After sweeping the Jazz 4-0, the Trail Blazers became the first team to advance to the conference semifinals this year.

According to optimistic estimates from the Portland media, fans will have to wait at least a week if they want to see the Trail Blazers play again.

Players from other NBA teams felt very uncomfortable when they saw the news that the Portland media complained about the Trail Blazers taking too long a break...

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A bunch of guys from Versailles.

Your sister, if you can advance early, we definitely want to advance early too!

This year's first round of the Eastern and Western Conference playoffs was extremely exciting.

Over in the East, the Celtics, who ranked first in the Eastern Conference, actually tied with the Pacers 2:2, which was somewhat unexpected.

Before the start of the series, the Celtics' promotion probability was 83%, while the Pacers' promotion probability was only 27%. After the first four games, the Celtics' promotion probability is now only 55%, while the Pacers' promotion probability has reached 45%, which is basically the same.

It's a 50-50 situation.

Many experts believe that this series will last 7 games.

The Pacers are stronger than people imagined. The two sides are similar in strength. Two of the first four games required overtime to determine the winner.

What was originally a good situation has developed into the current balance of power, causing many fans to once again question the value of the Celtics' regular season record. For a time, the Celtics' reputation was damaged.

The Chicago Bulls, ranked second in the Eastern Conference, have played as dominant as the regular season. Facing the Bucks led by Giannis Antetokounmpo and Mi Wenyuan, who are still in their insignificant development period, they have easily rewritten the series score to 3.

:1.

Chicago fans have said that the reason why they lost in G4 was purely because the referee sided with the Bucks. It was 5 against 8. Who would be incompetent if they were replaced?

Of course, this may still be a good thing for the Bulls, because they are very hopeful to win the Bucks in one go in the fifth game and complete the promotion amidst the cheers of the home fans.

Think about it, it might be a beautiful thing...

Even though he has reached the age of 33 and his hairline continues to move back, James is still terrifying in his dominance in the Eastern Conference. After the first four games, the Cavaliers and Hawks tied at 3:1. It is only possible to be the same as the Bulls.

, advancing to the conference semifinals at home in the fifth game.

The biggest highlight of the game between the Cavaliers and the Hawks is that "Little Emperor" James and "Warcraft" Howard met again in the Eastern Conference playoffs after eight years.

Eight years, how many eight years can there be in life?

Time goes back to 2009. One of them is a young emperor in his prime, and the other is a peak Warcraft who has completely established himself as the league's number one center. The 2009 Eastern Conference Finals was talked about by countless fans later... and at the same time.

It became a classic case that Zhan Hei would often use to attack Zhan Mi in the future.

Ahem, let’s get down to business.

Compared with the 33-year-old James, Howard, who was born in 1985 and entered the league in 2004, has just turned 32 years old. However, due to suffering from injuries, he has long been not on the same level as James.

Not to mention James, even Cousins ​​​​can take care of Howard at will.

It seems that no trace of time can be seen on James, which once again verifies a truth

Often the endurance attribute is the most important talent of a super giant!

If you don't have a strong enough endurance attribute, what if you are talented? If you can't even hit the ball, what's the point of talking about talent?

Zion Williamson is the best example in the future. He played 85 games in the first three years. Fortunately, in the small city of New Orleans, the Pelicans management really couldn't bear to part with him and just gave him away.

200 million big contract.

To describe the management of the Pelicans in one sentence, it’s probably because I made an appointment, and I had to finish the fight even though I was crying!

Let’s talk about the Eagle Riding War.

After four games, James has played a stable game, averaging 25 points, 7 rebounds and 9 assists, nearly a triple-double. Judging from his performance on the field, many people seriously doubt that James may not even use his eight-point success rate.

This also shows the overall strength gap between the Cavaliers and Hawks.

The final series is the Toronto Raptors v Washington Wizards.

What do you think of this series?

Except for the fans of the two teams, basically not many people pay attention to them, including the league, which does not spend much effort on the two teams.

Due to their relatively close strength, the Wizards, fifth in the Eastern Conference, and the Raptors, fourth in the Eastern Conference, tied at 2:2. The Wizards' double-gun firepower was still very strong, and their performance on the court was in no way comparable to that of Lowry and DeRozan.

Falling into the wind.

Judging from the current situation, after the first four games, there are actually only two teams in the Eastern Conference that truly have championship potential.

One is the Chicago Bulls and the other is the Cleveland Cavaliers!

After the G4 game, the two teams were also considered by many well-known basketball commentators as the two teams most promising to reach the top of the Eastern Conference this year.

This year's Eastern Conference champion will be chosen between these two teams.

This side of the west.

The Grizzlies are worthy of being the quality control team of the league's most powerful teams. After returning to their home court in the third game, they faced a huge headwind of falling behind 0:2 and just relied on a crazy meat grinder battle to defeat the Warriors.

It was dragged into overtime.

In overtime, the Warriors' outside shooters were in crisis, but the Grizzlies firmly occupied the inside advantage, scored two points to stabilize their efficiency, and finally defeated the Warriors by 4 points.

103:99, the series score between the two sides became 1:2.

However, Warriors coach Kerr is not a vegetarian either.

After understanding the Grizzlies' main drag-and-drop strategy, he immediately chose to do the opposite. In the fourth game, the Warriors players started a fast-break run-and-gun game.

You want to fight a slow-moving positional battle, but I just can't do what you want.

Relying on a targeted strategy of playing fast and playing slow, the Warriors, who had a better feel, outran their opponents in just three quarters and entered the final quarter with a 28-point lead.

The Grizzlies are not good at scoring, so allowing them to catch up to 28 points in one quarter is nothing more than a dream.

In the end, 124:102, the Warriors won another away game, rewriting the score to 3:1. It is very likely that they will return to the Oracle Arena with a triumphant victory. Under the witness of the home fans, they will become the second team in the Western Conference to advance.

Teams in the conference semifinals.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The Lakers' three old gingers still have skills, at least there is still a lot of gas in the tank.

After being beaten 0:2 by the Spurs in San Antonio, he returned to the home court to regain his morale and won two consecutive games in overtime, rewriting the big score to a 2:2 tie.

However, the Lakers are obviously at the end of their rope. This team with an average age of 32 cannot afford to spend more, especially when the two core players are almost 40 years old.

During the showdown between the Houston Mosaics and the Oklahoma City Thunder, Harden really had no intention of showing any mercy to his once beloved second brother and childhood sweetheart.

After the first four games, the score between the two sides reached 3:1, with the Mosaic team in the front and the Thunder team in the back.

In this series, Harden's style basically overshadowed Westbrook's.

In the G1 game, Harden had 37 points, 7 rebounds, 9 assists and 3 steals. Westbrook had 22 points, 11 rebounds, 7 assists and 2 steals. The Mosaics 1:0 Thunder.

In the G2 game, Harden scored 35 points, 4 rebounds, 8 assists and 1 steal. His performance was okay, but... he couldn't stand up to the opponent Westbrook. He scored 51 points, 10 rebounds, 13 assists, 4 steals and 1 block in a single game. He not only became a super triple-double.

The first 50-point player in this year's playoffs, he also became the second player in NBA history to score a 50-point triple-double.

Who is the first?

Of course it's Michael. I'm everywhere...ahem, that makes sense.

This time it's not Gang Leader Qiao, but Wang Zelin.

And unlike the previous life, the Thunder won this game!

Yes, this time the Thunder did not lose to the Mosaics by 4 points as Wang Zelin remembered, but Westbrook had the last laugh.

The result is that after the G2 game, the outside world's cheers for Westbrook to be crowned vp this season became louder again.

If Westbrook can continue to hold on and lead the Thunder to complete the series against the Mosaics, I don't think he will really have a chance.

It's a pity that Westbrook couldn't keep playing hard and ended up like this. The Thunder only held on for this one game.

Harden exploded in the G3 game. He scored 44 points in a single game, plus 6 rebounds and 6 assists. He beat Westbrook's triple-double with 28 points, 12 rebounds, 11 assists and 3 steals. The Mosaic team defeated the Thunder 118:110, and the big score of the series came.

2:1.

In the G4 game, Harden's performance was slightly stretched and he only scored 21 points, 7 rebounds, 8 assists and 1 steal. This was far inferior to Westbrook, who scored a triple-double of 35, 14, 14, 3, 1, but he could not withstand the explosion of the Mosaic team's bench.

Da Nuji had 28 points and 10 rebounds, Deng Ge with a round face had 18 points and 8 rebounds, Lu Wei had 18 points and 7 rebounds... Mosaic's role players suddenly went berserk, disrupting all the Thunder's pre-game arrangements. After Thunder coach Billy...

With Donovan's bitter smile, the Thunder had no choice but to accept their third defeat in the series.

After this game, the Mosaics lead the Thunder 3:1 in the series.

G3 and G4 failed to defend two consecutive home games, causing countless people to say that the Thunder have gone too far, and their playoff journey this year will most likely end in the first round.

At this point, the first round of the Eastern and Western Conference playoffs will most likely be like this.

Except for the defending champion Portland Trail Blazers, who showed their usual terrifying dominance, there was no second set of sweeps in the Eastern and Western Conferences.

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In the following days, apart from the necessary regular training, the Trail Blazers coaching staff arranged no other training tasks, and repeatedly asked the players not to practice any more after returning.

Especially Wang Zelin.

It should be noted that when NBA players are fighting around, sometimes the real threat to them is not powerful opponents, but injuries lurking in the shadows that may break out at any time.

In the history of the NBA, there are countless cases where injuries have ruined the hopes of winning the championship.
To be continued...