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Chapter 327 The Dust Settled, The Warriors Were Eliminated

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Lying on the ground for a while, Durant then limped off the field with the support of his teammates.

Judging from the fact that he can barely walk, his injury is not very serious.

But there is a high probability that this game will not be able to return to the game.

Without Durant's scoring output, the Warriors were immediately at a disadvantage. Although Curry + Thompson is still the league's top perimeter combination, it is obviously weaker without Durant by more than 01:30 points. Besides, Curry and Thompson's game feel is very average.

More importantly, Durant's accidental injury also made all the Warriors players panic and absent-minded. Even if the current game is the most critical battle of Tianwangshan, they can't get all their energy to deal with it.

Under such circumstances, the Lakers took the initiative in the second half of the third quarter, and in the fourth quarter, under the leadership of Wang Feng, they played a wave of 12:2 attacks, widening the point difference in one fell swoop. to double digits or more.

The game completely lost its suspense. In the end, the Lakers won the crucial Tianwangshan battle 106:98, and took the lead in winning the match point 3:2.

Such a result surprised everyone.

No one could have imagined that the development of the plot would be like this.

Barkley couldn't restrain his ecstasy in the live broadcast room, and laughed wildly on the spot.

"Shaq! Have you seen it? Shaq! Is this considered karma? The evening dress you prepared for me may not be used anymore, but it doesn't matter, you can change it to a larger size for yourself!"

The Warriors' upset loss in the Tianwangshan battle is not the most terrible thing. Now everyone is most concerned about Durant's injury.

That night, Durant's MRI report came out.

Fortunately, Durant's injury was not a serious injury, but unfortunately, he sprained his ankle, and it was a serious third-degree sprain, which required a truce for about six weeks.

Six weeks, nearly one and a half months, but G6 of the Western Conference Finals will be held in one day. In theory, Durant has already been reimbursed for the season and will miss all games in the Western Conference Finals and the possible finals .

This is undoubtedly a heavy blow.

Durant is the most stable offensive firepower of the Warriors and one of the main reasons why the Warriors swept the league.

Once Durant is missing, although the combination of Curry + Thompson is also the top team in the league, it is no longer the favorite to win the championship, and it cannot even compare with the Lakers in terms of hard power on paper.

The Warriors are done.

Who would have thought that at the beginning of the season, Cousins ​​came to vote with a low salary, and the five-star Warriors who formed the real five All-Star players who shocked the league, the Warriors, which countless fans called the NBA finale, would actually collapse. on injuries.

Cousins ​​was reimbursed in the conference finals, and Durant was reimbursed in the Western Conference finals. This is too bad luck!
But Wang Feng knew very well that this was already considered good.

In another time and space, after Cousins ​​and Durant were injured one after another, the Warriors went all the way to the finals. Then on the stage of the finals, Durant forcibly came back with the injury, and the result was a ligament in just a few minutes of playing. Torn, leading to reimbursement for the next year's season.

And it wasn't just Durant who was unlucky, Thompson also suffered a severe torn cruciate ligament in the finals G6 game, and then failed to appear in the NBA for two and a half years.

A round of playoffs, three stars reimbursed for the season, this is the Warriors in the 18-19 season, a collapsed dynasty.

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Durant's injury did not make Wang Feng feel too much joy, although from a rational point of view, the lack of a general for the Warriors is indeed a great thing for the Lakers.

Now holding the match point, the Lakers are more than [-]% sure to eliminate the Warriors and successfully advance to the finals.

But for Wang Feng, it is a bit of a pity that he has no chance to defeat this strongest Warriors team in full condition. After all, such a super aircraft carrier team may hardly appear again in the next few decades in the league.

This may be the so-called worry about gains and losses.

On May 5, the Western Conference Finals G25, leading 6:3, the Lakers, who had already won the match point, came to the Warriors' home court, but did not give the Warriors any chance.

119:108, with a total score of 4:2. The Lakers upset the Golden State Warriors in the Western Conference Finals. After 9 years, they returned to the Finals stage and will face the Toronto Raptors who also eliminated the Milwaukee Bucks 4:2. .

At the post-match press conference, Lakers head coach Walton was in high spirits and triumphant, while Warriors head coach Cole seemed quite helpless.

At this moment, looking at Wang Feng, Cole has the same thoughts as most of the Warriors coaching staff and management staff, and that is regret.

At the beginning, they voluntarily gave up the contract extension with Wang Feng for Durant. As a result, in the 16-17 season, the Warriors lost to the Cavaliers and lost the championship.

Last season, the king returned with great difficulty, won the O'Brien Cup again, and wanted to continue to defend the title this year, but they never expected that they would lose to Wang Feng again.

If... just if, if the Warriors chose Wang Feng, what would the Warriors be like now?

First of all, the championship in the 16-17 season will definitely not be lost. After all, the Cavaliers’ salary space is absolutely unable to sign Durant. Durant can only choose to join a relatively strong team, but he will definitely not be able to reach the Warriors. level with knights.

As a result, the Warriors have now won four consecutive championships, and they also have great hopes of winning five consecutive championships this year!
What a pity, what a pity...

Thinking this way in his heart, Cole did not express his feelings when he was interviewed by reporters.

"No one can predict and avoid the injury of the main players in advance. It can only be said that our luck is a little bit worse. Congratulations to the Lakers for returning to the finals. As for the Warriors, we really need to take a good rest After a while, the contracts of Kevin and Drummond will expire, and our first task is to keep the main players and continue to maintain competitiveness."

Having said that, after experiencing this fiasco, will Durant continue to renew his contract with the Warriors?

Unknowingly, Durant has played for the Warriors for three seasons, but in these three seasons, he sacrificed personal data, sacrificed salary, and bore countless infamy, but what he got in exchange was only a general team. Championship trophy and FMVP.

Is such an exchange really worthwhile for a top league superstar like Durant?
More importantly, if the Warriors, whose salary cap has exploded this summer, want to keep Durant and Green at the same time, then both of them need to make appropriate salary cuts, and the salary cuts are not low.

Durant, who has cut his salary for three consecutive seasons, will continue to cut his salary after experiencing failure. How many top superstars can accept such treatment?
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