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

The end of the regular season does not mean that you can relax, but it is a signal that players need to cheer up!

Because the more exciting playoffs are about to begin!

Of course, this kind of excitement does not exist for those who go fishing as soon as the regular season ends, such as the guy who is chattering next to Li Kaiming now!

Li Kaiming rolled his eyes, "I'm not telling you, brother, this is already the third year, it's been three years since you entered the league and you haven't made it to the playoffs yet? Your rookie contract will be over next year!"

Elliott Williams also refused to give in. He snarled his neck and retorted: "I want to play in the playoffs too, and I also want to send you fishing in the playoffs! Who told the boss of my team not to You’re so good, you can’t even lead the team to the playoffs…”

Li Kaiming held back his smile, "Let me tell you, I have DeMar DeRozan's contact information here. Be careful if I tell him what you said."

When Williams heard this, his expression changed, and then he waved his hands repeatedly, "No, you have such a dark heart. I came over to cheer you up as soon as the season ended, but I didn't expect you to actually prepare to sue me! My heart is broken, brother." I'm going to be hurt by you..."

Seeing Williams' pretending to be sad, Li Kaiming laughed, and what he said made Williams' face turn red.

"I also wanted to go there and cheer you on, but you didn't give me this chance..."

Williams:…

On the third day after the end of the season, that is, April 4, the playoffs of the 19-2012 season officially kicked off!

In the Wizards locker room before the game, Li Kaiming tied his shoelaces, then stood up and stamped his feet twice to feel the tightness of the shoelaces.

Because he signed with Hongxinerke, almost everyone on the Wizards who did not have a sneaker contract wore his signature shoes!

This is a win-win situation. Role players do not have endorsement contracts, but Hongxinerke can provide them with game shoes and advertise for itself.

And because of the existence of Blatche, Hongxinerke has also begun to send people to contact Leonard and Thompson. According to Jiang Shan, the process is relatively smooth. Maybe Li Kaiming will not be the only one on the Wizards after a while. A spokesman for Hongxinerke.

Sanders didn't make any special arrangements before the game. He just reminded the players to stay awake and take decisive action after taking the field!

The Wizards no longer need that kind of pre-game chicken soup session, because now the Wizards are a completely winning team, and everyone will make the best choice to win.

After the Wizards selected Li Kaiming, they entered the playoffs for the third consecutive season. Therefore, the fans in Washington were also very considerate. The MCI Center was full for the first game of the playoffs.

Although the market is very important, basketball is a competitive sport after all. Compared with watching basketball itself, most fans still like to watch winning games.

The entrance ceremony for the first game of the playoffs is very formal. It seems that both the East and the West attach great importance to this ceremony that symbolizes the beginning. After all, as the saying goes, a good start is half the success.

After the entrance ceremony of the Wizards players, the starting lineups of both sides tonight were also displayed on the big screen at the MCI Center.

Washington Wizards: Point guard Kirk Hinrich, shooting guard Klay Thompson, small forward Kawhi Leonard, power forward Kaiming Li, center Andre Blatche.

Boston Celtics: Point guard Brayden Buss, shooting guard Avery Bradley, small forward Paul Pierce, power forward Jeff Green, center Kevin Garnett.

Rajon Rondo did not play in this game due to injury, so almost no one is optimistic about the Celtics in this game.

However, two old guys, Garnett and Pierce, stated in pre-game interviews that they would do their best to bring victory back to Boston.

Veterans are always dissatisfied with their elders. In their eyes, they are still the top players in the league, not some outdated old thing.

However, the game is played, not blown out of the mouth. No matter how fanciful the talk is before the game, the fans have to be convinced by the actual performance on the field.

With the referee's whistle, the ball was thrown into the sky. Blatche and Garnett took off almost at the same time. In the end, Garnett won and helped the Celtics win the first offense. Opportunity.

Braden Bass dribbled the ball past half court, and the Celtics played an inside-outside game. Finally, Bass passed the ball to Garnett, who took advantage of the fleeting opportunity to make a big jump shot. !

With a bang from Bang, Li Kaiming picked up the rebound and passed it to Hinrich.

The Wizards went to the frontcourt. Li Kaiming and Thompson ran along the three-point line. Blatche and Leonard acted as screens. Li Kaiming and Thompson attracted defenders to each other. In the end, the Celtics chose to double-team as a threat. The bigger Li Kaiming, who blocked two Green Army defenders by himself, Thompson ran to the three-point line to catch the ball and shoot!

Swish!

Watch the ball hit the net!

The Wizards' playoff scoring this season starts with this three-pointer!

The Green Army launched a baseline kick attack, and after reaching the frontcourt, the ball was given to Paul Pierce. The latter decided to challenge the paralyzed man in front of him, and gave a brief lesson to the young players. After scoring the goal, he spat out a few trash talk and even raised the ball. He talks about his glorious history when he and Kobe Bryant faced off in the Finals...

And just when Pierce received the ball and was about to start a three-point threat, a big hand stretched out like lightning and hit the basketball accurately!

Pierce only felt that his hands were empty, and then his two hands snapped together!

Leonard's steal directly made Pierce doubt his life!

These damn hands are equipped with navigation. Not even Kobe can cut the ball so cleanly...

Leonard grabbed the ball after stealing the ball. Because he was not very proficient in dribbling, he passed the ball to Hinrich. Li Kaiming took long strides and ran across the court.

Garnett knew the horror of Li Kaiming's fast break without the ball, so he followed Li Kaiming desperately. Unfortunately, he was no longer the wolf king he was before. As he got older, he could only watch Li Kaiming's back getting worse and worse. Far away, and finally received a pass in the penalty area and dunked...

At this time, Garnett suddenly felt a sense of sadness in his heart. Could it be that my time has passed?

The defense of the Green Army's lineup is still very good. Except for Li Kaiming, the remaining members of the Wizards find it difficult to score stably against their opponents.

Although Thompson has a good touch, Bradley, who is facing him, is a defender who is very good at squeezing the screen. Especially after Thompson scored a three-pointer in the opening game, Bradley chased even more fiercely, barely giving Thompson any chance. A little space to take action.

It is still difficult for Leonard to face Pierce in a strong playoff team, even if this is an old Pierce.

Compared to defense, the Celtics' offense is their biggest shortcoming.

The strongest three-pointer in the lineup is Pierce. The others are all ice shooters who average three shots per game and hit 3%.

But Pierce faced Leonard with facial paralysis. This guy averaged 2.8 steals and 1.6 blocks per game this season. Let’s not talk about how strong the defensive pressure is. Just put the defensive data here, and Pierce can feel it. A feeling of suffocation came over my face...

In addition, Pierce is getting older, and his physical strength and explosive power are not as good as before. Although he is a skilled floor player, his physical decline means that he needs to exert more physical strength to get rid of the defense. In the final analysis, basketball is still extremely dependent. Physically gifted sport.

The second highest scorer on the team is the elderly Garnett, who averaged 14 points and 7 rebounds per game this season. Garnett is originally an insider who is not good at scoring. Otherwise, why would an MVP player have to score in a single playoff game in his entire career? The highest score is only 35?

By the end of his career, his big jump shot could no longer support his high scores. What's more, the Wizards' interior defense, with Blatche and Li Kaiming squatting and assisting in defense, made Garnett miserable.

Both cores of the Celtics were targeted, so after the first quarter, the Wizards, as expected, led by 27 points, 20-7.

Li Kaiming scored 9 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists in a single quarter. In the second quarter, Sanders changed into a rotation lineup, and Li Kaiming took a rest.

The rotation has Leonard on the outside and McGee on the inside, so there is no need to worry about defense at all.

But the development of the game in the second quarter was beyond Sanders' expectations. A person who no one expected actually stood up!

This is the Celtics' starting power forward Jeff Green. He played tepidly when Li Kaiming was on the court in the first quarter. Unexpectedly, he exploded immediately after playing against the substitutes in the second quarter!

Jeff Green scored 5 points in a row with a three-pointer and an air-cut dunk, stopping the Wizards!

You know, this guy underwent heart surgery last season and missed a whole season!

I even heard that his heart stopped beating for a while!

But it is such a person who not only returns to the game, but can also stand up when his team is in crisis!

Even Li Kaiming felt a sense of admiration in his heart after hearing this guy's deeds!

Of course, admiration is due to admiration. The game must continue. Not only must it continue, but it must also win the first victory!

Li Kaiming went into battle with a lineup of five players. This time he played center against Garnett.

After coming on the field, Li Kaiming first caught the ball and made a fadeaway shot from Garnett, but unfortunately he didn't score!

After Garnett grabbed the rebound, his eyes widened with anger and he roared. He looked very powerful, as if he had blocked Li Kaiming's buzzer-beating shot.

When Garnett was full of passion, all the Celtics players knew who to give the ball to, so when they arrived in the frontcourt, they passed the ball to Garnett at the waist through conduction from the outside, and the latter caught the ball. He didn't even try to resist Li Kaiming, but turned around and took action. It seemed that he wanted to create a time difference!

This kind of unconfronted shooting was simply a hat-trick for Li Kaiming. He caught up and slapped Garnett's shot away, and the ball just fell into Thompson's hands.

The Wizards launched a fast break. After reaching the frontcourt, Li Kaiming continued to walk inside. Hinrich passed the ball in. Li Kaiming encountered a double-team inside and passed the ball to Lewis in the bottom corner. Jeff Green held him down for a long time. Lewis finally got a chance to prove himself and made a solid three-point shot!

After Li Kaiming returned, he and Leonard immediately helped the Wizards stabilize their defense inside and outside. The Celtics offense was already constipated, and now there is even more noise!

At the end of the game, the Wizards defeated the Celtics 98-81 and won the first game of the first round of the playoffs.

因为凯尔特人的防守颇为不弱，所以李凯明还是要比常规赛认真了不少，全场得到了36分14篮板7助攻3盖帽1抢断。

Thompson scored 9 points and Leonard scored 7 points, 6 rebounds and 3 steals!