NBA's strongest prince

Chapter 235

The Western Conference Finals are over, the Suns won again, and Popovich, who was yelling on the sidelines just now, seemed to lose all his strength in an instant.

Sweeping, this series is difficult for them to end, but it is a sea of ​​joy for Sun fans.

After the game, Popovich also said desolately, "Our performance cannot be said to be abnormal. The team has played at its own level for a long time. But they played so well, I can't imagine that the offensive end is so good. Well-rounded team, who else in the league can beat them?"

Taking the lead in advancing to the finals, the Suns did it again this season.

After winning the Western Conference championship, Russell took the trophy and posted on social media, "I need the next one!"

He was focused during the game, and he didn't mind communicating with the fans to relax after the game.

In the east, the last one to break out is the Heat,
The Heat's lineup is not only much more reasonable this season, but the key is Wade's growth.

Wade is an outside player who doesn't have three points, but the Pistons can't restrain him. You can imagine Wade's current strength.

With Wade here, O'Neal didn't have to work hard at all, and the Heat came out of the East.

As for the Pistons, they are really a pseudo-strong team. They don't have superstars. Even if their offensive power has improved a bit in the regular season, they will be restored in the playoffs, leaving only defense.

Only the defense has no superstars. It is normal for the Pistons to be eliminated. It is a bit strange that they won a championship. It can be said that they are lucky.

The finals will start in June, and the Suns can rest for a few more days, but the Heat also have sufficient preparation time.

The Heat are also a team with both offense and defense this season. Although both offense and defense are not perfect, they must be a strong team and have enough strong stars.

O'Neal should only be regarded as an All-Star now, but occasionally he can explode into the strength of a superstar.

Wade and O'Neal, in fact, the sun has the means to deal with it, but if the two show their power at the same time, they can indeed cause some troubles for the sun.

The Heat, like the Spurs, have some players who are older and are more afraid of the Suns speeding up.

Maybe the Heat are more worried, because O'Neal's physical strength is now much worse than Duncan's.

On June 6, at the US Airways Center, the fans were excited, and the sun appeared in the finals again.

The Suns have been tepid all the time, but I didn't expect that they would suddenly become a strong team and would defend their title.

Now Phoenix fans can be said to be fanatical about Russell.

When the Suns arrived in the finals, the starting lineup remained unchanged. If Varejao would consume Duncan, he would definitely consume O'Neal as well.

O'Neal is old now, no matter how strong the confrontation is, there will be consumption.

The Heat's side is also a regular starting lineup, with O'Neal and Haslem double inside.

Their starting lineup is more classical, but they still have three-point ability.

Even if the shooting percentage is not too high, the Heat still dare to shoot, especially Wade, who is confident in his shots in the playoffs.

At the beginning of the game, the Heat didn't make the slightest attempt, and Wade went crazy directly.

Wade's physical fitness is very good, so even if he doesn't have a three-pointer, it is difficult to be affected by the defense.

Compared with Parker, he can jump high when he comes in, and his wingspan is also excellent, so his shots are much smoother.

On O'Neal's side, it's just a cover, maybe he's not so sharp now.

However, O'Neal can be regarded as omnipotent, and he can cope with it without attacking the inside.

On the Sun's side, Russell naturally turned on the attack mode to fight back.

Facing Wade, Joe Johnson's advantage is not so good, and the rest of them still play more overall.

To seize the disadvantage of the opponent's two insiders who are not so fast, find a way to start playing from the outside.

As a result, the two teams began to fight each other outside.

Not only Wade, White Chocolate dared to fight against Russell, and Walker also liked to shoot from the outside.

The Suns don't mind either. The Heat dare not use O'Neal much. Can't they use Varejao as a tool man? Anyway, they won't lose money.

The Heat's decisiveness gave them some advantages at the beginning. People who didn't like the Suns outside were inexplicably surprised, thinking that the Suns were going to overturn.

However, when it came to the rotation, the Suns stabilized the situation.

The Heat are not without substitutes. Mourning, Payton and Posey are all very practical.

They didn't have a substitute last season, but this season they have someone to warm them up, and their lineup is still good.

The key is offense. They have two veterans on the bench and a player who is in his prime, and they are more inclined to defend. As a result, their rotation is not enough to attack.

In fact, as long as Wade goes down to rest, the Heat's offensive power will not work.

Others don't have enough impact, and O'Neal is only quite satisfactory now, and he can't beat his opponents.

Moreover, once the Suns' small lineup rushed up, O'Neal really couldn't keep up.

This is how the two teams met during the regular season, and this has not changed in the playoffs.

The point is, even if O'Neal's strength has declined, the Suns still won't let him get the ball.

In the starting lineup, Varejao was on top, but when it came to the small lineup, it was flanking.

In fact, they will both attack, but before there was a ball to attack, now it is to prevent the ball from being caught.

And Wade Sun will not pinch now, so as to save him from breaking through and scoring.

Defending Wade is to help defend, and will not let him come in and do whatever he wants.

There is no way to make a difficult mid-range shot, and someone will stop you when you hit the basket or make a layup.

The key is that Wade is also a bit of a body-eating player, and his shooting is not particularly stable.

He broke out in the first quarter to help the Heat take the lead. During the rotation period, the Suns caught up and the Heat quickly replaced Wade, but his touch in the second quarter was not as good as the first quarter, and the Suns suddenly overtook.

Now the Heat are also quite depressed. They need O'Neal to stay on the court as a deterrent, but O'Neal really can't keep up with the rhythm of the Suns, but they can't really let O'Neal go down and compete with the Suns for a small lineup.

It's just Wade's words, the Heat are relatively ordinary, they don't have a small lineup like the Mavericks and Spurs.

And O'Neill's side is expensive, so it's not a big loss.

So the Heat hesitated a bit. They tried to drag the rhythm and wanted to beat the Suns in a positional battle.

As they were thinking, Russell was already beating Williams.

Williams' defense is also very average, and he is not young, but he can't stop Russell.

Payton can't stop him either. Payton thinks his strength is not bad, but because of his age and speed, Russell can play casually on the outside. The Heat are the same as the previous teams.

This is the case with outside superstars, and it is more troublesome to pinch.

The point is that it's really easy for Russell to find an opportunity. Singles, or a pick-and-roll, the Heat are really depressed. Their defense is not as strong as the Spurs, and the Spurs can't stop Russell from scoring.

Not long after the finals started, the Heat were a little worried.

(End of this chapter)