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The battle in the west is much more intense and full of things to watch!
Last season's championship Lakers fell in the first round, which made many media directly shout unbelievable!
There was no tiebreaker or even Game 6. The Warriors eliminated the Lakers in just five games.
In the previous championship predictions, the Lakers were the favorites to win the championship!
The slogan "Lakers Championship" during this period is not a joke in the future, but the truest thoughts in the hearts of Lakers fans!
In their eyes, the Lakers' record this season is generally due to injuries.
As long as they regain their health, none of them will be afraid!
The Lakers are back to health. Although Kobe's condition has declined slightly, his 45% shooting average and 32 points per game are still excellent.
But they had internal problems.
It is rumored that Howard was dissatisfied with the team's status and broke up with Kobe!
But in Zhou Si's view, the biggest reason is that the Warriors' offense is too fierce!
In this series, the Warriors switched offense and defense, ran and bombed, and completely brought the game to their own rhythm!
Although Lakers coach D'Antoni is a master of running and gunning, his players are not suitable!
How can the old arms and legs of the Lakers outrun the young and limitless Warriors?
Moreover, the "Wave Brothers" composed of Curry, Thompson and McCollum penetrated the Lakers' net with precise three-pointers time and time again!
Among them, Curry showed no mercy to his Uncle Nash, making all kinds of incredible three-pointers and sharp breakthroughs!
Averaging 52% shooting and 29.4 points per game, Curry used a better performance than the regular season to prove that this baby-faced killer is worthy of the best second team!
The matchup between the Thunder and the Timberwolves was the biggest matchup in the Western Conference, but many fans were surprised that the Thunder failed to complete the sweep.
After losing three games in a row, Zeller went crazy again in the G4 game!
At the Minnesota Target Center, Zeller was furiously attacking the Thunder's inside line!
In the eyes of Timberwolves fans, they are already very satisfied to enter the playoffs!
But Zeller didn't think so.
Since you have to go home if you lose, why not go crazy for once?
Even if you are injured, you still have plenty of time to recover!
The Thunder team was scared from top to bottom after carrying bombs and committing suicide layups again and again!
Their goal is the championship, and they don't want to be short of major generals in the first round!
42 points, 17 rebounds and 5 assists!
With Love locked up by Ibaka, Zeller once again became Minnesota's savior!
Although the fans knew that it was almost impossible for them to win this series, Zeller's spirit of fighting for a victory at all costs completely infected them.
At the last moment, when Zeller stood on the free throw line covered with scars but his eyes were still shining, the shouts of "Wolf King!" from the audience were the best recognition of Zeller.
After tonight, Minnesota welcomes their new Wolf King!
Two days later, Zeller had a wry smile on his face. After all, he still couldn't beat him!
The gap between the two teams is too big!
4:1!
Zeller ended his playoff journey with regret!
The biggest highlight of the showdown between the Trail Blazers and the Clippers was naturally Zhou Si's incredible performance, as well as the racial QS incident.
Even the sweep did not attract as much attention as the first two points!
The Trail Blazers' opponents in the semifinals, the Spurs, are not as easy as the Trail Blazers, because their opponent is the most difficult team in the Western Conference-the Grizzlies!
The Grizzlies, who insist on a retro style of play, are extremely tough on defense. No matter which team wants to win, they have to peel off their skin!
No, the Spurs used all their strength to eliminate the Grizzlies 4:2!
Zhou Si remembers very clearly that in his previous life, the Spurs successfully avenged the Heat in the finals and won the championship this season.
Their smooth and textbook team offense, as well as their strong personal defensive capabilities and defensive system, directly crushed the Heat to the ground in the finals!
Even with his new skills, Zhou Si didn't dare to say how confident he was to beat them.
But the first round matchup gave Zhou Si a lot of new ideas. It's not just wishful thinking to beat this Spurs team!
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The game hasn't even started yet, but news about this series between the Trail Blazers and the Spurs has already spread. After all, the feud between the Spurs and the Trail Blazers can last throughout the season!
In the forward-looking voting on Trail Blazers VS Spurs announced by ESPN, 87 of the 100 reporters and experts who participated in the voting believed that the Spurs can successfully advance!
Among them, 19 people think the Spurs can sweep the Trail Blazers, 24 people think the Spurs can beat the Trail Blazers 4-1, 32 people think the Spurs will beat the Trail Blazers 4-2, and only 12 people think the Spurs will beat the Trail Blazers in a tiebreaker.
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Among the other 13 experts who are optimistic about the Knicks, except for one person who believes that the Trail Blazers can defeat the Spurs 4-2, the other 12 people all believe that the Trail Blazers need to pass the tiebreaker to eliminate the Spurs.
It can be easily seen from the votes of reporters and experts that although this Trail Blazers have been recognized by everyone, and although Zhou Si has become the strongest rookie in everyone's eyes, people still think that the Spurs have experienced many battles.
The team is stronger.
ESPN is famous for its weekly scandals, but they really did not commit any fraud in this voting, although they were biased in the selection of reporters!
Are the Spurs better than the Trail Blazers in the playoffs?
Well, Zhou Si also admitted this.
In the four games of the regular season this season, the Trail Blazers led the Spurs 3:1, but in the three games they won, one was Zhou Si's buzzer beater, one was Zhou Si's touch, and one was the Spurs' rest!
Everyone knows that as long as the Spurs limit Zhou Si, there is a high probability of killing the Trail Blazers!
And can the Spurs limit Zhou Si?
They have given their answer with their last bloody game against the Trail Blazers!
In that game, Leonard kept an eye on Zhou Si throughout the game, not giving Zhou Si any chance to make an easy shot!
Zhou Si couldn't even get a chance to move without the ball, because...
Leonard has lost weight!
No one knows that Leonard, who originally imagined that his enemy was James, has already regarded Zhou Si as the biggest opponent in his career!
Moreover, in that game, Split stayed in the paint and Duncan roamed in the penalty area!
The Spurs played playoff-level defense!
On the surface, the Spurs were trying to prevent Zhou Si, but in fact, their quick rotation defense also prevented other Trail Blazers players!
In that game, Zhou Si only scored 21 points and only made 7 of 18 shots!
Everyone can clearly see that Zhou Si completely fell into the trap Popovich prepared for him. His three-pointers were interfered with, his breakthrough was double-teamed, and he was completely unable to exert his strength!
This is why experts believe the Trail Blazers will lose this series!
This is a complete conspiracy by the Spurs!
Pioneers are inevitable!
Moreover, in the playoffs, the Spurs will have more time to study the Trail Blazers and Zhou Si, and continue to set up all kinds of difficulties for them!
In order to win, Popovich has always done whatever it takes!
However, the Spurs are strong and Zhou Si will not give up.
With much anticipation, on May 5th, the Trail Blazers and Spurs ushered in the first game of this series at the Rose Garden Arena.
Chapter completed!