Chapter 324 No, Kemp Is in Danger!
In fact, in the first game between the Spurs and the Jazz, Rodman was really bleeding.
His injury was so serious that he couldn't straighten up at all, let alone play on the field, and a terrifying ball mark on his stomach spread all around, as if he had just pulled out a giant cupping pot, and his capillaries were bursting inch by inch, even if It's not a fatal bone injury, but it still requires a period of recovery.
However, now is the playoffs, and his injury is a bolt from the blue for the Spurs. Because of the vacancy at power forward, Spurs core David Robinson has once again returned to his previous isolation and helplessness, and the Spurs also Falling into a bigger predicament than the Jazz missing one Stockton.
Based on this, Popovich, who serves as the Spurs general manager this season, is really speechless with Rodman.
Although trading this rebounding monster has a significant effect on improving the Spurs' regular season record this season, how could it be possible that such a big flaw suddenly appeared in the regular season compared to the playoffs? It simply pushed the Spurs into a pit of fire!
Can Rodman be blamed for the injury?
The answer is obvious. Rodman was not wrong. His fault was that he was wrong.
However, Popovich didn't care about this. He personally had a lot of resentment towards Rodman. After all, the root cause was Rodman who flirted with Li Shengli first!
Are you saying you asked for it?
It's okay, why don't you go out and provoke a pervert like Li Shengli?
Even if Popovich is the general manager of the Spurs, he has to admit...Li Shengli has now grown into a top super center that no one can ignore.
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Back to the second round matchup between the Jazz and the Spurs.
Really speaking, the playoffs and the regular season are basically two different things.
In the playoffs, first of all, the opponents are all strong teams, and the intensity of the competition is not comparable to that of the regular season. What is more important is... the consecutive games, uninterrupted play, the two sides' playing style, tactics and personnel of the opponent. The configuration is all clear, and the real fight to the end depends on the individual willpower of the players and the execution of the team.
To give a simple example, a tactic is like a knife. Children and adults have different effects when using it. Rodman's injury undoubtedly greatly reduced the Spurs' ability to wield the knife. On the other hand, the Jazz...now Even a wooden stick can be a 50-50 match against a spur.
So in the second matchup between the two sides, the Jazz were far ahead from the first quarter of the game, and they completely suppressed the Spurs until the last quarter.
It is worth mentioning that Spurs head David Robinson.
In the second game, he had obviously found his position and familiar style of play. As a master of facing the basket, he actually produced good data, 28 points + 11 rebounds + 4 assists + 3 blocks.
However, this kind of conventional data cannot solve the Spurs' predicament, because Li Shengli and he were still not weak in this confrontation. Starting from the back-up skills, he scored 27 points + 18 rebounds + 4 assists + 4 blocks. .
If we really want to compare, the two data are basically the same except for the rebound difference, but in fact...excluding free throws, the Jazz shared Li Shengli's shots because of Malone, and David Robinson's shots were higher. Li Shengli's.
In this comparison, David Robinson's efficiency value is definitely lower than Li Shengli's. Even Spurs fans can't defend David Robinson.
The two centers insist that they can only open 64, but compared with the Spurs' fourth position, Malone is 73 or even 82, which greatly makes up for the weakness of the Jazz's weak outside offense and helps the team win in one fell swoop. In the second game, the score was 2:0.
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In the first round, it was still a best of 5 games, but in the second round it became a best of 7 games. Because the home and away game arrangement is 22111, the third game is the Spurs' home court, and David Robinson, who returned to his home court, played in the third game. Ushered in a big explosion of status.
To be honest, if David Robinson is bad, then there are probably not many centers in the league who can play ball. In the third game, he demonstrated his all-round abilities in turn and gradually adapted to Li Shengli's strange confrontation rhythm. , the scoring efficiency soared compared to the previous two games, and I personally scored 30+13.
Although he also scored 28+11 in the second game, in fact, the single data is meaningless because his data did not surge, but his efficiency did.
In the end, his shots were lower than those in the second game, but his numbers were higher than those in the second game. The matchup with Li Shengli was a 64-opener.
As for the outcome of this battle...
David Robinson's shots were slightly reduced and were shared by the Spurs' outsiders. However, the outsiders were pretty good, so they were won by the Spurs in the third game. The big score came to 2:1, which gave San Antonio fans hope.
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After three consecutive games, both sides were very familiar with their opponents' arrangements, and the fourth game was also the Spurs' home court. Although Li Shengli only had 22+16 data, he devoted all his defense to suppressing David Robinson, making David Robinson The data was even worse, only 17+9. On the contrary, Malone shined and scored 41 points.
In the fourth game, the Spurs lost and the Jazz got the match point.
In Game 5, back at the home court of the Jazz, the Spurs, with their disabled lineup and huge psychological pressure, were unable to come back in the end. They were beaten back home by the Jazz with a huge score of 4:1, and the Jazz took the lead and advanced to the Western Conference Finals. .
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The following time was very boring for Li Shengli.
Because the fifth game against the Spurs is on May 17, and the first game of the Western Conference Finals is scheduled for May 23, qualifying first means that he has no game to play for nearly a week.
However, in order to maintain a good competitive state, Jerry Sloan still arranged actual combat confrontations within the team, and even synchronized the actual combat time with the first game of the Western Conference Finals. This shows how much Sloan and even the entire Jazz attach importance to the Western Conference Finals.
The waiting time is always difficult.
On May 19, the Pacers, who eliminated the Magic, broke out and defeated the Hawks, who were first in the Eastern Conference regular season, with a score of 4:2, becoming the second team to qualify after the Jazz.
On May 22, the Knicks and Bulls met. This series reached the seventh game, and the Knicks narrowly won in a tiebreaker. It can't be said to be an upset. After all, the Knicks are not weak, and the core player Patrick Ewing seems to have been replaced. After the second spring, he burst out with an unusual fighting power.
On the same day, the last team in the Western Conference to advance to the second round also appeared. It was also a narrow victory in the tiebreaker. The SuperSonics 4:3 Rockets met the Jazz in the Western Conference Finals, and Li Shengli, who millions of fans were looking forward to, faced off against Ola. Zhu Wang's drama did not happen.
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"Supersonics? Them again?"
"Okay, it would be better if the opponent is Supersonic!"
As soon as he received the news, Li Shengli chatted with Malone for a few words. You must know that the current core player of the SuperSonics is Sean Kemp. This guy has not finished hugging O'Neal in the All-Star Game, and now he has bumped into him again. , and the reason why Malone is excited is... both of them are in the fourth position.
If you play against the Spurs, the battle between super centers will be very eye-catching. If you play against the SuperSonics, the confrontation between the fourth power forward will be Malone's opportunity to once again prove his strength and skill to the entire league.
The Knicks played the Pacers in the East, the Jazz played the SuperSonics in the West, and when the Eastern and Western Conference finals were announced, everyone had different thoughts, and among them... Rodman, who had just suffered internal bleeding from Li Shengli, showed Unusually nervous.
Supersonic?
No, Camp is in danger!