Chapter 266: Opponents of the finals

The total score of 4:1 eliminated the Heat, the Wizards reached the finals for the second consecutive year.
It's interesting to say that last season, the Wizards eliminated the Knicks in the first round, the Celtics in the second round, and then eliminated the Heat.
This season's three-round playoff matchup lineup is exactly the same as last season.
This also made the Wizards and Wang Xiao known as giant killers.
Perhaps the only thing different from last season is the opponent in this final.
Last season, the Wizards encountered a Mavericks with both experience and strength at their peak. There is a certain gap in experience and lineup, leading to missed opportunities to win the cup.
This season, the Mavericks who won the championship quickly fell and were swept out by the Blazers in the first round, and the Western Conference is now a Spurs and Blazers duel.
When the Wizards battled the Heat 4:1 in five games, the two teams were still fighting hard.
Compared with the Thunder in another time and space, the Blazers are still slightly lacking in luxury.
Without Westbrook, without the best sixth man Harden, although Jordan is better than blocking the madman Ibaka frame protection, but the offense is not as good as Ibaka, after all, Ibaka's career free throw percentage Can reach more than 70%.
Although Aldridge is also very good, and his scoring ability is among the best in the power forward position, he is facing the Spurs legendary power forward Duncan.
Even Duncan, 35, is more than enough to deal with Aldridge.
The Blazers can only rely on Kevin Durant.
But it was exactly Kevin Durant, which made the Spurs scorched.
Because of the failure to get Leonard, the Spurs can only choose a potential small forward training in the draft. Naturally, there is no result. The Spurs' starting small forward is Richard Jefferson.
Jefferson is a very practical player, but obviously cannot effectively contain Durant.
It is for this reason that, unlike another time and space Thunder 4:2 easy elimination of the Spurs, the Blazers and the Spurs have a good fight.
When the Wizards and the Heat had already decided the victory and defeat, the Trail Blazers and Spurs scored 2:3, the Spurs got the match point first, but the Trail Blazers relied on Durant's 41 points to win a game , To equalize the total score to 3:3, the two sides will fight a tiebreaker.
For the Wizards, this is undoubtedly good news. Players can get a few more days of rest. Whether the opponent is the Blazers or the Spurs, the tiebreaker will consume their physical fitness and energy.
In the tie-breaking game, the Spurs and the Blazers played a dim light, and neither side would take a step back, giving up the opportunity to enter the finals.
In the end, the Blazers won the game with difficulty, the score of this game is only 95:92, the score difference is very close.
In terms of overall strength, the Spurs should be stronger. After all, under Popovich's system, the Spurs' backup lineup is also quite powerful, and it is far from the Blazers' bench lineup.
But very helpless, this season is not a fair season in itself. The shrinking schedule makes the Spurs' older lineup a bit overwhelming, especially when the game is the most critical and the most critical...
The Blazers Durant, Aldridge and Jordan are all young players. They are energetic and naturally play better.
auzw.com In this way, the 11-12 season finals are the Wizards vs. Trail Blazers.
This series has a lot to watch.
First of all, the main players of the two teams, such as Durant, Curry, George, Aldridge, Jordan Jr. and others are under 24 years old. It is a finals match for young people.
And what is interesting is that most of the main players of the two teams have a more or less relationship with Wang Xiao. The Wizards needn't say much here. Almost the entire team was formed by Wang Xiao through the draft. .
On the Blazers' side, Durant was selected as the No. 1 champion by Wang Xiaohui's vision and recognition.
Oden or Durant, almost no one would choose the latter, only Wang Xiao chose it, and put it into action, the results of which are known.
Oden has never been able to show his so-called talent because of injuries, but Durant has become the league's most scoring player.
Although Jordan was not selected by Wang Xiao through the draft, it was also cultivated after he traded to the Wizards.
This is very interesting. The Blazers fired Wang Xiao because Wang Xiao chose Durant as the champion, but a few years later, with Du Xiao selected by Wang Xiao, and the little Jordan dug from Wang Xiao in the summer It's ironic to finally return to the finals?
Because of the expulsion of Wang Xiao, the Blazers’ boss Paul Allen and the general manager have been ridiculed, and many people are waiting for the expression of the Wizards after they win the Blazers to win the cup.
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Secondly, Jordan, as the main center of the Wizards last season, joined the Trail Blazers this season and actually entered the playoffs again. This also made him one of the few consecutive years in the history of the league to enter the finals on different teams. player of.
Jordan had made it clear in an interview with a TV show that he hoped to stay with the Wizards, but the Wizards or Wang Xiao did not want to sign a big contract with himself, but he turned to the Blazers in desperation.
And now, Jordan Jr. met his old club in the finals. This season he has become an inside iron gate that can average 11.5 points, 13.6 rebounds and 2.1 blocks per game. The Wizards have not had a double rebounder this season. .
Can Jordan Jr. prove that the Wizards and Wang Xiao were wrong through this series? This is also a highlight.
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After learning that his opponent was a trailblazer, Wang Xiao still couldn't hold back a little relief.
To be reasonable, he doesn't want to hit the Spurs very much.
The current Wizards team is still too young. Like the Spurs, there are many experienced rogue teams. The Wizards do not have much advantage over the latter.
Especially with Popovich's old "spoken" giant cunning head coach, he will inevitably get along with ways to limit Curry's scoring efficiency.
In contrast, although the Blazers have Durant, the shortcomings are also obvious.
The Trail Blazers can't compare with the Wizards in the backup lineup, as long as they grasp this point and fight hard, they can easily establish an advantage.
In addition, the Trail Blazers' backcourt configuration is not luxurious, and the combination of Andre Millegas is definitely not a threat.
Last but not least, the Blazers have little Jordan.
Jordan, this player, is a very strange existence, he is best at rebounding and defense, but in these two points, he is not top level.