I just want to play healthy basketball

Chapter 341 A series of sweeps to prove the championship again, the five Pistons who spoke harshly before the game.

On April 4, the Bucks played against the 21ers in the first game of the playoffs.

The second in the East beats the seventh in the East. The record alone shows that the strength of the two teams is not small.

Not to mention that the current 75 people are no longer Iverson's team, but Iguodala's team.

The 75ers made the playoffs this year, which is actually a bit of a fluke. This year's draft is a foreseeable draft year.

The 75ers originally didn't plan to make the playoffs, but under the leadership of Iguodala and Andre Miller, the team has the ability to stably abuse food.

It stands to reason that the 75-man strong team can't beat it, and the weak team can easily win. This kind of situation is better than being bad.

But because Philadelphia fans were so impressed with Iverson, they didn't support the team's move to trade Iverson.

Now this season, the 75ers have the hope of re-entering the playoffs, so they are naturally unwilling to do badly.

The 75ers management is going to use this score to get rid of Iverson's influence, and the team starts again.

But this is cheaper for the Bucks.

Originally, in the second half of the regular season, the Bucks didn't practice much.

In the playoffs, He Li, Wade, and Boozer all played 20 minutes on the court, and the Bucks had an 18-point advantage, nearly 20 points.

Because the strengths of the two teams were really disparate, George Karl waved his hand and decisively turned on the training mode, and put all the players from the second and third teams on the court to play.

The rookie selected by the Bucks last year, Gasol Jr., was waving a towel off the court because of insufficient inside positions.

Durant, Brewer, and Efflalo all got good opportunities for playoff training.

It is worth mentioning that Brewer has the experience of two consecutive NCAA championships, and he is not stage fright at all in the playoffs, and he performed very well.

Afflalo also has experience in the NCAA Finals, and his performance is not bad.

Durant didn't enter the state, and his state was sluggish.

Fortunately, the 75ers are not very capable of seizing opportunities, and the Bucks' players in the second and third lineups are pretty good defensively.

After the third quarter, the Bucks still had a 3-point advantage. In the fourth quarter, He Li and the three played again. After 5 minutes of playing, the point difference returned to 15 points. Basically, the overall situation was settled.

Because the 75 people did not choose to give up, the Bucks are not polite.

First, He Li and Wade played with Afflalo, Brewer, and David Lee for 4 minutes, and the point difference was still more than 15 points. It can be said that the Bucks have won the game.

After that, Boozer was allowed to play with Durant and Gasol Jr., and the 75ers were still chasing points at the last moment, but there was still a 12-point gap after the game.

It can be seen that the strength of the two teams is indeed very different.

On the 23rd, G2 continued to play, the Bucks' Big Three continued to play steadily, and rookie Durant also performed brilliantly.

In just 15 minutes of playing in the second and third quarters, Durant has already scored in double figures.

With Durant feeling excellent and in good condition, He Li chose to feed Durant the ball to cultivate his performance in competitions.

Durant lived up to He Li's expectations. He made 19 of 12 shots, 9 of 6 three-pointers, and 4 of 3 free throws. He scored a game-high 33 points.

It can be said that in this battle alone, the first-year Durant has already played a star demeanor, and the future can be expected.

It was also under Durant's outstanding performance that the Bucks won G2 without bloodshed.

After moving to Philadelphia, the Bucks won consecutive victories. This round of playoffs easily swept the 4 players 0-75.

Time moved into May, and soon the second round of the Bucks playoffs began.

This time, they encountered a brand new opponent—Magic.

This is also the first time the Magic has made the playoffs since Howard was selected.

This year, the Magic is third in the Eastern Conference. It can be said that once they reached the playoffs, they are in extremely good condition, stunning the entire league.

In the first round of the previous playoffs, the Magic relied on the one-star four-shot tactic and easily defeated the Cavaliers led by James 4-1.

Now that they have reached the second round of the playoffs, the young Magic has the momentum to be willing to take down the emperor.

It's just that the advantages that the Magic possess are also possessed by the Bucks.

The Bucks can not only shoot three-pointers better than the Magic, but also have more shooters, and the inside strength is not bad.

In a few more years, the Bucks' inside strength will be even more terrifying.

Now it is not impossible to deal with Howard, who has just entered the peak of his body, but is actually not particularly tall.

Speaking of which, Howard is at best a blue-collar center.

Once no one feeds Howard the ball, how many points can he get by relying on Howard to grab offensive rebounds and make a second attack?

And once the Magic can't get points inside, how can they be the opponent of the Bucks just relying on outside shots.

"That's it?"

In G1 Howard played only 6 minutes in the first quarter before leaving.

Wade, who successfully allowed Howard to lead three offenses, was extremely disdainful of Howard, who likes to play tricks on the court.

Howard's playing habits are not very good when defending, and he often makes a lot of small moves.

And Howard's hands are more obvious. If he pushes and pushes inside, it's fine, but if the defender stretches out his hand when he breaks through the basket for a layup, he really takes the initiative to send a free throw.

After all, Wade was also the starting All-Star guard in the Eastern Conference that season. Although the Bucks have no star whistle in the playoffs these years, it is particularly obvious that there are still whistles that should be blown.

Wade's style of play is not to often float outside to shoot, but mainly to kill the inside, so Howard still blindly stretches out his hand to strengthen his physical confrontation, which is really asking for fun.

And in the middle of the first quarter, Howard disappeared, and the outcome of this game was naturally clear at a glance.

The Bucks directly won the Magic with a big score of 1 points in G47, which made the Magic dull.

Howard in G2 played a little more carefully and controlled the number of fouls, but the Magic missed the outside shot.

Under the strict defense of the Bucks outside, the Magic only scored 78 points, while the Bucks scored 106 points, winning again by a big score.

In G3, the shortcomings of the Magic's young team were finally exposed. Howard, who mainly played happy basketball, began to score points on the court, reducing many defensive tasks.

The Magic players' thoughts and goals were not put together, and the team's offense and defense were not good enough, so they were taken away by the Bucks who scored 116 points.

The Magic in G4 performed slightly better than before. They finally opened the outside line, but they only scored 97 points.

The Bucks scored 108 points steadily as always, waved goodbye to the Magic, and got close to the Eastern Conference Finals.

Every year in the playoffs, the Bucks have the momentum to easily sweep their opponents, which basically means that the championship Bucks are back.

This year's meeting with the Bucks in the Eastern Conference Finals is the old rival Pistons.

It is worth mentioning that before the Pistons reached the Eastern Conference Finals, they had just solved the Celtics.

In this life, the commoner Pistons have no chance to beat the giants Lakers, but because the Pistons did not have particularly good results, the lineup will continue to be retained.

It is also a double Wallace lineup, facing O'Neal, but it is O'Neal who is no longer at his peak.

This time O'Neal failed to shoot more than 60% of his shots, but was limited to less than 50%, barely close to 50%. Even with free throws, the true shooting percentage still exceeded 60%, and O'Neal's role in the interior is still obvious.

But the Celtics' salary space was locked up by O'Neal and Pierce, and there was no high supplementary inside and outside.

With O'Neal severely limited, the Pistons beat the Celtics 4-1 in the Eastern Conference semifinals.

"This year is our most mature year!"

"In order to play against the Bucks, we have been preparing for five years!"

"No one knows the Bucks better than we do!

"We won't lose any more games!"

"Beat the Bucks, we are the championship!"

After finally meeting the Bucks in the Eastern Conference Finals, the Pistons, one by one, spammed the Bucks through media reporters before the game, like an old general on a stage with flags stuck on his back.

Originally, the Bucks were already studying their opponents in the finals, but when they heard the Pistons' harsh words before the game from the media reporter, they were forced to be shocked.

No way, this will really have to be serious.

After all, face slaps have to be done while it's hot, right?

(End of this chapter)