By Jeph Duarte | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2025-04-20 19:00:00
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第一轮中最具对抗性的对决正在进行中
在周六进行的四场比赛中，尼克斯对阵活塞的比赛是我认为最有可能在第一场爆冷的比赛。没有什么比一个充满不满情绪的、座无虚席的麦迪逊广场花园更让人期待的了。我也预计这将是东部联盟中最具火药味的系列赛。
当第四节开始时活塞队领先，我确信一场扣人心弦的比赛即将上演。但是底特律队一次五秒违例的发球让人迷惑，奥萨尔·汤普森(Ausar Thompson)在无人防守的情况下扣篮失手，我不得不重新调整我的期望。
通过马刺队的视角来看这个系列赛，底特律活塞队与圣安东尼奥马刺队没有任何联系。
尼克斯队的主教练汤姆·锡伯杜(Tom Thibodeau)在1993-1995年期间担任鲍勃·希尔(Bob Hill)的助理教练。1994-1995赛季是格雷格·波波维奇(Gregg Popovich)回到圣安东尼奥担任总经理和篮球运营副总裁的赛季。
这是我最纠结的一个系列赛，因为我发现双方都令人印象深刻，并欣赏他们各自的崛起。
不幸的是，凭借目前NBA中涌现的天赋，尼克斯队似乎年复一年地成为弱者，就像这个时代的雷吉·米勒(Reggie Miller)时代的步行者队。
底特律队仍然有进步的空间，最重要的是今年再赢三十场常规赛。他们从NBA垫底到东部联盟第六名的崛起，使他们成为今年比赛中的一匹黑马。
最终，活塞队自乱阵脚，突显了尼克斯队在东部所构成的威胁，但比赛中存在足够多的争议性推搡，表明这将是一个值得关注的系列赛。
预测：尼克斯队以 5 场取胜。
我支持谁：尼克斯队，但前提是他们被活塞队保持高度警惕所带来的挫败感所激励。
原因：这个系列赛具备了爆发冲突，多人被驱逐的所有条件。
你呢？你支持谁？
点击查看原文：Open Thread: A Spurs-eye view of the Pistons/Knicks series
Open Thread: A Spurs-eye view of the Pistons/Knicks series
The scrappiest match up of the first round is underway
Of the four games played on Saturday, the Knicks/Pistons is the one game I had pegged for a Game 1 upset. There’s nothing like a sold out disgruntled Madison Square Garden crowd. I also expect this to be the chippiest pairing in the Eastern Conference.
When the fourth quarter started with the Pistons in the lead, I was sure a nail-biter was in the works. But a five-second inbound baffled Detroit and Ausar Thompson whiffed a dunk with no one around, I had to recalibrate my expectations.
Looking at this series through Silver & Black glasses, the Detroit Pistons have no ties to the San Antonio Spurs
The Knicks head coach Tom Thibodeau served as an assistant coach from 1993-1995 under Bob Hill. The 1994-1995 season is when Gregg Popovich returned to San Antonio as general manager and vice president of basketball operations.
This is the series where I am most split as I find both impressive and appreciate their individual rises.
Unfortunately with the talent currently pulsing throughout the NBA, the Knicks look to be the underdogs tear after year, this generation’s version of the Reggie Miller era Pacers.
Detroit still have moves to make, the biggest being thirty more regular season wins this year. Their rise from worst in the NBA to 6th in the Eastern Conference makes them the dark horse in the running this year.
In the end the Pistons unravelled underscoring just what a threat the Knicks have become in the East, but there was enough contentious nudging to reveal that this will be a series worth following.
Prediction: Knicks in 5.
Who am I rooting for: Knicks, but only if they are fueled by the frustration of the Pistons keeping them on their toes.
Reason: This series has all the makings of a brawl with multiple ejections.
How about you? Who you rooting for?
By Jeph Duarte, via Pounding The Rock