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Chapter 360 The Second Round of Showdown

The Celtics in the East decided the winner at the same time as the Timberwolves.

It was the Knicks who were injured. The super attack combination composed of Anthony and Stoudemire suddenly lost its size in front of a group of old men.In the first two games at the Celtics' home court, the Knicks were able to compete with the Celtics a little bit, losing only 2 and 3 points respectively.

However, as soon as they returned to the home court, the Knicks would not play.

Especially on the defensive side, it was completely in chaos, as if it had lost its original vigor.The Celtics won games 17 and 12 by 4 and 15 points respectively at Madison Square Garden, both of which can be called big victories.Anthony scored 42, 15, 32, and [-] in the [-] games, and his performance was slightly unstable.

Don't blame him. Facing the Celtics, who are still in the league's top defensive team, even Zheng Ke has to spend a lot of time.

With the development of the fifth and sixth games, more and more teams entered the next round, and more and more players were defeated and went home to fish.

The Magic became the only team in the NBA's first round to defeat a high-ranking team from a low-ranked team.Howard scored 25 points and 15 rebounds in Game [-] but was unable to recover.He was greatly disappointed to stop in the first round. Facing the media interview after the game, the depressed expression on his face was obvious.

So in addition to the Eagles, Timberwolves and Celtics, the other five teams are the Bulls, Heat, Mavericks, Lakers and Spurs.

The Timberwolves' opponent in the second round is the Dallas Mavericks who came out of the fourth or fifth place!
Before the start of the season, the Mavericks replaced the old Dampier and brought in center Tyson Chandler, who was not satisfied with the Bobcats, which greatly enhanced the thickness of the inside.Under the leadership of Nowitzki, Kidd, Marion, Peja and a group of veterans, the Mavericks played calmly and easily defeated the Western upstart Thunder 4-1.

Although the Mavericks small forward Butler is reimbursed for the season, the Mavericks are still strong, especially the one-handed zone defense is very beautiful, and it is the NBA team that Thomas admires most.

Comparing the bench lineups of the two teams, the Mavericks did not fall behind at all. Jason Terry, Peja, JJ-Barea and Haywood are all strong fighters, especially Terry who has just won the best sixth man. When will it start to convulse, it can be called the biggest killer on the bench.

So in this round of the series, the number of people who are optimistic about the victory of the Timberwolves has decreased a lot. In everyone's opinion, the Mavericks can still pose a big threat to the Timberwolves.

Then came the announcement of the best defensive player. In this honor, it is still the war between Howard and Zheng Ke.

Howard was able to contribute 14.1 rebounds and 2.38 blocks in the regular season, one for the NBA's first and one for the NBA's fourth.The Magic's overall restricted opponent's shooting percentage is only 43.6%, which ranks fourth in the NBA.Looking at his teammates, they are all defensive players like Nelson and Turkoglu, so Howard has contributed a lot to achieving such an achievement.

Two comparisons, although Zheng Ke can also average 8.3 rebounds per game, 2.8 steals and 1.6 blocks per game, but the Timberwolves teammates seem to be more defensive than the Magic players.Billups, Afflalo, including Jr. Jordan, are all good at defense, which makes Zheng Ke's voice slightly lower than Howard's.

The result was the same, Howard was slightly better and won the award.

On May 5, the second round of the NBA officially started.

The first game on the first day started with the game between the Timberwolves and the Mavericks. The Dallas Legion has been in Minneapolis for several days, and they are completely familiar with the climate and venue here. This has turned into no home court advantage. advantage.

Less competition means more attention.

In addition to the media flooding Minnesota, there are advertisers waving checks.The phone on the desk of general manager McHale was almost off the hook during this period. Every day, there were people crying and asking for more advertising space in the Target Center arena. Len Taylor discusses future TV rights for Timberwolves.

This made Glen Taylor more determined to hold Zheng Ke's thigh tightly.

Even Zheng Ke's nonsensical request to renovate the long-standing Target Center arena in the summer also agreed, and guaranteed that Zheng Ke will see a brand new arena when the game starts in October this year.

Zheng Ke is now the emperor of Minnesota, as he said, if there is wind, there will be rain.

In the evening, people could already be seen coming and going near the Target Center. In addition to the fans who flocked to the arena with tickets, there were also a large number of fans who did not have tickets but chose to watch the game in the surrounding bars.Everyone is a fan of the Timberwolves, loves this team, chooses to come to these places with a strong basketball atmosphere, order a glass of beer, and then happily start enjoying the game.

When the bus drove into the arena, there were fans greeting Timberwolves players along the way, and a few small fans chased the bus, babbling and laughing.

Every time he sees these pictures, Zheng Ke's blood boils with excitement, and he feels that the approval of thousands of people is on his shoulders, urging him to keep moving forward.

At the beginning of his career, what he thought of was to play good data, win the trust of the coach, and then gain a firm foothold in the NBA.After I became the big brother of the Timberwolves and became the All-Star starter, what I thought of was to play my own world in the league, hoping that I could become a Hall of Fame player in the future.Until now, when he has won a championship and gained both fame and fortune, Zheng Ke is fighting for honor.

For the sake of honor, greater energy can be exploded.

The cheerleaders danced the colored balls in their hands and kept shaking their graceful bodies, attracting the attention of many male animals on the scene.

Under the passionate introduction of DJ, Zheng Ke led the Timberwolves to file out and became the focus of the field.

The spotlight shone on him, and Zheng Ke raised his hands.He didn't wear [Iverson's left armband] today, but chose to wear [Basketball God's left armband], and imitated Jordan, and put the basketball wristband on the lower arm of the elbow ,Very handsome.

After the old-fashioned appearance ceremony, Zheng Ke led the starting five onto the basketball court.

PG: Billups, SG: Afflalo, SF: Zheng Ke, PF: Kevin Love, C: DeAndre Jordan.The corresponding Mavericks also have a regular starting lineup. PG: Kidd, SG: Stevenson, SF: Marion, PF: Dirk Nowitzki, C: Tyson Chandler.

What's amazing is that these two western powerhouses are still a single-core model that is rarely seen in the league today. The Timberwolves use Zheng Ke as the core, and the Mavericks use Nowitzki as the core.

It also shows from the side that the single-core mode is still feasible in today's alliance.The problem is that we must create an excellent lineup of characters, and the bench lineups of the two teams are at least the top five in the league.Zheng Ke’s substitute is PG Lowry, substitute SG Marcus Thornton, substitute SF Corey Brewer, substitute PF Tay Gibson, and substitute center Pekovic. Each of them is a player who is at his golden peak. Excellent ability.

The referee walked up to the middle circle, holding an orange basketball in his hand.

After the two teams greeted each other, they found their positions, checked their equipment again, and then stood still.

Marion was the player who wanted to defend Zheng Ke, and the two stared at each other without speaking.

Zheng Ke wanted to laugh in his heart, and when he walked in and looked at Marion, he suddenly felt that this guy looked too strange.Birondo looks even weirder, just like his nickname "hacker", which is really scary.

In fact, the unremarkable Marion is one of the few outstanding wing defenders in the NBA.The super long wingspan, excellent awareness and first-class athletic ability allow Marion to defend from the 1st position to the 4th position. Even in his prime, when he was in the Suns, when Stoudemire was injured, he Also worked as a defensive center.He's an all-around fighter, a professional athlete with a positive attitude.

Compared with Tony Allen, Marion is definitely much cleaner, but also lacks Allen's viciousness.

On the first ball after the opening, Zheng Ke used Love's pick-and-roll, dribbled the ball and made a sudden stop, and then hit the first ball with a high arc.

"This action is very similar to McGrady!" said Barkley, a heavyweight TNT guest who came to broadcast today, and he was full of praise for Zheng Ke's high stop jump shot. style, now his jumper has been diversified, not only leaning forward, leaning back, drifting, depending on the specific situation."

Smith rolled his eyes, and then began to sing the opposite, laughing: "I don't think Zheng Ke's shot looks like McGrady. Look at McGrady's shot, the arc is extremely low, and the basketball after the shot is too much. For the sound of hitting the back edge of the hoop, there was a "boom". However, Zheng Ke did not press down on his wrist for this shot. "Sound."

Smith's analysis is in place, and there is another player besides Zheng Ke who likes high-arc goals on the court.

That is Nowitzki, the head of the Mavericks. Like Marion, Nowitzki was also in 78. This year is at the peak of his career. Facing Love's defense, he feels extremely relaxed.

The first ball of the Mavericks' offense was handed over to him, and he dribbled the ball against Love twice. After feeling that he couldn't hit it, he turned two and a half times, feinted a bit, and then directly shot a Golden Rooster independent fadeaway jumper.

Love stretched out his hand and jumped hard to block the block.

Nowitzki shot the basketball with a high arc, exaggeratedly as if he was masturbating, and after going straight up, the fans waited for a long time before hitting the net hollowly
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