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Chapter 352 Black 8 Miracle
Chapter 352 Black Eight Miracles
On April 4, the playoffs started.
The Bobcats game was rescheduled to the second day. The four games played the day before were the other three playoff games in the East, plus the Spurs vs. Grizzlies series in the West.
Li Ke has no interest in the three playoffs in the Eastern Conference.
But in this round of the Spurs-Grizzlies series, he really wants to see if the Grizzlies can complete the black eight without Mr. Tony.
As a result, an upset was staged as scheduled.
In the 10-11 season, the Spurs were also a representative of crazy rotations and all soldiers. Without a single scorer averaging more than 20 points per game, they won 61 wins in the regular season, ranking first in the Western Conference and third in the league.
But that's the problem. There is no scorer who averages more than 20 points per game. The problem reflected is that they lack a superstar who can make a final decision at a critical moment.
Relying on the overall tactical play that is slightly ahead of the times, the Spurs advanced to the first place in the Western Conference.
Compared with the previous life, the Grizzly without Teacher Tony is afraid of the kind of opponent with super giants.
On the whole, they are worthy of the Spurs.
The inside combination of Marc Gasol + Zach Randolph is really solid.
The outside starter Rudy Gay and the substitute OJ Mayo have more or less problems, but with Conley and Battier around, the outside problem is not too big.
To put it simply, the focus of the Spurs vs. Grizzlies playoffs is on the inside.
If Uncle Deng can carry Xiao Jia and Lan Pang alone, the Spurs will have no problem.
If you can't hold it, the Spurs will be enveloped by the black eight.
季后赛的G1，邓大爷就没扛住，兰胖25分14个篮板3个助攻2个盖帽，小加24分9个篮板3个助攻2个盖帽。
The Spurs lost the game because of this, and the playoffs started badly...
Charlotte watched the Spurs lose the game with a dark face.
"Fk, the Spurs are so unbeatable? Even the Grizzlies can lose?"
Li Ke was snickering: "What's the matter, didn't we also lose to the Grizzlies?"
"That's because you're not here!"
Old Qiao retorted loudly, but Li Ke still shook his head.
"Marc Gasol and Zach Randolph's twin towers, we really can't stand it."
The Grizzlies have twin towers inside, a powerful point guard like Conley on the outside, and an unpredictable scorer Gay.
Who would have thought that this Grizzlies team is only eighth in the Western Conference and will make it to the playoffs?
After all, the overall strength of the West is still much stronger than that of the East.
……
In the first game of the Eastern Conference playoffs, the Bulls defended like a millstone and easily crushed the Eagles; the Cavaliers of the Big Three also relied on the performance of the Big Three to easily defeat the Knicks;
The first day of the playoffs ended in this way, and the next day, the Bobcats debuted.
Another year of playoffs, although the opponents in the first round of the 76ers are not enough to worry about, the Time Warner Center, which can accommodate 19026 people, is still full.
Charlotte in the small ball market is getting hotter every year, and its record is getting better every year, which is the main reason.
David Stern really hopes to see the rise of the small ball market. The rise of Charlotte is naturally due to the league's strong support.
In short, the playoffs have started, and Charlotte has become the city of the Bobcats.
The 76ers are indeed nothing to worry about. Although they have Andre Iguodala who can withstand Li Ke, the Bobcats are no longer the Bobcats of the past two seasons.
Li Ke is closely guarded, and they still have Curry. Even if Curry is in a mediocre state, they still have Captain Jack, Jamison, and a bunch of bench gangsters including Wesley Matthews.
To put it simply, the Bobcats still have the upper hand against a second-tier team like the 76ers.
G1 kicked off quickly. Although the opponent was not very threatening, Rivers still made targeted adjustments.
He put Jamison on the bench, and then used Tucker as the main starter, one-on-one withstood the 76ers' inside core and leading scorer Elton Brand.
On the perimeter, Li Ke switched defenses against Jrue Holiday, basically limiting the 76ers' offense to the flanks.
Iguodala is a bit like a base on the forward and defensive line, not very enthusiastic about scoring independently, but after AI left the Denver plateau, he fired for four consecutive seasons, and the highest season averaged only 19.9 points per game.
By this season, Doug Collins became the coach of the 76ers, and he changed to be a soldier of all people, and the first brother became the main supporter of the donkey.
The starter Jody Meeks at the second position is a three-point shooter, and his three-point accuracy is still quite impressive, but Doug Collins is in a daze if he is expected to support the 76ers' offense.
After more than half a quarter of the game, the Bobcats took a 16-point lead with a score of 9 to 7 relying on their defensive targets.
Doug Collins' reaction was not slow, he immediately paused, dispatched troops, and replaced the sixth man, Louis Williams.
Lu Wei, who entered the league as a high school student, like many high school rookies, has gradually emerged after two seasons of growth.
By this season, he has been the best sixth man in the 76ers for four consecutive seasons.
As soon as he appeared on the stage, he did create some troubles for the Bobcats.
But with Rivers' flexibility, with a wave of his hand, Curry was replaced with a younger brother.
Part of the offensive firepower was sacrificed in exchange for defensive suppression.
In the end, at the end of the first quarter, the Bobcats beat the 76ers 27-20.
At the end of halftime, with a score of 55 to 42, the Bobcats further widened the gap in the score.
At the end of the three quarters, 80 to 63, the victory of this game is basically locked.
In the playoffs, especially the first two rounds of the playoffs, the time between games is still very wide, and Rivers no longer rotates.
As usual, he played the first 5 minutes of the last quarter with the main force to ensure that the game would not be reversed, and then replaced the substitutes at the end of the bench.
The substitute played the remaining 7 minutes, the game ended, and the Bobcats won the first game.
In this extremely easy game, Li Ke didn't exert much effort, but he also scored 24 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals.
And this not-so-difficult game, the only feeling or reminder for Li Ke is——
Considering Captain Jack's age, potential injuries and disturbances outside the court, if the Bobcats need to change to a starting third position or playmaker next season, Andre Iguodala on the opposite side is a good choice.
The 76ers also have a reason to trade the first brother. In the 10 draft, they used the second pick to select Evan Turner, who was very similar to him in all aspects. In his rookie season, Turner was pressed on the bench for an entire season.
The 27-year-old brother will not make any progress, but the 22-year-old Evan Turner seems to have a "bright future".
Even if it is to allow Turner to have more room to display, the first brother has reached the age to leave the 76ers.
and so……
"I have to talk to Old Joe."
Even if the Bobcats win the championship this season, changes in the off-season are inevitable.
Because next season, Li Ke's new contract will be fulfilled, and at the same time, Jordan and Lao Du will also have to renew their contracts.
Li Ke's maximum salary is more than 1600 million U.S. dollars, and Jordan and Lao Dujia together may also get more than 1000 million U.S. dollars.
Under this situation, Jamison, Captain Jack, and Xiao Mo all have the possibility to leave.
After all, the current Bobcats have no plans to pay the luxury tax...
In the game on the same day, Pao had 33 points, 7 rebounds, 14 assists and 4 steals. His god-level performance led the Hornets to an upset victory over the Lakers.
The big train Aldridge played against Bianuo Tianwang, but the Blazers lost to the Lone Ranger by 7 points.
And, although there was no big lead from the beginning to the end, the Thunder took the Nuggets lightly due to the suppression from the beginning to the end.
In this way, the East and West have a total of eight playoffs, all of which have finished the first game of the series.
The only real upsets are the Spurs losing to the Grizzlies and the Lakers losing to the Hornets.
The top two in the West overturned one after another, once again proving that the West is strong and the East is weak.
Starting from the G2 battle of the eight-group series, the eight playoff games were divided into three groups, and one round was played in three days.
The Bobcats were still ranked on the second day. On the first day, Li Ke continued to sit with Old Joe and watched the G2 game between the Spurs and the Grizzlies.
In G2, the change Popovich made was that Manu returned to the starting lineup and strengthened the attacking power of the starting lineup.
But what really made the Spurs win was the abnormal performance of Jia and Lan Pang.
With a score of 93 to 87, the score difference of 6 points was dangerous, but no matter what, the Spurs pulled back a victory.
"The Spurs pulled one back, but the situation is still not optimistic."
Old Qiao frowned deeply. As a manager, he didn't have a good vision, but he could tell that although the Spurs won this game, they didn't win the point.
"If Marc Gasol and Zach Randolph played normally, the Spurs would never win this game."
The next day, the G76 battle between the Bobcats and the 2ers took place.
As part of winning, Rivers felt he didn't need to make any changes.
As the loser, Doug Collins made a change even though he knew it was futile to change.
He made Brand a cameo at center and put Thaddeus Young in the starting lineup.
The purpose of this action is to replace the weak main center Spencer Hawes.
The 2-meter Brand cameo as a center forward, and the 03ers' defense has only slightly improved.
The Bobcats, the league's No. 76 offensive player in the regular season, once again relied on defense to defeat the 2ers without any suspense. The series ended 0-[-].
After the G2 game, the Lakers and Spurs, who were upset in the first round, each pulled back a victory, and the Celtics and Magic tied 1-1. The remaining side with the upper hand got the series score of 2-0.
Then came the G3 round of the series——
Spurs vs. Grizzlies, Old Joe and Li Ke sat together again.
In this game, neither side made any changes. On the Spurs side, Manu continued to replace George Hill in the starting lineup.
但兰胖和小加复苏了，一个砍下25分5个篮板3个助攻2个抢断，另一个得到17分9个篮板3个助攻1个盖帽。
The Spurs' inside line was blown up again, but in this game, they relied on Manu's explosion to hold on.
At the last moment of the final quarter, Lan Pang scored a three-pointer to seal the victory.
In this way, the Grizzlies lead 2-1.
After watching the game, Old Qiao rubbed his chin in thought, and then suddenly said: "Why don't I transfer the $2 bet to you first?"
Li Ke smiled: "Yes."
"Can?"
Old Qiao raised his voice, "Are you so confident?"
"It's not self-confidence, but I believe in Grizzlies..."
Indeed, when the series reaches G3, there is no doubt about the hardness of the Grizzlies. The twin towers of Xiao Jia and Lan Pang are a mountain in front of the Spurs.
In this increasingly small league, the Grizzlies' twin towers seem a bit unconventional.
But it is this kind of unconventionality that makes it difficult for many teams to deal with it.
Take the Bobcats as an example, Jordan may be able to withstand Xiao Jia, but Lan Fat is the point that the Bobcats can't handle.
In today's league, not only are centers scarce, but excellent power forwards are also rare.
Otherwise, why are there so many players in the third position playing the fourth position?
In the G3 game of the Bobcats, Doug Collins replaced Spencer Hawes again.
The outcome of the game has not changed, the Bobcats continued to win the third victory in the series with a clear advantage.
……
One day later, Li Ke, who had received 2 US dollars, did not sit with Lao Qiao anymore. He asked a physical therapist for a playoff physical care.
Then, I received a call from Old Joe——
"It's over, the Spurs are completely over!"
The Spurs are finished, with a score of 86 to 104, in the G4 game, they lost a full 18 points.
兰胖却只得到了11分9个篮板，小加也只有9分9个篮板2个盖帽入账。
The Spurs' perimeter defense suddenly collapsed...
Li Ke said that this is expected.
Since Bruce Bowen retired, the Spurs have been lacking a defensive gate on the perimeter.
For this reason, the Spurs spent a lot of money to get Richard Jefferson. As a result, the former Nets All-Star fell sharply as soon as he arrived at the Spurs.
RC Buford's ability to operate is more like blowing up, and Richard Jefferson is all he can do.
Therefore, in the past two seasons, Popovich can only bite the bullet and continue to use Richard Jefferson until...
In the 11 draft, the Spurs traded George Hill for the draft pick and selected Kawhi Leonard.
Now, without Bowen and Leonard, an outside trio composed of Tony Parker, Manu and Richard Jefferson, who persisted until G4 before being blown up, is already the "mercy" of Gay and Mayo.
The next day, the G76 game between the Bobcats and the 4ers was still based on defense and suppressed the game. The Bobcats won the fourth game of the series very steadily.
In this way, they swept the 4ers with a total score of 0 to 76.
The opponents in the Eastern Conference semifinals, the winner of the Celtics vs. Magic, are far from being determined.
……
Spurs vs. Grizzlies follow-up --
In G5, the Spurs returned to the home court and made a difficult comeback. The victory of this game came from the outbreak of Manu who scored 33 points and Tony Parker who scored 24 points.
但G6，兰胖独得33分11个篮板2个助攻1个抢断，小加掠下12分13个篮板2个盖帽。
The twin towers exerted their strength, the total score was 4 to 2, and the Grizzlies completed the black eight miracle...
The 2 US dollars that Li Ke got from Old Qiao went completely into his pocket.
(End of this chapter)