The Strongest Bishop in the NBA

The 2012-13 season can be regarded as the most exciting season in recent years. The Wizards' 70 wins and the Heat's 27 wins made this season wonderful.

But at the same time, this season is also a season in which personal statistics are not outstanding.

On the scoring list, Carmelo Anthony was elected as the scoring leader of the season with 28.5 points. The top five points in the scoring list are not high. From second to fifth are Kevin Durant's 28 points, Kobe Bryant's Leant's 27.3 points, LeBron James' 26.8 points, and James Harden's 26.1 points.

The core of the Wizards, Curry, the scoring champion for two consecutive years, averaged 24.8 points per game, ranking only sixth in the scoring list.

Not only scores, but other data as well.

Dwight Howard only averaged 12.4 rebounds per game to win the rebounding title. Last season, he needed 14.5 rebounds to win the rebounding title.

In terms of assists, Jeremy Lin, who averaged 10.8 assists per game, won the assists title. He is also the only player on the assist list with an average of double figures in assists per game.

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The league's best team, best defensive team, and other awards such as the regular season MVP still need to be selected by voting. Generally, they will not be announced until the second round of the playoffs, so people are now the biggest. The focus of attention is the matchup in the first round of the playoffs.

The Celtics, like the Heat, are old rivals of the Wizards. Since Wang Xiao took over the Wizards, the two sides have met in the playoffs for the fourth consecutive year.

Except for the Wizards losing to the Celtics in the Eastern Conference Finals in the first season, the other two seasons ended with the Wizards winning.

The Wizards' players have grown faster and stronger over time, while the Celtics have just the opposite.

Until 2013, Garnett was 37 years old and Pierce was 36 years old. Both of them had experienced a sharp decline in physical fitness and competitive state, and the team's newly emerging core Rondo was injured in the regular season. Reimbursement.

Basically, the two teams met in the first round of the playoffs, and no one thought the Celtics had any chance of winning.

In fact it is.

On April 21, the first battle between the two sides began.

The Wizards ushered in a challenge from the Celtics at home. The starting lineup for the Wizards is Curry, Thompson, Leonard, George and Whiteside.

The starting five for the Celtics are Bradley, Pierce, Jeff Green, Garnett, and Bass.

From the perspective of the lineup alone, the two teams are not at the same level of strength at all, and there is no surprise in the result of the two sides fighting.

The Celtics couldn't keep up with the Wizards' rhythm at all. Jeff Green's offensive ability was limited, and Pierce was completely stared down by Leonard. aspect has an advantage.

Aside from Garnett, who is not in much competitive form, although Bass is a relatively strong insider, his height limits his rebounding ability. Counting his entire career, Bass averaged only 4.5 rebounds per game. One, not even as good as Paul George.

As the main small forward player, George has 6.4 rebounds in his career.

In this case, Whiteside is like a rebounding monster inside the Celtics, using his advantages in height, jumping, explosive power, etc., to constantly compete for offensive rebounds.

The game opened up a huge point difference in the first quarter.

35:18!

The Celtics trailed by 17 points in the first quarter.

Then in the second quarter, the point difference further widened, once exceeding 25 points.

However, when the score gap fell to more than 25 points, Wang Xiao replaced some of the main players.

He wasn't trying to save face for the Celtics, it was just a decision made after considering all aspects.

It is a shameful thing to kill everything when you already have an absolute advantage. It is like the first round of the playoffs where the Bulls were blacked out by the 76ers in the 2012 playoffs. The Bulls have already secured the victory, but they insisted on letting Rose stay on the court. As a result, Rose was accidentally injured, which directly ruined the bright future of Rose in the Windy City.

In the 2014-15 season, James returned to the Cavaliers. In the first round of the playoffs, he faced the Celtics in the rebuilding stage. He still chased after the Celtics with a big score of 3:0. In the first quarter of the fourth game Leading the Green Army by double digits again, the Green Army was dissatisfied. As a result, Olynik took the opportunity to retaliate and dislocated Love's arm, causing Love to miss the follow-up game. James led the team all the way to the Finals. In the finals, it was difficult to achieve success alone.

The behavior of not being able to lose to a black hand is very contemptible, but it is not uncommon in the alliance, and Wang Xiao has to take precautions in advance.

So although he warned the players not to be careless and to go all out in the game, after gaining the advantage, he still chose to slow down a little.

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Replacing the main force ahead of time did not change the situation on the court. After all, Jimmy Butler, Chandler Parsons and Isaiah Thomas have also undergone systematic training for two full seasons, and their strength is already very strong. More than usual, it is not a problem to serve as a starter for a team with mid-range strength in the NBA.

When the game reached the third quarter, the point difference was almost close to the 30-point mark, and the Celtics were almost desperate.

So after the start of the fourth quarter, the Celtics also replaced all the main players and put on a full bench lineup.

The entire fourth quarter of the game became a stage for the Wizards and Celtics to train recruits. All the substitute players of the Wizards got playing time in the fourth quarter, and so did the Celtics. After finishing the game with such a tacit understanding, the score was also fixed at 106:97. The Wizards won the Celtics at home by 9 points.

If you only look at the point difference, it seems that the gap between the two teams is not particularly large. Only those who have watched the entire game process understand that the Wizards and the Celtics are no longer at the same level.

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In the second game of the series, the situation was exactly the same as the first game. The difference was that this time the Celtics only lasted for a while, and it was not until the third quarter that they couldn't hold on and completely collapsed.

Easily won the second game, the big score of the two teams has come to 2:0.

The Wizards then headed to Boston for Game 3 and Game 4 of the Celtics away game.

In these two away games, not many Washington fans even rushed to Boston to cheer for the team. The reason is very simple. In their opinion, there is no suspense.

Even if they occupy a favorable location, it is difficult for the Celtics to beat the Wizards.

The same is true for the results.

121:99, 108:85.

In the two away games, the Wizards still won the victory without bloodshed, and the total score of the series was also fixed at 4:0.

The unsuspecting game trend made people realize once again that the era of the Celtics' Big Three has passed.

(There will be another chapter later)