Nine Hundred and Seventy-Six. The Second Game that Must Not Be Lost

May 3, the fourth game day of the playoffs has arrived.

After the first three game days, the situation of four series has been very clear. The Heat leads 2-0. The Heat won two games with a big difference. The Bucks were too miserable. Some fans even said that the Bucks should take the initiative to withdraw from the playoffs. They were abused by more than 20 points in the first game and scored 51 points in the second game by the crazy James in three quarters. If the Heat had not led by 28 points after three quarters, 72-44, and James could not shoot anymore, James would probably want to continue.

The Lakers and Spurs both lead 2-0. The first round of the series between the two teams also seems to have no suspense.

The Knicks and the Pacers are equally strong. The two teams tied 1-1. The Knicks grabbed the home advantage. People think that this series will have to be played for at least six games. At present, the new core players of the Pacers are still too immature. It is difficult for anyone to compete with Bynum, who is expected to get the second team this year.

Generally speaking, the first two games of each series can show the direction of the series. Now it is the fourth match day, and the direction of the first round of 8 series will be determined tonight.

The Thunder vs. Nuggets, this series does not seem to need too much attention. The Nuggets are okay in the regular season, and even beat strong teams repeatedly, but their play will be miserable in the playoffs. Although Lawson ranked tenth in the VP rankings in the regular season, in the first game of the series, Lawson was blown up by Westbrook on both offense and defense, and had no power to fight back. The Nuggets were also blown up 104 to 85, and the Nuggets almost lost to the Thunder by 20 points.

The 76ers narrowly beat the Celtics 85 to 81 in the first game. The Celtics are also very powerful. Last year, people thought that Garnett and Pierce were going to be finished, but in April, the Celtics played better and better, and Pierce won the Player of the Month, and played on par with the powerful 76ers in the first game.

There seems to be no suspense in the Bulls' match against the Hawks, 94 to 70, the Bulls completely defeated their opponents in the first game.

The media and fans have roughly judged the four games tonight, and there is no problem for the Thunder and the Bulls to win the second home game.

It is hard to say about the second game between the 76ers and the Celtics. The 76ers are definitely stronger, and youth is the biggest asset, but the Celtics should not be underestimated. With the Celtics' grinding style of play, people think that there is a chance to defeat the strong, and it depends on whether the 76ers can withstand it. After all, Howard did not play well in the Celtics' interior. Howard can only guarantee first-class defense in the interior, and the offense cannot be opened. The interior teammates are too bad, and can only rely on Evans, Iguodala, Holiday, Louis Williams and other outside players.

But the 76ers are still very optimistic. Overall, the 76ers are the team with the most hope to stand out from the East, and their lineup looks too good.

In the four games tonight,

Only the Grizzlies look very difficult now.

Sun Ce scored 57 points in a single game, but the Grizzlies still lost, which put the Grizzlies in a bad situation.

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Sun Ce still got up early in the morning. Yesterday's discussion was very effective. After all, the first game did not lose much and the defense was very good. After two very purposeful discussions, yesterday he had a clear plan for tonight's game.

Guaranteed to win?

This is not something that can be done by discussion. It requires the efforts of the whole team and everyone to do what they should do, and even do better than what they should do, in order to win under the Mavericks with Yao Ming and Nowitzki.

After arriving at the stadium, most of the teammates came to the stadium early today. Before the tactical meeting began, Nash led his teammates to communicate in advance.

Unlike Sun Ce who only thought of asking a few main ball handlers, Nash called everyone up, wanting to brainstorm and come up with more plans that can be discussed in the tactical meeting that will start at 9:30 later.

Nash has experienced more than Sun Ce, and knows that many retired players who become head coaches are not stars. Being a good player does not necessarily mean being a good head coach. Relatively speaking, there are many more examples of ordinary players or even marginal players becoming excellent head coaches after retirement than superstars becoming head coaches after retirement.

Because ordinary players or even marginal players can better grasp what ordinary players should do and what they can do, rather than blindly asking them to do more.

The Grizzlies' pre-game preparations are in full swing.

At 12 noon, the NBA officially announced several awards and confirmed the date of the draft lottery.

The draft lottery will be held on May 11.

The best manager was won by Sam Hinkie, general manager of the 76ers.

Sun Ce felt strange when he saw this news. In the original time and space, Hinkie was a great god of playing badly, and he was one of the few gods who could help the team truly rebuild and build a championship-level lineup by playing badly and betting on draft picks. His trading operations were also good, at least better than the general manager of the Thunder, but he was forced to resign before he tasted the fruits of success.

Here, he actually won the best manager in this shortened season by trading for Evans and Howard for two consecutive years.

The best coach was won by Spurs head coach Vic. Although the Spurs played beyond people's imagination in the regular season last season, many people still felt that it was a flash in the pan. This season, the Spurs still won 50 games, which convinced people. The Spurs system named by Sun Ce was truly recognized.

The Most Improved Player Award was won by Knicks center Bynum. Last season, Bynum averaged 27 minutes per game, scored 115 points, 94 rebounds and 21 blocks. This season, his average playing time soared to 36 minutes per game. He played 60 games and averaged 224 points, 121 rebounds and 24 blocks per game.

With such a huge improvement, Bynum received 109 of the 115 first-place votes and won the Most Improved Player Award without any suspense.

Seeing Bynum win the award, Sun Ce complained to Yi Jianlian, who was taking a lunch break in the lounge, "This shamatte is simply cheating. He had the ability to score 20+10 last year. If he stayed in the Lakers, he would definitely not have so many shots and would definitely not get 20+!"

Yi Jianlian only heard the first sentence clearly and almost jumped up. Who is the shamatte?

There was no suspense about the best sixth man. Harden, who averaged 182 points, 33 rebounds and 32 assists per game, won the best sixth man.

Sun Ce looked at Harden's data and felt something was wrong. How could he score so high, but have so few rebounds and assists?

I checked Westbrook's statistics this season, averaging 208 points, 81 rebounds, 79 assists... something seems wrong, but Sun Ce can't put his finger on it.

After reading the news about the award announcement, Sun Ce turned off the computer and didn't continue to read other news. It was disgusting to see that the media acted as if they had been eliminated in the first round after just losing one game.

Sun Ce even saw an expert say that the Mavericks knew how to eliminate the Mavericks because they had the experience of being eliminated in the first round... a career stain can become a "good thing", which made Sun Ce further understand the importance of the championship.

After turning off the computer, he rested for two hours. At four o'clock in the afternoon, Sun Ce got up and was woken up by Jimmy. He got up and ate something, and then warmed up with his teammates for tonight's game.

Now Jimmy will only play the role of a wake-up waiter in the playoffs...

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At 6:40 in the evening, Sun Ce and his teammates stood on the court of the FedEx Center with the Mavericks again.

Sun Ce and his teammates were very focused. The few people who had small-scale cooperation on the offensive end discussed and emphasized the things to pay attention to. In the second game, they must not lose no matter what!

The Mavericks, of course, would win if they could. If they had the chance to fight for the second away game, they would of course want to win.

Carlisle looked at Sun Ce on the opposite side. He really didn't expect the result of the first game to be like that. He won, but it was a big difference from the result of the first game that caught the Grizzlies off guard as he imagined, and he failed to really hit the confidence of the Grizzlies.

After the All-Star Weekend, they lost the chance to compete for the fifth place and the weakest Thunder team in the top four. He began to prepare for the first round against the Grizzlies.

That's right, he started preparing after the All-Star Weekend.

He thought that if Sun Ce got 30+, at most 40+, he could rely on tactical changes that others would never expect to beat the Grizzlies in the first game.

Unexpectedly, Sun Ce scored 57 points in a single game, and they almost lost when the four Mavericks stars played so well.

Although the Grizzlies lost, Carlisle looked at the opponent's demeanor and it seemed that they were more affected.

Just like Nowitzki said, being able to face them and score 57 points in a single game in the playoffs was really like seeing a god descend to earth.

Although everyone knows that it was Sun Ce's performance, who can say when Sun Ce will explode?

In the playoffs last year, the Grizzlies' young players were not as strong as this year, and their strength was obviously not as good as the Lakers, but they relied on Sun Ce's crazy explosion to beat the Lakers.

And except for the first game, the Mavericks relied on changes. In the remaining games, Carlisle felt that they might not be stronger than the Grizzlies, and their strength might really be on par.

Their only advantage is Nowitzki and Yao Ming.

But this is also where Carlisle feels lucky. Nowitzki only has 30 minutes of good condition, Yao Ming has 20 minutes, and the two are staggered to ensure that their strength will not be interrupted, and they can ensure that they have dominance on both offense and defense in regular time.

Yao Ming and Nowitzki were allowed to rest for so long in the regular season, and Nowitzki almost didn't even make the All-Star team. He even gave up the opportunity for the two to compete for the third team. What was it for?

Of course, it was the championship!

It was the first time that Carlisle felt afraid of the players on the losing side, but the fact was that Sun Ce's performance made Carlisle feel too crazy. The regular season was already jaw-dropping enough, and it was even crazier in the playoffs!

Putting away his fear of Sun Ce, Carlisle never showed such emotions when communicating with his own players. He kept saying "We have got the home advantage, and we are now in the initiative", and now he naturally has to maintain a confident attitude.

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At 6:58 in the evening, the referee signaled the starters of the two teams to appear.

The Grizzlies sent out the starting lineup of Nash, Sun Ce, Paul George, Randolph, and Gasol.

After Sun Ce put on his equipment and wiped off the magnesium powder, he came to the center circle and glanced at Yao Ming in training clothes on the sidelines. Sun Ce was crazy and complained in his heart, is this a risk? He didn't care about face at all.

The Mavericks sent out Conley, DeShawn Stevenson, Marion, Nowitzki, Chandler as the starting lineup, Yao Ming played as a substitute today!

Seeing that the Mavericks were determined to win this game no matter what, Sun Ce was very angry and thought, "Do you still want to sweep us?"

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