Bishop of the Devil

The Trail Blazers and Bulls, the two teams with the first and second best records in the league, have had the opportunity to advance to the conference semifinals.

But the first-round matchups of the remaining six groups of playoffs are not that simple...

Because the first round of the playoffs currently adopts a five-game system, no team dares to take it lightly, because if they take it lightly, it is not uncommon to be defeated in the first round.

For example, the Pacers and Lakers in the 1995-96 season were defeated by their opponents.

For example, the Hornets, SuperSonics and Jazz in the 1994-95 season were also defeated by others...

In the first round of the playoffs of a season, three teams were defeated, with a total of eight sets of matchups, three of which were upsets. This is obviously unimaginable in future playoffs...

This is why the NBA later adopted a best-of-seven game system in the first round of the playoffs in 2003, because in a five-game system, it would be too easy for upsets to occur, and many really strong teams might not be able to win three games. He performed well, but was killed by the weaker team.

And if there is a seven-game format, the chance of this happening will drop significantly.

For example, last season, if the first round was a best-of-seven game, it would be very difficult for the Trail Blazers to eliminate the Lakers in the first round or lower...

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As the only two teams in the league to sweep their opponents in the first round, the Trail Blazers have now been compared to the Bulls.

Two days later, there were three more groups of duels with different results!

The New York Knicks in the East went up and directly killed the Pacers led by Larry Bird, shocking the entire league!

No one thought that the Knicks could defeat the Pacers even after giving up a gorilla Ewing, and they still eliminated the second Pacers in the Eastern Conference with a score of 3:1.

This is so unbelievable!

Richard didn't feel anything surprising, this was completely within his expectation...

The Knicks are a very weird team, and they can often achieve unexpected results.

Maybe when fans all over the world have high hopes for them, they will just turn off the flames and play like shit.

Maybe even when fans all over the world don't think highly of them, they can stop and kill God...

Under normal history, the Heat, who are third in the Eastern Conference, suffered this loss. In the playoffs this season, they encountered the Knicks without Ewing, and were eliminated by the Knicks!

It can be said that the Knicks are all showing their strength. Several players who are called cancers all performed superbly. Both Alan Houston and Larry Johnson scored more than 20 points. Among them, Alan Houston's Three-pointers reached an astonishing 44%!

In addition, Starks and Coleman, who recently joined New York, also scored 15+ points...

With such a superb performance, Larry Bird was so disgusted that he wanted to vomit. He didn't perform early or late, but he only showed off his power against the Pacers. Larry Bird felt that he had no place to reason.

In addition to the results of the Pacers and Knicks in the Eastern Conference, the Heat also won the showdown with the Hawks with a score of 3:1.

The combination of Mourning and Tim Hardaway turned the eagle into a drowned rat...

The only thing in the Eastern Conference that has not yet been decided is the showdown between the Philadelphia 76ers and the Hornets. The two teams are currently tied at 2:2!

The battle between Glenn Rice and Iverson is so exciting that you can’t stop watching it!

Dazhi also acted as a killer in this series, saving the 76ers from the decline several times and pulling the 76ers back from the danger line.

These two teams are ranked fourth and fifth in the Eastern Conference respectively. At the moment, no one knows who can win this series.

Both sides are about the same strength. If you want to win, it just depends on luck...

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The Spurs and Suns in the West also have a winner. The combination of Kidd and McDyess is obviously no match for the Spurs' twin towers.

Especially McDyess, who was bullied by Duncan in this series, was in agony...

Ben bullies McDyess, which only limits McDyess's scoring. Duncan can not only limit McDyess's scoring, but can also score super high points on McDyess!

After four games, Duncan averaged 28 points, 14 rebounds and 3 blocks per game.

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The results of the five groups of duels have been determined, and a winner has been produced!

Another two days have passed, and the results of the last three groups of duels have come out, and the first round of the playoffs has ended...

The remaining three sets of duels also had upsets, but this upset was not that hard to accept.

The Houston Rockets defeated the second-ranked Seattle SuperSonics in five games and gained a chance to advance to the Western Conference semifinals.

In another matchup between the Jazz and the Lakers, the Jazz ended up being superior and eliminated the Lakers with a big score of 3:2...

One can imagine how uncomfortable O'Neal feels now. He has a feeling that Los Angeles will be the place of his doom!

Since coming to Los Angeles, he has been blocked from the conference semifinals for two consecutive years...

You must know that in the two years before coming to Los Angeles, the worst he could do was reach the Eastern Conference Finals!

It's a good thing now, let alone the conference finals, we haven't even seen the shadow of the conference semifinals. Is the floor of the Western Conference Finals really that hard to touch? !

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The last set of showdowns in the Eastern Conference, the G5 life and death game, is as thrilling as the showdown between the Trail Blazers and Lakers last season!

With ten seconds left in the final game, the Philadelphia 76ers trailed by two points, and Iverson broke through with the ball!

Judging from Iverson's attitude, he might want to drag the game into overtime...

But what people didn't expect was that in the last three seconds, he passed the ball to Da Zhi on the outside. The latter scored a three-pointer to kill the game, sending the Hornets to go fishing...

Really no one thought, not even Carlisle, that it would be such a situation, because a head coach with a calm personality like him was unlikely to arrange such a risky tactic. The tactic he arranged for Iverson was to play alone. , try to drag the game into overtime!

Iverson indeed agreed to this tactic, but at the last moment, the Hornets saw through this tactic and used an extremely tight double-team on Iverson. Under such circumstances, Iverson had no room to take action at all... …

Instead of looking at the referee's face to see whether he would go to the free throw line, Iverson felt it was better to take a gamble and give the ball to Da Zhi to solve it!

If the bet is right, the Philadelphia 76ers will advance to the Eastern Conference semifinals. If the bet is not right, what will the 76ers lose? After all, they were recognized by the league as super weaklings last season!

Iverson is very lucky for his role, he made the right bet!

Richard also watched the live broadcast of this game. He felt a cold sweat on his back and was very worried about Da Zhi.

If this kind of winning goal is successful, you will be a hero!

But if it fails, Iverson and Da Zhi may both be under pressure, and some fans may stand up and angrily criticize them.

Now it seems that these two people are responsible people!

Da Zhi naturally made money this time, winning the playoffs. This is a glorious resume that can follow the player for a lifetime.

The Philadelphia 76ers also made money, and Richard couldn't remember how long it had been since this team had entered the Eastern Conference semifinals.

The only thing that hurts is that their opponent in the Eastern Conference semifinals is the Bulls...