super legend

Chapter 89 Western Conference Semifinals

Through the discovery of the "BUG" of the corner three-pointer, Sun Zhuo realized the importance of finding problems from the perspective of game designers, so he decided to communicate more with NBA game designers, or not limited to NBA types game designer, I believe this will be of great help to him in discovering new benefits.

The first round of the playoffs will soon be over. Except for the Heat and the Hornets who fought in seven games, and the Heat struggled to advance, all the other teams that advanced eliminated their opponents within five games. Among them, the Spurs, Pacers, Basketball Wang even defeated his opponent in a sweeping manner.

The teams that advanced to the second round of the East and West semifinals are: Lakers, Spurs, Kings, Timberwolves, Pacers, Heat, Pistons and Nets.

Among them, the Pacers will face the Heat in the second round, the Pistons will face the Nets, the Timberwolves will face the Kings, and the Lakers will face the most powerful opponent in the Western Conference early in the semifinals, and they also eliminated the Lakers last year Enemy, Spurs!

The Spurs swept the Grizzlies of Pau Gasol and James Posey in the first round. Except for the narrow victory in the third game, the other three games were all big victories without any suspense. What's more frightening is that the Grizzlies they defended After four games, no one can score more than 20 points in a single game.

The 22-year-old French sports car Tony Parker is running fast. The 28-year-old Tim Duncan is at the peak of his career. The guy who won the FMVP in 1999 has reached the golden age of a player. You can imagine his How terrible the ability and self-confidence will be.

Ginobili's performance in the first round was not impressive, perhaps because the opponent was too weak and didn't need Ginobili to play, but everyone knows what Ginobili can bring to the Spurs and opponents.

Also, Bruce Bowen, known as the dirtiest defensive player ever, no one wants to meet him.

This round of the series has not yet started, Ron Artest on the Eastern side has already secretly laughed. He guessed that the Lakers are about to encounter trouble, and it is the biggest trouble in this year's playoffs, so he is even more pessimistic about Sun Zhuo. Perhaps the Rockets relaxed their vigilance against Sun Zhuo at the end of the series, allowing him to score some points and make some three-pointers, but the Spurs will not, even if Popovich is leading by a large score Next, the players will not be allowed to make the slightest mistake.

"Sun will definitely fail in this round of the series. Not only him, Kobe, Shaq, and Karl Malone, this round of the series will not be easy." Artest is very gloating. He always thinks that they can advance in the East. , and the opponent in the finals is either the Spurs or the Lakers. After this round of consumption, it is really beneficial to the Pacers.

The Spurs will first host the Lakers at home. Popovich also attaches great importance to this round of the series. Popovich also watched the series between the Lakers and the Rockets. Originally, the Rockets had the opportunity to drag the series to the sixth game. But due to Sun Zhuo's sudden performance, the rocket's hope was abruptly cut off.

The team is training, Popovich looked at assistant coach Will, and asked: "What do you think of the Lakers rookie's three-point performance in Game [-]? Do you think it is luck, or does he always have such long shots?" strength?"

In fact, when Popovich asked this question, he already had the answer in his heart. Will is the chief physical coach of the Spurs, and he also provides medical insurance. If any player is injured on the field, he and his assistants will help deal with it. of.

Will felt that this was not easy to judge, because Sun Zhuo had concealed his strength before. Will thought for a while, and said: "Maybe it's luck, he is so young, the three-pointer should not be ready yet, but the first round In the series, his shooting is indeed better than the game, he has improved and grown in the series with the Rockets, we can't let him continue in the series with us."

Popovich said with a smile: "Of course, I'm not Van Gundy, so I love to help improve rookies. After finishing the series with me, the confidence of the rookies will only be hit, not improved. In the first round of the series, Sun His possessions and turnovers were completely exposed, he was stopped five times in the first game alone, and in the series with us, he will only be stopped more."

Having said that, Popovich called Bowen, Ginobili, Tony Parker and Turkoglu, and said: "The No. 24 rookie of the Lakers, Sun, performed well in the first round of the series. In the series, he will play more and more confidently, but his problems still exist, so you must always be ready to cut his ball, once he breaks through the dribble, or appears at the basket, you must immediately get the ball Cut off, don't let him jump up, I have a hunch that his turnover will be a key to our victory over the Lakers."

Bao Wen and the others all kept it in their hearts, and they already regarded Sun Zhuo as a fish on the chopping board, and couldn't wait to eat him.

If Sun Zhuo knew that he was so weak in the eyes of his opponent, he would definitely be angry.

On May 5nd, the entire Lakers team has come to San Antonio, Texas. This time, the opponent is very special. It is the opponent who ended the Lakers' three consecutive championships. Therefore, everyone pays special attention to this round of the series, and even many In people's eyes, among all the opponents in the playoffs, the Spurs are the most difficult one to beat. As long as they win the Spurs, the championship will be no problem.

Sun Zhuo’s mentality is slightly more optimistic than theirs. After all, he knows that the Lakers in the previous life ended the Spurs 4:2. This year, the Lakers have him again, and their strength will only be stronger. Woolen cloth.

Although he is sure of winning, Sun Zhuo must fight for himself. O'Neal and Kobe are too strong, which is not a good thing for Sun Zhuo. To 10 points, it is too embarrassing to be a starter. In this round of the series, he will definitely average more than 10 points per game.

Therefore, these two days, Sun Zhuo is doing regular training with his teammates. In the morning and evening, Sun Zhuo will also practice three-pointers and shoot two-pointers. It is actually not easy to shoot basketball from this position, because a single In terms of position, it can be called a long-range shot, but the shot is only a two-pointer.

However, after these two days of training, Sun Zhuo's two-point shooting percentage near the left and right corners has greatly improved, and Sun Zhuo still feels very satisfied.

In the evening, the first game of the semifinals between the Lakers and the Spurs started at the AT&T Arena on time.

As soon as you enter the stadium, you can feel the enthusiasm of the Spurs fans. Because the Spurs defeated the Lakers last year, they have the confidence to continue to destroy the Lakers with a gorgeous lineup. They thought that the Spurs would meet the Lakers in the finals. Met.

"BEAT LA! This year they were able to avoid us in the second round, but they seemed to want to fight us on purpose. They lost to us last year. I don't know where they have the confidence to challenge us! Lost two veterans who can't even run?"

"That's right, I get angry when I see the Lakers, especially the old man Phil Jackson. From a very early on, he put on a posture that the Spurs won because of injuries last year. He couldn't even handle the conflict between Kobe and Shaq well. The two cores of the team are in such a mess, and there is still a rookie Sun in the starting lineup, this round of the series, they will definitely lose!"

The Spurs and the Lakers have deep grievances. This round of the series must be more intense. Sun Zhuo gradually felt the disdain in everyone's eyes when they looked at him. Spurs score.

This made Sun Zhuo very uncomfortable.

The good teammates I matched with my ability, why should I say that I won?
The ball was broken from my hand by my ability, why should I be blamed for making mistakes?

Excessive!

(End of this chapter)