NBA: This Center Is So Stable

The game was a success, but the game was a failure.

Chapter 214 Sweep the Heat

3:0!

When the NBA changed the series to a best-of-7 format, the chance of the playoffs was reduced a lot, unlike the best-of-5 format in the early years, which had a higher chance of chance, and there was a possibility of a comeback even if it was 0:2 behind.

Since the reform, no team has ever completed a desperate comeback from 0:3 behind, so when the home court of Game 3 was lost, Van Gundy and Wade were very negative in the post-match press conference.

The arrogant Heat rookie No. 3 gradually recognized the reality. He thought the Heat had a chance to advance before the start of the series, but after losing three games in a row, he believed that the gap between the two teams was even greater than he imagined.

Now Wade’s only wish is not to be swept!

As long as he can win a game from the Knicks, it won’t be so ugly even if he is eliminated.

Just when the Heat team was forced into a dead end and everyone was worried and pessimistic about the team’s prospects, the results of the G6 of the other three semifinals came out one after another.

The Lakers let the defending champion go 2-4!

The Los Angeles people in the next four games proved that they formed a galaxy battleship this season. When OK reconciles, it is difficult for any team to stop them.

Just like when the OK dynasty was first established, the young Kobe and the peak O’Neal were the most dominant combination in the league.

Kill the gods and the Buddhas!

The defending champion is no exception.

What’s more, GDP has to face not only the reconciled OK, but also the former All-Star rotation such as “Jordan’s successor” Gary Payton, “Iron Elbow” Karl Malone, “Old Fish” Derek Fisher, etc.

More importantly, with O’Neal in the Lakers, Ball had no way to start.

Bruce Bowen also played the entire series in a rare manner, not daring to act rashly in front of the Sharks.

After all, with one kick, the 300 pounds were not in vain.

In addition to the Lakers-Mauritian battle coming to an end, another matchup in the West entered a tiebreaker.

The Kings defeated the Timberwolves at home in Game 6 and brought the game to Minnesota.

The Timberwolves can be said to have tried their best in the entire series. In the semifinals, he averaged 24.3 points, 14.7 rebounds and 2.3 blocks per game. Except for the decline in offensive efficiency, his dominance in the basket helped the Timberwolves.

But Adelman’s training revitalized this Kings without a superstar. Bibby, Webber and Peja averaged 60 points per game. The three of them were the key players for the Kings to drag the Timberwolves into a tiebreaker.

Basically, everyone stood up to save a game for the Kings!

Let’s talk about two things separately, back to the East.

The battle between the Pistons and the Pacers in the lower half did not enter the seventh game, and the Pistons sent the Pacers away after the end of Game 6.

Looking at the entire series, the Pacers can be said to be made by O’Neal and defeated by O’Neal.

The confrontation between him and Big Ben in this series fundamentally determined the final direction of the two teams. Ben Wallace played his due role in this round of strong confrontation.

The Pistons, which are not very dependent on Big Ben’s offense, were little affected by the fierce offensive and defensive confrontation between the two.

But the Pacers are different. Since the beginning of the regular season, the Pacers have used O’Neal as the core of the offense. When O’Neal was silent in the interior, they could only pin their hopes on the elderly Reggie Miller.

As for Ron Artest!

Rick Carlisle only used him as the team’s secondary attacker when he was out of ammunition.

Under the bite of the Pistons’ new aid Taylor, Ron Artest’s role was better than nothing.

It is worth mentioning that, perhaps due to the influence of Wang Song’s joining, the Pacers, who did not have the “Palace of Auburn Hills” incident with the Pistons in the regular season, had a fierce fight with their opponents in the playoffs.

The magnetic field of the two teams seemed to be destined by God, and they always had to go through this.

The hot-tempered O’Neal and Artest almost fought with the Pistons several times, but due to the consecutive home and away games, they only had friction.

Until the game reached G6, when the final whistle sounded and the Pacers were completely eliminated, the Pacers, who were dissatisfied with the referee’s penalty and provoked by Detroit fans, clashed with the Pistons.

Although the momentum was not as bad as the “Palace of Auburn Hills”, it still caused many players to be injured.

This incident once received considerable attention across the United States, so much so that few people noticed that the Knicks completed a 4:0 sweep of the Heat.

G4 was at the American Airlines Center.

For the Heat’s home

For the fans, this day was painful.

For the Heat, who were fighting a desperate battle, they did not get any specific changes… or they were powerless to change.

In this game, the Heat played the spirit of Miami, but faced the return of Kurt Thomas and the Knicks, who were at the peak of their momentum.

They did not perform as well as expected.

With a new coach and rookies, the journey of this young Heat ended in the semifinals.

Of course, this was not a completely unacceptable result for Miami fans.

If they compared the Heat with the Knicks, who had the best regular season record in history, it would be a kind of self-humiliation.

It was just that they were swept after entering the semifinals, which was a bit embarrassing.

Unlike the complaints of the Heat fans, the enthusiastic Knicks fans felt that this round of series was not enough.

For the team with the highest proportion of stadium ticket sales in the league, the Knicks had very few games in the first two rounds of the playoffs.

A sweep is a sweep, but after two rounds of games, the fans who bought tickets to watch the game only watched five games in New York, which is not enough.

Unless the Knicks can continue this momentum and sing all the way to the finals.

They can still accept the O’Brien Cup as long as the award ceremony is in New York.

After all, it will be the third championship trophy in the history of the Knicks, and New York fans have been waiting for more than 30 years.

When the game ended and the post-game interview was conducted, the Miami media directed the topic to the opponent of the Knicks in the Eastern Conference Finals after they advanced.

“Detroit Pistons! They qualified before us. To be honest, I expected this scene before the start of the playoffs.”

“In terms of record, Detroit cannot beat the Pacers, but the deal we reached with them in the middle of the season can already explain a lot of problems. Their goals this season are very clear, whether it is reinforcement or coaching change.”

“The Pacers ranked second are just a stepping stone for them. Even the Knicks are within their imaginary targets… But what I want to say is that it happened that the Knicks and their goals are highly consistent, and our regular season record is 3 wins and 1 loss.”

“And I seem to have heard that after the series with the Pacers, they also had a conflict with their opponents. It seems that there are injuries? This should be good news for the Knicks, but I, including all the Knicks players, want to face a Pistons in full strength!”

“Such a divisional finals championship is full of gold!”

(End of this chapter)