NBA: Start the water cooler and reach the Hall of Fame

The Pacers were not afraid of playing away games. On the contrary, they played very methodically and followed the tactics on the offensive end. It didn't matter even if they couldn't score. Anyway, the Pacers are not a team that is good at offense.

On the contrary, the Wizards did not play their own style at all. Li Kaiming was watched by the two Pacers from beginning to end. Vogel did not give him a chance to connect the ball, and the Pacers also intentionally left Leonard open. When shooting from the outside, even if the latter cuts to the basket, Hibbert, who is 218cm tall, can perfectly protect the basket.

After the open space was passed from the outside, it's not like Leonard didn't try to take a shot. As long as he can make a shot, the Pacers will probably take a shot in the next round... right?

It's a pity that basketball doesn't lie. If you can't make a shot, you can't make a shot. The sudden enlightenment described in the novel did not happen to Leonard. After hitting two irons, he never dared to take a shot again, mainly because of his This kind of shooting rate hurts the team every time he takes a shot.

So for the rest of the first quarter, the Wizards looked like this on the offensive end:

If it can be played according to Sanders' tactics, then it will be played according to the tactics. But when the team's tactics are blocked, the ball just stays in Leonard's hands. At this time, the ball, which was originally moving smoothly, immediately It stagnated, as if the blood vessels had been blocked, and the game was very constipated!

As the person involved in the problem, Leonard felt even more awkward. When he got the ball, the opponent was not afraid of him at all. They just let him take two steps to let him shoot. He rushed to the basket and couldn't score against Hibbert, so he couldn't score. Got into an embarrassing situation...

Fortunately, Hinrich felt pretty good tonight. He scored 11 points in a single quarter, helping the Wizards to hang on to the game. At the end of the first quarter, the Wizards trailed by 26 points, 29-3.

Consol in the commentary box was very dissatisfied with Sanders' performance. "As the core of the team, Lee only took two shots in the first quarter. There were two people next to him all the time. Why did the head coach? Turn a blind eye? When the core of your team cannot perform well, what can you do to win?"

At this time, Sanders was not in a hurry at all. He was just observing Vogel's defensive arrangement, so when he heard the home commentator criticizing him, he wanted to say to Consol:

I know you're in a hurry, but don't worry!

During the break after the first quarter, Sanders said to Li Kaiming alone after explaining the tactics, "From the second quarter onwards, you have to play center. Can you withstand it?"

"No problem!" Li Kaiming replied decisively.

Sanders has just arranged the rotation arrangement for the second quarter. I have to say that Vogel's defense still has something to it. At least the Wizards' starting lineup currently has no way to crack it, because no matter how powerful the tactics are, it is impossible. Helped Leonard to throw the ball in when he was left empty.

Therefore, the tactics to deal with Vogel are very simple. Just use the five-wait lineup that played for a season last year, let Leonard come off the court, and replace Thompson with the small forward. The only thing that needs to be paid attention to is the role of the five-wait lineup. Li Kaiming, who plays the center role, needs to fight with Hibbert at 218 under the basket.

Li Kaiming has no problem with this. He started his career as a center. It’s not like he has never encountered a 218 center in the NCAA. Didn’t he still give him a thumbs up?

What's more, he can also pull out on the offensive end to hit Hibbert out of position. The latter's athletic ability is very good, but compared with him, it pales into insignificance.

The second quarter started quickly. When Vogel, who was standing on the sidelines, saw the Wizards' lineup, he immediately frowned, and then immediately shouted to Hibbert on the court.

"Roy, watch the rebound!"

Hibbert looked at Li Kaiming opposite, and the coach's reminder rang in his ears. He knew that this time it was his turn to face the challenge!

At the beginning of the game, the Wizards served first. After halftime, Li Kaiming was still tightly guarded. However, this time after the Wizards ran the tactics, Leonard's offensive black hole was not missed.

New guard Kenny got an open opportunity in the mid-range, and he made the shot without hesitation!

28 is better than 29!

The Pacers served to the frontcourt, and guard Darren Collison passed the ball directly to Hibbert, who was stuck inside. The latter used his height advantage to get Li Kaiming stuck behind him, and then after receiving the ball, he was ready to turn around and hit the board!

But Hibbert underestimated Li Kaiming's strength level, and lightly hit Hibbert's waist with his elbow. After gaining a little space to jump, Li Kaiming directly pulled the onions on the ground, raised a volleyball hat on the spot, and hit Hibbert's waist. A layup opened up the penalty area.

By coincidence, the ball just fell into the hands of Hinrich on the outside. After Li Kaiming landed, his abnormal engine power burst out, directly throwing away Hibbert and stepping on the accelerator to the frontcourt. Hinrich and Li Kaiming passed between The two seasons of running-in have been full of tacit understanding.

Seeing that Li Kaiming had already rushed up, Hinrich knew that the opportunity was coming, and directed a long pass directly towards the basket. During the fast break, Li Kaiming stepped into the free throw line, then jumped off the ground, gliding in the air for a moment with one hand. He caught Hinrich's pass and dunked directly!

30 is better than 29!

MCI Center screamed with exclamation!

Consol, who had been depressed for a while in the commentary box, finally got excited!

"This is the Wizards! This is how we should play!"

Li Kaiming's offense and defense directly boosted the team's momentum. The Pacers served to the frontcourt and prepared to hit one as soon as possible, which also interrupted the Wizards' momentum.

When there were 12 seconds left on the clock, Darren Collison from the outside passed the ball to Danny Granger. The latter dribbled past Kenny, reached the mid-range, and then faked to point the latter. Make use of the time difference to play the game.

Although Kenny's defense was blocked, Granger's shot was still affected and the ball did not go in.

Just when Li Kaiming was about to protect the rebound and push for a transition fast break, a tall figure behind him gave him an elbow directly from behind, and then prepared to grab the offensive rebound from above his head!

It's Hibbert!Vogel saw Li Kaiming playing center on the Wizards' side, so he wanted to take advantage of Hibbert's height advantage and use offensive rebounds to crack the Wizards' five-out lineup.

There is no problem with Vogel's thinking, but he seems to have forgotten one thing. A person who averages 13 rebounds per game in the regular season, who averages 5 more rebounds per game than Hibbert, the rebounding monster in his eyes, will be the best player in the league. Can't you protect the basic backcourt rebounds?

Li Kaiming, who was pushed away by Hibbert, directly lowered his center of gravity, stuck his butt back, and used his strength to push Hibbert, who was about to take off, staggering. Then he stretched out his hand to grab the rebound, and did not pass it to Hinrich himself. Holding the ball and rushing to the frontcourt in one line!

Hibbert was chasing after him, and other Pacers players also came over to stop Li Kaiming, but at this moment, Li Kaiming was like a wild beast after being released from the cage, and he directly rushed away all the obstacles along the way.

However, he also paid a price for charging him like this. When he rushed into the penalty area, his speed had slowed down. With the cooperation of the Pacers players, Li Kaiming's layup was blocked and missed the basket.

At this time, Hibbert, who had arrived late, was preparing to protect the backcourt rebound when a huge force suddenly came from his side. Hibbert only felt his foot slipping. He just got stuck under the basket. The position was snatched away by Li Kaiming!

And this is not over yet. In the subsequent rebound competition, Li Kaiming used his strong continuous take-off ability to successfully get this offensive rebound into Thompson's hands.

Then Li Kaiming ran outside the three-point line, took the ball from Thompson, picked it up and threw it!

Swish!

33 to 29!Li Kaiming alone started a scoring frenzy at the beginning of the second quarter!And he also did a very thoughtful job in protecting the rebounds.

Vogel's offensive rebounding tactic didn't have time to take effect, but Li Kaiming led the Wizards' five-out lineup to open the point difference to 10 points, forcing Vogel to call a timeout.

Vogel knows that if he wants to keep up with the Wizards' five-out lineup in terms of speed, he must win the team's big center and compete with the opponent's small lineup.

But what he didn't expect was that after he took down the inside pillar that the Pacers relied on for survival, the Pacers were no longer the same Pacers.

Without Hibbert, the Pacers had no way to stop Li Kaiming and other Wizards players from breaking through. The game time passed quickly. At halftime, the Wizards led the Pacers by 58 points, 46-12.

In the second half, Vogel seemed to realize that he couldn't defend the Wizards without Hibbert, so he once again took on the big center and began a final desperate struggle with the Wizards.

The second half, especially the last 5 minutes, is known to be Li Kaiming's time. The two sides fought back and forth until there were 5 minutes left before the end of the game, when Li Kaiming broke out again!

The Pacers' double teams had no effect, and even Paul George was fouled twice by Li Kaiming. In the end, the game ended. The Wizards won the series G1 at home without any danger, and they were still far away from winning the championship. 11 wins.

Li Kaiming played for 42 minutes and made 17 of 11 shots, including 4 of 2 three-pointers and 9 of 8 free throws. He scored 32 points, 15 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 blocks. He was undoubtedly the biggest contributor to this game, especially in the second half when he played five outsiders. After the lineup, Li Kaiming can continue to output while protecting backcourt rebounds, he is like a god of war!

Neither Leonard nor Thompson performed very well tonight. The former did not have much playing time due to limitations on the offensive end, while the latter may have had a break after not playing for 8 days. He shot 5 of 1 from beyond the three-point line in the game. He only scored 6 points. Fortunately, the big brothers in the team stepped up in time and filled the vacancies of the two rookies at the critical moment.

This is why most championship teams like to hoard veterans with playoff experience, because compared to rookies who have never seen the world, the experience of veterans allows them to face any difficulties indifferently.

In addition to winning the first victory in the second round of the playoffs, an even more exciting and exciting news came the day after the game!

The 2011-2012 regular season MVP is officially announced!Forward Li Kaiming from the Washington Wizards broke the record set by Derrick Rose last year and became the youngest regular season MVP in NBA history at the age of 21!

As soon as this news came out, it immediately detonated all basketball media and public opinion circles at home and abroad!

And Li Kaiming also became the first yellow MVP in NBA history, breaking the monopoly of black and white on regular season MVP. He went from being the pride of a Chinese country to becoming the pride of the entire Chinese community, and even the entire NBA. The pride of the yellow race!

During this MVP voting process, Li Kaiming received 121 of the 90 first-place votes, with a total score of 1100 points, completely suppressing second-ranked LeBron James and third-ranked Kevin Durant.

Li Kaiming’s cell phone ringtone has not stopped on this day...