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Ranked sixth in the Eastern Conference is the Bucks. After sending away Ray Allen, they continued to maintain their sixth position in the Eastern Conference with Reid taking over.

To be honest, the Bucks' management is really confused.

They sent away a shooter and promoted a younger shooter. This is... do you think Reid's upper limit can surpass Ray Allen?

Just comparing the careers of the two of them, I really can't say who is better than the other.

Ranked 7th is the New York Knicks.

As for how they advanced to seventh place in the Eastern Conference...

They didn't even know it themselves. They only knew one thing and entered in a hurry.

Sometimes, failing in the Eastern Conference is really more difficult than making the playoffs!

Just like the New York Knicks, before the start of this season, they never imagined that they could actually enter the final playoffs!

It's really...an unexpected surprise.

The eighth team in the Eastern Conference is the Boston Celtics…

The biggest change for the Green Army this season is from the "twin stars" of Paul Pierce and Walker to the "twin stars" of Paul Pierce and Ricky Davis.

But even though the members of the "Gemini" have changed, their opponents have not changed. They are still the Wizards.

Paul Pierce feels very uncomfortable. The Celtics have rebuilt themselves, so why can't they give me another opponent?

To be honest, God knows how hard he worked at the end of the season to lead the team from eighth in the Eastern Conference to seventh in the Eastern Conference. To be honest, he had never worked so hard in the Eastern Conference finals...

The result is...

The New York Knicks are playing hard, but they are stuck in seventh place in the Eastern Conference, and no matter how hard Paul Pierce works, Boston is still eighth...

The first round groupings in the Eastern Conference: Wizards play Boston, Pacers play New York, Nets play Bucks and Heat play Hornets.

In the West, the top eight are also settled.

The first is the Los Angeles Lakers.

They once again climbed to the first place in the Western Conference. The difference is that this time they are still first in the league, which means they can get the home court advantage in all series.

Probably for this reason, the Los Angeles media are very confident!

In second place is the Timberwolves!

Originally, they should be number one in the Western Conference this season, but now, there is no quarrel between the "ok" combinations. More importantly, they are still eager to win the championship. The Lakers, who want to be the best, will give up the number one position in the Western Conference to the Lakers.

Robbed.

But for the Timberwolves, this is actually a very good result.

After all, even the general manager of the Timberwolves may not have expected that the team could actually... climb to the second place in the regular season. The last time the Timberwolves ranked second in the Western Conference, well...

They couldn't even remember when it was.

Third in the Western Conference are the Spurs!

Stability is synonymous with this team.

Although the championship in 2003 was robbed, it is obviously difficult to break the playoffs after entering the playoffs for 18 consecutive years.

This team is expected to continue to stage an "alternative dynasty" again.

Fourth in the Western Conference is the Kings.

Chris Webber's injury caused a significant decline in this team's record.

What the Sacramento fans didn't expect was that they would fall into the abyss for more than ten years...

The Mavericks are in fifth place.

In the summer, Cuban took all the trading rights into his own hands, and there were a lot of transactions. But the results proved that it is better to leave professional matters to professionals!

Sixth is the Houston Rockets.

After two seasons of running-in between Francis and Yao Ming, well, it was mainly due to Yao Ming's growth that they successfully became a playoff-level team.

After Martin joined, the team climbed from seventh to sixth.

After the highly competitive All-Star Weekend, it is not easy to go further. This team is getting better and better.

Seventh is the Grizzlies.

I have to say that the man with the logo did run the team for a while, but then he got sick and quit, and the team immediately became unplayable.

Eighth is the Denver Nuggets.

The first year that Carmelo Anthony, the third overall pick in the first round of the 2003 NBA draft, became the core of the team, he led the team into the final playoffs.

And this has become the biggest bargaining chip for the Denver media to compete for him as the "Best Rookie of the Year". They have been building momentum these days to let the world know that Carmelo Anthony led the team into the playoffs, and LeBron

James didn't do this!

It's just a pity that...

David Stern has the final say in the NBA. He does not allow such an awesome rookie to exist in the NBA, so it cannot exist!

If Anthony doesn't deal with the mess around him, then David Stern is destined not to make him the face of the league, and this will not change until the end of Anthony's career.

Fortunately, Anthony himself just wants to get a big contract.

After getting rich, his energy was completely drained away.

How to say...

He was not even willing to pay less than 10 million to win the championship.

When the Big Three were first formed, LeBron invited him.

As a result... he said no. When New York had no hope of winning the championship, he took another maximum salary and chose to stay.

Therefore, it can be said that he does not care so much about the championship, and having money is the most important thing for him.

This may also be the reason why he failed to achieve too many honors in the end.

To a certain extent, he is similar to Vince Carter, both of whom have no hard honors.

But his reputation is undoubtedly that of a league superstar.

Moreover, there is no need to question their ability...

Lakers vs. Nuggets, Timberwolves vs. Grizzlies, Spurs vs. Rockets, Kings vs. Mavericks.

The groupings for the first round of the Western Conference playoffs were thus born.

While waiting for the start of the playoffs, the league announced the first award of the season, the "Best Rookie Award", and the person who finally won this award... was LeBron James!

This result has not changed much from the original.

This also caused some controversy, which means that Carmelo Anthony will become the first rookie in NBA history to win all Rookie of the Month awards but not win the championship.

Many people believe that even if Anthony does not win the award, he and LeBron James should win this award together.

In fact, there is no such precedent in NBA history.

But this time, David Stern just didn't want to win "Rookie of the Year" for both of them.

This may be why many people are saying that the league just wants to promote LeBron James and make him stand out.

But in fact, this season, he really failed to excel.

Carmelo Anthony's performance is really not inferior to him at all!

On April 15, the war officially resumed.

Jiang Dalin discovered that one disadvantage of No. 1 in the East was that they had one less day of rest than No. 1 in the West.

Otherwise, the next team will go to the West?

Before the first game of the series, the league announced the second award, "Sixth Man of the Season".

This award was finally won by Antoine Jamieson.

This season with the Mavericks, he averaged 148 points and 63 rebounds per game. Of course, this was a poor season for him.

In his third season with the Golden State Warriors, he averaged 24 points per game and was the league's top scorer...

Now he has to compete with a bunch of sixth men for a "Best Sixth Man" award.

However, after this season, he came to the Wizards and formed the "Three Musketeers" with Arenas.

But that was originally, at the end of this season, the Wizards should have no money to renew Jamison's contract.

The first game of the series started at the home court of the Wizards.

After arriving in Washington, Paul Pierce said that we will let everyone see that we are different.

"At least we will show some resilience!"

Pierce did not say that he had the courage to play "black eight". In fact, even he himself did not believe that such a thing would happen and had never thought about it.

As long as there is a little change, it can be considered a very good result.

This can at least prove that Michael Jordan can still do it without him!

Just when the game started, he discovered that it seemed that this was not a simple matter.

Jiang Dalin completed a dunk under the Celtics basket at the beginning.

After Walker left, the Celtics introduced Vin Baker as the fourth position. This was a pretty good power forward in the 1990s. He made four All-Star appearances and won the Best Second Team and Best Third Team once.

Array.

But due to his drinking problem, his condition declined quickly.

This time he had just come out of the detention center. After getting rid of alcohol, he had some shadows of his peak period, averaging 142 points per game.

Even facing Jiang Dalin, he was still as brittle as paper, unable to create any pressure at all.

"The Wanderer" Atkins held the ball across half court, and then passed the ball to Ricky Davis.

This ruthless character who thought LeBron James would assist him obviously lost his confidence after coming to the Celtics, and he no longer even had the mood to brush up on statistics.

Pass to Paul Pierce.

Facing Hamilton with the ball on the wing, he used a combination of big butt and footwork to successfully complete a mid-range shot. The ball bounced twice and fell into the basket.

2-2 draw!

Paul Pierce walked back with a glowing face, and only two words on his face: Confidence!

Look, look!

I just said that without Michael Jordan, I would be different!

Billups faced Atkins and looked at the guy asking him to pass the ball. He did it himself, stopped mid-range and scored the ball. This move is now regarded as "Flounder"'s signature move.

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When the ball went in, Atkins was stunned for a moment.

no……

When did this guy become so... angry?

Wasn’t this the case two years ago!?

Billups didn't know his question, otherwise he would have said, "I am standing in front of you, and you will see that I look a bit like before!"

Paul Pierce got the ball again and had just scored a goal. His expression was obviously different now. He looked at Hamilton as if he was looking at a cake that could be eaten at any time.

If you can't finish it, you can take it away.

"Boy, come on harder, you're not as strong as my girl last night!"

Saying that, he pushed his big butt into the inside easily, then turned forward and prepared to take action.

But just as he jumped up, a big hand appeared in front of him and quickly covered the ball.

"Crack!"

With a slap, the ball flew to the frontcourt. Arenas showed his explosive power and easily completed the layup.

6-2!

Paul Pierce reacted from his surprise and glanced at Hamilton, who was also looking at him, his little eyes behind the mask moving around: Are you stupid? I have a big brother!

Now Pierce didn't dare to be so relaxed anymore. He dribbled the ball to the frontcourt. Instead of looking at Hamilton, he first glanced at Jiang Dalin's position. For him, this guy was the one he should pay attention to the most.

Glancing at it, he found that the opponent was still under the basket. Pierce also quickly hit the back and entered the high post. He only pushed once and immediately turned over and shot a jumper. He was fast enough, but when he turned around to take a shot, Jiang Dalin blocked him again.

Come up.

Is it fake!?

Is this person really an insider?

Is this speed really inside?

I'll do it!

Pierce flicked his wrist and the ball flew high into the air without being blocked, but a "bang" sound showed the result of the ball.

Fortunately, Ricky Davis succeeded in rushing to the basket and completed the shot.

It should be said that this guy does have some muscle reaction to rushing for rebounds. After all, a person who is missing a rebound and throws it at the rebound... relies on grabbing the rebound from his own inside player with one hand.

But the result of this second attack is quite beautiful!

6-4.

The ball was in Billups' hands again.

He glanced at Jiang Dalin, who rushed directly to the basket as he came up. After attracting the opponent's defense, he passed the ball back to Jiang Dalin who was standing in the high post, and the latter easily completed a mid-range jumper!

8-4!

Less than two minutes into the game, the Wizards led by twice the score.

The head coach of the Boston Celtics stood on the sidelines and said nothing. For Boston, the defense must not be good. Now it’s just Paul Pierce’s random throws, no, it’s up to him to score!

If he can't score points, then prepare for the next one!

Such an open-minded head coach is not common, and the reason is very simple. He is not sure whether he can coach the Celtics next season. At this time, he just... everything goes as it comes.

If the Wizards win and can't win, they will definitely lose if they lose. With no hope, he doesn't have much leverage to stay.

As for leading the team into the playoffs, hehe, even the Knicks made it this year, tell me what else is valuable.

Paul Pierce noticed Jiang Dalin's mobility. He no longer ran toward the inside, but took a step outside the three-point line.

The ball hit the frame.

7-8!

In an instant, there was still 1 point left.

Pierce's expression became tense again.

The Wizards passed the ball to Jiang Dalin.

This is already an iron rule for the Wizards. If it is a round that must be scored, then give the ball to Jiang Dalin!

Because, he can definitely put the ball into the basket!

"Bang!"

Um……

Sometimes it’s a little surprising!

Amid the exclamations of the audience, Jiang Dalin grabbed the offensive rebound and scored the second attack.

Kenny Smith: "There is reason to suspect that Darling wants to brush it off!"