NBA's strongest prince

Chapter 227
In the Western Conference semifinals, the battle between the Suns and the Mavericks ended faster, and the Spurs were still fighting the Clippers.

The Clippers are really not weak this season, but it's a pity that the players' peaks don't coincide.

Brand had one of his best seasons, but Cassell was old, Maggette was affected by injuries, and Kaman hadn't fully grown yet.

More importantly, there are three kings in the West, they are still a little bit close, and it is difficult to win against anyone.

What's even more depressing is that they won't even reach this level next season.

They fought against the Spurs in seven games, but they still lost in the end. Duncan was too strong in the end, and the Clippers twin towers were still a bit weak, but the Clippers were already relatively strong.

But the team with a stingy boss can only be regarded as a dark horse, just like the Sonics last season.

In the East, the Cavaliers and the Pistons also fought seven games, and the Cavaliers were eventually ground to death by the Pistons.

When the Pistons reached the playoffs, they returned to the state of defending the world, but the Cavaliers were also defensive. As a result, James was hard to beat with two fists and four hands, and lost his opponent.

But after James has been tempered in this battle, his strength and experience are improving, and it will be difficult for the Pistons to stop James.

Superstars are really hard to stop with defense alone.

Moreover, the Pistons, who were reluctant to spend money, also voluntarily withdrew from the competition.

The current alliance is not that profitable yet, and many bosses are also picking and searching.

In another group of Eastern Conference semifinals, the Heat took the Nets lightly.

The Heat are like the Spurs in the West. They ranked second in the regular season but took advantage of it. The team ranked first in the regular season has to gnaw hard bones.

In the first round, the Nets and the Pacers were pecking at each other. There are three strong teams in the West and two strong teams in the East. With the superstar James, the Heat were lucky and easily entered the Eastern Conference Finals.

They were able to enter the finals in the end, and there may be reasons why the Pistons consumed a lot.

Otherwise, with O'Neal's current state, he may not be able to hold on after playing a few more games.

After the Spurs fought fiercely for seven games, the Suns ushered in the Western Conference Finals at home.

Like them, the Heat watched their opponents fight hard with ease, and had plenty of time to prepare.

For Russell, the more preparation time he has, the more confident he is. The simulated battle is really a good thing.

This season's lineup is so good, Russell is still hanging up, in fact, he is a little embarrassed.

Regarding the Spurs, the Suns are still more cautious. It's not that the Spurs are stronger, but that Duncan is more restrained in some of their tactics, and there are no more troublesome players in the entire league for the time being.

Garnett's lethality is still worse. Of course, Duncan can only limit their impact on the basket. The Spurs still can't stand the team speeding up or firing from the outside.

At the end of May, at the US Airways Center, the Western Conference Finals started one day later than the Eastern Conference.

The Spurs, which have rarely changed, took the initiative to adjust this time, starting with one big and four small.

Duncan went directly to the fifth position, which also showed the Spurs' fear of the Suns now.

Russell also sighed, are the Spurs not testing?Just learn from the Mavericks, fuck a superstar?

In the previous games, the Spurs relied on Duncan to go crazy to win. The current Spurs, the role players are still a little weaker, and the Spurs who study offense in the future will be relatively elusive.

It may be that there is a lot of mutual research, and what is rare for the Spurs this time is to do it.

Duncan played directly, and with Duncan, Parker played well.

The pick-and-roll duo of Parker and Duncan is the Spurs' main offensive method, but Parker's efficiency is much worse.

Without Duncan, Parker would not have the current status in the arena.

The French sports car is not low-key, he has only such strength, and he can only be hanged and beaten when he returns to the national team.

On the contrary, Ginobili is very threatening with the ball by himself, but unfortunately this buddy is not physically strong, and he is a ghost.

The sun is also welcome, Russell and Joe Johnson played more fiercely.

After all, the Spurs defended better, and they did not adjust Duncan rashly for the time being.

Compared with the Mavericks, they attack more from the perimeter, including forward players such as Marion, and they also bring out the opponent's defensive players, trying to bring out Duncan as much as possible.

But they faced a small lineup that the Spurs could not play for that long. Duncan's strength is much stronger, and there are really problems with rebounding and low post in a small lineup.

They must first let Varejao consume Duncan and fight with all their strength, even if there are many fouls.

Substitutions continue to consume after fouls continue, anyway, Duncan's free throws are not so good.

Every player has weaknesses and it would be foolish not to know what to target.

There are some fools in the league, but the Suns are definitely not. When Duncan consumes a bit, the Suns' small lineup can be killed in one blow.

This is probably the style of play, and the process should be adjusted at any time according to the situation on the court.

This is not about playing games. It needs to be more flexible and rely more on the performance of the players.

Anyway, relatively speaking, the overall ability of the sun is slightly better.

Varejao got two fouls in the first quarter, and the Suns used Mark Jackson, who usually had no chance to play, to cover for 2 minutes. This buddy has weight, so he can consume it anyway.

There is no shame in using the rules as much as possible. Competitive sports are all about winning.

The Spurs led for a while at the start, but were quickly caught up by Russell and the Suns.

Compared with the Suns, the Spurs have too few scoring points, and they can only be regarded as a defensive team.

The Mavericks are better in this regard, but the Mavericks' defense is worse, and whoever is strong can only depend on their performance.

Russell and Joe Johnson played steadily on the Sun's side, and the others cannot be ignored under Russell's second pass.

But the Spurs are Parker and Duncan, plus Ginobili, but Ginobili and the two are not a tactical system. The three of them are actually dominated by two tactics. Now when Duncan is the main player, Ginobili doesn’t play much. .

And Finley, in fact, is like that in the playoffs, and he really doesn't have much effect in front of the Suns' defense.

The scores of the two teams were stalemate until the rotation period, and the Suns gradually took the lead.

The Spurs have a few role players, not too bad, but they are far from the Suns' bench.

In fact, it is not as good as the Mavericks' Stackhouse, so the Spurs really can't stand it during the rotation.

And Duncan's style of play is more expensive than Nowitzki's. Even if Popovich wants Duncan to play hard from the beginning, Duncan can't play Nowitzki for so long.

Of course, the Spurs were not completely desperate in the first game, they just worked harder than last year.

In the second quarter, Duncan played again when the Suns were still a small lineup, and this time the Suns directly flanked.

Then they discovered that Duncan's lethality in the interior was really great compared to pinching Nowitzki.

Duncan doesn't usually score very hard, so the average score per game is not high, but when he exerts his strength, he can indeed score, especially the Sun's internal defense is not strong enough.

Therefore, the Suns will not completely defend against the Spurs. It is not as good as locking Nowitzki against the Mavericks. They will switch between offense and defense to show their advantages.

(End of this chapter)