The rest is just noise

The Pistons can't stop the Knicks.

Got crushed in the first game.

There was intensity in the second game, but the gap in strength was too big, and the Knicks are already one of the best teams in the league at performing in high-intensity games.

Ewing scored 27 points and 10 rebounds and beat Parish;

Wilson defeated Worthy with 32 points and 8 assists;

The most distressing person was Miller, who scored 6 three-pointers in the half and 24 points in the game, shooting 100% from the field.

Every time he made a three-pointer, he would signal to the Pistons players: "Is anyone guarding me?"

The Pistons unfortunately became the tool for the Knicks to vent their anger.

It stands to reason that given the Knicks' current situation of internal and external troubles, it is possible for them to be defeated by an upset. However, if their book strength reaches a certain level, it will be difficult for them to be upset.

The third game is also the last game of the series.

Before the game started, the media were saying: "This game may be the last game for this Pistons team."

This is not to say that the Pistons will be disbanded or relocated, but this lineup of the Pistons will no longer be maintained.

Since acquiring James Worthy in 1981, the Pistons have made the playoffs for 12 consecutive years.

They fought against the Celtics at their peak.

When the Celtics dynasty was defeated by the Knicks, in an era when the Eastern Conference was weakening and rising stars still needed to accumulate strength, they became second in the Eastern Conference.

It's hard to praise them with a title like the Uncrowned King, because the Pistons are not so strong that they can win the championship without the Knicks or Celtics.

They're like the Bucks of the early '80s.

It is very powerful and is also the biggest opponent of the division hegemon.

They have the potential to compete for the championship, but they don't have the strength to win it.

This sentence applies to all teams that have the ability to compete for the championship but fail to win it, but the Pistons are undoubtedly the team in the Eastern Conference in the mid-to-late 1980s that deserves this sentence.

Not to mention that they have never really threatened the Celtics and Knicks. Even if these two teams undergo sudden changes and come to the finals, they are no match for the Lakers and Trail Blazers.

It was such a strong team with no hope of winning the championship that the management, coaching staff, and players tried their best, but the result was only forgotten by people outside of Detroit.

In the final game of the series, Worthy and Parish both scored 30 points.

Pistons future star Steve Smith scored 24 points.

This game was also the most stalemate between them and the Knicks.

It wasn't until the last two minutes that Kemp dominated the paint like a primary school student, scoring 7 points in a row, and the suspense of the game disappeared.

At the end, 126 to 118, the Knicks eliminated the Pistons 3 to 0 and advanced to the second round.

At the same time, the strong teams in the east and west did not encounter any strong challenges.

There is only one surprise, and that is the Pacers, who are ranked fourth in the Eastern Conference.

As we all know, this team is the Heat's old enemy.

Heat godfather Lewis Shafir's attitude towards the Pacers is just like Miki towards Gu Meimen in "Victory is Justice": "I will send this guy to hell with my own hands!"

As a result, after years of reinforcements, the Heat have become the number one team in the Eastern Conference.

In order to deal with the Pacers' Danny Manning, Shafir introduced many spiders and athletic power forwards, and was gearing up to wait for the playoffs to settle the score.

However, the Pacers didn't give him a chance to settle the score.

The Pacers, ranked fourth in the Eastern Conference, met the Celtics, fifth in the Eastern Conference.

In the first four games, the two sides drew 2-2.

Since Bird has announced that this season will be his last, Game 5 of the first round may be the Goat's last dance.

The younger pacer deserved to win.

But neither Mr. Only nor Larry Legend is willing to stop there.

In the tiebreaker, Manning, who had lost four games, was running thin.

Manning, who is known as the trumpet Sampson, was beaten to the lake of consciousness by the original Sampson who was in full condition, and he was undercover throughout the whole process.

Manning had his worst performance in the most critical game of the entire season, shooting 4 of 24 from the field and relying on free throws to barely score in double figures.

11 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 blocks. If you only look at this, it seems that he was only abnormal on the offensive end. However, his number of turnovers was 11.

Moreover, the shooting rate against Sampson was 0.

On the contrary, Sampson's shooting percentage against him was 100%.

"Stop saying that Danny Manning is some trumped-up Sampson. You have to know that the reason why Mr. One and Only is Mr. One and Only is because he is unique. Manning is not qualified to be compared with Mr. One and Only. This is an insult to Mr. One and Only."

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In this season-saving game, Sampson scored 47 points, 13 rebounds, 8 assists and 5 blocks, making Bird's 33 points and 13 rebounds look like a comeback.

The Pacers' elimination was the biggest upset in the first round.

That night, Shafir went crazy.

"I want to live in a world where the Pacers advance to the second round!" Shafir yelled, "How dare that bastard Manning lose before he meets us? Ahhhh!!!"

"Why are you yelling? I'm almost deafened by your yelling!"

Louis' ears were unprepared to be attacked by Shafir's jade sound.

He could understand Shafir's mood.

Although the Heat are ranked first in the league, he believes that the team is not strong enough to compete with the Knicks and Trail Blazers.

The Heat are now at a level that is better than above, less than below.

Except for the Knicks and Trail Blazers, every other team has the power to fight.

So his target has always been the Pacers.

This damn small city team has been targeting them with precision for the past three years.

Especially that Danny Manning, how dare he lose to the old, weak, and disabled Celtics? What qualifications does he have to be called Little Sampson? Why doesn't he die?

Shafir feels the playoffs have become boring.

Louis completely understands how he feels.

This is the same as the men's basketball game in the 2017 National Games.

The Guangdong Men's Basketball Team, which brought together the best players in Guangdong Province, and the Liaoning Men's Basketball Team, joined by Zhou Qi, had a fierce battle in the finals of the National Games. For Liaoning, this competition was particularly special, as they had entered the finals four times.

The men's basketball team failed to win the championship in the National Games men's basketball finals. The last time they entered the finals, they were defeated by Guangdong. Now with Zhou Qi joining the team, they vow to take revenge.

No one thought that the Guangdong team would be defeated by the dark horse xj. The Guangdong team, which assembled the elites of the Guangdong region, was defeated by the xj men's basketball team without Zhou Qi. That frustrating feeling of disappointment is what Shafir feels now.

Portrait.

Shafir's grievances cannot be vented to the media.

After all, the Pacers lost, shouldn't the Heat be happy?

The Pacers are recognized as the Heat's nemesis.

With their nemesis gone, the Heat, which ranks first in the league in the regular season, cannot take off?

This is why Shafir is unhappy.

In his eyes, it is a ridiculous view that the Pacers restrain the Heat, and there is only one way to break this view, and that is to win the game with dignity in the playoffs.

Now that the Celtics are advancing, they will face the Heat in the semifinals.

Shafir ordered.

"Since the Celtics eliminated the Pacers, we must regard the Celtics as the incarnation of the Pacers in the playoffs. Because these old immortal green ghosts prevent us from proving ourselves, we can only defeat them in one round.

Only a decisive series victory can prove that even if the Pacers come to us, they cannot escape the end of defeat!"

Louis isn't paying attention to the semifinals between the Heat and Celtics.

If nothing else, the Celtics will be defeated by the Heat.

Against the Pacers, the Celtics were able to win because Manning stretched his hips in key games, but to win against the Heat, it was not enough just to have their core player stretch his hips.

As the team rebuilt by Louis, the Heat have built a deep and solid lineup according to his taste.

Just relying on Sampson alone, the Heat can win at most one game.

If Bird's status is online, the Celtics have a chance to drag the series to Game 6.

But that's it at best. The depth of the Celtics lineup is too poor, the core players are obviously aging, and Sampson is hard to beat with twenty hands (the Heat mainly play a ten-man rotation).

The Knicks' semifinal opponent is the young Charlotte Hornets.

This team is considered a 21st century team.

This means that if they develop normally, they may reach their peak at the beginning of the century.

But this prediction is basically nonsense.

What is normal development?

How can normal development be possible if talents are clustered together and ball rights are unevenly distributed?

Moreover, does it take so many years to realize your talent?

The Knicks didn't take the Hornets seriously. They wanted to crush Charlotte with the momentum of sweeping the Pistons.

But they were still careless. Although the wasps were young, their young stings could still hurt people.