NBA: I am the god of basketball

Chapter 298 Nets vs. Cavaliers, Warriors vs. Spurs, the most exciting conference finals in history
On April 2016, 4, the first game of the first round of the playoffs started as scheduled.

The Brooklyn Nets, ranked No. [-] in the East, faced the No. [-] Indiana Pacers in the East.

During the regular season, the two teams faced off in the Eastern Conference four times. The Nets won all four games, and three of them were crushed by big scores.

The current overall strength of the Pacers is really not as good as before. The internal and external strength is seriously insufficient, and the only star Paul George in the team can rely on.

George is indeed very strong. This season's average data per game is fixed at 24 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists. He ranks ninth in the league in scoring.

But under the single-core leadership, the player who can lead the team to go very far in the playoffs is only 18 years old James. Even if he is as strong as Wang Chao, in the past few years, he has also been surrounded by Howard, Dayao, etc. helper.

George is not James, nor is he Wang Chao. He is very strong, but he has not reached the level where he can turn the game around by himself. Otherwise, the Pacers would not barely qualify for the playoffs with the eighth record in the Western Conference.

Therefore, in the first round of the series, the Pacers had almost no resistance against the Nets.

In the first game, the Nets won the game with a big victory.

116: 101.

Throughout the game, the Pacers were always behind after 2 minutes from the first quarter until the end of the game. During this period, they couldn't even launch an effective counterattack to close the score.

Wang Chao played for 32 minutes and scored 22 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists symbolically. He didn't even sweat much during the break, which shows the low intensity of the game.

The Nets easily won the two home games, and then went to Indiana, the home court of the Pacers. The Pacers at home are still struggling to win.

The gap between the two teams is too huge, not to mention the main starting lineup of the Nets, it is Deron on the bench who replaces Wang Chao, leading the Nets to play back and forth against the Pacers. point.

In 4 games, with a clean 4:0, the Nets swept the Pacers and easily advanced to the second round.

Since Wang Chao became a top superstar, almost all the first-round matches ended with sweeping opponents. Few teams can cause even a little obstacle to Wang Chao's team in the first round.

The fans of the league seem to be accustomed to this. After all, the teams led by Wang Chao can often become the first in the league. Even if there is a sudden emergence of the Warriors this season, the Nets' record of 67 wins still ranks first in the Eastern Conference. The record is far ahead of all teams in the East, including the Cavaliers.

The Nets weren't the only team to complete the sweep.

In the East, the Cavaliers, who entered the playoffs, were fully fired and also swept the Charlotte Hornets with a score of 4:0.

The strength of the Hornets, which has three potential players, Anthony Davis, Oladipo and Kemba Walker, is actually not bad. However, what they encountered was the Cavaliers, the No. [-] team and entered the playoffs. James in the model, it is only natural to be swept.

The Warriors in the East also completed a 4:0 sweep. Their opponent in the first round was the Memphis Grizzlies. The black and white bears have lost their peak combat effectiveness in the 15-16 season. The increase in age and the fast-paced offensive and defensive transitions in the small ball era Let them be overwhelmed.

Facing the Warriors' signature five-death lineup, there is no resistance. Even Cousins, Bogut and Green's Warriors' insiders can't take advantage of it.

It is normal for the Grizzlies, who do not have a position that can match up normally, to be swept out 4:0.

Except for the Nets, the Cavaliers and the Warriors completed the sweep of their opponents, the other five duels played multiple games and finally decided the winner.

In the other two duels in the East, the Toronto Raptors defeated the Boston Celtics 4:3, and the Miami Heat lost 2:4 to the Atlanta Hawks.

The Celtics have begun to build a team tactical system around Thomas Jr. this season, and Thomas Jr. has lived up to the team's expectations. During the regular season, he averaged 22.9 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists per game.

It's just that his excellent offensive performance can't cover up Thomas Jr.'s deficiencies on the defensive end. His height of 1 meters really can't prevent anyone in the NBA on the defensive end.

This was the case in the series against the Raptors. Thomas Jr. faced off against the All-Star point guard Kyle Lowry. Although Lowry is not tall, only 1 meters, he is very strong. The nickname of the small steel cannon.

It is rare to face a player who is shorter than himself. How can Lowry miss this good opportunity? In 7 games, he almost exploded Thomas Jr., averaging 22.6 points, 5 rebounds and 7.2 assists per game. In contrast, Thomas Jr. has 24 Points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists, but the shooting percentage is very low, only 39.5%.

As for the game between the Heat and the Eagles, the process was equally intense.

The Heat team lost James this season is considered to be ill-fated. Originally, the team renewed the contract with power forward Chris Bosh with the maximum salary. The injured season was reimbursed, causing the Heat to move forward with only Wade's single-core leader.

This is where Wang Chao was more surprised.

Because of Wang Chao, Whiteside is now playing well in the Rockets, and this season he was also successfully elected as the league's block leader with 3.5 blocks.

Although the Heat acquired Dragic and Ruhr Deng successively through trades and signings as in the original history, but without Whiteside, the inside defensive gate, the overall strength will definitely be affected.

As a result, under such circumstances, the Heat can still get the fourth record in the Eastern Conference, which is higher than the Eagles. I have to admire Pat Riley's strong command of the army, and he can always learn from some mediocre roles. Players who are found to perform well can be used as immediate combat power.

Including the Miami Heat led by Jimmy Butler who made it to the Finals twice in the future. Including Butler, the team does not have many players with high draft picks, but they are very strong in the game.

Many people say that this is due to Butler, but it is not true. Butler is indeed very strong, especially at critical moments, but the strength of the Heat really has nothing to do with Butler. It is the team as a whole. The strength is strong.

In 2023, Butler will lead the Heat from the eighth in the West to the Finals. Some people will compare Butler with James in 18 years, and think that Butler is stronger than James in 18 years.

Isn't this pure bullshit?First of all, Butler is indeed very strong, and the quality of opponents that the Heat encountered in the playoffs in 23 years was stronger than that of the Cavaliers in 18 years, but is Butler alone responsible for the Heat's victories?In addition to Butler, this Heat team also has Adebayor who averaged 18+10 per game in the playoffs, Vincent who averaged 14 points per game, and Caleb Martin who averaged 13 points per game.

The strength of the Heat is first of all strong in overall strength, and then the existence of Butler has brought about a qualitative change and sublimation of the Heat, allowing it to transform into a top team in the league.

But James' Cavaliers in 18 were completely different.

Only one player on that Cavaliers team scored in double figures during the playoffs, and that was Love, who averaged 14.9 points per game.

In order to drag the Cavaliers team into the finals, James averaged 34 points, 9 rebounds and 9 assists per game, and contributed two lore in the playoffs. Able to score 1 points, 51 rebounds and 8 assists, it can definitely be called the most exciting playoff personal show in league history.

This is the difference between 23 Butler and 18 James. Both are historical superstars, but Butler occasionally pulls his hips in one or two games, scoring only a dozen points or shooting less than 40%. With an excellent lineup depth, there is still a chance to win the game, but if James pulls his hips during the game, the Cavaliers have no chance of winning at all.

The topic is far away. Back to the current Heat team, Wang Chao certainly knows Pat Riley's philosophy, which is militarized management and strict training.

When he was the head coach of the team before, Pat Riley crippled several players because of over-training, but more players were trained by his devil training.

Although he now holds the position of general manager of the Heat, in fact the team still has the final say. The team's current head coach Spoelstra is just his disciple, and he obeys his arrangements.

In addition to strict military management, Riley is also ruthless in the face of players' contract renewals.

Since Wade played for the Heat, his personal value has always been squeezed by the team. He has never received a maximum salary in his entire career. A decent pension contract will also be ruthlessly rejected by Riley, and even Wade's attempt to bypass Riley and talk directly to the team owner failed.

In the end, Wade couldn't bear it anymore, and left the team angrily to join the Bulls. In fact, it was not as simple as money, but more to compete with Riley.

Wang Chao doesn't know what kind of changes will occur in the contract game between Wade and Riley this summer due to the butterfly effect caused by his own existence, but considering Riley's cruel businessmanism to the extreme, it may be difficult for Wade to make a difference in this summer. The guy got a good deal in his hands.
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西部那边另外三组对决，马刺4:1击败开拓者，雷霆4:2淘汰达拉斯小牛，火箭4:3击败快船。

There is nothing to say about the game between the Spurs and the Trail Blazers. Even the downgraded version of the Spurs is not an opponent that the Blazers can compete with. The score of 4:1 is not much different from the 4:0 sweep.

As for the Thunder 4:2 Mavericks, the point of view is still the same old style, the collision between the three old Thunder players.

James Harden has fully grown into the league's top scorer this season. He averaged 29 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists per game in the regular season, even higher than his big brother Durant, who is good at scoring.

However, the overall strength of the Mavericks is obviously far behind that of the Thunder. In 2016, Dirk Nowitzki was 38 years old. Nate is so big, but after all, he can't compare with the peak period.

During the regular season, Nowitzki averaged 18 points and 6 rebounds per game, but his shooting percentage has dropped to 44%. This shooting percentage is the lowest in Nowitzki's career since his rookie season.

In the 6 games played against the Thunder in the playoffs, Nowitzki's scoring average dropped to 16.6 points and 4.8 rebounds per game, and the help he could give Harden was extremely limited.

On the other hand, for the Thunder, Durant and Westbrook both scored 6 points in 26 games.

The last set of matchups in the first round of the playoffs is the Houston Rockets vs. Los Angeles Clippers. This set of matchups is also the most intense matchup in the first round.

The Los Angeles Clippers are a veteran team in the West, led by Chris Paul, Blake Griffin and DeAndre Jordan are two All-Star players, and the team also includes Jamal Crawford and JJ. There is no doubt about the strength of a role player with outstanding strength like Redick.

Not to mention the Rockets, who completely dominated the league during the previous three consecutive championships. This season, after Dayao retired and Wang Chao left the team, the team retained Leonard and Whiteside, and signed Jeremy Lin and Al Jay. Ferson can be considered to have built a competitive team around Leonard.

Among them, the performance of Leonard and Whiteside made the Rockets management very satisfied, and firmly believed that their behavior of keeping the two at all costs last summer was completely correct.

Although the Rockets' record of 44 wins in the regular season ranked fifth in the Western Conference is not good, Leonard averaged 25.6 points, 6.2 rebounds and 3 assists per game during the regular season, as well as 2.1 steals. Dominance, not inferior to James, Durant and other top strikers.

And Whiteside averaged 15.8 points, 12.4 rebounds and 3.5 blocks per game in the regular season, which is also quite amazing.

The Rockets are ready to make Leonard and Whiteside into a dual core with one inside and one outside.

Facing the Clippers in the first round, Whiteside was evenly matched with Jordan Jr. on the inside, but no one in the Clippers was able to deal with Leonard at the forward position. Can contribute 23 points and 8 assists, but as a point guard, he does not have the ability to make the final decision.

To make matters worse, the Clippers' leading scorer, power forward Blake Griffin, who averaged 21.4 points and 8.4 rebounds per game during the regular season, faced the Rockets insider Whiteside, Al Jefferson and the backup center Rue. In the case of three big men, Di Gobert's performance was extremely hip. He averaged only 15 points and 8 rebounds per game, and his shooting percentage was 37.7%. The culprit who was eliminated, the chief war criminal.

Paul, who is known as the god of point guards, is miserable enough. Wang Chao's butterfly effect has brought many changes to the world and the league, but the curse that Paul's Western Conference floor has never been touched has always existed.

What's worse is that Harden is not in the Rockets now, and Booker is not in the Suns. In the future, it is hard to say whether Paul can hold Harden's thigh to touch the floor of the Western Conference Finals, and then hold Booker's thigh to touch the floor of the Finals.

In any case, with the Rockets beating the Clippers 4:3, the list of the second-round matchup between the East and the West has also been officially determined.

The two groups in the Eastern Conference, the Nets vs. the Eagles, the Cavaliers vs. the Raptors, the Warriors vs. the Rockets, and the Spurs vs. the Thunder.

Before the start of the second round, the league announced the list of the best teams for the 15-16 season.

Some of the five players in the best team are unshakable, such as Wang Chao, James, and Durant. The other two selected players are Curry of the Warriors and Howard of the Spurs.

Among the five players in the first team, Howard may be the most misnamed one. His average 18+12+2 per game is slightly inferior to other stars who averaged more than 25 points per game.

But after all, the Spurs are the only three teams to win 60 wins this season. The two core players in the team, one Howard and the other Butler, must have one who can be selected for the best team after all. Considering Howard can still contribute on the defensive end With the league's top-level defense, it is reasonable to be selected as the best team as a center.

The five players of the best second team are Westbrook of the Thunder, Chris Paul of the Clippers, Leonard of the Rockets, Butler of the Spurs and Cousins ​​of the Warriors.

The players in the third team are amazing, Lillard of the Trail Blazers, Klay Thompson of the Warriors, Draymond Green, Paul George of the Pacers, and Jordan Jr. of the Clippers.

Calculated in this way, the Warriors, which won 71 wins in the regular season, had four players selected to the best lineup, namely Curry for the first team, Cousins ​​for the second team, and Thompson and Green for the third team.

It is quite rare in NBA history for a team to gather four best-team players at the same time.

Four best-team players are completely different concepts from four All-Star players playing on a team at the same time. Last season, the Eagles had four players selected to the All-Star team at the same time, but their strength is completely different from that of the Warriors. One grade, after all, players who become All-Stars may not be selected for the best team, but basically all players who have been selected for the best team have played All-Stars.

The results of the selection of the Warriors' four best team members have also caused huge controversy in the league. The most controversial of them is obviously that the Nets have the second record in the league with 67 wins. Only Wang Chao was selected to the best team. After all, even the Spurs have a first-team Howard and a second-team Butler.

Just at the data level, it is indeed difficult for the Nets to find a second player who can play the leading role.

The second scoring point in the team is Brook Lopez, who averaged 17.2 points per game. Among the 15 players in the best team, there are not no players with lower scores than him. Green and Jordan in the best three teams averaged 13.4 points per game. Only 12.7 points and [-] points respectively.

But in addition to 13.4 points, Green averaged 8.8 rebounds, 7.6 assists, 1.5 steals and 1.4 blocks per game. He is the core of the Warriors' five death squads.

And Jordan, who averaged 12.7 points per game, averaged 13.8 rebounds and 2.3 blocks per game. He has more rebounds than points and is the team's defensive gate.

Although Lopez averaged 17.2 points per game, as an inside player, his average of 6.2 rebounds per game is really ugly, and even if he started to focus on defense at the request of Wang Chao, it still takes time to grow. The season average is only 1.7 blocks per game, which is quite satisfactory with his height of 2 meters.

To sum up, the lack of personal data caused Lopez to lose the best team, and this is probably his closest chance to the best team.

Wang Chao knows that the original Lopez was able to contribute 15+ points per game in the 16-16 and 17-20 seasons, and his offensive ability is beyond doubt.

But in this Nets team, after this season, I am afraid that he will no longer be the second main scoring point in the team, because Booker and Jokic are bound to make greater progress next season after experiencing a whole season of growth , No matter which of these two people are, their offensive ability is stronger than that of Brook Lopez at his peak.

In Wang Chao's plan, Lopez only needs to reach the state that the Bucks will win the championship in the future. As an inside defensive pillar, he can also be a comprehensive inside player with three-point long-range shooting ability.

By the way, in the selection of the best defensive team, Wang Chao was once again selected as the best first defense with 2.7 steals and 1.4 blocks on the defensive end, and he was far ahead in the selection of the best defensive player , far surpassing Green, Jordan Jr. and Whiteside, etc. Not surprisingly, he may win the best defensive player honor for the third consecutive season.

As an outside-oriented player, he has won the best defensive player DPOY for three consecutive years, which is unique in the league.

But relatively, in the regular season MVP rankings, Wang Chao is behind the Warriors' Curry. Curry's performance this season has really exploded, although the data of 30+5+7 per game is compared with Wang Chao's 28+12+ 13 is slightly inferior, but the Warriors' record of 71 victories obviously gives them a lot of points. In addition, it is not easy for the league to have a native American star who can break Wang Chao's regular season MVP monopoly. This MVP vote will be treated "fairly".

The other four players selected for the best first defense are also Wang Chao's old partners in the first defense.

Chris Paul, Leonard, Green, Jordan Jr.

The five members of the best defensive second team are Tony Allen, Butler, Paul George, Whiteside and Howard.
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On May 2016, 5, the second round of the NBA playoffs started.

The Nets' opponent in the second round is the Atlanta Hawks.

The Eagles had their brightest moment last season. They ranked first in the Eastern Conference during the regular season. Four players in the team were selected as All-Stars.

But after the start of the new season, the strength of the Eagles has seriously declined. Obviously, the four All-Star players: Paul Millsap, Al Horford, Jeff Teague and Kyle Korver are still on the team. But the team just couldn't win the ball, and only entered the playoffs with the fifth record in the Eastern Conference.

Some people will say that the reason for the sudden decline in the dominance of the Eagles compared to last season is the departure of starter DeMarre Carroll, but the problem is that Carroll averaged only 14 points and 15 rebounds per game in the 12.6-5.3 season. It's just a role player. As a top team in the East, because the leaving strength of a player averaging 12+5 per game is so much lower, it can also prove that the strength of this team itself is inflated.

For the Nets, the Hawks are not much different from their first-round opponents, the Pacers. They are not even as good as the Pacers. Four All-Star players, but no top stars exist.

Although the inside combination of the Eagles Millsap + Horford has good offensive ability, its height is seriously insufficient. Millsap is 2 meters and Horford is 03 meters. The two are facing the Nets team composed of Lopez and Jokic The height of the two towers on the inside is at an absolute disadvantage, and the Eagles have no players who can stand up to Wang Chao on the outside.

Therefore, the same as when the Pacers played against each other, the Nets first won two clean victories at home, first rewritten the score to 2:0, and then went to the away game to win two consecutive games, sweeping the Eagles with a total score of 4:0, and smoothly advancing into the East finals.

Most fans in the league are not surprised that the Nets, which won 67 wins in the regular season, broke into the Eastern Conference Finals.

However, they swept their opponents 4:0 in both rounds. The dominance of the Nets in the playoffs is still quite surprising. Thinking of the double play of the Nets against the Cavaliers in March during the regular season, It has already made some Cavaliers fans feel uneasy.

Will their King's Division be killed by the Nets in the Eastern Conference Finals?
The Cavaliers' divisional semifinals also went smoothly. The trash brothers of the Raptors, Kyle Lowry and DeMar DeRozan are James' toys, even the single-core leader in the 17-18 season James can sweep the Raptors with the best record in the Eastern Conference at that time 4:0, let alone the current period of strong troops?

猛龙虽然没有像17-18赛季那么窝囊的被4:0横扫，但也不过支撑着赢了1场，最终4:1被骑士队淘汰出局。

Ever since, the matchup in the Eastern Conference Finals became a matchup between the Nets and the Cavaliers, the top two teams in the Eastern Conference in the regular season. It was also the Nth confrontation between the top two league stars Wang Chao and James.

Whether James, who has lost countless times and only won once due to Dayao's injury, can overcome the mountain of Wang Chao depends on this series.

Compared with the easy two-game series in the east, the confrontation in the west is obviously much more intense.

Needless to say, the confrontation between the Spurs and the Thunder has its own strengths and weaknesses. The Thunder has two top superstars, Durant and Westbrook. But they have an absolute advantage. Butler, Howard, plus the GDP combination in his later years, as well as Popovich who has strategized, are obviously superior in terms of overall strength.

Relying on the home court advantage, the Spurs first went to two cities at their home court, leading 2:0, but returning to the Thunder team at their home court, Durant and Westbrook worked together to tie the score to 2. :2 tie, and then in the Tianwangshan battle of the Spurs, Durant was fully fired, scoring 43 points, leading the team to win the key battle, and took the lead in winning the match point 3:2.

The Spurs in desperation did not give up. Relying on Butler's 31 points in a single game in the sixth game, the Spurs evened the score again to 3:3, and the two sides played the final tiebreaker in San Antonio.

The Spurs sit at home and have an advantage over the Thunder in terms of lineup depth. In the previous games, the Thunder could rely on the strength of superstars to force a comeback. However, seven consecutive games have been consuming players' physical and energy, and they can only rely on dual-core The Thunder's fault tolerance rate is slightly worse than that of the Spurs. The result is that in the tie-breaker of the life-and-death game, Westbrook used to stretch his hips in the playoffs. He made 22 of 6 shots in the game, leading the Thunder to 101:92 Lost to the Spurs and stopped in the second round.

Durant scored another 40 points in the tiebreaker, shooting 61% from the field, but he couldn't lead the team to victory, and could only watch the team lose the game.

After the game, Durant walked directly into the player tunnel without saying a word.

Immediately there were reporters on the sidelines asking him loudly if he had any plans for this summer.

Everyone knows that in the summer of 2016, Durant's contract will officially expire. Whether the league's top superstar will stay with the Thunder or join another team to compete for the championship, no matter which choice he makes, it will cause violent repercussions in the league.

As a time traveler, Wang Chao certainly knows how Durant will choose, but now the Warriors have no place for Durant, and Wang Chao is not sure which team the opponent will choose to join in the end.

But I am afraid that no matter which team he joins, Durant no longer wants to continue to partner with Westbrook. During the regular season, Westbrook is quite a good helper, although he occasionally makes some irrational judgments because of his head cramps. , a little bit of patience will pass.

But Westbrook in the playoffs really couldn't bear it. Many times the opponent had already targeted him to defend him, and he insisted on going it alone with the ball without changing his style of play. Do you think you are Kobe?

This is actually not to blame Durant. Westbrook has been criticized the most in his career for his performance in the playoffs and his ability to shoot three-pointers as a point guard.

With a shooting percentage in the early 40s of his career, there is really no way to call him a powerful helper.

Durant was not the only one who was tricked by Westbrook. Later, Paul George, Harden of the Rockets, and even the Lakers, Westbrook was the one who held the super maximum salary but was the one who held back the most.

Compared with the Thunder, which narrowly lost to the Spurs in 7 games, another matchup in the West is the Warriors vs. Rockets, but the process of the game was far beyond people's expectations.

Before the start of this series, people generally believed that the Warriors would beat the Rockets by a big score to advance. After all, this Rocket is not the other Rocket, without Wang Chao, Dayao and Butler. Now this Rockets team has Leonard as the main core. He also played a good record, but his combat effectiveness is no longer the same. It is not a level opponent at all with the Warriors who won 71 wins in the regular season.

The same was true for the first two games at the home court of the Warriors. Under the indiscriminate attack of the Warriors, the Rockets were defeated. Both games were lost by big scores and fell behind 2:0.

But returning to their home court, the Rockets showed extremely tenacious combat effectiveness, especially Leonard, who ushered in the best performance of his career.

G3比赛中全场27投14中，狂砍40分14篮板6助攻，率领火箭队扳回一城。

紧接着在G4比赛中，伦纳德又23投13中，砍下37分9篮板8助攻，帮助火箭队加时赛顽强击败勇士队，把总比分扳平至2:2平。

The fact that the Rockets were able to draw with the Warriors really fell through the eyes of many people. No one expected Leonard to have such a strong personal ability in the playoffs. This performance is no less than that of his former big brother Wang Chao!

The Warriors were a little caught off guard by Leonard's attack, and the G5 Tianwangshan battle also broke out in a cold sweat. The whole team did not dare to neglect in the slightest and went all out to defeat the Rockets and win Tianwangshan, taking the lead 3:2 Win match point.

In the subsequent G6 game, the Warriors did not give the Rockets another chance. A wave of two consecutive victories took the game away. The Warriors defeated the Rockets 4:2 and successfully advanced to the Western Conference Finals, but this process was indeed quite thrilling.

Throughout the series, Leonard's average of 31.3 points, 10.2 rebounds and 5.8 assists per game shocked the entire league, making people re-examine the Rockets' right-hand man Wang Chao during the three-peat championship.

"Facts have proved that everyone underestimated the strength of the two outside players in the Rockets, Kawhi and Jimmy, especially Kawhi. He has outstanding talent and works hard enough. The reason why he was always underestimated before is that Because he is by Wang Chao's side."

"Just like Pippen next to Jordan, although he is also a top star in the league, no one really regards him as a real core player, and Pippen has no chance to prove his strength without Jordan like Leonard. .”

"In fact, Pippen also briefly proved his ability to lead the team during the two years when Jordan retired. He succeeded in single-core leadership for two consecutive seasons and brought the Bulls without Jordan to the conference semifinals. This is Jordan's early single-core leadership. He never did it all the time, but with Jordan's comeback, Pippen's achievements were quickly forgotten by the fans, and he once again became the best second-in-command around the basketball god."

"The difference between Leonard and Pippen is that he now has a brand new Rockets team built around him, and it is basically impossible for Wang Chao to return. He is still very young and has a long and bright future. There is enough time to prove his strength, leading the team to the conference semifinals this season is just the beginning for him, and we can fully expect Leonard to lead the team to lead the performance in the future."

It is also normal for the league to praise Leonard in various ways. Praise Wang Chao's former teammates as much as possible, proving that these players are strong in themselves, which can well weaken Wang Chao's ability to rule the league in the past few years. Gold content, after all, his teammates are so strong, isn't it a matter of course that he can win three consecutive championships?Just like Jordan with Pippen and O'Neal with Kobe.

Also highly praised is Butler, who led the team to the Western Conference Finals.

Although the playoffs are slightly inferior to Leonard in terms of personal data, in the first two rounds, Butler can also contribute 22.5 points, 4.4 rebounds and 4.8 assists per game, leading the Spurs in scoring.

It is generally accepted that Butler can go further than Leonard in the playoffs, mainly because the Spurs are a better team than the Rockets, and the players in the team are also stronger.

But it is not a reason to deny Butler's strength. For Butler, who has perfectly integrated into the Spurs' tactical system in just one season, people also have a lot of praise. Moreover, Butler was selected to the best second team this season. On to Leonard.

The Spurs who have reached the Western Conference Finals will stage a battle of the century with the Warriors, and the intensity will not be worse than the Eastern Nets vs. Cavaliers.

This year's audience can feast their eyes. The Eastern and Western Conference finals of the 15-16 season can almost be regarded as the most exciting confrontation in recent years, and it is also the most enjoyable game. Three teams with more than 60 wins in the regular season gathered together. , and a Cavaliers team with an exaggerated lineup and a combination of three champions.

Four teams, two groups of duels, no matter who ends up in the finals, it is not surprising at all.

(End of this chapter)