There are no swept series in the West.The Suns beat the Lakers 4-1 to advance first, and it wasn't as tough as last season.The Spurs' 4-1 win over the Nuggets was also expected.The Nuggets, who have the "golden double guns", have not scored more than 100 points in a single game, and they can't break through the Spurs' defense at all.In Game 5, Iverson's 6-of-22 shooting percentage led the Nuggets out.The Nuggets are strong on the surface, but only J.R.
Smith, Anthony, and Kreza can shoot three-pointers, and none of them have a three-point shooting percentage of 40.The most surprising thing was the Mavericks vs Warriors series, where the Mavericks fell behind 1-3 and were beaten out of temper.Like last season's loss to the Bulls, the Mavericks were dragged down by their opponents' speed.The Warriors can ensure a high counterattack efficiency, and the positional defense is also good.Davis, Richardson, Jackson, Ellis, Petrus, and Azubuuk form a backcourt that is significantly more impactful than the Mavericks.In the fifth game, the Mavericks relied on a super offensive 118-112 at home to pull back a game, and it was not easy to win, because they still couldn't defend it, and the lead was almost reversed by 21 points at most.Game 6 came to the Warriors' home court, and they didn't give the Mavericks a chance, and Jackson led the Warriors to an easy advance with a 7-of-8 three-point shooting.Originally, the Warriors management thought that the mid-term trade was to exchange for a role player, but in the playoffs, Jackson played like the core of the team, and he was also very successful on the defensive end, with Nowitzki shooting 2-of-13 and 0-of-6 three-pointers in the guest No. 4 position.The Warriors broke out a big upset and created the Black Eight Miracle, but the Pacers were out of the regular season after the trade, which is ironic enough.After the game, people's evaluation of Nowitzki suddenly fell to the bottom, and the media called him a "soft egg".This time it was not for his style of play on the outside, but because he couldn't stand up and lead the team out of the predicament when the team was in the most difficult time, but was the first to collapse and make a bad start.Throughout the series, Nowitzki shot only 38 from the field, and his form was extremely sluggish.Owner Kubanken spends money but doesn't understand basketball, and the Mavericks have a messy lineup, with outside Howard, Crawford, Terry, and Harris all strong in offense and weak in defense, and overlapping positions.The low-post offense is almost none, and the Warriors, who are good at defensive outside shooting, naturally play very passively.After the game, Barkley commented: "The Mavericks have to think about rebuilding, at least they have to change to an outside player who can defend, and they can't succeed if they only attack and don't defend." ”ESN columnist Nicholas said: "The Mavericks only focus on offense, but ignore the overall defense, and Dampier, Terry, and Crawford are not up to par defense.The Bulls are invincible this season, and many people think they rely on offense, but in fact, their defense is also the top in the league, although they have conceded a lot of points, their defensive efficiency is among the top three in the league. ”It is also mentioned that it is no accident that the Bulls defended well, and the players used their height and flexibility to play a unique game.At the level of data analysis, the bull's change of guard technology has received a lot of support.However, the traditional concept of basketball is not optimistic about its use in the actual game.In the past, the center defended the center, and the big forward defended the big forward.The Bulls' defense, which is dependent on players and coordination, is subversive, breaking down the role of players on the court.The Bulls' guards can defend forwards, interior guards can switch guards, and forwards can push the center.For them, the location no longer makes sense.For the Bulls, the opponent's pick-and-roll misalignment has little to no effect, as they form a lineup of similar size.There is not much difference in height and weight between Wang Jun, Lore Deng, Lewis, Barnes, Jones, Armondson, David Lee, and Webb.Chandler and Malik are there, and there is also height and meat shield in the team.The data also shows that Wang Jun's defense is very strong.He has rarely been beaten, can suppress the shooting percentage of opponents, beats blue-collar Barnes, Adrian and others, and can be called a Bulls outside defense expert.However, because Hinrich and Lohrdon are also highly efficient defensively, his role on the defensive end is often overlooked.The final winner in the first round was the Rockets vs.
Jazz.The two sides fought seven games, and the Jazz reversed and eliminated the Rockets after falling behind 0-2.The Rockets have a strong lineup this season and are generally favored by experts, but once again fell in the first round.This time they lost not because they didn't have excellent defensive players, let alone because they didn't have good substitutes, but because they lost tactically, and they lost because of Van Gundy's use.Van Gundy was too conservative, too stubborn.In his tactical system, except for Yao Mai's combination, others hardly attack.The Rockets have two sets of tactics back and forth, the first is Yao Ming's low-post offense, attracting the defense to pass and shoot three points from the perimeter.The second set is Maddy's one-step pull-out jumper after blocking and pick-and-roll, or both pulling away heads-up.These two sets of tactics can be shortened to "Yao singles" and "Maddie singles".The Rockets are on the bench with three people in rotation, Hyde is almost equal to non-existent, Juwan Howard has a flawed defense, and the other is Mutombo, who has a poor defense and can only defend the restricted area.As a result, the rocket has been unable to prevent blocking and dismantling.DeLong was misplaced after the block, Van Gundy asked the defenders to chase, and Yao Ming and Mutombo did not change the defense in time.Even if the defenders catch up, Delon only needs to move to the middle, and Boozer can get a good offensive opportunity and score consecutive shots.Boozer was the Jazz's best player, with 235 points, 122 rebounds and 3 assists in seven games.It's not that Boozer is as dominant as Yao Ming, but the Rockets' rigid defensive system gives him too much room to play.Hyde averaged 46 points, 27 rebounds and 11 assists in 20 minutes per game in the playoffs.Off the field sat an angry Spanouris without any chance to play.What's even more outrageous is that the high-impact Bunch Wells didn't even make the playoff squad.If he was there, Harpling and Millsap would not have been so arrogant.Kirk Schneider is also a promising young man, standing 198 tall and weighing 102 kilograms, who once staged a super slam dunk that jumped over the head of a man.Schneider started 45 games with the Hornets last season, and when the Rockets were reduced to a marginal man, he was put on the court, at least defensively better than Hyde.As long as Van Gundy uses the right people, gives a few more bench opportunities, tries to play counterattacks, and presses the frontcourt, he may be able to beat the Jazz easily.But Van Gundy was stunned to help the Jazz upset and advance to the second round in the worst way.At the end of this season, Van Gundy is definitely going to retire.The Rockets won't keep him, and there's no way any other team will get out of the way and ask him to be a coach.The super lineup of the two stars can't pass the first round of the playoffs, use whoever is pleasing to the eye, stubbornly abolish potential newcomers, when the whole league accelerates the pace of offense, insists on playing positional warfare, never fast attack, this kind of coach who dares to use Van Gundy once brilliant, after arriving at the Rockets, he will only drill the horns.Maddie spent three years with the Rockets, and he had no playing spirit left, except for a pull-up jumper.Yao Ming averaged 253 points and 102 rebounds per game in the playoffs, and his stats are superstars.But the team's record is poor, and his popularity will never want to catch up with Wang Jun.The worst is the Greek Spanoolris, who thought he could play in the NBA for a few years, if not become an All-Star, at least a good role player.Now, he has been on the bench for a season, depressed and just wants to go back to Europe.If you make the wrong choice, it will affect your whole life.s: