In the first game, the Bucks easily won the game with 117:99.

Durant performed slightly in a bad way under Wang Meng's entire game, but due to his playing style, Durant still scored 24 points and his shooting percentage reached 46%.

Correspondingly, Antetokounmpo's rampage was Antetokounmpo.

Both Harris and Pope seemed powerless when facing Antetokounmpo.

Antetokounmpo made 14 free throws, made 11 shots, made 13 of 22 shots, with a shooting percentage of 59%, scoring 17 points, 13 rebounds and 5 assists.

After experiencing the first crushing defeat, the Pistons made adjustments in the second game. Wang Meng turned to defend Antetokounmpo. This game made Wang Meng play very well. At this stage, he is Antetokounmpo's nemesis. Antetokounmpo, who has not yet developed a stable outside shooting, can only rely on two moves of breaking through with the ball or cutting into the basket without the ball.

When facing most forwards in the league, Antetokounmpo can easily score with his height, strength and speed advantages, but it is not possible when facing Wang Meng.

The nickname of Artest beast at its peak is not for nothing. He is not afraid of anyone in power confrontation, and his speed can keep up with most of the defenders in the league.

Wang Meng, who perfectly inherited all this, was not afraid of Antetokounmpo in other aspects except for being at a disadvantage in height!

Antetokounmpo's only height advantage is not particularly obvious, after all, Wang Meng is also over 2 meters tall.

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In the whole game, under Wang Meng's close defense, Antetokounmpo lost a big shot, making only 6 of 16 shots in the game, with a shooting percentage of 37.5%, and 7 turnovers, with an efficiency value of the bottom among the five starting players.

Wang Meng's defense against Antetokounmpo was very successful, but the Pistons still lost the game.

The reason is very simple. The Pistons only have one Wang Meng. What should Durant do when he defends Antetokounmpo?

Even though his appearance is not good, Wang Meng is also the player with the best defensive effect of the Pistons!

When the opponent standing in front of Durant was not Wang Meng, the horror of the strongest scorer in the league was fully demonstrated.

He made 14 of 21 shots in the game, with a shooting percentage of up to 63%, including 3 3-pointers, 7 of 8 free throws, and scored 38 points in the game!

The total score became 2:0 in the blink of an eye, and the Pistons returned to the home court to the Motor City, but there were still not many people optimistic about it.

In two games, Drummond, the Pistons' leading player, was questioned. Although he is still the rebounding champion of the whole team and even the two teams in these two games, scoring 15 rebounds and 14 rebounds respectively in two games, that's all. Even when facing Jokic, he was unable to complete his defensive task well. Jokic scored an average of 15 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists in these two games. The data has declined slightly compared to the regular season but it is still at the average level.

Players such as Harris and Pope have also been criticized, and their performance has declined sharply in the high-intensity confrontation in the playoffs.

The only one who received praise from the entire Pistons was Wang Meng.

Whether facing Durant or Antetokounmpo, Wang Meng showed very strong performance, and his strong defensive ability was fully demonstrated.

Even in these two series, he was the Pistons' highest scorer, scoring 18 points in the first game and 20 points in the second game.

It’s a pity that it’s hard to support one’s own strength. Wang Meng’s strength is not the top star in itself. It is naturally impossible to turn the tide with such a luxurious configuration of the Bucks.

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After returning to the home court of Motor City, the situation did not improve at all.

In the third game, under the arrangement of the team's head coach, Wang Meng began to try to take turns defending Durant and Antetokounmpo with the assistance of other teammates, but this behavior was like lying to himself.

Both Durant and Antetokounmpo are stars who compete for regular season MVP. Even if Wang Meng is fully guarding one person throughout the whole process, he cannot completely guard against death, let alone take turns to guard against two people?

The result of this arrangement is that both Durant and Antetokounmpo must be able to score easily. Both scored more than 25 points and had a high shooting percentage.

So the Pistons lost the third battle again.

By the fourth game, the Pistons seemed to have given up on themselves.

The 3:0 score has basically announced the Pistons to be eliminated in advance. After all, it is almost a fantasy to win four consecutive games when falling behind 3:0.

Such an idea led to the Pistons' fourth quarter game being only two quarters, and they were already behind by more than 20 points, declaring the game in advance that it lost suspense.

The total score is 4:0, the Bucks easily approached the second round, and their opponent in the second round will be the winner of the Nets and the Celtics.

These two teams fought extremely bloody in the first round.

The Nets and the Celtics have similar strengths. Although the Nets have Jeremy Lin, the lineup and rationality of the entire Celtics team are even better.

The Celtics' starting point guard is Thomas Jr. He was very unlucky to meet Jeremy Lin in the series and was almost beaten and educated throughout the whole process.

In front of Jeremy Lin, Thomas Jr. was at a disadvantage in terms of height and strength. The only advantage was the speed, and it was not a particularly big advantage.

In the first two games, Jeremy Lin led the team to defeat his opponents in Brooklyn, New York, and won the advantage of two wins.

However, when the Celtics were at home, the situation changed.

The Celtics' Devil's home court is not a flaw, and the young coach Stevens' coaching ability is also really excellent. After two consecutive losses, he quickly adjusted his tactics, allowing the Celtics to successfully move back to two innings at home, rewriting the score to a 2:2 draw.

Next, they will continue to compete for life and death on the second round of the playoffs. It is still unclear who wins and who loses.

However, the other two matches in the East have basically achieved results at this time.

There is not much suspense in the game between the Wizards and the 76ers. Although Wall averaged 20+10 double-double this season, he was still incomparable with the Wizards' Big Three. He also had a straightforward 4:0, and the Wizards eliminated the 76ers into the second round.

On the other hand, the score between the Cavaliers and the Hawks was 3:1, and qualifying means playing one or two more games.

At this time, the Wizards and Cavaliers fans were a little depressed.

Because soon the two teams will meet in the second round of the Eastern Conference semi-finals and have a life-and-death battle for the places entering the Eastern Conference Finals.

At this time, another strong rival in the Eastern Conference, the Bucks, actually only needs to deal with the Nets or the Celtics, which is obviously much easier.

But there is no way to do this. Who made the Bucks the top team in the Eastern Conference record?
Chapter completed!