The Golden Invincible of Basketball

Tang Tian was not too surprised with the results of the MVP selection.

As some fans on social media have said, he has enough data this season and his core role, but the record is indeed worse.

He finally got a higher ticket rate than James, thanks to the documentary made by the Pelicans for him.

And there was nothing to care about. This was his first year with the Pelicans, and he never thought of an MVP.

In the end, he was able to rank second in the vote, which has exceeded his expectations.

But going further, this season's off-season reinforcements, the Pelicans record up, he can really compete next year.

The Pelicans defeated the Clippers and advanced to the second round. At this time, the first round of the game has ended, and the East and West semi-final matches have been released.

The East Heat will face the Nets, which eliminated the Wizards in the first round of the tiebreaker.

The other set of semifinals is the Bulls and Pacers. The first game of the two series has been played, and the Pacers won 89 to 86.

On the west side, the Spurs and Lakers' semifinals have also finished the first game, the results are surprising.

The Lakers beat the Spurs 116-106 away and grabbed the home advantage from the Spurs.

The Spurs' problems were exposed. They couldn't restrain Harden in the first round, and they couldn't suppress Kobe in the second round, which scored 37 points in the first round.

In another set against the West, the Pelicans will compete against the Grizzlies after their promotion.

The Grizzlies are the league's most amazing team. Since the formation of the black and white duo, the black eight has passed the Spurs and the black seven has passed the Thunder. It is an absolute power in the playoffs.

And they are very strong in the regular season. In the playoffs, they will only be stronger.

This is also their capital to complete the black seven black eight, their defense is definitely ranked first or second in the league.

And playing against them, the inside play will be critical.

The Thunder lost their first round. In addition to Durant and Westbrook not performing as expected, the poor performance of Ibaka and Perkins is also a very important factor.

Griffin's abnormal play against the black and white duo is really not shameful. For the Pelicans, the combination of Davis and Evans is not much cheaper.

The Pelicans can win the Clippers, but it's really difficult to get over the Grizzlies.

After a two-day break, the Pelicans and Grizzlies opened their first game at the New Orleans Arena.

The Grizzlies eliminated the Thunder 4-2 and got a break of nearly a week, while the Pelicans finished the game without stopping.

After the game started, the Grizzlies also showed the Pelicans how they eliminated the Thunder in the first round.

The defensive strength of the post has been improved by a whole level, especially Gasol.

Compared to his older brother Gasol, Gasol Junior is equally good offensive, but the defense is not worthy of a stop.

He was named to the defensive team last year, and was second only to Tang Tian in the selection of the best defensive player.

In the regular season, he obviously stopped playing, and in the playoffs, the entire performance improved directly by one gear.

He averaged 20.7 points, 7.9 rebounds, 1.1 steals and 2.2 blocks per game in the first round of the Thunder, which is the key to the Grizzlies' promotion.

The same is true when playing the Grizzlies.

Davis was entangled in Randolph's mid-range distance. When he was inside, he was blocked by Gasol. Young, he finally realized the pain of Griffin.

Without enough offensive skills, it's not easy to be cheap with the black and white duo.

To put it bluntly, in the playoffs, the black and white duo are testing whether an inside player is really a huge touchstone.

Not only Davis, Tang Tian was completely targeted in the game.

In the regular season, the Grizzlies basically used Tony Allen as a single defense. In the playoffs, this defensive strategy has completely changed.

It is still a single defense, but Allen began to defend from the whole court, and used physical confrontation to consume Tang Tian from the beginning.

After the positional battle, the Grizzlies also targeted Tang Tian within the free throw line.

Don't underestimate this change, Tang Tian's offensive skills are relatively single, and facing Allen, he can't go to Allen like that of Barnes.

So he basically used the breakthrough to change backwards, but Allen still chasing and defending will not give him a chance.

He was forced to kill the basket, and the basket was black and white.

This is equivalent to driving him in front of two walls.

He can use his dynamite kit to create his own shooting space, but the efficiency is generally faced with black and white duo.

And more importantly, this way of attack, his physical exhaustion is really great.

Just by creating a shot, physical exertion is several times the speed of the Clippers.

The Grizzlies changed coaches this season, replacing the young Dave Jorgel. Because he was in Memphis and the Grizzlies play problem, he didn't pay much attention.

But in fact, he is the head coach of the league now worthy of the young coach, this season has won the best coach of the month three times.

In the selection of the best coach of the season, he is also second only to Vicki and Timon Williams.

In addition to the Grizzlies configuration, his targeted defense is really impressive.

From 87 to 75, the Grizzlies relied on a defensive wall-like defense and defeated the Pelicans away to gain home advantage.

Tang Tian scored 27 points, but his shooting rate was only in his early 40s. Davis only got 11 points and 7 rebounds.

The Pelicans' configuration is built around the twins. The twins have not played well and they are difficult to play.

The second game was exactly the same as the first.

The Pelicans are like being in a quagmire. They have fighting spirit and hard work, but they cannot play.

After two games, they also lost two home games, trailing the Grizzlies 0-2 in the big score.

Although I know it will be difficult to play against the Grizzlies, no one has expected such a situation.

Including Tang Tian.

The Clippers are a bit like paper tigers, but the Grizzlies are real tigers.

In these two games, many problems have been exposed. He needs to be rich in offensive means. Davis also needs to be rich in offensive means ~ www.novelhall.com ~ The team needs experience, etc.

But that's all offseason and next season. The question now is how to play this series.

Losing the Grizzlies is not unacceptable, but the problem is that they can't continue to play like this. If they lose both home games, they will be swept again.

The Pelicans beat the Clippers to gain confidence. If the second round is swept, the morale of the team next season will be affected.

So change is something that must be done.

Tang Tian didn't wait for Williams to come to him this time, he contacted Williams himself, and the two met in the coach's office.

"We need to change."

He has several tactical charts in his hand.

The Pelicans' lineup, experience, offense and defense are all down, and tactics are the only weight that can affect the victory balance.

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