Chapter 514

As for the Western playoff teams, they are more stable, or those teams.

Blazers, kings, spurs, Mavericks, Timberwolves, Lakers, jazz and Suns.

There are two teams in the west, which are quite unexpected to the fans.

The Lakers have only finished sixth in the Western Conference this season, which is unimaginable

You should know that their team has the league's first center and the league's first point guard, who only played such a bad record.

With only 49 wins, it's not as good as Timberwolves' 50 regular season record.

From this we can see that basketball is not a game for one or two people, but a team game.

The high-end strength of the Lakers team is absolutely super strong, but their team is just these two strengths, which makes their regular season record very embarrassing.

As for the Mavericks' record, it's also unexpected. No one expected that the Mavericks would dare to enter the first half of the Western playoffs quietly.

It can also be seen from this that old Nielsen's vision is vicious. Since they brought Nowitzki from the pioneers, their achievements have soared.

It's a great achievement to have 57 wins this season.

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From this year, the playoff system began to change. Originally, the first round of playoffs only played five games, but now it began to play seven games like other rounds.

In this way, it is also a decision made by the alliance after careful consideration.

First of all, some strong teams can be avoided, because they are eliminated due to their mistakes in the first round

Because if we play only five games, the change is too big. Maybe the weak team can break out and win with the weak.

If we only play one game, I'm afraid it will change even more

The second reason is to get more ticket revenue. Anyway, everything can't do without a word of money. How can the League let go of this opportunity to generate income.

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All kinds of media have predicted this year's finals.

Most of the media's predictions are that the pistons will meet the Blazers in the finals.

The reason why the Blazers didn't make it to the finals last season was that Big Ben was injured. If it wasn't for Big Ben, whether the Lakers could win the championship or not is a matter of two words.

And this season, not surprisingly, the Blazers are expected to get out of the West.

As for the eastern side, there is basically no suspense.

The strength of the nets is not bad, but it's just good. Compared with the powerful pistons, they are lucky not to be swept even if they enter dongjue.

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It's not just the media's guess. Even the odds offered by major gaming companies are almost the same as the media's guess.

Piston is the eastern champions, will enter the finals

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The first round of the playoffs begins on April 17.

Magic is very uncomfortable now. If we only play five games, we may have a one percent chance to turn over the set with McGrady's super scoring ability

Yes, even if McGrady scores, the chances of magic turning over are only one percent.

But now it's enough to play seven games. The chance of turning over the set is too low and low, which can be ignored basically.

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The magic arrived in Detroit two days before the game.

McGrady also found Richard

"Coach, Clarke's contract expires next year." McGrady said something completely out of line with the playoffs that follow.

Richard nodded. "Why, do you think about Clark by magic?"

"Yes, coach, I know you may go to Charlotte after next season."

"Will Clarke join us in magic then..." McGrady looks forward to Richard.

For the next first round of the playoffs, McGrady has been afraid to hold anything extravagant.

The gap between the two sides is too big.

If hill keeps his peak, McGrady still has the spirit of the first World War. But now hill can't come on the stage, let alone the peak. McGrady can't even have the confidence to kill the piston.

Hearing from McGrady, Richard smiled and waved.

"Young man, I'm afraid you can only think about it."

"First of all, you should be very clear about the fate of players. I will not interfere, otherwise, I might not let you go to magic at the beginning..." Said Richard with a smile.

"Well? Coach, do you know that magic will face such difficulties? " Asked McGrady in surprise.

The so-called magic dilemma, that is, Grant Hill's injuries and Duncan refused to join.

Richard nodded. He knew it.

Seeing Richard nodding, McGrady jumped up from his seat and looked at Richard unbelievably."Coach, I doubt you're human now!"

"You may really be God!"

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Richard waved and motioned for McGrady to be quiet. "Don't get so excited. Keep talking about Clark."

"As I said just now, I will not interfere with the transfer of players. Everything will be based on the players' ideas. It is impossible to persuade players to join a specific team."

"Second, even if I interfere, do you have any salary space for magic to eat Clark? Don't be kidding. Do you think Clarke would like to join magic with a pay cut? "

At this point, Richard looked at McGrady with a smile.

McGrady sighed, but he didn't think about the salary space. To give Richard such a say, he immediately knew that it was impossible to get Clark.

It's mainly because there are two top paid players in magic team, one is Tracy McGrady, the other is Grant Hill

If we can get rid of Hill's contract, we can give Clark a top salary.

But Hill's contract is not so easy to solve. I'm afraid the league is not willing to swallow hill's seven-year contract of 93 million dollars.

This contract can only rot in the hands of magic

After leaving Richard's office, McGrady sighed heavily.

He felt that the future was full of fog, and he could not see any light at all.

As a professional player, but also the league's top group of players, whether they can lead the team to win the championship, is totally two concepts.

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Palace of Auburn mountain, the first round of the eastern playoffs in 2002-2003.

The pistons take home the challenge of Orlando Magic.

At the beginning of the game, McGrady felt quite hot. He hit one after another and scored 7 points in just a few minutes.

But to McGrady's headache, his super offensive performance did not lead the team to play any advantages.

There is no other reason. The internal line of piston is too strong

Yao Ming and Clarke both turned inside the box and exploded the magic forbidden area.

When McGrady's hand cooled down, the gap between the two sides was immediately opened.

From the current situation, unless McGrady can keep the hot to hot feel at the beginning, it will be difficult to catch up with the score of piston.

At the end of the half-time game, magic was 16 points behind. Richard didn't kill all of them and replaced Yao Ming and Clark.

With Boozer in the centre, Gerrard Wallace was in position four.

Singles Joe came on to play position three.

This team is almost a small one. The strength of the inside defense is certainly not as strong as that of Yao Ke.

But the mobility is quite excellent, magic still can not Parry

By the end of the third quarter, the game has basically entered the garbage time.

Richard put in a few cannon fodder players, let them play for a while, because even if Richard put in the second line-up, magic can't stand it.

This is the first game of the playoffs. We have to save face for the magic

Tonight, McGrady's performance was quite amazing, with 32 points, 7 rebounds and 9 assists.

However, there is no way, relying on his own outbreak, there is no chance to lead the magic to victory.

After Grant Hill's reimbursement, Mike Miller is almost the second leader of the team. But tonight, he only scored 12 points under Clark's defense

Think about the fact that the second team has only 12 points, it's hard to win.

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In the first game of the playoffs, the pistons easily took out the magic of their opponents, which was not unexpected.

Then the second match between the two sides began.

This time, it took a lot of effort on the piston side, until the fourth half of the game, it was to let the game enter the garbage time.

McGrady in this game, performance is also quite amazing, 37 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists data, completely worthy of his Eastern all star starting identity.

But Mike Miller was completely restricted by Clarke again. This game was not even as good as playing on the court, only 7 points!

McGrady's face turned blue after the game, and he was probably angry with his teammates.

If it wasn't for the magic bench tonight, I'm afraid it would be the end of the game. It won't take three quarters for the opponent to kill him.

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The pistons will move to Orlando to face the next G3 and G4.

No one cares about the magic's home court, because according to the current situation, the magic is doomed. Being swept by the pistons is their only possible outcome.But the G3 gave Magic fans a big surprise.

McGrady broke out for the third time in a row, and even Richard was stunned by the explosion tonight.

With only six minutes left until the end of the game, magic fell 18 points behind. Richard looked at the situation and replaced a group of substitutes.

After all, the difference of nearly 20 points, plus the strength of piston's backup team is not weak, so Richard didn't think so much, let the players play at ease.

As a result, there was a big problem.

With a minute to go, the pistons are 11 points ahead.

But it's the last minute, and McGrady's a miracle.

First of all, control the ball quickly to the front court and score three points

After that, Hu Weidong was robbed, and his head back was a three-point chase.

Then, magic fouled the ball holder and put him on the free throw line

This was sent to the free throw line is the cannon fodder player that Richard got through the trade. I've never seen this kind of formation before, but I failed in two penalties.

It's magic's turn. McGrady is a three-point shooter.

Richard looked silly on the sidelines. Did he see McGrady's moment with his own eyes?!