ebonymovies Chapter 701 701. The Revenge Series is Coming!
Chapter 701 701. The Revenge Series is Coming!
Chapter 701 701. The Revenge Series is Coming!
"Boss, the training is so simple all of a sudden, I'm really not used to it." Nick Yang chatted with Liu Ren.
"If you think this is too easy, I can ask the coach to help you apply for individual training." Liu Ren said angrily.
"...Boss, can we still have a pleasant chat!"
"cannot!"
"..."
With the experience of the previous two years, the Lakers now have experience in facing the situation where they sweep their opponents to advance and the opponents in the second round don't know when they will wait until when they will wait.
Speaking of which, despite D'Antoni's rich coaching experience before, but before he came to the Lakers, he had not encountered the situation of easy promotion in the playoffs. Because he used to lead the team only to play and run, it was not easy to use in the playoffs. Yes, even though the strength is superior, most of them are difficult to play five or six games. Tie-breaks are common. For example, in the 06 playoffs, the Lakers led by Kobe alone played a 3-1 game. In the end, it was difficult to come back. He was taken down by the next gram, so he was promoted early in the past two years, so he made two different types of training in one day with a green head.
Now D'Antoni also understands that they are the team with the strongest combat power in theory, and it should be a headache for other teams to deal with them.
But when it is difficult, some people complain, and when it is easy, some people complain.
For example, Nick Young, who likes to look for trouble, is a little unaccustomed to the relaxed training.
Liu Renzheng is depressed about the MVP, and he doesn't know what will happen to the next best team. In terms of record, he must be able to make it for a while, but the statistics are mediocre, but they are not particularly bad.
This year's forward performance is generally relatively average. Durant averaged only 25 points per game, and Westbrook, who averaged 26 points, 8 rebounds and 9 assists per game this year, took a lot of shots.
You must know that Westbrook won more than 14 triple-doubles in the 15-20 season, which proved that he is no worse than Durant. Of course, he also has the idea of becoming the boss, but his shooting percentage has always been average, with a career average of 40.00%. Two's field goal percentage, which is considered good this year, is only 40.00%. Four, it can be seen how miserable Durant's regular season is this year.
James averaged 25 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists per game this year. He has been doing well for a while, much more stable than Durant and Liu Ren.
There is also Leonard, who has similar statistics to Liu Ren. Leonard has made great progress this year, averaging 23 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists per game, which is basically similar to Liu Ren's data this year, and the Spurs' record is the same as that of the Lakers.
These three are the biggest opponents Liu Ren wants to win a team. As for Paul George, Aldridge, and Anthony, it is either because the team's record is too mediocre, or because the team's stars have too many points and took the ball. There is no problem with the best team, but it cannot pose a threat to Liu Ren's entry into the team.
This year's awards are announced earlier than in previous years, two or three days earlier.
Every year Adam Silva wants to do something big and make some changes. This year's All-Stars didn't make any changes, so he started to toss again in the playoffs, and early put the best player in the regular season, that is, the regular The game is announced, which means that in the second round, basically the big awards for the best team should be released, and the small awards in the next week will almost all be released.
For these small awards, the Lakers players care more than last year.
Last year, the Lakers had the best record in history, and the statistics of the players were good. Many awards were already confirmed at the end of the regular season, just like Liu Ren's regular season MVP last season. It would be unreasonable not to give them many awards.
But this year is different. The record is not bad, but not the best. The player statistics are much higher than last season's average. There are 6 players averaging double figures per game, and Whiteside is the leader in rebounds and blocks. Others The stats are average.
Winning an award, once you have the first time, of course you want the second time, just like winning the championship, it will be addictive to those aspiring young people, and there are too many players in the Lakers who want to be great. too much.
Antetokounmpo's goal is the best sixth man, Green and Whiteside are both the best defensive players, and both of them are the most powerful contenders for the best defensive players, and their biggest opponents are apart from each other In addition, there is Leonard of the Spurs. Other than the explosive Anthony Davis, the others are not even qualified to compete.
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The playoffs continued. The Warriors eliminated the Mavericks 4-2, and the Thunder also eliminated the Clippers 4-2. The two teams also began to wait for the second round.
To say that the best aspect of Adam Silva's changes to the playoffs is the playoff schedule.
Now it’s not like before. After the two teams that used to be in the second round have both advanced, they start the game directly. You don’t have to wait for the other team to come out. You only have to wait for the finals of the East and West. This has led to many things. The rest of the teams in the finals is too long. It is possible that they swept twice in a row to advance, and their opponents in the second round also swept their opponents in the first round to advance, and then the other four teams won all games. Seven, and then the team that swept consecutively rested for more than ten days at once.
After the new rule of waiting for the other teams in the next round to finish this round and play the next round together, all the teams agree, such as the Thunder and Warriors, they can rest for a few more days, etc. Let the Spurs and the Grizzlies choose which team will play against the Lakers in the next round, instead of the two teams finishing the previous round, resting for two days, and starting the fight directly before they have studied how to deal with their opponents.
In the past, it often happened that a team with a large lineup advantage abused a team with obviously similar overall strength. There will be fewer cases where there is no suspense in a series.
Finally, on May 5rd, when the Cavaliers, Celtics, Knicks, and 3ers in the Eastern Conference were waiting to see through, the tiebreaker between the Spurs and the Grizzlies finally came to an end.
This is really a round of flesh-and-blood confrontation. The Grizzlies are a group of thorns, and there are many tricks in the game. The Spurs were also a team with countless black feet. The normal defense of the two teams is no longer enough. more and more.
Tony Allen was overturned by Ginobili during a layup and almost fell. Looking back, Tony Allen also broke Ginobili's nose with an elbow on the defensive end.
There are also Dior's cunning legs and Randolph's black bear iron knees, Danny Green's eye-plugging method, Gasol's white bear elbow...
It's completely back to the scene where the Spurs played the Pistons 11 years ago, and the stepping master Bowen is missing.
Jiang is still old and hot, so Popovich doesn't say anything else, and he fights the slow-paced and dead-end style of play. Who else would dare to compare with him except Larry Brown?Thibodeau has to stand aside, but he has already passed that realm and sublimated.
In the end, the Spurs defeated the Grizzlies 91 to 80 in the tiebreaker to advance to the second round.
In this way, the second round of matchups is all released.
On May 5, the Warriors' home game against the Thunder will start first, and the series between the 4ers and the Knicks will also start on the same day.
Immediately after the series between the No. 5 Cavaliers and the Celtics, this pair of teams that have had a deep relationship since 2008 will fight to the death again.
The second game on the 5th is the Lakers vs. Spurs at home. Although the two teams have the same record, the Lakers have a 3-1 record against the Spurs in the regular season, so the Lakers have home court advantage.
After waiting for a week, it was finally determined that the opponent was the Spurs, and the Lakers players were already gearing up.
There is only one theme for the Lakers, which is revenge!
(End of this chapter)