Miami.
After losing G5 at home, there is no smile on Happy Beast's face, and he is very sad in his heart.
But Master Huo made it to the finals last season after all. This season, Master Huo has also matured a lot. He didn't show any other emotions. He is the core of this team, and his attitude will often affect the ball. The mood of the other members of the team, in this regard, I have to say that Master Huo has improved a lot compared to last year.
"Dwight, you have to pay attention to distributing the ball, don't blindly play around the basket, and pay attention to the opportunities of outside shooters." Van Gundy said bitterly to Howard at this time.
No way, although Howard is much more mature than before, the childishness deep in his heart will still show up from time to time.
Van Gundy is more like a nanny, earnestly but not too harshly persuading.
This is Howard. If it were someone else on the team, Van Gundy would have let him sit on the bench.
No way, this is the treatment of superstars. If it is replaced by Jerry Sloan, then the two will have to go one by one.
Moreover, it is very likely that the head coach will leave.
"I see." Howard nodded. He also wants to win now, and if he wants to win, he must restrain his happy emotions.
Howard knew that the failure of G5 was largely due to himself, and he never thought of shirking responsibility.
Especially in the last two days, he has been watching the video replays of the G5 game.
On April 30, G6 kicked off.
It rained three-pointers at the Miami Heat's home court this time, and the Heat paid a heavy price for double-teaming Howard.
Jameer Nelson, Vince Carter, Matt Barnes, Rashad Lewis, fired from the perimeter one after another.
All stars!
The Magic finally returned to their own rhythm, and also defeated the Miami Heat on the road.
4:2!
The Magic advanced to the second round.
After all the Knicks players watched the game, they determined their opponents in the next round.
Tonight, the Magic's three-point rain and Howard's ups and downs in the interior made all the Knicks players extremely vigilant.
After all, the Knicks still faced up to the opponent they least wanted to meet.
To be honest, D'Antoni didn't have much confidence against the Magic, and Howard's dominance in the regular season is still vivid.
Although the game was over, Lian Dao was still staring at the Happy Beast Howard celebrating on the live screen.
Now Howard is the top inside player in the league.
The defensive end has an amazing ability to defend against the basket (although the range is a bit narrow), and also has the league's top rebounding ability.
On the offensive end, he can attract defense at the basket, open up shooting space for outside players, and can also cut inside to eat cakes.
Although Howard, who later left the Magic, gradually lost, it was not because of his strength, but because of his game attitude.
This also has a lot to do with his child's personality. He hopes that everyone on the team can revolve around him, and he can have more possession of the ball in singles at the basket.
However, in this way, the team's overall ball passing will have problems, and the rhythm of the outside line will also be interrupted, and his passing skills are very hip. Many times, he has the ball alone, and the whole team stares. watch.
In the Magic team, there were still people who spoiled him, but when he went to the Lakers, no players spoiled him, especially Kobe's paranoid character, he always reprimanded Howard, which made the happy beast in the bustling city of Los Angeles, Couldn't be happier anymore.
In particular, Howard's child character, whether he wins or loses, he always looks happy.
This is nothing when winning, but the team still looks like this when losing, which will hurt the morale of the team.
In later generations, this is why Kobe said he was a coward and had no ambition to win.
But no matter what the future holds, at least the current Howard is a difficult problem for the Knicks to solve.
After the opponent is determined, D'Antoni has nothing to say, and he has no other better way now.
Send the tactics sorted out before to each player, so let the players go back to rest.
After returning home, when Lian Dao was surfing the Internet, he also came across Howard's post-match interview.
Reporter: "First of all, congratulations on advancing to the second round. What would you like to say to your second-round opponent, the Knicks?"
Howard: "Sickle, we are here, are you ready to be eliminated by us?"
Lian Dao watched Howard's interview and smiled. The Happy Beast was still the same Happy Beast. Lian Dao thought he was mature, but the childishness deep in his heart would not change.
"Howard led the Magic, eliminated the Miami Heat led by Wade, and advanced to the second round!"
"The Miami Heat regretted losing at home, and Wade left the game in frustration again!"
"Magic and Knicks meet in the playoffs, super outside player VS super inside!"
"Liandao VS Howard, is the God of War killing the Warcraft, or the Warcraft killing the God of War?"
"Warcraft shouted sickle from the air, and was about to eliminate the Knicks in the semifinals!"
After the Magic team advanced, the media began to hype the next semifinals overwhelmingly.
Not long after the Magic beat the Miami Heat, the first round of the playoffs was basically over.
As this scorching summer approached, the battle for the playoffs became frenzied.
In the east, James led the Cavaliers to eliminate the Charlotte Bobcats 4:0.
Warcraft Howard led the Magic to eliminate the Miami Heat 4:2.
Lian Dao led the Knicks to eliminate the Milwaukee Bucks 4:0.
The Big Three Celtics eliminated the Atlanta Hawks 4:2.
The Celtics had hoped to eliminate the Atlanta Hawks 4:1, but due to negligence in the away game, they were turned over by the Atlanta Hawks in the fourth quarter.
But after returning to the home court, the Celtics never gave the Atlanta Hawks any chance. They kept leading the game and eliminated the Hawks easily.
In the west, the Lakers eliminated the Oklahoma City Thunder 4:2. The young Thunder's three young men have never fought against the defending champion. Learned a lesson deeply.
The Jazz counterattacked 4:2 and eliminated the Nuggets led by Anthony and Billups. The Nuggets played in the first round this season. D'Antoni once again fell into a singles vicious circle in the playoffs, and Anthony has the ability to defend, but he There is no defensive attitude, so the luxurious lineup formed by the Nuggets was eventually eliminated by the Jazz led by Deron Williams in the first round.
To everyone's surprise, there is another team, the Dallas Mavericks, who played second in the Western Conference this season, were eliminated by the old Spurs 4:2.
With the next gram, there are many dark horses in the West this season.
When everyone thought that the Spurs players were old and there was no fuel in the GDP fuel tank, but the Spurs just used one victory after another to tell the league that the Spurs could fight again.
Especially after losing the first game, the Spurs won three games in a row. Although G5 lost the game, but G6 returned home, the Spurs easily eliminated the Dallas Mavericks with 97:87.
Nowitzki averaged 26.7 points and 8.2 rebounds per game~www.mtlnovel.com~ but still couldn't lead the Mavericks to victory.
Many fans even ridiculed the Mavericks, making the "soft guy" Nowitzki the core of the team, and the Mavericks will never win the championship.
The Suns led by Nash beat the Blazers by a big score of 4:2. Although the Blazers lost in the first round, the league is still very optimistic about the future of the Blazers.
After all, the team won two games when Brandon Royne was injured and missed the first three games, which is already remarkable.
The media and fans also believe that as long as Brandon Royne stays healthy next season, he and Aldridge, two talented players, will still make a comeback next season.
At the end of the first round, there are only 8 of the 16 playoff teams left.
With the end of the first round, the match list for the second round also came out.
Eastern Conference semifinals.
Cleveland Cavaliers vs Boston Celtics.
Orlando Magic vs New York Knicks.
Western Conference semifinals.
Los Angeles Lakers vs. Utah Jazz
Phoenix Suns vs San Antonio Spurs.
The game time of these four games has also been set.
On May 3, Phoenix Suns VS San Antonio Spurs; Cleveland Cavaliers VS Boston Celtics.
On May 4, Orlando Magic VS New York Knicks; Los Angeles Lakers VS Utah Jazz.
Of the four games, three are the ones that get the most attention.
The most talked about by netizens is the defending champion Los Angeles Lakers.
The second is whether James can step past the Boston Big Three.
Then there is whether the Knicks led by Lian Dao can go all out and eliminate the Eastern Conference champions of last season.