After defeating the Nets, the entire Wizards team was in high spirits.

"General" Arenas played the best season of his career, and his popularity is almost equal to that of the "Big Six Shooting Guards".

The trident formed by him, Jamison and Butler is known as the strongest trio in Wizards history.

Before the series against the Cavaliers, all Wizards players expressed to the media were their desire to win and their ambition to defeat the Cavaliers to prove themselves.

But compared to the fervent ambitions of his disciples, Wizards coach Eddie Jordan is very rational.

Facing reporters, Jordan said: "The Cavaliers are a young but mature team. They have the experience of winning championships, and they also have the best player in the league, Shentong. He and LeBron are simply the contemporary Jordan and LeBron.

Pippen's combination, it's very difficult to beat them. I know this series will be a hard battle, but I will lead our boys to play their best and then let's see what happens.

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The first battle between the two sides was in Cleveland.

The Wizards played very proactively on the road with the momentum of eliminating the Nets.

Daniels followed Shentong closely throughout the game, and other players chased and intercepted Shentong at any time.

After the first three quarters, the Wizards led by 12 points on the road.

Arenas has already scored 22 points, while Shentong was defended and only scored 14 points.

When he left the field at the end of the third quarter, rookie player Andre Blach came to Arenas and said: "Hey, Gilbert, you are much better than your former college teammates. You can definitely play on both offense and defense."

Blast him, keep scoring points in the fourth quarter, and blast him as hard as you can!"

Arenas also drifted.

"No problem, leave it all to me, everything is under my control."

When the two were having a conversation, STO happened to be right next to them, as well as Wizards coach Eddie Jordan.

Shentong didn't say anything and walked over directly.

Jordan suddenly said when Shen passed by: "Shen, don't care about what the rookie says, and Gilbert, you know."

Shen Tong replied expressionlessly: "Just see if I can fuck him or not."

Returning to the bench, Shentong rarely became angry.

"I want all of you bitches to cheer me up and be sure to guard them in the fourth quarter and let them feel the terror of our Cleveland team!"

Then...

In the fourth quarter, Shentong scored 20 points in a single quarter, while the Wizards, who were defended by the Cavaliers, only scored 4 points in 7 minutes...

And caused the Wizards two 24-second offensive violations.

Arenas only scored 4 points in the fourth quarter...

The Cavaliers scored 35-10 in the last quarter and even withdrew all their main players when they led by 15 points before the end of the game.

Brachi: "Brother, now I finally understand the terror of Shentong. I surrendered. I will never dare to be presumptuous in front of him again. I was wrong."

Arenas: "Hey..."

Jordan: "What did I say before the game? You just didn't listen. You must not use trash talk against STO, you can only use rainbow farts!"

In the second game, all the Wizards players shut up and focused only on the game itself.

Such a wizard is even more of a threat.

Both sides played offensive basketball, Arenas scored 37 points, but STO was even more exaggerated, scoring 50 points.

James contributed a triple-double with 20 points, 11 rebounds and 13 assists.

The Cavaliers won again 127-120 amid the cheers of their home fans, taking a 2-0 lead.

The road trip wasn't always smooth sailing.

The Wizards played well at home, and Arenas even played his best game.

He scored 35 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists, and held Wagner to only 2 points on the defensive end.

Butler and Jamison also had great performances in this game, scoring 21 points and 20 points respectively.

The Cavaliers finally tasted defeat in Washington after winning six straight games in the playoffs.

105-117, the Wizards finally won a game.

After smelling the loss, the Cavaliers responded immediately.

The regrouped Cavaliers were united in the fourth game.

Shen Tong took the lead, flew into the sky and escaped to the ground, setting an example.

On the offensive end, Daniels succeeded in singles one after another, but replacements for Butler, Jamison and even Arenas were equally useless.

On the defensive end, he frequently caused mistakes by the Wizards trio with his stealthy steals.

Driven by Shentong, James and Wagner, who performed poorly in the last game, also performed wonderfully.

There is no solution for the knight tonight.

120-93, the Cavaliers immediately counterattacked the Wizards.

The Cavaliers, who had taken a 3-1 lead, did not let the suspense continue.

The Cavaliers, who returned home, suddenly regained their defensive intensity, which made the Wizards, who had been playing against the Cavaliers, very uncomfortable.

The change of pace made the Wizards feel lost throughout the game.

98-87, the Cavaliers made another victory, eliminating the Wizards with a score of 4-1.

After the game, STO and Arenas hugged for a full minute.

It has to be said that Arenas' achievements are indeed extraordinary compared to his ranking.

Especially, he doesn't have the support of the basketball god's space.

"Hey, Shen, I have to admit that you are more powerful. Let's move towards the championship. Summer is still your villa. I want to become stronger!"

"It's a deal, I will take the championship trophy back for you to play with."

We cherish each other and can't help ourselves.

As for the provocations before the game and the trash talk during the game, just laugh it off.

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The Heat, who own O'Neal and Wade, have also recruited powerful assistants such as Williams, Walker, Posey and Payton. In addition, the "magic fortune teller" Riley has stepped from behind the curtain to the front, and the Heat have ushered in a new era.

Very good burning opportunity.

In the game against the Pistons, O'Neal stood up to double Wallace.

On the top lane, O'Neal holds up, and on the bottom lane, Wade, the Flash, delivers strong output.

With Payton, who has rich game experience, as an assistant, the whole team took off.

As for Walker in the middle and Posey in the jungle, they can just take the kills.

A three-point knife cuts through the heart.

The Heat were flying in all directions, and the Pistons couldn't resist it.

After being eliminated by the Heat 2-4, Ben Wallace looked up and sighed: "It's all support!"

Billups: "Thank you."

After this battle, Wallace, who was facing a contract renewal, had thoughts of leaving.

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After the Eastern Conference determined the top two in the finals without any bloodshed, the Western Conference was in a state of melee.

The Mavericks and Spurs met in advance in the Western Conference semifinals due to format issues.

After losing the first game, the Mavericks went on to win three games in a row.

Nowitzki went to the free throw line 24 times in Game 3, showing his tough guy side.

Facing the desperate situation of 1-3, the Spurs regained two games and dragged the game into a tiebreaker.

But Ginobili's "unbelievable" completely unnecessary foul allowed Nowitzki to complete 2+1 and drag the game into overtime.

The Mavericks, who were lucky enough to enter overtime, used Diop to limit Duncan, defeated the Spurs 119-111, and narrowly escaped death and entered the Western Conference Finals.

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The entire series between the Suns and Clippers was surprising.

I thought this series was just a formality for the Suns, but who knew that the Clippers, led by captain Elton Brand, played like a cockroach.

Whenever the invincible Xiaoqiang is behind by a big score, he immediately wins a game to equalize the score.

When the Suns won 1, 3, and 5 in the first 6 games, the Clippers immediately responded by winning 2, 4, and 6.

In the end, in the tiebreaker, seven Suns players scored in double figures, and they ended the series with a score of 127-107.
To be continued...