I'm not really a role player

Chapter 388 Before the Finals
The tiebreaker in the Western Conference Finals was much less popular than the Eastern Conference Finals.

The main reason is that the Spurs are too ordinary. Although the GDP is all famous superstars, they are too low-key, and Xiaoka is far from growing.

The Thunder is full of enthusiasm, but the so-called enthusiasm only became a little hot after attracting the Bobcats and Cavaliers from the east.

Needless to say, Duo vs. Li Ke is close to becoming a classic matchup. The matchup between Duo vs. Lebon is also a matchup that the league has been hyping up for the past two years.

David Stern's hype technique is idiomatic. Before Li Ke's generation entered the league, or when Kobe was still at his peak two years ago, the league was hyping 23vs24, that is, Lebron vs. Kobe.

88vs35 is interspersed in the middle, that is, Li Ke vs Xiao Du.

After Kobe's various declines in the past two years, he quit the top five ranks of the league, 88vs23, 23vs35, and they all entered the ranks of the league's hype.

Therefore, Mr. Si doesn't really want to see the Spurs win the tiebreaker of the Western Conference Finals.

If the Thunder reach the finals, the 88vs35 that Mr. Si has always dreamed of can be officially staged in the finals.

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The Western Conference finals tiebreaker, the Bobcats are also concerned.

Watching the game as a bystander this year, there is only one Tim Graver left by Li Ke's side to communicate with.

No one will ask him again, which of these two teams would he prefer to meet?

Li Ke can only ask himself, which of these two teams is the opponent Li Ke wants to meet more?

"I can meet anyone, anyway, there is no suspense in the finals!"

"If I had to pick an opponent, I would choose the Spurs!"

Why the Spurs?Because so far this season, one of the few games in which Li Ke has been defended miserably is against the Spurs.

On the contrary, against the Thunder, even if the opponent has Tony Allen, Li Ke is not in vain.

What is the gap between these two teams at the defensive level?It should still be the gap between Duncan and Ibaka.

Although the No. 21 rookie is in his twilight years, the overall defense is still Dpoy level.

Coupled with the overall rigorous style of the Spurs, the restrictions on Li Ke are obvious to all.

Looking at the Thunder again, Tony Allen is also the league's top perimeter defender.

However, as the new league shot-blocking leader Ibaka, the defensive threat is far from as high as the data shows.

At least, compared to Duncan, he is inferior.

If the opponent is the Thunder, there will be no challenge in the finals.

If the opponent is the Spurs, the finals may still be able to play a bit of gunpowder.

In the end, the Thunder won the tiebreaker in the Western Conference Finals.

Although Kaka and Duncan can defend Li Ke under great pressure, but for Xiaodu, who has more shots than breakthroughs, he doesn't have to fight Duncan at all, he only needs to deal with Kaka.

After solving the small card, the Thunder's overall offense can be guaranteed.

All the members of the Thunder opened fire. This Spurs, which can be regarded as civilians, would have a hard time defeating the Thunder in an offensive battle.

In this way, Xiao Du scored 37 points and led the Thunder to win the tiebreaker of the Western Conference Finals.

The matchup in the finals is exactly the 88vs35 that David Stern wants to see!

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The opponent is the Thunder, so there is no suspense in this finals.

the reason is simple--

The composition of the Thunder's lineup is problematic. In the past two seasons, Daluo's frame protection, Rondo's mid-range shooting and free throws have always been problems.

Later, Tony Allen joined, which further magnified Rondo's defects in long-range shooting and free throws.

Two guards without long-range shots form a back line. In this era that emphasizes long-range three-pointers, one can imagine how big the problem is.

This season, the Thunder's situation has improved a lot.

First of all, Daluo's frame protection has been improving. He and Ibaka's partner inside can not be said to be the best defensive inside combination in the league, at least it can be regarded as the first-class in the league.

Secondly, it's Daluo. This season, he gradually developed a fairly stable three-pointer, which directly solved the Thunder's long-range shooting crisis.

Even with the back line combination of Tony Allen + Rondo, the Thunder still have a three-point threat from the outside.

And this is the main reason why the Thunder reached the finals step by step.

A Daluo who has been improving has changed everything.

But the problem is that a change in Los Angeles is not enough to help the Thunder even out the gap with the Bobcats.

The Bobcats only need a five-point offense to make Daluo unable to play.

To put it simply: The Bobcats' style of play is ahead of this era, while the Thunder's style of play with its own big center and point guard who has not yet projected is already a bit behind the times.

"If it was the Thunder, the finals would be meaningless."

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Li Ke unilaterally thinks that the finals have no suspense or meaning. Enthusiasm for this finals is still very high across the United States.

The major media began to look ahead, predict, and discuss enthusiastically what kind of sparks Li Ke vs. Xiao Du can create in the finals.

From the most representative ESPN, they still invited a group of expert reporters and commentators to express their views and provide their predictions through a special program after the finals.

Mei Yangyang continues to be optimistic about the Bobcats: "There is no doubt that the Bobcats will complete their title defense this season. The Thunder cannot be their opponents. The five small plays they took out in the Eastern Conference finals tiebreaker alone are enough for the Thunder to drink a pot."

After hesitating for a moment, the beauty chose to stand against Mei Yangyang: "I don't think so. I think the Thunder is capable of fighting the Bobcats. Although the five minors are ahead of this era, Brook Lopez is not something that the five minors can target. This season, Brook Lopez can be called the top three centers in the league!"

Mei Renyu believes that the five-minor style of play is indeed a style of play that is beyond this era, but the main reason why the five-minor style of play can prevail is that most teams in this era have weak centers.

If the Bobcats run into a team that has always had a strong center, these five little ways of play will be useless.

Top centers like Huohua and Daluo are capable of blowing up the Bobcats' so-called five small styles of play on their own.

Therefore, Meirenyu thought: "The Bobcats can only use conventional play to face the Thunder. Under the conventional play, I am more optimistic about the Thunder, which has a top center!"

To say that Daluo is top-notch, judging from the data, it does mean this. In the regular season this season, Daluo averaged 23.7 points, 7.1 rebounds, 3.7 assists, 0.8 steals and 2.0 blocks.

However, Daluo has few rebounds, not because he can't grab them, but because most of the time, he is a card forward.

Get stuck in the position, and then let Ban Rondo, Xiaodu and even Teacher Tony.

However, Li Ke knew that Da Luo was still far behind Dayao and the so-called top center.

Director Zhang was also invited to participate in the special program before the game as a guest.

The main reason he was able to participate was Li Ke.

In the program, Director Zhang, who was a little nervous, spoke his proficient English and expressed his opinion: "In my opinion, there should be no suspense in this finals... So, the Bobcats must win, and Li Ke must be the final FMVP winner!"

Lao Zhang had a clear-cut banner, but the foreigners, Mei Yang Yang, Mei Ren Yu, and Bill Simmons, were dumbfounded.

Does he speak English?right?

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(End of this chapter)