On April 25, the first round of the Wizards and the Bulls playoffs officially started.

Before the start of this series, this round of series is probably the least suspenseful group of all playoff matches this year.

The Wizards scored a new 77 win and 5 losses this season, although the regular season record does not mean that the Wizards will definitely win the final championship trophy.

But no matter how fans look at this Bulls, it doesn't seem like a team that has the ability to snipe the Wizards in surprise.

Especially after the team's star Derek Ross was injured, the combat effectiveness of this Bulls was directly weakened by half.

If Derek Ross stays healthy and does not have season reimbursement in the regular season, then this round of series is actually a little more interesting.

The Bulls are also likely to win a game, after all, the healthy Bulls are fully capable of being on par with the two giants, the Heat and the Nets.

Even in terms of overall ability on both offense and defense, the healthy Bulls are probably much more reasonable than these two teams.

Ross, Boozer, Noah, Gibson, and Dunleavy, the Bulls' lineup is definitely not bad.

It’s just a pity that Ross’ injury greatly reduced the bull’s offensive level, because this bull mainly relies on Ross to charge on the offensive end.

Especially when the score is in a tense phase, Rose's presence and absence make the Bulls like two teams.

Nowadays, if the Bulls want to struggle, they can only work hard on the defensive end. Even if the Bulls are likely to be unable to defend against the Wizards' bombing on the defensive end.

But if the Bulls don't want to give up the game easily, there is only one way to defend. When it comes to offense, even if the two Bulls are tied together, they cannot be the opponent of the Wizards.

Before the game started, the atmosphere on the Bulls' team was obviously a bit heavy.

Originally, it should be something worth celebrating to enter the playoffs as eighth in the East, but facing the Wizards in the playoffs, this made the Bulls not happy no matter how they were.

Even at this moment, the Bulls have begun to regret making the playoffs, because if nothing unexpected happens, the Bulls will not only be eliminated in this round of series, but will most likely be beaten by the Wizards.

This process of knowing the ending, but having to grit your teeth to play the game is really tormenting.

The Bulls players have thought of defeating the Wizards in an upset and then becoming a hero by themselves, but this possibility is so slim that the players are too lazy to associate.

After the game started, Rose's absence completely lost the focus of the bulls' offensive. On the offensive end, he could only use Sinrich and Boozer to play pick-and-roll at high positions, and try to create offensive opportunities through pick-and-roll.

Unfortunately, the Wizards are one of the best teams in the league to defend pick-and-roll today. Since the Wizards have excellent defensive abilities, the Wizards can completely replace unlimited defenses if necessary.

This is still the case when Yang Fan puts Battier on the bench. If Battier replaces Aldridge to play as the starting lineup, the Wizards' defensive ability will directly rise to the top level in history.

In the whole first quarter, Derek Ross was missing. The Bulls who traded the Lol Deng away were completely damaged, which made the Wizards establish a double-digit lead without much effort.

At the end of the first quarter, the Bulls not only fell down on the offensive end, but were also beaten to collapse by the Wizards on the defensive end. An emotion can be clearly seen on the Bulls' players' faces, and the name of this emotion is called despair.

I believe that if it weren't for the inability to allow, the Bulls players would want to surrender and end the game immediately.

Such a game is really a torment for the Bulls. The overall strength of the two sides is too different, and the Bulls cannot compare with this Wizards on both ends of offense and defense.

Even Noah, who is likely to win the best defensive player this year, has no advantage in the face of Gasol Jr.

Because Gasol Jr.'s offensive range can be extended beyond the three-point line, once the Bulls do not defend the joint defense on the defensive end, Gasol Jr. will pull Noah out of the basket, making it impossible for him to defend comfortably.

When the second quarter came back, the two sides replaced the substitute lineup to compete. Not to mention the competition in the second lineup, the gap between the Bulls and the Wizards became significantly larger.

Augustine averaged the highest score on the bench this season, and the Bulls' second team can only rely on Augustine and Gibson to play pick-and-roll.

Apart from this, other offensive methods are not worth mentioning at all.

In the entire second quarter, the Wizards' firepower on the offensive end not decreased, but they also had the intention of becoming more and more brave as they fought. The situation on the field began to be dominated by the Wizards, and the score was gradually increased to about 20 points.

At the end of the half, the Wizards had already led the Bulls by 21 points with their excellent lineup depth, which was quite like clocking in and getting off work at halftime.

After returning from the second half, Thibodeau did not make much adjustments on both offense and defense. To be precise, it was not that Thibodeau did not want to adjust, but Thibodeau knew very well that no matter how much he adjusted, he could not beat this Wizards.

What's more, the Bulls are now covered in scars, and Thibodeau no longer has room for adjustment. He can only rely on the players to play a hot offensive feel on the court to see if the score can be further narrowed and not let the game lose too ugly.

However, Thibodeau obviously underestimated the Wizards' offensive ability. The Wizards scored 41 points in a single quarter in the third quarter, and even made eight three-pointers in a single quarter from the outside, completely defeating the Bulls' defense in one fell swoop.

At the end of the third quarter, the Wizards had already extended their lead to 36 points.

After returning to the last quarter, Thibodeau simply gave up struggling and did not send the main players to the court. Yang Fan also didn't want to kill everyone. Everyone was a coach, and Yang Fan didn't want to make Thibodeau too embarrassed.

But even so, the gap between the two sides in garbage time is still very obvious.

At the end of the game, when Yang Fan was already very restrained, the Wizards still beat the Bulls by 43 points, winning the first game of the playoffs in a crushing way.

In the whole game, since the game lost its suspense very early, George only appeared for 26 minutes in total.

However, during these 26 minutes of playing time, Paul George scored 31 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists, and used his actions to prove to fans what the league's top star is.

In addition to Paul George, Wall also scored 23 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists, breaking Sinrich, who was against him, and continuing to take the hat of the first point guard in the Eastern Conference.

In addition, Nash, who played in the playoffs for the first time in his career as an Eastern Conference player, played for 14 minutes in this game, and contributed 6 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists. While continuing to paddle, he also became closer and closer to his first championship trophy in his career.

After the game, Tom Thibodeau and Yang Fan hugged each other on the sidelines, but Thibodeau's face was full of helplessness, and he sighed more than three times during the hug.

Seeing Thibodeau's appearance, Yang Fan patted his shoulder comfortably, then turned around and left with a smile on his face.

In recent years, Yang Fan has witnessed too many sighs like Thibodeau, and there are also many candidates who have no head coach position by him.

Yang Fan no longer knows what to say. After all, this is the cruelty of competitive sports, and it is also the charm of competitive sports.

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With the Bulls losing to the Wizards for 43 points in the first game of the playoffs, although fans had already expected this, they could not help but take a breath when they saw the facts.

You know, this is a highly anticipated playoffs.

In the playoffs, even a team that does not expect to win the championship will definitely go all out. No one will be stupid enough to let the water go on the playoffs stage.

As a result, the Bulls, who went all out, were still beaten by the Wizards by more than 40 points. Even the fans who watched the game throughout the whole game knew very well that if it were not for the garbage time in the last quarter and the Wizards replaced all the main players, the Wizards would likely have a more exaggerated score.

The dominance shown by the Wizards really makes people feel tingling because people find that the Wizards entering the playoffs seem to have become stronger, more terrifying than they did in the regular season.

The oppression brought by the Wizards made other teams feel depressed. Now the Wizards' unreasonable look is like a dark cloud, directly covering the entire NBA.

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In the next three games, this series was as expected by fans before, and the Wizards easily swept the Bulls with 4          0.

There was no accident in the whole process. The Bulls were completely hung up by the Wizards. The Bulls lost a total of 136 points in four games.

On average, the Bulls lost 34 points to the Wizards in each game, which is really a helpless fact.

The Wizards performed very stably throughout the entire series. Paul George averaged 27.8 points, 6.7 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 2.3 steals per game, and his shooting percentage could reach 51.3%, and his three-point shooting percentage was also 39.4%.

As the Wizards advance to the semi-finals without bloodshed, the Wizards' opponent in the semi-finals will be the winner between the Raptors and the Nets.

However, the Nets and the Raptors are currently tied for 2                                                                                                                      �

Yang Fan didn't know if his last words had played a role in DeRozan. Anyway, DeRozan's performance has gradually begun to rise since then. He has become more and more confident on the offensive end, and he finally has a little bit of the temperament that a star should have.

Even if Yang Fan really wants DeRozan to lead the team to defeat the Nets, he can prove himself in the playoffs.

But considering that after defeating the Nets, the Raptors' opponent in the semi-finals will be the Wizards he led, Yang Fan still thinks that the Nets will be a little better at advancing to the semi-finals.

Otherwise, Yang Fan would be really afraid that DeRozan would be completely depressed in the semi-finals. After all, he faced the Raptors in the playoffs. Yang Fan felt that no matter how restrained he was, he could win more than 20 points in every game.

If you play against the Nets, Yang Fan cannot guarantee that he can win a big score every game, but Yang Fan is still confident to lead the team to sweep the Nets.

In the playoffs where the confrontation is more intense and the time is closer, the Nets are at a disadvantage.

Yang Fan didn't think that the Nets could create miracles at all, at most it would just bring some trouble to the Wizards.

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On May 6, the Nets and the Raptors finally decided on the winning and losing in this round of series. After seven consecutive hard battles, the Nets finally defeated the Raptors in the tiebreak battle.

This round of series was actually dragged into the tiebreak by the Raptors, which was something that no one expected before.

After all, the Nets have a crushing advantage in lineup, but the resilience shown by the Raptors and the personal performance of the star DeRozan are really shocking.

However, as the saying goes, two fists cannot beat four hands. With the Nets' better lineup configuration, the Raptors still had to fall in the first round of the playoffs, ending their playoff journey in the 13-14 seasons.

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On May 8, the highly anticipated Eastern Conference semi-finals between the Nets and the Wizards officially started.

Although most people are optimistic that the Curiosity can advance, after all, this year's Wizards are too dominant. If the Wizards do not win the championship, they will probably shock everyone's chin.

But no matter what, the Nets can be regarded as one of the few teams in the entire East that can pose a threat to the Wizards.

So before this series starts, the most discussed thing is not whether the Nets can defeat the Wizards, but that the Nets can hold on for a few games in this series.

Currently, the most online voting is Blue Net that can last five games, while the second most can last six games.

In other words, most people think that the Nets can win one or two games of the Wizards. As for the Nets who can drag the game into a tiebreak, or the Wizards can sweep the Nets, the vote is actually in a minority.

The Nets' lineup this year is very luxurious, but unfortunately, the Nets lost all three games in the regular season.

However, considering that stars like Garnett and Pierce have excellent playoff experience, many fans are still looking forward to the Nets being able to compete with the Wizards.

Not to mention killing the Wizards in surprise, but at least we can persist in a few more games so that people can enjoy seeing the Wizards in trouble.

Since the Nets' head coach this season is Jason Kidd, and the two teams have faced each other up to three times in the regular season, in a sense, both sides are already very familiar with each other.

After the game started, the Wizards and the Nets were playing at their own pace and wanted to bring the opponent into their own pace.

The Nets mainly play positional battles on the court because of their age. Whether they protect the backcourt rebounds or grab the frontcourt rebounds, the Nets will choose to lower the pace and play steadily on the court.

On the other hand, because the Wizards are young overall and the Nets' flaw is that their movement speed is slow, the Wizards want to speed up on the court.

Whether it is a fast break counterattack or an offensive cover, the Wizards have only one purpose, which is to make a fuss about the slow movement of the Nets.

And it can also consume the personal physical strength of Nets players through a large amount of movement. Anyway, the Wizards have a strong lineup, so Yang Fan is not worried about the players' physical strength issues at all.

But the Nets mainly rely on stars in the playoffs. Once the main players leave the court, the Nets will gradually face collapse on the court. This is the main reason why the Nets are dragged into the tiebreak by the Raptors.

In the first quarter, the Nets had a strong desire to win. After all, the Nets also paid a huge luxury tax this year, with the goal of winning the championship.

Even though it seems very hopeless now, the veteran stars led by Pierce still do not intend to bow their heads and admit defeat. It seems that they want to fight with dignity.

However, dignity is never given by your opponent, but by yourself using your own strength.

Facing Paul Pierce's defense, George played whatever he wanted in the first quarter.

Not only did Pierce not keep up with Paul George's speed, but he was now at a serious disadvantage in his body. When George hit him, his bones would tremble three times.

George scored 14 points on Pierce's head when he made his first quarter with 9 minutes and 26 seconds. Pierce's facial expression made him look ferocious, which was quite gritting his teeth.
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