The strongest champion puzzle

Chapter 217 The playoffs are coming

The playoffs of the 2013-2014 season finally started in late April, and the Heat's first opponent was the Bobcats, who had risen this season.

But their game is not on the first day, the Raptors and the Nets will start playing first.

The Raptors' record is better than that of the Nets, but it is also limited. There are several groups of teams in the East and West that are very close in strength this time.

The Nets took the initiative as soon as they came up, and the old fritters in the playoffs are just different.

The Raptors' young core DeRozan played in the playoffs for the first time. This buddy did not have the psychological quality of Paul George. He frequently hit the iron under tension, which laid the groundwork for the team's failure.

Pierce, who had been sluggish for the last half of the Nets, suddenly showed his strength and won an away game.

In the game between the Western Clippers and the Warriors, the Warriors also went up with the next gram.

It wasn't that the three-pointers were dead. In fact, the Clippers shot more three-pointers.

Griffin was troubled by fouls, and the Clippers Twin Towers did not show their power.

Paul led the team to fight the Warriors until the last moment. Unexpectedly, Sao Paulo, who has always been stable, made a mistake and missed a free throw, and handed over the victory to the Warriors.

A player like Paul has strength, but he lacks a little luck, and there will always be some problems at critical moments.

This is the case for most of the big men who didn't have a championship in history, but Paul is still at his peak and still has a lot of opportunities.

In another game in the Eastern Conference, the Hawks without Horford unexpectedly defeated the Pacers.

This is something that no one expected before. The Pacers performed well this season, and everyone put them in the ranks of the Heat. Fortunately, the playoffs are not a game to determine the outcome.

Hibbert was also troubled by fouls in this game. Teague and Millsap were completely macho. They scored 27 points in the third quarter and defeated the Pacers in one wave.

However, Paul George still performed vigorously, scoring, rebounding, stealing, assisting, and blocking shots. He was the team's number one in all statistics, a bit like James.

The game between the Thunder and the Grizzlies was the only game on the first day that did not have the following situation.

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The Grizzlies' Black and White Shuangxiong and Conley also played well, but the three of them added up to the same level, and the Grizzlies have no substitutes, so the failure is reasonable.

And the Grizzlies have always driven low and gone high, getting better and better, and the Thunder can't take it lightly.

On April 4, the game between the Heat and the Bobcats started.

Zhang Xiaotian is playing in the playoffs for the second time, but the warm cheers from the home fans still make his blood boil.

Compared with the regular season, he prefers the elimination system of the playoffs.

In fact, he misses the NCAA competition system very much. After entering March Madness, one game will determine the outcome.

It's a pity that the team was not strong at that time, and he was a small substitute, and he didn't show his face a few times in the past few years.

He will also feel nervous, but he is definitely the type who performs better at critical moments, and it is the same before he gets the system. He likes big scenes, and he likes the battlefield where the strong are like clouds.

The starting lineups of the two sides remained unchanged from the regular season. At the beginning of the game, the Bobcats got the chance to attack first, and Al Jefferson also hit a single.

The biggest threat to the Heat on the offensive end of the Bobcats is Al Jefferson, and they are not very worried about the young core Kemba Walker on the outside.

But Bobcats can enter the playoffs, more critical is their defense.

James received the highest treatment from the beginning, which caused the Heat to be slower.

Because the inside line was suppressed, the Heat had a rough start, allowing the opponent to take advantage of the score.

Bobcats tactics are very simple, is to find a way to give the ball to the inside singles, but fortunately they are not the configuration of the twin towers, the Heat can slow down.

When it came to the rotation period, the Heat gradually turned the situation around.

After all, the Bobcats don't have much to play on the bench, only Gary Neal, who was traded in the middle of the season, performed well.

The substitute chased the point difference back, and then it was time for the Big Three to perform.

After determining the opponent's state, the Heat made some adjustments on both offense and defense.

Al Jefferson definitely can't let him play alone easily. It's easy to block a single inside line, just shrink the defense.

The outside line can give them some opportunities, and the offensive end is to suppress the opponent and improve efficiency.

The Heat did this, they overtook the score and led their opponents by 7 points in the first half.

During the intermission, the Heat summed up the previous game. Their threat in the second half is still Al Jefferson, and they can choose pinching tactics.

After all, Kemba Walker, the outside core of the Bobcats, is participating in the playoffs for the first time, and the Heat are not worried about him spoiling the situation.

The Heat chose to attack at the beginning of the second half. Walker did get a chance on the outside, but the Heat always maintained the lead by virtue of their offense.

In order to contain the opponent's inside line, the opponent's outside line got a lot of opportunities, and the Heat failed to open the score.

But this is the first game of the playoffs, and they must focus on stability.

As long as they are ahead, they will choke the Bobcats inside, because they can choke the Bobcats outside no matter what point they want to choke, they are not in a hurry.

The Bobcats were not in a hurry at all, it's good that they can bite the Heat in the away game.

But as the score time shortens, the Bobcats can't be so calm. The one who will be anxious first will always be the one behind. They try to put up an attacking lineup at the beginning of the fourth quarter.

The Heat had been waiting for them for a long time, and in two and a half minutes, they extended their lead to double digits.

It was too late for Shanmao to regret, in fact, they had no choice but to drag it on and it would be over.

And in the last quarter, whether it was James, Wade, or Zhang Xiaotian, they couldn't use single defense to limit them.

If you are behind, you can wait for the opportunity, but you must take risks at the end of the quarter.

As soon as he took a risk, the score gap fell to 20 points, and the game lost suspense in an instant.

This is the gap in strength. If you delay the pace and fight defensively, you will lose better in terms of score. If you want to fight offensively, you will be tortured. But for such a slight possibility of victory, the Bobcats have no choice.

105:88, the Heat won the first game without any surprises. Zhang Xiaotian had 14 points and 5 rebounds.

Bobcat's strength, he doesn't need to be amazed at all.

So no one noticed that he was stronger than the regular season.

At the last moment of the regular season, he spent 47 victory points in the system training room to improve his strength, leaving only 25 victory points for emergencies.

[Basketball data (full value 100), strength: 76, speed: 73, bounce: 73, three-pointer: 70, mid-range shot: 80, layup: 80, dunk: 72, confrontation: 79, defense: 77, ball control : 72, passing: 68, steals: 67, interior: 62, rebounds: 73, blocks: 62, stability: 73. 】

The change in the numerical value shows that relying on the particularity of the training room, his improvement speed is not inferior to that in the first year, which makes him stronger and more confident.

(End of this chapter)