The warm-up of the highlights is over, the saliva is ready before the game, the fans have focused on it, and all departments are in place! You can start your performance!

On April 24, after a "long" two days of waiting, the NBA curtain for the 2004-2005 season finally officially kicked off!

On the first day, there will be four quarter-finals, including the Wizards VS Magic, Heat VS Pacers, Suns VS Spurs, Lakers VS Nuggets!

Four games, three focus battles!

There is no foreplay in the playoffs this year, and it goes straight to the climax!

The first game, the Wizards vs. Magic!

In addition to the two exchange bosses of McGrady and Arenas mentioned earlier, there are Yao Ming and Howard!

Yao Ming is now a stable second center in the league, and as O'Neal grows older, he has a great chance of becoming the number one center.

Of course, many fans in the United States will not think so or look forward to it.

Just like our CBA No. 1 center is a foreign player, fans will feel uncomfortable.

And what made them have high expectations was Howard!

This is Howard's rookie season. He played 82 games and averaged 15.8 points, 12 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 1.4 blocks per game! His shooting percentage is 52%!

Yes, Howard performed much better than in history!

This is directly related to the existence of Arenas!

Although it is a mini version, a bankrupt version, and a weakened version, no matter what it is called, their pair is similar to the combination of Sun Hao and O'Neal on the Lakers.

Both of them, inside and out, created better scoring opportunities for each other.

Correspondingly, their personal data will naturally become better.

And although he is only 2.11 meters tall and is a bit short as the center, he is excellent in strength and his bounce is even more amazing.

Such birds and beasts have always been the favorite of American fans.

So in their eyes, "Warcraft" is the player who truly has the key to opening the next center era.

With the attention of everyone, the first game of the Wizards and Magic series started at the Wizards' home court, Verizon Center Arena.

The Wizards' boss Michael Jordan arrived at the scene and sat in the front row of the audience.

Just two years after he retired, the Wizards returned to the playoffs!

This mood is very pleasant. He even made an appointment with a girl to prepare for an activity in the evening.

Of course, the premise is that the team's performance tonight will make him so interested.

The game started soon, and the Wizards played McGrady as soon as they came up.

McGrady was also very good. Facing Grant Hill, who had "pierced" and cried, he scored 6 points in a row.

During this period, McGrady's strength was still at her peak and her performance was quite strong.

When the Magic's interim head coach Chris Jenter saw that the situation was wrong, he made adjustments to the defensive end and asked Stevenson to defend McGrady.

This Stevenson is not the "junior brother", but the junior brother is called Stephenson.

This is Stevenson, who entered the NBA at the same time as Sun Hao, tried out with the Bulls, and was a member of the Mavericks' championship in history.

He is a swaying man with a forward guard, only 1.96 meters tall, but his style of play is strong.

After he faced McGrady, McGrady's offense became obviously uncomfortable.

Just like Christie of the Lakers, this is also a role player with a big role.

McGrady's offense was blocked, and Van Gundy quickly moved the offensive focus to the inside.

This scene made the fans at the scene extremely excited. Yao Ming and Howard, the match between them is coming!

In the first round, Yao Ming directly scored 2 points with a relaxed hook.

In the second round, Howard turned against Yao Ming and turned around and attacked him, but was blocked by Yao Ming!

In the third round, Howard took the initiative to attack on the defensive end and wanted to use his strength to push Yao Ming out, but Yao Ming seized the opportunity. The latter turned around and dunked it directly!

In the fourth round, Howard made progress, raised his hand and did not move the center of gravity. He stuck Yao Ming's turn twice in a row. Yao Ming turned around and leaned back and hit him!

...

The cheers at the scene could no longer be stopped, and Jordan's smile could not be hidden!

Yao Ming beat Howard!

And it's the kind that makes the opponent have no power to fight back at all!

Although Howard is only a first-year student, he will directly hit the other party with a psychological shadow!

The Lakers' game has not started yet, and Sun Hao and O'Neal are also watching this game in the video room for leisure.

Looking at the scene in front of him, O'Neal couldn't help but shake his head.

"He can't do it, he seems like he can't play ball in front of Yao."

O'Neal kept complaining.

Originally, the United States was quite happy to have a strong insider like Howard.

But howard's performance made him feel indescribable disappointment.

"He's just a rookie, Shaq."

Sun Hao said with a smile.

"Eat, sleep and fight the monsters", Yao Ming's style of playing is too good to Howard, just like O'Neal restraining Duncan.

But apart from Yao Ming, Howard performed quite well, and as he said, Howard is just a rookie now.

"Even if I am a rookie, I can't play such a shameful game."

O'Neal looked disdainful.

"Shaq."

Sun Hao suddenly looked at O'Neal very seriously.

"You have to know one thing, there is only one Shaq in this world."

O'Neal laughed after hearing this.

You said why is Sun Hao so good at speaking?

Kobe can never say this in his life.

Yao Ming's suppression of Howard made the Wizards quickly widen the score.

Moreover, without Howard's restraint in the inside, it became difficult for Arenas to score on the outside.

In the end, the Wizards defeated the Magic 98-79 at home, achieving a good start to the playoffs.

Yao Ming scored 33 points, 15 rebounds and 3 blocks, and Howard scored only 7 points and 9 rebounds. The two performed differently.

McGrady's touch was average under Stevenson's defense, making only 11 of 27 shots, but also scored 27 points.

When the game was about to end, Jordan was shot on the sidelines, and the man's mouth was about to be tilted when he smiled.

He has decided to add another girl later, and he will have a double-night stay tonight!

After the Wizards and Magic's match, the Heat and Pacers started immediately.

In his first career in the playoffs, Wade scored 7 of 25 shots, 16 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists...

The Heat also lost 75-91 to the Pacers.

After this game, fans couldn't help but complain that Wade was overrated.

But in fact, it was not Wade who was overrated.

In addition to his own strength and condition, a player's performance depends on his opponent!

Many people think that without Artest, the Pacers, would be not strong, and some of them would be too impressed.

In fact, in this year of history, the Pacers reached the Eastern Conference semi-finals and lost to the Pistons after six hard games.

That year, many Pacers fans couldn't help but sigh: If it weren't for Auburn Mountain Palace, if it weren't for Artest, they would be the champion!

So if Wade didn't perform like this, it would be abnormal.

After two games in the East, the fans' eyes immediately turned to the West.

The first two games have a lot of highlights, but if you really want to talk about the expectation, they are not on the same level as the West.

The first game started with the Spurs VS Suns!

The Suns are the hottest team in the league this season.

D'Antoni, Nash and their running and bombing tactics came into being in line with the no.hand-check rules.

Moreover, this is their first game on the playoff stage!

Their opponent is the Spurs with GDP!

That’s right, Parker and Ginobili’s rapid growth is the first season of GDP’s official “debut”!
To be continued...