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Chapter 375 Division Semifinals

But in the third game, the Grizzlies encountered Waterloo.

The Warriors made 27 of 18 three-pointers in the game. They shot and killed the Grizzlies with a rain of three-pointers, and successfully tied the score at 1:2.

In the fourth game, Li Lei stood up, and he didn't give the Warriors another chance.

李磊全场三分球15中8，砍下48分16篮板3助攻2抢断1盖帽，带队击杀勇士队。

第五战，李磊再次砍下42分6篮板7助攻1抢断2盖帽，断了勇士队最后一口气。

In the end, the Grizzlies eliminated the Warriors 4-1 and entered the Western Conference Finals.

This is another historic breakthrough for the Grizzlies.

"Memphis Weekly": The Grizzlies broke into the conference finals, a historic breakthrough.

"Memphis Athletics": A major breakthrough, the Grizzlies create new history.

"Tennessee State Journal": Stone broke into the division finals for four consecutive seasons, and the legend is being written.

Mississippi Journal: Stone Crowned King!
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At the same time, the other three groups of duels ended one after another.

The first is the duel between the 76ers and the Cavaliers.

After winning the first game, the 76ers did not give the Cavaliers any chance, and directly swept the Cavaliers 4-0, showing a strong dominance.

The 76ers were also the only team to achieve a sweep in the conference semifinals, which aroused heated discussions among fans.

"The 76ers are so strong!"

"Well, I guessed that the combination of Yao Ming and Iverson would be strong, but I didn't expect it to be this strong. It stands to reason that the Cavaliers are definitely not weak, but they couldn't even win a game."

"That can't be helped. The 76ers are too good for the Cavaliers. The two core players of the Cavaliers, James and Hughes, are both main breakthrough players. However, the 76ers have a big center Yao Ming, who most restricts breakthroughs. Dalem, who is on the bench Porter is also a shot-blocker, tough on defense and too good at protecting the rim."

"I underestimated the 76ers. Now look at this team. It's not just Yao Ming and Iverson! The top shooter Korver, the No. 95 pick in [-], Joe Smith, Pippen's successor Iguodala, the substitute There is a strong insider Dalembert... led by the No. [-] pick, can he be weak?"

"Then you say, do the 76ers have any hope of winning the championship this season?"

"It's impossible to win the championship. There has never been a team of stars. To win the championship in the first year, it will take at least one or two years."

"No! I think it's possible. In the East, the Magic are the 76ers' biggest opponent. But Howard met Yao Ming...you know.

On the west side, the strongest Mavericks have already been eliminated. The Spurs and Suns are fighting each other to the death. After breaking through, they have to accept the challenge of the Grizzlies, and they have to lose another layer of skin.In the finals, it is estimated that only half of the health bar is left, how do you think you can still fight?
The 76ers have strength and luck this year, and it is really possible to win the championship. "

"If you analyze it like this, it's really possible!"

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Then there are the Magic and the Pistons.

The Pistons are still very competitive, but facing the Magic, they also played very passively.

They can't guard McGrady, and they can't limit Howard.

Especially Turkoglu, this season, under the guidance of Stan Van Gundy, Turkoglu seems to have opened up the two lines of Ren and Du, becoming an excellent point forward, and connecting the whole team well.

Coupled with Hill, Nelson and other players, the Magic directly overwhelmed their opponents, almost crushing their opponents, and eliminated the Pistons 4-1.

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In the conference semifinals, the only inseparable teams were the Suns and Spurs.

Because the Suns had a better record in the regular season, the first game was played in the "Phoenix City" Phoenix.

In the first game, the two sides played inextricably.

In the first quarter, 27:26, the Spurs led by 1 point.

At halftime, 52:53, the Suns led by 1 point.

At the end of the whole game, 111:106, the Spurs won G1 with a slight advantage and stole a victory away.

This cost the Suns home court advantage.

The Suns fought hard and beat the Spurs 101 to 81 in the second game, tying the score at 1:1.

Subsequently, the two sides returned to San Antonio to continue the war.

Back home, Duncan was still strong, scoring 33 points, 19 rebounds and 3 blocks, leading the Spurs to protect the home court and rewriting the big score to 2:1.

But the score was only 108:101, and the Spurs had limited wins.

Fans can see that the strength of the two teams is about the same, playing evenly.

The Spurs won both games by less than double digits.

So the outcome is still hard to say.

Sure enough, in Game [-], the Suns had the upper hand again.

But in this game, a shameless scene happened.

In the last 18.2 seconds, the Spurs fell behind, and Popovich sent veteran Robert Horry to execute foul tactics.

The foul tactic is actually very simple, you just pull the ball holder, or just hug the ball holder directly.

But the Spurs don't want to.

Horry turned sideways and slammed into Nash who was dribbling fast with all his strength, and directly "flyed" Nash out, throwing him heavily on the billboard.

It's really flying!

When the Grizzlies watched the game, they all screamed.

Just this one, it is likely to ruin Nash's career, and Nash's small body does not know whether he can resist it.

The Grizzlies are so excited to watch the game, let alone the Suns players.

Sitting on the bench, Stoudemire and Diaw rushed directly into the court.

The stadium was in chaos, and finally the referee made a penalty. Horry made a second-degree malicious foul and was expelled.

The Suns won Game 2 and the score became a 2-[-] tie.

However, after the game, the league imposed additional penalties on Stoudemire and Diaw on the grounds that they set foot on the court without permission.

Also because of this additional penalty, the Suns lost the crucial Tianwangshan battle and were finally eliminated by the Spurs.

All of a sudden, fans across the league condemned the Spurs.

"The three dirty Spurs, the ugliest team in the league, really disgusting!"

"They're not playing ball, they're hitting people."

"Horry is a scumbag player. The league should permanently suspend him from playing."

"Deserved to be swept by the Heat last season, garbage team, garbage players, garbage coach."

"Upstairs, you can just scold Horry, why involve other people, what happened to Popovich?"

"If there is only one Horry, it's fine. The Spurs still have Bowen, who is more black-hearted than Horry, and how many people have been crippled. There is also Ginobili, who often makes excessive small moves. If a team has only one black-hearted player, then Maybe it’s because the player’s character is not good. But a team has a lot of unscrupulous players, do you think it has nothing to do with the coach?”

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This statement sounds exaggerated now, but after the Spurs head coach Kerr became the head coach of the Warriors, more and more people believed it.

Cole and Popovich are in the same line, and he also has a bunch of unscrupulous players under him, which is dubbed the Golden State Martial Arts Team by fans.

(End of this chapter)