The Strongest Bishop in the NBA

With a total score of 4:1, the Heat were eliminated, and the Wizards reached the finals for the second consecutive year.

Interesting to say, last season, the Wizards eliminated the Knicks in the first round, the Celtics in the second round, and then the Heat in the Eastern Conference Finals.

This season, the three-round playoff matchup lineup is exactly the same as last season.

This also made the Wizards and Wang Xiao dubbed the title of giant killer.

Perhaps the only thing that is different from last season is the opponent in this finals.

Last season, the Wizards encountered the Mavericks who were at their peak in experience and strength. There was a certain gap in experience and lineup, which led to missing the opportunity to win the cup.

This season, the Mavericks, who won the championship, quickly degenerated and were swept out by the Trail Blazers in the first round, and the Western Conference Finals is now a duel between the Spurs and the Trail Blazers.

When the Wizards and the Heat settled the battle 4:1 in five games, the two teams were still fighting fiercely.

Compared with the Thunder in another time and space, the Trail Blazers still lack a luxurious lineup.

Without Westbrook, without the best sixth man Harden, although Jordan Jr. is worse than the blocking maniac Ibaka's ability to protect the frame, but the offense is not as good as Ibaka, after all, Ibaka's career free throw percentage Can reach more than 70%.

Although Aldridge is also very good, and his scoring ability is among the best in the power forward position, but he is facing the legendary Spurs power forward Duncan.

Even the 35-year-old Duncan is more than enough to deal with Aldridge.

The only thing the Blazers can rely on is Kevin Durant.

But it was just one Kevin Durant that caused the entire Spurs to suffer.

Since they failed to get Leonard, the Spurs could only choose a potential small forward in the draft. Naturally, there was no result. The Spurs' starting small forward was Richard Jefferson.

Jefferson is a very practical player, but obviously can't effectively contain Durant.

Because of this, unlike another space-time thunder that easily eliminated the Spurs 4:2, the Blazers and the Spurs were evenly matched.

When the Wizards and the Heat had already decided the outcome, the Blazers and the Spurs scored 2:3. The Spurs got the match point first, but followed the Blazers and relied on Durant's 41 points to win the game. , the total score was equalized to 3:3, and the two sides will have a tiebreaker.

For the Wizards, this is undoubtedly good news. While the players can get a few more days of rest, no matter whether the opponent is the Trail Blazers or the Spurs, the tiebreaker will consume more of their physical fitness and energy.

In the tiebreaker, the Spurs and the Trail Blazers had a dark battle, and neither side was willing to take a step back and give up the chance to enter the finals.

In the end, the Blazers won the game with difficulty. The score of this game was only 95:92, and the point difference was extremely close.

Originally, in terms of overall strength, the Spurs should be stronger. After all, under Popovich's system, the Spurs' bench lineup is also quite powerful, far from being comparable to the Blazers' bench lineup.

But very helpless, this season itself is not a fair season, the shrinking schedule makes the Spurs' older lineup somewhat overwhelmed, especially when the game is the most stalemate and the most critical...

For the Blazers, Durant, Aldridge and Jordan are all young players, full of energy, and naturally perform better.

In this way, the 11-12 season finals will be a match between the Wizards VS Trail Blazers.

There are so many things to watch in this series.

First of all, the main players of the two teams, such as Durant, Curry, George, Aldridge, Jr. Jordan, etc., are all under 24 years old. It is a final matchup for young people.

What's interesting is that most of the main players of the two teams have a more or less relationship with Wang Xiao. Needless to say about the Wizards, almost the entire team was formed by Wang Xiao through the draft. .

As for the Blazers, Durant was selected as the No. 1 pick by Wang Xiaohui's eyes and knowledge, and now it has become a good story.

Oden or Durant, almost no one would choose the latter, only Wang Xiao chose this way, and he still put it into action, and everyone knows the result later.

Oden has not been able to show his so-called talent due to injuries, but Durant has become the player with the strongest scoring ability in the league.

Although Xiao Jordan was not selected by Wang Xiao through the draft, he was also cultivated by him after he was traded to the Wizards.

This is very interesting. The Blazers fired Wang Xiao because Wang Xiao chose Durant as the No. How ironic is it to finally return to the finals?

Because of the expulsion of Wang Xiao, the owner of the Blazers, Paul Allen, and the general manager have been ridiculed. Many people are waiting for what kind of expressions they will have after the Wizards beat the Blazers and win the cup.

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Secondly, as the main center of the Wizards last season, Jordan actually entered the playoffs again after joining the Trail Blazers this season. player of.

Jordan once made it clear in an interview on a TV program that he hoped to stay with the Wizards, but the Wizards or Wang Xiao didn't want to sign a big contract with him, so he would switch to the Trail Blazers in desperation.

And now, Jordan met his former club in the finals. This season, he has become an inside iron gate who can contribute 11.5 points, 13.6 rebounds and 2.1 blocks per game. However, the Wizards have not had a player with double figures in rebounds this season. .

Can Jordan prove that the Wizards and Wang Xiao were wrong through this series? This is also a big attraction.

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After learning that the opponent was the Trail Blazers, Wang Xiao still couldn't hold back a small sigh of relief.

To be fair, he doesn't really want to face the Spurs.

The current Wizards team is still too young. For a team like the Spurs with rich experience and many old hooligans, the Wizards do not have a big advantage against the back.

Especially with an old and cunning head coach like Popovich, he will inevitably get along with ways to limit Curry's scoring efficiency.

In contrast, although the Blazers have Durant, their flaws are also obvious.

The Trail Blazers can't compare with the Wizards in terms of the bench lineup alone. As long as they grasp this point and chase hard, they can easily establish an advantage.

In addition, the backcourt configuration of the Blazers is not luxurious, and the combination of Andre Miller and Matthews is definitely not a threat.

Last but not least, the Blazers have Jordan.

The player Jordan is an extremely strange existence. He is best at rebounding and defending, but in these two points, he is not at the top level.