2024-04-26 08:18:01
The Heat wins again! The Heat beat the Celtics in the second game of the series, which many people didn’t expect. After all, the Celtics are not only the team with the best record in the entire league, but they are also at a very high level offensively. and defensively, the Heat are missing head coach Jimmy Butler and will not play in the entire series due to injury. Most people think that this series is not a thriller. Many experts even predict that the Heat will be swept directly.
The Heat’s “Hero Brother” Herro (left) dominates the game on both offense and passing. (LINE TODAY Image Source: AP/Dazhi Image)
After the Heat won a victory, many people began to get excited again, wondering if the Heat had the same chance as last year to stage the most exciting drama of the NBA playoffs: the Legend of the Eighth Route Army. Last year’s Heat also started as the eighth seed. Against the Upper East’s top seed Milwaukee Bucks, they miraculously eliminated their opponent 4-1, completing another legend in eighth place.
In the past, everyone talked about every legend of Lao Ba. Last year, the Heat completed the legend of Lao Ba for only the sixth time in history. However, there is actually a choice where “lower choice beats higher” will occur. The number of times low picks beat high picks is equal to the number of “eight old legends”.
The answer is that the seventh seed beats the second seed. The difficulty of performing is no less than the legend of Lao Ba. To a certain extent, it is even more difficult to see than the legend of Lao Ba.
The legend of Lao Ba has happened a total of 6 times in history, but what about the 7th seed beating the 2nd seed? The answer is also 6 times.
However, the defeat of No. 7 by No. 2 occurred mainly in the last century, that is, when the first round series was “best of 5”, it happened 4 times and among the 6 legendary times of Lao Ba, only; 2 happened in the last century.
In other words, in recent years, it is much more difficult to see Lao Qi defeating Lao Er than to see the legend of Lao Ba. The legend of Lao Ba has occurred four times in the 21st century, while the legend of Lao Qi defeating Lao. Um, it happened twice.
But coincidentally, in last year’s playoffs, Legend 8 and Legend 7 beat the second-seeded Grizzlies, which also happened when the Heat beat the Bucks, and Legend 7, when the Lakers beat the second-seeded Grizzlies.
This year, the two former seventh teams in the Eastern and Western Conferences lost the first two games and fell into an absolutely unfavorable 0-2 situation. Especially when the Nuggets beat the Lakers, before the start of the playoffs, many people believed that. , with the exception of Celti, other than defeating the Heat, this is the least suspenseful combination in the series. The main reason is that the Golden Nuggets are too strong as the defending champions, and the Lakers were helpless in last year’s Western Conference championship game and finally won 4 games in a row to complete the scanning.
Nuggets forward Aaron Gordon (center). (LINE TODAY Image Source: AP/Dazhi Image)
During this season’s regular season, the Nuggets continued to sweep the Lakers. The Lakers lost in all three games. Additionally, the Lakers also lost in the final regular season game between the two teams last year. At this time, the Nuggets beat the Lakers again. The Nuggets currently have a total of 11 consecutive victories against the Lakers, including the season and the playoffs. It seems like the Lakers have been beaten to the point that they don’t know how to beat the Nuggets anymore. The series is currently 3-0. It looks like it will be extremely difficult for the Lakers to complete the old 7 and defeat the old 2 in this series.
On the other hand, the Philadelphia 76ers, the former seventh team in the East Division, were upset in the second game due to a referee controversy. In the third match, the soldiers fought to win back a match. proving that he is still the best player in the league. Originally, after playing the first two games, it looked like the Knicks should win the series. However, after Philadelphia pulls out this time, and as the series progresses, the problem of Knicks players playing too much playing time may gradually disappear. so this series seems to have a slightly better chance than the Lakers.
Embiid of the Philadelphia 76ers. (LINE TODAY Image Source: AP/Dazhi Image)
The legend of Lao Ba that happened in the 21st century, except for the Heat’s victory against the Bucks last year, the other three times are:
In 2007, the Golden State Warriors beat the Dallas Mavericks (4-2)
2011: the Memphis Grizzlies beat the San Antonio Spurs (4-2)
In 2012, the Philadelphia 76ers beat the Chicago Bulls (4-2)
Many fans can say this, and even the first two were very shocking. After all, the Mavericks and Spurs were both 60-win teams. However, when the seventh seed beat the second seed, except for the Lakers who beat the Grizzlies last year, few people could say it right away:
2010: the San Antonio Spurs beat the Dallas Mavericks (4-2)
The situation this year is that on the final day of the NBA regular season, the records of many teams in the Western Conference are close or even the same. Therefore, the results of the last day are likely to cause serious shocks in the rankings, and Spurs lost on the last day. They gave it to the Mavericks, so the ranking fell to 7th in one fell swoop. But few teams would consider the Spurs a true seventh-seeded team in this era.
The Spurs won 50 games that year and the Mavericks won 55 games. However, the Spurs missed more than 25 games because Tony Parker was injured that year, so 50 wins may not fully reflect their true strength. Regardless, the Mavericks won this game at the end of the season, but they had to face the Spurs again in the first round of the playoffs. The Spurs finally completed the first time this century that the old 7 had beaten the second seed. .
And if you look at it from a psychological perspective, the #8 team is playing the #1 seed, but the #8 team feels like they have nothing to lose and are more capable to let go and try. Anyway, there’s nothing to be ashamed of if he loses, or even that’s kind of how it should be, so it’s less stressful to play. On the other hand, the first seed won the division leader, and it seems that it must leave playoff results. If they lose a match, the pressure will be greater.
On the other hand, the seventh seed, although also the last seed, is after all not the last seed to enter the playoffs. This seems to give people the feeling that “no matter how far behind I am, there are always people.” behind me”, and they are not as hardworking as the eighth seed. Additionally, the incentive to defeat the first seed is higher than the incentive to defeat the second seed, because everyone knows who is the first seed, but it is not certain who is the second seed, so beating the second seed does not seem to be remembered for a long time. series, you will face the winners of the fourth and fifth seeds in the second round and will be more likely to advance to the next round. On the other hand, the seventh seed beat the second seed and will likely face the third seed. series in the next round, which is also difficult to win. Therefore, in summary, the incentive for the seventh seed to go down and overcome the peak does not seem to be as strong as that for the eighth seed.
Regardless, the first round of this year’s playoffs was extremely exciting. For the seventh seed to beat the second seed or even put the legend of the eighth seed on display, it didn’t seem impossible. As spectators and supporters, we must take every opportunity to broadcast every football match and cheer for the team we support. After all, when it comes to the playoffs, each team starts from 0. Only the team with 16 wins can win the final championship. Only one team can win 16 games. Let’s see who it will be this year.
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