However, the Pistons can win the league first place, not for nothing.

The Pistons made adjustments in the second quarter, playing positions, pick-and-roll, and broke through, and quickly attacked and shot two wings!

The Bucks sent three highs in the frontcourt, and D'Antoni did not play against one, one, four, and instead played against one, four, and four!

Nash, Prince, Bosh, Stoudemier, and Rashid Wallace played the game, Nash and Stoudemier played the pick-and-roll, and Bosh and Rashid Wallace shot from the wing.

The effect is quite good!

This operation reminded Zhang Hao of the original 2005-06 season in time and space. After the Suns won only 4 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists in the second grade, Dior gave up his forward style and played a substitute for Nash. He sent 5 players above 203 cm tall, and then asked Dior to play center, sending a lineup with a height of 203 cm...

Because D'Antoni's on-site command ability is poor, and those who want to change the formation always fail to play, and they stop playing later. In fact, at the beginning, he was also a coach who was more thoughtful but lacked in ability.

This time, D'Antoni's hard-steering idea of ​​using big to big has worked miraculously!

George Carl wants to use Joe Smith, Lewis, and Tim Thomas to deal with the Pistons' running and counterattacks with Joe Smith, Lewis, and Tim Thomas. When falling into positional battles, he can use area pinch to prevent pick-and-roll, and then use his height to interfere with the bottom line and the pitchers on both wings.

The key is the interference of height on both sides of the baseline. The Bucks' defense always gives the Pistons a chance to shoot at the middle and close range in the baseline. At this time, the Bucks' frontcourt trio's height and wingspan advantage allows them to always have a better interference effect when facing outside pitchers at the baseline.

But it was Rashid Wallace and Bosh... The Bucks' defensive tricks are useless!

On the other hand, the Bucks' first quarter play style is quite rude, which is Billups' playing style and rhythm. Lewis and Tim Thomas can rely on their height advantage and directly shoot when they encounter someone shorter than them.

Now that the height advantage is on the Pistons, the Bucks are not good at attacking.

In the first half of the second quarter, the Pistons scored 16-8, narrowing the gap to 2 points! Later, the Bucks were also thinking of ways to snipe the Pistons' counterattack under the leadership of Billups...

The strength gap was only revealed in the second half of the third quarter. The Pistons successfully overtook the score and created a 7-point lead after the Pistons finished 83-76 in the third quarter.

Zhang Hao didn’t watch the last quarter, and the warm-up time was up.

The situation in the east made Zhang Hao... quite happy!

Even the eighth place in the East is not a fuel-efficient light! If the Pistons had not had a great player strength advantage, they might have been defeated by the 50-win Bucks.

The Pistons now have completely taken the initiative in the third quarter, which does not mean that the Bucks have no chance, but the chance is relatively slim. The very important point is that Reed was abused by the little prince.

Reed scored only 4 points in 1 of 5 shots in the third quarter, and was explosion-proof by second-year Prince, which was one of the key reasons why the Pistons went against the trend in the second and third quarters.

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During the warm-up period, Zhang Hao learned that Billups failed to lead the team to counterattack in the last quarter, and the Bucks were brutally reversed by the Pistons 102-106.

At the age of 24, he was educated by the tyrant, who had a left-handed dunk from averaging 17.3 points per game last season to a top scorer who averaged 23 points per game this season.

Nash's debut in the Pistons' playoffs, scoring 11 points, 5 rebounds, 13 assists and 2 steals, with only 3 turnovers, exceeding 4-1 assist and turnover ratio, which was a hit.

The next game started was the first game between the 76ers and the Bulls.

This set of duels is the most regrettable duel.

Even before the winner was decided, many fans felt unwilling to accept that Deng Aikomai, plus Ben Wallace and Raheem, the playoff showdown between these six people was actually in the first round!

However, this situation was formed in the Wild East.

It is impossible to have a chance to win 57 but not, but to deliberately lose 55 and fall to the sixth against O'Neal in the West, right?

Zhang Hao learned from Jason Williams that Rivers had such an idea on the Bulls, but before he could say it, he just talked about it indirectly and was dispelled by Kobe's death glare.

From a strategic perspective, Zhang Hao thinks this is a good operation.

But there is Kobe and Iverson's team who deliberately lose the game and fall to avoid an opponent... Iverson's side has a little chance of encountering many setbacks and reaching the peak again. Now he is still in an exaggerated Eastern Conference that he dared not think of before...

It's really unlikely that Kobe's side.

So, the two champions with many superstars met in the first round.

When the first game of the Supersonics and Suns series is about to start, the Bulls and the Sixers will decide the first game.

100-95, with Rahim's 31 points in a single game, the 76ers snatched the home advantage in the first game!

Immediately afterwards, at 8 pm Western Time, the Supersonics played against the Suns at home.

This game is highly concerned in China. Hu Weidong may retire next summer. By then, Hu Weidong's contract expires and he is 35 years old. The probability of retirement is quite high. He also revealed this intention in an interview.

As for the current situation of the Suns, it is hard to say whether they can enter the playoffs next season.

Anfini Hardaway's condition has declined severely; Grant Hill is now at his age, and it is not good to be able to maintain his condition; Hu Weidong and Clifford Robinson have become the core combination of dual cores until they are 34 or 5 years old, and the condition is hard to say next season...

Hu Weidong's historical status as the number one defender in Chinese basketball has been established after he won the World Basketball Grand Slam. It may be his last playoff journey in his career. He happened to meet Zhang Hao again. The victory and loss... Domestic fans hope that the Supersonics team can win, and the attention is particularly high. They are all looking forward to Hu Weidong, who has performed amazingly this season, can also perform well in the playoffs.

This season, Hu Weidong played a total of 76 games, averaging 29 minutes per game, scoring 15.5 points, 2.9 rebounds, 6.2 assists and 0.8 steals, becoming one of the candidates for the fastest progress award. His playing time, score, assists, and shooting percentage have broken his personal NBA career record.

The probability of winning the prize is not high, but it has made huge progress compared to last season.

Fans are looking forward to a fierce game, such as the Supersonics are not that serious and the Suns can win.

However, Zhang Hao spoke directly at the beginning...

In the first round, you must yell to avoid your teammates being careless.

Then, Artest scored a new high in a single game in the playoffs with 32 points, leading the Supersonics to beat the Suns 114-101, and easily won the first victory in the series!

Zhang Hao played for 29 minutes, scored 13 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 steal, and clocked in for three quarters to get off work.

Hu Weidong played 34 minutes tonight and performed very well, with 22 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists. The Suns gave him a lot of face and gave him a lot of playing time. Anyway, he didn't have much hope.

The players must have expectations, but the overall strength of the Supersonics is not as good as in the past few years, but only compared with them in the past few years, compared with the top teams today, and compared with the Suns, an ordinary playoff-level team with a win of over 40...

Grant Hill, the strongest player in the Suns, averaged 17 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, and 1.6 steals per game. Even if he gave him the absolute core style of play, his strength was about the same as Kassel.

Artest led the team to beat the Suns with Kassel's ball and Zhang Hao's restraint.

When the fans on the scene saw Zhang Hao's playing style, they only made 8 shots, scored 13 points in 4 of 8 shots. Not only were they not depressed, but they were also very excited!

Here comes!

The one who makes your teammates happy first and will take over the game in a series that will face stronger opponents later, and the gentleman mode is turned on!

Many Supersonic fans don’t like the public opinion after the end of this year’s regular season.

Everyone is discussing Zhang Hao's personal performance and data, but not many people put the Supersonics in the ranks of the championship team.

Before the playoffs began, even ESPN, which had been touting the Supersonics, did not place the Supersonics in the top five favorites to win the championship, and was even ranked behind the Cavaliers.

Everyone thinks that the Supersonics are not a championship team this season.

After all, they are already dynasty.

Supersonics fans can understand this view, but don't like it.

But now, Supersonic fans don't care about this anymore.

Judging from Zhang Hao's playing style, Zhang Hao and the Supersonics team have not given up on continuing to compete for the championship!

The Supersonics have developed a habit of winning the championship over the years. In the first and second rounds, young stars will first give full play to their full strength, show their abilities, and produce good data. Zhang Hao is like a gentleman's version of humility at this stage.

When it comes to the Western Conference Finals and the finals, take off your suit and put on a cassock, shining with Buddha’s light!

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The Supersonics easily defeated the Suns to win the first victory in the series, which seems normal to people.

Supersonics abuse the Suns easily.

Supersonic fans shouted to compete for the championship, and fans also felt that this was normal. In people's opinion, Supersonic fans have been led by Los Angeles fans and are overconfident.

People even believe that even if the Supersonics cannot enter the playoffs after three consecutive championships, Supersonics fans will shout "Supersonics Championship".

People's attention is focused on the first round battle between the Bulls and the 76ers, which are known as the "strongest first-round showdown in history".

The level of the first series between the Bulls and the Sixers was compared with the finals of the 99-00 season!

In the last game on April 20, the Lakers and the Clippers met again in the first round.

Clippers players feel that they have an indescribable relationship with the Timberwolves.

They have the strength of the playoffs this year, and they themselves did not expect that Baylor would have another magical operation. If Joe Dumas, the Pistons' naked signing of Nash and Rashid Wallace, were not too fierce, Baylor would have won the Best Manager this year.

However, when the Mavericks recovered their strength, the Clippers could only compete for sixth place in the West, either playing against the Lakers or the Supersonics. They really would rather fall to the eighth place to the Kings, but they couldn't fall! The eighth place in the West has reached a point where the winning rate is less than 50%.

In the first match between the Lakers and the Clippers, Francis scored a triple-double with 18 points, 10 rebounds and 12 assists. The Clippers were hit by the Lakers 92-107.

The first round of the entire East was amazing, almost every game was a wonderful battle.

The Pacers, Wizards, Heat and Cavaliers, which started on April 21, have been at least two-round games in previous years. In the late 1990s, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is an Eastern Conference finals. Now it has reached this level in the first round.

In the game between Yao Ming and the Pacers, he scored 21 points, 15 rebounds, 1 steal and 3 blocks. The Pacers don't have much to do with him. Compared with him, Jermaine O'Neal and Ratliff are much worse in size.

But helpless, the teammates successfully took 63 shots in total, only 50 points...

71 to 75, the Wizards lost by 6 points in the first game and failed to get the home advantage.

The Wizards play against the Pacers, and the overall strength of the former is not as good as the latter, but just like O'Neal praised Yao Ming, O'Neal said that Yao Ming and he are dinosaurs in the league, and the extinct super center is reflected when playing against the Pacers.

The Wizards relied on an absolute strength point to compete with the Pacers, but with a point of competition, there was no one who decided the winner.

Hamilton worked very hard, but only scored 13 points.

The Heat and the Cavaliers are really a close matchup.

The Heat, Kidd, Wade, Eddie Jones, Malone, O'Neal, and the five major stars rely on the five major stars.
To be continued...