Chapter 353: The Next Opponent and the Main Mission Completed

On April 29, 2007, the Seattle SuperSonics swept the league's number one Dallas Mavericks 4-0.

The Sonics became the first team to advance among all teams in the first round.

It's shocking that the Sonics made the cut.

The speed of the SuperSonics' promotion is even more incredible.

The Sonics advanced so early, but by May 5, 2007, the Sonics' second-round opponents had not yet emerged.

The Seattle SuperSonics' opponents in the second round will be the winner of the Jazz, who are fourth in the Western Conference, and the Spurs, who are fifth in the Western Conference.

These two meat grinder teams played in darkness in the first round.

This matchup between the Jazz and the Spurs was also the only matchup in this year's playoffs that reached a tiebreaker!

The matchup in the first round of this year's playoffs is very clear.

The Boston Celtics, who are first in the Eastern Conference, only allowed the Orlando Magic, which is eighth in the Eastern Conference, to win one game at their home court.

After losing one game in Orlando, the Celtics won two games in a row again.

The little monster Howard, who led the team to the playoffs for the first time, was eliminated cleanly with a score of 4-1.

After the Magic were eliminated, Howard called Yes and complained.

Why did he meet Garnett for the first time? It was so hard that he couldn't breathe, and the pain was so painful that he doubted his life.

And why is it that Ye Si can meet Nowitzki so smoothly?

Howard said that if he met the Mavericks in the first round, he could advance in eight games!

Isn't it just that they were swept in the regular season?

The SuperSonics were also swept by the Mavericks in the regular season.

The little monster who loves happiness is too painful to be happy.

"You can also play in the playoffs with the Mavericks, leave the Magic and come to the West."

"How could I leave Orlando! Even if there is only one person in the world who is loyal to Orlando, that person can only be me!"

After Ye Si said this, the loyal Howard did not want to beat the Mavericks in the playoffs and bully Nowitzki.

However, Howard's heart hurt even more and he couldn't breathe even more.

This series between Howard and the Celtics was actually not bad, with double-doubles in all five games.

In the fifth game, Howard even scored 30+20, just 30 points and 20 rebounds.

Howard also became the fifth active player after O'Neal, Duncan, Garnett, and Marion to score 30+20 points in the playoffs.

It's a pity that the strength of the two teams is very different. Even if Howard scored 30+20, the Magic lost by six points in the end.

However, although the Magic were finally defeated by the Celtics.

But Howard was unanimously recognized by league experts.

It is believed that he is likely to become the next No. 1 center candidate to replace Yao Ming.

After this series, Howard's reputation has greatly increased.

The Pistons and Nets, which are second in the Eastern Conference, also have a big score of 4-1.

It's also 4-1. The Nets' 4-1 is completely different from the Magic's 4-1.

Even if the Magic were constantly abused by the Celtics, they fell down and stood up again like an invincible little force.

The fighting spirit is quite tenacious.

But things were not going well here for the Nets. The Nets fell down on their own before the Pistons even exerted their strength.

Richard Jefferson, the third leader of the Nets, is determined to kill the enemy, but he is really powerless. He cannot reach the level of super in every game.

The Nets also have players who can reach this level, but they just lie down and enjoy themselves first.

In this matchup between the Wizards and the Cavaliers, who are third in the Eastern Conference, after James helped the Cavaliers regain a victory, the fighting spirit of James and the Cavaliers increased.

Although James, who threw away his headband, was still being wildly targeted by the Wizards and the league, James no longer hesitated and played two wonderful games.

In the fourth and fifth games between the Cavaliers and Wizards, James scored 30+ points in a row.

In an environment where the league is crazy about James walking and the Wizards are crazy about James, it is really not easy to get 30+ in a row!

James threw himself in the air again and again, and fell heavily to the floor again and again.

James had a total of 31 free throw opportunities in the two games, but this time, no Wizards fans protested, and no fans complained about their godfather, body hair or star whistle.

James's performance in these two games is indeed crazy and very respectable.

However, the snake-letting tactics and the alliance's crazy grabbing and walking targets have had a great impact on the Cavaliers.

These effects cannot be compensated for by James' crazy masochistic style of play.

It is so difficult for James to score every time. How can the Wizards take care of him?

If the Wizards don't take care of him, how can he motivate his teammates?

Give the ball to your teammates to play with, what does he play?

It can be said that the Cavaliers' tactical system was completely destroyed in the environment of letting go of snakes and the alliance's capture of walking.

The final score of this matchup between the Bulls, fourth in the Eastern Conference, and the Heat, fifth in the Eastern Conference, was also 4-1.

The Bulls defeated the Heat 4-1.

This duel between the Bulls and the Heat showed the weakness of the defending champion Heat in front of the world.

And this comparison is also very interesting.

The Bulls are a dynamic, young team, while the Heat are perhaps the second oldest team in the league.

In the face of the Bulls' vitality, the Heat's rot seems to be really ready for burial.

There are many highlights in this matchup between the Bulls and the Heat. The two biggest points are the rise of the Bulls' duo of Ben Gordon and Luol Deng.

In five games, both of them scored more than 20 points in each game!

Even if the Heat have no one to guard them, their talent is enough to make the entire league coveted.

After the Lakers were eliminated by the Suns, there was even news in the league that the Lakers were willing to trade Kobe Bryant for both Bulls players.

Regardless of the authenticity of this news, the fact that such news appears is already a compliment to the Bulls.

In this year's playoffs, the Eastern Conference is 4-1.

The gap between strength and weakness is huge.

It's actually not much better here in the west.

Except the Sonics swept the Mavericks.

The Suns, second in the Western Conference, defeated the Lakers 4-1.

After the Lakers defeated the Suns in one game with a stuck version of the triangle offense, they were completely helpless.

The current Lakers play a triangle offense and lack a third corner.

Kwame Brown is talented and has no problem handling the offense in the triangle offense.

But he was unable to drive the team, which resulted in the so-called triangle offense actually being a two-and-a-half-corner offense, which was so good!

After the Suns reacted, they won two games in a row and eliminated the Lakers.

The Lakers lost both games by more than 15 points.

Although the Lakers lost by more than 15 points in both games, the content was completely different.

And it’s very interesting to be different.

In the fourth game, although the Lakers' triangle offense was stuck, they were still using tactics. It was obvious that Kobe was unhappy, but he didn't mess around.

In the fifth game, the Lakers completely gave up their tactics. Kobe took the lead and the team went crazy in singles.

At the end of the game, the Lakers had only 7 assists, and the most assists were actually 2 by Lakers dribbling guard Conroy.

Because the Lakers only have Conroy who doesn't have crazy singles.

Conroy, a dribbling guard, was too inexperienced to stop Kobe and other Lakers players above him.

Kobe took 40 shots in the game, scored 34 points on 13 of 40 shots, and had 1 assist.

Kobe just trusted his teammates for two games, and once he lost, he returned to his most familiar style of play.

This is also because Kobe really wanted to win.

The entire Lakers team can see that Yes' elimination of the Mavericks puts a lot of pressure on Kobe.

Media across the United States are making fun of Kobe: "After finally retiring on the 23rd, the league has another No. 9."

This is adding salt to the wounds of Kobe, who aspires to be as good as Jordan.

He's not even on par with Jordan, but he's about to be photographed on the beach by Yes?

Not convinced!

I am dissatisfied with someone!

The Lakers and Suns met in the first round of the playoffs last season.

The Lakers were also eliminated by the Suns last season, but the final score was 3-4, a narrow defeat.

The changes in the personnel of the two teams in the past two seasons are not that big, but the results of the playoffs look completely different.

It can only be said that Stoudemire is healthy, and the Suns have indeed become much stronger with the support of blame-shifting tactics in positional warfare.

The sun became stronger.

The Lakers are standing still.

Maybe it's because the entire league is making progress, but only the Lakers are standing still. This makes Kobe, who is so competitive, unwilling to do so.

The fifth game between the Suns and the Lakers ended and the Suns eliminated the Lakers. The whole world could see how unhappy Kobe was.

The next day, news came out from the Lakers that Kobe Bryant had applied for a trade and that the Lakers were interested in trading Kobe Bryant for the Bulls' second young coach.

Kobe Bryant really gave the Lakers an ultimatum this time.

The final score of this matchup between the Rockets, third in the Western Conference, and the Nuggets, sixth in the Western Conference, was also 4-1.

The Nuggets returned to Denver's plateau home court to regain a victory, but soon lost two games in a row and were eliminated.

The Nuggets were a team teamed up by two superstars, Iverson and Anthony, and were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs.

This is quite surprising.

What is even more surprising is that the performance of the two superstars was more disappointing than the result.

It can be said that in this playoffs, the performance of the two-gun combination that Nuggets fans have high hopes for was very poor.

Especially Iverson.

Iverson averaged 8.4-of-22.8 and 22.8 points per game in this year's playoffs. This is the worst playoff performance of Iverson's career.

Iverson led the team to the second round for the first time in the playoffs, averaging 28.5 points per game.

Before this series with the Rockets started, Iverson's career playoff scoring average was as high as 30 points per game!

Second only to Jordan in NBA history!

Compared with Iverson, Anthony is much better.

The playoff average of 27 points per game was his career playoff high, and he shot 48% from the field.

But the key is that Anthony only averages 1 assist per game!

This shows that Anthony is separated from the entire Nuggets.

He averaged 27 points per game and only produced 27 points. His teammates couldn't get much benefit from Anthony.

Looking at Roy on the other side.

Roy's playoff data in the first round was 21 points per game, but Roy also had 5.5 assists. Roy's effect in the game was clearly better than Anthony's.

Also when the team added a star player, the Rockets were very successful after adding Roy, while the Nuggets failed quite a bit after adding Iverson.

The Nuggets have also been eliminated in the first round of the playoffs for four consecutive years, which is quite miserable.

In the first round of the playoffs, among the 8 groups of matchups, the other seven groups of matches were either 4-1 or 4-0, which was very fast.

Only the Jazz and Spurs reached the tiebreaker anxiously.

During the tiebreaker between the Jazz and the Spurs.

The Celtics, who are No. 1 in the Eastern Conference, have already defeated the Bulls 90-70. The Bulls' two young men performed very poorly in this game. They completely lost their elegance in the first round. I don't know if it was affected by the Kobe Bryant trade. .

The Pistons, second in the Eastern Conference, also defeated the Wizards 88-81.

In the West, the second-place Suns in the West also defeated the Rockets 101-81. The Rockets' game continued their poor performance against the Suns in the regular season.

The Suns' speed made the Rockets quite uncomfortable. During the game against the Nuggets, Roy controlled the rhythm very well.

But when facing Nash, the rhythm of the game was all on the Suns' side.

The Sonics, who were the first to advance to the second round, now can only watch the other three sets of semifinal matchups begin.

They themselves can only wait for the results of the Spurs and Jazz to be determined.

It's hard to wait for your opponent.

The young Sonics players felt as if they were being tickled.

SuperSonics players also know that the more intense the Spurs and Jazz fight, the better it will be for them.

However, the young Sonics players are really hungry for the second round of the NBA playoffs.

I can’t wait to be on the stage of the Western Conference semifinals right away.

After all, this stage is one that most NBA players dream of but cannot get.

But this series between the Spurs and the Jazz is really tough!

The Spurs won 2 consecutive away games against the Jazz.

The Jazz followed up with two wins in a row at the Spurs' home court.

In Game 5, the Spurs went to Salt Lake City and won an away game against Tianwangshan.

Originally, everyone in the SuperSonics felt that the Spurs should advance now.

But who would have thought that Jazz stood up again when he was about to fall, his tenacity was frightening.

The Jazz went to the Spurs' home court in Game 6 and brought the score back to 3-3.

After six games, both teams lost all at home and won all on the road.

Now Game 7 is in Salt Lake City, and the Jazz said they are under a lot of pressure.

The other sets of matchups all have home field advantage.

In this round of duel, they were stunned and had an away advantage.

On May 5, 2007, the home team's locker room at Energy Solutions Arena in Salt Lake City.

Deron Williamson, Carlos Boozer, Okur, Fisher, Kirilenko and other Jazz players sat in their respective seats and looked seriously at Jerry Sloan standing among them.

"This game may be the most important game of your career!"

"The Dallas Mavericks were beaten by the SuperSonics. What a great opportunity this is, you should know very well!"

"I have nothing to say to you now. I just want you to know that if you win this game, you can enter the Western Conference Finals!"

The game has been played so far, and even the young and energetic Jazz players are already exhausted physically and mentally.

This series with the Spurs was too brutal.

How to stimulate the players' fighting spirit when they are both physically and mentally exhausted?

There is no doubt that visions of the future are the best excitement!

If you win this game, you can advance to the Western Conference Finals.

This completely ignores the existence of supersonic speed.

However, the Jazz do have the capital to ignore the SuperSonics, because the SuperSonics were killed by them five times this season!

The Sonics are improving, but they are definitely no match for the Jazz!

Why are the Jazz so tenacious in this playoff match against the Spurs?

This is really due to the Supersonic Black Eight.

The Jazz won the first round. If their opponent in the second round was the Mavericks, they would definitely not have the strong fighting spirit to fight the Spurs until the tiebreaker!

You know, the Spurs are really going all out now!

Looking at the fighting expressions of the Jazz players now, Jerry Sloan is quite satisfied.

On the other side of Energy Solutions Arena, the visiting team's locker room.

**Vicci was also lecturing.

"The Supersonics have removed our biggest obstacle!"

"If we win this game, what awaits us is a bright road to winning the championship!"

"This game is the biggest obstacle on our way to winning the championship. If we cross it, the trophy is waiting for us!"

"I know some of you will question that it's not that easy for the SuperSonics. They swept us this season, but you must always remember that we are the championship, and only at the most critical moment will we show our difference! "

"Bruce, are you right?"

Being named by **Vicci, Bowen's heart trembled when he thought of that killer star who was so good at acting.

But at this time, he still had to cooperate with Vicki.

"Facing Yes again, I will let him know our differences!"

Bowen said loudly and sat down proudly.

Bowen's tone and expression were quite contagious.

Even **Vicci was infected.

Bruce is always so reliable.

As long as he can get past the pestering Jazz.

The Spurs will have a lot of opportunities in front of them!

"champion!"

"Champion! Champion!"

"Champion! Champion! Champion!"

Immediately afterwards, when everyone in the Spurs was infected by Bowen, the championship slogan shouted by Bowen made the Spurs locker room enter the most heated atmosphere.

In this atmosphere, a group of Spurs classic cars felt like they could drive on the highway.

Of course, the Leafs and Sonics players who are far away in Seattle will not know that the Jazz and Spurs are there as examples.

They watched every game of this series between the Spurs and Jazz.

Of course, Ye Si and the SuperSonics players will not miss this tie-break between the Spurs and Jazz.

And this game was indeed exciting.

The two teams started to be anxious from the first minute and continued to be anxious until the last second!

105 to 103!

The Spurs defeated the Jazz on the court and won the tiebreaker!

"Amazing!"

Looking at the Spurs No. 21 on TV, the SuperSonics players are stunned now!

35 points in the whole game, isn’t it impressive?

What's even more amazing is that he scored 21 points in the fourth quarter!

At the end of the third quarter, the Spurs were 8 points behind. In the fourth quarter, Duncan led the Spurs to a 38-28 super climax!

Played 11 minutes in the fourth quarter, made 6 of 9 shots, 9 of 9 free throws, 21 points!

In the fourth quarter, Okur committed 4 fouls in a single quarter!

sharp!

Yesdu was a little dazed, and Milicic beside him had sweaty palms.

Is this the opponent he will face next? !

too strong!

Duncan in this game brought great pressure to the Sonics players who were looking forward to the second round!

Ye Si was also very stressed, and Ye Si moved his eyes to Bowen.

On the basis of sustainable development without squeezing it dry, can it be squeezed even more severely?

Salt Lake City, Energy Solutions Arena, the Spurs won, and the audience booed.

Amid the boos, the Spurs players all had smiles on their faces.

They were the winners, and only Bowen looked calm.

Do you want to tell me that I am a Yes ATM?

Being beaten by YesATM in the regular season can be forgiven.

But is this the playoffs that everyone dreams of? !

"Bruce, are you okay?"

Bowen shivered subconsciously.

After regaining consciousness, Bowen turned around mechanically and saw Duncan, who was standing behind him with a paralyzed face.

Even if you have a bald head? !

Bruce Bowen almost cried.

Would it be so miserable?

Tim, do you know that Uncle San is very annoyed now?

"Bruce, you did a great job in this game. Your defense against Deron and the last two three-pointers are very crucial. I heard from *** that if you continue to perform like this and win the championship this time, he will prepare a game for you." The perfect farewell gift.”

The perfect farewell gift? !

Could it be? !

Bowen's eyes bulged with excitement.

Jersey retired!

The Spurs champion, he performed well, can he retire his jersey with the Spurs? !

This is the perfect farewell he dreams of most!

Soon, the excited Bowen turned pale!

The next opponent is the SuperSonics!

If he confessed to ***, how could he perform so well?

But if he doesn't confess, can the Spurs survive the Sonics and Yes? !

Bowen was in a daze...

Duncan is rolling the eggs...

Manu's touch is still good.

The Spurs defeated the Jazz in a tiebreaker, and the SuperSonics' opponents in the second round of the playoffs are finally determined!

The day after the Spurs defeated the Jazz, the first round of the playoffs was over, and the league also announced the most important regular season MVP and best lineup!

Early in the morning on May 6, 2007, Ye Si received a notification that the main mission was completed.

Chapter 2 is a bit late. Sorry, please vote for me and recommend me! !