warrior godfather

Chapter 774 Always Believe in Lao Zhan
The day after the Warriors advanced to the Western Conference Finals, the Rockets followed suit, knocking out the Jazz 4:1 and joining the Warriors in the Western Conference Finals.

Since the Blazers played a tiebreaker with the Pelicans in the first round, the second round started very late. The Rockets and the Jazz started early. Although they played one more game, they ended the series only one day later than the Warriors.

Just like the Warriors beat the Blazers, the Rockets also beat the Jazz.

The core of the Jazz's inside line is Adams. His pace is not fast and he can't guard against it. He is restrained by the Rockets' five small lineups.

The core of the Jazz's offense is Mitchell and Hayward. Mitchell is not mature enough. Facing the Rockets' unlimited defenses, his scoring ability is limited. He averaged only 19.4 points per game in five games, and his shooting percentage was 36%+25%, which is appalling. .

Hayward is experienced, but he is not a one-on-one scorer. He is more inclined to combine with and without the ball, looking for scoring opportunities in tactics, and is more restricted by switching defenses.

Moreover, neither of them passed the ball well, lacked the ability to drive teammates, and the Jazz's overall offense was also limited. They couldn't play tactics, and their offense stagnated, eventually losing the series.

The Rockets advanced, and it was not the Jazz who was ridiculed the most, but the Thunder.

When the Thunder and the Jazz met in the first round, almost everyone believed that the Big Four of the Thunder would advance to the next round. The Jazz only had a second-rate striker, Hayward, and a rookie guard, Mitchell. How could they be the Thunder's opponent?

Even the Thunder and the Jazz themselves may think so.

Before the start of the series, the generals of the Thunder were very confident in their speeches, as if they were sure of winning, while the generals of the Jazz were cautious, and only said that they would fight each game, without mentioning the elimination of the Thunder.

But it was such a series of seemingly disparate strengths that surprised people after the start.

G1 was as expected, the Thunder defeated the Jazz 116:108, George scored 35 points, Westbrook 29 points, Anthony continued to be invisible, but it was harmless, the performance of George and Westbrook was enough for the Thunder to win.

Mitchell 27 points, Hayward 23 points, slightly inferior, Adams' protection of the basket is not as good as Gobert, the Thunder won an expected victory.

The Thunder fans didn't even celebrate the victory. Instead, they felt that the Thunder didn't play well enough. They only won by 8 points against the Jazz. It is undoubtedly unqualified for a rookie to almost score 30+. They held a meeting directly in the special zone.

Westbrook and George also said that they will play better in the next game and reduce mistakes. Donovan stated that he will find a way to limit Mitchell.

Just when everyone thought that the Thunder would play better in the next game and won the victory without bloodshed, the Jazz overturned the Thunder in the away game and made a big upset.

Despite the strict defense, Mitchell still scored 28 points. Although the efficiency was not high, he digested a lot of possessions and supported the production, which Hayward could not do.

Hayward scored 19 points with good efficiency, but he lacks a stable means of scoring with the ball and relies more on running without the ball to score. He can only serve as a secondary attacker for Mitchell.

The Jazz's dual-core performance has not changed much from the previous game. The main reason they can win is Rubio's outbreak.

In this game, Rubio made 5 three-pointers and scored 22 points, 9 assists and 7 rebounds, revitalizing the offense of the Jazz team.

"Godfather of the Gangster" Snyder found the flaws of the Thunder's pick-and-roll defense. The characteristics of the Thunder's pick-and-roll defense are fierce and aggressive on the line. Gobert gives priority to delaying the ball holder. Corners always leak opportunities.

It's just that the ball handlers of many teams can't pass the ball, dare not pass, or can't pass, or have poor vision, and only care about attacking the frame by themselves. This shortcoming is not a shortcoming.

But Rubio's ability to gain a foothold in the league relies on his exquisite passing. He is very accurate in finding the corners on the weak side. Mitchell, Ingles, and Favors have all had opportunities to hit the Thunder's vital points.

Of course, Donovan will not sit still. When the Thunder missed a few open corners, he immediately made adjustments to let Gobert squat and give priority to protecting the basket and the corner.

But Rubio was exceptionally accurate today, with a three-pointer raised his hand, Mitchell and Hayward's use of cover is also excellent, Gobert was punished several times for squatting, Donovan dare not let him Crouching in the pit, change back to the defensive strategy of delaying the line and shrinking the bottom corner.

Compared to being shot to death by Mitchell, Hayward, and Rubio, Donovan is more inclined to test the Thunder's role players' open response ability.

Donovan made the right bet. The Jazz's role players were indeed inaccurate with three-pointers, but it was too late for the Thunder to make adjustments at this time. After taking turns to step on thunder, the Jazz opened up a lead of more than ten points.

The biggest reason for the Thunder's loss was their own offense.

In the last game, super god George and Westbrook were all super ghosts. Westbrook scored 19 points and George scored 18 points.

The Jazz just defended the basket, and Adams didn't even come out to delay, but the two just couldn't make the shot. The Big Three even shot 15 for 0 in the fourth quarter, ruining the game with their own hands.

It was also from G2 that the situation in the series was completely reversed.

In G3, Rubio continued to show off his prowess. He used the pick-and-roll to find the weak side corner to defeat the Thunder. He scored a triple-double of 26 points, 11 rebounds, 10 assists, 2 steals and 1 block, with only 4 turnovers.

Mitchell scored 22 points, Hayward scored 21 points, Adams scored 18 points, and Ingles scored 11 points. The Jazz scored in double figures and defeated the Thunder 5:115.

George recovered and scored 23 points. Westbrook was still lost. He scored 17 points on 5 of 14 shots. dazzling.

In G4, the Jazz made persistent efforts and beat the Thunder 113:96 to get the match point.

This time, Gobert, the Thunder's defensive core, lost face. Donovan was scared by Rubio's trick of finding the bottom corner.

Snyder directly copied Zhang Yu's homework. The Jazz team used Gobert as a scope. No matter who got the ball, they all picked and rolled against Gobert. Hayward made 11 of 5 three-pointers, Mitchell made 8 of 3, and Inger Ernes scored 6 of 3, and a total of 7 players scored in double figures.

Gobert was miserable, but in order not to miss the bottom corner, he could only stay under the basket, giving the Jazz players a lot of opportunities to shoot with the ball under cover, and the Jazz players did not live up to Snyder's expectations. Gobert was blown away with one move.

Even though George and Westbrook recovered and scored 32 and 23 points respectively, the Jazz's offense was too sharp and they were still powerless.

After losing this game, the Thunder has already come to the edge of the cliff. Although G5 struggled to win back a victory, the Jazz returned to the home court in G6. Mitchell showed his power and scored 38 points. Hayward scored 23 points steadily. , Even though Westbrook finally scored 43 points with 48 shots, the Thunder still lost to the Jazz 91:96, and also lost this round of defensive battle.

The Thunder's exit was a big shock. This is a Big Four team. It is also a Big Three team without the misnamed Anthony. It ranks third in the Western Conference in the regular season and is one of the favorite teams for the championship. As a result, they were black-sixed by the Jazz in the first round. Success, broke the biggest upset of the playoffs.

The gold content of Westbrook's mvp has further declined. He has averaged a triple-double for two consecutive seasons. With two consecutive seasons out of the first round of the playoffs, the relationship between triple-doubles and victory does not seem to be as close as people expected.

And as the Jazz were swept by the Rockets in the second round, doubts about Westbrook grew louder, and more and more people complained about Harden.

The Thunder are the Big Three team, and the Rockets are only a dual-core team. As a result, they have the opposite record against the same opponent, the Jazz.Just relying on the average triple-double that can't win the ball?
At this time last year, Westbrook's triple-double average was regarded as a miracle. Now, Westbrook averaged another triple-double, but he was completely reduced to a laughing stock.

This is the NBA, winning is everything, the winner deserves to be cheered, and the loser can only be thrown into the abyss.

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When the Warriors and Rockets met in the Western Conference Finals, the Eastern Conference also decided on two conference finals spots.

The Bulls easily eliminated the Heat 4:1 in the first round, and faced the Raptors in the second round. After a little trouble, they won 4:2 and advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals.

The "Trash Brothers" still have a certain strength, which caused some troubles for the Bulls. The Bulls' own three-pointers are not good enough, and they are very dependent on breakthroughs. The Raptors have a big home court advantage, and the Bulls' offensive difficulty will increase accordingly.

Of the two games the Bulls lost, one was blacked out by the referee, and the other was when DeRozan broke out, scored 43 points, and led the team to victory on his own.

However, the strength gap between the two teams is there. The Raptors can win one or two games, but they can't win four games, and they are eventually eliminated by the Bulls.

After the Raptors were eliminated in the second round again, the management completely lost patience. Devin Casey dismissed get out of class sadly after the game, and the news of the Raptors' reconstruction also spread.

The day after the Bulls successfully advanced to the finals, the contest between the Celtics and the Cavaliers also came to an end.

The encounters between the two teams in the first round were very different. The Celtics swept the Wizards 4:1 in the first round. The Cavaliers and the 76ers fought seven games before advancing to the second round.

The Cavaliers are weak on the inside. Embiid still likes hard bridges and hard horses at this time. The traditional center who kills in the low post, kills the Quartet, averages 25.7 points, 15.7 rebounds and 3 blocks per game. The super double-double, the shooting rate is a terrifying 54.6% .

Simmons turned into an all-around fighter, hitting the basket, averaging 18.6 points, 10.2 rebounds, 9.2 assists and 2.4 steals per game.

No one in the Cavaliers can limit Embiid, can't prevent Simmons from rushing to the frame, and dare not let the 76ers outside. Redick marksman, Saric, Belinelli, and Ilyasova are all good at it of archery.

However, the Cavaliers also have their own advantages, and that is offense.

Director Lu saw that he couldn't guard against the 76ers' twin stars, so he simply pushed Love to the fifth position, with a small lineup of five, assigned James 4 shooters, and played against the 76ers.

In this way, Embiid will be uncomfortable. The Cavaliers have extreme space, and there are a bunch of shooters around James. If he stays at the basket, Love will shoot a three-pointer. If he defends, James will rush in directly, and no one else can stop .

However, if Brett Brown chooses a defensive strategy and implements it firmly, even if he loses points, the 76ers can bear it.

But he made a fatal mistake, that is, vacillating between the two defensive strategies. In the last game, he was afraid of James' breakthrough and let Embiid squat. Points, let Embiid defend.

The 76ers are a young team with weak execution and discipline. The tactics are still changing, and they are at a loss. They make continuous mistakes. The Cavaliers can hit the inside and get open three-pointers. The 76ers fought together to attack, but they did not lose the wind.

But the 76ers have Embiid, and the inside defense is still far stronger than the Cavaliers. When the Cavaliers feel bad for three-pointers, it is difficult to break through the 76ers' defense.

However, it may be God's favor, the Cavaliers are very lucky, they have never made a three-pointer, and they always have a space advantage, which makes the 76ers' defense very difficult.

The 76ers have Simmons, and they are always slightly inferior to the Cavaliers in terms of space. It is precisely because of the space advantage that the Cavaliers have a slight upper hand in the attack, and finally eliminated the 4ers 3:76 and advanced to the second round.

The 76ers still lost, but Shuangdi also showed great talent and strength in this round of the series, and the future is bright.

76ers fans believe that the combination of Embiid and Simmons will definitely shine in the future and become one of the most dazzling legendary combinations in NBA history. The 76ers will also climb to the top and regain the glory of ancient times!

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The Cavaliers eliminated the 76ers, but they also went through hardships and exhausted their physical energy. Then they ushered in the Celtics who were waiting for work, which made things worse.

Cavaliers fans can only expect James to continue to create miracles. Thomas Jr. and Love performed very well in the first round, but they are only good, far from the level of superstars, and playing the Celtics will not help much up.

There are also some people who think that James will create miracles. They are the most staunch supporters of James. It is James who makes them no longer feel inferior. They regard James as their belief and believe that James can do anything.

Every star has such brainless fans, there is no reason, only fanaticism, but the number is more or less.

But maybe James has more opportunities to be exposed in the media, and he seems to have more fans than other stars.

These people don't even pay attention to the Celtics at all. Durant is the second child in a thousand years, Leonard is from a blue-collar background, and Irving is a traitor. How could he be Lao Zhan's opponent?
It’s fine if it’s the Warriors. Lao Zhan really can’t beat Curry. They admit it. Of course, the main reason is that there is no way to deny it. Lao Zhan has lost too much and lost too badly. He can’t find a reason.

But what are the Celtics?Lao Zhan can't win the championship, and he can't win the runner-up?
If the Warriors are the rulers of the alliance, then the Cavaliers are the rulers of the East. No matter where Lao Zhan goes, he is the king of the East!

No one can challenge LeBron's dominance of the Eastern Conference, just as no one can challenge the Warriors' dominance of the league.

Facing the Celtics fans, Jamie was triumphant, and even praised the Warriors.

Both the Warriors and the Celtics are enemies, but for the moment, they can only win in laning, and they don't even hesitate to demean themselves.

As for the upcoming game, they will always trust Lao Zhan!

(End of this chapter)