readytorunbook Chapter 291 Easy promotion?Pistons 5 Tigers!
Chapter 291 Easy promotion?Pistons 5 Tigers!
Chapter 291 Easy promotion?Piston Five Tigers!
The Bucks' opponents in the next round will be selected from the Pacers and Pistons, the top three in the regular season in the Eastern Conference. These two teams are not ordinary teams.
However, in He Li's mouth, in He Li's words, it is a competitor who does not need to be cared about and is doomed to fail.
Regarding He Li's remarks, the media reporters present did not feel that He Li was so arrogant.
"This is just the self-confidence of the defending champion and the youngest FMVP in history!"
Many people defended He Li's youth and frivolity. After all, He Li's career and achievements at this stage are incredible.
As a rookie super giant, as the owner of two FMVPs, and even the current ruler of the league, He Li is indeed qualified to say this.
Even if the head players of the Pacers and Pistons are here, they can't refute anything.
After all, they had to deal with the opponent in front of them first.
"He Li, some people say that the league's playoff system and schedule are extremely unreasonable!
Because of the competition system, this year's Bucks will be the easiest team in league history to advance to the Finals.
What do you think of this! "
After He Li answered one question, a second question appeared soon.
He Li understood exactly what the reporter was asking. Regarding this, He Li's mind was that there was indeed a problem with the competition system.
But He Li's answer right now is definitely not the case.
"Absurd, the league has been developing better and better over the years, and few people think that there are problems with the playoff system and schedule.
Could it be that the championships of these years, the Eastern and Western champions are all false?unreasonable?
Denying everyone's efforts with one word is really something that only a fool can think of and say.
Also, the easiest team in the history of the league to advance to the finals is indeed us, but not this year!
Don't forget, two years ago, we swept and won the championship!
I don't think we can replicate such a miracle. "
He Li's rebuttal was well-founded. The reporters who wanted to make trouble couldn't find anything to say for a while.
However, He Li knew what they wanted to say.
There are indeed problems with the arrangement of the NBA playoffs, and it has caused a lot of controversy in the first two years.
Because the divisional seed teams walk to the top three teams in the first round of the playoffs, this has led to an embarrassing situation that the real strong teams may encounter in the first round.
This year is the case, obviously the Pacers and Pistons are the top three teams in the Eastern Conference.
But because they belong to the same division as the No. [-] Bucks in the East, the Bucks finally became the number one seed in the Central Division and became the No. [-] seed team in the Eastern Conference playoffs.
The Pacers could only reluctantly become the No. [-] seed team, and the Pistons moved to No. [-].
In this way, the Pacers and the Pistons have played together, and the team that was expected to reach the Eastern Conference Finals will inevitably have a winner in the first round.
Immediately after that, in the second round, they will encounter the big boss in the east like the Bucks.
I have to say that whether it is the Pacers or the Pistons, it will be very difficult and painful after the first round of promotion.
When strong teams with similar strengths meet, both sides will suffer.
Not to mention the loss of soldiers and generals, and after being exhausted, they met a defending champion like the Bucks.
The Bucks met the weakest Cavaliers in the first round and swept the promotion 4-0, so they can recharge their batteries early.
But the Pacers and the Pistons are very likely to reach the tiebreaker.
After the promotion, they basically have no chance to enter the Eastern Conference finals when they meet the Bucks who are waiting for work.
Even if all difficulties are overcome and the Bucks are lucky enough to defeat the Bucks, they may be at the end of their ropes.
The Celtics or the Nets, who were taken by latecomers, took the opportunity to miss out.
And this kind of competition system, for the Bucks, it is naturally the best thing to be able to miss the exhausted biggest competitor in the Eastern Conference in the second round of the playoffs.
As for the opponents in the Eastern Conference Finals, I am afraid they are also one of the Celtics and the Nets.And these two teams will inevitably meet in the Eastern Conference semifinals.
The strengths of the two teams are similar, but their styles of play are different, and there is hope for whoever wins.
But they will definitely show their cards in the Eastern Conference semifinals!
When it comes to the Eastern Conference finals, the Bucks may miss it again.
Therefore, it is very likely that the Bucks won the Eastern Conference championship by sweeping the Eastern Conference two years ago.
The key to this kind of thing happening is that there are problems with the competition system and schedule.
Otherwise, if the Bucks meet a strong team like the Pacers, Pistons, and Celtics with real knives and guns, it's really hard to say how much overall strength they will retain even if they make it to the finals with so many veterans in the team.
But now, it seems that they can sweep all the way to the finals without bloodshed.
Before the start of the finals, the Bucks were waiting for work all the way. Maybe they can create a miracle again and win the championship.
And this time, with an invincible momentum, it was a great move to win three consecutive championships and establish the Bucks Dynasty.
Since it is the Bucks who take advantage, He Li will naturally not admit in front of others that the competition system is beneficial to the Bucks, and it becomes easier for the Bucks to win the championship, which in turn leads to insufficient gold content in the dynasty established by the three consecutive championships.
Speaking of the following post-match interview, He Li was asked a few other questions. After the process was completed, the Bucks and his team quickly returned to Milwaukee to prepare for the next big battle.
Even if the Bucks can wait for work, but in the overall situation of the Eastern Conference playoffs, the next round of the series is particularly important for the Bucks.
If they can successfully defeat the next opponent, then there will be basically no obstacles for the Bucks to advance to the finals.
However, what happened next was not as simple as the Bucks imagined.
Originally, the game between the Pacers and the Pistons would be a battle of sparks hitting the earth, but the Pacers, who could still beat the Pistons in the regular season, were taken away by the Pistons 4-2 in the playoffs.
The home court advantage that the Pacers have gained seems to be non-existent. Instead, the Pistons have won more victories at the Pacers' home court.
"The playoffs are different from the regular season! It turns out that Jermaine O'Neal is just a star in the regular season!"
"It's hard to let go, coach Rick Carlisle lost to the championship team he built himself!"
"Reggie Miller has little hope of winning the championship. The Pacers may allow Reggie Miller to buy out his contract, so that he is expected to join the Bucks and get a championship ring before retiring!"
"The Pistons—the biggest spoiler in the East! Finally appeared!"
"In the Eastern Conference semifinals, the Pistons faced the Bucks. It is not that there is no hope of winning!"
Instead of reaching the tiebreaker with the Pistons, the Pacers were defeated 4-2 by the Pistons.
This is not good news for the Bucks.
It can be seen from the game between the Pacers and the Pistons that O'Neal has a lot of strength, but because of lack of experience in the playoffs, he can't play it well.
On the contrary, the Pistons, under the formation of Larry Brown, are excellent on the defensive end, ensuring the team's lower limit.
In other respects, the players performed their own duties. Just using the civilian lineup, the weak defeated the strong and defeated the Pacers cleanly, without giving the Pacers the slightest chance to comeback.
I have to say that the Bucks will get into some trouble more or less against the Pistons.
After all, what they are facing next is the Pistons Five Tigers!
"Next, let us face up to the difficulties!"
(End of this chapter)