Chapter 837: Five-Star Finals! (2/3! )
The Nets are one step away from qualifying, and the Warriors are in a similar situation over there.
After the Rockets brought in Tucker, they asked him to gain weight and change to the No. 5 position to deal with the Warriors' death five, but Cousins on the Warriors' side recovered well, and after his comeback, he performed even more eye-catchingly, and basically didn't need a five-small lineup in the game.
Cousins played several Western Conference finals and completely blew Capela on the inside.
This past summer, the Rockets repeatedly pressed Capela's contract because of salary space and luxury tax, which caused the two sides to break up on the issue of contract extension, and in the end, Capela only signed a one-year contract with a qualification offer.
Capela is still with the Rockets, but his attitude and mentality have obviously fluctuated a lot from last season, and he is even more irritable on the court than Cousins.
This is also one of the reasons why Tang Tian gave up the trade to come to Paul in the first place, and the consequences of locking up the salary space were more serious than expected.
Also with a 3-1 scoreline, the fourth Finals encounter between the Nets and the Warriors looks close at hand.
However, the strength of the Rockets and 76ers is also elite, and it is obvious that they will not be eliminated so easily.
The sixth game between the Warriors and the Rockets started at Oracle Arena, and Harden went crazy in a desperate situation, scoring 50 points and 6 assists, shooting 8 of 15 from beyond the three-point line, and dragged the series into Game 6.
Coincidentally, a day later, the 76ers also played a strong rebound at the Barclays Center, Covington changed his previous iron play, and scored 23 points on 7-of-13 three-point shooting, showing the strength of a top 3D player, and finally the 76ers also stubbornly brought the series back to Philadelphia.
The two games also illustrate the characteristics of the small-ball era, whether it's a superstar or a role player, as long as the three-point shot is opened, many problems can be solved.
The two groups are 3-2, and many people are beginning to look forward to a double tie from the east and west like two years ago, and even some extreme fans are still looking forward to the referee being able to influence the game.
But the offseason referee gambling turmoil has put the league under pressure from public opinion, and which referee dares to hit the muzzle of the gun at this juncture.
The Warriors played the Rockets away, Harden's performance slipped after a violent game, and Paul carried the team into the fourth quarter.
At the moment of the final battle, the Warriors' five-star lineup began to exert its power, with a group of top shooters ambushing on the outside and the Rockets did not dare to shrink at all, and Cousins turned into an interior monster, with singles and dunks changing tricks.
Capela committed six fouls early, and Nene and Altenstein's inside line was beaten to the point that they couldn't see it at all.
In the end, Cousins scored 30 points and 15 rebounds, turned into an interior monster, and helped the Warriors overthrow the Rockets 125-111 on the road, and eliminated the opponent with a total score of 4-2 to advance to the Finals.
After the game, the media sighed.
When the Warriors fill in an All-Star or even a quasi-supergiant interior in the weakest spot, it's a bit of a hooligan.
When you can't wrap up Cousins, it means you're going to have a storm on the inside.
"We know it's almost impossible for the Warriors to keep Cousins next season, but this season is their season, no matter who the opponent is." After the broadcast of Game 6 of the Warriors and Rockets, Barkley couldn't help but sigh loudly.
Such feelings are definitely not the words of one family.
Before Cousins returned, many people thought that he would not recover like most players with a torn Achilles tendon, but when he returned to at least seventy or eighty percent of his strength, everyone felt that the season was no longer in suspense.
Neither the Warriors nor the Nets will have a hard time stopping such an opponent, and they will have no advantage against the Warriors.
A five-star warrior who is all-round in offense and defense, he has no weaknesses against any team.
After the dust settled on the Western Conference finals, there was a lot of discussion, and it was in this atmosphere that the Nets welcomed the sixth game of the 76ers in Philadelphia.
Philadelphia were in a strong position at home, but God wasn't on their side tonight as he was in Brooklyn a few days ago, and Covington dropped back after an outbreak, which was a key factor in the outcome of the game.
Although James exploded with 20 points in the third quarter to help the 76ers narrow the gap to single digits, the 76ers' overall offense was weak in the fourth quarter.
The Nets launched a wave of attacks in front of more than 20,000 Philadelphia fans, and finally won the game, eliminating their opponents and advancing to the Finals.
George scored another 30 points, Irving also scored 27 points, and the Nets' starting four, plus Anthony and Yi Jianlian, still had six players score in double figures.
James scored 41 points, 12 rebounds and 6 assists, Embiid had 22 points and 11 boards, and Fultz had 13 points.
The biggest problem for the 76ers is that there are too few independent scoring points, which is also a problem that the team's management will focus on solving in the summer.
At the press conference after the game, James was very depressed, and he also responded to reporters' questions, and left the stadium in a hurry after the press conference, and did not go to the locker room.
For him, after this defeat, Tang Tian retired, and he no longer even had the opportunity to prove himself.
The Nets eliminated the 76ers and met with the Warriors in the Finals.
This is a situation that many fans have been expecting for a long time, and it is also the one they have been looking forward to for a whole season.
If there's one team in the league that can go head-to-head with this five-star Warriors, it's the Nets.
With the addition of Anthony and Mitchell at the four stars, they have the strength to fight the Warriors on paper.
The league also used official Twitter, events and television media to hype up the pre-tournament.
After suffering an image storm last summer, they desperately need a series like this to regain ratings.
In fact, the effect of such propaganda is very obvious.
Irving, Butler, George, Anthony, Jokic vs Curry, Thompson, Durant, Green, Cousins.
Five people on both sides, this kind of lineup that can only appear in the All-Star arena in the past, is very similar to the Captain America and Iron Man lineup in "Captain America: Civil War", an absolute superhero peak showdown series.
"The biggest and most intense finals are coming, and I'm excited to pee." Barkley used five words in a row on TNT's show to describe his expectations.
"This is a war between the Avengers and Thanos camps." O'Neal used a more apt adjective than the media, with the Warriors as Thanos and the Nets as the Avengers.
"We know that good will eventually triumph over evil, but just like the Avengers 4 we watched this year, it was Thanos who won in the end, so no one knows what will happen until it's all over." For the rare occasion Smith did not express his opinion.