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Kevin Durant.

Golden State Warriors.

- Change of mind: Row out the Warriors and keep only Durant.

Because the Warriors can be Stephen Curry, Draymond Green, Klay Thompson, including head coach Steve Kerr's Warriors. But the playoffs, that's the playoffs that belong only to Kevin Durant.

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An unknown commentator said that in a playoff-level matchup, there are only two undefensible players in the entire league: Kevin Durant counts one, and LeBron James and James Harden count half each.

Durant has his natural strengths. He is 2.06 meters tall (he may actually reach 2.10 meters!). ), playing small forward is more than enough, coupled with an arm span of nearly 2.20 meters, making his shot at the third position "undefensible". LeBron James and James Harden are also killers, but they're not as pure as Durant. James has proven countless times that he will lead his teammates to be better, and even in key moments of staggered time, the whole team has more weight than a solo team in the system of the little emperor. Harden's lethality is no longer inferior to his former Thunder teammates, but his stability will be exhausted by mood and physical strength, a bit like the six-vein divine sword that is close to Dacheng. Only Kevin Durant is a man who is truly a pure killer, he has been trained to be a top-level scoring machine since the first day he stepped into the NBA, he only has the basket and scoring in his eyes, and his size advantage and soft touch ensure that he can create a killing opportunity every time he shoots.

And just like what martial arts describes: a person can only be invincible if he is pure.

Last year's finals were a testament to that.

Durant, who defected from the Russian city to the Bay Area, will never need a championship trophy to complete the redemption. The O'Brien Cup is only a guarantee, and what he needs is to prove on a bigger stage and with a better team that he's still the best.

fmvp。

He did it.

These four letters alone are enough proof that he did it.

But in fact, Durant does more than FMVP. He averaged 35.2 points, 8.4 rebounds, 5.4 assists, 1.6 blocks and 1.0 steals per game throughout the series, shooting 55.6% from the field and nearly 70% from the field. That's right, just reading the data can read shudders, read the cold murderous atmosphere, and read "I just can't defend it".

It's really undefensible.

When you kill the whole league, defeat 28 NBA teams, and stand on the final Finals stage, you realize that there are still people in this world who are completely undefensible, how desperate it is.

When you have used the single defense, the joint defense, the bag clip, the infinite change of defense, the team is taller than him, stronger than him and faster than him, and the defensive tape has been turned over and watched countless times, and he can still score easily, what a desperate mood.

Some people are born killers, some people can always give what they want, and some people are purely above the system, gathered on this man named Kevin Durant, what a desperate mood.

This kind of desperate mood has been experienced in the finals last year, and the person nicknamed the little emperor has already experienced it.

And this time, is it the turn of the Houston Rockets to make it to the Western Conference finals?

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Who will defend Durant?

In addition to the two days of training and preparation for the Rockets, this question has been asked countless times by many passers-by.

It's certainly an obvious problem: Chris Paul, who has been defending for years, can take on Stephen Curry, James Harden and Klay Thompson may blow each other up, and Clint Capela's improved mobility may be able to wrestle with Draymond Green. Only Kevin Durant remains, and Durant, who has no one to defend against, has become more and more "human" to defend against.

But smart people don't wait until the West Finals to ask questions. Clear-eyed people saw that Skycity recruited CP3 last summer, and they must also see the front line they hoarded:

Trevor Ariza, PJ Tucker, Luke Bamot – all front-line bandits and defensive stalwarts. Even at the moment before the end of summer, Yang Yiming, who was recruited from the far east after 95, meant that the consideration of the future was all for an enemy.

Kevin Durant.

But even with this series of precautions, "who will defend Durant" is still like Durant himself, who is stable to a terrifying mid-to-long range shot, becoming the sword of Damocles hanging over the head of the Rockets!

Ariza is the first option for the Rockets. Ariza is a template for 3-and-D players, with undeniable defensive skills and experience, having put an end to countless popular swingmen and is an out-and-out offensive nightmare. But Ariza is 2.03 meters tall, and with the difference in arm span, it is not easy to block Durant's shooting point. So when asked how to target Durant, Ariza himself didn't have full confidence: "There's no way to get in the way of that guy who is tall and has the skill to make it as tough as possible to make his offense as tough as possible, to make him as uncomfortable as possible, and whatever you need to do to defend, that's what you have to do." ”

What's more, in some defensive rounds, Ariza will inevitably share the task of team boss Harden defending Thompson to help save physical strength for offense, so Ariza's defense against Durant will have to be discounted.

If you don't use Ariza, you can replace it with a power player like PJ Tucker and Bamot, which can probably increase the intensity of the confrontation and consume Durant's physical strength. But if the latter really wants to shoot or break through, Tucker and Bamot, who are not as physically fit as Ariza, will be even more useless.

If the Rockets give up one-on-one and play the infinite change of defense that they vigorously promoted at the end of the season, although it seems that they can limit the Warriors' blocking and passing, and everyone's individual defensive ability is not bad, but Durant who can be shot inside and outside is still unsolved.

So what if...

What if the Rockets use first-year rookie Yang Yiming to align the position?

Yang Yiming is 2.08 meters tall and has an arm span of more than 2.10 meters, which is the most oppositional physical advantage among the Rockets' forwards. His speed, power, and anticipation look like they're on par with his predecessors, and he has had a mid-season block explosion — proving that his defense is high; There was also a season-end rebounding performance at the top center – proving that there is what it takes to fight. The only thing he lacks is undoubtedly experience, even if he has defended against the likes of Carmelo Anthony, Damian Lillard, Jimmy Butler, and even LeBron James in a season, but Durant is Durant after all. Counting on how much a rookie can limit in the Western Conference Finals sounds like a fool's dream, and a dead horse is a live horse doctor.

But no one knows what medicine is sold in the gourd of the crazy coach Mike D'Antoni.

Maybe he's really going crazy?

No! D'Antoni is really going crazy.

He has already determined that in the first game of the Western Finals series, Yang Yiming will defend Durant!

It's still a secret that can't be made public, but it's really settled! Please pay attention to the latest chapters in the future