The first game between the Wizards and the Bucks was in stark contrast to last year's playoffs, when the Wizards were strong, and even the bench was full of players like Butler and Green, but after only one season, the Galaxy Battleship Wizards fell apart, leaving only the Big Three and Gobert, while the Bucks on the other side rose in just one season!

Thompson joined before the start of the regular season and Durant defected in the middle of the season, and the two big players made the Bucks the top team in the league in an instant, and they fit almost perfectly with the team's original roster.

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Wizards are in trouble!

Over the years, the Wizards have won a large number of fans because of their excellent record and the star effect of stars such as Curry, and the vast majority of those who supported the Wizards in the Eastern Conference Finals were in favor of qualifying.

If last season's Eastern Conference Finals were eliminated by the Cavaliers because Curry was unexpectedly injured, then if the Eastern Conference Finals were eliminated by the Bucks this season, there would be no excuses and reasons.

It is true that the departure of Thompson, Green, Butler and others has greatly reduced the strength of the Wizards, but even so, the Wizards still have three top stars, Curry, George, Leonard are all All-Star players, selected to the lineup and one team and two teams, and George, Leonard and Gobert were also selected to the best defensive team.

When it comes to the luxury of the roster, there is no team in the entire league that can match it.

This kind of thing can be completely contrasted.

The defending champion last season, known as the Cavaliers with the Big Four, only James and Howard were selected to the best team this season, and the reason why Howard was selected for the best second team is completely the tallest among the short men.

The Clippers at the top of the Western Conference have only one person selected for the best team, and that is Chris in the second team. Paul, the team's other leader, Griffin, was completely undrafted.

The only one who can compete with the Wizards on this list is the Bucks.

But compared to George Leonard's two selections to the second team, the three teams of Antetokounmpo and Thompson are slightly inferior, not to mention that no one from the Bucks was selected to the All-Defensive Team, and the Wizards were also selected by three at one time.

These hard honors allowed the Wizards to be elevated to a high position even if their regular season record was inferior to that of the Bucks.

This kind of thing is something that Wang Xiao is very happy to see, because in his opinion, the real strength of the Bucks is only stronger than that of the Wizards, not weak, not to mention anything else, just defense, don't look at the Wizards, three people have been selected for the best defensive team, but they are really stronger than the Bucks on the court!

After all, the Wizards still have shortcomings like Curry and Anderson on the defensive end, while the Bucks' defensive system is quite perfect, even the weakest Korver on the defensive end is enough to cause trouble for George, Leonard and others.

That's why the Bucks can frequently use pick-and-roll misalignments to attack the Wizards on the court, while the Wizards can't emulate the Bucks' style of play.

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The second game of the Eastern Conference finals is still at the home court of the Bucks.

In this game, the Wizards made adjustments to the lineup, Anderson was substituted off the court, and he was replaced by a blue-collar interior line who mainly did dirty work such as grabbing rebounds in defensive positions.

However, Wang Xiao was not polite to the Wizards, since you dare to replace Anderson, I dare to wrap you up.

The first ball after the opening of the Wizards team was depressed to find that the blue-collar interior line was unmarked inside, while Durant was standing near the free throw line with a big grin.

Durant's footwork and reach are just too big, and the speed that doesn't lose to the guards makes his defensive radius extremely exaggerated.

After being on the blue-collar interior, the Wizards' defensive end only left Curry with a short board this month, and there were no omissions under the care of George, Leonard and others.

However, problems began to arise on the offensive end due to the absence of Anderson, a long-range firepower threat.

The Bucks clearly told the Wizards that I would include Curry, George, and Leonard, and if you have the ability, you will let the blue-collar interior score.

The Wizards really tried, and the Wizards blue-collar center, who had been vacant for a long time, received passes from teammates many times, but as a blue-collar player, his offensive ability was not outstanding, and he basically had no mid-to-long-range shooting ability, and could only eat cake under the basket, which was a bit similar to the feeling of a weakened version of Capela.

His offensive efficiency under the basket is not bad, but even if he is open for a long time, it does not mean that he can easily enter the interior of the Wizards.

Once he comes to the basket and the Wizards have the intention of passing the ball to him, Jokic will give up defending Gobert and get close to the opponent, so that the blue-collar center after receiving the ball will not be able to score smoothly, and when he wants to pass the ball to Gobert or other players in the open space, the time difference is enough for Durant to come back to defend.

As a result, the Bucks once again completed the tactical suppression of the Wizards.

In the first quarter, the Wizards led 31:26, 56:49 in the second quarter, 84:78 in the third quarter, and 106:99 in the fourth quarter.

During the game, the difference between the two sides was not particularly large, and there was basically no double-digit lead, but the Bucks were like a towering mountain, and no matter how the Wizards fought back, they could not catch up or overtake the score.

In this game, the Bucks' Durant once again became the highest scorer in the game, with 28 points and a shooting rate of 53%, facing Paul, who was selected to the second defensive team. George, Durant's scoring efficiency has not been affected at all.

The total score became 2:0, and the Bucks had an absolute advantage, but it did not mean that the overall situation was decided, because the next game will be played on the home court of the Wizards, and the Curry Big Three with the blessing of the home court is not easy to deal with.

Sure enough, the third battle between the two sides, Curry finally broke out.

In the first two games, Curry, who was specially cared for by his brother Antetokounmpo, played very hard, and the opponent's height was too high, so that the three-point shooting he was used to on weekdays was simply not able to perform.

However, today, Curry is in a brave state, how to shoot, as long as he is not blocked by Brother Alphabet, even if his vision is completely blocked, he can still shoot basketball.

In the whole game, Curry shot 7 of 14 three-pointers, scored 39 points with a 50% three-point shooting rate, and led the Wizards to pull one back at home, chasing the overall score to 2:1.

Immediately after that, the Wizards won the fourth game and successfully equalized the overall score.