The Grizzlies ultimately won against the Warriors, and the matchup between the two teams with the best regular season records this season finally came to fruition.

Of course, Auckland fans won't like the result. Watching Link lift the Western Conference Championship trophy on their home turf was devastatingly devastating.

Last season, Durant abruptly announced that he was out of contract to join the Warriors. The Warriors won an incredible 74 wins in the regular season and finally eliminated the Grizzlies in the playoffs and won the championship.

For Warriors fans, last season was too dreamy, a little unrealistic, and a little unbelievably smooth.

And now, this dream has finally woken up.

Durant's arrival did not allow the Warriors to completely dominate the league. The use of small-ball tactics did not allow the Warriors to stand on the top.

Durant lost to Link, while the Warriors' small lineup lost to the Grizzlies' traditional twin-tower lineup.

After waking up from the dream, they are greeted only by the harsh reality.

No matter who this year's champion is, it has nothing to do with the Golden State Warriors.

They have become the biggest underdogs of the season and have nowhere to hide.

The Grizzlies won what is known as the most valuable Western Conference Finals in history, stealing all the accolades.

The Warriors, on the other hand, with the strongest paper lineup in the league, lost to the opponent who should not have lost the least.

While Warriors fans were still worried about being humiliated by Link, Link had already turned his attention to the East.

For him, the Golden State Warriors are a thing of the past. He has already won the final battle, and there is no need to continue to raise the bar with the Warriors.

Next, Link needs to focus on another opponent!

Before the Grizzlies, the Cleveland Cavaliers had comfortably defeated the Celtics without Thomas Jr. with a total score of 4-1.

It's just that the news of James' promotion did not cause much turmoil and attention.

Although the Cavaliers have only lost one game from the first round to the Finals, they have an excellent record of 12 wins and 1 loss, which is one less than the Grizzlies.

But with the difference in strength between the Eastern and Western teams, the Cavaliers' results have not received much praise.

At that time, the eyes of the whole world were on the game between the Grizzlies and the Warriors.

It wasn't until Link said "It's our time, LeBron" that everyone's attention finally shifted to the Cleveland Cavaliers.

At this time, people suddenly realized that this was already LeBron. Since 2011, James has led the team to the finals for seven consecutive years!

Leading the team to the Finals for seven consecutive years means that James has won the Eastern Conference championship for seven consecutive years.

After winning the championship in the East for nearly a decade, he is definitely the most feared king of the East in NBA history.

The last time someone made it to the finals for seven years in a row was back when Bill. Russell, the period when the ancient beasts played.

It stands to reason that reaching the Finals for seven consecutive years should be a great honor in James' career.

But now, this record is quite embarrassing for James.

In his previous six trips to the Grand Finals, he had only won one of them! James's winning rate in the Finals is so low that the gold content of making him to the Finals for seven consecutive years does not seem so high, but has become a topic of ridicule.

In the NBA, just ruling a division doesn't work. You have to win the championship and beat all your opponents to gain respect.

No one cares who wins the division in a given year, only the overall winner.

And three of James' five Finals losses in the past have been given to him by Link!

It was he who watched Link go from an obscure draft loss to build a dynasty that used everyone as a backdrop.

To this day, James is still haunted by this.

In the beginning, he wanted to be the greatest player of his time. But it is clear that this is no longer possible.

He's 32 and a half years old, and he doesn't have much time to contend with Link.

But even so, James doesn't want to be a foil to Link, and he doesn't want to be Carl in Link's era. Malone.

So, even if you can't be the greatest player of our time, you have to be one of the greatest!

And just one championship is obviously not convincing.

James has already served as a foil to Link's legend of three consecutive championships, and this time, he will not let the chance to win the championship slip away from him again!

After the Western Conference Finals, the eyes of the world followed Link to the Finals.

James is still considered one of the best players in the league, but most people feel that the Cavaliers have little hope of winning a championship.

"The Cleveland Cavaliers are still playing a devastating offense in the East, but I still don't think they can compete with the Grizzlies."

"Grizzlies are too mature, they have the advantage in every way. If even the Warriors can't stop the Grizzlies, the Cavaliers won't have much of a chance. ”

"LeBron is a hero, but a tragic hero. Everyone knows how hungry he is for a championship, but it's not just a desire to get a championship. ”

It's been a long time since the NBA Finals have seen such a one-sided review, and even though the Cavaliers have lost only one game in three rounds in the East, and even if James is strong enough to reach the Finals for seven years in a row, everyone still doesn't think favorably about them.

It was as if the Finals were just a formality, and the moment the Grizzlies beat the Warriors, it was equivalent to winning the O'Brien Cup.

But Link doesn't think so, he knows very well that this year's James will burst out with more power than before!

First of all, in terms of statistics, the Grizzlies have played in the playoffs this year, ranking second in the league in offensive efficiency and true shooting percentage.

And these two ranked first in the league are precisely the Cleveland Cavaliers! They are definitely not an opponent to be underestimated.

Second, after three rounds this year, James has surpassed Michael in total playoff points. Jordan, the "god", ranks first in the league!

Therefore, this year's Finals is also a battle that will determine James' place in history.

If you win the highest playoff scoring record but lose the championship, then this record will soon be forgotten.

But if he wins the record and wins, James will definitely become the most watched star in the league again.

These reasons are enough to ensure James' belief in victory.

Anyone who has LeBron. James' team is by no means easy to deal with. During this year's regular season, both sides won each other once, and the Grizzlies failed to sweep the Cavaliers.

So after the Western Conference Finals, Link and his teammates didn't have a day off and began to prepare for the Finals non-stop.

For James, it was just a battle that established history. For Link, why not?

Only by winning this championship will Link have the capital to talk about surpassing Jordan.

So, on the first day of training, Link told everyone: "Whoever believes the media is the number one idiot in the world." The Cleveland Cavaliers are definitely not as bad as they say they are, and they are a formidable opponent no worse than the Warriors. ”

In addition to verbally reminding his teammates, Link also led by example in training.

Link is well aware that pride and arrogance will not help the finals at all! The Dallas Mavericks, who were also not favored back then, didn't they turn the Heat, who had a stronger lineup on paper, to the ground.

In the finals, it is also possible to cause an upset.

He reminds his teammates all the time that they can't relax until they win a championship.

Finally, on May 31, 2017, the day before the NBA Finals began, the Cleveland Cavaliers arrived in Memphis!

Despite a one-year hiatus last year, James is still impressed with Memphis. In the past five Finals, James has been against Memphis for three of the last five years.

The whole Cavaliers team is very serious, and they all know that they must not lose again this time!

It's been two seasons since James returned to the Cavaliers, and they failed to lift the O'Brien Cup in both seasons.

As the saying goes, there are no more than three things. If the Cavaliers lose the Finals for the third year in a row, God knows what will happen to this team.

God knows if James will make a decision 3.0.

Therefore, for the Cavaliers, this year's finals also have a little more flavor of last stand.

But even so, few people took the knight seriously. Before the game, in the predictions of experts, the Grizzlies had a 93% chance of winning the championship!

But the next day, on the night of Children's Day, June 1, in the first matchup of the finals, the Cleveland Cavaliers startled everyone.

Their determination exceeded everyone's expectations.