You should cross the mountains like a brave man

Chapter 981 Have some confidence, little devils

In the fourth game, Irving was unchanged from before, making 21 of 6 shots.

Tatum finally scored more than 15 points, and Embiid also played a 20+15 performance.

But none of these can make the Celtics win. Irving's downturn explains the reason for the Celtics' poor performance.

The 76ers' wing cluster can make any team in the East misfire. Tonight is just a little unbundling of Tatum.

For Irving, Wei Xia is still used to defend alone, and if there is any mistake, the strategy of letting the flanks make up for defense.

This twisted Celtics team has more things to solve and deal with in the coming summer, and the contracts of Irving, Horford and others expire.

But seeing the fans at the North Shore Garden holding up the sign "You are not as good as Isaiah", Wei Xia very much doubted whether Irving still has the willingness to stay in Boston.

Celtics fans saw Irving's downturn on the court and inefficient statistics, but they couldn't see how much power the 76ers used to achieve this.

If the fans don't like you, naturally they don't know how to be considerate.

This is the same everywhere.

"I think you played pretty well." At the end of the game, Wei Xia and Irving shook hands, "Defending you is not my job alone."

Irving looked disdainfully at the fans who wanted to boo him, "If they can think so, I will be thankful!"

"Fans are just too matter-of-fact, and, besides, they don't always understand the game." Everyone can be a psychologist and chicken soup master as long as it's not their own injury. "Learn this lesson and turn anger into motivation."

Owen expressed his gratitude to Wei Xia for his encouragement.

Wei Xia could see that he was determined to leave the Celtics. Boston fans didn't like him, and the coaching staff didn't really regard him as the core.After losing the game, everyone blamed him. Although he did not play well, the Celtics suffered such a disastrous defeat by no means alone.

"How does it feel to be back in the Finals?"

Wei Xia had long thought that the reporter would ask this question.

"I'm very excited." Although on the surface calm as if nothing happened

During the press conference, Bryant was asked more questions.

Entering the finals with 12 consecutive victories in the playoffs, it is very likely to face the Los Angeles Lakers he has played for 20 years. How does it feel?
"No matter who I meet in the playoffs, I will do my job well." Bryant's answer is very official.

Now that the 76ers have finished their work, the only suspense left is whether the Lakers can eliminate the defending champion and enter the finals.

In Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals, against the background of 2-[-], Tianwangshan was a battle of pure talent.

Although James is 33 years old and Durant is 30 years old, their talents, that is, their combat power, are not comparable to anyone in the Warriors.

此役，詹姆斯暴砍36分14篮板8助攻，杜兰特70%命中率掠下44分10篮板5助攻。

The performance of the two of them alone made the Warriors desperate.

So that Paul's performance of 21 points and 6 assists looks like ordinary goods.

Today, the Warriors are still able to assemble a five-star lineup, but the strength and combat power are obviously not as good as in the past three years.

With Curry and Wall signing super big contracts one after another, and next summer, Thompson and Green are both facing contract extensions. In addition to the already existing big contract of Gasol, the Warriors who cannot afford 2+3 maximum salary are bound to dismantle the existing lineup. (2 super maximum salaries, 3 regular maximum salaries)
At that time, the Warriors with aging stars and insufficient talent will basically fade out of the championship.

Therefore, this season can be seen as their last fight for the championship.

In the fifth game, the three kings of the Lakers played like this, and they only won the Warriors by 6 points.

The Five-Star Warriors tried their best to avoid defeat and eventually lost to the Lakers.

3 is better than 2
The Lakers are only one step away from the finals.

The whole league is waiting.

No, the whole world is waiting.

The 76ers have waited longer. They have been preparing for the battle since defeating the Celtics, and the main imaginary enemy is the Lakers.

Now that the number one imaginary enemy has been determined, this opponent will naturally be the main one in the training, and serious preparations will be made.

The Warriors are also capable of reaching the finals, and the 76ers are very familiar with the Warriors.

They have played two rounds of tough series. The current lineup of the Warriors is similar to that of 2016 and 2015, and the style of play has not changed. Therefore, if the Warriors really enter the game, the 76ers will not be too passive even though they have been training for nothing.

How to fight before, how to fight now.

The Lakers, however, need to be taken seriously.

First of all, they have a theoretically unsolvable wing lineup.

The pick-and-roll between James and Durant scored more than 80 percent of the time.

If you expect them to miss, you can only hope for bad hands and mistakes.

Under the existing rules, it is almost impossible to prevent Jan Du from the pick-and-roll.

The only problem is that the Lakers coach Luke Walton learned from Steve Kerr's egalitarianism, and he doesn't like to let the stars use one tactic to kill the opponent throughout the process.

The shortcomings of the coaching staff are a point that the 76ers can take advantage of.

When the 76ers trained, let Siakam simulate Durant's style of play.To be honest, this is already very weird, and what's even weirder is that Wright's secret weapon to defend Durant is not Wei Xia, not Robertson or others on the wing line, but Zhou Qi.

"Zhou, you have to pretend that Pascal is KD, and you also have to pretend that you feel like you are in actual combat. For example, when he breaks through the pull-up jumper like KD, you have to force yourself to slow him down a step. Only in this way can the real effect be simulated!"

However, Wei Xia and others don't think that watching Siakam's zombie jumpers hit the iron can simulate the real Durant.

Let Zhou Qi deliberately fall behind by one step or more when defending can really reflect Durant's ability to hold the ball, and it is understandable to let Zhou Qi defend Durant.

He currently weighs 103 kilograms, has a rare mobility among seven-footers, and has an arm length of 233 centimeters. If there is anyone in the 76ers who can directly interfere with Durant's shooting, this person can only be Zhou Qi who is in front of Durant.

"No, he hasn't been able to make shots, KD's shooting can't be so bad!" Cousins ​​said in a rude manner.

Wright laughed, "Why do you bother with these details?"

"Because KD really can't miss those shots." Kobe didn't like the simulation either.

"OK." In that case, Wright could only fix the bug himself.

Siakam is the only one of the 76ers who can imitate Durant. Although Zhou Qi is known as the Asian Durant, his dribbling ability is not enough in the NBA.

Wright's way to fix the BUG is to force his players to believe: "Whether Pascal's shot makes it or not, we will treat it as if he made it."

This method is silly, but it works.

So whenever Siakam made a shot, the teammates would jokingly shout: "Good shot, KD!"

Siakam keeps smiling awkwardly.

Zhou Qi and Siakam are the 76ers' secret weapons against Durant.

Coupled with the already strong flank group, we will use Weixia to deal with James.If all goes well, they can limit the personal performance of the Lakers stars to a certain extent.

Jan Du's pick-and-roll is unsolvable, but no team in history has ever won a championship by relying solely on an unsolvable positional tactic.

On the day of Game 6 of the Western Conference Finals, the training of the 76ers proceeded normally.

In the afternoon, when the training session is over, half the people leave and half stay.

They held a barbecue at the Sunset Center, attended by Wescha and his wife, the Bryant family, and the families of Cousins ​​and Oubre, among others.

Zhou Qi was also there, and he was forced to eat a lot of barbecue.

Cousins ​​encouraged: "If you want to become stronger, you have to eat like this every day!"

Zhou Qi didn't know what to say, so he could only laugh dryly.

Everyone ate barbecue while watching the game broadcast.

The Warriors looked passive. James and Durant came up and dominated the game strongly, leaving no respite for the Golden State people.

When the big guys saw Durant scoring 90 points on 24 percent shooting in the half.

Kobe looked at Zhou Qi suspiciously: "Are we really going to hand over KD to him for defense?"

"The Lakers don't understand cheese, maybe this will be a wonderful move." Wei Xia said.

Cousins ​​said disappointedly: "It may also be a bad game."

"Whether it's a good game or a bad game, you have to wait until the game starts to get the answer." Watching the Lakers' violent Warriors game, Wei Xia is certain of one thing. "We won't lose."

No one agreed with Wei Xia. Although his words were very encouraging, there is no doubt about the strength of the Lakers.

The combination of James and Durant is the configuration of the US team. Any one of them can turn the strong teams in the East and West into championship contenders in one fell swoop. When the two get together, there is no problem of clashing styles and chemical reactions. Fans can't imagine how they lost the final.

Wei Xia can imagine, and he is imagining.

"I don't think they are stronger than the Warriors in 2016." Kobe said his conclusion, "You can beat the Warriors two years ago. The situation now is much better than two years ago. Have some confidence in yourself, kiddos!"

"that is!"

Cousins ​​said sharply: "I don't see how they are better than us anyway!"

(End of this chapter)