The Godfather of Basketball

The competition in the West is extremely fierce, and the Warriors have become the most unfortunate team.

However, compared to the west, the east is a bit shabby, and even a little unsightly.

The Celtics have achieved a record of 66 wins and 16 losses, second only to the Rockets, ranking second in the league and first in the Eastern Conference.

In second place is the Detroit Pistons. Sessions' outstanding performance coupled with Hamilton's career peak allowed them to still achieve a record of 55 wins.

Ranked third is the Magic, which has a somewhat similar configuration to the Rockets. Howard and a group of shooters allowed them to finally achieve 52 wins.

52 wins ranked seventh in the West and third in the East. I thought last year was the year with the biggest gap between the East and the West. In fact, this year is even more exaggerated. What is so exaggerated is that the East has only three teams this year. The team got 50 wins.

Ranked fourth is the Cavaliers, but they only achieved 45 wins. This number of wins gave the Warriors owner the idea of ​​​​moving the team to the East.

Ranked fifth is the Wizards, who won 43 wins.

The sixth-ranked Raptors have won 41 games, a winning percentage of just .500.

The seventh-ranked 76ers only won 40 wins, and "little AI" Iguodala played quite well.

Ranked eighth is the Eagles, but they only achieved 37 wins, which is already comparable to the 2003-04 season. I didn't expect the New York Knicks to enter the playoffs.

With the East and West records released is the first round of the playoffs.

Like last year, the East has no bright spots, while the West is full of highlights.

The Hornets vs. the Jazz, the contest between the upstarts and the Iron Blood, A Song of Ice and Fire;

The Spurs faced the Suns, the grievances of last season are not over, and this season will continue to be broken;

The Lakers face the Mavericks, the new favorites meet the old favorites, the Big Three versus the Big Three, absolute sparks hit the earth;

At this time, the Rockets were the most relaxed. Their excellent record in the regular season allowed them to pick up the weakest persimmon in the Western Conference quarterfinals, the Nuggets.

The Nuggets are still two-handed, but this configuration is not enough in the West, and the bigger problem than the configuration is the style of play. The tactic of players taking turns playing singles has almost been eliminated by the league.

This seems to be the least suspenseful matchup in the West, but the Nuggets will not easily admit defeat.

In addition to the main players Iverson and Anthony said they would work hard in the game to win the game for the Denver fans, the team's power forward Kenyon Martin still performed very high-profile.

"Last year, the team failed to go too far in the playoffs. I should bear some responsibility. If it weren't for my absence, we would have had a chance to reach the Western Conference Finals. This year I can play. This is the luckiest thing."

Martin's words drew complaints from fans, but Nuggets coach George Karl expressed support for his disciples and believed that the team needed this kind of momentum.

Speaking of the Rockets and Nuggets, because of Martin's affairs, there was a lot of trouble last season.

Although his temperament remains the same, Martin skipped sensitive topics this time, showing his character in another way.

Tang Tian couldn't help but laugh when he heard this kind of remarks. Facing the media's questioning, he said with a smile: "He really said that? If he really said that, then he can definitely win the game. If the game is Rely on the words of the mouth."

The war of words before the game made the attention of the series continue to heat up.

"Ding! Release the system task, sweep the Nuggets 4-0, reward: 1 honor point."

When Tang Tian was making final preparations for the series, a system notification suddenly sounded in his mind.

Hearing this again after nearly a year, Tang Tian thought he was hallucinating, but after entering another dimension to confirm it, he found out it was true.

It seems that the system also has a character.

Winning the Nuggets is not difficult for this Rockets team, but if they want to sweep, there are more issues to consider.

Although it is a singles team, Iverson and Anthony are superior after all. If both go berserk, the Nuggets have a high probability of winning.

Holding a pen and looking at the tactical board in front of him, Tang Tian's mind turned quickly, and then he had a new idea.

On April 20, US time, after a period of rest, the playoffs of the NBA East and West officially kicked off.

On the first day, the second and third teams from the East and West will play.

Both teams in the East easily won, while the Suns in the West gave their old rivals the Spurs a big blow as soon as they came up, taking the lead 118 to 117; even the winning Lakers relied on Kobe's consecutive scoring at the last moment. Dangerous pass.

On the first day of the playoffs, there was such a good show. The fans watched it very enjoyable, but there is no rest day in the playoffs. The fierce battle here has just come to an end. The next day, a new round of more exciting games has begun , the fans are overwhelmed.

On April 21, one or four teams from the East and the West played against each other, and the Celtics and Rockets both made their debut in the playoffs.

Because of the time difference between the east and the west, the Celtics in the east took the lead. As the fans predicted, the Celtics defeated the Eagles lightly and took a 1-0 lead in the series.

And just after the Celtics game, the Rockets also ushered in their playoff debut at their home court, the Toyota Center.

The best record in history has made this year's Toyota Center even more popular than last year. Even though the home court has increased the number of spectator seats as much as possible, the supply of tickets is still in short supply. Fans frantically crowded into this stadium to witness the Rockets in The performance of the playoffs in the new season.

After completing the pre-match warm-up, the scene entered the introduction of the home team's starting lineup.

"Point guard, number 5, Jose Barea!"

But when the first player was introduced, there was a blast.

The Rockets' starting point guard is not Billups, but Barea!

The Rockets' other four starting positions remain the same as in the regular season.

But after the starting players were all introduced, the fans at the scene were still talking about it.

Why is this Barea starting all of a sudden?

Billups injured?

No news broke out before the game!

And even if Billups is injured, according to the previous rotation order, Sun Yue should be the starter.

This unexpected start not only confused the fans but also the Nuggets.

What did Tang Tian do?

Not much time to think, shortly after the players were introduced, the starters of both sides appeared one after another.

Barea stood in the Rockets' backcourt, and he was indeed the Rockets' starter in this game.

Yao Ming and Camby jump the ball.

The Rockets got the chance to attack first.

Barea took the ball to the frontcourt and passed the ball directly to Yao Ming at the free throw line.

The rest of the Rockets team followed suit and started infinite air-cut tactics.