Chapter 167 Locker Room Leader
2:2! From the only team in the semi-finals 1:1 to the only team now 2:2, although the Spurs are the number one in the West this year, the problem is that it is too big. The Nuggets, who did not have Anthony in the first round, had already passed the qualifying mark, and were directly carried away by the Thunder 4:1 in the second round.
Last year, the Spurs had an average record in the regular season, ranking seventh in the West, which is also due to the Wild West. After all, it was only this time that they ranked seventh in 50 wins. They also completed the Black Seven, but being swept by the Suns in the second round gave the Spurs a change.
Ginobili was the starting lineup, and the core transitioned from Duncan to Ginobili. Duncan's aging was inevitable. GDP was averaged in the ball for the first time, but such a game did not have such a good effect in the playoffs.
Similarly, the other two "elderly" teams did not escape the fate of being eliminated. The Celtics were sent away 4:1 by the revengeful giants. The old man was the old man, and his athletic ability was completely unable to compare with these young people. It can be said that this game was largely driven to death by the Heat.
The Lakers, who were delusional to recover the score, played desperately in two away games, but the defending champion in the fourth game was embarrassed to lose 20 points away.
...Lin Yang watched how the Mavericks slaughtered the Lakers on the plane. Although he had watched this game once before, he still had to admit that it was from this year that three-pointers occupied an increasingly important position in the game.
After that, no matter in the original world, the Heat, who won two consecutive championships, had a group of three-pointers with accurate three-pointers. The Spurs of the team played the highest three-point shooting percentage in the finals, making the Heat faint, and then they fought against the brave cavalry and the team broke the record in three-pointers.
Alas! It’s a bit difficult for me to use breakthrough to break out and break out a path in this three-point world, but fortunately, three-pointers are not that important yet.
On the surface, both sides reached 1:1 in these two games, but in fact, the Bulls had the initiative to get the game back. Now the home advantage is back to the Bulls.
In the Battle of Tianwang Mountain, Chicago, this time the Bulls definitely don’t want to let the victory slip away from their hands again. As the league’s number one, everyone else has advanced, so they are still discussing who will win the match point in the next game, which is a bit embarrassing.
"Ah! How do you say it? Brothers, I don't want to come to this city again this season." Lin Yang performed his mission as a "dressing room leader" on the plane, "I hope the next away game will be in Miami."
There is no way, there is really no old player on the team who can support the entire locker room.
However, Lin Yang is quite leader in the team. Anthony used to be criticized for not having a good leader in the Nuggets. Sometimes he is too Buddhist about the outcome and attaches great importance to data. He is often questioned as a data brush.
Although Stoudemire has had one, three second teams, and several All-Stars, he has never been the Suns' big brother. The Suns' big brother has always been Nash of the MVP of the regular season for two times.
The good news is that Lin Yang seems to have begun to take on the responsibility of the leader in this Knicks.
Sometimes, the leader and the team’s tactical core are not necessarily the same person, but if they are the same person, it will undoubtedly be better and will give teammates greater motivation.
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Chicago United Center, tonight is the home court of ESPN's commentator. Interestingly, in addition to their original two commentators, Bill Walton and Jeff Van Gundy, there is another new commentator tonight, that is, the head coach of the Magic Stan Van Gundy, who was just eliminated by the Knicks in the first round, and the Van Gundy brothers gathered on this show.
"In the Battle of Kings Mountain, the Bulls vs. the Knicks. I didn't expect that the only Battle of Kings Mountain in the second round would appear in this game. The league's number one faced a severe challenge." Bill Walton shook his head. He even supported the Bulls to win the championship before the start of the playoffs because he liked the Bulls' defense.
Jeff Van Gundy looked surprised: "Hey! Bill, you don't think the Bulls can win steadily now, do you? I can only say that the Bulls are very unfavorable now. How uncomfortable their defensive core is playing against the Knicks. Noah struggled to play at the Knicks at the fast pace. The Bulls' defense is far less efficient than you imagined."
Magic head coach Stan Van Gundy, who had just completed the massacre by the Knicks, quickly praised: "I also think the Knicks have a bigger chance of winning, and their offensive tactics and offensive points are too many. After they formed the triple-core, their regular season record was 41 wins and 14 losses, which is better than the Bulls' winning rate. This has to be included in the five consecutive losses they formed this team at the beginning."
Stan Van Gundy knows very well that the Knicks play better in the game, so the smaller the pot he will be. If the Bulls also lose, then he has a good reason. Look, even the number one in the league is lost, and it is not a normal thing for me to lose to the Knicks?
Now that he has not been dismissed, he is also looking for an opportunity not to dismiss the class.
"Lin is a very outstanding player. He is a rookie, but in my heart, he is not worse than Dwight and Derek at all. In the first two rounds of the game, he has to face the second place in MVP and the player who won MVP. If he wins in this round, he will have to face LeBron, the third place in the MVP list in the next round. Are you a miracle?"
Jeff Van Gundy spared no effort to sway the flag and shout for Lin Yang. Lin Chui, the first espn, was indeed well-known. Even though Lin Yang had been slamming espn a few days ago, they were some guys who didn't understand the ball. They even beat ESPN on the front page in the game, but Jeff Van Gundy was still as good as before.
It can be said that Lin Yang faces the opponents of a very high quality, with MVP first and second, and he showed no less than the top two of these two people in the MVP.
Chapter completed!