One Guard

Chapter 863 : The place where you fell

When his wife died, Popovich was silent when facing the camera and could not say anything. He just wants to go home now, back to San Antonio, back to his wife’s side.

At this time, the San Antonio Spurs are already 2-0 behind, and they have lost all two away games. The situation is already very difficult for them.

But having said that, before the series began, not many people thought that the Spurs could pass the Mavericks level.

“That guy was still on the basketball court until the end.” It was Popovich that shocked Yiyang the most. If even the death of his relatives could not defeat him, then this old man would be almost impossible to defeat.

What the Mavericks have to do now is to end the series cleanly in San Antonio, so that Popovich can rest assured to accompany his wife.

So in the two games in San Antonio, the Mavericks played well. If the Mavericks choose to be merciful at this time, it will be a humiliation to Popovich.

In the playoffs this year in San Antonio, Yiyang received the smallest boo. The public enemy of San Antonio suddenly stopped being booed at the ATT center, and even Yiyang himself was a little uncomfortable.

Maybe it was because he didn’t celebrate the victory after the last Yiyang game, and also told his teammates not to celebrate the victory, so that he won some reputation among the Spurs fans.

This world is like this, you respect others. In turn, others will respect you.

In San Antonio’s two games, Yiyang still performed well. A game with 35 points and 11 assists, a game with 39 points, 7 assists and 3 steals. Yiyang’s outstanding performance also helped the Mavericks to smoothly make two consecutive rounds, sweeping the Spurs with a total score of 4 to 0, and easily advanced.

Yiyang did this in the hope that the Spurs and Popovich could lose to a real strong. What Yiyang is doing is to prove that he is indeed a strong man.

Because it is not ashamed to lose to the strong. Even if people talk about this season in the future, they will be emotional. “Ah, the Spurs lost to the best team in the league that year. That’s normal.”

After the series, Yiyang also hugged Manu Ginobili. Because Yiyang and the fans know that after this game, the end may not only be the first round of the series, but also an era that belongs to the Pampas Eagles.

Will Manu play another season? Maybe, this time it really won’t.

After this series, half of the stars in the league publicly mourned Popovich’s wife Irene on the Internet and paid their most sincere respect.

In the **** battlefield of the playoffs, it is rare for the league to reveal this humane and warmth scene.

The matter between Popovich and the Spurs came to an end for the time being. Now, the best respect for the gray-haired old man is to stop disturbing him. Therefore, the media quickly diverted their attention, trying to take the attention of the fans away from Popovich.

So other teams must take on the “heavy task” of diverting attention.

The San Antonio Spurs unfortunately became the first team to leave the playoffs this season, and the Dallas Mavericks were also the first team to book a spot in the Western Conference semifinals.

The other games in the first round of the Western Conference were much more intense than the Texas Civil War between the Mavericks and Spurs. Especially in the Thunder and Trail Blazers series, the two sides have been playing inextricably.

The Thunder, which owns the Big Three, was originally one of the championship contenders this season, but they encountered the trailblazers who had won the last 13 straight in the regular season.

The two teams have been playing 6 games to finally decide the winner, Portland’s backcourt double shots killed all the Big Three of the Oklahoma City Thunder. 4 to 2, the Trail Blazers successfully defeated the Thunder. The Oklahoma City Thunder has naturally become the most disappointing team this season, none of them.

Won a series with Oklahoma City, plus a 13-game winning streak in the final stages of the Trail Blazers regular season. People can’t help but imagine that Portland’s double shots in the backcourt will prevent the Dallas Mavericks from the Western Conference finals?

Lillard’s performance this season is very inspirational. With his own efforts, he reached the All-Star lineup in the Western Conference where excellent guards gather. His big heart lore again and again stimulated the nerves of the fans. Although Lillard had a history of humiliation by Yiyang, it was a long time ago after all. Lillard now cannot do nothing in front of Yiyang.

And Portland’s other gun McCollum also proved his scoring ability, scoring skills and scoring talent. The backcourt composed of these two guys makes the Blazers expected to become the biggest dark horse of the season.

“The Mavericks may win, but it may take six or even seven games to win. The Trail Blazers are in good shape this season and they will also cause a lot of trouble!”

“It is not impossible for the Trail Blazers to advance. As long as Lillard and McCollum can grasp the key ball, they still have a chance!”

“The absence of Rudy Gobert has created conditions for the Trail Blazers to counterattack. If Lillard and McCollum play stable, they are not without the possibility of winning.”

Before the start of the Western Conference semifinals, ESPN experts are predicting the outcome. This year, the situation in the west is really tense. The Mavericks ran into a difficult trailblazer, and the Warriors had an early encounter with the Rockets. This may be the most difficult to predict the situation in the west over the years.

Half of ESPN’s experts believe that the Mavericks will win, and half believe that the Blazers can counterattack. But none of the 22 experts dare to predict that the Mavericks will sweep the Blazers 4-0.

As a result, this group of ESPN experts, known for being slapped in the face, was once again slapped in the face by the Mavericks.

On May 8, when Yiyang led the Mavericks to defeat the Trail Blazers 112-101 at Moda Center, all Trail Blazers fans covered their heads in disbelief.

4-0, after the Dallas Mavericks swept the San Antonio Spurs, they swept the Portland Trail Blazers, which was unanimously optimistic!

Portland’s backcourt double shots played very badly in the Western Conference semifinals, and Lillard even missed double figures in one game! Now he won’t be sealed by Yiyang, but he can’t perform well either.

Under Carlisle’s guidance, the Blazers’ biggest advantage in the backcourt was exhausted by the Mavericks’ double-teaming tactics. The Mavericks resolutely pack the ball holder after the pick-and-roll, which has caused both guns to be lost on the offensive end. While unable to rely on offense to solve the problem, Lillard and McCollum failed to connect the team’s overall offense in time, making the Blazers very struggling in these games.

The Blazers want to use the Mavericks’ inside disadvantages to make a big fuss, but the Mavericks simply won’t give you the opportunity to touch this disadvantage.

Trail Blazers coach Terry Stotts was the Mavericks’ assistant coach and Carlisle’s assistant. They have a good relationship with Yiyang. And this series has once again highlighted the truth that Jiang is still old. Carlisle, the master, has not been starved to death.

In terms of the team’s overall offense, the Blazers can be said to be one of the worst teams in the league. During the regular season, the number of assists per game is the lowest in the league. The offensive end depends heavily on the personal talents of Lillard and McCollum. , And this shortcoming was also severely magnified in the series. Throughout the series, the double guns could neither score nor connect the teams. They did not have a game with more assists than the Mavericks. Even in the first game of the series, Yiyang alone sent out and the Blazers. The team has 17 assists!

As the leading star of the Trail Blazers, Lillard averaged only 16.5 points, 4.5 rebounds and 4.8 assists per game in 4 games. The average turnover rate was as high as 3.4 times, and his shooting percentage was limited by Yiyang. 35.2%, all data dropped significantly compared to the regular season. These data are Lillard’s worst performance in the 6-year playoffs.

To make matters worse, Lillard’s poor performance allowed Yiyang to average 32.3 points and 10.8 assists per game, with an average shooting percentage of 65.8%. Although Lillard finally became an All-Star this year, the gap between him and Yiyang does not seem to decrease.

In this way, the Trail Blazers were swept away with almost no fight back. Fans even felt that the trouble the Blazers brought to the Mavericks was not even as big as the trouble the Spurs brought to the Mavericks.

At least that guy Aldridge scored a full 41 points in the Mavericks’ low post in the first game at home. And what about Portland’s backcourt double shots? Lillard’s highest-scoring game was only 21 points.

After the series, ESPN experts laughed at themselves: We did not underestimate the Mavericks , but underestimated the huge gap between Lillard and Yi.

This series not only allows people to see the strength of the Mavericks, but also allows everyone to re-experience the horror of being ruled by Yiyang. A defender who killed the Quartet in the regular season and averaged 26 points and 6 assists per game, but was defended by Yiyang in the playoffs and averaged 10 points less!

In this alliance, perhaps few guards can compare with Yiyang.

However, at this time, the Rockets and Warriors series are still in full swing. People are looking forward to the results of this series, because whether it is James Harden or Stephen Curry who advances, these two guys and Yiyang should always cause him trouble.

The Dallas Mavericks have successfully reached the Western Conference finals, where they fell last season. This represents the real challenge and pressure, and it will begin.

Rockets and Warriors, Harden and Curry, are not easy enemies to deal with.

No matter who the Rockets and Warriors advance, what the fans will see is destined to be a series of fairy battles of backcourt players!