Legend of Tomorrow

The league's most publicized series is Cavaliers VS Hawks, with the goal of praising Little Emperor James. In the third season of his career, the 21-year-old James looks very promising and can at least become Guo Xu's number one challenger.

James' walking win in the first round was a bit disgraceful, but the media deliberately downplayed the fact that the referee did not watch the video replay and ignored the Heat's protest, and kept making a fuss about the comprehensiveness of James' skills.

Of course, James is indeed capable and has produced superstar statistics. Not many players can do just being the boss of the team as soon as he enters the league. Guo Xu also served as the younger brother in the Lakers.

Now before the game, Guo Xu blasted the Spurs for playing dirty, stealing the limelight and attracting fans' attention. Suddenly more people paid attention to the Western Conference Finals.

Compared with the Eastern Conference, the Western Conference finals have a more tit-for-tat feel. The two teams have met in the playoffs many times and are considered old enemies.

On the Internet, some insiders responded to Guo Xu's call and actually edited a collection of Bowen's defensive skills to let people see Bowen's defensive methods. They also edited some negative comments about Bowen from several stars.

No player in the NBA supports Bowen, because no player will be sympathetic to this guy. Only Spurs fans spoke for him, saying that Bowen used only small tricks and did not defeat anyone.

This kind of rebuttal is weak. Does Bowen have to seriously injure everyone who plays against him in the league and completely destroy them to prove that he is a bad person?

Some fans talked about Duncan's injury and believed that as long as the Spurs didn't take advantage of the situation, they would probably not be able to beat the Suns. This time, the Suns' young players are more confident and realize that they have an advantage.

Guo Xu directly listed his opponent's weaknesses. This was not just nonsense, but something that had been reported by the media.

Many people are talking about what would have happened if Duncan, nicknamed the Flying Devil, had not suffered a serious injury in 2000. In fact, the injury did not affect Duncan too much. After his comeback, he ranked in the top three in the MVP voting for four consecutive years. name until the emergence of plantar fasciitis in 2004.

This chronic disease seems ordinary and does not have as big a direct impact as Duncan's reimbursement, but it will gradually erode the player's fighting spirit and state, which is very uncomfortable. Duncan's plantar fasciitis was at its worst this season, and his data fell below 20+10 for the first time.

In Guo Xu's previous life, although Duncan returned to the 20+10 ranks the following year, the decline was inevitable. Coupled with Vicki's timely rotation tactics, Duncan has never been in the top five in the MVP selection since 2007.

In the regular season, the team rotates more and the core playing time is shorter. It doesn’t matter. The Spurs have a high winning rate.

But what matters in the playoffs is star ability. If Duncan's playing time is limited, it will be really disadvantageous for the Spurs.

Without plantar fasciitis, Duncan would have been at his peak for a few more years. Now he is unsure about facing Guo Xu.

Guo Xu is full of confidence. In his previous life, the Spurs were eliminated by the Mavericks in the second round of this season with a total score of 3 to 4. Their lineup has changed minimally from its previous life, and the core is still the same people. The Spurs had the home court advantage against the Mavericks but were eliminated. Now the Suns have the home court advantage.

Before the game even started, the Suns' momentum had already overwhelmed the Spurs.

**Vicci saw that the situation was unfavorable and became angry during the interview. He is making groundless slander. I will not arrange for players to intentionally hurt opponents. Bowen did not intentionally hurt opponents. Jason Guo deliberately guided public opinion because he was afraid of losing to the Spurs. He is very hypocritical.

The reporter said: Jason Guo dares to admit that he even brushes up statistics and doesn't take defense seriously. Many people say he is the most outspoken player.

**Vic: ...

The Spurs are really dumb and unable to express their suffering. Even before Bowen makes a move, they are already in a disadvantageous situation, because Bowen has done many such bad things, twice this season.

Bowen repeatedly stepped on Carter's feet during the regular season and was scolded by fans. On December 6, Carter, who was already with the Nets, faced the Spurs, and Bowen repeated his old tricks on defense. Obviously, with the previous painful lessons, Carter was prepared when he jumped in front of Bowen. He avoided Bowen's black foot and did not step on it and was injured. Unable to bear it, he rushed towards Bowen after getting up and tried to beat him. Teammates pulled away. At this time, Bowen showed an innocent look and spread his hands to the referee.

This was Bowen's third time stepping on Carter's feet, and he was really chasing the pads.

After the game, reporters interviewed Bowen and asked him if he did it on purpose. Bowen frankly said that he didn't do it on purpose, although time and again cases show that he realized after joining the Spurs that he often has this virtue in guarding stars.

In February of this year, during the Spurs' game against the Magic, Steve Francis sprained his ankle in the first quarter when he stepped on Bowen's foot with his left foot after completing a jump shot and was forced to leave the game early.

Because of this foul, the Magic were unable to trade Francis in the middle of the season.

The most injured person under Bowen's defense was Hamilton. In the 2004-05 season, Bowen was responsible for guarding Hamilton.

The tall and thin mid-range shooting king moved so fast that Bowen often couldn't keep up. In order to guard Hamilton, Bowen even poked Hamilton's eyes with his fingers many times. You must know that Hamilton plays with a mask. What is outrageous is that his mask was knocked off by Bowen once and he stabbed his eye.

Who is more credible when talking about a bird like Bowen or Guo Xu? Is it even necessary to ask?

Some fans believe that Guo Xu is saving himself in this way, and he has a premonition that the Spurs will definitely attack him in the series. This is indeed the case. How did the Spurs deal with Nash in the 2007 playoffs? Guo Xu’s rebirth is still fresh in his memory after so many years.

Nash had his nose broken, was knocked away by Horry, and was even kneed in the crotch by Bowen...

**Vicci found that he could no longer arrange extra moves, and the Spurs were stared at by countless pairs of eyes.

For a defender like Guo Xu who is extremely fast, the 35-year-old Bowen cannot defend him. He cannot keep up with the speed and can only help defend.

A small forward doesn't care about his own people and chases the point guard to step on his feet. If Guo Xu gets injured, doesn't he do it on purpose? As long as Bowen dares to mess with Guo Xu, he and the Spurs will be scolded by the fans this year, and President Stern will also sanction them. It will be difficult for the Spurs to win the championship.

**Vicci felt that Guo Xu was scary at this time, and he spoke out some words openly, which not only left a good impression that he was very honest and honest, but also increased the chips for the Suns to advance to the finals, and gained a lot of support.

Even if the Spurs win this series, there will be controversy. Those who expect the Suns to reach the finals and create miracles in defending their title will definitely find out every referee's decision in the game that is favorable to the Spurs, or the small moves of the Spurs players on defense to criticize the Spurs.

At this point in the playoffs, big defensive moves are inevitable, and players are very competitive because no team wants to lose. If Bowen didn't make small moves, would he still be Bowen?

After reading the news, Duncan was convinced.

He and Guo Xu had never spoken. When they met during the All-Star Weekend, they just nodded and said hello. Some of Guo Xu's recent actions make Duncan feel that he is more like a college student graduating with a psychology major than himself.

On May 24, the first battle between the two sides started in Phoenix. China CCTV5 live broadcast, TNT live broadcast across the United States.

As usual, Guo Xu threw magnesium powder during the warm-up, which boosted the atmosphere at home. The Suns don't need to issue uniform T-shirts to boost morale. Many spectators wear Guo Xu's No. 1 jersey as a jacket because the colors have been unified.

Suns: Guo Xu, Blake, Bell, Haslem, Varejao.

Spurs: Parker, Ginobili, Bowen, Robert Horry, Duncan.