Double stars shine in Los Angeles

Chapter 201 Regathering at the Peak and Asking for Recommendation

Although the Clippers were swept out by their opponents in the Los Angeles Derby and ended their playoff journey this season, their overall performance this season has been recognized by the media and fans who love them.The Clippers not only won the longest winning streak in team history in the regular season this season, but also successfully entered the third round of the playoffs. Although they were swept [-]-[-] by the Lakers in the same city, their strength Has been recognized by the public, once again proving his powerful status in the West.

Various media are no longer surprised that the Lakers swept the Clippers to advance to the Finals. As long as the Lakers can maintain their current lineup and competitive state, they will not be surprised even if they sweep the defending media in the Finals.Even if the Lakers once again successfully defended the championship with 82 victories, the media will not be too surprised, all because the Lakers have the strength, background and confidence!Presumably, only when the Lakers can successfully surpass their own sound field record in the regular season or even directly come to an [-]-game winning streak can the media be shocked.

The NBA playoffs look at the depth of each team. This depth not only refers to the depth of the bench, but also refers to the depth of the starters.The depth of the bench is easy to understand, that is, whether there is anyone who can give the team enough support during the rotation time, and the depth of the starting players refers to whether the players can adapt to the intensity of the playoffs and play their normal strength.

Is the Clippers not deep enough?It can be said that the depth of the Clippers is enough, but they met the Lakers who are stronger than them, and Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan among the starters are not completely Even if it was their home court, the two of them still didn't give full play to their due strength.

And the way the Lakers deal with the Clippers is very clear, that is, the misplaced defense inside, allowing Li Yifeng to lock up Blake Griffin, as for DeAndre Jordan, it is to prevent him from receiving a pass from his teammates to reach the basket. attack.As for the Lakers players with Caron Butler and Lamar Odom facing each other, it is enough for them to have a headache, and the rest of Chris Paul is easy to handle. Go ahead and score, you can't score more than our team alone!
After the game, major news media and professional sports websites congratulated the Lakers for sweeping the Clippers and advancing to the Finals, and placed high hopes on the Lakers' defending championship.Afterwards, the media's attention turned to the Eastern Division championship.

In the East, the Boston Celtics and the New York Knicks have played three games as the Lakers swept the Clippers to advance to the Finals, with the Boston Celtics holding a two-to-one lead.

The New York Knicks are No. 1 in the playoffs, and the Boston Celtics are only No. [-], so they have home court advantage.In the first game against the Boston Celtics, the New York Knicks showed their No.[-] strength in the Eastern Conference.

Carmelo Anthony, the current head star of the New York Knicks, scored 70.00 points in the first quarter and maintained a super high shooting rate of 41% on 24 of [-] shots.At the same time, other players on the team also performed well, especially Jason Kidd, a veteran point guard who just joined this season, benefited from Carmelo Anthony's high shooting percentage and the good touch of other players. It can be said that the New York Knicks led the Boston Celtics by a huge difference of nearly [-] points from [-] to [-] in the first quarter.

Kevin Garnett, the defensive pillar of the Boston Celtics, changed his habit of playing no more than 6 minutes in the first quarter of the season before playing for 10 minutes in the first quarter before resting.In the second quarter, Paul Pierce, the boss of the Boston Celtics, still insisted on staying on the court after playing the first quarter.

Although the Boston Celtics chased the score to only eleven points in the second quarter, when the main players of the New York Knicks began to return, the point difference was widened to fifteen points again, and until the At the end of the halftime game, the point difference remained at around fifteen points.

In the second half of the game, the New York Knicks did not let their hand feel cold because of the intermission, and still maintained a shooting percentage of more than 50.00%.In addition, the Boston Celtics dug themselves a big hole in the first half, and they still failed to narrow the score gap to less than ten miles. The New York Knicks, who were playing at home, were suppressed throughout the game.

Even if Kevin Garnett scored 39 points and grabbed 25 rebounds in 41 minutes of the game, Paul Pierce scored 32 points, [-] rebounds and [-] assists in [-] minutes. Help the team to win.

In the second game, the Boston Celtics, in addition to Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett, the team's new giant Rajon Rondo even got 42 rebounds in the game And a triple-double of [-] assists.The team's substitute lineup also played a huge role in this game, scoring a total of [-] points, which is a new high since the team entered the playoffs.

As for the New York Knicks, it seemed that their character was exhausted in the last game, and the feeling was extremely cold. The Boston Celtics played a 30.00-[-] offensive frenzy at the beginning.In the first half of the game, the New York Knicks did not shoot more than [-]% five, which is a world of difference from the previous game.

The Boston Celtics have been solid in both games, especially with the subs doing a great job in Game [-].The performance of the New York Knicks in the two games was a bit inexplicable. In one game, the shooting percentage was much higher than their average level, and in the other game it was far below their average level. The two games were two extremes.

The third game, is to return to the home of the Boston Celtics.Back at home, the Boston Celtics still maintained their stable performance, and the substitute lineup continued the good state of the previous game, scoring a total of 36 points.

The New York Knicks returned to normal and were evenly matched against the Boston Celtics, taking the lead late in the third quarter with back-to-back [-]-pointers by Steve Novak and JR Smith The Boston Celtics at home had nine points.

In the last quarter of the game, the Boston Celtics relied on tenacious defense and patient positional warfare, gradually tied the score, and successfully overtook, and finally won at home with a score of 105 to 99, a big score of [-] one lead.

Just the day after the Los Angeles Lakers successfully advanced to the Finals, the Eastern Conference Finals series continued.The Boston Celtics temporarily led their opponents 54 to [-] with the support of home fans, relying on home court advantage.However, in the second half of the game, the New York Knicks gradually exerted their strength, caught up with the score and took the lead for the first time in the game.

The main players of the Boston Celtics, especially Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce, had difficulty maintaining a balance on both ends of the offense and defense due to physical reasons, and the point difference gradually widened.Although Jason Terry and Jeff Green's sudden outbursts in the last quarter of the game dragged the game into overtime.But all this is futile for the Celtics, and physical problems have become their biggest obstacle to winning the game.After a hard struggle in overtime, the Celtics lost the game by eight points at home, and the big score became a two-to-two tie.

In the next two games, the Boston Celtics and the New York Knicks won one game each.

Game [-] is played at the home court of the New York Knicks.Whether it is the New York Knicks or the Boston Celtics, no one wants to be eliminated at this point in the battle, especially the New York Knicks have not entered the finals for a long time.The two sides launched a fierce offensive and defensive battle at the beginning.

Back at home, the New York Knicks not only have a geographical advantage, but also have an advantage over the Boston Celtics in terms of player age.However, the Boston Celtics are worthy of the title of the Iron Army. Even if they face various disadvantages, they still occupy a comparable position with the New York Knicks. After halftime, they are only five points behind the New York Knicks.

In the second half of the game, the idea of ​​the New York Knicks trying to increase their score by strengthening their offense failed under the defense of the Boston Celtics like an iron barrel. The Celtics successfully blocked the Knicks' attack. On the offensive wave, after the end of the three quarters, the Boston Celtics narrowed the point difference by two points, only three points behind the New York Knicks at home.

With less than five seconds left in the game, the Boston Celtics trailed by two, but luckily they had the ball.Rajon Rondo realizes serve.The New York Knicks' defensive attention is on Paul Pierce, and the Celtics' arrangement is indeed to give Paul Pierce the last shot.

With Paul Pierce out of touch with New York Knicks defense and the Celtics running out of timeouts, Rajon Rondo had to pass the ball to Kevin Garter.Amare Stoudemire's timely defense prevented Kevin Garnett from having a good offensive opportunity and had to pass the basketball to Jason Terry outside the three-point line.

Jason Terry jumped up to catch the ball in the air, and threw the basketball out without waiting for it to land. As soon as the basketball left his hand, the red light on the backboard lit up, and everyone's eyes were focused on the basketball flying in the air.

"Shua!" The sound of the basketball passing through the net came over, and the Celtics beat the New York Knicks away with Jason Terry's three-pointer at the buzzer at the last minute.After watching the replay video carefully, the referee judged that Jason Terry's three-point goal was valid. The New York Knicks regrettably missed out on Jason Terry, who made one of six three-pointers in this game. Kill, missed the finals.

The Boston Celtics got their wish and entered the finals again. This is their second time entering the finals since the 2009-2010 season, and the opponent is the Los Angeles Lakers.

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