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 all made this season exciting.

But at the same time, this season is also a season with no outstanding personal data.

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

Curry, the Wizards' core player, averaged 24.8 points per game, ranking sixth in the scoring list.

Not only scores, but also data in other aspects.

Dwight Howard won the rebounding champion with only 12.4 rebounds per game. Last season, he needed 14.5 rebounds to win the rebounding champion.

In terms of assists, Jeremy Lin, who averaged 10.8 assists per game, was the only player on the assist list to average double assists per game.

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The league's best team, best defensive team and other awards such as regular season MVP still need to be voted to select. They will generally be announced one after another when the playoffs are around the second round, so people's biggest focus now is the first round of the playoffs.

Like the Heat, the Celtics are old opponents 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 first season, the other two seasons ended with the Wizards' victory.

The Wizards' players grow faster and faster as time goes by, and their strength is getting stronger and stronger, but the Celtics' opposite is true.

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

Basically, the two teams met in the first round of the playoffs, and no one thought there was any possibility of the Celtics winning.

In fact, the same is true.

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

The Wizards faced the challenge of the Celtics at home, and the starting lineup of the Wizards is Curry, Thompson, Leonard, George and Whiteside.

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

Judging from the lineup alone, the two teams are completely different from the same level of strength, and there is no surprise in the result of the fight between the two sides.

The Celtics could not keep up with the pace of the Wizards at all. Jeff Green had limited offensive ability, while Pierce was completely stared at by Leonard and had no sense of touch. In the inside duel, the Wizards actually had a rare advantage in rebounding.

Putting aside Garnett, who has not had much competitive form, although Bass is a relatively strong inside player, his height limits his rebounding ability. In detail, Bass averages only 4.5 rebounds per game, which is even worse than Paul George.

As a player who plays small forwards, George has 6.4 rebounds in his career.

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

The game opened a huge gap in the first quarter.

35:18!

The Celtics fell 17 points behind in the first quarter.

Then in the second quarter, the score difference further widened, and once exceeded 25 points.

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

He didn't give face to the Celtics, but just made a decision after considering all aspects.

It is a very bad thing to kill all people when they have an absolute advantage. Just like in the 12th playoffs, the Bulls were blacked out by the 76ers in the first round of the playoffs. The Bulls had clearly locked in the victory, but insisted on letting Ross stay on the court, which resulted in Ross being accidentally injured and directly destroyed the bright future of the Wind City Rose.

In the 14-15 season, James returned to the Cavaliers. He faced the Celtics in the first round of the playoffs. He still chased and fought hard while already leading the Celtics with a score of 3:0. He led the Celtics in the first quarter of the fourth game again, which made the Celtics dissatisfied. As a result, Olynick was waiting for an opportunity to take revenge and took a chance to dislocate Love's arm, causing Love to miss the subsequent game. James led the team to the finals but failed to beat the game alone.

It is despicable that you can't afford to lose, but it is common in the league, so Wang Xiao has to be careful in advance.

So although he had previously warned the players not to be careless and to do his best in the game, he still chose to ease his mind after gaining the advantage.

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The replacement of the main players in advance did not change the situation on the court. After all, Jimmy Butler, Chandler Parsons, Isaiah Thomas and others also trained for two seasons after systematic training. Their strength is already extraordinary. It is not a problem to be the starting players of teams with strength in the mid-range NBA.

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

So after the fourth quarter started, the Celtics replaced all the main players and lined up with a full substitute.

In the entire fourth quarter, it became a stage for the Wizards and Celtics to train recruits. All the Wizards substitutes won the playing time in the fourth quarter, and the Celtics were the same. After the two sides played the game with a tacit understanding, the score was frozen at 106:97. The Wizards beat the Celtics 9 points at home.

If you only look at the score difference, it seems that the gap between the two teams is not particularly large. Only those who have watched the entire game 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 could not hold on to the complete collapse.

After easily winning the second game, the big score between the two teams has reached 2:0.

The Wizards then headed to Boston to play the third and fourth series against the Celtics on the road.

There were not even many Washington fans rushing to Boston to cheer for the team in these two away games. The reason is very simple, and in their opinion there is no suspense.

Even if it is occupied by the territory, it is difficult for the Celtics to defeat the Wizards.

The same is true for the result.

121:99,108:85.

In two away games, the Wizards still won the victory without any blood, and the total score of the series was frozen at 4:0.

The unsurprising direction of the game made people realize once again that the era of the three Celtics has passed.
Chapter completed!