I just want to play healthy basketball

Chapter 174 The opening button, a fantastic start! (big chapter)

After the Bucks won the Celtics and got close to the Eastern Conference finals, they took half a week off as usual.

Compared with the opponents in the next round-the Nets, the Bucks players have all obtained a period of rest that is sufficient to relieve fatigue and release pressure.

However, the time soon came to May 5, two days before the start of the Eastern Conference Finals, and the Bucks players began to gather again, staying in the hotel together for closed training and management.

Two days later is the Eastern Conference finals that the Bucks dream of. After the loss of last season, the Bucks this season must win the Eastern Conference championship.

Today's video room meeting is different from the past.

In the video room meetings of the previous two rounds of the playoffs, the coaching staff and management did not talk too much to the players, and mainly emphasized daily training and tactical adjustments.

However, today, the video played at the beginning of the meeting is the situation of the Nets in the two rounds of the playoffs.

It's not about gathering the wisdom of the players, holding a magnifying glass together, looking for Nets players, or the lack of overall tactical system.

The main thing is to let the players have a general understanding of the Nets' situation this season and their performance in the playoffs.

The Nets are naturally different from the Bucks.

The Bucks easily swept their opponents in the first two rounds of the playoffs.

What about the Nets?Not even a gentleman sweep can do it.

The Nets played 75 players in the first round, and this is the 75 players whose head player Iverson played with injuries.

Unexpectedly, after the Nets won the first home court advantage first, they were overturned two games in a row, and almost lost at the Wachovia Center, the home court of the 75ers.

That is, in the fourth game, Kenyon Martin's state exploded, and with the help of Uncle Mu's injury and physical factors, the Nets stopped the defeat.

Next, the Nets returned to their home court at the Continental Airlines Center Arena. Under the home court advantage, they struggled to win the 75 players who were full of injuries and got close to the second round of the playoffs.

The Nets played the Hornets in the second round, but the Hornets fought the Magic in four games in the first round, and the consumption was not small.

During the Nets' match against the Hornets, the home court advantage was not well grasped. They first scored one point and then lost two games in a row. Then the Nets miraculously counterattacked and finally defeated the Hornets 4-2.

However, even if the Nets and the Hornets did not reach the tiebreaker, the fierce battle will be on May 5, which is yesterday.

And in the next two days, the Eastern Conference finals are about to begin!

The Bucks players have been rested for four days, but the Nets players have not had much rest time.

While the Bucks players began to resume training and prepare for the Eastern Conference finals, the Nets players were still taking time to rest, recover their physical strength, and relieve the psychological pressure accumulated before.

There is no doubt that under such circumstances, the competitive state of the two teams in the Eastern Conference finals will definitely be different.

As the Eastern Conference finals progress, the state of the two teams will also become more and more different.

The purpose of the Bucks holding this video room meeting today is very simple.

On the one hand, it is to affirm the past strength and achievements of the players, and on the other hand, it is to reach a strategic consensus on despising the Nets, the Eastern Conference Finals opponent.

The main thing is to inject spiritual energy into the players.

Sometimes, before playing a game, it is really necessary to give the players blood, stimulate the players, and encourage the players to show a better level of competition.

But for the Bucks, it's not really necessary.

In the eyes of most Bucks players, even if this meeting is not held, they still don't pay much attention to the Nets.

What do the Nets have?Are there as many All-Stars as the Bucks?
The Nets have a first-team guard, Jason Kidd!

But no matter how Kidd is rated for a team, does he have an offense?
At the critical moment of the Nets, who will attack?Who will score?

Not Kidd's words?Is it Kenyon Martin?Or Corey Kidders, or Keith Van Horn?
No matter who stands up for the Nets at critical moments, but in the Bucks, He Li can stand up at any time!
This is the difference between the two teams, the gap between the two teams!

In short - the Nets: Is it great to have superstars?Bucks: Sorry, in the playoffs, there are superstars who can do whatever they want!

After making it clear that the opponent in the Eastern Conference finals is the Nets, some Bucks players have already begun to think about where to celebrate and what to do after winning the Eastern Conference championship.

Even, some players have a lot of heart, of course, it is mainly because of professionalism.They are already working on the teams in the West, and the teams that may become opponents in the Finals.

"We've shown we're a talented team, we've shown we can be the best team ever!"

"I don't want the outside world to add one more thing to our evaluation! My hope is that this season we are invincible!"

"The Nets will not be our final opponent, the Eastern Conference finals are just the beginning!"

"Go enjoy it, enjoy the joy of winning the game!

Show your offense, show your defense, and continue the feeling of winning the game before.

Defeat the Nets, take the lead in entering the finals, tell me, can you do it? "

This time the Bucks coaching staff and management used the video room meeting as a mobilization meeting to clarify the goals for this season.

After this battle, the players also understood what to do next.

Maybe some players are slow to develop and have not adapted to the previous two rounds of playoffs, but now they are going to play in the Eastern Conference finals, and those who need to adjust must have adjusted.

The Eastern Conference finals are about to start, which is actually a good thing for the Bucks, who have many rookies in the team.

The mountain rain was about to come and the wind was everywhere, and the time came to May 5th in a blink of an eye. On this day, there was a heavy rain over Milwaukee.

But it still can't stop the enthusiasm of the fans to watch the game.

In the Bradley Center, everyone who should come has also come, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Jordan are already regular visitors to the Bradley Center.

Somewhat unexpectedly today, Moses Malone also came.

There are two Malones among the fifty superstars. Perhaps everyone is more familiar with Karl Malone, but in fact Moses Malone is stronger and has a higher status than Karl Malone.

Even though Karl Malone's career statistics are terribly luxurious, and the number of the best team and All-Star accumulation is also large, but Moses Malone's MVP and fmvp in the championship season alone are not comparable to Karl Malone.

More importantly, Moses Malone won the championship and fmvp from Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Magician in the era when the black and white duo started, and it was a sweep.

In the early 80s, Moses Malone abruptly won the league's No.1 title from Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

Of course, the good times didn't last long, and the magician quickly grabbed the No.1 reputation in the league from Moses Malone.

It was also because of the untimely birth, with Chamberlain and Kareem in front, and Magic and Jordan behind, which made Moses Malone, who was obviously in the top ten of the top [-], become unknown.

Of course, this is also because Moses Malone was relatively low-key after retiring, rarely returned to the NBA, and did not appear in the media, so fans have fewer and fewer memories of him.

Moses Malone came to the Bradley Center to watch the game today, perhaps because Moses Malone played here. Basically, he semi-retired after the Bucks finished playing.

The next three years of Moses Malone's wandering career were just part-time jobs, and the last decent big contract was won by the Bucks.

How to put it, Moses Malone and the Bucks still have a love affair.

Perhaps this is also the reason. Today, Moses Malone is sitting with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and other Bucks history legends, and he is considered the Bucks' own.

But not far away is Jordan, which makes today's game even more important.

The three league No.1s gathered in one place, if not the All-Star Game and the Hall of Fame, then only in this arena, this game.

"All the stars go to the north, and the torch is passed on from one generation to the next."

Discovering that there are so many big names in the stadium, Zhang Weiping couldn't help but sigh with emotion when He Li made his debut.

It would be great if Chinese players could become No.1 in the NBA!
It's a pity that this season is only He Li's first season. Even though He Li performed well, there is still a long way to go in the future.

After He Li entered the field, the game started soon.

In the jump ball stage, the Nets had a jumper with top physical fitness like Kenyon Martin, so the Bucks didn't have much competition.

After the jump ball is over, return to defense immediately, set up a zone defense, and then let Kidd be bold on the top arc.

Sure enough, Kidd really has a big heart, and he directly made a three-pointer.

Duang——

Simply hit a iron.

The Bucks are the defensive side, so they naturally have an advantage in rebounding.

However, the inside players of the Nets did not give up easily. After all, in the Eastern Conference finals, every second counts, and any rebound must be competed, so don't give up easily.

Kenyon Martin is slightly shorter than He Li, but he looks strong and has a strong bottom plate. He still wants to compete with He Li and grab this rebound.

However, He Li is not low on the ball, and he is more confident in predicting rebounds.

He Li knows that it is useless to practice hard in the gym, and Kenyon Martin's standing position has no effect.

He Li took the initiative to take a step back, then made a circle before taking off, and grabbed the defensive rebound in front of Kenyon Martin who also took off.

Under He Li's pass, the Bucks immediately launched a fast break.

But what surprised He Li was that Kenyon Martin, who was facing him, returned to the defense very quickly.

Obviously the big dog is the small forward, and Kenyon Martin is the power forward.

But the result was that the big dog followed Ray Allen and Cassel to go fast, and the big dog ran to the three-point line, and Kenyon Martin had already rushed into the three-second zone.

Kenyon Martin rushed into the three-second zone to chase Ray Allen for a layup. Ray Allen didn't expect this to happen before, and he didn't score the 2 points he should have scored.

Fortunately, Kenyon Martin is also faster than other Nets players.

The rebound that was shot off fell into the hands of the big dog who followed him.

The big dog was about to shoot, and Kidd came up to defend him. As a result, the big dog was interfered by Kidd and missed the mid-range pull-up.

Once again it was the critical moment to grab a rebound, and He Li relied on his physical strength and high spirits when he came up, so he directly picked up Xu Huang.

With the addition of level 3 balls, He Li is more sure about rebounding.

Relying on his speed and strength, he jumped in place ahead of time and grabbed the rebound.

After picking up the offensive rebound, He Li directly held the ball with both hands and took a big stride towards the basket.

However, at this moment, Kenyon Martin predicted He Li's breakthrough path, ran in front of He Li in an instant, and then stood in a defensive posture.

If it was another player, maybe Kenyon Martin would really make an offensive foul.

Perhaps under normal circumstances, He Li would also be affirmed that Martin caused an offensive foul.

But it just so happened that He Ligang painted three layers of "Xu Huang".

He Li's breakthrough movement was slow, no, it was relaxed and elegant, which gave He Li a lot of reaction time.

Secondly, with the blessing of level 3 ball feel, He Li can also make temporary adjustments more easily and make the movements he wants to do in his mind.

Ever since, He Li's big step layup suddenly turned into a European step layup.

Kenyon Martin didn't react, just stood under the basket like a big fool, and didn't even jump.

He Li took off half a step ahead of Kenyon Martin, and came up with a one-armed big windmill iron-blooded buckle.

"He Li, He Li, He Li!"

"MVP, MVP, MVP!"

"Champ, champ, champ!"

He Li made an iron-blooded dunk at the beginning, which really boosted morale, especially since this is still the Bucks' home court.

The fans at the scene saw this stretching and violent dunk here, and their passion for watching the game was instantly ignited.

Then spontaneously stood up from the seat, stretched out his hand and raised it high, He Li cheered loudly.

After dunking Kenyon Martin, He Li himself was very happy and excited.

"Luther, is this the result you want?
Are you satisfied with my dunk?

I heard that you like to dunk, very good, I will dunk you enough in this game! "

After He Li dunked Kenyon Martin and landed, he roared at him for a while.

Fortunately, the referee was very informed and reasonable, and did not directly make a technical penalty decision on He Li.

This can be regarded as fueling He Li's arrogance.

He Li looked at Kenyon Martin when he returned to defense, and said to himself, "Hehe, you are the only idiot who still wants to call me a foul? I will punish you!"

Playing at home, He Li doesn't care whether he will be beaten if he is too aggressive.

In short, as the boss of the Bucks, He Li must put pressure on the Nets all the time in this round of the series so that the Bucks can win the game more easily.

The Bucks scored two points first, but the Nets didn't care too much.

After serving the ball, Kidd quickly advanced with the ball, read the game carefully, and looked for opportunities to organize his teammates to attack.

After all, after the first shot, Kidd found that today he didn't have the touch he wanted.

As a hard-working player, Kidd naturally would not think that his offensive ability is a problem.

Since the hand feels bad, Kidd will naturally find a teammate.

As a result, Cassell's attitude towards Kidd is to prevent breakthroughs and not prevent shots. By the way, pay attention to the big dog's defensive targets to avoid the big dog from missing people.

Indeed, Kidd quickly discovered that Keith Van Horn got rid of the big dog's defense and gained a certain amount of shooting space.

Keith Van Horn, as the No. 97 pick in the [-]th draft, is known as Little Bird in the world, so his offensive ability is naturally lacking.

Not to mention, Keith Van Horn played small forward with the body of a power forward. He originally had a height and weight advantage against a big dog.

As long as Keith Van Horn can catch the ball, even if he doesn't have much room to shoot, he can use singles to make room for his shots.

However, Cassell predicted that Kidd would pass the ball to Keith Van Horn, which is a different situation.

Keith Van Horn has a post-up, but it doesn't work very well when double-teamed.

Keith Van Horn saw Cassell double-teaming and didn't dare to shoot directly, so he had to pass the ball back to Kidd.

Kidd looked at it, good guy, big open, if you don't vote now, when will you wait?
In the end, it was Duang again.

Immediately after the rebound was snatched by He Li, Kenyon Martin ran fast again.

But this time, the ball quickly fell into Ray Allen's hands. Ray Allen ran to an emergency stop outside the three-point line, and raised his hand for a chasing three-pointer.

"1 minute, 0 to 5! The Bucks lead by 5 points and have a fantastic start! Is it possible that the Bucks are expected to sweep the championship this season?"

"Now I understand why Moses Malone came here! He wants to witness history with his own eyes!"

(End of this chapter)