In the Eastern Conference, the Heat ranked first in the Eastern Conference with a record of 66 wins and 16 losses, and also ranked first in the league.

The Knicks ranked second in the Eastern Conference with 54 wins and 28 losses.

I would like to say that the predictions at the beginning of this year's ESPN season were criticized, but in the end, they were quite accurate against several key teams, the Nuggets, the Knicks, and the Warriors.

Pacers, Nets, Bulls, Hawks, Celtics, and Bucks ranked 3 to 8th.

The 76ers and the Raptors failed to make the final attempt to the playoffs and were eliminated unfortunately.

The Eastern Conference playoffs were also released, with the Heat vs. Bucks, Knicks vs. Celtics, Pacers vs. Hawks, Nets vs. Bulls.

While the playoffs were released, ESPN also began to predict this year's championship.

The Heat still beat the Spurs to the top.

"This year's Heat are the champions, and they will solve the game within 16 games as soon as possible."

Chad Ford said the most affirmative words in the simplest words.

Because of his successful predictions before the season and the Heat's regular season performance, this sentence has also been highly recognized by fans.

You should know that James has successfully evolved this season, and his regular season three-point shooting percentage has increased to 40.6%!

Moreover, his average number of shots per game is not low, reaching 3.3 times, which is ranked among the top even in the league.

Ray Allen even got rid of the injury from the playoffs last season. He shot 1.8 three-pointers per game with a 42% three-point shooting percentage in the regular season.

In addition to Ray Allen, Chanmos (40.9%), Bathir (43%) and Norris Cole (41.7%) also made 40% of all three-point shooting percentages.

This is the ultimate version of the Heat!

And to put it more in detail, their regular season against their main competitor Spurs and the Thunder both had 2 wins and 0 losses.

Strength, confidence, everything indicates that they will win the final championship of this year!

"Coach, have you ever thought about how to deal with the Heat? With them having Big Three and so many three-pointers?"

Before the playoffs started, a reporter asked Popovich about this.

"My goal is to fully prepare for the game against the Rockets. I don't want to be eliminated in the first round."

Popovich's words are still the same.

However, from his words, he could still feel that he didn't want to talk about the game against the Heat too early.

And to be honest, the Spurs have McGrady, a virgin in the first round this year.

"T-mac, this year, I'm sorry for my old boss, let me tell you how you feel."

In the Spurs' locker room, Dior also joked with McGrady.

“That would be cool.”

McGrady didn't care about Dior's jokes, and the way he left the Rockets was unpleasant. It was indeed not bad to be able to break the Rockets.

On April 20, the first round of the playoffs began, with the West Thunder Grizzlies, Lakers Clippers, Knicks Celtics in the East, and the Nets Bulls taking the lead in starting the game.

Unlike last year, the teams in the first half won, this year it has been a frequent outpouring.

Blue Net lost 82-90 in the first game, and the Thunder lost 93-99 to the Grizzlies, both of which lost their home advantage.

It seems that it was Popovich's joke that made the first round of this year confusing.

On April 21, the first game between the Spurs and Rockets playoffs began at the ATT Arena.

The Grizzlies' upset made the Rockets' morale soar. They played the Spurs 4-0 at the beginning.

The Rockets' bench was in full swing, and head coach McHale was also looking forward to it.

But what they didn't expect was that this was the only lead in the Rockets.

Harden was completely blocked by Tang Tian, ​​and he made 0 of 7 shots in the first quarter.

In the playoffs where he advocates confrontation more, his playoffs not only did not work for Tang Tian, ​​but also for others.

The Spurs finally beat the Rockets 97-77 in their first game and won their first playoff win.

Harden made 4 of 21 shots and scored only 12 points and 6 assists, while Parsons scored the Rockets' highest 25 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists.

Parker and Duncan both scored 18 points, Tang Tian scored 14 points, 4 assists, 2 steals and 1 block, and 6 players scored in double digits.

"Well, Popovich said he would prepare for the game well and didn't want to be eliminated in the first round."

"They are indeed ready. Didn't they win 20 points..."

"Haha, it's too true. Popovich's words really cannot be believed in a single letter!"

"Harden was so lost that he was completely blocked by Don."

"When your score depends on the referee's scale, it's hard for you to play, and Harden still has a long way to go."

"I feel like Don didn't do his best in this game. He can really run for the best defensive player!"

"It's a pity that McGrady didn't appear in the garbage time tonight, otherwise the scene would have been very interesting."

"It's still early, this is the first game. Wouldn't it be more interesting to debut at Toyota Center?"

...

After this game, fans were talking about it on social media.

Compared to the Heat who are highly optimistic about the high profile, they can only rely on the fans' comments to find their presence.

After two days off, the second game between the Spurs and the Rockets continued to start at the ATT Arena.

Harden's condition in this game has a significant recovery compared to the first game. He made 7 of 24 shots in the game, made 11 of 14 free throws, scoring 27 points, 11 rebounds and 6 assists.

Parsons also scored 17 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.

But no one scored in double digits, and they eventually lost 86-97.

Tang Tian scored the highest 25 points in the team, and had comprehensive data of 5 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks. Duncan scored 18 points and 11 rebounds, and Ginobili scored 17 points and 3 assists.

After two games, the Spurs were leading 2-0 quietly.

After two games, the two teams will also move to Houston to start the next two games.

"Don, you said it's like that in San Antonio. When James comes to Houston, he can't get 20 free throws?"

On the plane, Green was complaining about Harden's free throws with Tang Tian.

Tang Tian nodded with a wry smile.

In Harden's words, the 15 free throws in the last game should be criticized, but it has to be said that his adjustment ability is really good.

In the last game, he knew it was difficult to play himself, so he found other people's misplacement.

And more importantly, he found the referee's penalty standard in just one game.

If the Rockets were not weak overall, it would be really not necessarily the case who lost and who won in the game.

And Beverly's defense against Parker in the last game was very impressive.

If you analyze it carefully, this third game is really not as easy as the first two games.

“T-mac, Houston is here.”

The plane landed at Houston International Airport, and the team members got off the plane one after another.

When Dior saw that McGrady was still in a daze, he reminded him.

McGrady retracted her eyes from the window, responded, and then stood up from her seat.
Chapter completed!