Bishop of the Abyss

Chapter 75. When "Cruel" is about to meet "Gouzi"

At present, there are a total of four teams that have been confirmed to advance to the semi-finals in the East and West.

除了4：1淘汰火箭的森林狼以外，其他三支球队分别是4：0淘汰篮网的热火，4：1淘汰掘金的马刺，以及刚刚结束比赛大比分4 : 1淘汰国王的超音速。

In this way, a set of battle lists for the Western Conference semifinals has been determined in advance. The Timberwolves ranked first in the West will compete with the Supersonics ranked fourth in the West.

As for the opponent of the Spurs in the western semifinals will be the winner between the Suns and the Mavericks, the Suns currently lead the Mavericks 3:2 and temporarily hold the match point, and the chances of advancing seem relatively high.

Although the Suns have a record of 62 wins and 20 losses this season, completely crushing the Mavericks in terms of rankings, but the Mavericks team is very weird, and the Mavericks' team strength is by no means a reference.

Nowitzki, Michael Finley, Stackhouse, Jason Terry, and Josh Howard, the Mavericks' offensive ability is definitely the best in the league when these people are combined.

Even if the defensive ability is as unbearable as the Suns, and it is completely out of proportion to the offense, the Mavericks with a smooth touch can even overthrow the Timberwolves, the number one in the league.

This point has already been tasted by the Timberwolves during the regular season, so the Suns did not play well in this round of the series. Even if they can advance in the end, they will be picked off by the Mavs.

From this point of view, the Suns are definitely at a disadvantage. After defeating the Mavericks, the Suns will have to face the Spurs in the semifinals. This kind of schedule even feels a headache for Luke as an opponent.

In comparison, the Timberwolves' schedule is obviously much better. Even though the strength of the Rockets cannot be underestimated, compared with the Mavericks, the Rockets are simply scum!

Needless to say, the semi-final matchup, the Suns and the Spurs are one of the biggest favorites to win this season.

No matter who the two teams can advance to the Western Conference Finals, they will definitely have to pay a big price. It is foreseeable that the Suns and Spurs will play very fiercely in this round of the series, and they may even reach the tiebreaker.

Compared with these two difficult brothers and sisters, the Timberwolves are not too happy to face the Sonics in the semifinals.

Before the start of the playoffs, Luke thought that if the Timberwolves had the opportunity to choose an opponent, he would definitely choose the Supersonics as his first-round opponent.

Because the Timberwolves' defensive system is naturally restrained against the Supersonics, as long as there are no accidents, the Timberwolves will definitely advance in this round of the series.

Luke's inner self-confidence is far higher than when he was playing the Rockets.

Facing the Rockets in the playoffs, Luke was still worried that McGrady, the "son of God", would cause trouble for him, but facing the Supersonics, Luke really couldn't think of this team as a threat to him.

Both Ray Allen and Lewis have good personal abilities, but neither of them is a singles star with excellent team leadership ability.

Relatively speaking, the two are better at playing off the ball and causing damage to the team in terms of shooting, rather than playing so aggressively like Kobe and McGrady.

Luke is not afraid of a cold-blooded killer like Ray Allen, on the contrary, what Luke is most afraid of is Kobe's unreasonable personal one-shot.

Regarding the matter of facing the supersonics in the semifinals, the goal that luke set for himself in his heart was to sweep 4:0!

In the East, the only team that has advanced is the Heat led by "Shark" O'Neal.

No!To be precise, it should be the Heat led by "The Flash" Wade!

整轮系列赛韦德场均上场时间高达42.5分钟，个人可以砍下26.3分6.3篮板8.8助攻以及1.8次抢断。

This data has definitely reached the league's top star level in the playoffs.

And in the personal matchup, Wade, who was in the second grade, also beat Vince Carter. This is the most shocking thing about Wade.

After all, Vince Carter is one of the most popular players in the league today. It is absolutely amazing to be able to beat Carter in a personal matchup.

In addition, the reason why the Heat can easily sweep the Nets 4:0 in this round of the series is that apart from the efficient performance of Wade and O'Neal, the performance of the Heat's double Jones is also suffocating.

As we all know, the Heat have two three-point shooters Damon Jones and Eddie Jones this season. Their defensive ability is average, but their excellent shooting ability is simply the most important helper around Wade and O'Neal.

If there were no outside threats from the two to help the Heat open up space, neither O'Neal nor Wade could play as smoothly as they do now.

Especially when the main scoring methods of the two are in the restricted area of ​​the basket, the outside threat of the double Jones is too important.

In the entire series, the double Jones averaged 16.5 and 16.3 points per game, and both of them made more than 50% of their three-pointers, among which Eddie Jones had a terrifying 53%!

The main offensive method of the two is the shooting from outside the three-point line. Damon Jones averaged 8.5 three-pointers per game, and Eddie Jones averaged 6.5 three-pointers per game.

In this case, the three-point shooting percentage of the two can still reach more than 50%. It can only be said that the Nets are really not wronged by being swept out 4:0.

With this kind of offensive efficiency, the Heat are fully capable of sweeping any team, including the Timberwolves who played the league's number one this season.

It's just a pity that it is impossible for the Timberwolves' defensive ability to allow Double Jones to shoot such a high three-pointer.

The three-point shooting rate in the playoffs exceeded 50%, which is an insult to a team's perimeter defense!

In fact, the Nets have lost four games in a row despite having the Big Three. Head coach Frank must take the blame for it.

The Nets and Heat only played overtime in G3 in the entire series, but Vince Carter's average playing time was as high as 44.6 minutes per game, and Carter could only rest a poor 3.4 minutes per game.

In this situation, it is no wonder that Carter was weak in the fourth quarter. He frequently hit the iron on the offensive end, and his shooting percentage in the entire series was only 36.5%.

But that alone does not prove Frank's madness. In addition to Vince Carter, Nets point guard Jason Kidd's average playing time is also as high as 45.5 minutes!

What is the concept of this playing time? This means that Kidd can only rest for 2.5 minutes per game on average, and can rest for about 40 seconds per quarter on average.

This kind of coaching method that doesn't treat players as human beings is simply insane. Unfortunately, the Nets' good cards were beaten to pieces by head coach Frank.

As long as the person who takes over the coach of the Nets is Luke, Luke has the confidence to lead the Nets to the finals again.

Let's not talk about whether the Eastern Conference can beat the Heat in the playoffs. At least the Nets coached by Luke will never be swept by the Heat. This is the bottom line of a team with the Big Three!
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As the supersonics eliminated the kings 4:1 in the first round, the first matchup between the Timberwolves and the supersonics in the semifinals will officially start on May 5, local time in the United States.

The first two games are still played at the Timberwolves' home court. If the Timberwolves can eliminate the Sonics and advance to the Western Conference Finals, Luke will equal the best height when the old Sanders coached the Timberwolves, which is the Western Conference Finals!
The Western Conference Finals is the highest basketball stage in the history of the Timberwolves, and it is also a barrier in the history of the Timberwolves.

Old Sanders led the forest for ten years and failed to break through this barrier, so when the Timberwolves went further and further in the playoffs, the fans began to feel more nervous.

Nobody expects failure, but the word failure has become ingrained in the city of Minnesota, which has never been successful.

And the arrival of Luke this year is like a ray of sunshine breaking through the dark clouds, bringing not only hope to the city of Minnesota, but also a sense of security!
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It is worth mentioning that Supersonics head coach McMillan said in an interview with the media before the series that the Timberwolves are a very good team, and head coach Luke is even more of a freak among coaches.

McMillan bluntly said that playing against the Timberwolves will be a fortune in his coaching career. Regardless of the outcome of the series, the Sonics will benefit a lot.

Finally, McMillan jokingly said: "Everyone knows that the Sonics are the most civilized team in the league. I hope Coach Lu can restrain his emotions in this round of the series. I am really afraid of him."

McMillan's words drew laughter from many people, and everyone took it as a joke of McMillan's. It was only when McMillan knew that the team's promotion was slim, that's why he was so optimistic.

But after watching the video of McMillan's interview, only Luke knew that McMillan was speaking his mind through a joke.

"The first dog in the alliance, everything is safe!"

As a stable coach known as a "dog" in the league, Luke just wants to say one sentence to McMillan: "I may not be a "benevolent", but you are a real "dog"!"

　Ask for a recommendation ticket, ask for a monthly ticket, ask for support!Thank you, youngest!

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　　It should be on the shelves at the end of the month, with a high probability of around the 20th. If there is no accident, it is like this.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)