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Chapter 457 Where is Durant Going?
At this time, O'Neal was replaced by Mourning.

The big shark had a big smile on his face.

Just like what he showed when chatting with Sun Hao, the Sharks refused to play against the Warriors at first, and what he feared most after he became fat was to run back and forth all over the court.

But after playing for half a quarter, he entered the "physically honest" stage.

The inside configuration of the Warriors is to give him a sense of game experience!

Mourning came off the bench, and the Lakers still maintained their advantage on the court.

The difference between Sun Hao and Kobe is also evident at this stage.

Kobe used one method to convince you, while Sun Hao used the most correct method to defeat you.

After O'Neal was off the court, he didn't take outside shots, and all of them went to the basket.

The purpose of doing this is also very clear, not to give the Warriors a chance to grab long rebounds.

The Warriors have no rebounds, and they still can't fight back!

Some people may ask, the Lakers are so resolute at the basket, why don't the Warriors shrink their defense?

Because of shrinking defense, you can't fight back!

The Warriors run fast, but they are also human. If you want him to fly from the three-second zone to the three-point line, they can't do it.

If you have played 2K, you will be very clear about this. The fastest way to complete the fast break is to turn around and run to the front court after the opponent makes a shot, waiting for the backcourt teammates to grab the rebound and then give a long pass.

And in order to increase the success rate, it is best for teammates to grab long rebounds, so that long passes are not easy to be interfered and destroyed.

Now that the most critical part of the fast break has been cut off, it is naturally difficult to fight back.

Old Nelson rubbed his forehead with his hands on the sidelines.

It was also against his former lover, but Sun Hao put much more pressure on him than Nowitzki.

Moreover, the current Sun Hao has no technical shortcomings on the offensive end, nor can he be targeted like Nowitzki.

One word, difficult!

As the game continued, the Warriors lost their temper.

For the Warriors team, anyone can play when they are excited to play.

But being under such pressure all the time, the momentum quickly disappeared, and the collapse was faster than most teams.

Before the end of the three quarters, the Lakers had established a 20-point lead, and the game ended early.

In the end, the Lakers beat the Warriors 103 to 83 at home and won their first victory in the semifinal opener.

O'Neal scored a double-double with 22 points and 21 rebounds in just 10 minutes.

Such a result is in stark contrast to the first-round series between the Warriors and the Mavericks, and it also aroused heated discussions among fans in the forum.

"Thank you Lakers, I finally know where the problems of our team are, and how far Johnson can go!"

"There is no harm if there is no comparison. We really should change the head coach, otherwise we will be wasting the peak of Kobe and Dirk!"

"How about we go and invite old Nelson back? He will be black when he comes back, and he is familiar with the team. There is no more suitable candidate than him!"

"At the beginning, you made people angry, and now you invite them back?"

"Hey! This tells us that we can't be impulsive when we are human. No one knows what will happen in the future. We have to keep a line in life!"

"It's just that it's cheaper for the Lakers. This is going to the Western Conference Finals lying down!"

"To be honest, I think even if we win the Warriors, it will be difficult to beat the Lakers..."

"I agree. I don't know if it's my illusion. I feel that the Lakers are still in a half-stroke state. Sun and Shaq haven't exerted much force."

"It's not an illusion, it's really like this. The veterans of the Lakers have come out, and the Lakers are going to defend their title!"

"The only thing that can stop the Lakers is the Wizards."

"Where's the sun?"

"Nash will be exposed by the sun again, and there will be no underwear left... Wasn't it like that when he was in the Warriors?"

"I don't think so. The overall defensive ability of the Suns is much better than that of the Warriors. I think the Suns and the Lakers are at least [-]-[-], or even [-]-[-]."

"No need to discuss, we will see soon!"

……

While the fans were discussing hotly in the forum, another semifinal game in the Western Conference, the game between the Suns and the Nuggets was underway.

And the reason why fans will say "soon to see the Lakers play the Suns" is because the Nuggets were hanged by the Suns...

In the future, fans often compare the 73-win Warriors with the Suns in history. In fact, they do have a lot in common.

A gorgeous and ferocious offense, and a defense that is easily overlooked by fans because of the offense.

Many people may say that the Suns are often bombarded by opponents with 110 or even 120 points. How can the defense be considered good?
This is where the data can be deceiving.

In the future small ball era, games will often score 120 or even 130 points.

In addition to the body whistle, a bigger reason is that the second attack has been reduced from the original 24 seconds to 14 seconds.

The direct result of this is that there are many more offensive rounds in the game, and the scoring will naturally go up.

This is why this Suns team is often bombarded by opponents at 110+ or ​​even 120+.

Because of D'Antoni's 7-second offense, the purpose is to increase the number of rounds, and then fight to score and explode.

So don't be deceived by the data, watch the Suns' games more, and you will find that their defensive strength is at the forefront of the league.

One of the most direct evidence is that the Suns ranked fifth in the league in defensive efficiency this season.

The immature Nuggets faced such an offensive and defensive team, and the result can be imagined.

James' performance is fairly normal, after all, what can really limit his performance is the super insider.

But the performance of others obviously dived under the high-intensity defense, which also caused the Nuggets to lose by a big score.

After the game, the Nuggets fans started a new round of calls, demanding to find a strong helper for James.

Some fans even hope to use this voice to awaken the fighting spirit of other Nuggets players.

It's just that in the face of the powerful Suns, whether this method will work is a big question mark.

After easily winning the first game of the semifinals, the atmosphere in the Lakers team was relaxed, and Sun Hao was also in a good mood.

On the game day, after training, Sun Hao was chatting with O'Neill in the training hall when he suddenly found a familiar head poking out of the door.

After a closer look, I realized it was Durant.

"How did you get in?"

Sun Hao walked over full of surprise.

The training hall is not a place where people can come and go casually, even reporters have to get permission to come in.

"The security guard at the gate knew me, he said he remembered you gave me sneakers."

Sun Hao was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and then laughed.

Durant is considered a relationship, so he went through the back door.

"Shaq, come here and introduce you to future superstars."

Sun Hao turned to greet O'Neill.

This is not the first time Durant has come to the Staples Center. On the night of 81 points, he gave Durant the original sneakers;

This is not the first time Durant and O'Neal have appeared in the same place. When Sun Hao got married, he and O'Neal were both there;
But they hadn't met each other before, so Sun Hao happened to introduce them.

"I know you, Sun often mentions you to me, future superstar."

O'Neal reaches out to Durant.

Sun Hao was a little surprised, he never mentioned Durant to O'Neill.

But this is also like what a person with high EQ like O'Neill would say.

"is it?"

Durant blushed slightly embarrassed.

But his reaction, well, this EQ is just the opposite of O'Neill.

O'Neal didn't care, shook hands with Durant, and then went back to the locker room.

Sun Hao and Durant sat down and chatted.

Durant came to watch the game, because he couldn't buy a ticket, so he came to Sun Hao to ask for a ticket.

Sun Hao nodded with a smile, this is something that Durant in his previous life would do.

Sun Hao asked him about the draft by the way.

When the first round of the playoffs is still in play, the draft lottery has ended, and the order of picks is:

First pick, Raptors;

Second pick, Cavaliers;

Third pick, Bobcats;

Fourth pick, Trail Blazers;

Fifth pick, Houston;
The sixth pick, the Eagles;
The seventh pick, the Grizzlies;

Eighth pick, Timberwolves;
……

With the lottery, the trial training will follow.

Sun Hao also asked about Durant's trial training.

"Ricky didn't set up a lot of workouts for me."

"Rich?"

Sun Hao thought it was Paul Fu at first.

"Ricky Kleiman, my agent, he's very famous in New York."

After Durant explained, Sun Hao remembered.

Durant's emotional intelligence is relatively low, but he is a very good person, which can be reflected in his agent. He is one of the few in the league who has not changed agents.

"Which teams did he arrange for you to try out?"

"Toronto and Cleveland."

"Gone?"

"Just these two now."

first and second.

Although the quantity is not much, it wins in quality.

It seems that Kleiman is very optimistic about Durant's draft prospects this year.

"How are you doing?"

"I screwed up Toronto, they told me to bench press 84kg, I couldn't do it even once, it was kind of cold there, I didn't feel like my body was fully moving."

When Durant said this, his expression was a little annoyed.

This is also understandable, the Raptors are holding the No. [-] pick after all.

Sun Hao paused when he heard this. Durant participated in the draft a year earlier than in history, but the bench press still happened.

"But I'm doing really well in Cleveland."

But Durant changed the subject, and his mood looked much more beautiful.

"Their boss is Daniel Gilbert, he talks to me a lot and I can feel his interest in me."

After Sun Hao listened, he felt a sudden flash of light in his head.

In history, James went to the Cavaliers and became the "little emperor" of Cleveland.

Now that history has changed, James went to the Denver Nuggets, so he changed to Durant?

If the script is that James becomes Nowitzki, and then Durant becomes James...

If that's the case, it's very interesting!

But it doesn't seem right, Durant doesn't have brothers to play basketball with.

Sun Hao thought a little far away, and Durant called him twice before he pulled his thoughts back.

But judging from what I heard, Durant's draft pick this year will not be low.

After the two chatted, Sun Hao had dinner with him, settled the ticket issue by the way, and then went back to the Staples Center together.

The second game of the semi-final will then start here.

The first game was won so easily, and the mood of the fans was also very relaxed, including the photographers.

In addition to shooting the warm-up scene, he was showing some shots of the audience, including Scarlett, Nicholson, and then Durant.

When Durant appeared on the big LED screen, the picture was a bit awkward for a while, and even many audience members couldn't help bursting into laughter.

Because Durant was eating... raccoon crispy noodles.

Sun Hao was also happy when he saw it, Durant's damn migrant temperament.

But apart from laughing, there are still some fans talking about it.

In any case, Durant is a popular rookie in this year's draft.

Old Nelson also looked up and saw Durant, but his brows were slightly frowned, and he didn't know what to write.

After the warm-up is over, the game will start soon.

In this game, Nelson put both Dunleavy Jr. and Murphy back into the starting lineup.

This kind of adjustment also defaults to the failure of the change in the previous game, and it is necessary to return to the team's most familiar lineup.

However, after the game started, the situation on the court did not change much from the previous game.

O'Neal is still experiencing the game, and Sun Hao often sits on the sidelines and drinks wolfberry tea.

After the final four quarters, the Lakers still beat the Warriors 115-97, rewriting the big score to 2-0.

This match couldn't have been easier.

And at this time, it is basically confirmed that the Warriors are walking the Lakers to the Western Conference Finals.

……

Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, the second round of the game is over.

Four groups of matchups can be described with an idiom: polarized.

Two sets of sweeps, and two sets of fierce battles.

To complete the sweep, in addition to the expected Lakers, there is also the "unexpected and reasonable" Wizards.

In addition to Howard and Yao Ming's embarrassing matchup, Arenas was also educated by McGrady.

The epitome of the series, Tracy McGrady's iconic shake and pull-up three-pointer from outside the three-point line, Arenas showed a helpless look on his face.

The other two groups fought fiercely.

The Nets and Pistons didn't decide the winner until the sixth game. It was Anthony who completed the lore in Tianwangshan in G5, and the Pistons won in one go in G6.

After the entire series, Anthony averaged 27 points per game. His performance was quite good, and he also won a lot of voices for the upcoming MVP selection.

Another group that is slightly unexpected is the match between the Suns and the Nuggets.

After a big loss in the first game, James began to become more "selfish", and the facts proved that his selfishness was right.

He averaged 33 points per game throughout the series, leading the scoring in the first round.

His strong performance also allowed the Nuggets to go from 1 to 3 to 2 to 3, and it was a pity that they lost in the sixth game.

Like Anthony, his performance has also won him a lot of MVP calls.

By this time, the Eastern and Western Finals matchup list has finally been released.

The Wizards VS Pistons in the East, and the Lakers VS Suns in the West.

Although the process was a bit tortuous, the result was not much different from what the fans expected before the start of the playoffs.

And it is also foreseeable that these two groups of division finals will not have the one-sided situation of the division semifinals.

It's either you die or I die, and it's completely predictable before it even starts.

The rain was about to come, and when the fans were eager to see these two division finals, the league announced the third batch of awards for the season.

There is only one award this time, but it is the one that attracts the most attention.

MVP of the regular season.

ps: I'm a little stuck today, and I'll continue with 2 updates tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)