180.Chapter 180 An unexpected conflict

Author: 23K Pure Elixir

Chapter 180 Unexpected Conflict

At 7 p.m. on May 9, the Eastern Conference semi-finals were staged on time, and the Cavaliers and the Bulls' G4 battle.

The Bulls had no choice but to retreat. If they lost, they would be swept out 0-4 by Cleveland, and were thrown into grandma's house.

This time, it was not just Rose who was brave, but all the Bulls players' eyes were blood red. They kept rushing to the Cavaliers' defense line like they had taken medicine. Even Noah, who was not able to attack independently, was full of aggressiveness when he was stuck.

But the Cavaliers are in good condition, carrying the power of seven consecutive victories to guard against the Bulls' impact one after another.

If they win this game, they can win eight consecutive victories and wait for the battle of revenge in the Eastern Conference Final.

Especially Jordan Jr., he can get a bonus at the end of the game, and he can't wait!

But the Bulls players still showed extraordinary tenacity. Boozer has been selected for two All-Stars, and Lolton and Noah are also superstar seed players who are about to be selected for two All-Stars. Among them, Noah has even been selected for the Double First Team in the near future. This life-and-death battle greatly stimulated their potential!

The score between the two teams was still 23-23 in the first quarter. In the second quarter, the Cavaliers began to be a little unable to keep up, falling behind by 5 points, and the score reached 44-49.

During the halftime break, Scott gave a hard scolding in the locker room. He could tell that the Cavaliers players were a little relieved.

Even Wu Di's condition was relatively average. He only made 7 of 17 shots in the first half and scored 16 points, barely defending his overall shooting percentage of 40%, far less than the courage of the previous games.

But Scott had a problem that his usual image was relatively easy-going and far from being stern. This speech failed to restrain the Cavaliers players' laziness.

After all, the Cavaliers are still too young. Even old players like Jamison, the farthest time in the playoffs is to reach the second round.

The advantage of youth is that it is very strong when it explodes, and the defect is that it is not stable enough and lacks concentration.

When a young man succeeds, he is most likely to lose his way.

At the beginning of the third quarter, only Wu Di and Jordan were still in a little condition. Others began to sleepwalking one after another. Love chased for three points and made a blacksmith. Beverly was intercepted by Rose, and Jamison made a mistake...

The Bulls quickly seized the opportunity, widening the score to double digits, and leading the score to 64-77.

By the fourth quarter, Jordan gave up resistance, and only Wu Di was struggling to support it, but his fists could not match four hands. When the final whistle sounded, the score was frozen at 79-99!

Wu Di made 13 of 31 shots and scored 31 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists, scoring 30+ again, but was still unable to make up for the situation. The Bulls won 20 points and won G4!

The Knight's state is not there, and the Bull's potential for life and death battles is stimulated, and it is actually normal to be overturned.

But Thibodeau doesn't think so.

His intestines are almost regretful!

He had no hope in this game, but the Bulls turned the tables!

This made him realize again that the gap in strength between the two teams is not that big!

"If I could make up my mind at that time, even if I could not cause Wu Di to be injured, as long as it could affect Wu Di's mentality, wouldn't it be a good situation of 2-2 now?"

Thibodeau said angrily:

"It's all my idol's burden, it's not possible. I have to do whatever it takes to win another game in the next game!"

...

In another game that night, the Mavericks swept the defending champion Lakers 4-0 in Dallas!

Unlike the Cavaliers who are young and unable to hold back their guns, the Mavericks are all veteran drivers and are very stable.

Moreover, except for Kobe, Lakers players have no desire to fight and just want to end it soon. Their mentality of fighting to the death with the Bulls is still very different.

In the end, the Mavericks sent the Lakers home 86-122 and took the lead in getting tickets to the Western Conference Finals.

On May 10, the league announced two major awards again, the Best Defensive Player Award (DPOY) and the Fastest Player Award (MIP).

The best defensive player was won by Warcraft Dwight Howard.

This is the third time he has won the Best Defensive Player Award in a row, averaging 14.1 rebounds, 1.4 steals and 2.4 blocks per game, of which 4.0 frontcourt boards per game.

This is the second highest average frontcourt board data in the past decade. Of course, the highest was also won by Howard, but it was in the 2008-09 season.

Howard's leading performance is worthy of this award. With a major change in the Magic season, he still scored 52 wins and 30 losses, ranking fifth in the East District, which is already very good.

This year, the competitive pressure in the Eastern Conference was too great, and the Celtics were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs.

The Fastest Progressive Player Award was won by Love.

Love was traded to the Cavaliers during the season, and his data was squeezed out a lot, but compared with last season, he made great progress in terms of scoring and rebounding, and he deserved his MIP.

The teammates congratulated each other, but Jordan was so jealous of him.

In fact, if you want to make progress, Jordan Jr. has made a lot of progress in data this season, but his progress is achieved through more playing time.

Moreover, compared with Love, his technical content is more than a little bit worse, and his high-level data is even worse.

Jordan Jr.'s victory contribution value (WS) is only 5.2, player efficiency value (PER) is only 14.8, Love's victory contribution value is 11.4, and the efficiency value is as high as 24.3.

This is also the confidence in Love's winning of the fastest-progress player award.

In fact, Love's physical talent is not good in the inside line, and he doesn't have to compete with Howard, and he is far inferior to Jordan Jr.

Love is only 2.06 meters tall, with a wingspan of 2.11 meters. Jordan is directly 2.11 meters tall, and his wingspan is 2.28 meters tall.

But his basketball IQ is T0 level, and coupled with the efforts of T1+ level, it is not surprising that he can achieve the fastest-progress player award.

This award is an absolute hard honor. Arenas, McGrady, and O'Neal Jr. took off after winning this award.

Although there are no bonuses for the NBA awards, because they won the Fastest Progressive Player Award, Love's next contract will start with an annual salary of 10 million US dollars.

Not only does it have face, but it also has a lot of inner strength. This is why many players are eager to win this award.

After all, MVP is something they dare not dream of, and the best defensive player award is much more difficult than the fastest-progressing player. The best sixth-person blue-collar award not only has a bad name, but also cannot guarantee that salary will increase.

But Scott was a little worried that the curse of the fastest-progress player award was not a joke.

Whether it is Arenas, McGrady, O'Neal Jr., or Xidu Tkoglu, Danny Granger or Aaron Brooks in recent years, they are all injured and retreat...

Scott was worried, but Thibodeau, who was boarding the team's special plane, suddenly lit up his eyes!

He had made up his mind to use a black move in G5, but he had thought hard for most of the day but couldn't figure out how to "seemingly unintentionally" destroy Wu Di.

After all, Wu Di has a strong sense of defense. If you really send Ross to mess with Wu Di, then Ross will not be able to get flirted with him, and the success rate may not be high.

But the fastest-progress player award gave him inspiration!

If you don’t have to destroy Wu Di or Love, will the Cavaliers lose their strength?

Then I will pack it again. Have you heard of the fastest-progress player award curse? This has nothing to do with the players in Chicago!

Thinking of this, Thibodeau recalled the massive game videos he had watched before. As a newly-rise player, Love seems to have no experience in preventing malicious fouls from others!

In an instant, he slapped his thighs excitedly!

Ty Gibson beside him was shocked:

"Coach, what were you thinking just now?"

Thibodeau glanced at him deeply:

"Atai, the team has a task to send to you..."

That night, the Heat and Celtics' G4 were staged at TD North Shore Garden Stadium.

In the first half, the players of both teams were in good shape, evenly matched, and they reached 50-53. The Celtics led by 3 points with their home advantage.

In the third quarter, the two teams each strengthened their defense, and kept abreast of 3 to 5 points, and fought until 69-73.

James made only 1 of 3 shots in a single quarter by Pierce, and scored 2 points in anger.

During the break between the festival, Riley directly sprayed at him:

"You played like a piece of shit! I let you play for so long, and you only got 2 points. Joel Anthony's performance is ten thousand times better than you, but his salary is only one-fifth of yours!"

Zhan said a little dissatisfied:

"But Godfather, Pierce was defended by me to 1 of 5 shots, and only 2 points..."

Riley stomped her feet in anger:

"Oh my God, isn't that what you should do? If it were Wu Di, he would not only defend Pierce to 1 of 5 shots, but he could also score more than 10 points in a single quarter! Don't tell me that you are not as good as a rookie..."

James was even more dissatisfied. He interrupted Riley angrily:

"Look at my performance next quarter!"

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, he threw a three-pointer.

Bang!

Failed to hit the iron again!

"Damn it, God, what are you kidding me? God gave you an unparalleled steel body, but you floated outside and shot three points? Do you think you are Wu Di?"

Riley roared on the sidelines.

Zhan's face was so dark that he was so unreasonable that he supported his knees and rolled his eyes, staring at the Celtics on the field.

This team that defeated him to defect last season actually attracted Deronti West to disgust him this season!

Brownie can tolerate it, but he can't!
To be continued...