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Chapter 227 First round promotion
"The game is over, congratulations to the Kings, congratulations to them for defeating the Trail Blazers with a total score of 4-0 and becoming the first team in the Western Conference to advance to the playoffs."

On April 2010, 4, after beating the Portland Trail Blazers 24-98 to win Game 94 of the series, the Kings beat the already hopeless team 102-81 two days later. The Blazers swept the Blazers with a total score of 4 to 0, becoming the second team to sweep the opponent to advance after the Magic, and also the first of all eight teams in the Western Conference to enter the playoffs. The teams that advance to the second round of the season.

"But I also want to congratulate the Trail Blazers. Congratulations to them for playing a commendable series in the absence of two absolute main players when everyone is not optimistic. Although in this round of the series , They didn't win any games, but their performance made us look forward to their performance next season!"

"Although the total score of this round of the series is 4-0, the road to promotion for the Kings is far from easy as the score shows. In the second and third games of the series, the Kings won very thrillingly. Yes, if it wasn't for Brandon Roy's absence due to injury, the result of this round of the series might have been different."

"The second game of the series played 31 minutes and scored 28 points, 4 rebounds, and 6 assists. The third game of the series played 6 minutes and scored 12 points. Brandon Roy suffered a knee injury. He played an unimaginable performance, his fighting spirit on the court and his desire for victory deeply infected me."

Although the Kings won the series and swept the Trail Blazers, after the game, the two commentators on the sidelines, Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith, praised the Trail Blazers in unison, especially Brandon, who played with injuries -Roy was even praised by the two of them in turn.

After the four-game series, everyone clearly realized the value of Brandon Roy and the importance of Brandon Roy to the Trail Blazers. In the game, the Blazers lost to the Kings by more than 20 points, without any power to fight back. In the two games when Brandon Roy came back from injury, the Blazers played against the Kings until the last minute. The victory is only a little short.

Therefore, although the Blazers lost the series and were swept by the Kings, many media and fans did not think that the Blazers had lost. In their view, if Brandon Roy hadn't been injured at the end of the season, If Greg Oden can recover from injury, this round of the series will definitely be another result. Perhaps the Blazers can also repeat the miracle that the Kings performed on the Nuggets in the playoffs last season on the Kings.

Although this round of the series has ended, the reverie about this round of the series has not come to an end.

"We won, we won." When the game was over, Jrue Holiday, who had just entered the league and entered the playoffs for the first time in his career, followed the team into the second round, Danny -Green and Serge Ibaka waved the towels in their hands, yelled and rushed into the court, and started a crazy celebration with the rotation players who hadn't left the field yet.

Yan Hua, who clocked out early, did not follow Serge Ibaka and the others into the arena, but embraced Tony Allen and John Salmons who were still sitting on the sidelines, I started packing my things and getting ready to go home.

In this round of the series against the Trail Blazers, Yan Hua has gained a lot. Brandon Roy will help the team win no matter what he does, and he will fight on the field with his injured right leg. The facial expression, the scene where the Blazers’ morale was overwhelmed as soon as Brandon Roy appeared on the stage, made Yan Hua unforgettable. Before that, although Yan Hua had been learning how to be a core, how to To be a leader, but the object of Yan Hua's learning is Yao Ming, Kevin Martin and other good men, and after experiencing this round of series against the Trail Blazers, Yan Hua also realized how to become a real leader .

In addition to being infected on the spiritual level, the spider-man skill learned from Olajuwon can be regarded as making up for Yan Hua's last shortcoming. After learning the spider-man skill, Yan Hua not only improved his movement speed , Bounce speed, and responsiveness have all improved a lot, and the blocking rate and secondary blocking have also been greatly enhanced.

"I hope this is just the beginning." After successfully eliminating the Blazers, Reggie Toyce, who had been tense, was finally able to relax a little bit, watching the players celebrating on the field and the players on the sidelines Yan Hua who was packing up, Tony Allen, John Salmons and other veteran players, Reggie Troyce also had a rare smile on their faces.

Especially Yan Hua, in this round of the series against the Blazers, under the crazy double-teaming of the Blazers, Yan Hua sent out 28 points, 15 rebounds, 5 assists, and 3 blocked shots in the four series , No matter what the situation on the court is, as soon as he sees Yan Hua, Reggie Toyes feels confident, and the King's next step depends on Yan Hua's performance and performance.

Although the Kings have achieved the second record in the Western Conference this season, Reggie Toyce has no confidence in the Kings' playoff journey. After all, if they can enter the playoffs in the highly competitive Western Conference, then There is not a single persimmon, as can be seen from the madness of the Western Conference in the past few seasons. The gap between the second Kings in the Western Conference and the seventh Trail Blazers in the Western Conference is not as big as the rankings of the two sides show. big.

Even the Lakers, the No. [-] in the Western Conference, dare not say that they can advance to the second round [-]%. As for Reggie Troyce, who has only entered the playoffs once in his entire coaching career, he can't guarantee that. The results in this season will definitely surpass those of last season, but now, Reggie Toyes can finally breathe a sigh of relief, because the King eliminated the Trail Blazers and entered the second round. The record in the season is no worse than last season.

Although the Blazers were swept away without any risk, Reggie Toyes still has no idea about the next game, because the playoffs are completely different from the regular season, and both sides will find each other's shortcomings and weaknesses to die In this round of the series against the Trail Blazers, the Kings have exposed all their shortcomings.

And the King's next opponents, whether it is the Mavericks or the Jazz, are the kind of teams that can play the pick-and-roll to the sky. As for the head coaches of the two teams, Rick Carlisle and Jerry Sloan, they are also old foxes. level head coach.

Stronger opponents, stronger head coaches, although the series between the Mavericks and the Jazz is not over yet, but Reggie Toyce can already feel the pressure coming, so for Reggie Toyce For Si, the end of this round of the series is just the beginning.

(End of this chapter)