Injuries in basketball only make me stronger

Because the Hornets in this time and space are too strong, they played against other teams in the regular season and won many more games, which would inevitably break the original ranking of the major teams in history.

A certain team wins two games more and a certain team wins two games less. In many seasons, this will not affect the final ranking. However, this is the 2008 playoffs, so it is different!

In the 2008 playoffs, the records of each team that entered the playoffs were very close. This made one or two wins and losses cause huge changes in the rankings of each team in this time and space.

There is nothing to say about the first Hornets and the second Lakers. Next are: Rockets, Spurs, Suns, Jazz, Nuggets, and Mavericks.

Therefore, the schedule for the Western Conference first-round series was naturally released.

Hornets vs. Mavericks.

Spurs vs. Suns.

Lakers vs. Nuggets.

Rockets versus Jazz.

If it develops smoothly, Lian Feng thinks this season will develop like this: eliminate the Mavericks in the first round, and then face the Spurs or Suns in the conference semifinals... It's hard to say, the Suns and Spurs will be 50-50. After the semifinals, there is a high probability

Will play in the conference finals with the Lakers or Rockets.

There shouldn't be much difference between the Eastern side and history. Although historically the Celtics played 20 games in the series, their absolute strength is there. It is estimated that they will have the last laugh in the end.

Therefore, both Lian Feng himself and the team's coaching staff are focusing on studying the Lakers, Rockets, and Celtics teams.

Of course, the most important thing at this stage is to study the first-round opponent, the Mavericks.

Before the start of the playoffs, all members of the Hornets team were involved in intense preparations. Their daily life consisted of training, watching videos, and holding meetings to summarize.

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If we were to say who has put the most pressure on the star in recent years, some people would say it is Kobe, because he has been deeply involved in O'Neal, the Lakers management conflicts and various public opinion turmoil. But in fact, everyone in the Mavericks believes that the most pressure in the past two years is

It is their core, the veteran German tank driver!

Last season, Nowitzki was just crowned the regular season MVP, and then he was eliminated.

The Mavericks, who have become a laughingstock, have continued to be in a slump this season, even hovering in eighth and ninth place, which made Nowitzki blame himself.

And the outside world even used various words related to coward at him.

But instead of blaming Nowitzki, the trenchant owner traded five players, including future All-Star Devin Harris, and two first-round draft picks for Kidd in February.

This operation also showed that they did not surrender to the eighth fate!

Nowitzki may even think that the way to wash away shame is to get up wherever you fall!

The best way to wash away the shame of being hacked is to create a miracle of hacking!

However, Nowitzki also knows that this is difficult.

Let’s not talk about the Hornets. Just look at him. He has a lot of problems and weaknesses: At this time, he can only play face-to-face, and his back-up and support capabilities are insufficient. He can use his feet to get past tall and strong men, but he can use his feet to get past small players.

You can be tall, but when faced with a tall and lanky inside man or a small forward with a long wingspan who can run and jump, you will be in the embarrassing situation of being unable to pass and unable to beat.

As we all know, Lian Feng, like Jordan and Kobe, likes to do the most to fucking defend the opponent's core.

He is a power forward and Lian Feng is a shooting guard, but Nowitzki would not be surprised at all if the Hornets really had to defend him.

The key is, Lian Feng can really defend against it!

It's not the kind of defense that will completely prevent you from scoring, but it will indeed reduce your offensive efficiency a lot!

In the second half of the regular season this season, almost every team expanded their armaments, except for their opponent, the Hornets!

It's just...when I think of the Hornets' lineup at this time, the veteran can only smile bitterly.

Their lineup really does not need to expand their armaments.

In Nowitzki's eyes, the biggest defensive threat to the Hornets is not the forward, but Tyson Chandler.

Since that guy was sold to the Hornets by the Bulls at a low price, he has begun to realize his talent in that small city.

For a center of Tyson Chandler's height to have such fast movement speed and vertical jumping ability, it is really a headache. Although his independent offensive ability is almost zero, in the Hornets' offensive system, this

It doesn't matter at all, he just needs to eat the cake on the offensive end.

On the defensive end, Tyson Chandler is not as single-functional as the offensive end. It can be said that he is a well-deserved defensive core. This season, he averaged 1.9 blocks per game, ranking third in the league, and ranked second in the league with 11.8 rebounds!

The key is that Tyson Chandler is also the kind of defender who can't get past him and can't beat him. The team lost all games against the Hornets this season. The main reason is... it's difficult for them to break through the Hornets.

Defense.

Nowitzki is well aware of the team's weakness, which is that it relies too much on mid-range jumpers. If the efficiency is not high, it will be very difficult to play.

The Hornets happen to be one of the best defensive mid-range teams in the league.

This is going to be a tough game!

But there is no way, fate has pushed the team to this position, so the next thing to do is to adapt to it!

Nowitzki believes that God has arranged something for them to enter the playoffs in eighth place this season.

That is the key to wash away your shame!

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The first two games are naturally the home games of the Hornets.

Training hall.

In the last practice before the game, Adelman said seriously: "Listen guys! I want you to cheer up! We have to win the first two home games!"

Later, Adelman said to Lian Feng: "Lian, come here."

Lian Feng was confused, but he got over it.

The two walked aside alone, and Adelman patted Lian Feng on the shoulder and said, "Against the Mavericks, I need you to shoulder more responsibilities on the offensive end."

Lian Feng replied without thinking: "Of course!"

Adelman shook his head: "I mean more than that. In fact, what I mean is that you have to focus more on offense rather than defense. In this round of the series, whether you defend Stackhouse or

Jason Terry, I'm sure this won't be a difficult thing for you."

Lian Feng was slightly startled. To be honest, from a matchup point of view, there is no problem in defending these two guys... because they are each other's substitutes and both are shooting guards.

However, they are not the core of the team. Even the combined scoring of the two does not average 20 per game.

They are all too old. Defending them is certainly not a difficult task for Lian Feng.

At this time, of course, the Mavericks still only have one core player, Nowitzki.

Kidd may be considered the core, but Kidd, who is known as a base but not offensive, will never be the end point of tactics.

Adelman knows that Lian Feng also likes to pick on the opponent's forwards to defend, but it is obvious that it is not reasonable for him to defend Nowitzki this time.

Lian Feng nodded understandingly.

Is the Mavericks so miserable this season?

Indeed, compared to the Mavericks in the year they won the championship, this season's Mavericks are even more single-core due to a series of cunning operations by the management.

Well, in that case, let’s experience the thrill of an all-out attack!