Legendary star

Chapter 838

"It's really unbelievable that the series between the Spurs and the Thunder turned out to be like this!"

"Yeah, before the start of the Western Conference finals, most of the media and outside public opinion were more optimistic about the Thunder. Of course, I am also more optimistic about the Thunder, not only because the Thunder is the number one in the Western Conference, but also because they want more. Young, but unexpectedly, the Thunder was swept out by the Spurs."

"Although the record in the regular season cannot represent everything, the ranking in the regular season is the benchmark for measuring the strength of a team. I don't know if there was any team with the number one division in the playoffs in the previous NBA history. History of being swept out, but in as many seasons as I can remember, the Thunder are the only No. [-] in the Western Conference to get swept out in the playoffs."

"Probably not. This way of being eliminated is undoubtedly extremely humiliating for the young Thunder, even if they win the next game."

On May 2013, 5, when the Spurs at home defeated the Thunder 26-102, the Western Conference Finals of this season was completely over. After four "hard games", the Spurs successfully swept the Thunder, not only after six years After that, he returned to the finals again, and successfully avenged his elimination by the Thunder last season. So when the game was about to end, the Spurs fans in the AT&T Center Arena stood up collectively and used Wave after wave of cheers, to express my current excitement.

When the whistle blew for the end of the game, the Spurs players sitting on the bench rushed to the field frantically, and began to celebrate with the cheers of the audience, while the Thunder players who had not left the field They, on the other hand, looked at what was happening on the field with embarrassing expressions.

"Is it over?" Losing to the Spurs means that all the Thunder's games this season have ended, and the Thunder's dream of winning the championship has also been shattered, but after the game, Westbrook and Du Rand stood in front of the bench on the sidelines, watching the Spurs players who were celebrating wantonly, reluctant to leave for a long time.

Just like what Barkley and the others said just now, being swept by the Spurs will not only bring humiliation to the Thunder, but also such a result will seriously damage their self-confidence. As the No. Being swept out of the game, and the sweep with no hope of winning in four games will bring a great psychological shadow to this young team.

Looking at his teammates who are leaving the field, with obvious frustration and confusion on their faces, Durant, the boss of the Thunder, is also very uncomfortable now. Before Meng Xu came back, Durant fantasized countless times in his heart , When he met Meng Xu's team, what would happen, but when Meng Xu came back at the age of 33, Durant found that he was still far away from Meng Xu, who was no longer at the peak. There is a big gap, aside from other things, just saying that the head coach asked Durant to play the fourth position in order to avoid Durant from playing against Meng Xu, which is enough to explain the relationship between Durant and Meng Xu. gap.

And it's not just these Thunder players who are confused and suffering at this time. As the head coach of the Thunder, Scott Brooks is the same now. Before the start of the playoffs, Scott Brooks and the Thunder are all He vowed to avenge the Miami Heat in the finals and bring back the championship trophy for Oklahoma City, but the Thunder were swept out by their opponents last season in the Western Conference Finals. After losing this round of the series After that, Scott Brooks had a premonition that in the next few seasons, the Spurs would become a mountain that always weighed on the Thunder.

"Greg, congratulations on winning the series!" Although he was very upset, Scott Brooks walked towards the Spurs bench in a very gracious manner and sent his blessings to Popovich .

"Thanks, Scott, your team is great too, you've built a really good team." After Scott Brooks walked over, Popovich shook Scott Brooks' hand , and Scott Brooks boasted to each other for a while, but when Popovich said that the Thunder is a very good team, Scott Brooks obviously blushed.

After sweeping the Thunder, the Spurs took the lead in reaching the Finals with a record of 12 victories. Compared with the one-sided Western Conference Finals, the ongoing Eastern Conference Finals are extremely fierce and exciting.

Perhaps it was the regular season record of nearly 20 wins ahead of the Pacers, and the very easy road to the playoffs, which made the Heat feel contemptuous of the Pacers. In the first game of the Eastern Conference Finals, the Heat were directly defeated by The Pacers were stunned, and they were led by the Pacers from the beginning to the end. If it weren't for the collective efforts of James and Wade in the fourth quarter, and James' lore at the end of overtime, I am afraid that the Heat Will repeat the mistakes of the Thunder at home.

The narrow victory in the first game did not allow the Heat to wake up in time. In the second game of the series, except for James, the rest of the Heat players were still in a sleepwalking situation. Dwyane Wade 14 He made 6 shots, and Chris Bosh made 14 of 6 shots. Although James scored a game-high 37 points, James, who was alone, lost to the Pacers who broke out collectively.

After losing a home game, the situation faced by the Heat was very bad, but fortunately, this loss finally gave the Heat a sense of crisis, and at the same time made them wake up. After winning the battle of Tianwangshan, the balance of victory was completely on the Heat's side.

Although under the excellent performance of Paul George, Darko Milicic, and Kwame Brown, the Pacers fought back tenaciously, but in the crucial tiebreaker, the Pacers lost a little His temper was gone, especially when James went off the court in person and started a one-on-one defense against Paul George. In the first six games, Paul George, who averaged 26 points per game, won the game in the final game. He made 9 of 2 shots and only scored 7 points. He was completely lost in James' defense. In addition to almost locking Paul George on the defensive end, James also scored a game-high 32 points to help the Heat win The crucial tiebreaker was played.

After the Heat won the tiebreaker and eliminated the Pacers, the Spurs' opponents in the finals were released.

(End of this chapter)