On May 16, 2017, Beijing time, the 2016~2017 NBA Western Conference Finals will officially begin!

The Western Conference Finals series opener will be played at 15:00 p.m. local time at the Spurs' home AT& The T Center is officially launched!

The Western Conference Finals, which is the second most important game after the Finals, naturally attracts attention from both inside and outside the United States.

"Fans and friends, good night, everyone, welcome to stay up late to pay attention to the first game of the upcoming Western Conference Finals, I am Yang Yi, I am Yu Jia"

On the other side of the ocean, in the CCTV studio in Beijing, Yang Yi rubbed his sleepy eyes and started the commentary of the game with Yu Jia next to him.

Because the NBA officially set the first game of the Western Conference Finals at 3 p.m. local time on the 15th in the United States, for Chinese fans on the other side of the ocean, if they want to watch the live broadcast of this game, they can only get up at 3 o'clock at midnight to stay up late.

However, the enthusiasm of Chinese fans will obviously not be reduced because of time, look at the various post bars, tribes, and CCTV5 interactive areas on the Internet, at this time, it is also very lively.

With the influence of the information age, it is an undeniable fact that the NBA has more and more fans in China, but it is definitely related to Jin Feng as crazy as it is now.

In the words of commentator Yang Yi, "Jin Feng is the first Chinese player to play in the Western Conference Finals as the main player of an NBA team, which is a new history for Chinese basketball"

"In terms of the achievements of Chinese players in the NBA, Yao Ming is undoubtedly the most important at present, but even Yao Ming has not done what Jin Feng is about to do"

Then it's obvious that the madness of the Chinese fans is understandable!

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San Antonio local time, there is still an hour before the start of the game, AT&T Center, players from both sides are on the sidelines of the final preparation before the game, and many media are always paying attention to the every move of the players on both sides.

On the whole, the Spurs, who unexpectedly lost a big general before the big game, the overall performance of the players was still very relaxed, and the players talked and laughed among themselves.

Especially Jin Feng and Simmons, the two also played a shooting game, and it seems that they are in very good shape.

"Jin Feng, how do you feel about the first game of the Western Conference Finals, which will start soon, can you share it with you?"

Immediately afterwards, Jin Feng was interviewed by Tencent Sports!

"I'm looking forward to it! After all, after working hard for a season, isn't it just waiting for this moment? A lot of people know that being able to play in the Western Conference Finals is a success in itself, and of course, I don't mean to say that we are just satisfied with the Western Conference Finals."

"Can you talk about the role you will play in this game?"

Tencent Sports reporter threw out a topic that many people are more concerned about, that is, in this game, the Spurs, Popovich's starting lineup.

"I'm going to give it my all, as for what role to play, to be honest, I don't know right now, it's up to the coach and it has to be adjusted according to the development of the game"

Very disappointed, Jin Feng did not answer this question, in fact, Jin Feng really did not know the starting lineup of this game, and Popovich did not disclose it to them.

It is not difficult to understand that when it comes to the Western Conference Finals, every aspect of the battle of wits and courage of the two head coaches is vividly reflected, of course, including the arrangement of the starting lineups, under normal circumstances, it is difficult for people to know the starting lineups of the two teams until the last moment before the start of the game.

Of course, this is not absolute, and a team like the Warriors with a Big Four knows what to expect, even if the head coach doesn't announce the starting lineup in advance.

However, it is clear that the Spurs are different, Parker's injury has given the "cunning" Popovich more "options" in arranging the starting lineup, and this choice is obviously mysterious.

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After 20 minutes, the players from both sides returned to their dressing rooms and were ready to play.

In the Spurs locker room, Popovich clapped his hands and motioned for everyone to stop what they were doing, and everyone understood that Popovich was going to announce the starting lineup.

"Players, this is the first game of the whole series, I think everyone knows how important it is, so I won't say much about it here, just emphasize one point, stay calm at all times"

"So the starters of this game are, Jin, Danny, Kawai, Paul, LaMarcus, Jin, I hope you can take over Tony's responsibilities"

After Popovich announced the starting lineup, everyone's eyes moved to Jin Feng in the innermost part of the locker room.

"Succeeding Tony?"

This is a common shock for everyone!

Although the starting lineup announced by the old man did not surprise everyone, it was beyond everyone's expectations to let Jin Feng take over Parker's responsibilities with full authority.

Everyone has the impression that Jin Feng's current ball control and organization ability has indeed improved a lot, but there is still a certain gap if he wants to replace Parker with full power.

In fact, in everyone's speculation, Leonard is the most likely candidate to replace Parker, that is, let Leonard play as a point forward!

"Listen, everyone, we have to believe in Jin, Jin's ability, everyone knows it in their hearts........."

Popovich naturally saw the expressions of the players, and he also spoke directly.

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A few minutes later, the lights on the scene dimmed, the whole stadium was silent, and the appearance ceremony of the game officially began in the loud DJ sound of the scene.

The first to play was naturally the Spurs at home, Jin Feng appeared in the fourth, and when he trotted all the way through the players' tunnel, the fans on both sides of the players' tunnel also yelled at him.

"Jin, kill them"

"Jin, let those softballs know San Antonio's toughness"

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To be honest, this also made Jin Feng burst with confidence in an instant......

At the same time, when the Spurs players finished playing one after another, the large electronic screen on the scene also played the starting lineup of the Spurs in this game.

San Antonio Spurs starters: Jin Feng, Danny Green, Kawhi Leonard, Pau Gasol, LaMarcus Aldridge!

When they saw this starting lineup, the fans and commentators on the scene were not much surprised (after all, the game has not officially started, and it is still unknown who will really handle the ball on the Spurs side), what they were really surprised by was that the height of the Spurs' starting lineup, yes, is the height.

"Well, it's kind of interesting, Greg's starting lineup, obviously, has an average height of more than two meters, which is obviously a set of "five dead""

"The Big Five? Could it be that Greg intends to use the Death Five to fight against the Warriors' Death Five? It's really interesting."