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They organized a 26-member expert team, including ESPN's own expert reporters, as well as columnists from other media outlets, including Bill Simmons, Mark Stein, J.A. Adander, USA Today's Sam Amick, and even New York Knicks superfans and director Spike Lee.

The 26-member expert panel, when voting in the final link, only 6 people thought that the Spurs would beat the Heat to win the championship, and these 6 people also included Spike Lee, a quasi-pseudo fan, because the reason given by Spike Lee for choosing the Spurs was: "Because the Heat defeated the Knicks!"

Well, this has to be said to be a joke, but only 6 people on the expert group support the Spurs, which also represents the current heat of the Heat Big Three, although the Eastern Conference Finals have played 7 games and the Eastern Conference Semifinals have also played 7 games, but the Heat can beat everything with only one Big Three name.

Among the experts who support the Spurs, remove the pseudo-expert Spike Lee plus pseudo-support, and the other five experts, there are actually quite a few big names, and the big-mouthed Bill Simmons and Sam Amick are all in favor of the Spurs to win.

Sam Amick's support for the Spurs is still understandable, this expert reporter in the United States today has always paid more attention to the Spurs and is more familiar with the Spurs, so he is relatively optimistic about the Spurs, he thinks that the Celtics can force the Heat to a tie-break, then the Spurs can do more.

From the lineup comparison, the Spurs and the Heat are difficult to compare, after all, they are two different structures, but compared with the Celtics, it is much simpler, point guard Tony Parker vs. Lagalondo, from both defensive and offensive aspects, it can be regarded as a draw;

In terms of small forwards, Kawhi Leonard can't compare to Paul Pierce, but at least the defense is no worse than Paul Pierce, plus Anxi, who can swing in the third or fourth position, the small forward position, in Sam Amik's view, is even better than the Celtics in terms of role, after all, the Celtics don't have Anxi and Kowhi Leonard, the two outside defensive giants, and the defense of the No. 3 position is very important for the Heat.

In the fourth position, the Spurs side is Boris Diogard Juan Blair, one offense and one defense, complementing each other, and the strength is also very strong, especially Boris Dio, his partner with Tony Parker, it can be said that the Spurs' offensive system has been activated. And the Celtics only have one Brandonbas at the No. 4 position, and they are still a functional power forward, and the Spurs have the advantage.

In the center position, the Spurs have a cameo appearance from Tim Duncan, plus Thiago Split on the bench, compared to Kevin Garnett of the Celtics, the Spurs have a little advantage in bench depth.

Therefore, on the whole, the Spurs have an advantage over the Celtics, and the Celtics can force the Heat to have to fight in the sixth game, forcing LeBron James to turn on the killing mode, then the Spurs have more opportunities.

However, for Sam Amick's comparison, Mark Stein said that he scoffed, he felt that strength is not comparable, let alone two unrelated teams can be compared, and the Heat has two top ten superstars in the league, among which LeBron James can be called the first in the league, this kind of hard power is not possessed by the Spurs, and it is the most important thing to really play to the finals.

And Mark Stein basically represents the opinion of ESPN, which is clearly more bullish on the Heat.

As for Bill Simmons, this nominally belongs to ESPN, but in fact has little to do with ESPN, he is at most a personal writer who publishes articles in ESPN's column, and for the matchup between the Heat and the Spurs, Bill Simmons's optimism about the Spurs surprised many people, but when the host of ESPN asked why, Bill Simmons only replied by one name.

"Anxi!"

"Anxi?" many expert reporters were stunned.

Bill Simmons then said eloquently: "That's right, it's Anxi, I think about the same as Sam, but I am different from him in that I think the Spurs can win the decisive victory is not the comparison with the Celtics in each position, but compared to the Celtics, the Spurs have Anxi, he defended Kevin Durant in the Western Conference Finals, if in the Finals, Anxi can limit LeBron James, then there is no suspense in this Finals." ”

"Of course, there is no absolute limit, and I would say that if the Celtics have an Anxi...... No...... Or if they keep Tony Allen, with Tony Allen in there, defend one of the two of Dwayne Wade or LeBron James, then the Celtics can easily win and won't lose the G6 game at all. ”

Bill Simmons' words made many people think deeply, and many people did not think so, and in 2012, there were still many people who did not know much about 3-and-D players and did not think about the importance of outside defenders.

"Is an outside defender really that important?" a lot of people started thinking of Bruce Bowen, they started thinking of Ragabel, they started thinking of Sean Battier.

In fact, these defensive players have a certain status in their respective teams, but if it is as Bill Simmons said, the outside defensive players are regarded as the winners and losers of the Finals, then it is a little too important to these defensive players, and most of them feel that defensive players are not yet up to this point.

Before the finals began, Anxi suddenly came to the cusp, and the big-mouthed Bill Simmons' arguments made Anxi the hottest topic before the finals.

On the morning of June 12, the Miami Heat's special plane arrived in San Antonio, and a large number of reporters gathered at the airport pick-up gate.

"LeBron, what do you think of Bill Simmons' words?"

"LeBron, Bill Simmons said that the Spurs' Anxi is the winner of the Finals, what do you think?"

"LeBron, you've played against Anxi, do you think his defense can really limit you?"

Listening to the questions about Anxi one by one, LeBron James paused and answered these questions in a unified manner: "What Bill Simmons said I won't pay attention to, I will only play well in this Finals, I will win the first championship of my career in 2012, as for Anxi, I have only fought him once, and he can't stop me." ”

Can Anxi prevent LeBron James? In fact, even Anxi himself doesn't have that much confidence, and the reason for guarding Kevin Durant is because Anxi's state is off the charts, and the value of defensive awareness has reached the top of 99, and in the fourth game, Anxi's defensive awareness has slipped to 70, isn't it just a slight restriction of Kevin Durant?

Therefore, An Xi feels that in this finals, his minimum expectation should be to limit LeBron James to a certain extent, and whether he can do more depends on his consciousness and state. (To be continued.) )