The Godfather of Basketball

The Cavaliers and Pacers started the East first. The Pacers were very tenacious, but at the crucial moment, James still outperformed Paul George. The Cavaliers finally won the game 108-103.

The Warriors also beat the Grizzlies 101-86 the same day.

After that, the Thunder also played in the semifinals against the Clippers and the Nets.

The Thunder swept the Lakers in the first round, and the Clippers tied the Spurs for a tiebreaker. The Thunder have an absolute advantage in both paper strength and physical strength.

After the game started, Harden's defense was used by Rivers, and the Clippers once achieved a double-digit lead in the first half, which was surprising.

However, the Thunder did have a lot of talent. Stevens began to use the joint defense tactics in the second half.

In the end, the Thunder won the Clippers 106-96 and also won the first game of the series.

At this point, three of the most promising wins have successively won the opener. The last group of Nets and Wizards carried the attention, but not so much attention.

But for New York and Washington fans, their high-profile matches have just begun.

The Nets ranked eighth in the regular season, which means that all of their series must start from the road, and the first round of the second round is also played in Washington Verizon Center Arena.

The Wizards are the team that has changed the most in the NBA name. It has undergone 6 changes before and after, but the name is changing, and the support for the team has never changed.

Being in Washington, the capital of the United States, makes this team the most special presence in the NBA.

The Verizon Center Arena is a new arena that only opened in 1997. It can accommodate more than 20,000 people and is one of the largest arenas in the NBA.

Tang Tian and the Nets players stepped into this arena and looked up to see the only championship flag hanging above the arena. It was still the 77-78 season, and the "Big E" Elvin Hayes The team led the team, and the Wizards were still called the Bullets.

During the opening ceremony before the game, a close-up of this flag was also given in the clip of the LED large screen.

After sweeping the "King of the North" Raptors, the morale of this team is bursting, and many fans have put the championship in their mouths.

"We have Paul Pierce, we have John Wall, we have Brad Bill, we have the most favorable schedule, and it is time to bring a new championship flag to Washington."

This is the hottest comment on social media before the game, and the number of likes has reached 10,000 times.

After the opening ceremony, the starters of both sides appeared one after another.

The Wizards sent a regular lineup, John Wall and Brad Beal on the outside, Paul Pierce and Nene and center Gortat on the front.

On the Nets side, Tang Tian adjusted the starting lineup again. He put Joe Johnson in the starting lineup with Pierce. The other positions remained unchanged. Deron and Bogdan Bogdanovic were outside. Yi Jianlian and Jokic.

Tang Tian and Wizards coach Whitman shook hands in the midfield. When the two went back to the half each, the two starters came to the midfield to start the ball.

Gortat returned the ball to the Wizards' half, and the home team got the chance to lead the attack.

Pick-and-roll cooperation in front wings.

Whitman's coaching ability is very poor. He has been the head coach for 9 years. Only in the Wizards' past two years, the team's winning percentage has exceeded half. "No layout before the game, no strain during the game, no conclusion after the game." To sum up the coaching ability, "moving like a mountain" is a nickname given to him by some fans, but he has some ways of cultivating young players, which is why he stays in office.

And indeed, the arrival of Pierce has brought a lot of changes to this Wizards team. For example, this pick-and-roll combination is very simple, but because Pierce and Bill have the ability to catch and shoot and break through, the Nets' defense is pulled open.

Wall is a smart academic point guard. After seeing these, he directly broke through Deron to kill the basket.

However, he clearly underestimated Delong's ability and got rid of the problem of synovitis. Delong is now a flexible little fat man. When Wall low layup, he directly covered him.

Yi Jianlian flew to save the ball, the Wizards' first offense returned without success.

Deron pushed forward with the ball and gave it to Jokic outside the three-point line.

Gortat curled up at the free throw line, and it looks like this is a tactical choice for the Wizards.

Jokic saw a direct three-pointer after seeing it.

"Oh!"

Cast a direct hollow into the net.

Before the game, Jokic went to the arena to practice the 3-pointer for two hours in advance, and he quickly entered the state.

The Wizards' offense has the same tactics, but this time Wall passed the ball to Bill, and Bill still didn't make a three-pointer from the outside.

In previous lives, DeRozan and Lori of the Raptors did not play well in the playoffs and were called "junk brothers" by some fans. But in fact, before the Raptors, the Wizards' Wall and Bill played worse. Last year, including this year's playoffs, he has shot less than 40% so far, which is why a Pierce can make such a big change.

Jokic took the defensive rebound, Deron dribbled to the front court and gave the ball to Jokic.

Gortat also flinched at the free-throw line, which was played strictly according to the coach's arrangement.

Jokic saw and stunned, and then shot another three.

"boom!"

This time the shot was a bit heavier ~ www.novelmtl.com ~ but the arc is very positive. After hitting the rebound, it rebounded or rolled into the net bag.

6 to 0, Jokic came up feeling hot and hot, cast directly.

At the critical moment, Pierce stood out. He received a pass from Wall to make a layup and finally broke the home team's scoring shortage.

Looking back, Jokic also fought the three-point line. This time Gortat had to throw it out. Jokic played sexually. A fake action accelerated over Gattat's shot and forced Nene to come over After that, another beautiful hit the earth to Yi Jianlian, who directly dunked with both hands to score.

There was a commotion among the fans at the scene. Jokic, which is a center, is completely a guard!

The scene shot gave Whitman, who was sitting on the bench by the side, and the latter was not shocked, as if nothing had happened.

Tang Tian was also a little embarrassed to see here, and fierce confrontation with Buden Hoser in the first round, suddenly encountered such an opponent, which also made him a little caught off guard.

Jokic did not encounter a targeted defense and opened it completely.

The three-pointer on the perimeter, the organization, and even the low-position mismatched back pass and pass, for the first time since entering the playoffs, he completely redeemed his talent.

Driven by Pierce, the Wizards clung to the score, but never managed to overtake the score.

In the end, the Nets scored the Wizards' 94-81 away game and won their first win in the series.

Wall and Bill made 9 of 33 shots in total, totaling 26 points. Compared to veteran Pierce's 11 of 15 shots, he scored 26 points and 5 boards, which is really distressing.

And Jokic played the best representative of his career, 12 of 20 shots, 4 of 8 3-pointers, 6 of 4 free throws, 32 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists.

This is a standard "big three yuan".