Legendary star

Chapter 828 Regional Finals
"Congratulations to the San Antonio Spurs, congratulations to them for eliminating the Warriors and becoming the first team to advance to the conference finals, congratulations to them!"

At 2013:6 p.m. on June 13, 11, after the whistle sounded for the end of the game, Barkley on the sidelines commentary shouted congratulations to the Spurs for their promotion, and the entire Oracle Arena was silent. After losing three games, the Warriors were doomed to be eliminated by the Spurs, but when the Warriors really lost the entire series, these viewers and fans who supported the Warriors still couldn't accept such an ending for a while.

The Warriors players on the field did not leave after the game ended. Stephen Curry put his hands on his hips and looked up at the dome of Oracle Arena from time to time. Klay Thompson and Draymond Green also Standing next to Stephen Curry in a similar posture, this season has been both a success and a failure for the Warriors' young players. The shuttle bus in the playoffs also staged a miracle in the first round of the playoffs, allowing everyone in this league to see their talents and a bright future, but for them, the result of being swept out by the Spurs It is also extremely sad.

After the Spurs players on and off the court began to celebrate, Meng Xu, who had been sitting on the bench since the third quarter, got up and walked directly towards Stephen Curry. The performance in the game was quite outstanding. If they didn't meet the seasoned Spurs, maybe their playoff journey would continue. Therefore, as an old-timer, we should encourage them to some extent.

"Stephen, your performance is very good, and your teammates are also great, don't be discouraged, the future of this league will belong to you!" After hugging Stephen Curry, Meng Xu said to Curry A few words of encouragement. Although Curry and the Warriors still have various flaws and deficiencies, their talents and their youth are his greatest capital. Young people will never fail. Xu also believes that they will make a comeback.

"Klay, you're too reserved in this series, you're not like that in the regular season." After separating from Curry, Meng Xu came to Klay Thompson again, half-jokingly The tone encouraged Klay Thompson a few words. After hearing Meng Xu's words, Klay Thompson's head drooped a little. In the series against the Spurs, Thompson's performance was indeed not as good as in the previous round. Kawhi Renner De's defense made him very uncomfortable. In the four games, whether it was shooting percentage or scoring average, Thompson was far below the level of the regular season and the first round of the playoffs. If you want to find a scapegoat for the Warriors' loss If not, Thompson will never escape.

"And you, Draymond, although you are only a rookie, what I want to say is that your performance is really good." When Meng Xu walked over, he lowered his head, feeling embarrassed. Raymond Green, after hearing Meng Xu's praise, his head dropped even lower, because in Green's view, Meng Xu is not praising himself, this is clearly Hong Guoguo's irony.

In the series against the Spurs, Green defended Meng Xu most of the time. However, in the four games, Meng Xu averaged 41 points per game. In the first three games of the series, Meng Xu even created three consecutive games. With a record of 45+ in the playoffs, if someone tells Green at this time that you have successfully restrained Meng Xu, Green will definitely turn against him, but when it is Meng Xu who said these words, Green can only be I feel ashamed.

"Come on, I look forward to the day when you can really guard me." After hugging Green and patting him on the shoulder, Meng Xu said to Green again with a smile on his face.

After Meng Xu comforted Curry, Thompson, and Green, the rest of the Spurs players also walked towards them after the simple celebration. The winner comforted and encouraged the loser, and the loser congratulated the winner. Now It is already a common thing in the current NBA. The current NBA is not the era of more than ten years ago, when it was life and death on the court, and it was not against it off the court.

The Spurs eliminated the Warriors and advanced to the conference finals first. After the four rounds of the series, the promotion situation became more and more clear. At home, they won three games in a row. After the Pacers won an away game in New York, they also won two cities in a row after returning home. With three games left in the series, they have already won the match point. If Not surprisingly, this year's Eastern Conference Finals will also be played between the Pacers and the Heat.

After the Spurs have advanced ahead of schedule, and the promotion situation of the Heat and Pacers has gradually become clear, the Thunder, the No. [-] in the Western Conference, is now in trouble. The No. In the last four games, the Thunder played extremely difficult. After defeating the Grizzlies in the first game relying on Kevin Durant's quasi-lore, the Thunder lost two games in a row. In the entire game, the Thunder were suppressed by the Grizzlies throughout the game, and there was no hope of winning at all.

This is also the case in the fourth battle between the two sides. Since the start of the game, the Thunder has been on the weak side, and they have been struggling to catch up throughout the game. If Westbrook hadn't scored 7 points in a row at the end of the game, the Thunder might have It was about to be beaten 1-3 by the Grizzlies. Although the Thunder tenaciously pulled back a round, but referring to the previous four games of the two sides, the road to promotion for the Thunder is destined to be extremely difficult.

"No wonder Greg deliberately lost at the end of the regular season." After watching the Thunder's victory over the Grizzlies, Meng Xu suddenly understood why Popovich had to play at the end of the regular season. In the name of the rest, it was a deliberate loss, because the Grizzlies' ranking was basically fixed at that time, and they could neither reach the top three in the West nor fall to sixth in the West. If the Spurs were still competing with the Thunder for the West First, it is very likely that they will meet the Grizzlies before the Western Conference Finals, and this Grizzlies play is very restrained by the Spurs. The Spurs lost three of the four games in the regular season. The miserable experience of being blacked by the Grizzlies for two years, so Popovich wanted to avoid the Grizzlies in the playoffs.

In almost every period of time in the NBA, there will be some teams that do not show up in the regular season, but suddenly break out in the playoffs, and the Grizzlies in recent seasons are such a team. The record in the regular season has always been hovering in the bottom few, but in the playoffs, no one wants to meet the team. Last season they blacked out the Spurs, and last season they almost blacked out the Clippers. The dream of the season came true, the Clippers were blacked out, and in the semifinals of the division, they beat the Thunder, the No. [-] in the Western Conference, so Popovich chose to avoid the Grizzlies in the playoffs. It is also a wise move.

　Thank you Fei Tao for the laziest tip, thank you.

　　Thank you for the reward I want to wake up the world, thank you.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)