NBA: I am the god of basketball

Chapter 312 41 Gentlemen sweep the knights, and it is not easy to beat five to five.

The first victory in the Eastern Conference Finals is undoubtedly a shot in the arm for the fans of the Nets. Although they know that the Nets are the strongest team in the league this season, the combination of Wang Chao and Durant is also impeccable. But in the Eastern Conference finals, after all, they faced the defending champion Cavaliers team composed of three top picks.

But this game made everyone's doubts disappear.

But any fans who have watched the entire game know that although the two teams were once very stalemate, the Nets always took the initiative. Whenever the Cavaliers tried to launch a counterattack, the Nets could immediately To fight back, lightly making the Cavaliers' ferocious offense invisible.

The difference in strength is visible to the naked eye.

As long as there are no accidents such as injuries, the Cavaliers can't beat the Nets anyway.

And Wang Chao has long considered the hidden dangers of injuries.

Durant's attendance rate in the Nets this season is not high. He only played 68 games in the regular season, took as many as 14 games in rotation, and his average playing time was maintained at just over 32 minutes per game. There is no problem with his physical reserve , the possibility of injury due to excessive fatigue is extremely small.

On the court, Durant's offense is mostly based on mid-range and long-range shots, and he rarely goes to the basket to cause damage.

In fact, besides Wang Chao, the Nets currently have players who frequently attack the frame, and only Harrell, Powell and others are on the bench.

Wang Chao, who has taken every detail into consideration, has built the Nets into an impregnable structure with almost no weaknesses.

This was confirmed again in Game [-] of the Eastern Conference Finals two days later.

In this game also played at home, the Nets showed a more powerful dominance than in the G1 game.

In the first quarter of the game, the Nets blossomed outside the three-point line. Even Jokic scored a three-pointer. The team scored 40 points in a single quarter, tearing the Cavaliers' defense to pieces.

In the second quarter, the Cavaliers strengthened their three-point defense against the perimeter, but they were still scored 31 points by the Nets in a single quarter.

At the end of halftime, the Nets had scored 71 points, while the Cavaliers had only 44 points, with a difference of 27 points!
With halftime played like this, there is actually no suspense in the game.

In the third quarter of the game, the Cavaliers, who were unwilling to lose so badly, rushed to catch up and finally found their offensive rhythm, scoring 33 points in a single game, but the Nets still scored 30 points in a single quarter, and the point difference was still as high 24 points.

Therefore, in the fourth quarter, the Cavaliers did not send their main players on the field at all, and the substitute players played the last 12 minutes of the game. The final score of the two teams was 130:99.

The Cavaliers lost to the Nets by 31 points in the away game and were beaten mercilessly.

This game made the entire league sigh, the Nets are really too strong.

Even if the defending champion Cavaliers were beaten so badly, who in the league can be the opponent of the Nets?

However, the Cavaliers still have a slight chance. As long as they can win both home games and tie the total score to 2:2 after returning to the home court, they still have a chance.

But this kind of thing is really too difficult for the Cavaliers. The problem is not the performance of the Cavaliers themselves, but how to restrain both Wang Chao and Durant at the same time.

In the third game of the series, the Cavaliers returned to their home court and decided to fight to the death. In this game, they changed their defensive strategy. a player.

They chose to target Durant.

No way, double-teaming Wang Chao is the defensive strategy the Cavaliers are most familiar with and good at, so they also know very well that even in the face of double-teaming, Wang Chao can still play extremely efficiently. Wang Chao, who scored 50 points in a game, finally scored 30 points.

Durant's words are different. Although he has not double-teamed Durant in the previous game, but after a little research on Durant, it is clear that his ability to break double-teams is not strong.

Although he has the advantage of height and wingspan, Durant has poor physical confrontation ability. At the same time, as an outside player, his dribbling and passing abilities are not at the top level of the league. Therefore, when facing double-team defense, regardless of It is a bit difficult for Durant to hold the ball to break the double-team or pass the ball to his teammates.

Of course, the Cavaliers know that double-teaming Durant is only a palliative, not a permanent solution. The main reason why they can't beat the Nets is that they can't limit the team's core Wang Chao.

But they really had no choice. No matter what, it would be better to restrain one Durant first than Wang Chao and Durant to score high scores at the same time, right?
This strategy really made them successful.

In this game, Paul Gasol's playing time was greatly reduced. He replaced Tristan Thompson and Embiid to double-team Durant. Durant made 14 of 5 shots and scored only 15 points. .

With this, the Cavaliers finally struggled to get back a victory at home, rewriting the total score to 2:1.

Cavaliers fans rejoiced, and cheers filled the entire Cavaliers home court.

"Good job, keep working hard, win another game in the next game, and tie the score!"

"As long as you find a tactic against the Nets, they are not invincible!!!"

The Cavaliers fans couldn't be happier because of this game, but the Nets and even Wang Chao's Chinese fans scolded the Cavaliers to the sky.

"Black whistle! TM doesn't even want a face, it's the first time I've seen such a black game!"

"The alliance really dares to do anything without a bottom line in order to make money? How can whistle blowing in the game be like this? There is really no one."

That's right, when James and his Cavaliers were cornered by the Nets, the league began to exert its strength again.

The referee has long been familiar with this business. In the first quarter alone, the free throw ratio of the two teams was 10:3.

The main center of the Nets, Jokic, got 2 fouls early and ended up resting. This is one of the reasons why Durant was so blatantly double-teamed. Although Harrell, who came off the bench, was very mobile, he did not Jokic made a long-range shot, even if he received a pass from Durant in an open position, he couldn't score immediately.

After the whole game, the two sides made free throws 36:15, and the Cavaliers made 21 more free throws than the Nets, abruptly reversing the defeat.

In the past, Wang Chao might still spray a few words at the post-match press conference to put some pressure on the league and referees.

But this time, he didn't even bother to talk about it.

Even with the referee's help, the Cavaliers are just lingering. Winning one game by luck doesn't mean they can win two games.

Just like when facing the five-star Warriors in the original 16-17 season, with the help of referees, the Cavaliers were still swept by a 4:1 gentleman.

Wang Chao believes that the current Nets are stronger than the Durant version of the Warriors in the 16-17 season, because he alone, Curry and Green can't match , Booker and Bogdanovic can completely match Thompson. Harrell, Powell and others on the bench are not inferior to Iguodala and Livingston. Spare Jokic one more time.

Therefore, the Cavaliers are not surprised, and they still cannot escape the result of being eliminated by a large score.

Wang Chao's conjecture was indeed correct.

The Cavaliers fans were only happy for two days, and then they experienced what despair is at their home court.

The referee in this game also favored the Cavaliers, but the offense of the Nets is too strong. No matter how awesome the referee is, he can't blow the Nets' shot into the basket, right?
Durant, who was double-teamed in the last game and only scored 14 points in the game, bottomed out and rebounded in this game. He was also targeted by double-teaming, but he scored 51 points with a 27% shooting rate, which was a shame.

As for Wang Chao, he went full fire, scoring 44 points, 11 rebounds and 7 assists. More than half of the points came from outside the three-point line, and each ball was far from the three-point line, so the referee was not given a chance to play. .

125:119, the Nets successfully won the game in the away game, also rewritten the score to 3:1, won three match points, and declared the death of the Cavaliers.

In the history of the NBA, there have been 3:1 comebacks, but no one thinks that the Cavaliers have this opportunity.

The Cavaliers really don't have this chance.

In the fifth game of the series, back to their home court, the Nets reproduced their efficient offense and defeated the Cavaliers 129:120, beating the Cavaliers with a total score of 4:1, officially eliminating the defending champion Cleveland Cavaliers and entering the finals.

The five games in the Eastern Conference Finals were uneventful. Except for the one game won by the referee in G5, the Cavaliers were almost completely unilaterally suppressed throughout the game. During the game, they even rarely took the lead.

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However, the performance gap between the other players of the two teams is quite large.

In addition to being double-teamed in G3, Durant maintained extremely high efficiency in the other four games, averaging 29.5 points per game, and was on par with Wang Chao James in terms of scoring.

Under the three, the highest scorer is Embiid, who averaged 22 points and 10 rebounds per game.

Kyrie Irving, who was placed high hopes by the Cavaliers and hoped to form a rivalry with Durant of the Nets to offset Durant's offensive role, played very badly in the entire series, averaging 13 of 5 shots per game. He scored 16 points and 4 assists, and averaged 3.5 turnovers per game. He played completely undercover.

But it can't be entirely to blame Irving.

In the entire series, he was the player who defended the most against Wang Chao. The reason why James can get the same statistics as Wang Chao is because he did not match up with Wang Chao.

No matter how strong Owen's personal ability is, he can't make any waves against Wang Chao, who was in the last three DPOYs and will soon become the fourth DPOY.

By the way, in 2017, the league underwent restructuring, postponing the announcement of the season awards until after the finals, and will hold an awards ceremony similar to the Oscars, where the final awards of the season will be announced on stage.

There is one thing to say, this award ceremony is not doing very well, because first of all there is a problem with the time of the award ceremony.

In the past, the season awards were announced before the Eastern and Western finals. This time is when the NBA game is at its most intense and attracts a lot of attention. It can form a certain degree of linkage and deepen its influence.

However, after the restructuring, the league postponed the season awards until the end of the finals. The popularity of the NBA itself has dropped a lot because of the end of the finals. In addition, the NBA awards ceremony is not very comfortable, so the ratings are still not warm. not fire.

Later, the league had to change the time of announcing MVP and other awards back to the time period before the Eastern and Western finals, which was pure nonsense.

Because of the restructuring, the league season awards have not yet been announced, but in fact, everyone already knows the award.

Just like the best defensive player DPOY, who else could it be if it wasn't Wang Chao's?Green?Leonard?Howard?None of them can match Wang Chao in terms of defensive contribution.

In the same way, there is actually no suspense about the MVP of the regular season. Although Westbrook averaged a triple-double this season, this kind of thing is completely worthless when there are too many.

With Wang Chao's Yuzhu in front, Westbrook's first triple-double average in his career has plummeted. In addition, the Thunder's record is only seventh in the Western Conference. when.

Although the fans in the United States are very reluctant, they have to admit that no one can stop Wang Chao from winning the honor of regular season MVP again this season.

In the past two years, they could still use Curry as an excuse, but this season, the Nets won the regular season with 73 wins and broke the historical record. Wang Chao averaged a triple-double for the fifth consecutive season, and his efficiency and other advanced The data ranks first in the league. Compared with Westbrook, who also averaged a triple-double this season, it is completely Li Kui and Li Gui.

Apart from scoring a little bit higher than Wang Chao, Westbrook is behind in other aspects. From shooting percentage, rebounds, assists, to defensive statistics, turnover ratio, etc., he is completely surrounded by Wang Chao.

Even Westbrook, who played the best performance of his career, is completely incomparable, and other players have no chance.

Therefore, in this year's regular season MVP selection, most people believe that Wang Chao will win in the end and win the sixth MVP trophy in his career.

If this happens, Wang Chao's six regular season MVPs will also be tied with "Sky Hook" Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and tied for the first place in NBA history.

Although for Wang Chao, who already has seven championships in hand, one more MVP or one less will not affect his historical status in the slightest, but it will undoubtedly make his resume more stable.

More importantly, not surprisingly, he will win his eighth NBA championship this season.

The Nets, which have already entered the finals, are the biggest favorites to win the championship. Some media have given a [-]% probability of winning the championship.

In the East, the winner was determined 4:1 early, while in the West, the Warriors and Spurs unexpectedly fell into a hard fight. The two sides fought to a 3:3 tie, and the final tiebreaker is about to begin.

(End of this chapter)