Legend Raiders

Chapter 347 The First Round Continues
4 month 30 day.

Because the other groups in the Western Conference were not as straightforward as the Rockets, they prompted them to start the fifth game today.

In the first round of this year's series, the teams that have attracted the most attention are undoubtedly the Spurs and Thunder if there is no Rockets.

In this series, the performance of the Spurs and Thunder is very stable.

In the first round against the Grizzlies and Warriors, they played very steadily. Although they were not as scary as the Rockets, they also achieved 3:1 and 2:2 leads respectively.

Let's talk about the Spurs first.

Because their regular season ranking is third in the West, so after the first round, it will be a showdown with the sixth-ranked Grizzlies.

For their combination, countless people felt very sorry before the game.

Needless to say, the stability and strength of the Spurs, the Grizzlies have completely seen their tough side, so that they are positioned in the second round of the team.

But things are so "ruthless". No one wants to see the Spurs, the top giants in the West, in the first round.

However, the Grizzlies, who play very fiercely and have a very tough defense, did not make the Spurs feel much better. In the first four games, they relied on their defense and toughness to draw with this old strong team. Start the fifth game between them.

After talking about the situation between the Spurs and the Grizzlies, the match between the Thunder and the Warriors is naturally indispensable.

Relatively speaking.

The Thunder, who had a very good record this season, were considered by most to be one of the strongest seeded players in the Western Conference finals after the start of the playoffs.

After the start of their series with the Warriors, they lived up to the expectations of outsiders. In the first game, they gave the Warriors a blow at home with a 14-point difference.

Then came the second game.

Although the Warriors have shown the core team to build a dynasty in the future, they still lack a bit of kingly spirit after all. They lost a little less in this game, and even those who care about them feel very sorry.

Because in this game, Curry and Thompson completely broke out their strong scoring ability, coupled with the old and vigorous David Lee, who can still give a very good threat in the interior, which made them in the fourth quarter. , and the Thunder team was chasing after each other, and the fight was hard to beat.

However, in terms of experience in the playoffs and the absolute ability of the stars, Westbrook and Durant are naturally not comparable to the current Curry and Thompson, so in the end they lost two consecutive away games with a difference of 6 points.

of course.

The Warriors' lineup and players' abilities are not casual talk. The Warriors headed by Curry and Thompson finally played their style after returning to their home court.

全场这俩黄金双枪，在队友坚决的信任之下，两人分别拿到了28分8助攻4抢断和26分10助攻2抢断1封盖的超强全面数据。

And as the former boss of the team, David Lee also showed a strong offensive ability in this game.

full game.

In only 12 shots, David Lee's hit rate has reached an astonishing [-]%.

So under his unstoppable performance, David Lee's final score was amazing. In addition to scoring a total of 23 points, he also had 14 rebounds, 6 assists, and 2 blocks.

And looking at the performance of the Thunder, they seem to be a little confused, or they have won two games in a row, and they have been slack. Among them, Westbrook's shots are invincible, reaching an astonishing 30. times, but the hit rate is a bit surprising, only 6 hits.

So after the whole game, Westbrook's shooting percentage was very embarrassing, but with his aggressiveness and impact, he finally scored 18 points, 8 assists and 4 steals.

Look at Durant again.

His performance in this game is really a bit confusing, but he is not like Westbrook. The more he doesn't score, the more he wants to shoot, the more he can't feel it, the more I am stuck.

After he tried 5 long-range shots without results, he changed his shots to breakthroughs.

But God seems to be very unfriendly to today's Thunder, allowing Durant to hit the basket, but he just couldn't achieve what he wanted.

What even made him dumbfounded was that he didn't know if the referees this night had collected money from the Warriors before the game. No matter how he attacked, he only got two opportunities for foul free throws.

Encountering such a weird thing, Durant wanted to lash out at the referee.

But the league is like this, not to mention that the referee did not make a mistake, even if he made a mistake, Durant can't vent his anger in person, otherwise he will know the final result and he will be in big trouble.

And after talking about these two teams that were very optimistic before the playoffs, it is natural to talk about another team whose star is very good, but has dreamed of entering the Western Conference Finals every year since entering the league.

Speaking of the Clippers team, the first impression of some old fans is Wannian fish belly.

Even if they had a large number of stars to support the field in the early years, the final result was not very ideal.

For example, it is said that the physical fitness can compete with James, or Corey Maggette, who is known as one of the strongest upper body players.

Another example is how much it left a deep impression on people. In the end, for the big contract, it was the "old captain" Elton Brand who put on a bearded Baron Davis.

Coupled with the Baron Davis mentioned just now, Chris Kaman who once had a Mediterranean-style flowing hair dancing in the wind, this Clippers team is really getting better and better.

But their record every year is a headache.

Simply this kind of days also has his end, with the team not very eye-catching back then, DeAndre Jordan, who was selected from the second round, gradually grew into a top blue-collar, and even the final All-Star, the Clippers Gradually saw the dawn of victory.

The subsequent script and development Many fans know that Blake Griffin, who was dubbed "White Duncan" again, is here.

Although this guy was seriously injured and reimbursed in the first year, it turned out that their choice was not wrong at that time.

More people know about the later development, because the Hornets were managed by the league back then, and David Stern, the dictator, was still there, which prompted Chris Paul to join the Lakers originally, and the plan to create a dynasty with Kobe was subsequently aborted. .

In the end, needless to say, Chris Paul finally joined the Clippers, and the lineup configuration that year was really good.

And after talking about the changes of the Clippers in recent years, we must talk about their performance in the regular season and the first few games of the playoffs this season.

(End of this chapter)