Chapter 457: One of the Six Major Centers

The first day of the playoffs is over.

The Mavericks took the next step. Li Shengli's total statistics were 29 points, 9 rebounds, 3 blocks, 2 assists, and 1 steal. Most of the statistics were obtained in the first half. In the last 3 minutes of the second half, he only scored 1 point and 1 steal. 1 rebound, but this data is also good, but... 27 minutes of playing time is a bit short.

Such playing time is nothing in the regular season, but it is a bit strange in the playoffs. After all, even if super giant players continue to maintain their health, they will not do so in the playoffs. And judging from the overall game performance, it is most likely The reason is...Li Shengli's shoulder injury does exist.

So with this news, there was a lot of excitement in the Western Conference, especially the SuperSonics, which ranked first in the regular season, because their opponent to advance to the second round will be one of the Lakers and Mavericks.

The Sonics are not afraid of playing the Lakers. After all, the Lakers are no longer what they used to be. They will be a little more afraid of playing the Mavericks. However, the news of Li Shengli's shoulder injury and the embarrassing mid-range shot are great news for the Sonics.

But it's too early to talk about this.

Between the Mavericks and the Lakers, the SuperSonics and the Suns, it is still unknown who will advance, and the next games in the first round...

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Game 1 was played on the 25th, and the Mavericks won by 12 points.

In the second game on the 27th, Del's arrangement was indeed effective. The rotation of Divac and Campbell alone limited Li Shengli, who lacked a mid-range shot, to a certain extent. After all, he did not prevent jump shots, it was just pure confrontation, which was much simpler than before. , and the Magician was placed at the fourth position. As expected, Garnett stalled.

The Mavericks' leader in statistics is Li Shengli with 22 points, 10 rebounds, and 6 blocks. The Lakers' side is Magic, with 25 points, 15 rebounds, and 4 assists. He perfectly plays the role of the Lakers' power forward, and 15 rebounds is too much. What's terrible, Garnett only has 7 in this statistic, and he is not willing to get stuck with Magic.

In the end, in the second game, the Lakers beat the Mavericks by 18 points, and the total score was 1:1.

On the 30th, Game 3 was played at the Reunion Arena in Dallas. The Mavericks urgently adjusted their tactics and shifted their firepower to Curry on the outside. In the last half of the quarter, they used Curry's three-pointer to recover the disadvantage, and finally won. Won the third game with a slim margin of 2 points.

In this game, Li Shengli took fewer mid-range shots, let alone mid-range shots. After all, the job of the Lakers center is to defend the basket, and with the magician at position four, there are not many opportunities to take shots near the basket, unless it is Running opportunities created opportunities, and the overall statistics were 18 points, 15 rebounds, 5 blocks, and 4 assists.

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The big score is 1:2. In the 5-game format, the Mavericks are only one game away from advancing.

The fourth game played by No. 2 was different from the previous three games. In this game, Garnett finally became a big player and took over the scoring burden. He made 11 of 14 mid-range jump shots in the game and hit the shot at the basket. It was even lower than the mid-range. He hit 2 of 5, but he made all 4 free throws, with a total score of 30. In addition, he bravely rebounded with Magic, so the rebound data also broke the double to 11.

At the same time, Li Shengli reduced his shots, but his output in other functions was still there, and it was amazing. Del wanted to cry just by protecting the basket, and scored 18 points + 22 rebounds + 6 blocks + 4 assists. In the end, the Mavericks won the fourth game with a score of 108:103, advancing to the second round with a big score of 3:1.

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In terms of strength on paper alone, the Lakers are a bit inferior. The effect can be seen in hard work. Even if Garnett slumped for three games, the Lakers still couldn't do it... It doesn't matter because Li Shengli takes fewer shots, Curry, Garnett can share the tasks, but aside from the offense, what really brought down the Lakers was the Mavericks' all-round, land and air blockade defense.

Li Shengli played against the Lakers center position. After four games, all the rotation players at the center position were added. His scoring data was not as good as that of Li Shengli, who took fewer shots. He suppressed the inside quite fiercely. However, the Lakers took fewer shots inside and took more outside shots. This is also a problem.

Crotty defends a scoring point alone, and opponents who have a breakthrough must be careful not to step into Garnett's exaggerated assist defense area. Even if they break through these two lines of defense... rushing forward is Li Shengli's no-fly zone. The chance of being interfered with on-the-spot shots is quite high, and the Lakers have not had any offensive climax in four games.

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Until May 5th.

The first round games of the East and West are all over. The SuperSonics, Spurs, Rockets, and Mavericks advanced in the West, all advancing 3:1, while the Bulls, Magic, Hawks, and Knicks advanced in the East. Except for the Hawks, All advanced 3:0.

Eight teams and five cores!

Five of the six major centers were promoted. The most embarrassing one was the Heat, the eighth-oldest player in the Eastern Conference. They were shaved off by the Bulls 3-0 in the first round. Mourning became the first to be eliminated among the six major centers.

For the Bulls, Jordan + Pippen averaged nearly 50 points per game in three games. Coupled with a functional Rodman, who averaged 13 rebounds per game, the Heat lost an average of 23 points per game, and Mourning was completely beaten. Bald.

The Heat were a little miserable, but the Magic, who swept the promotion, were a little happy, because the second regular season ranking in the Eastern Conference prevented them from encountering the terrifying Bulls in the second round. This task was given to the Knicks.

Compared with Mourning, Ewing's situation is much better. The encounter with the Bulls was a bit miserable, but in the West... the Spurs and Rockets competed first, which means that in the second round, one of Olajuwon and Robinson will definitely be the winner. Out of the game, and even if he is out of the game, there is still an unlucky guy accompanying him.

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The opponent for the second round has been determined. During the preparations before the game, O'Neal called to express his condolences to Li Shengli.

"Li, our Mourning is falling behind, hahaha!"

"You are poisonous, Shaq. Are you so happy that Mourning fell behind?"

"Of course, if you fall behind, I will be happier, so you are all novices under me!" O'Neal said excitedly, "Hey, I played the Eagles in the second round, I guess I still swept them, but You Because they are playing the Bulls, this guy will probably fall behind in the second round, plus Olajuwon and Robinson drop one, and you will be beaten by the SuperSonics, so... If you do the math, I will be at least second in the league. Center forward?"

"Damn it, then I wish you a lifetime of being a dick!"

"That won't work. Maybe after the Sonics kill you, they can kill one more person for me. Then I will be the number one center." O'Neal finished his obscenity and returned to the topic, "Seriously, you guys are so routine. The ranking is too low. If you play with the Sonics, I don’t think you have much hope. Besides...Li, you are not really going to have a problem, are you? There are reports that your shoulder injury has recurred."

"Shaq, you really want me to be better, okay? I'm fine, don't keep talking about my injury!" Li Shengli was so angry that he cursed at the other end of the phone, "Okay, it's okay. I'm going to hang up. ”

"No, no, Li, be serious. I still want to play the finals with you. Don't let the SuperSonics knock you out. I'm serious."

"It's rare that you still know how to be serious?" Li Shengli's face turned and he became serious, "The Supersonic speed is not a big problem for us. My Kevin, you must have seen that Kemp can't restrict me. Even without a mid-range shot, we can destroy their inside line."

"I think so too. The Eagles are not a problem for us, so let's work hard to advance together. I still want to play the finals with you."

"What a coincidence. I have wanted to hit you for a long time, but the problem now is that you may not be able to suppress Jordan. But don't worry, if you die, the Bulls will be left to us to handle!"

sacrifice?

Are you cursing me to sacrifice?

Why didn't you say Jordan died?

O'Neal said angrily: "Fart, it's only the second round and you're thinking about the finals? You're really arrogant."

"Oh shit, weren't you the one who started it just now? You said you wanted to fight me..."

"If you don't listen, it's all bullshit. I'm going to die!"