The NBA started with helping Iverson win the championship

Chapter 330 The Tricky Western Conference Finals

Once this deal closes, it's certainly not time for an announcement yet.

On the one hand, the door to the trading market has not yet been opened.

On the other hand, Jiba still needs to compete for the Mavericks for the championship, and he can't tell him that he was traded during the game.

But if Jiba knew that he was sold to the 76ers, he would be very happy.

Philadelphia's ball market is not small, and it is relatively high in the league.

In addition, because of Iverson, this team has never lacked hardcore fans. As long as the data is good enough and the team's record is reasonable, Giba can be selected into the All-Star every year.

Li Xun waited for a few days, and finally waited until the Warriors and the Spurs decided the winner.

The disadvantages of the Spurs' lineup have emerged. They lack the three-point ability. Facing the combination of Curry and Durant, the more critical the moment is, the more difficult it is to snatch the victory from the Warriors.

Fortunately, Duncan is strong enough. At this age, when facing the inside line of the Warriors, he even averaged 17 points and 11 rebounds per game.

If it weren't for Duncan's rise, the Spurs might have won at most one win in the hands of the Warriors this year.

In the final round of the series, the Warriors defeated the Spurs 4:2 and qualified for the Western Conference Finals with the Mavericks.

The Warriors swept the first round of the playoffs, won the second round against the Spurs 4:2, and won the Mavericks in the regular season, so it gave fans a lot of reverie.

Perhaps Li Xun's consecutive championships this year will be blocked by this new team.

As for the Eastern side, in the end it was the Raptors and Bulls who joined forces in the Eastern Conference Finals.

In the eyes of the fans, these two teams are still not interesting. I am afraid that no matter which team can reach the finals, whether it is facing the Mavericks or the Warriors, they are not opponents.

Before the start of the Western Conference Finals, Li Xun played host to the Warriors players in Dallas.

Curry can be regarded as Li Xun's younger brother, and Durant has been on good terms with Li Xun over the years.

Both sides were reminiscing about the old days, and tacitly did not mention the upcoming Western Conference Finals.

Curry and Durant really didn't have the confidence to win the Mavericks.

These years they have been living in the shadow of Li Xun. Curry has not won a championship since leaving Li Xun, and Durant was repaired by Li Xun at least twice in the playoffs.

One was the Finals of that year, and the other was last season, which was still the Western Conference Finals.

When they first formed a team this season, the two actually had confidence in their hearts. They felt that the two would work together, and coupled with the Warriors' good lineup foundation, they expected to have a chance to kill the Mavericks.

As a result, after the Mavericks have won 70+ games this season, and then see that the young people in the Mavericks team have grown up, the two have no confidence.

Li Xun didn't mention the Western Conference finals here, because he was afraid of hurting these two people.

Although the Warriors are very strong this year, they are not the perfect body of the Splash Brothers plus Green and Durant after all.

Don't look at Green's pull later, but the Warriors' previous championships really played a vital role.

And now Thompson among the Splash Brothers, should have Green playing under Li Xun's command.

Li Xun doesn't think the Warriors will be their opponents for the Mavericks.

Might cause some trouble for the Mavericks, but it is absolutely impossible to win the Warriors in the series.

The first game of the Western Conference Finals started, the Mavericks' home court.

Although it is the Western Conference finals, in Li Xun's view, it is actually the finals.

At this critical moment, Jiba must not continue to be the main attacker.

Li Xun took the initiative to take on the task of the team's main offense and served as the team's starting number one.

Gobert, Nowitzki, Giba, Clay and Li Xun.

Bogut, David Lee, Durant, Iguodala plus Curry, Barnes, who started the regular season, will play Iguodala as a substitute in this game.

In the jump ball session, Li Xun stepped onto the midfield line and jumped the ball with Bogut.

The team's starting point guard executes the jump ball, which is a characteristic of the Mavericks.

With Li Xun's current physical fitness, how could Bogut win the jump? He just stepped on his toes and made a jumping appearance.

After Li Xun passed the ball to Clay, Clay passed the ball back to Li Xun.

The Warriors immediately began to return to defense.

Curry stared at Li Xun solemnly. He was actually ready to face Li Xun tonight before the game.

He can be considered to have entered his peak period now, but due to his physical fitness, his defensive level is definitely not very high.

What's more, facing Li Xun, who is faster than him, jumps higher than him, is stronger than him, and completely crushes players who are taller than him, Curry certainly looks dignified.

Li Xun stood outside the three-point line and took a deep breath, ready to start attacking.

A tentative step was taken, and Curry immediately took a step back.

Li Xun directly made a fake move to shoot a three-pointer, and Curry quickly took another step forward.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Li Xun took a big stride and waded past Curry with the ball.

Feeling a whirlwind blowing beside him, Curry could only smile helplessly in his heart.

If those physically weak point guards, in this case, even if they pass Curry by half a body, Curry does not mean that there is no way at all.

He can also use his body against opponents, slowing down his breakthrough speed.

But now facing a heavy tank like Li Xun, how can he stand up to him?
It is no exaggeration to say that as long as Curry dares to go up, the person who is hit will definitely be thrown on his back in the next second.

The key is to have a defensive foul whistle.

After Li Xun crossed the free throw line, even Li Xun himself felt that the ball was safe.

But at this moment, a black shadow came out, abruptly blocking Li Xun's breakthrough path.

"boom."

With a loud bang, the two collided.

Li Xun charged at full speed just now. A strong man with a height of 120 kg and 206 cm collided with a human at a speed of sprinting at a speed of [-] meters. It was definitely an extremely tragic scene.

The person who was hit flew backwards and flew out. If Gobert hadn't helped him, this guy would have been knocked out of bounds.

Li Xun didn't have a big problem, he just felt a little pain in his chest.

Looking intently at the stumbling block, it was Iguodala.

Iguodala is obviously planning to use his body to block Li Xun's gunshot.

In fact, it seems that Iguodala is the only player in this Warriors team who can physically block Li Xun's gunshot hole.

Needless to say, Curry, if his body was hit like this, he might have to be reimbursed on the spot.

With Durant's slender arms and legs, he has no problem defending against Li Xun's shooting, and he can't bear to defend against Li Xun's heavy charge.

Barnes on the bench is no stronger than Durant.

As for the two insiders, David Lee and Bogut, their speed is too slow, and they are not even qualified to block the holes.

So this important task can only fall on Iguodala.

"Old man, are you all right?"

Li Xun greeted Iguodala.

Brother Yi is a respectable player, and he probably knows very well that his style of intercepting Li Xun is very easy to get injured.

But for the sake of the team, he can only stand up.

Brother Yi rubbed his chest, and squeezed out a smile on his painful face.

"Li, I think it's time for you to lose weight."

"God, I just felt for a moment that I was going to see God."

Brother Yi was in a good mood, and even joked with Li Xun.

Seeing that there is nothing wrong with Brother Yi, Li Xun smiled and waved his hands.

The referee blew the whistle just now, and the first brother blocked the foul. The ball is still owned by the Mavericks.

When Li Xun was attacking just now, there were 13 seconds left in the offensive round. Because the first brother was called for a foul, the Mavericks who served from the sidelines had 14 seconds in this offensive round.

According to the rules, if there is an off-ball foul or a non-shooting foul, if there are more than 14 seconds left in the offensive round, it will count as much as it has.

If the remaining time of the attack round is less than 14 seconds, it will be counted as 14 seconds.

Brother Yi's foul just now was obviously a non-shooting foul, because Li Xun didn't make a move.

Clay stood on the sidelines and served the ball, while Durant guarded Li Xun's side strictly and did not give Li Xun room to catch the ball.

Clay's temperament is relatively stable, he did not dare to pass to Li Xun, if Durant steals it, it is definitely not good news.

In the end, the ball was passed to Jiba.

With the help of Li Xun's pick-and-roll, Jiba made a three-pointer from the outside, but unfortunately failed to score.

The rebound was snatched by David Lee under the basket.

Gobert was stuck tightly by Bogut and failed to get a jumping space.

This first offensive round made Li Xun feel a little interesting. The Warriors seemed to have put in a lot of hard work. This first round of defense was quite successful.

Not only did the first brother come to block Li Xun's gunshot, but the subsequent defenses were all very essence.

Even the rebounds under the basket have been meticulously arranged.

Bogut's rebounding ability is definitely not as good as Gobert's now, but he has a large tonnage and is much stronger than Gobert.

Since I can't rob Gobert, I don't want to rob Gobert at all, and I am only responsible for blocking Gobert, not for Gobert to rob.

David Lee's rebounding ability is also good. In the past few years, he has been a frequent visitor to the top three in the rebounding list. Even now, he can easily average 10 rebounds per game.

Nowitzki is obviously not an opponent in this regard.

Li Xun couldn't help looking towards the Warriors' bench, he wanted to see who the Warriors' coach was.

At the beginning of the regular season, when Li Xun played against the Warriors, their head coach was Mark Jackson.

Based on Li Xun's understanding of Mark Jackson, he definitely did not have such a skill.

Mark Jackson's career as a player is relatively successful. He has been selected as an All-Star once in his career, and he is also the third point guard in NBA history with over [-] career assists.

But what really impresses him to the fans is the Mark Jackson rule, which is the five-second violation rule.

This five-second back-up violation was introduced precisely because of Mark Jackson at the time. He was too procrastinated in back-up singles, which seriously affected the enjoyment of the game.

After all, no one wants to see a big butt slamming the opponent with his back on the field for 20 seconds.

Barkley was lucky. When he was at his peak, the league did not introduce such a rule to restrict him.

If it is really introduced, it is estimated that Barkley's offensive ability at his peak will have to be removed by one-third.

Now Li Xun looked towards the Warriors bench, and instead of Mark Jackson, he saw Cole with a smirk on his face.

Li Xun knew it in his heart, no wonder the Warriors' style of play had changed. It turned out that the head coach had changed.

Under normal circumstances, Cole is the Warriors to coach next season, and that season led the Warriors to the No. [-] record in the Western Conference, and then took advantage of the trend to win the championship.

Li Xun did not expect Cole to take the position of Warriors coach half a year earlier.

Cole doesn't care what kind of person he is off the court, is it annoying, but his coaching ability is really nothing to say.

In terms of coaching ability, Cole is almost in the top three in history in Li Xun's mind.

Li Xun felt a little lucky, and fortunately he got Green down ahead of time.

If Green is selected by the Warriors, it may be more difficult for them to play the Warriors this year.

Green was excavated by Cole. Before Cole became the coach, Green was a small substitute in the Warriors, and he could not be said to have any tactical status at all.

It wasn't until Cole took over that Green really met his Bole.

The game continued on the court, and the Warriors began to attack.

Curry attacked with the ball, Li Xun did not go to guard Curry, but to mark Durant.

It's not that Durant's offensive threat is higher than Curry's, but that there are many people on the Mavericks side who can defend Curry, and the only one who can defend Durant is Li Xun.

When Clay and Giba defend Durant, they have been misplaced by others.

Of course, it's hard to say whether other people can defend Curry. It can only depend on Curry's touch tonight.

When the ball reached the frontcourt, Bogut directly pulled out of the penalty area and came out to help Curry with a high pick-and-roll.

In this pick-and-roll, Curry made a three-pointer from the outside and made a direct hit.

I have to say that Bogut's pick-and-roll effect is really good enough.

Li Xun nodded his head, he found that he seemed to have underestimated the Warriors.

Maybe the Warriors will cause far more trouble than Li Xun imagined in this round of the series.

In the next offensive round of the Mavericks, Li Xun once again hit the basket with the ball.

As a result, Iguodala was blocked again, and what was even more painful was that this time the referee did not call a foul on Brother Yi, but gave Li Xun a penalty for dribbling.

Sometimes, this kind of penalty is completely in the referee's thought.

The ball was switched, and it was the Warriors' offensive round again. This time, Curry continued to find Bogut's pick-and-roll, and hit a three-pointer again.

In this opening, the Warriors directly hit two three-pointers in a row, directly hitting a 6:0 spurt.

Warriors coach Carlisle called a timeout.

In the past two seasons, Carlisle has encountered such a difficult situation for the first time.

Usually it is the warriors who stop them, but tonight they were stopped by their opponents.

Now that the Warriors are looking at the momentum, this timeout can't be called.

And this timeout is not just to disrupt the Warriors' offensive momentum and morale, but more importantly, Carlisle is preparing to make a substitution.

As a top coach, he has found that this lineup on the court is not suitable for playing the Warriors system.

"Dirk, sorry, maybe you have to stay on the bench."

Carlisle gave Nowitzki the respect he deserved.

Nowitzki nodded, "It's okay, coach, I'm already old, how could I care about such things."

"As long as the team wins, it doesn't matter if I don't play."

Having said that, Nowitzki still showed a trace of loneliness in his eyes.

It seems that I am really old, and I really can't keep up with the pace of these young people.

"Giannis, get ready!"

Carlyle said loudly.

Antetokounmpo, who was sitting in the corner of the bench, pointed at his nose in disbelief.

In the Western Conference finals, it's only 1 minute into the game, and the coach actually wants to let himself play?
(End of this chapter)