Basketball's most talented forward is on the left

If two months ago, Zuo Li said that the Cavaliers, which assembled the league's number one small forward James, All-Star backcourt Mo Mo, former super center O'Neal, Wizards thigh Jamison, movie king Varejao and many other well-known players, would not be able to enter the Eastern Conference.

Definitely, you will definitely be blasted by the Internet...

The big guys on the Internet will probably change their postures in more than 300 ways and rush at you repeatedly to make you afraid to go online in the future.

But now, after four games in the conference finals, this conjecture is close to reality.

The Celtics ranked third in the Eastern Conference this season, winning 7 games less than the Cavaliers. The two teams tied 2-2 in the regular season. However, after Jamison came, the Cavaliers won both games. With the addition of O'Neal and Big Z

The return of Faceless was the main reason why the Cavaliers lost last season. The lack of a reliable inside line was directly made up, so the Cavaliers were the more optimistic team before the game.

However, the Cavaliers were beaten by the Celtics at their home court in the first game. James' unreliable breakthrough layup was restrained by the Celtics. The whole game's 30% shooting rate allowed James to play in reverse.

Represents battle.

Although in the second game, the Cavaliers made timely adjustments and made a comeback, James saved some face in this game. Under the defense of Pierce and Tony Allen, James still scored 38 points. Of course, he also scored 38 points with O'Neal.

It was related to the crazy fight between Perkins and Garnett in the paint.

Ao Pang is still useful. Although he is 37 years old, his peak is long gone, and his movements are slow, he can contain him as long as he stands on the inside, and his ability to protect the frame is definitely better than that of Big Z. Walai Qiao and his like are much better.

The Cavaliers were able to play back and forth with the Celtics, and James had the opportunity to only consider defenders on the outside. This is all due to O'Fatty.

Otherwise, Garnett comes out to help defend, Perkins waits inside, and Pierce and Tony Allen are thick-skinned and fierce defensively, which is enough for James to drink a pot.

Speaking of which, James is also a back-up. The teams he encountered in his career all had excellent defensive capabilities, and they could easily send out two or three powerful defenders to attack him. This may be the reason why James insisted on forming the Big Three in the middle and later stages of his career.

Bar.

As far as the defensive capabilities of the third and fourth positions in the league during this period are concerned, the two giants may not necessarily be effective.

Three people, five of you can't double-team, right?

Ahem, it's still possible. The Mavericks and Spurs have both found ways to defeat the Heat, but finally let James find a comfortable way to win.

1-1, the two teams were evenly matched in the first two games.

Then we went to the home court of the Celtics. The Cavaliers once again played 1-1 with the Celtics. After four games, the two teams tied 2-2 and entered the brutal Tianwangshan decisive battle. The Cavaliers won the third game quite beautifully. Jamison

, Mo Mo, James, and O'Neal all played at the same time, and the Celtics were defeated directly by the Celtics, 124-95. The Cavaliers fans almost opened the champagne.

This once gave people hope that the Cavaliers would come back and win. However, in the fourth game, the regrouped Celtics responded with a 15-point victory.

The most crucial thing is Tianwangshan. The smug Cavaliers are sitting at home. Before the game, they have thought of a hundred ways to celebrate winning this most critical battle.

However, the final result left everyone silent.

What Zuo Li said still rings in my ears. At that time, there were still many Cavaliers fans who were dissatisfied and thought Zuo Li was afraid of meeting the Cavaliers. But after the fifth game, no one could speak out.

120-88, the Celtics, who averaged 90 points per game, completely destroyed the Cavaliers with their offense. They even used both offense and defense together in the second quarter to defeat the Cavaliers 16-0.

In this game, O'Neal had 21 points and 4 blocks, both of which were new highs in the playoffs this season. James, on the other hand, made only 3 of 14 shots. This was James' second-lowest sports game goal in the playoffs, contributing 15 points and 7 blocks.

assists and 6 rebounds. This was another extremely sluggish performance for James after he scored only 12 points, 9 rebounds, 9 assists and 10 turnovers on 2 of 18 shots against the Celtics on May 7, 2008.

Losing Tianwangshan at home, is there anything more desperate than this?

So at this time, everyone knew that the knight was helpless.

In Game 6, the Celtics did not give the Cavaliers any chance. Although James scored 27 points, 19 rebounds and 10 assists, he was still unable to recover. The Cavaliers lost 85-94.

this game.

4-2!

The Cavaliers were once again eliminated by the Celtics, falling to the Eastern Conference semifinals for the second consecutive season. This was the second time in three years that James fell to the Celtics.

The Cavaliers fans yelled GG, and James returned to the locker room without saying a word. Zuo Li knew that the Cavaliers 1.0 period had completely come to an end at this moment.

The annual "Where's James Going" is about to kick off, and the undercurrent under the water is raging.

Except for Zuo Li, no one knew how much impact what happened a few months later would have on the entire NBA.

Of course, at this moment, people are still cheering for the four teams in the East-West final.

The Knicks met the Celtics again. Their opponents in the Eastern Conference semifinals last season met in the finals. That time, the two sides played seven games. What new story will there be this time?

In fact, although it was not difficult for the Knicks and Celtics to win, compared with the two Western Conference semifinals, it was already slow.

The Lakers swept the Jazz 4-0 and continued to play the role of Jazz killer. In the third game, Deron once gave Jazz fans hope of winning, but Kobe Bryant's buzzer beater made Jazz fans know that blood suppression sometimes really exists.

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The Suns, beyond everyone's expectations, defeated the Spurs in four games.

Sweeping 4-0, in the post-D'Antoni era, the Suns finally broke through their inner demons.

When Lao De heard the news, he felt mixed, happy and bitter at the same time.

I'm happy that the team he worked so hard for finally inherited his tactics and won the Spurs. This season, the Suns returned to the top because they corrected the chaos and started to attack again.

The bitter thing is that this is no longer his team.

Perhaps no one has more complicated feelings about the Suns than D'Antoni.

"Coach, do you want the Suns to join us in the Finals?" Zuo Li asked when he learned that the Lakers advanced.

"Of course, it will definitely be exciting." D'Antoni said sadly.

Zuo Li nodded. If the new school bombards the Knicks and the old school bombards the Suns meet in the finals, it will definitely be a wonderful battle.

It's just a pity that the Suns' opponent is the Lakers.

Revenge is the only thing on the minds of the Lakers and Kobe at this time.

Do you still remember the 2007 playoffs? Thanks to Kobe's terrifying performance and a shocking double-win, the Lakers led the Suns 3-1 in the first round. With only one step left, the Lakers would create history.

However, in the following three games, the Suns, who had regained their form, had no chance to create miracles for the Lakers. With a wave of three consecutive victories, the Suns reversed the Lakers and shattered the idea of ​​Kobe leading the Black Seven.

From that moment on, the feud between the Lakers and the Suns was forged. Apart from the Celtics, perhaps the team that Kobe wanted to beat the most was the Suns.

This time when we met in the Western Conference Finals, the old grudges continued again.