He scored 24 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists.

The situation of the Knicks and the Rockets, the two super teams, is also different.

The Cavaliers can't pose any threat to the Knicks at all, but Olajuwon is a bit uncomfortable when facing Mutombo.

His shooting rate was limited by Mutombo to less than 50%. If it weren't for the poor configuration of the Nuggets, the Rockets might overturn at home.

In the second game two days later, the Magic's new Trident continued to perform well. Sprewell scored 26 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists, Clay 21 points, 4 rebounds and 1 assist, and O'Neal had 22 points, 9 rebounds and 1 assist. However, the biggest contributor to their victory was not the above three, but the unknown Antonio Mason Jr. on the bench.

Mason scored a very unusual double-double. He played 26 minutes and made 3 of 0 shots. He only scored one point with free throws, but scored a full 14 rebounds and 11 assists. . . .

It can be said that if it weren't for Mason's performance, the Magic would not have won the game so easily.

Because Kidd faced Van Exel and completely suppressed his opponent.

He is still the Celtics' best performer, and won the first triple-double of his playoff career.

With 16 points, 11 rebounds and 13 assists, even O'Neal said after the game that Kidd's rebounding ability was weird.

"That kid often appears on rebounds accurately. Although there are not many offensive rebounds, but without him, Dennis and I can grab at least 5 more offensive rebounds in this game."

This is O'Neal's evaluation of Kidd after the game.

And this second game, the most surprising thing is that the Spurs lost to the Mavericks.

In fact, it is unexpected and reasonable. Hill's performance is not at all like a first-year rookie who has just entered the league.

He averaged 19.9 points, 6.4 rebounds and 5.5 assists in the regular season. In the playoffs, he went one step further.

After scoring 29 points in the last game, he continued to do whatever he wanted inside the Spurs in this game.

最后交出的34分7篮板5助攻的数据，以及哈达威贡献的27分4篮板8助攻，帮助小牛队在马刺主场获得了一场宝贵的胜利。

Even though David Robinson scored 35 points, 11 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 blocks, it still couldn't stop the two boys on the opposite side from playing super.

The next third game, the Magic moved to Boston and played a defensive battle with the Celtics.

But compared to defense, the Celtics can't beat the Magic. . .

After all, the defensive combination of O'Neal + Rodman + Sprewell + Clay can be called airtight.

In the end, the Magic swept the young Celtics 3-0 and advanced to the next round first.

Followed by the Bulls and Knicks, they also swept their opponents.

Only the Pacers and Hornets scored 2-1, and the Pacers temporarily took the lead.

The west is in chaos.

The Rockets lost to the Nuggets on the road, which surprised everyone.

The Jazz also lost to the Lakers on the road, and the score was also 2-1.

The Suns were the only one to sweep their opponents. The Blazers did not pose any threat to Barkley. Throughout the series, Barkley averaged 33 points, 12 rebounds and 3 assists, and his shooting percentage was as high as 59%.

As for the No. [-] and No. [-] Spurs and Mavericks in the West, it is the biggest source of the chaos in the West. . . .

The Spurs lost to the Mavericks again, and they lost no temper at all.

It seems that they have figured out the Spurs' style of play. The Mavericks' twin stars are playing better and better. The Spurs have the first record in the Western Conference, but they have nothing to do with the Mavericks, a young team.

Someone with a heart dug out the records of the Mavericks and the Spurs in the regular season, and found that the Mavericks actually had the absolute upper hand in the 4 regular season games against the Spurs.

They lost just one game and won three against the Spurs.

"Shouldn't there be a black eight again like last year?" This was the thought in everyone's mind.

However, none of this has anything to do with DeWeese. He still continues to recover his physical fitness at home and in the training hall.

From the time when he could only sustain 3 minutes of NBA-level confrontation, by the end of the first round, he had been able to sustain 5 minutes.Moreover, the time required from physical exhaustion to physical recovery has also been shortened.

And the most intuitive manifestation of all this is that on Davis's watch, his physical strength value has increased from 30 when he was just discharged from the hospital to 44.
(End of this chapter)