Super Role Player

In the Western Conference Finals, two teams led by young cores have reached this position. Everyone is looking forward to the finals.

But before that, they still need to defeat the opponents in front of them.

The Rockets have a strong lineup, with the league's second shooting guard James Harden and the league's first center Dwight Howard, as well as the headband brothers Josh Smith, Corey Brewer and Jason Terry who led the comeback in the Western Conference semifinals. , two superstars plus a group of high-quality role players, it seems that the Rockets will not be able to make it to the finals.

But in the first four games of the Western Conference Finals, it was the Warriors who took a big lead.

After winning the first game, the Warriors continued to seize the advantage of home court in the second game. The game dragged on to the last moment. The Rockets counterattacked and almost evened the score difference. However, at the critical moment, Stephen Curry stood up and scored. The mid-range shot hit and the game was stabilized.

In the end, James Harden missed consecutive key shots, and the Warriors narrowly won by 1 point!

The series was 2:0. Next, the game moved to Houston.

In the first game in Houston, the Rockets gritted their teeth and wanted to come back. If they don't win this game, the series will be over early. It is almost impossible to come back after falling behind 0:3.

So at the beginning, the Rockets started to work hard.

First, Dwight Howard scored 2 points with a strong hit, leading the Warriors.

Then Jason Terry missed a three-pointer, Andrew Bogut returned a goal, and the two teams were tied.

But under Kevin McHale's repeated requests, the Rockets continued to play fast breaks. Trevor Ariza scored a three-pointer and scored this time!

In this way, under the Rockets' desperate attack, the Warriors fell behind at the beginning.

However, perhaps the Warriors are really stronger. From the second half of the first quarter, the Warriors' counterattack arrived.

Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson hit three-pointers one after another to overtake the score difference in one fell swoop. At this critical moment, James Harden was lost again and shot continuously.

In contrast, Stephen Curry turned on his Curry mode and scored three consecutive three-pointers. The Warriors actually overtook the score in one fell swoop and even took the lead.

When the game entered the second quarter, Stephen Curry's three-pointers exploded in one fell swoop. He hit consecutive three-pointers and hit 6 three-pointers in the half. As a result, the game took...

James Harden continued to make mistakes. His performance in this game was extremely abnormal. Various mistakes and mistakes directly ruined the Rockets' early advantage.

At 62:37 at halftime, the huge deficit made the Rockets have no motivation to chase points in the second half.

In the end, the Warriors defeated the Rockets 115:80 in an away game. This victory was different from the small wins in the previous two games. This big victory had almost destroyed the Rockets' confidence in winning this series.

After three games, the Eastern Conference Finals ended accordingly. The 76ers swept the Cavaliers and advanced to the finals first.

The Warriors are already looking forward to their first trip to the Finals...

However, in Game 4, the Rockets mustered up their last breath and completed the sweep at home, tying the total score to 3:1. The protagonist of this game was James Harden, who scored 45 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists. , after missing three games, James Harden finally played the performance he deserved amid various criticisms.

In Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals, the game returned to Oakland.

In this game, the 76ers finally finished all the things in the Eastern Conference finals. They took away the Eastern Conference championship trophy from Cleveland. By the way, before leaving, Anxi also declared in front of the media his confidence in winning two consecutive championships, regardless of the opponent in the finals. Who will win the O'Brien Cup in the end will be the 76ers.

This kind of confidence is what Anxi should have at this stage. Now, he is on the road to becoming the god of basketball. He needs to win everything he can in the next few years.

Naturally, this championship trophy cannot be let go.

Anxi watched the fifth game between the Warriors and Rockets. Now that he is determined to win the finals, he has to understand his opponent.

I don’t know much about the Rockets in Anxi.

But James Harden is the second shooting guard in active service, and he is often compared with him by various media. In terms of personal ability, Anxi is completely worthy of James Harden, and judging from Anxi’s past games, his existence Let the 76ers defeat a team like the Rockets with a shooting guard as its core. Whether it is the Raptors or the Bulls, they will not be able to withstand Anxi's burst and take away the game.

Compared with James Harden, who has worse personal defense, once the 76ers face the Rockets in the Finals, the suspense of victory or defeat will be smaller in comparison.

As for the Warriors, Anxi’s understanding of the Warriors was only two years ago. Regarding this year’s Warriors, Anxi only played two games with the Warriors and does not know much. It can be said that most of Anxi’s understanding of this year’s Warriors comes from the media. of.

It was the Warriors two years ago, because Anxi was still with the Spurs at that time and had played a series with the Warriors with the Spurs, so in comparison, Anxi knew the Warriors two years ago better.

But this year's Warriors are clearly not what they used to be.

Stephen Curry is the core of this team. As a player who was not even favored by NCAA coaches, Stephen Curry has become one of the top five superstars in the NBA today. Three-pointers are his signature. Curry’s assists this season Quite a few.

The season averaged 23.8 points, 7.7 assists, and 2.0 steals per game. It can be said that if it were not for the big bug in Anxi, the regular season MVP this season should belong to Stephen Curry.

Because the Warriors have a good record, Curry's statistics are also good, especially the high-level statistics, which are only inferior to Anxi alone.

It can even be said that even LeBron James cannot compete with Anxi, but in the entire league, the one who is most likely to compete with Anxi is Stephen Curry.

Klay Thompson, who switched to shooting guard in Anxi, was often compared to James Harden before he emerged. At that time, he was considered the second shooting guard in the league, second only to Harden.

This season, Klay Thompson has followed the improvement of the team and has suddenly improved himself into a super shooter averaging 20+ per game. In the competition for the ranking of shooting guards, Klay Thompson relies on the advantage of the team's record to occupy the top spot. He is the third shooting guard in the league.

In comparison, Draymond Green's progress is what surprises Anxi the most.

From a small role last season to an all-around defender this season, coupled with outside organization support and three-pointers, Draymond Green, who started to play power forward, has become the Warriors' third man. His influence on the defensive end Especially huge. It can be said that the Warriors' defense is composed of Draymond Green and Andrew Bogut, and Draymond Green is the core of the Warriors' defense.

There are also Harrison Barnes, Andre Iguodala on the bench, and counting the previously mentioned Draymond Green and Klay Thompson. The Warriors have the most terrifying wing lineup in the league, which is what Anxi will face. Right the biggest challenge.

Therefore, from all aspects, the 76ers' biggest opponent is the Warriors.

In fact, the development of Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals also fulfilled this point. From the beginning of the game, Stephen Curry, Harrison Barnes and Klay Thompson began to break out. The Warriors did not have many scoring points inside, most of them The scoring depends on three-pointers from the outside, so once the Warriors open a three-pointer in this game, there is no suspense in the game.

In the end, with Stephen Curry hitting three three-pointers again, the Warriors easily won Game 5 104:90. At home in Oakland, amid the crazy cheers of thousands of Warriors fans, the Warriors advanced to the Finals!