The Heat were eliminated with a total score of 4:1, and the Wizards reached the Finals for the second consecutive year.

Interestingly, last season, the Wizards eliminated the Knicks in the first round, the Celtics in the second round, and then the Heat in the Eastern Conference finals.

This season, there are actually three playoff matchups, and the lineup is exactly the same as last season.

This also made the Wizards and Wang Xiao known as giant killers.

Probably the only thing that is different from last season is the opponent in the finals this time.

Last season, the Wizards encountered a Mavericks who were at the peak of their experience and strength, and there was a certain gap in experience and lineup, resulting in a missed opportunity to win the cup.

This season, the championship-winning Mavericks quickly degenerated, being swept out of the tournament by the Trail Blazers in the first round, and the Western Conference Finals are now a matchup between the Spurs and the Trail Blazers.

While the Wizards and the Heat were fighting a four-game 1-5 battle, the two teams were still in the thick of it.

Compared with the Thunder in another time and space, the Trailblazers are still slightly lacking in the luxury of the lineup.

Without Westbrook and Harden, Jordan Jr. is better than the blocker Ibaka in terms of rimming, but he is not as good as Ibaka in terms of offense, after all, Ibaka's career free throw shooting rate can reach more than 70%.

Aldridge is also very good, scoring at the top of the power forward position, but he is facing the legendary power forward Duncan of the Spurs.

Even if it's just 35-year-old Duncan, it's more than enough to deal with Aldridge.

The only thing the Trail Blazers can rely on is Kevin. Durant only.

But it's just one Kevin. Durant, which made the entire Spurs anxious.

Due to the failure to get Leonard, the Spurs could only choose a potential small forward in the draft to develop, and naturally there was no result, and the Spurs' starting small forward was Richard. Jefferson.

Jefferson is a very useful player, but he is clearly not able to contain Durant effectively.

Because of this, unlike another time and space Thunder easily eliminated the Spurs 4:2, the Trail Blazers and the Spurs fought on a par.

When the Wizards and the Heat had decided the winner, the score between the Trail Blazers and the Spurs was 2:3, and the Spurs got the match point first, but then the Trail Blazers relied on Durant's 41 points to pull back a game, leveling the total score to 3:3, and the two sides will have a tie-break.

This is undoubtedly good news for the Wizards, as the players can get a few more days of rest while the tiebreaker will consume more energy and energy, regardless of whether they are against the Trail Blazers or the Spurs.

In the tie-break battle, the Spurs and the Trail Blazers fought in the dark, and neither side refused to take a step back and give up the chance to enter the Finals.

In the end, it was the Trail Blazers who won the game with a narrow margin, with a score of only 95-92.

Originally, in terms of comprehensive strength, the Spurs should be stronger, after all, under Popovich's system, the Spurs' bench lineup firepower is also quite strong, far from the Trail Blazers' bench lineup can be compared.

But unfortunately, this season itself is not a fair season, and the shrinking schedule has overwhelmed the Spurs' older roster, especially when the game is the most critical and crucial......

On the Trail Blazers' side, Durant, Aldridge and Jordan Jr. are all young players who are full of energy and naturally play better.

In this way, the 11-12 season Finals is a game between the Wizards and the Trail Blazers.

There's a lot to see in this series.

First of all, the main players of the two teams, such as Durant, Curry, George, Aldridge, Jordan Jr. and others are all under the age of 24, and it is a Finals matchup for young people.

Interestingly, most of the main players of the two teams have a more or less relationship with Wang Xiao, and there is no need to say more on the Wizards' side, almost the entire team was formed by Wang Xiao through the draft.

On the Trail Blazers' side, Durant was selected as the champion by Wang Xiaohui, and now it has become a good story.

Oden or Durant, almost no one will choose the latter, only Wang Xiao chose so, and also put it into action, and the results are known later.

Oden has not been able to show his so-called talent due to injury, and Durant has become the league's most capable scorer.

Although Jordan Jr. was not selected by Wang Xiao through the draft, he was also cultivated after he traded to the Wizards.

This is very interesting, the Trail Blazers fired Wang Xiao because Wang Xiao chose Durant as the champion, but a few years later, with Wang Xiao's selection of Durant, and Jordan Jr., who was poached from Wang Xiao's hands in the summer, finally returned to the finals, how ironic is this?

Because of the firing of Wang Xiao, the owner of the Trailblazers, Paul. Allen and the general manager have been ridiculed, and many people are waiting for what their expressions will be after the Wizards' victory over the Trail Blazers.

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Secondly, Jordan Jr., as the main center of the Wizards last season, actually entered the playoffs again after joining the Trail Blazers this season, which also made him one of the few players in league history to reach the Finals on different teams for two consecutive years.

Jordan Jr. once made it clear in an interview with a TV show that he hoped to stay with the Wizards, but the Wizards or Wang Xiao didn't want to sign a big contract with him, so he would switch to the Trail Blazers in desperation.

And now, Jordan Jr. met his old club in the Finals, and this season he has become an inside iron gate who can contribute 11.5 points, 13.6 rebounds and 2.1 blocks per game, while the Wizards have not had a single player with double-doubles in rebounds this season.

Can Jordan Jr. prove that the judgment of the Wizards and Wang Xiao is wrong through this series? This is also a major attraction.

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When he learned that his opponent was a pioneer, Wang Xiao still couldn't hold back a little relief.

To be reasonable, he doesn't think much about playing against the Spurs.

The current Wizards team, the lineup is still too young, like the Spurs, an experienced team with many old hooligans, the Wizards do not have much advantage against them.

Especially a treacherous head coach like Popovich will inevitably get along with ways to limit Curry's scoring efficiency.

In contrast, the Trail Blazers have Durant, but their flaws are also obvious.

The Trail Blazers can't compete with the Wizards in terms of bench lineup alone, and as long as they seize this point, they can easily establish an advantage.

In addition, the configuration of the backcourt on the Trail Blazers' side is not luxurious. The Miller-plus-Matthews combination is definitely not a threat.

Last but not least, the Trail Blazers have Jordan Jr.

Little Jordan is a very strange player, what he is best at is grabbing rebounds and defending, but in these two points, he is not at the top level.