As time goes by, fewer and fewer teams remain in the NBA playoffs.
In the Eastern Conference semifinals, the Cleveland Cavaliers, the No. 1 team in the Eastern Conference, faced off against the Boston Celtics.
The Cavaliers led the first three games by a 2:1 score as expected, and were about to win the series.
By getting past the Celtics, they can reach the Eastern Conference Finals to seek revenge against the Magic.
In Game 4 at TD North Shore Garden, Rondo broke out and scored 29 points to tie the score.
2:2, which is within everyone's expectations. The plot of protecting the home court and snatching Tianwangshan has been played out more than once in the playoffs.
But the key battle in Cleveland in Game 5 surprised all fans.
The Cavaliers, who had the strength of their home court and had a high probability of advancing if they won this game, were swept by the Green Army 88:120.
James was in extremely poor condition in this campaign and only scored 14 points, causing the team to collapse.
After this battle, the Cavaliers' playoff journey cast a huge shadow.
Falling behind 2:3, the next stop is an away game in Boston, which is definitely a disaster.
Fans certainly hope that James will fight back and make a successful comeback in Game 6.
But the elbow injury prevented James from turning the tide.
In Game 6, they were firmly suppressed by the Celtics from the first quarter.
There was never a chance to overtake the score.
Antawn Jamison, acquired at the trade deadline, has nothing to do against Kevin Garnett.
Garnett, a player not known for his offensive ability, scored 22 points against Jamison.
Jamison's arrival has no effect on the Cavaliers.
At 94:85, the Celtics successfully eliminated the Cavaliers and advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals.
In the second half of the regular season, the Celtics, whose record dropped to 50 wins, showed their fangs in the playoffs.
After defeating the Cavaliers, the Celtics faced the Magic in the Eastern Conference Finals, proving to people how powerful the Green Army's Big Three are.
Last year, Garnett was allowed to fight you until the seventh game. You really thought you were awesome and dominated the Eastern Conference.
The Magic are almost a replica of last season's Cleveland Cavaliers.
The first two rounds went smoothly, 4:0 in both games, and there was no suspense about winning every game.
It wasn't until the Eastern Conference finals that I realized that I was nothing.
The Magic were beaten 3-0 by the Celtics when they came up, and they were stunned.
Trailing 0:3, no team in history has been able to come back and will definitely be eliminated.
The Magic still have home court advantage, and they failed to hold on to both home games.
In the third game, Boston collapsed, and the team's entire season's efforts also collapsed.
Trading Turkoglu for Carter now seems to be a wrong decision.
Unfortunately, it was too late, and Warcraft's efforts to win the championship were blocked by the Big Three.
In fact, it was luck that made them reach the finals last season. Without Garnett being reimbursed, it would have been three consecutive years of Lake-Kevin battles.
In the fourth and fifth games, the Magic won two games in a row, giving fans a little hope.
Just like the Clippers in the first round, many such struggles in history have ultimately proven to be in vain.
If you really have the strength to arm-wrestle with your opponent, how could you be defeated 0:3 at the beginning?
96:84, the Celtics easily defeated the Magic with their strong overall strength.
It reached the finals for the second time in three years, and faced the old rivals Los Angeles Lakers in the finals.
After a shocking first-round loss in the Los Angeles Derby, the Lakers seemed to be in playoff mode.
In the second round, they slaughtered their old rival Jazz 4:0.
The Jazz were also miserable, being eliminated by the Lakers in the playoffs for the third consecutive year.
In the three-round series in three years, they won a total of three games against the Lakers, an average of one game per year.
The Lakers' opponent in the Western Conference Finals was the Suns. The Suns also defeated the Spurs 4-0 in the semifinals.
Finally taking revenge for the past few years, Nash has a third and possibly final spring.
Kobe and the Lakers are also very satisfied with being able to play the Suns in the Western Conference Finals.
After all, they were eliminated by the Suns in the playoffs for two consecutive years in 2006 and 2007.
Those were two years at the peak of Kobe's personal abilities, and they were all wasted.
Both sides won the first four games at home. In Game 5, the Tianwangshan Lakers relied on Artest's tip-in to win the series match point.
In Game 6, Kobe did not give the Suns and Nash another chance, defeating the Suns with a 37-point performance and leading the Lakers to the Finals for the third consecutive year.
Finally got the chance for revenge that he had dreamed of.
The NBA has finally waited for a relatively perfect script in the past three years.
Although James still failed to reach the finals, he failed to let people see the 23vs24 traffic battle.
But the revenge between East and West, and the yellow-green battle in the finals are undoubtedly good.
In June, just as the two teams were preparing for the yellow-green showdown, other teams were already preparing for next season.
The three major tasks in the offseason: 1. Selecting and training rookies, 2. Fishing in the free market, and 3. Planning transactions.
Because Olshey was exiled to Asia by Min Congda to organize basketball land reclamation activities, the team's responsibilities naturally fell on Min Congda's shoulders.
These tasks are still very complicated and hard-working. Min Congda was shocked when he took over the various materials left by Olshe.
A large amount of text and data were recorded by his scouts traveling across the United States and even around the world during the season.
In order to select a handful of talented players among millions of registered basketball players around the world, scouts have to put in a lot of sweat.
One ordinary game after another that no one knows about, one series after another boring data, one game tape after another.
These unknown scouts are like miners in the league, constantly searching for places where gold may be buried and digging it out.
Some gold mines are buried very shallow, such as players like Griffin and Durant. You don't have to dig them, everyone will come to grab them.
As for who can get it, it depends on who is lucky and who has worse results and can get a higher lottery.
There are many remaining players who need to be discovered and cultivated, and there may be even more shining gold mines hidden among them.
For example, Arenas, Ben Wallace, and Kobe Bryant were also missed by many teams.
Of course, in addition to gold mines, there are also some waste mines that look glittering but actually contain little gold.
The Clippers are a team that is not very good at mining gold mines, but its ability to obtain waste mines is very strong.
Min Congda looked at the mountain of information, but was not very interested in it.
What's the use of making such detailed information? I don't want to select useful newcomers.
This is just the draft, and free agency negotiations are more complicated because there are so many big fish in the 2010 free market.
James lost in the Eastern Conference semifinals, and it has been rumored that he will leave the Cleveland Cavaliers, and various teams have joined the competition.
In addition to James, there are also Wade, Bosh, Stoudemire and other players who are in their prime and can become the core of the team.
Some far-sighted teams started planning for 2010 two or three years ago to compete for the most talented players in the 2003 batch.
This is a great test for the team's early layout, mid-term operations, and late-stage micro-management capabilities.
In order to get the big fish of their choice and the proven high-quality gold mining assets, the management has to do more than just click the mouse like playing 2k.
There is a lot of work to be done such as public relations reception, public opinion promotion, fan mobilization, and team image building, which involves intelligence warfare, psychological warfare, economic warfare, and propaganda warfare.
Fans see that a big free market signing is just the final result, and there is a lot of paving work to be done ahead.
This is why some teams can always attract big fish to join, while some teams can never get a superstar in their lifetime. It is difficult to cultivate one by themselves, but they are always taken away when they mature.
They are all the result of different management and different work.
Min Congda already knows these tasks well after spending one season with the Clippers.
So, he first held a meeting and briefly listened to the draft report of scouting director Piombetti. Several agents contacted the Clippers and said that their players wanted to try out with the Clippers.
The Clippers are still very attractive to newcomers.
At the end of the meeting, faced with the complicated draft and signing work, Min Congda made reasonable work arrangements and made the following arrangements:
1. From June 1st to June 17th, there will be two weeks to arrange trial training and interviews for rookies.
The trial training was organized by Piombetti, and the interview was personally hosted by Min Congda.
2. On June 24, the draft meeting was attended by player personnel director Gary Sacks, and Min Congda was in charge in Los Angeles.
3. July 1st, the 2010 free market negotiations started and it was a holiday.
(End of chapter)
