On the 18th, just as people were discussing who was stronger in this year's playoffs, NBA officials also announced the regular season data kings as usual.
After returning from injury, Iverson, who would be fucked to death by Brown as long as he didn't fuck him to death, won the scoring crown with an average of 31.1 points per game.
However, his scoring average and overall shooting percentage are slightly lower than Wang Shuo's memory.
Especially his 39.4% field goal percentage...
When Wang Shuo saw Iverson's statistics, the first thing he thought of was not how strong Iverson was, but...are the 76ers really just pointing at Iverson alone?
In addition, although Jordan once threatened Ben's rebounding leader status at the beginning of the regular season, after Wang Shuo strictly controlled Jordan's playing time, Ben still struggled to maintain the glory of the inside. Defending the rebounding title with an average of 13 rebounds per game.
However, when it comes to assists, the league's point guards are not so lucky.
With Hamilton's unwavering "assist", Boss Joe became the NBA's assist king for the first time in his career!
At this moment, Stockton and other traditional point guards felt that the world was so crazy, even Jordan could be the assist leader!
At the same time, after being crowned the oldest scoring champion in the NBA in the 1997/1998 season, Jordan also took the title of the oldest assists champion in the NBA this season to his book which is better than "American History", "British Cookbook", " "The Heroic History of Italy" is included in the record book which is quite thick in total.
As for the blocks and steals king, they were won by Ben and Artest respectively.
It is worth mentioning that these two are also the top two candidates for this year's NBA Defensive Player of the Year.
During the regular season, Artest received more exposure, especially his brilliant record of killing North Carolina and South Carolina, which made him gain many believers in the public.
According to the schedule, the first game of the first round of the playoffs between the Wizards and the Pacers will begin on the evening of April 20. The game will adopt a 221 format, that is, the Wizards, who have the superior regular season record, will play home first and then away, and will have the home court advantage of the G5 game. .
Of course, the premise is that the Pacers can force the Wizards into a five-game tiebreaker.
On the 19th, the Wizards officially announced this year’s team’s playoff roster.
Te'lon Naseby and Priper Jones, two players who couldn't even compete as a water dispenser keeper in the regular season, became the unlucky ones and were excluded from the team's playoff roster by Wang Shuo. outside.
On the same day, the media in Indianapolis were building crazy momentum for the Pacers.
In the report, while calling O'Neal Jr. Gasol's nightmare, the Indianapolis media also imaginatively believed that Jaylen Rose could defend Michael Jordan alone in this upcoming series.
"Al (Harrington) proved in the second half of the regular season that he has the potential to become an All-Star forward!"
"Jamal (Tinsley)'s beautiful ball control will definitely help us open up a huge gap in the Wizards' defense!"
"The biggest treasure the team found in free agency this year, Brad (Miller) will guide us forward in this series!"
"Also, please never forget Reggie (Miller) who always creates miracles on the court!"
To be honest, after reading the Yincheng media's preview of this series, if Wang Shuo didn't know the level of these Pacers players, he would have almost believed the Yincheng media!
As the saying goes, you can't lose momentum even if you lose, and what's more, this is a Pacers team led by the "Smiling Assassin", one of Boss Joe's many mortal enemies during his playing days?
Well, now comes the problem.
As the Indianapolis media said, can this Pacers cause huge trouble to the Wizards in this series, and is there a high probability that they can perform a black eight miracle?
On the evening of April 26th.
Indianapolis, Conseco Arena.
Looking at the score of 119 to 91 on the scoreboard, Wang Shuo turned to his three assistants and said after a long sigh on the Wizards bench: "It seems that we will have to arrange more training tomorrow.
Otherwise, our next vacation will be a little too long. "
There is no suspense.
After leading the team to win the G3 game on April 26, Wang Shuo successfully led the Wizards to eliminate the Pacers with a score of 3-0 in the first round of this year's playoffs.
In this series, I don’t know if it was due to injury. O’Neal, who only averaged 13.3 points per game for the Pacers, failed to live up to the high expectations placed on him by the Indianapolis media before the game.
As for Jalen Rose...
Intimidated by Jordan's extremely "friendly" appearance, he defended extremely cleanly in this series. In addition to watching Jordan score 27+7+5 per game for the Wizards, he made his greatest contribution to the team. , maybe it just didn’t contribute to this.
ha?
Can it be considered a contribution even if there is no contribution?
certainly!
If you don’t believe it, look at Tinsley, who averaged 6 turnovers per game in this series and had a score of minus-27!
In this series, he was singled out by the Wizards, which perfectly explained what "if you can't attack and pass, you can't defend".
On the same day that the Wizards eliminated the Pacers with a score of 3-0, the Lakers also defeated Rasheed Wallace and the Lakers with a score of 3-0 in the first round of this year's playoffs. The Trail Blazers led by Scottie Pippen.
This night, Jordan was very happy.
When Wang Shuo was invited to have a late-night snack, he, who had rarely contacted Pippen since their separation in Chicago, even took the initiative to call Pippen and sent him "sincere" comfort.
The next day, Wang Shuo, who returned to Washington, and his three assistants discussed the current situation of the Eastern and Western Conference playoffs again.
In the Eastern Conference, after the first three playoff games, the Nets, who were highlighted by Wang Shuo before the start of the playoffs, currently lead the Raptors by a big score of 2-1.
In the G3 game, the Nets had a chance to take down the Raptors in three games. However, at the end of the game, Curry hit three life-saving three-pointers for the Raptors.
right......
This Curry’s dad is really Curry’s dad, Dell Curry.
In addition, Artest also changed the historical trajectory of the Raptors this season after "killing three wise men with one goal" in San Antonio.
With Carter not being reimbursed, and with the Raptors still playing in Toronto in the G4 game, Wang Shuo has every reason to believe that the "demigod" will contribute his share to his senior's victory in the championship.
As for this matchup between the Pistons and the 76ers...
Larry Brown, the old master, can be said to have fully felt the terror of the Pistons' random punches.
In the current series, the Pistons lead 2-1, but given Stackhouse's extremely unstable scoring efficiency...
Wang Shuo feels that as long as the 76ers can wait for Iverson, who is completely opposite to Paul and will never let up at critical moments, the 76ers still have the possibility of a comeback.
This series between the Celtics and Magic is very interesting...
Because Pierce, Walker, and Joe Johnson currently combined, they can only average 38 points per game for the Celtics in this series.
As for the Magic, McGrady, who is in the top three, averaged 33 points per game for the Magic in this series...
However, his teammates were beaten by the teammates of the "Celtics Big Three".
"What kind of noobs are these?" On this day, Wang Shuo was shocked when he and the three Mikes watched the first-round playoff videos of other Eastern Conference teams!
Indeed, he did think that the Eastern Conference would be weak during this period.
But he really didn't think about the eastern part of this period...
If you just show your skills, you can reach the Eastern Conference Finals and even get tickets to the Finals.
Fortunately, after Mike Malone changed the tape to the Western Region, Wang Shuo's eyes were purified.
Yeah!
This is the NBA I remember!
In the first round of this year's playoffs, in addition to this matchup between the Lakers and Trail Blazers, the other three matchups are:
Kings VS Jazz, Mavericks VS Timberwolves, Spurs PK SuperSonics.
Wang Shuo and others first watched the video of the series between the Kings and Jazz.
Although no one was optimistic about the aging Jazz before the game, with his superb tactical skills, Jerry Sloan taught Adelman a hard lesson in this series.
So far, in the first three series that the two teams have played, the point difference between the Kings and Jazz has been within 5 points in each game.
If Webber hadn't stepped up in G1, if Bibby hadn't defeated the 40-year-old Stockton in G3...
It’s hard to say who will win this series.
"It is estimated that in the fourth game, the King will be able to defeat the Jazz." Wang Shuo said to the three Mikes.
Then, Wang Shuo and others watched the video tape of the Mavericks defeating the Timberwolves 3-0.
It's different from when everyone watched the video of the game between the Jazz and the Kings before, and they all felt sorry for Sloan and the Jazz...
In the tactical conference room, with the big debut of the Timberwolves and Garnett, the air was suddenly filled with laughter.
Mike Malone imitated Garnett's actions after successfully attacking Nowitzki. He screamed to the sky, beat his chest and said, "I am Kevin Garnett, the Wolf King. Who dares to fight with me?"
Tell a joke.
In this round of direct dialogue with Nowitzki, Garnett, the top star of the Timberwolves with a total salary of US$55 million, averaged 24 points, 18.7 rebounds and 5 assists per game for the team. , 1.7 blocks and 1.7 steals.
Then, in classic Timberwolves fashion, Garnett can walk away with his head held high.
Looking back at Nowitzki, even in this series, Nowitzki can shoot 52.7% overall, 72.7% three-point shooting (yes, you read that right!), and 88.9% free throws. The shooting rate averaged 33.3 points, 15.7 rebounds, 3.0 steals, 1.3 blocks per game for the Mavericks...
He could only get comments from Garnett fans..."a weakling" after the game.
Wang Shuo feels that there is really no such thing as natural justice in this world.
Because among the so-called four forwards, there are clearly only two forwards in Wang Shuo's eyes!
The former is named the "foundation" stone, Tim Duncan.
The latter is named Dirk Nowitzki.
In Wang Shuo's view, Garnett is destined to be compared with Webber and Malone.
Because Nowitzki and Duncan are obviously in the same position.
Oh yeah, and since we’re talking about Duncan…
"The Spurs won't be upset by the SuperSonics, right?" In the tactical conference room, looking at the Spurs who were currently trailing 1-2 with a total score, the three Mikes asked in surprise.
Affected by the previous "San Antonio incident", the Spurs have become the focus of the league this year.
Even if Bobo comes back in March, he can't change the fact that in this series with the SuperSonics, the Spurs' home game is equal to their away game.
However, in Wang Shuo's view, it is still difficult for the SuperSonics to stop the Spurs.
Unless Payton can be three or five years younger.
According to the schedule, the Wizards' opponent in the next round of the series will be the winner between the Celtics and the Magic. So on this day, after having a general understanding of this year's playoffs, Wang Shuo and his think tank The team still focused its research on these two teams.
On April 29, after a hard-fought G4 victory in Utah Plateau, the Kings became the fourth team to qualify for the conference semifinals after the Wizards, Lakers, and Mavericks.
The next day, as the first round matchups of the remaining four playoff groups this year were all tied at 2-2...
At this moment, Wang Shuo hated the Pacers for not being as tenacious as the Yincheng media said!
no!
Taking too long a rest in the playoffs may cause players to lose their form. Did you know?
In addition, due to the extremely fierce battles in the first round of this year's playoffs, the league has also begun to put on the agenda whether the first round of the playoffs should be changed to a seven-game system.
If Wang Shuo remembers correctly, in the 2002/03 season, the NBA will officially adopt a seven-game first round playoff system.
Although, after this restructuring, many people believe that the change to a 7-game system in the first round of the NBA has greatly eliminated the possibility of Black Eight and Black Seven...
But Wang Shuo, who had just witnessed the counterattack led by "Jordan's illegitimate son" Jimmy Butler before time travel, could pat his chest and tell people of this era:
Please don’t use the competition format as an excuse!
On May 3, after a week-long wait, the Wizards finally waited for their conference semifinal opponents:
Boston Celtics.
After all, McGrady still couldn't escape his fate in the first round.
In the most critical G5 game, Antoine Walker, who had made 5 of 41 three-pointers in the previous four games, suddenly broke out. He made 14 of 28 shots in the game, including 7 of 14 three-pointers from outside. , completed his own redemption on the night of the 3rd!
On the same day, after each team completed the G5 life-and-death battle, this year's matchups for the Eastern and Western divisions were also released.
In the East, in addition to the Wizards against the Celtics, another group of conference semifinals will be played between the Nets and the Pistons.
Iverson failed to change the fate of the 76ers in Game 5.
Even if he scored 37 points for the 76ers in G5, he could not save the 76ers' offense, which averaged just over 80 points per game in this series.
In the West, the Spurs, whose coaching staff can defeat any dog, relied on Duncan's stable performance of "25+12+5" in the first round of the playoffs to complete a comeback against the SuperSonics and meet the Lakers in the Western Conference semifinals.
As for the Kings and Mavericks…
Fans who often watch the NBA should know that the NBA playoffs do not necessarily have to wait until the first round is completed before the second round begins.
In fact, in order to take care of the fans' viewing experience and arrange the schedule more reasonably, while the Wizards are still waiting for their opponents in the first round of the playoffs, the Kings and Mavericks are preparing to play G2... ..
According to the schedule, the conference semifinals between the Wizards and Celtics will start on May 5, and the game will adopt a competition format.
That is to say, the Wizards with the better regular season record will play home and then away, and then each will play a home game. The Wizards will have the home court advantage in the G7 game.
Before the game, Wang Shuo once again used exploration points to check the current situation of the Celtics.
only......
What makes Wang Shuo extremely puzzled is...
Why is the morale of this Celtics team, which just defeated the Magic in the G5 game...
Only 45?
Although I don't know what happened to the Celtics, in Wang Shuo's view, this is definitely a perfect opportunity for the Wizards to take advantage of his illness and kill him!
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