Chapter 354: Finals, Against Spurs!
The regular season MVP of the 2013-2014 season was finally awarded to Curry.
This is the third regular season MVP trophy of Curry's career, and it also makes Curry tie Magic Johnson in the personal honor of regular season MVP, tied for the most point guard!
Next, Curry is likely to win the third Finals MVP trophy of his career, taking his historical status to the next level.
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The best defensive player was given to Dunn, a disciple of Wang Xiao at Harvard, who used Mutombo's growth template card, Dunn has become a strong defensive player, with super blocking ability, fast pace and not weak strength, which make Dunn show strong defensive ability in this era when the interior strength is generally not strong.
Best Sixth Man Jamal. Crawford, Krosix is still the same Kroe, and no one can beat the bench bandit-like scoring ability.
However, Crawford's Sixth Man of the Year election was somewhat controversial.
There are quite a few who believe that the Wizards' bench players are more than capable of competing with them for the Sixth Man of the Year award.
Isaiah. Although Thomas is only 1.75 meters, his ability to break through with the ball is quite amazing, and his scoring ability is not inferior to Crawford.
And Jimmy. Butler has a balanced offense and defense, like another George, and Leonard's contribution in the game is much stronger than Crawford, who can only attack and completely black holes on the defensive end.
Unfortunately, the Wizards' bench lineup is so luxurious that these talented players can only play part of their strength in a limited amount of time, and the statistics are affected by this.
Most importantly, it was the best sixth person who was awarded.
About Thomas Jr. & Jimmy. The question of who Butler is the team's sixth man is not particularly easy to define......
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The Sixth Man of the Year is a small award, and it's not debatable to be controversial.
At least the regular season MVP and Defensive Player of the Year awards aren't much of a controversy.
One is the core point guard who led the team to 73 wins, and the other is a block maniac who covers the whole league, and he deserves to win the award.
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With all the awards of the season announced, the Grand Final of the NBA2013-2014 season is also here.
On June 5, at the home court of the Wizards, the first game of the finals officially began!
The Wizards' starting lineup is a five-man starting lineup that has remained unchanged since George's injury.
Stephen. Curry, Klay. Thompson, Cowai. Leonard, Drummond. Green, Rudy. Goebel.
On the Spurs' side, the starting lineup was Toney. Parker, Marco. Belinelli, Burris. Dior, Chris. Bosh, Tim. Duncan.
Due to Wang Xiao, the Spurs failed to get Green and failed to draft Leonard, but they unexpectedly brought in Chris. Bosh, which can be regarded as a slight stop loss.
Judging from the strength of the lineup on paper, the Spurs will never be able to compete with the Wizards, but Wang Xiao knows more about the ability of the old man Popovich, and he is sure that the other party will never be restrained.
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At the beginning of the game, the Wizards players played very well.
This is the fourth time that many members of the team have played in the finals, and although they are not very old, they have more experience in the finals than many veterans who are over 30 years old.
Even the opposite Spurs, in terms of Finals experience, are only half a pound and half a pound with the Wizards.
Due to the butterfly effect of Wang Xiao, the Spurs failed to reach the finals last season, so up to now, even Ginobili only has three finals experience after leaving Duncan.
So compared to experience, the young Wizards are not false to the Spurs at all.
In terms of lineup, age and even strength, the Wizards have an absolute advantage.
So it stands to reason that the Wizards took advantage of their speed in the first quarter of the game to take the lead.
Although the Spurs are at a disadvantage, they have been relying on the cooperation of Duncan and Bosh on the inside to score steadily.
Although Gobert and Green are quite good defensively, they still have some difficulty against an experienced old fritter like Duncan, especially Duncan's signature stunt 45-degree angle wipe shot, which has an extremely high shooting percentage and is difficult to defend.
After several attempts, Gobert had to try to keep him away from the basket and couldn't comfortably catch the ball.
And Bosh is exactly the object that Green hates to defend, with mid-to-long-range shooting ability, tall stature, and can be inside and out, such a player will make Green feel like he doesn't know where to go.
Relying on two insiders, the Spurs have consistently kept the margin within double digits.
In the first quarter of the game, the score of the two teams was 31:24.
In the second quarter, the score became 63:55.
And even in the third quarter of the game, when the Wizards usually have the most game advantage, the margin is only as large as 10 points.
The Spurs have always been the team with the highest score on the bench outside of the Wizards, and under the leadership of Ginobili, the strength of the Spurs' bench can be completely entangled with the Wizards.
When the game reached the fourth quarter, the Spurs suddenly exerted their strength and played a wave of 8:0, tying the point difference, forcing Wang Xiao to call a timeout.
Fortunately, after the timeout, Curry stepped up, regained the advantage with two three-pointers, and held the advantage until the end of the game.
At 101:93, the Wizards won Game 1 of the Finals by 8 points at home.
After the game, Wang Xiao carefully recalled the process of the game, and watched the game video, feeling a little puzzled in his heart.
The Spurs played very well throughout the game, Wang Xiao could hardly find any faults, and the loss was entirely because of Curry's superstar.
But Wang Xiao always felt that the game against the Spurs should not be like this, and Popovich should make corresponding tactical adjustments to the Wizards' system.
"Could it be that guy is hiding that he is clumsy, losing a game first, making us take it lightly and then suddenly attacking?"
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However, in the second game, the Wizards won again, and it was easier than the first game.
Clay. Thompson suddenly exploded, scoring 31 points in the half and scoring 44 points in the game, almost single-handedly crushing the Spurs, and no one on the Spurs team could limit Thompson's play.
After winning both home games, the Wizards rushed to the home court of the San Antonio Spurs for an away game.
Wang Xiao originally thought it would be a tough away game, but in the third game, the Wizards won again.
When the whistle blew at the end of the game, Wang Xiao looked at the gray-haired and expressionless old man on the opposite side of the court, and he suddenly realized that he might be thinking too much.
No matter how strong Popovich is, he is still just a head coach after all, nothing more.
Even if there is no other time and space where Wang Xiao is messing up, he has only led the Spurs to win five championships.
At this time, Popovich led the Spurs without Leonard and Green, and he faced the 73-win Wizards team, which may be stronger than the 72-win Bulls!