Chapter 215 is the beginning and the end(1/2)
72 wins and 10 losses, first in the league and first in the West.
In the first round of the playoffs, the Warriors' opponent is the eighth-ranked Mavericks in the West.
The playoffs are a brotherhood battle, and even the Mavericks can make it to the playoffs. The game they won the Warriors in April was too crucial.
You know, the Mavericks' record is only 40 wins and 42 losses, which is 39 wins and 43 losses. The Kings, the ninth place in the West, won one more game.
In addition to the Warriors vs. Mavericks, the other three matches in the West are-
The second supersonics in the West vs. The seventh in the West Phoenix Suns.
That's right, the Suns have set to seventh in the West, with a record of just over 50% of 42 wins and 40 losses.
In the middle of the season, they even replaced Paul Westfal because of their poor record.
But changing coaches is useless, and the Suns' record is still extremely bad.
Injuries are the main cause, but the decline in the overall strength of the Sun is also a fact.
The Spurs are third in the West vs. The Rockets are sixth in the West.
The Rockets once again started their playoff journey as sixth, and Dameng once again met his RBQ general Robinson.
At least from the first round of the playoffs, the Rockets have a good chance of getting ahead.
The Jazz in the fourth place in the West vs the Lakers in the fifth place in the West.
As long as the Warriors pass the Mavericks, the Warriors' opponent will be the winner between the two in the second round of the playoffs.
Then the east-
The Bulls in the East vs. The Heat in the East at the Eighth.
The little insect was so tender that it was ranked eighth in the East.
The young and hard guy is not a star player, so this season Xiao Chong is equivalent to leading the team with a single core.
The single core team leads the eighth place in the Eastern Conference, and this result is no longer bad.
The second magic in the East vs. The seventh bullet in the East.
Webber brought Uncle Huo Er and Flying Squirrel Stardameier into the playoffs and played the Magic in the first round.
Public opinion also gave Weber vs. Sharks a big title, which gave Weber enough respect.
However, from a specific perspective, Weber can indeed compete with the Sharks. He is both young star insiders and has a promising future.
Finally, the Pacers in the third place in the East vs. the sixth place in the East, and the fourth place in the East, the Knicks in the fourth place in the East vs. the fifth place in the East.
There is nothing to say about these two sets of duels.
The Pacers are considered to be the sluts pulled out of the dwarfs under the overall weak situation of the East, and the Pistons are the rise of new forces.
As for the Hawks and the Knicks, they are both old and immortal teams in the East.
Although they are still in the playoffs, no one is looking forward to their performance.
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Starting from April 25, the playoffs will begin one after another.
The Warriors vs. Mavericks were put on the first day, and the Jazz vs. Lakers, Magic vs. Bullets and Pacers vs. Pistons started on the same day.
In the four games, the focus is on this game between the Warriors and the Mavericks.
There are two big gimmicks in this game, and the beginning of the brothers battle.
However, the brothers battle that was hotly hyped by public opinion is not Lin Xing vs Kidd, or to be precise, not exactly.
The playoff meeting between Chris Gatlin and his old teammates is actually the focus of this group of media speculation.
The best thing is that if the Mavericks can make a big frigid, the media will be more motivated.
The second gimmick is—
"The Warriors have completely dominated the regular season and the playoffs have begun. The question now is, can they continue to dominate the playoffs?"
This sentence requires specific analysis and explanation:
The Warriors played the most dominant regular season in NBA history, so they should continue similar performances in the playoffs.
In other words, public opinion’s expectations for the Warriors can not only win the playoffs.
The Warriors also have to perform at a crushing level in order to conquer fans and public opinion.
The first game, Auckland Stadium.
The atmosphere before the game was pretty good, and there were talking and laughing on both sides.
But it is precisely this kind of talking and laughing that hides murderous intent.
To put it bluntly, in the playoffs, who doesn’t want to win?
Although the Mavericks have no chance of winning, both Kidd, Jamal Mashburn, and even Chris Gatlin are holding back their energy.
They were holding on to an upset, and they were all focused on making big news.
"Don't be ruthless to me later, Stah."
On the sidelines, referee Dick Bavita is ready to kick off.
At this time, Kidd took a photo of Lin Xing and declared war "viciously".
Lin Xing scratched his head immediately. It’s not that he looked down on Kidd. Kidd’s attack was not worthy of his ruthlessness?
After thinking about it in his heart, he understood that Kidd was urging him.
"This old guy, I'm hoping that I'm spending energy on him, thinking too much, right?"
Lin Xing shook his head. In this game, he did face Kidd.
But his reason for playing against Kidd is that Kidd's poor personal attack can allow Lin Xing to slap Kidd from time to time and focus more on the defense.
So, this old boy Kidd was obviously thinking too much, and he thought badly.
On the court, Dick Bavita held the basketball and looked at Lin Xing and Gatlin.
Confirm that both of them were ready, the basketball was thrown over the stadium.
"Dalin took the lead and moved to basketball. The first game of the playoffs in the 1995-1996 season has begun!"
The game started and Lin Xing received the ball. It seemed that the tactical running position was no different from the regular season.
But the real change will appear in the next second.
"Dalin received the ball, and the arc top was in place, and Donyel Marshall came up and gave a pick-and-roll!"
In this game, the Warriors' starting fourth position was Donyel Marshall.
The reason is that the Warriors don't need Rodman's defense much for the Mavericks.
In contrast, Marshall starts and the Warriors can win more easily.
Just like the opening goal, Marshall was a pick-and-roll, Kidd against Lin Xing and Popeye Jones against Marshall were directly redirected.
Popeye Jones dared not let Marshall go because Marshall had three points and could also play singles with the ball.
Kidd dared not let Lin Xing go. He even felt that in the face of the situation, the team should attack Lin Xing.
But just because of Marshall's existence, the Mavericks could not be attacked.
The Mavericks' delayed resistance and return to the pick-and-roll gave Lin Xing the opportunity to break through the Mavericks' defense in one step.
"Dalin, he killed directly by taking advantage of the pick-and-roll, Kidd couldn't keep up..."
The moment Kidd failed to keep up, he declared the death of the Mavericks' defense line.
The Mavericks' defense line is Popeye Jones who has been transferred out of the middle distance, who has been transferred out by Marshall.
Gatlin is the one who protects the frame, and the frame protection ability is not even as good as Langley.
Seeing Lin Xing crossing the middle distance and rushing straight to the basket, Gatlin could only wave his arms and struggle with helplessness.
In the end, Lin Xing, facing the last line of defense of the Mavericks, sent the ball into the basket by Chris Gatlin's interference.
"The ball went in, and it started 2-0, and everything went well."
Although there was only one ball, Yangwu, and Director Zhang was already shouting "Smooth".
What he calls smoothness does not mean how big the Warriors have in one ball.
It was really this ball, Lin Xing played so easily that he had seen the end of the game.
"A center with weak frame protection and lack of powerful mid-range sweepers, the only one in the Mavericks who can create some trouble on the defensive end is Jason Kidd."
Kidd's single defense can cause trouble for Lin Xing, but the problem is that the Warriors are prepared for it.
Marshall started and then played pick-and-roll, which was the Warriors' preparation.
After the 2-0 start, it was the Mavericks' turn to attack.
Lin Xing faced Kidd, and his defense was a bit rough.
The main reason is that his mind is not on Kidd, even though Kidd controls the ball in his hand.
To be continued...