Chapter 639 History Repeats Itself? (Third Update!)
Winning the third game in the series is undoubtedly a huge encouragement for the Pelicans.
The players are also looking forward to being able to go all out and return to New Orleans with a 3-1 game, ending the series directly at home.
"Just treat Zach Randolph as a fart and just let him go."
Before the start of the fourth game of the series, Tang Tian said to Whiteside.
Randolph's words are trash talk, but it's not too dirty talk.
The kind that involves racial discrimination and directly greets parents and daughters is the worst. Tang Tian definitely supports Whiteside.
But the others are actually a test of the player's psychological adjustment ability on the court.
In the NBA, or in the playoffs, that's even inevitable.
So Tang Tian was still doing Whiteside's ideological work more.
Whiteside listened, and in Game 4 of the series, he wasn't challenged by Randolph again.
The Pelicans' interior defense is also significantly better than the previous game.
But this time it was the Pelicans who went wrong.
The rim at the Alliance Express Arena seemed to be covered tonight, and the Pelicans' shooters couldn't throw the ball in.
This is the characteristic of young teams, they can shoot 60% of the three-pointers like in the first game, or they can lose collectively.
If the Pelicans' shooters can't make any shots, the Grizzlies can double-team Tang Tian crazily.
Tang Tian's scoring efficiency under double-teaming was not high. In the fourth quarter, the Pelicans finally lost, and the Grizzlies tied the score at 2-2.
And what's worse, Tang Tian poked his finger when he was double-teamed.
Although not as serious as last year, it will definitely affect his shooting touch in the next game.
The score was 2 to 2, Tang Tian's finger was injured, all this looked so similar to last year.
The promotion situation of the Pelicans has become confusing again.
Sure enough, it is not a joke to not die or peel off the skin when meeting the Grizzlies in the playoffs.
The good news is that the Tianwangshan battle in the fifth game of the series will not start until three days later, which will give the Pelicans an adjustment time.
At this time, most of the first round of the series was also underway.
In other group matches, the Eagles were also forced into a 2-2 situation by the Celtics. The Eagles' style of play was greatly limited in the playoffs, and Stevens' coaching on the opposite side was also impressive;
The Cavaliers swept the Bucks 4-0, Antetokounmpo was hammered by James on the opposite side, and there were news reports that after the fourth game, he continued to practice until the early morning;
The Knicks and the Wizards played 2-2. Pierce showed his superstar demeanor and contributed two consecutive games to keep the Wizards alive;
The Bulls lead the Raptors 3 to 1, and the Trash Brothers playoffs are worthy of the name;
In the west, the experience advantage that the Lakers fans expected did not play any role. The Warriors swept the Lakers 4-0 cleanly.
The Spurs also led the Trail Blazers 3-1. Relying on Lillard's 40+ against the sky, Portland barely managed to steal a victory. The strength gap between the two sides is obvious. crown dominance;
The most unexpected thing was the match between the Rockets and the Clippers. Harden was a little sleepwalking in the playoffs. They were already 1 to 3 behind the Clippers, and they were only one game away from being eliminated as soon as possible.
At this time, the league announced the ownership of the two season awards.
In the selection of the best sixth man, Gordon of the Pelicans finally only ranked fourth.
The award went to the Raptors' Lou Williams, who won by a crushing 60 percent of the vote.
Immediately after the announcement of the selection of the best head coach, the Pelicans missed again.
Hawks head coach Budenholzer defeated Steven Kerr and Williams and was elected the best head coach of the season.
The selection results have sparked a wave of controversy.
In addition to Williams missing the best head coach for the second year in a row, Kerr's failure to make the selection is puzzling.
You must know that Cole led the Warriors to the best record in team history with 67 wins as soon as he debuted.
After Tang Tian saw the news, he immediately sent congratulations to his former coach.
This result is a bit unexpected, but it is reasonable to think about it.
Both Cole and Williams have a disadvantage, that is, whether it is the Warriors or the Pelicans, they were both playoff teams last season.
What the two of them did was to take the team's record to the next level.
Although both teams have set a record in the regular season of team history, they have performed very well, and even have a high probability of winning awards in normal seasons.
But Budenholzer's performance is even more eye-catching. He raised a team with 38 wins last season to 60 wins, and the increase of 22 games is second only to last year's Pelicans.
And the core lineup of the Eagles has basically remained the same as last season.
So it's not that Cole and Williams are not good enough, but Budenholzer's performance is really a bit buggy.
The Pelicans missed awards one after another, another blow to their morale.
At this time, ESPN reporters asked one thing in a recent interview.
In the middle of the season, Xiao Hua accepted Tang Tian's suggestion that he would try out the practice of teams challenging referees in the league.
Now the trial has finally come to fruition.
"We've seen the results, it's made the game more lengthy and less fluid, and we haven't seen anything that works yet."
This is Xiao Hua's final decision.
The appearance of these two things together also made some optimistic fans realize one thing.
Xiao Hua, or the league really didn't mean to support the Pelicans. Their previous actions really just didn't target the Pelicans anymore.
These news have also become the material of TNT's latest program.
"They look like things are going wrong, they're in trouble."
After summing up these things, Barkley made such a judgment on the situation of the Pelicans.
"No, rest assured, they're going to win the series."
Although many fans thought that O'Neal would change his attitude because of McGee's incident before, it seems that he still supports Tang Tian and the Pelicans.
"Shaq, this time I really want to remind you that their situation is really bad."
Barkley also stood by his point.
"We assume that they will not be affected by these off-court factors. Didn't you find one thing? The Pelicans encountered the same situation as last year. They have been dragged by the Grizzlies to Game 5, and maybe there will be more in the future." There is a 6th game, a 7th game.
That's their ability to drag you into the mud and then make you slowly lose the ability to struggle before killing you, and that's what the Pelicans went through last season. "
Barkley's analysis drew a nod of agreement from Smith.
"Will history repeat itself? Yes."
Barkley concluded by himself.
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