Even if the wind rises, I will ride the wind to break thousands of miles!
The Knicks defeated the Philadelphia-76ers with MVP Embiid 4-2 to advance to the division semifinals. When Thibodeau chose to be the head iron in the final game of the regular season, refused to let go of the water, and calmly faced any team, although full of fortitude and tenacity, it is still worrying, after all, whether it is the Black Eight team Heat who defeated the Knicks in the division semifinals last year, or the Philadelphia duo with regular season MVP Embiid and Maxey, it is enough for the Knicks to drink a pot, and even in the absence of Randle, Thibodeau may pay the price for his hardness.
In the face of Philadelphia's 6-game series, in the absence of Randle and Bogdanovic injuries, the Knicks, who rotated seven people, did pay a huge physical exertion, and Brunson, Hart, and Anunoby averaged 40+ minutes per game, once setting a playoff record.
But even so, the Knicks still gritted their teeth and fought with Philadelphia until the bayonet was red. In the last 47.3 seconds of G2, the shocking 8-0 counterattack showed the fighting spirit and willpower of the Knicks who did not give up. After the G5 Knicks were dragged into overtime by Maxey 7-0, the Madison Garden Square was instantly quiet, and under the watchful eyes of a number of celebrities, the Knicks lost to the young Maxey and failed to win the series in front of the home fans.
G6 When everyone thought that the Knicks were likely to give up strategically again, trying to fight hard in G7 to grasp the last home-court advantage, but Thibodeau's team, even if they tried their best to get the last bullet, would never give up, the Knicks' high-spirited performance in the first quarter once made Philadelphia unable to match, although Nas adapted, but also in the sharpshooter Hieldewan's three-point shooting range, the Knicks' arrogance was crushed, and the number of rebounds was snatched, but the tenacious New Yorkers never lost the word, and when Thibodeau seized the gap and let Brunson take a short break for 2 minutes in the fourth quarter, the game changed abruptly again。
After the adjustment, Brunson once again slaughtered the Quartet, two consecutive three-pointers, and the Chinese distance that hit steadily, and scored 8 points in a row. Oubre responded one after another, but Brunson, who played superstar mode, and others were willing to be green leaves, constantly grabbing rebounds, which made the Knicks more competitive again, and Embiid, who was soft throughout the series because of injuries, could not match the intensity of the game at the last moment, and his performance was not exciting enough, which also made him the culprit of the Knicks' crazy bite.
With Brunson standing at the free-throw line and hitting the free-throw line safely, the Knicks finally won the series with a hard run after Hield's attempt to pull off another miracle failed. As the most difficult group of 16 teams in the first round, although the Knicks have the home court advantage, but the grassroots team without Randle, but the victory over the giant team with Embiid will still be a counterattack, after all, Embiid is definitely the top star of the league, and the Knicks are a group of mediocre talent, relying on hard work to get up to the top.
Losing to such a grassroots team, for Embiid, is still faceless, although injuries can give Embiid an excuse to speak of, but as a star, standing on the court, Embiid should play a superstar performance, soft play, hesitant performance, and even the entire series is not as good as the young Maxey, or even the 35-year-old veteran Batum. Although Philadelphia has countless excuses to prevaricate, as the leader of the team, Embiid's pull this time, even unwilling to play blocking and demolition in the past, relying too much on the way of fighting alone, is the real cancer that destroys the team, Embiid instead of chattering and insinuating against teammates, it is better to reflect on himself, if he continues to be obsessed, Maxey will replace him, it will only be a matter of time.
The counterattack of the grassroots team is indeed amazing, as a tough style of play, the Knicks with mediocre player talent, can enter the playoffs with the second place in the regular season and defeat the talented Philadelphia, hard work, positivity, focus, and hard work will be the best interpretation of the Knicks. Thibodeau's toughness and Brunson's ruthlessness complement each other, and it also makes it possible for this grassroots team to continue to write legends, inherit the banner of Miami, and is expected to go further and further on the stage of the playoffs, becoming another civilian team, even comparable to the bad boy army of the year, writing legendary moments belonging to the Knicks.
At the same time as Philadelphia fell, the Bucks, another giant team in the East, also fell on the stage of the first round of the playoffs for two consecutive years. Despite the offseason reshuffle, the mid-season change of head coach, and the regular season finale, the opponent was deliberately selected, but the injury of Brother Alphabet, as well as the fact that luck and strength are not on the side of the Bucks, made this veteran team, after six more battles, be shot down by the young Pacers again. In the G6 series, McConnell played a legendary moment of losing the draft, sending the Bucks home, and also played the greatest game of his career, allowing the young Pacers to achieve the following and break into the division semifinals stage again after a decade.
The curtain call of the previous Janduku team, and now the defeat of the Bucks and Philadelphia, the two traditional teams in the East, have completely made civilian teams and young teams the main theme of this playoffs.
There are only the Celtics left in the traditional strong team in the East, and this giant team with double tanhua as the core, the core leader is only 25 or 26 years old, still extremely young, the main players of the Cavaliers and Magic teams are even more in their youth, Mitchell is only 27 years old, Banchero is only 21 years old, which can be described as unusually young, the Knicks and Pacers who have just defeated the two giant teams, Haliburton and Brunson are only 24 years old and 27 years old. Therefore, the leaders of the teams in the west are extremely young, and the core players are almost 30+ years old, and youth has become the main theme of the east.
On the Western side, Jokic and Edwards, who defeated Jandoo, are 29 and 22 years old, respectively, and the Thunder, who defeated the young Pelicans, Alexander is 25 years old, and Doncic is 25 years old. The oldest is no more than a teacher, but he is not over 30 years old. Therefore, whether it is the east or the west, it has gradually started the pace of the rise of young people. In addition, the teams that entered the division semifinals, except for the Celtics and Nuggets, the rest are new forces, and some teams did not even break into the playoff stage last year.
Under the leadership of Janduku, the veteran team, The suppression of veteran stars, once let young people delay the outbreak of the incident, but this time the playoff stage of the blockbuster, seems to be a shock, in fact, there are already clues, during the regular season, these young teams, young stars have led the team to play explosive performance, but everyone is still looking forward to a miracle, looking forward to the playoffs Janduku and other veteran star teams, can rely on rich experience, and super personal ability, continue to turn things around, but after the decline in physical fitness, absolute ability is lost, neither young people have endless physical support, nor the fighting spirit of the young team, want to rely on experience, they will spend thousands of pounds, can be described as grandstanding。
Janduku's exit on behalf of the team has proven everything. In the face of absolute strength and hard work, the previous feats and the reputation of the world cannot be used as a bargaining chip to defeat young people. When the Bucks and Philadelphia have fallen, the East and West have completely become young teams and young players, whether it is a fledgling young team or a grassroots army, this year's championship trophy will inevitably come from these teams and players who have great ambitions, are unwilling to be mediocre, and are unwilling to give up.
The replacement of the old and the new, although there will be some waves, and even some broadcasters, as well as Xiao Hua lose some interests, after all, the young team's sense of topic, as well as traffic, naturally cannot be compared with Zhan Duku, they have always been the mainstream media, the most talked about topic, but the replacement of the old and the new has been imperative, even if some price is paid, it will not be able to avoid the fact that the rise of the young team, Xiao Hua did not intervene manually this time, or even could not intervene, has shown that the rise of the young team has become the general trend。
Although, let a young team or a grassroots team win the championship, there is no gimmick of Zhan Duku winning the championship is more explosive, and even the traffic topic will decline suddenly, but Zhan Duku will leave this stage sooner or later, it is better to take advantage of the fact that Zhan Duku is still fighting on this stage, it is better to complete the excess, and this is not a personal will to transfer, competitive sports is like this, he has nothing to do with interests, he can't beat it, even if the referee forcibly intervenes, it is difficult for a swept team to achieve a counterattack, just win one more game, such a way of sensationalism, not only can not bring anything, but will only become the laughing stock of public opinion。
Therefore, since it can't be stopped, then it will rise with the wind, we just need to wait quietly, see which team can stand out, win the championship trophy, and take the lead in the competition of young people, become a real superhero, after all, in the case of full physical fitness, watching the collision between hormones will also be a new experience, after all, accustomed to seeing the classic duel of Janduku, experience a new way, it will also be a new viewing experience, which will also become the direction and trend of the future development of the league.