The Strongest Bishop in the NBA

Amare Stoudemire, the first big three to come to the Knicks, has almost faded out of the main position. Frequent injuries have caused his competitive state to form a cliff-like decline. This season, he averaged only 22 games per game in the regular season. In 20 minutes, he averaged only 12 points and 4.9 rebounds per game.

Another giant, Deron Williams, has also gradually begun to show signs of decline. The data dropped from 19+7.7 per game last season to 14.3+6, which also made him absent from the All-Star Weekend this season.

The only one who can maintain a high competitive state is Carmelo Anthony.

Such a Knicks team, even if they got Jordan Jr. through a trade, they have absolutely no capital to compete with the Wizards.

Another crisp 4:0, the Wizards easily swept the Knicks again, continuing the glorious tradition of sweeping the Knicks in the playoffs for many years.

Stoudemire and Deron performed very poorly throughout the series, and Anthony, the only scoring point, was under the double care of Leonard and Green. His shooting percentage was less than 40%, and his scoring average was only mediocre. After 20 points, compared to the regular season average of 27.6 points and 45% shooting percentage, it has dropped a lot.

Leonard, who was facing him, averaged 25 points and 6 rebounds in four games, scoring even more than Curry.

Of course, this was only achieved with Wang Xiao's permission.

After defeating the Knicks, there is a high probability that the Wizards will meet the Cavaliers in the Eastern Conference Finals. It is necessary to let Leonard build up more confidence in advance. After all, when he faced James in the past, he only needed to focus on It's good to limit James' performance, but this time, while he is defending, he also needs to share the pressure of the Wizards' offense.

This is definitely a challenge for Leonard. After all, he is facing LeBron James, the strongest player in the small forward position.

Although James' defensive ability is not top-notch, it can definitely be called top-notch. His excellent physical fitness and good basketball IQ enable him to defend against most opponents on the defensive end. You can see James' iconic pegboard hat, and being selected to the All-Defensive Team six times in his career is also an affirmation of James' defensive ability.

Whether Leonard can be as efficient against James as he is against other opponents, Wang Xiao still doesn't know, so he can only make all the preparations before the two meet.

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The Wizards, who once again swept their opponents 4:0, are still the first team to stand out from the second round. The situation in the conference semifinals is no longer as huge as the first round.

In the East, apart from the Wizards against the Knicks, the other team is the Cavaliers against the Nets. Although the Nets led by Jeremy Lin are at a disadvantage in the confrontation between the Cavaliers, they are not without resistance.

Jeremy Lin, in particular, has the absolute upper hand in Irving's matchup, completely suppressing his opponent on both offense and defense.

However, there is still an indelible gap between the Nets' lineup and the Cavaliers, which also made the big score of the two teams become 3:1 after four games.

In the west, the two matchups in the conference finals are the Blazers against the Grizzlies and the Spurs against the Clippers.

In the first round, the Grizzlies' opponent was the Kings led by Harden, and the Clippers' opponent was the Thunder. Both teams defeated their respective opponents and advanced to the second round.

The current score of the game between the Blazers and the Grizzlies is also 3:1. The Blazers hold the match point, while the game between the Spurs and the Clippers is currently tied at 2:2.

The strength of the Spurs and Clippers can be regarded as the closest among the teams in the conference finals.

Because of Wang Xiao, the Spurs did not have Leonard, and because of Wang Xiao, the Clippers also did not have Jordan.

But obviously Jordan's role to the Clippers is not as important as Leonard's to the Spurs. This also makes the Spurs still fall into entanglement with the Clippers even though they successfully attracted Bosh to join in the summer.

Paul, the core of the Clippers, has exploded in the small universe. He averaged 22.5 points, 11.8 assists and 2.5 steals in four games. The Western Conference Finals has almost become Paul’s obsession. In Curry, Jeremy Lin, Westbrook and other new generation point guards With his continuous rise, Paul's status has been severely impacted, which also makes him urgently need a weighty honor.

It has been nearly 9 years as a professional player in the NBA, but he has not even participated in the Western Conference Finals. This is definitely a big stain in his career.

Wang Xiao estimated that with Paul's super performance, the Clippers should be able to fight the Mavericks for seven exciting games. As for who will be the final winner, he is hard to judge. After all, because of the butterfly effect, the lineups of the two teams are relatively different. There are not small changes in a time and space.

But no matter who wins the two teams, it may be difficult to win when facing the Blazers.

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While the second round of competition is in full swing, the league's major awards are also announced with the announcement of the voting results.

The first to be announced is the best team, the best defensive team and the best rookie team.

Because of George's season reimbursement, he was absent from the selection of the best team, but the Wizards still had three players selected for the best team.

They are Curry, who was selected for the first team, and Thompson and Leonard, who were selected for the third team.

This is reasonable. After all, the Wizards won a terrifying 73 wins in the regular season, and every player in the team has played their best.

Thompson averaged 21.5 points per game this season, while Leonard worked hard in the second half, and his scoring average rose to 19.8 points per game at the end of the season, only 0.2 points away from breaking the 20-point mark.

The results of the selection of the best team are as follows.

Best team: guard Stephen Curry, James Harden, forward LeBron James, Kevin Durant, center Dwight Howard.

Best Second Team: guard Jeremy Lin, Chris Paul, forward Carmelo Anthony, Blake Griffin, center Joakim Noah.

Best three: guard Russell Westbrook, Klay Thompson, forward Kawhi Leonard, LaMarcus Aldridge, center Al Jefferson.

Similar to last season, the Wizards earned more All-Defensive Team honors than All-NBA honors.

Last season, the Wizards had three players selected to the All-Defensive Team, namely George, Leonard and Thompson.

And this season, the Wizards have as many as four players selected to the best defensive team!

Leonard was selected to the best defensive team, and Thompson, Green and Gobert were all selected to the second team of the best defensive team!

A team has four players selected to the All-Defensive Team. This is an unprecedented feat, and it is enough to explain the horror of the Wizards!