"To be honest, at first I thought Spurs had a chance."

In the VIP waiting room, Chen Mu sat in the corner, his hands clasped around his chest, and his eyes looked ahead, obviously recalling the scene of the playoffs that had just ended.

At the beginning of his career, Chen Mu was once ruthlessly beaten down by the Spurs, from Bruce Bowen to Richard Jefferson, from Muhammad to the eternal Tim Duncan, the Spurs' tough defense inside and outside, and the rotation of the position that will never show flaws, gave Chen Mu an extremely terrifying hellish experience.

In the years that followed, although the Spurs began to gradually move away from the real championship level, super teams began to appear, the Big Three Celtics, the Lakers with three highs and Kobe, and the Miami Heat with the new Big Three...... And so on, all of which have had a great impact on the NBA in the new era.

But the Spurs are still going strong, and perhaps no one thinks they can really crush the championship as they used to, but no team will underestimate them.

Because Duncan, because of the GDP combination, because of the terrifying Zhuge Vic, any team that underestimates the Holy City Iron Riders will be subject to the most brutal sanctions.

However, all of this, after the Spurs were blacked out by the Grizzlies, began to change.

It was found that this time, the GDP was really old.

Duncan really can't carry people, Ginobili is really not so bewitching, the Spurs' role players are beginning to fade from the glory of the past, and Zhuge Vic's road to change has also made this ten-year strong team enter the most painful transition period.

Fortunately, the Holy City still has Parker, and a French sports car that never brakes with a foot on the accelerator, and the Spurs are still competitive, but they seem to be drifting away from that damn ring.

"Especially in the first round, the Spurs were beaten by the Mavericks to the sixth game, and many people feel that this time, the Spurs, who will never get old, are really exhausted."

When he said this, Chen Mu's eyes did not see the joy that his opponent had when he was old

On the contrary, it seems a little regretful.

"Alas...... It's also a generation of giants......! ”

Gu Yu somewhat understood Chen Mu's thoughts and nodded.

Chen Mu's team is the Philadelphia 76ers, in the eastern half, for a superstar of his level, the regular season is like a play, just send your strength to pass, and winning the first place in the region is just an incidental giveaway.

The real challenge is always in the playoffs.

And if Chen Mu wants to lead his team and face the Spurs in the playoffs, there is only one possibility:

That's the grand final.

However, when Chen Mu and his 76ers began to officially rise and become the strongest team in the East, the Spurs had no way to enter the Finals.

"I really want to play them in the finals......!"

Chen Mu smiled bitterly and shook his head, this year's Spurs have found their form after beating the Mavericks, Zhuge Vic's years of painful change have finally begun to play a role, the team's run-in is gradually complete, and the Spurs' combat effectiveness is climbing rapidly.

According to the Spurs' style of play and style, as well as Zhuge Vic's richness of response to outside stars, Chen Mu feels that the Spurs should be able to pass the Western Conference finals.

"What kind of perimeter stars have the Spurs been afraid of over the years? What touches porcelain, what three-point king, what breakthrough master, what back-up tough guy, the Spurs may let them get quite good data, but they can't lose. ”

Chen Mudao: "Even a superstar like LeBron James, who is all-round and has his own system, the Spurs are not false at all, James does not play an average of more than 38 points per game, it is impossible to threaten the Spurs." So when the Western Conference Finals started, I really felt like the Spurs were going to be my opponent. ”

"Come on, you haven't made it past the Eastern Conference Finals yourself at that time!"

Gu Yu smiled.

"Eh, that's all setbacks and exercises that life must experience!"

Chen Mu waved his hand and continued: "For so many years, the only person who can be called a 'headache' for Spurs is only one person. ”

"Kobe." Gu Yu answered,

"That's right, Kobe."

Chen Mu nodded.

It's no secret that the Spurs have a headache with Kobe. Fans who have watched many series of games between the Spurs and Lakers know that the Spurs don't panic at all about any team that relies on system, tactics, movement, passing, etc.

Because there are as many tactics as there are in the world, Zhuge can exhaust as many as he can. In the past, the Spurs could only defend, but now Zhuge Vic has taken a strong pill, and after the offensive end began to exert force, the Spurs' offense has become much sharper.

It can be said that tactically, whether it is playing by themselves or coping, Spurs are a team with no shortcomings.

Any tactics you use to fight against the Spurs will eventually fall under the response of Zhuge Vic and the strong tactical execution of the Spurs players led by GDP, and there is no place to die.

In the words that we are familiar with Coach Zhang, it is that the Spurs are a very reasonable team, offensive and defensive, personnel rotation, tactical selection, on-the-spot judgment, from players to coaches to management and even scouts and cheerleaders, are all particularly reasonable and suffocating.

In other words: if you are reasonable with the Spurs, you will definitely lose.

Kobe Bryant is an unreasonable paranoid.

"I think the Thunder are powerful, but they're a strong outside team in the new era, you know what I mean, right?"

Chen Mu looked at Gu Yu and said seriously: "It's a bit of a magic ball theory, Westbrook breaks through and bursts unmatched, James Harden can shoot three-point shots, has a wide range of offense, and even Ibaka has begun to develop three-point shots." This kind of team is easy to play a game, and when it encounters someone who is weaker than itself, it is basically a crushing game. But Spurs, people aren't afraid of you! ”

"That's true."

Gu Yu nodded and said: "The reason why Kobe Bryant gave the Spurs a headache is that he has the strength to hold the ball alone and kill everyone outside the scope of tactical execution, if he is unreasonable, the Spurs will have no choice." ”

"That's right, if you want to say that Durant is amazing, I know it, after all, he is the one who almost threatened my position as the scoring champion, and he must be ranked the best in history."

Chen Mu didn't want to make a face at all, and continued: "But I think so...... There is still a gap between him and the peak Kobe Bryant in terms of his ability to make strong shots, forcibly create space, and tear up defense, so I don't think he can cause so much trouble for the Spurs like Kobe, and the Thunder will eventually score quite good statistics, but lose in the end. ”

The result was beyond Chen Mu's expectations.

Kevin Durant, who is in his fifth year of career, played a masterpiece of the playoffs of his career in the series against the Spurs.

"The Spurs won the first two games, I think the Spurs are stable, and I probably reviewed it, and I felt that Durant didn't have a strong sense of existence, so I didn't take it seriously and didn't analyze it too carefully."

Chen Mu said: "You know, the fans who grew up in our era grew up watching Kobe, Jordan, Iverson, and Maddy play with a strong sense of presence. Durant is powerful, scoring efficiency is high, but there are relatively few heads-up with the ball, the play is more reasonable, and the sense of presence is naturally weaker, but ......"

There is no need for Chen Mu to continue, Gu Yu also knows the result.

Because although the Thunder lost those two games, Durant scored 27 points, 10 rebounds, and 31 points respectively.

After that, Brooks began to adjust his tactical thinking, allowing Durant to play more singles, opening up space, and giving Westbrook and Harden more off-ball offensive opportunities.

Although this caused Durant to be a little out of order, there was a big slippage in shooting percentage and scoring data. But this move completely opened the offensive and defensive seal of Thunder.

After scoring 22 points in the third home game and only 8 points in the first half of the fourth, Kevin Durant turned into a grim reaper.

The performance of 18 points in the final quarter of the fourth game and 36 points in the whole game was just an appetizer.

In the fifth battle of Tianwang Mountain, Durant led the team to win with 27 points and won the match point. In the sixth game of life and death, Durant completely broke out, shooting everything inside and outside, scoring 34 points and 14 rebounds, completing a shocking comeback of four consecutive wins in one fell swoop, and knocking the Spurs out of the game.

"Here's what the western side is."

Chen Mu looked at Gu Yu, and there was something more in his eyes.

Gu Yu, do you know.

If you want to become the most terrifying scoring machine in the NBA, the road has changed.

LeBron and I are both scorers and both have the strength of the top scorer. Kobe Bryant's sword is not old, and Anthony still has the strength to fight.

But Kevin Durant is probably the strongest opponent you will face in the future.

In terms of pure scoring, Durant's personal skills and physical conditions are already the number one terrifying candidate in the entire basketball history......!

"So much, and still don't talk about yourselves."

Gu Yu urged: "In the Eastern Conference playoffs, except for the first round, you all seem to have a hard time!" ”

"Don't say it, that's true!"

Chen Mu nodded, his eyes glaring: "This year is really difficult!" ”

In the Eastern Conference playoffs, Chen Mu and his Philadelphia 76ers faced the eighth place in the East in the first round and swept 4-0.

Chen Mu didn't even play much in this round of the series, relying on the grown Curry, the outside defensive core Iguodala, the godly Korver and others, the 76ers easily entered the Eastern Conference semifinals.

The rest of the groups confronted, and the results were not surprising.

The second Bulls in the East defeated the Magic 4-2, and the third Heat in the East easily advanced 4-1.

Fourth in the East, the new Pacers, played a relatively interesting game against the Celtics, who were obscure in the regular season. On the Celtic side, Garnett has been affected by injuries and has not played in two games. The Pacers seized the opportunity to tie the score at 2-2.

In the fifth game of Tianwang Mountain, there was news before the game that Garnett's injury had not healed and he was still hanging up the exemption card.

Everyone thinks that the Celtics are afraid that this is really going to be planted.

As a result, a long-handed monster point guard who looks like an alien starts his Super Saiyan transformation.