Chapter 588: A Short Break and the Finals

In fact, Johnson's own evaluation of Durant is not too good, the reason why he wants to get him is also because his ball skills are indeed much better than his other aspects, and the reason why he does not make a decision directly, but asks Ye Xuan's advice, the main reason is that he feels that since the core of the team is Ye Xuan now, and it has gone very smoothly along the way, then Ye Xuan's opinion on the future development of the team should be respected, besides, since Durant can leave the Thunder because he wants a championship, Now that he has chosen to leave the Warriors for the same reason, who knows if he will choose to leave the Lakers in the same way next year? When the time comes, to make room for him and give up the excellent players he has cultivated, in the end, he can only exchange for a year of soy sauce, which is really a bit worth the loss.

First of all, they lost the Western Conference Finals, which means that they missed the Finals, which is undoubtedly a losing season for the Warriors, who have entered the Finals in a row two years ago and won one of the championships. And what makes them even more angry is that Durant, who they paid a lot to get, directly packed their bags and prepared to continue to "chase their dreams", which made the Warriors feel that a series of operations last summer are now losing all their money.

Look at the players they gave up, among them Bogut and David Lee, let's not talk about it, after all, one was reimbursed because of injury, and the other was waiting to die in the Spurs, but Speights and Azeri and the like, if they can stay, at least they won't have nothing left after a failed season like now, especially Spatz, who is almost the seventh man on the Lakers' lineup, is still very important on the Lakers' bench, and the most important thing is that his salary is almost the base salary, That is, he is so cheap that he has no friends. In addition, if they don't recruit Durant, even if they use the freed up salary space to find some role players who can play, it is better than if Durant directly chooses to leave and the Warriors end up lonely.

After the victory over the Warriors, although the Lakers took a symbolic day off, but then they began the final training before the finals, the Cavaliers actually did not go very smoothly in the playoffs, although they defeated the opponent 4:1 in the division finals, but in the second round of their playoffs, they played seven games with the Pacers, and the Lakers almost did not consume much physical strength in the first two rounds, although they played very hard in the final Western Conference finals, But for Ye Xuan, it was nothing, mainly because his physical strength potion and strengthening potion could be used, which made Ye Xuan very confident that he could gain an advantage in the game.

In addition, this year's Cavaliers reinforcement is actually not particularly smooth, and it was not easy to get a Bogut, but he was injured and reimbursed for the season without playing two rounds, and another veteran Deron Williams played well in the regular season, but after coming to the playoffs, he was too able to pull off the coach's excessive dependence and overuse of James, resulting in Deron's playing time not being guaranteed, almost all of which were intermittent playing time. It's normal for him to have no way to find the state of the game, plus the Cavaliers have almost all of the ball in the hands of James and Irving after the playoffs, and if you let a ball-handling player like Deron Williams switch to play without the ball, he naturally can't play too much.

However, it is not that the Cavaliers have not been strengthened this year compared to last year, first of all, their lineup this year has become deeper than last year, and the addition of Korver has made the Cavaliers' outside firepower more powerful, and George Hill's performance this year has not improved, but there has been no decline, - Smith and Shambaugh, in exchange for George Hill's deal, it seems to be more valuable.

In contrast, the Pacers replaced the two Iman-Smith, one of whom has been traded to the Nets because of infighting, and although Shambaugh still plays as always, he has not fulfilled the talent that everyone expected at the beginning, and finally became a weakened version of Ariza, if it weren't for the two years of practicing a passable shooting by Ye Xuan's side, it is estimated that his status will only get lower and lower, and he will eventually be eliminated by the league.

The Finals between the Cavaliers and the Lakers are actually very interesting, first of all, the little emperor James led the team to the Finals again, as last year's champions, their only goal this year is to defend the title, if James can lead the Cavaliers to defend the title successfully, then his historical status will undoubtedly be improved again.

Secondly, James will also play against his good friend Wade in the finals, which may be the top occasion that the Four Heroes can play in the playoffs.

In addition, of course, there is also the battle for the strongest player in the league between Ye Xuan and James, although Ye Xuan's various honors are now lagging behind Lao Zhan in an all-round way, but he is constantly refreshing various records created by James, coupled with Ye Xuan's explosive scoring ability and excellent passing vision, everyone feels that if Ye Xuan can maintain his current situation, he is likely to achieve higher achievements than James in the future. Of course, if you put aside the achievements of your career, in terms of personal performance, Ye Xuan is definitely capable of threatening Lao Zhan's status as the first person in the active alliance.

In addition, George Hill and Ye Xuan's re-meeting, Ye Xuan's re-dialogue with Irving, etc., are also not small highlights, it can be said that this year's finals are full of highlights, and the two teams also know their opponents very well, James's team's biggest problem is that they rely too much on James, which is the point that the Lakers need to focus on, and the biggest problem of Ye Xuan's team is the same, although the Lakers' bench lineup plays so that Ye Xuan will not have too many worries when he breaks off, But it is an indisputable fact that the overall efficiency of the Lakers dropped significantly by a notch when Ye Xuan was off, so if the Cavaliers want to win the championship, then they must seize every second of Ye Xuan's rest to establish a lead in the situation.

Of course, for the Cavaliers, the play of their second-in-command Irving is also crucial, last season relied on Irving's supernatural performance in many games, the Cavaliers were able to complete a shocking reversal with 1:3 behind, thus winning the NBA championship in the history of the Cavaliers, but Irving's performance in the face of Ye Xuan has not been very good, which makes Cavaliers fans a little worried.

Speaking of the fight between Ye Xuan and Owen, it can be regarded as a bit legendary, Ye Xuan's first game in the NBA was the game with the Cavaliers, who were still at the bottom of the league at that time, Owen was still the boss of the Cavaliers at that time, and Lao Zhan had not returned to the Cavaliers at that time, and Ye Xuan used his excellent defensive ability to limit the only thigh of the Cavaliers Owen as soon as he appeared, helping the team easily defeat the Cavaliers, which can be regarded as the prelude to the confrontation between Owen and Ye Xuan.

In many encounters since then, Ye Xuan has basically won more and lost less, even in the season when Pickle Pepper was injured, they also completed the stunner for the Cavaliers in the playoffs, so that the Cavaliers were eliminated in the Eastern Conference Finals, but unfortunately Ye Xuan was injured in the end that year, resulting in the Pacers not having enough strength to deal with the Warriors who had grown up in the finals, so that the Warriors picked up a bargain and won the championship that year. It wasn't until Ye Xuan came to the Lakers from the Pacers that the confrontation between the two gradually decreased, and the topic of Ye Xuan vs Irving gradually became Ye Xuan vs Curry.

However, although Owen's overall performance in the face of Ye Xuan was not very good, he was able to burst out with unexpected energy at a critical time, also in the Eastern Conference Finals that year, if it wasn't for Owen, Ye Xuan would not be so tired, which eventually led to injury, it can be said that Ye Xuan limited Owen on the defensive end, and Owen didn't consume Ye Xuan's physical strength as much as possible on the offensive end.

For the Lakers, they need to pay less attention, because the Cavaliers have shown a very single skill and tactic in so many games in the playoffs, so the Lakers' response is also very simple, they now have Solomon Hill, Clarkson and Matt Barnes three players who can defend on the front line, these three people will also be the killer weapon that the Lakers will use to deal with James in the Finals, and it is obviously not shown to defend Lao Zhan alone. However, players with excellent defensive ability can consume Lao Zhan as much as possible, and then the wheel battle will start, plus Ye Xuan's defense of Irving should not have any major problems, so as long as these three can successfully limit Lao Zhan, it will be much easier for the Lakers to win.

Of course, the Cavaliers are not only Irving and James, although their third big man Lefu did not perform as well as he did in the Timberwolves after transferring to the Cavaliers, but his projection outside the three-point line and rebounding protection are still very good, plus Lefu also staged a 34-point performance in a single quarter of the game in the regular season this year, so the Lakers can't be too careless about Lefou.

And Lefu also has a very superstitious role for the Cavaliers, that is, Lefu has never lost any round of the series in the playoffs, he did not enter the playoffs when he was with the Timberwolves, so naturally there is no such thing as losing the playoffs, and in the first year of the Cavaliers, Lefu left the court with an injury in the first round against the Celtics, and then announced that the season was reimbursed, so Lefu did not participate in the Eastern Conference finals that lost to the Pacers.

Then it was last year's playoffs, the Cavaliers made it all the way to the Finals and lifted the O'Brien Cup, so he didn't lose a round of the playoffs last year, and this year, they haven't been eliminated so far, so Love can be said to have not lost a single series. Of course, these are just jokes, Lefou's contribution to the Cavaliers is not only that he can help James pull out the inside space, but also that his ultra-long-distance long pass after grabbing the backcourt rebound to launch a fast break is also one of the basic tactics of the Cavaliers, and he will not necessarily be Lefou's opponent in other aspects except for his height when facing Gasol, so in addition to the outside showdown in the finals of the two teams, the inside battle is also a very key point.

Both teams are preparing their own Finals tactics, and the outside world will obviously not be stagnant because of this, first of all, the most incomprehensible thing is that Paul suddenly announced that he will not continue to play for the Clippers, which is undoubtedly a bombshell for this summer's free agent market, the front foot Durant announced that he became a free agent, and the back foot Paul joined the free agent market, which undoubtedly made many teams with ideas about the championship begin to move.

In addition to trade rumors, there are also a lot of previews and predictions for the finals in various media, but the opinions and opinions of various experts are also different, some experts believe that this year's championship is none other than the Lakers, the reason is simple, they have a terrible record of 75 wins this year, they defeated the invincible Warriors this year, and their combat effectiveness this year has not been reduced due to injuries and the like, so they have only one goal, that is, the championship.

But there are also some experts who have different opinions, they feel that compared to the Lakers' lineup, the Cavaliers' lineup has been running in for a longer time, and the team's tactics and the like are definitely more skilled than the Lakers, and the most important thing is that they were champions last year, and they have already experienced a Finals, so they are more experienced, unlike the Lakers, in addition to the three main players, only Solomon Hill and Speights are players with some Finals experience in the first eight rotations, And the Lakers have always been more important to Clarkson, Randle and Nick Young, not to mention the Finals experience, even the playoff experience is only a handful, so their Finals performance may decline significantly. That's why these pundits are bullish on the Cavaliers. Still struggling with the latest chapter you can't find? Amway One or search for Hot/Degree/Net/Article "Remember to remove "/"Otherwise you won't be able to search", here is a young lady to help you find books and accompany you to chat!