warrior godfather

The Warriors swept their opponents 4:0 in two consecutive rounds, winning simply and neatly, but the speed is not fast.

On the other side, the series between the Rockets and the Clippers also went to the fourth game. The Rockets led 4:3 and held the match point.

Since the Jazz and the Trail Blazers played until the tiebreaker in the first round to decide the winner, the Warriors started a little later in the second round, even one day later than the next door.

On the second day after the Warriors advanced, the Rockets and the Clippers played the fifth game at the Staples Center. The Rockets won 106:98 and advanced to the Western Conference Finals with a big score of 4:1.

In Zhang Yu's previous life, the Rockets would have lost 2:4 to the Spurs in the second round. Harden faced the Spurs without Leonard in G6 and played one of the most humiliating playoff games in his career. He made 11 of 2 shots in the game , scored 10 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal, 1 block and 6 turnovers, and became a laughing stock.

But the decline of the Spurs made Harden escape.

With the Clippers' aging lineup, their strength is no longer comparable to the current Rockets.

In the second round of G3, the increasingly vitrified Griffin suffered a right toe injury and was reimbursed for the season. The Clippers suffered a great loss.

The Rockets took the opportunity to go down to three cities in a row, completed a gentleman sweep, and returned to the Western Conference Finals after a lapse of 22 years.

Without the pressure of the life-and-death battle, Harden's performance did not suddenly go out of order. He played 5 minutes in G41, made 18 of 10 shots, 11 of 4 three-pointers, 6 of 4 free throws, scored 28 points, 12 assists, 5 rebounds and 2 steals, leading the team win.

Since Paul joined the Clippers, he has been out of the playoffs for six consecutive years, and the words of winning the championship are still in his ears, but the distance between the Clippers and the O'Brien Cup is getting farther and farther.

He seems to have encountered a curse. At the critical moment of the playoffs, either he was injured, or his teammates were injured, or even both himself and his teammates were injured.

Last year, the Clippers led the Trail Blazers 2:0. The situation was very good. As a result, Paul and Griffin were injured successively. The Blazers won four games in a row and completed a comeback.

This year, the Clippers drew with the Rockets 1:1 in an away game and grabbed the home court advantage. As a result, Griffin was suddenly reimbursed for the season, and Paul was alone and powerless.

In this round of the series, he averaged 37.1 minutes per game, scored 26.3 points, 9.9 assists, 5 rebounds and 1.7 steals, and only 2.7 turnovers. The three shooting percentages were 49.6%, 36.8%, and 87.9%.

Paul had a rare high-scoring series because he was the only scorer left for the Clippers.

Jordan can only eat cakes, Iguodala can do everything, but he can't score, Crawford is too old, Redick is too weak in this year's playoffs, and the Clippers, who are proud of their deep lineup, only have Paul alone can score.

Paul finally didn't lose the chain in the playoffs, and instead showed the state of dreaming back to the peak, but his teammates lost the chain again.

Some people suspect that maybe Paul has been cursed, that God kept him from getting the O'Brien Cup.

Fortunately for Paul fans, Iguodala was ordered to help the Clippers eliminate the Rockets 2016:4 in 3. Otherwise, Paul would not even be able to touch the floor of the Western Conference Finals, which would be really embarrassing.

However, Paul's record of never reaching the finals has been questioned.

After the game, the reporter asked very pointed questions:

"Chris, since you joined the Clippers, you haven't reached the Finals in the past six years. Will you still aim to compete for the championship next season?"

Paul's face was very ugly, but he managed to maintain his composure and replied:

"Of course, we have only one goal. No matter how many times we fail, we will never give up."

The reporter asked again:

"If the goal is to compete for the championship, what changes will happen to your lineup next season?"

Paul was secretly angry:

"It's not my job, it's my job to stay in shape and go out there and lead the team, no matter what players are on the team."

Another reporter asked:
"Chris, you can jump out of the final year of your contract this summer and become an unrestricted free agent, will you do that?"

Paul was outraged:

"Do you think I have time to think about it now? We just lost 20 minutes ago!"

After speaking, Paul left the table.

For Paul's fierce reaction, the media and fans analyzed it from many angles.

Some people think that Paul felt offended. He is a very competitive person. He just lost the series and was asked if he would leave the team. He would definitely be angry.

Some people think that Paul is extremely dissatisfied with the status quo of the Clippers. He may be leaving the team this summer, but he became angry after being hit by a reporter.

Others think that Paul is too disappointed in the loss and is irritable, so there is no need to over-interpret it.

But in any case, the Clippers' journey this season is completely over, and Paul's choice will have a crucial impact on the pattern of the summer trading market.

At the moment the Clippers were out, someone had already made a secret move.

The playoffs are raging, but under the frozen trading market, there are already undercurrents surging.

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Unlike the Clippers' disappointment, the Rockets returned to the Western Conference Finals after 22 years. The whole team is at a high-spirited time.

The voice of D'Antoni's best coach is getting louder, and the voice of "Harden MVP" is also louder.

But this is just the Rockets fans celebrating the victory, and the media is just chasing the heat for traffic. The voting for the regular season awards has long since ended, and the result has been determined. No matter how good the Rockets perform in the playoffs, it cannot be changed.

This can only make the quarrel between Rockets fans and Thunder fans more serious, and the relationship between them and Warriors fans is getting worse.

Harden's outstanding performance in the playoffs has provided Rockets fans with sufficient confidence. They have played an exceptionally strong combat effectiveness, and they will not fall behind even with one-on-two.

In the first round against the Grizzlies, Harden averaged 33+7+6 per game. In the second round against the Clippers, he averaged 34+11+8 per game.

In the first round against the Spurs, Curry averaged 27+7+4 per game, and in the second round against the Jazz, he averaged 26+9+5 per game. The data is far worse than Harden, but the efficiency is far better than Harden.

But the current fans are still relatively simple. They don't pay attention to efficiency, they only look at basic data, scoring, assists, and rebounds are king, otherwise Westbrook's triple-double per game would not cause a sensation.

Both of them reached the Western Conference Finals, and both easily defeated their opponents, but Harden averaged 33+ per game and Curry averaged 26+ per game. There is a gap in scoring. How can this not make Rockets fans full of confidence?
Even if the Warriors have won 70 games in the regular season, even if the Warriors have won 5 championships in the past 4 years, even if Curry has 5 MVPs in the past 4 years, they still have confidence in Harden, and they firmly believe that Harden can lead the Rockets to come back against the wind and create miracles.

For some reason, the fighting power of the Rockets fans is extremely strong, and they can not lose the wind in the face of the Warriors fans who have far more people than themselves.

The only explanation is that there are too many Rockets fans left from the Yao Ming era.

After all, Yao Ming is a star and Zhang Yu is just the head coach. There is still a big gap between the two in their appeal to fans. Even if the Warriors have Yi Jianlian and Zhou Qi joining successively, they cannot match Yao Ming's huge influence.

Yao Ming left too much precious wealth to the Rockets. He did not bring the Rockets a championship, and he did not even lead the Rockets to the Western Conference Finals. However, his promotion of the Rockets around the world is no less than that of Ola Zhu Wang.

However, no amount of bonuses will be eaten up one day.

The current Rockets no longer have a special status among young Chinese fans. The Warriors and Nets are the home teams for young people.

The Rockets need a new Chinese player to open up the market among young Chinese fans.

Morey's favorite person was Zhou Qi, but he was cut off by the Warriors, so he could only settle for the next best thing and choose Wang Zhelin.

Last summer, Zhou Qi and Wang Zhelin landed in the NBA together, and the situation is generally the same.

Zhou Qi sits on the bench most of the time, can only play in garbage time, and is often sent to the Development League to practice, while Wang Zhelin is even worse than Zhou Qi.

Zhou Qi has Zhang Yu to take care of him, he gets along well with his teammates, training is also the best treatment, and the Warriors often play rubbish time, he can often get the opportunity to play, although the time is not long, the ball is not much, but he can feel the NBA level of confrontation, the strength has been steadily improving.

However, Wang Zhelin has no relatives and no reason in the Rockets, and his talent is relatively average, enough to be able to use the skills of the CBA, but it is not worth mentioning in the NBA.

His teammates just treat Wang Zhelin as an ordinary marginal player in the NBA. His English is not good, so he can't integrate into it. He can only practice silently by himself to improve his strength.

The Rockets are another team that strives to win in the regular season. They do not have the dominance of the Warriors, and marginal players rarely have playing time.

And D'Antoni doesn't like to use rookies. Wang Zhelin only has a few opportunities to play, and most of the time he sits on the bench or plays in the Development League.

The only thing he is better than Zhou Qi is that he has a stronger offensive ability with the ball. Not to mention dominating the development league, but facing the center of the development league, he can average 16.4 points, 5.4 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 1.1 blocks per game, which is not bad.

But this kind of performance still can't impress D'Antoni. He doesn't meet D'Antoni's requirements for the inside line at all. If it wasn't for Morey's request, Wang Zhelin wouldn't even get a chance to play in garbage time.

The development of Zhou Qi and Wang Zhelin in the first NBA season was relatively bleak, but this did not prevent the Chinese domestic media from shouting the slogan of "China Derby".

The American media analyzed the data of Curry and Harden, but the Chinese media analyzed the data of Zhou Qi and Wang Zhelin. The data of the NBA was too ugly, so they took out the data of the Development League and praised it.

Not to mention, domestic fans only eat this set.

They also know that Zhou Qi and Wang Zhelin will not even play in the playoffs, and will not have any impact on the result of the game, but of course the Huaxia people support the Huaxia players.

No matter how poor the two are in the NBA, they always have the support of countless Chinese fans behind them.

Under the propaganda of the Chinese media, the popularity of this round of the series is getting higher and higher in China. Many passers-by know that two Chinese players are going to play in the United States.

But the real fans just laughed it off, looking forward to the duel between Curry and Harden.

Finally, on May 5, the Warriors and the Rockets played the first game of the Western Conference Finals at the Chase Center.

There are some things to be busy these two days, and tomorrow's update may be a little later.