Legend of Tomorrow

Guo Xu called Yao Ming to express his condolences. He didn't mean to gloat about his misfortune. He actually hoped to meet the Rockets in the Western Conference Finals, so that more Chinese fans would see his playoff performance.

Without Yao Ming, Guo Xu feels that the Grizzlies have a greater chance of advancing, and their inside line has a clear advantage.

In Guo Xu's previous life, Yao Ming was seriously injured in the playoffs in 2009, and now it has happened again. At that time, many people put a big blame on Kobe, saying that Kobe injured Yao Ming.

Kobe was wronged, the snow in May was like The Day After Tomorrow.

Although Kobe's center of gravity fluctuates up and down when he breaks through. He can hit Yao Ming's knee when he's up, he can hit the swingman's knee when he's down, and he can hit the point guard's knee when he's down. It's obviously a technical job, but what's the relationship between his knee hit and ankle fracture Woolen cloth?

In fact, Yao Ming's injury was caused by fatigue.

He has played too many games in the past two years. It was a miracle that he was able to finish the finals healthy in 2008. He had almost no rest and immediately returned to China to participate in the Chinese men's basketball Olympic training camp. It was getting late after he finished playing in the Olympics, and he started preparing for the new NBA season a month later. If the Olympics hadn't been held in Beijing, the Basketball Association would have let Yao Ming play in the 2007 Asian Championships.

Yao Ming is a giant with a height of 226cm. He consumes far more energy on the court than other players. Although Nelson will control Yao Ming's playing time and only let him play 33 minutes per game, he is still physically overloaded.

Yao Ming had a relatively easy time in the first round of the playoffs, and Dampier had no ability to attack independently. Facing the Double Bears Gasol and Randolph in the second round, Yao Ming had a hard time on the defensive end. Both of them can be pulled out to shoot, so he must increase his running.

Chinese fans are heartbroken. Yao Ming's injury means the Rockets failed to defend their title. Beating the Grizzlies 2-0 in the first two games doesn't mean much. They can't get past the Suns.

For Guo Xu, it doesn't matter who advances. Even without injuries, the Rockets' lineup still has obvious weaknesses. They may be able to beat the Suns once or twice, but it is basically impossible to eliminate the Suns in a best-of-seven game.

The next day, the Suns swept the Lakers, completing eight consecutive kills in a single season, which was exciting.

Eisley is strong offensively and weak defensively, Fisher is weak offensively and defensively, and Farmar is good at everything but not good at anything. The gap at the No. 1 position is doomed to the end of the Lakers.

The Lakers did not suffer much in other positions, but in order to double-team Guo Xu, the Lakers had to relax their defense on others. Once the Suns' offensive ball started to move, they blossomed more.

Guo Xu's performance in this series was very eye-catching, averaging 27 points and 12.5 assists per game, and shooting over 50% from the field.

The three-point shooting rate has also reached 50%. After entering the playoffs, his style of play has become more reasonable, combining sudden point shots to drive the whole team, rather than tending to provide assists.

The Eastern Cavaliers swept the Hawks 4-0, advancing as easily as the Suns.

Boozer beat Murphy in a one-on-one, James beat Josh Smith in a one-on-one, and even Mo Williams didn't suffer a lot against Nash. He scored a lot of points under Nash's defense and was the team's third best player. Score points.

After the introduction of Murphy, the Eagles' strength declined, but Murphy broke his previous fate. He has played in the playoffs...

The other two series went to tiebreakers, and the Magic defeated the Pacers 4-3 with difficulty.

Warcraft Howard is a flawed player. Although he was selected to the All-NBA first team this season, O'Neal at the end of his career did not take advantage of him at all. O'Neal is waiting for him to attack near the penalty area. Howard cannot play alone and can only reduce his shots.

If Howard wants to score, he has to pull out to cover his teammates, wait for the defender to lure O'Neal away, then cut and attack the basket.

Turkoglu and Caron Butler both play as point forwards, and their strengths are evenly matched.

Magic point guard Jamal Nelson was luckier than Guo Xu in his previous life. He was not seriously injured and only missed four weeks during the All-Star Game. Otherwise, he would have been selected as the Eastern All-Star. With him around, the Magic didn't consider trading for a point guard to reinforce. In a parallel world, they traded Alston in the mid-term.

Nelson's long-range shooting is excellent, and his breakthrough and organization are decent. He deserves to be an All-Star this season. However, he is not a defender who is good at launching fast breaks, so the Magic can only grind out positions with the Pacers.

In the Magic's home tiebreaker, Turkoglu relied on Turkoglu's superb performance to defeat the Pacers by 20 points. In this game, Turkoglu made 9 of 12 shots, 4 of 5 three-pointers, and 3 of 3 free throws, scoring 25 points. Rebounds and 12 assists.

Butler was lost in the key battle, making only 4 of 15 shots, 0 of 3 three-pointers, 5 of 6 free throws, and only scored 13 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists.

O'Neal scored 18 points, 15 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks, slightly better than Howard's 12 points, 16 assists and 3 blocks.

This time O'Neal was eliminated with a smile. The Pacers achieved this result even though they were not expected at all, so it was an honor to lose.

O'Neal started studying the script at home during the holidays, waiting for Guo Xu to finish filming the comedy movie together.

The series between the Grizzlies and Rockets was decided in the end. The Grizzlies won the away game 99-83 in the tiebreaker and advanced.

The Bears are still the key to winning. Gasol beat Hayes with 21 points, 18 rebounds and 4 assists. Randolph also performed better than Scola with 18 points and 8 rebounds.

After Yao Ming was absent, the Rockets could only rely on Scola to attack inside. Under the strict defense of the opponent, he made 4 of 12 shots and 3 of 4 free throws. He only had 11 points, 6 rebounds and 1 assist.

The Grizzlies struggled to advance, and the prospects for the Western Conference Finals are not optimistic.

The Suns have a lot of players, and their physical strength has returned to their best. Experts predict the outcome and think there is no suspense. The Suns will 100% advance to the finals.

In the series between the Eastern Magic and the Cavaliers, people are also overwhelmingly optimistic that the Cavaliers will advance to the finals for the fourth consecutive year, because the Cavaliers, the coaches of the two teams, have obvious advantages in the regular season.

David Stern doesn't want to see this pattern. Suns VS Cavaliers in three finals in four years? Always how many fans do they still want to watch?

Because of the emergence of Guo Xu, the NBA has entered an era of lack of competitiveness ahead of schedule. Just like the days when the Cavaliers VS Warriors were in his previous life, there were no more than four teams in the NBA that had a chance to compete for the championship. Most of the teams were just runners and uncompetitive.

If you want to win the championship, it has gradually become a trend for stars to team up. The only way to change this is to implement a hard salary cap, but that is inconsistent with the NBA's business line. James has not yet announced his decision. Once he decides, it will usher in a new era of star team-ups.

There is really no suspense in the Western Conference Finals and the Eastern Conference Finals.

The Suns eliminated the Grizzlies 4-1. Their loss at home in the second game made Grizzlies fans excited for a while. As a result, the Grizzlies soon lost three games in a row and went home to fish.

The Grizzlies relied too much on the performance of the Bears. Mike Conley and Nate Robinson performed well in the first two rounds. However, when they met Guo Xu, they were severely suppressed. Both sides were evenly matched in terms of wing strength.

The Suns had a slight upper hand against the Bears in the interior rotation battle. They mainly used four-man rotation. The Grizzlies' rotation was worse than the starting lineup. In key games, the coaching staff reduced Jordan's playing time to avoid being targeted by the opponent's shark-killing tactics.

The Grizzlies won because of the Suns' collective inaccuracy on the outside. The league's strongest three-point team shot only 25%.

The Cavaliers eliminated the Magic 4-2.

The Magic did not dig up Rashard Lewis and brought in Shawn Marion, neither of whom is an orthodox power forward. It is very difficult to defend Boozer, but the weakness of this position is enough for the Magic.

The Magic's advantages are Warcraft Howard and Baby Shark Bynum. Bynum is very efficient as a substitute, but it is not suitable for Howard to play together. In that case, the formation will not be able to open up and it will be difficult to break the Cavaliers' zone defense. .