Chapter 951 [Gold Medal Undercover, Mentor Final]

The Thunder didn't keep the Suns waiting long, knocking out the Spurs 4-2 to reach the Western Conference Finals.

The overall cooperation of the Spurs is more tacit, and they play a lot of exquisite tactics in each game, and they bloom more. However, they lost, and the fans were a little puzzled why?

The Thunder Newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, has high morale and is full of self-confidence. Sometimes the ratio of victory and defeat is the aura, and the comparison is the mentality. The Spurs configuration is worse than the Thunder, the players are not talented enough, and the aura can't suppress the Thunder, how can they win?

The Thunder heads-up is a very powerful tactic, while the Spurs do not have a super scorer, and the key ball is not as good as the Thunder.

"Stone Buddha" Duncan was defended as a "dumb" in the face of Chandler, averaging only 12.7 points, 10.5 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game in the series, shooting 47.8% from the field.

Chandler is good at close interference near the penalty area, defending back hits, Duncan pulls out to cover and catches the ball and shoots, and the shooting percentage is not guaranteed.

Duncan's playoff performance in the past two years has been poor, shooting less than 40% from the field. In Guo Xu's previous life, Duncan also struggled during this time, the Spurs were eliminated by the Grizzlies in the first round, and the Grizzlies created the Black Eight Miracle when Guy was injured and absent.

The Spurs have a fatal heel in that there is only one orthodox small forward on the team, Richard Jefferson, who was left with Ginobili as a small forward, and neither of them was able to limit Durant alone. They were forced to use a wrap-and-wrap tactic, and as soon as Durant passed, the Thunder role players were able to open it up.

At this time, Spurs fans hated the team's decision to abandon Granger back then, which was the best person to defend Durant, and let it go in vain. Now Granger has been selected as an All-Star with the Heat and is one of the top 10 small forwards in the league.

If it weren't for the fact that the Thunder had a shooting rate of less than 40%, but dared to shoot more than 20 times per game, it would not be surprising that the Spurs were swept by the Thunder. In the second quarter, the Thunder were led by the talented and explosive DeRozan, and Gary Neal and George Hill couldn't defend him one-on-one.

After the Thunder rested for a day, the Western Conference showdown began, and Westbrook lived up to expectations and continued to go undercover.

He shot 3-of-15 from the field and 8-of-10 from the free-throw line in the first game, finishing with 14 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists to help the Suns get off to a comfortable 124-105 victory.

Durant scored 40 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists, and Horford's 22 points and 10 rebounds didn't help, and the role players were in a slump.

The Thunder were abused by the Suns in the regular season Christmas game, and the Suns know how to deal with their singles tactics.

D'Antoni arranges 122 joint defense, and the Thunder players can only shoot mainly, and they will be caught when they hit the low post.

Sefrosa and Daquain Cook each hit two three-pointers in the open spot, but they only made six combined shots and had to move the ball unless they were open.

In the second game, Wei Shao performed well, shooting 7-of-15, 1-of-2 three-pointers, and 3-of-4 free throws, finishing with 18 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists, shooting 46.7% from the field.

Horford and Durant scored 23 and 28 points, respectively, shooting over 50 percent from the field, but the Thunder still lost 108-113.

The Suns' offense was stronger, and under Guo Xu's organization, five people scored double-doubles, leading the overall score 2-0.

Guo Xu scored 15 points in the final quarter and extinguished the momentum of the Thunder's counterattack with three three-pointers, including a long-range three-pointer two meters outside the three-point line.

In the third game, Durant was in no state, shooting 7 of 22, 0 of 8 three-pointers, and barely got 24 points, 12 rebounds and 5 assists by hitting 10 of 11 free throws. He finished with 30 points, four assists and seven turnovers on 8-of-20 shooting and 13-of-14 free throws.

It's completely unplayable. The Suns beat the Thunder 123-97 to take a 3-0 lead.

The number of free throws made by the two teams was 46 to 18, and the referees tried their best to help the Thunder win a game, but Guo Xu was too accurate, shooting 18 of 27 shots, 10 of 17 three-pointers, and 6 of 6 free throws, scoring 52 points and 5 assists.

No matter how many free throws you make, it's not as neat as throwing the ball straight in.

Thunder fans also discovered a terrible truth this time, Wei Shao's body is very strong, but he really has no brains. He relied on cover to forcibly break through to the basket and make a layup, missing Guo Xu and not going back, and being chased by Guo Xu to counterattack no less than ten times.

Paradoxically, if Wei Shao doesn't break through, he won't be of much use on the court, and he's not as much of a threat from mid-to-long range as Suns backup guard Dragic.

The Thunder fought with their backs, and Wei Shao began to dare to take responsibility again, shooting 11 of 28, 0 of 3 three-pointers, and 6 of 6 free throws, scoring 28 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists.

It's really scary to have that kind of point guard in the world. The Thunder trident all scored 20+, and Wei Shao, who shot the most, only had a 39.3% shooting rate, and the two sides entered garbage time in the third quarter, and Guo Xu ended early.

In the final game, the Suns won by 21 points 117-96.

Guo Xu only played 28 minutes and scored 30 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists; Gasol Jr. played 32 minutes and scored a triple-double of 15 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists.

The Suns swept three consecutive rounds to advance to the Finals.

After the game, Wei Shao once stole Guo Xu's limelight on the Internet, and many Thunder fans said that "only Wei Shao can prevent Durant"! Others suggested that the Thunder trade with the Warriors and trade Wei Shao for Curry, so that the Thunder would have a stable three-point point on the outside.

Victoria's Secret said that he was the most "leader" person in the Thunder, and his teammates didn't dare to hit him, so he could only go on his own. He also has the spirit of never giving up, the team trailed by 27 points into the final quarter, and he still fought the court and hit consecutive shots, shooting 5 of 7 in 6 minutes, and cutting 12 points on 2-of-2 free throws, once narrowing the gap to 19 points.

In the last quarter, when Wei Shao led the team to chase points, Durant gave up early and sat off the court. When the cameraman gave Durant a close-up, he seemed to be still muttering swear words, this kind of player is also worthy of being the core?

Durant not only swears, but also wants to hit people.

After entering the playoffs, Westbrook averaged 2.8 three-point attempts per game and shot 29.2% from the field; 3.3 mid-range shots, 33.3% shooting; 4.3 big two-pointers, shooting 34.2%; 3.3 low-post two-pointers from close range, shooting 35.1%; 6.4 shots from the basket to the field, shooting 52.8 percent.

What does this magical data mean? Wei Shao's true shooting rate of 49.9% was all based on 8.4 free throws, and 85.2% of the free throw shooting rate was deadlifted, and he shot inefficiently in all positions except free throws.

Many people can't understand why he dares to play like this, and he has 20.2 shots to lead the team, 0.1 more than Durant.

Speaking at the press conference, Vi Shao said: "I want to help the team win. "I just don't know which team he wants to help.

The Eastern Conference was three days late, and the Cavaliers eliminated the Knicks 4-1.

The Knicks eliminated the Heat 4-3 in the second round, and the inexperienced weakness of entering the Eastern Conference finals became apparent.

Tyrek Evans shot just 40 percent from the field in the series against Matthews, averaging 16 points and four assists per game.

Matthews is averaging only 13.7 points and 1 assist per game, but he is a good 3-and-D player, shooting 39.8% from three-point range. He became the Cavaliers' third-highest scorer in the playoffs, outperforming Williams, who averaged 11 points per game.

Stoudamire was also defended as a blacksmith against Vallejo, shooting just 47.3% from the field and underperforming as an interior player, with 25.3 points, 8 rebounds and 2 assists. He is already much stronger than Guo Xu in his previous life, and he has a longer range and can shoot three points in the middle, otherwise the Knicks will not be able to play the Eastern Finals.

Gallinari was an all-round underdog against James, shooting 13.4 shots and scoring points while shooting just 36.2 percent. James 25+8+6, shooting rate of 45.4% also dropped a little, much better than the Knicks forward.

The Knicks' biggest bright spot was Noah's defense of Boozer, who averaged just 13 points and 9 rebounds per game while shooting 43.3 percent from the field. The worst performer was Raymond Felton, who averaged only 12 points and 5 assists per game and shot less than 40% from the field.

The Suns and Cavaliers met again in the Finals......