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Chapter 1127 Not Optimistic and the Final Battle

At 129:104, the Warriors finally successfully defended their home court and easily defeated the Los Angeles Lakers with a huge advantage of 25 points. At the same time, they ended the regular season with a record of 68 wins and 14 losses.

Compared with the previous life, perhaps because of the occasional stimulation by powerful competitors such as Wang Zelin and the Blazers, the Warriors after recruiting Durant formed a Big Four super team, but they did not relax too much. In the original time and space, some games that should have been lost ended up winning.

There is one thing to say, if it weren't for the fact that they lost to the Trail Blazers twice in the regular season, the Warriors' record in the regular season would have a high probability of breaking through 70 wins.

不过，68胜14负的战绩还是要比前世67胜15负强上一筹滴，比起上赛季的73胜只是差了5个胜场，这样的战绩也足以跻身历史前10。

Looking at all the previous regular seasons in the NBA, 68 wins and 14 losses in a single season are eligible to win the league's first place in most seasons... It's a pity that they have had a bad time and have encountered the Blazers for several consecutive seasons!
Speaking of this game, since the Lakers surrendered early after the second half, they were basically completely spent after the first three quarters.

But even so, several major players of the Warriors still handed over very good transcripts.

本场发挥最佳的莫过于凯文·杜兰特。他今晚出战27分钟，16投11中，三分球7中6，罚球4中2，极其高效地砍下了30分8篮板5助攻1抢断1盖帽的全能数据。

It can be seen that facing the former No.1 in the league and one of the idols, the Black Mamba Kobe Bryant, Durant was very excited. After all, he did not forget the eventful years when he competed with Kobe for the scoring title of the season a few years ago.

At that time, Kobe was in full swing, wrapped in an amazing momentum of two consecutive championships, and he was invincible in the league. Durant can only be said to be the most capable player in the new generation, and the Thunder broke into the playoffs for the first time in team history from 09 to now. The team was also easily defeated by the Lakers led by Kobe Bryant 4:2.

It can be said that regardless of the 09-10 season, Durant has already won the first scoring title in his career and is making his own voice to the league, but in the end he was taught a good lesson by Kobe, who is still at his peak.

Therefore, every time Durant played against the Lakers led by Kobe, he often played with a vigor, as if he wanted to prove something by defeating Kobe.

In other words, Kobe has left an indelible impression on Durant's generation of players. Now they have mixed up from younger brothers to the league's big brother level, but the former big brother is already on the decline, which makes them cherish every opportunity to play against Kobe.

From 1996 to 2017, this year is the 21st year that Kobe has played for the NBA. It can be said that he has played one game less. Maybe when these old guys will retire.

Therefore, after realizing that Durant had a strong desire to attack tonight, Curry, the boss of the Warriors, was willing to be a green leaf and took the initiative to let the players out, fulfilling the brief confrontation between Durant and Kobe in the first half.

It has to be said that a boss like Curry has counted the long history of the NBA and can't pick out a few who can compare with him, and there is no one who can surpass him.

In the past two or 30 years, the team boss has been able to do this. Apart from Curry, I am afraid that only Tim Duncan, the No. 21 rookie of the Holy City who has just retired, has just retired.

Ask yourself, Wang Zelin himself will definitely not be able to achieve this level, because he knows that he is an ordinary person, and he will not be able to learn the selfless dedication of Duncan and Curry in two lifetimes.

Of course, even being a green leaf can't cover up the dazzling brilliance of the peak Ku Hao.

库里今晚仅出场25分钟，三分球11中4，轻松拿到20分5篮板8助攻2抢断，成为了球队赢球的第二功臣。

Klay Thompson, another member of the Splash Brothers, only scored 4 points in the first half, but Sheng quickly recovered his form in the third quarter. He played 3 minutes and scored 26 points on 12 of 4 shots.

The last of the Big Four, Draymond Green, hit three three-pointers for the first time tonight. He also clocked out of get off work in three quarters and scored a quasi-triple double with 13 points, 8 rebounds and 9 assists.

Such data is placed on Green this season, which is a fairly daily data.

Just like Wang Zelin's daily 40+20, it didn't cause too much splash after the game, because this was their normal performance.

But I can't stand Green not only thick-skinned, but also with a big mouth. When interviewed at the press conference after the game, he took the credit for himself without taking into account the embarrassment of Durant next to him.

You know, Durant is the best player tonight.

Although Durant was a little embarrassed and dissatisfied with the fact that Green stole his limelight, his dissatisfaction dissipated instantly when he thought of the championship in the playoffs.

Isn't the reason why you chose to join the Warriors this season is to compete for the championship?

Before winning the championship, Durant will not destroy the thriving chemistry in the Warriors.

Compared to the championship, compared to defeating Wang Zelin, compared to proving that the path he chose is not wrong, Green's little thought is nothing at all.

Since Green wants to show off, let him do it.

As a result, Durant began to keep saying good things about Green, declaring that Green was the key to winning tonight.

Green was a little surprised by Durant's move, but it was just a little bit of a surprise, and then he didn't take it to heart.

Again, all contradictions can be suppressed in front of the championship.

Don't forget, the Warriors in this time and space are not like the previous life. They haven't made it out of the West so far, so how about a championship?
The regular season of the 2016-17 season has officially ended, and the door to the playoffs has already opened. Green is not stupid. He knows very well that if the Warriors want to overthrow the Trail Blazers' dominance in the West, Durant is absolutely indispensable.

The Warriors have to rely on Du Xiaoshuai's scoring output!
Ever since, Green changed his impetuous mentality just now, changed his style of painting, and began to compliment Durant on the side. Tonight's victory is inseparable from his dominant scoring performance.

If you say something to me, the two sides will blow each other up to the sky.

What used to be a good post-game press conference and playoff swearing-in meeting has just turned into a Vanity Fair where Durant and Green tout each other.

A certain Warriors executive on the side was a little helpless, but Cole was very happy to see this scene, because it means that the Warriors are happy and monolithic.

Although Cole has never heard the saying that you must first settle down when fighting against the outside world, an old fox like him naturally understands similar principles.

the other side.

In the locker room of the visiting team where the Lakers were, there was no trace of frustration on their faces because of the loss. Instead, they all had calm expressions, packed up their equipment, and prepared to leave Oracle Arena.

In this game, none of the Big Three of the Lakers scored 20 points. Kobe scored 17 points, followed by Paul with 13 points, and finally Gasol scored 10 points.

Although doing so is in the long-term interests of the team, it still lost the game after all. Naturally, none of the three of Kobe wanted to attend the post-match press conference.

Going to a press conference at such a time will naturally inevitably make things difficult for the media reporters, so why bother to seek guilt?

Even the boss was not in the mood to attend any press conference, and the younger brothers beside him looked at each other, so naturally they were even less interested.

The distance from Oakland to Los Angeles was less than 600 kilometers, and it took only a short nap on the plane. After the Lakers coach Luke Walton returned from the press conference, the entire Lakers team immediately boarded the plane and left Oakland.

This game was also the Lakers' season finale, so they thought it had to be finished. The Lakers' record came to 54 wins and 32 losses. They were overtaken by the Thunder as they wished, and fell to sixth in the Western Conference.

The current record of the Thunder is 54 wins and 31 losses. They still have one game to play, and their final battle will be on the 12th tomorrow.

Since the season match between the Lakers and the Thunder is 1:3, it is equivalent to saying that no matter whether the Thunder wins or loses in tomorrow's final game, if the record is the same, the Thunder will be ranked ahead of the Lakers, and the fifth position in the West is decided.

The top four teams in the Western Conference, the Trail Blazers, Warriors, Spurs, and Mosaics can each be said to be in their own class. There is a lot of difference in wins between the two, and there is almost no possibility of surpassing.

The Trail Blazers won 71 wins to lock in the first place in the Western Conference and the league. The Warriors won the final game with 68 wins to lock in the second place in the Western Conference and the second place in the league.

No way, the Celtics, ranked first in the East, have just over 50 wins, and their record in the West is comparable to that of the Thunder's Lakers.

Houston Mosaic, ranked fourth in the Western Conference, is also far ahead of the Thunder and Lakers behind with a record of 57 wins.

So far, the Lakers have achieved their goal as they wished, and set the team in the first round of the playoffs as the old opponent San Antonio Spurs who know everything.

However, looking at the Spurs' record of 60 wins and the third in the league, it can't help but make people feel that the Lakers are a bit too underestimated of the Spurs, and also a little bit of themselves.

Sometimes I really don't understand, where did the Lakers' management and coaching staff get their self-confidence?
It is true that Kobe has the nickname of "Spurs' number one killer" in the market, but today is different from the past.

First of all, Kobe is already 38, and he will be 4 in about 39 months. Can such an old black mamba really burst out with the bloodthirsty killing intent of his youth?

Very blue and spicy!

Furthermore, the Spurs have now completed the replacement of the core team. The Spurs era that belonged to GDP has also drifted into the wind after Shifo retired.

The current Spurs are already in an era centered around Leonard and Love. Even if the old French sports car Tony Parker is still the starting No. 40, even if Yaodao, who is about to turn [-] in three months, is still an indispensable and important force on the Spurs bench.

Judging from the composition of the players of the two teams, the Spurs are obviously younger than the Lakers, especially the core player Leonard has just reached the peak of his career and is also known as the strongest perimeter defender in active service.

During the playoffs, when the old Black Mamba encounters the death entanglement of the peak robot, how much power can it exert?

This is something to ponder.

However, for the current Lakers, they are in the joy of achieving their strategy, or in other words, in Los Angeles, one of the few huge vanity fairs in the world, they deliberately ignore the fact that the core players of the Lakers are aging.

Of course, these are things the Lakers have to consider and have nothing to do with the Blazers.

If the Lakers want to meet the Trail Blazers under the record, they must first pass the first round and the semifinals before joining forces with the Trail Blazers in the division finals, and they are actually seeking their "Lakers championship" career.

But in reality, even if the Lakers beat the Spurs in the first round, there is a high probability that they will fall under Yu Yuyong's random guns in the semifinals.

How big is the strength gap between the two teams?

This can be seen from the regular season records of the two teams.

One is the four-star cosmic brave with a record of nearly 70 wins in the regular season and the offensive firepower on paper may be the first in history.

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portland.

Wang Zelin trained as usual during the day, and specially took time out at night to watch a few games that he was quite concerned about.

Among them, the battle between the Lakers and the Warriors is naturally indispensable.

After watching the whole process, Wang Zelin frowned. At first, he also had doubts about the arrangement of the Lakers in the second half.

Since there is a problem, then find someone to solve it!
The playoffs are approaching, and the Trail Blazers coaching staff is even busier than the players recently. There is a lot of data analysis waiting for them every day.

Like the Lakers, the Trail Blazers coaching staff is constantly studying the opponents they may encounter.

But unlike the Lakers, the Blazers are less selective and more casual.

The opponent in the first round doesn't care who he is, if he meets him, he just beats him up, and he loves whoever he is!

Emmm, this is probably the self-confidence brought about by strong strength.

Obviously, the Blazers are qualified to say such things.

However, when it comes to the Warriors' games, the Trail Blazers coaching staff will give the highest level of treatment. Everyone in the Trail Blazers coaching staff has videotapes of every game the Warriors lose this season, and they are almost out of the bag.

In the final match between the Trail Blazers and the Lakers, Coach Terry was naturally not idle. He called in a few assistant coaches and stayed at the headquarters tonight to watch the live broadcast and conduct analysis.

Youdao is the three cobblers, Zhuge Liang is the best.

What's more, Coach Terry and the others are not stupid people. They quickly understood the meaning of the Lakers' move, and then... there is no more.

Otherwise, what do you think about them?

The Lakers are not a potential opponent in the Blazers' championship goal. If it weren't for the Warriors tonight, they wouldn't bother to analyze the Lakers.

Theoretically, if the Trail Blazers and the Lakers want to have an encounter in the climate, at least they have to wait until the conference finals.

But it is only theoretically possible that this possibility does exist, in fact... huh.

So when Wang Zelin deliberately called Coach Terry to seek clarification, the latter replied him directly:
"Don't think about such a mess, and prepare for tomorrow's final battle with peace of mind."

(End of this chapter)