Chapter 21 Before the Finals
The tiebreak battle in the Western Conference Finals is much lower than that in the Eastern Conference Finals.
The main reason is that this Spurs is too civilian. Although GDP is all famous superstars, they are all too low-key, and Xiaoka is far from growing.
Thunder is very popular, but the so-called popularity is only after it has attracted the bobcats and Knights in the east, and then it has become more popular.
There is no need to say that the group of Xiao Du vs Li Ke is almost a classic duel. The group of Xiao Du vs Lebang is also a group of matches that the league has been hotly hyped in the past two years.
David Stern's hype technique is common. Before Li Ke's generation entered the league, or when Kobe was still at his peak two years ago, the league's hot speculation was 23 vs 24, namely Lebang vs Kobe.
There is 88vs35 interspersed in the middle, namely Li Ke vs Xiao Du.
In the past two years, Kobe has declined in various ways and withdrew from the top five in the league, 88vs23, 23vs35, and has also entered the ranks of hot speculation in the league.
Therefore, Mr. Si doesn't really want to see the Spurs win the tiebreak in this Western Conference Final.
If the Thunder reach the finals, the 88vs35 that Mr. S has always dreamed of can be officially staged in the finals.
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In the Western Final tiebreak, the Bobcats are also paying attention.
As a bystander this year, Li Ke is left with only one Tim Graver who can communicate with.
No one will ask him again, who do he prefer to meet in these two teams?
Li Ke could only ask himself, who is the opponent Li Ke wants to meet more in these two teams?
"It's okay to meet anyone, but there's no suspense in the finals anyway!"
"If I had to choose an opponent, I would choose the Spurs!"
Why are the Spurs? Because so far this season, Li Ke has been in a few games that have been defended very badly, and his opponent is the Spurs.
On the contrary, against Thunder, even if his opponent has Tony Allen, Li Ke is not guilty at all.
What is the difference between these two teams at the defensive level? It should be the difference between Duncan and Ibaka.
Although the No. 21 rookie is in his twilight years, his overall defense is still at the DPOY level.
Coupled with the Spurs' overall rigorous style characteristics, the restrictions on Li Ke are obvious to all.
Let’s look at the Thunder again, Tony Allen is also the league’s top outside blocker.
But as the new league blocking king Ibaka, the defensive threat is far less than that shown in the data.
At least, compared to Duncan, he is inferior.
If the opponent is the Thunder, the finals will be without any challenges.
If the opponent is the Spurs, the finals may still be able to smell the smell of gunpowder.
In the end, in this Western Conference Final tiebreak, the Thunder won the game.
Although Li Ke is under great pressure for Li Ke, who is more shooting than breakthroughs, he doesn't have to fight Ducan at all, he only needs to solve Li Ke.
After solving the problem, the Thunder's overall offense can be guaranteed.
All the Thunder members opened fire. This Spurs, which can be considered civilians, will find it difficult to defeat the Thunder in an offensive battle.
In this way, Du Du scored 37 points and led the Thunder to win the tiebreak battle in the Western Conference Finals.
The matchup in the finals is exactly the 88 vs35 that David Stern wants to see!
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The opponent is the Thunder, so there is no suspense in this final.
The reason is very simple -
The Thunder's lineup composition is problematic. In the past two seasons, Daluo's franchise protection, Rondo's mid-range shots and free throws have been problems.
Later, Tony Allen joined, further amplifying Rondo's mid-range and free throw flaws.
Two backlines without long shots are formed. In this era when three-point long shots are emphasized, you can imagine how big the problem is.
This season, the Thunder's situation has improved a lot.
First of all, Daluo's frame protection has been improving. He and Ibaka's partner in the inside line cannot be said to be the best inside team in the league's defense, at least he can be considered first-class in the league.
Secondly, it was Daluo. This season, he gradually developed a relatively stable three-pointer, which directly solved the Thunder's long-range shooting crisis.
Even with Tony Allen Rondo's back line combination, the Thunder have three-point threat points from the outside.
And this is the main reason why the Thunder reached the finals step by step.
A Daluo, who has been improving, has changed everything.
But the problem is that a Daluo change is not enough to help Thunder calm the gap with the Bobcats.
The Bobcats only need a five-small attack to make Daluo unable to play.
Simply put: the Bobcats' style of playing is ahead of this era, while the Thunder, a style of playing that has its own big center and the point guard has not yet been shot, is already a bit behind the era.
"If it were the Thunder, this finals would be meaningless."
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Li Ke unilaterally believes that there is no suspense or interest in the finals. He is still very enthusiastic about this finals across the United States.
Major media began to look forward and predict, and enthusiastically discussed what kind of sparks can be created by Li Ke vs. Xiao Du in the finals.
From the most representative ESPN, they also invited a bunch of expert journalists and commentators to express their opinions and provide their predictions through a special program after the East-West Finals.
Mei Yang Yang continues to be optimistic about the Bobcats: "There is no doubt that the Bobcats will complete their defending career this season. The Thunder cannot be their opponent. The five-small play they took out by the Eastern Conference Finals alone is enough for the Thunder to have a drink."
After hesitating for a moment, the beauty chose to stand opposite to Mei Yang Yang: "I don't think so. I think the Thunder are capable of fighting against the Bobcats. Although the five-center juniors are ahead of this era, Brooke Lopez is not something that the five-center juniors can target. This season's Brooke Lopez can be called the top three centers in the league!"
Beauty believes that the five-small play style is indeed a way of playing beyond this era, but the more important reason why the five-small play style is popular is that most teams in this era are weak in the center.
If the Bobcats meet a team that has always been a strong center, these five small plays will not be used.
Top centers like Sparks and Daluo have the ability to beat the so-called five-small gameplay of Bobcats on their own.
Therefore, the beauty thought: "The Bobcats can only use their regular play to fight against the Thunder. Under the regular play, I am more optimistic about the Thunder with a top center!"
To talk about Daluo’s top level, judging from the data, it does have this meaning. In this regular season, Daluo averaged 23.7 points, 7.1 rebounds, 3.7 assists, 0.8 steals and 2.0 blocks per game. This data is only a shorter than Yaoyao back then.
However, Daluo has few rebounds, not because he can't grab it, but because he has been a clamp most of the time.
Stuck the position, and then let Banrondo, Xiaodu and even Tony teacher.
However, Li Ke knew that Daluo was still far from being the so-called top center.
Director Zhang was also invited to participate in this pre-match special program as a guest.
The main reason why he can participate is Li Ke.
On the show, Director Zhang, who was a little nervous, spoke in this skillful English, expressed his opinion: "In my opinion, there should be no suspense in this final... So, the Bobcats will win, and Li Ke will definitely be the final FMVP winner!"
Lao Zhang was clear-cut, beautiful Yang Yang, beautiful Yu, and Bill Simmons and other foreigners were confused when they heard this.
Does he speak English? Yes?
Chapter completed!