Chapter 422: Inside Information Flying in the Sky

Although the style of the Spurs in the past two years has become more and more beautiful, the previous years have left too much impression, and the pseudo-fans like to follow the wind to blow b, and many people really think that the current Spurs are still so ugly, in fact, these fans who complain about the Spurs have not watched a few Spurs games at all. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info

But there are more people who say it, and it's not true but it's also true, that's what everyone means, so the Spurs are still not loved by the league, and the fan base is far less than the Thunder, most fans love to watch exciting games that can stimulate a lot of adrenaline, the style of the Thunder and the Knicks is obviously more in line with this requirement, and even the Heat's style of play is a lot more ugly than these two teams, so many fans are looking forward to the Knicks vs. Thunder Finals, which can be regarded as the complete rise of new forces.

Now it seems that this scenario is really becoming more and more likely......

On May 30, the Thunder sat at home to face the Spurs, and the whole game was very miserable, and the Thunder finally defeated the Spurs 109-103 with Durant's excellent performance in the final quarter, and the total score was tied at 2-2.

But Durant was not alone in the game, as the young Harden was fouled by a cunning Ginobili from beyond the three-point line 1:58 before the end of the game, and Harden was very annoyed by his stupid foul. But 54 seconds later, Harden received a pass from Durant on the left wing and hit a decisive three-pointer. After Durant's crazy performances of consecutive hits to the Spurs, Harden's shot hit the Spurs in the heart and responded to Ginobili, who was standing across from him.

Ginobili has a lot of experience and weird offense, and Harden used his youth, unreasonable style of play, and bushy stubble to surpass Ginobili in the final moments.

One of the highlights of this series is the matchup between Harden and Ginobili, the two super sixth men, Harden averaged 21.3 points, 5.7 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game in the first three games, shooting 55% from the field, and Ginobili averaged 18 points, 4 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game, shooting 53.3% from the field. Statistically, Harden was even better than Ginobili, and it was Harden who beat Ginobili in Game 3 to set the stage for the Thunder's home victory.

The 35-year-old Ginobili is fighting against his 23-year-old self, and he wants to beat his 23-year-old self. Harden is battling against himself 12 years from now, with two of the craziest sixth men in the league battling their past and future selves in the air, not just against their opponents, but also against their former or future selves.

Ginobili's 3+1 attack at Westbrook's head in the first quarter was a condensation of the essence of his career, a perfect combination of skill and experience. Harden's individual offense and passing in the opening stages of the second quarter were a display of his youthful frivolity, as in the first three games, with the two Super Sixth Men hitting each other in their own ways and doing their best for the team's victory.

Harden made just one of seven shots and didn't make any free throws in the first three quarters, something that hadn't happened in the entire series. Ginobili had a good hand and scored 13 points on 4-of-6 shooting, 2-of-2 three-pointers and 3-of-3 free throws, but he had five turnovers and both took the problem to the final quarter.

When the battle entered the final 12 minutes, Harden's individual offense and passing were extremely perfect, and the 23-year-old seemed to be full of wisdom and experience like the 35-year-old Ginobili, especially in the decisive moment, Harden could not see the impatience and anxiety of young players, and of course, it may have been covered by his big beard.

On the other hand, the bald-headed Ginobili was a little flustered at the crucial moment, and his bad pass 33 seconds before the end of the game buried the Spurs' last glimmer of hope, and the fatal mistake cost the Spurs the initiative for the entire series.

At this moment, Ginobili seemed to be defeated by his 23-year-old self, his 6 turnovers were like 23-year-old himself, Ginobili scored zero in the 12 minutes of the final battle, 13 points and 6 turnovers in 4 of 7 shots in the whole game, Ginobili finally lost to the young man who stood opposite him and cut 11 points, 7 assists and 7 rebounds, especially seeing Harden's three points at a critical moment in the final quarter, smart passing and assisting to revitalize the Thunder team, becoming the last and best assistant next to Durant, At this moment, Ginobili seemed to see the shadow that he was not bald when he was 23 years old.

Immediately after the game, there was a voice from the outside world, many fans and celebrities believe that Harden's existence is more important than Westbrook to the Thunder, especially the two heavy defeats on the road and the two wins at home, which reflect the huge flaws in Westbrook and let people see the huge potential of Harden.

Before the start of the Western Conference Finals series, the war of words between Westbrook and Tony Parker added a bit of color to the battle between the two point guards. In the first two games of the series, Parker and Westbrook were both dominants of the court, and both were the team's top ball-possessing players, but "French Sportsman" was able to win two games in a row for the Spurs.

In Game 3, the Thunder changed tactics again, and head coach Brooks took back possession of Willis just like he did against the Mavericks last season, allowing him to focus more on playmaking and defense, while giving Harden more of the ball. So in the third game, as long as Harden was on the court, this bearded man was holding the ball and combing the team, and Wei Shao was completely invisible, but this allowed the Thunder to pull back a game.

If just one game doesn't mean anything, then even if Harden doesn't feel good in Game 4, Brooks still trusts the bearded man very much, and the latter has become Durant's best helper in the key game in the fourth quarter. But Westbrook had to "disappear" again in the fourth quarter under the team's strategy, which made way for Durant and Harden to perform.

In the end, it proved once again that the choice was wise, with Harden doing his job brilliantly and Durant taking over the game to lead the Thunder to another crucial victory.

In the first two games, Wei Shao's possession and number of shots were the first in the team, but the team lost one after another; In the last two games, after the Thunder deprived Wei Shao of the ball, the Thunder immediately won consecutive games.

So the question is, who is the cancer?

This is evidenced by Westbrook's stats, which took 24 and 21 shots in the first two games, which was 5 and 4 more than Durant, respectively, but he only scored 27 and 17 points, while Durant scored 31 and 27 points with fewer shots.

In fact, at this time, many people are questioning Wisbrick's shooting options and his brainless way of handling the ball, it can be said that Wei Shao in the Western Conference Finals has not improved at all compared to last season, and when it comes to key games, he has once again become the team's biggest hidden danger.

But looking at the third and fourth games, Westbrook's shot count plummeted to 15 and 10, and his scoring shrank to a measly 10 and 7 points respectively, and of course his efficiency was still so bad! In contrast, Durant's shots are still not much, only 17 and 20 respectively, but the small bag can still contribute 22 and 31 points. The reduced number of shots from Willis was actually split between Ibaka and Harden, and the end result was a Thunder win in both games.

It's clear who is the cancer now, and Westbrick has been a cancer in the playoffs for three years in a row, and he is not the only one who has been deprived of the ball, and last year Brooks deprived Westbrook of the ball in the Western Conference Finals, which allowed the Thunder to move back two games in front of the Mavericks. Although this year's Wei Shao was more popular in the regular season and played devastating in the first two rounds of the playoffs, when it came to a real tough battle, this young star, who was criticized by experts for having a flawed basketball IQ, still committed the old problem of impulsiveness and brainlessness.

"If I were Durant and let a 'reckless man' take nearly half of the team's shots in the fourth quarter, and I only had a pitiful three shots on 58.8% shooting, then I would tell the coach directly that it was this unequal distribution of shooting opportunities that caused the team to lose hope of a comeback." This is a tweet that Wu Huang used to disgust Wei Shao four days ago, and at that time, many people in the comments below criticized him for not worrying about other people's affairs, let alone so blatantly satirizing other players.

But the direction of the wind in the past two days has suddenly changed, and ninety percent of the new messages are all tweets made before liking Wu Huang, and by the way, follow the Holy Sect Master to complain about Westbrook, like what-Westbrook is really a big cancer...... The Thunder won the game because of him, and lost because of his brainlessness...... If you don't have the strength and want to compete for the boss, if Durant had driven him away......

Well, these comments that followed the trend at the beginning, of course, most of them were the Holy Sect Master's imperial water army, but the ones behind were really melon-eating people who were blown down by the wind, who made Wei Shao's performance in the key game really unbearable, and he was indeed the losing sinner of the Thunder team every year in the past three years, and it was not wrong to say that he was a cancer, so it was too simple for Wu Huang's water army to slander him.

However, Wu Huang did these things not to harm others and himself, because he saw from the process and results of the fourth game that the Spurs were powerless, and the experience of these old guys could no longer contain the impact of the Thunder.

Therefore, after internal analysis of the Knicks, they also believe that the reason why the Thunder pulled back two games was the successful tactical adjustment, Perkins and Ibaka expanded their defensive range, and constantly went out to the outside to defend Parker and Ginobili, and Sofrosa went to change to defend Parker, using height and arm span to limit the Spurs' engine. As a result, the Spurs made consecutive mistakes, constantly allowing the Thunder to play fast breaks, and finally formed a vicious circle that made the Spurs unable to defend themselves.

While the Spurs have made adjustments in Game 4 to avoid an early collapse like the previous one, there are still some weaknesses that cannot be repaired and can be easily caught by opponents. The biggest problem is that the Spurs' offense has suffered a big problem, their blocking and pick-and-roll coordination can't be played, and there are still a lot of mistakes in the offense, which is similar to the performance of the first two games. And the Spurs' breakthrough can no longer rush to the inside, they can only rely on the outside to shoot, so it is very passive, no team really wins only on the outside, including the Knicks also have a lot of breakthroughs and interior offense.

Popovich made a surprise move in the fourth game, the Spurs despised the opponent's interior this time, and chose to focus on Durant and Westbrook, but the result was that Ibaka and Perkins exploded, the Spaniards used a 26 points to severely punish the Spurs' risky tactics, Perkins's 15 points made the Spurs lose money, and the worst thing is that they still failed to prevent Durant after paying such a price, but blocked a Wei Shao who was strategically sacrificed by the Thunder team, and then the team battle was won.

In these two battles, basically the Thunder first sacrificed Wei Shao as soon as they came up, and then Ibaka had no solution, Harden had no solution, Durant had no solution, and the Spurs could only kill a given Wei Shao, and such a team battle really couldn't be won.

Commenting on this matchup, Jeff Van Gundy drew a four-team analogy: "The Spurs really don't look like they're up to the task, while the opponents are better at learning and improving every game. Now among the four teams in the East and West, the Spurs are in the falling channel, the Heat are in the maintenance channel, and the Thunder and Knicks are in the rising channel, which makes the first two teams need to come up with more foundation to pass, but the reality is that the foundation of these two teams has been exhausted, and the subsequent games will be more beneficial to the Knicks and Thunder in the rising channel. ”

The first four games of the Western Conference Finals have been played, and the Thunder and Spurs have played a 2:2 stalemate, now it is necessary to see if there will be a sweep in the Eastern Conference Finals? Although the Heat's chances of qualifying are slim, they still need to win Game 4 for dignity, and a sweep out means that the Big Three will probably not survive 2014, and may fall apart early this summer.

Barkley doesn't think that the Heat will break up if they can't win the championship for two consecutive years, he thinks that if these guys separate because they can't win the championship, it is tantamount to being a deserter, no matter which team they go to in the future, they will be burdened with the identity of a loser and the infamy that they can't win the championship with their thighs, and they will never be able to raise their heads again.

"I dare say if they don't win a championship, they're going to stay with the Heat. But if they win the title, I think they're going to break up because someone needs to prove that they didn't win the championship with their thighs. The big ass is obviously disgusting James, he is no longer out of jealousy or hatred or anything like that, it is completely on behalf of the newly formed elderly heavenly group to speak out for his behind-the-scenes boss.

Charles Barkley, Shaquille O'Neal, Kenny Smith, Isiah Thomas, Patrick Ewing, Scottie Pippen, these six people have formed a team of senior citizens, and they will be full of money in the world in the summer, especially in Asia is their main target for money, this so-called group of the elderly still has a large market in Asia, but this needs the appeal of Emperor Wu to boost, and it also needs to be promoted by the connections behind Emperor Wu, so it is absolutely brain-dead if you don't help Emperor Wu speak.

The New York media didn't care much about the Knicks' fourth game before the game, it's good to win, but it's nothing if they lose, so they can advance to the finals at their home stadium and receive the Eastern Conference championship trophy at home, so the New York media and fans didn't put too much pressure on the team before the game, and it doesn't matter if they win or lose this game.

The New York Times reported before the game: With the Eastern Conference finals three games over, Hugo is increasingly showing his super leadership in the playoffs, we are amazed by the steady play of Gasol, David West and Iguodala, and we are also amazed by the efficiency of Battier, Tony Allen, Whiteside and others, but behind the name of this group, Hugo's calm organization of offense, as well as desperate defense, and equally efficient scoring.

The third game of the Knicks against the Heat can be compared to the fourth game of the Spurs vs. the Thunder in the Western Conference finals yesterday. By the time the game entered Game 3, everyone was already very familiar with each other, just as Duncan, Parker, Ginobili, Durant, and Westbrook couldn't play as they wanted, and Hugo, Gasol, James, and Wade couldn't play as they wanted. At this point, it's time for a third person in the team to step up, the last one was Tony Allen, Iguodala and Bosh, so who will step up in the fourth?

Miami media no longer have any expectations for their own team, some media in the street interview, found that even Miami fans have been very pessimistic, casually ask 10 people, almost 5 are not optimistic that the Heat can take the game to the fifth, the other 5 people also think that even if the Heat win the fourth game, it is meaningless, they still can't advance in the end, because no one can never stage a comeback when they are 0:3 behind.

Wu Huang began to keep a low profile before the game, but he was definitely deliberately disgusting this time, and only listened to the Holy Sect Master's eloquent talk at the pre-game press conference of the fourth game: "The away game has always been difficult to play, especially in the face of the Heat, it is not surprising to lose a game, so we didn't put too much pressure on ourselves in the fourth game." ”

"Huh? Isn't that right, didn't he say that the day before yesterday? As soon as the Miami media heard this, they immediately felt that something was wrong, it seemed that after the third game, this girl was crazy, and said that the Heat was out of play, and the Knicks were going to sweep the promotion in the fourth game...... Why didn't you suddenly change your mouth today and put too much pressure on yourself? Does this guy remember what he said the day before yesterday?

"What's wrong? Did I say something the day before yesterday? Wu Huang asked with a confused expression in the face of questions from the Miami media, it seems that he really doesn't remember what he said two days ago?

The Miami media first followed Wu Huang in a daze, but then someone reacted, "Damn, this bastard isn't deliberately mocking us, is he?" The reporters in Miami quickly reacted, Wu Huang was obviously mocking him for not taking the Heat to heart at all, so he even forgot what he said in a blink of an eye, because he didn't care at all, this was of course a disguised ridicule of the Heat in the eyes of the Knicks for having no sense of existence at all.

"It's too lacking in morality!" The New York media laughed evilly, their Holy Sect leader wilted and wilted, this kind of sarcastic way is rare in the NBA, and it is worthy of the existence that is said to have an IQ of 150+.

Well, the devil knows from which horn did the news of Emperor Wu's IQ of more than 150 come from? But since the beginning of this season, there have been rumors that Wu Huang's IQ ranks first among all players in the NBA.

The order of events is this, first of all, several small media outlets spread the inside information that the average IQ of NBA players is only 83. Then several experts from ESPN and Sports Illustrated also exposed the news, making it seem as if the two sports media giants had also proved that the news was true.

Now the global sports media have begun to reprint the news, and they have all hung the words "ESPN expert" at the front of the article to prove the authenticity of the news. But in fact, the ESPN has not released this news in the official news at all, the so-called ESPN expert, who knows who this expert is? And ESPN doesn't have much else, it's just that its experts can't be counted in a bunch, so even ESPN itself can't figure out the inside story of which bastard is exposed.

But there are more people who spread something, and fake news will slowly become true news, so later even ESPN itself came to a very undisciplined report that "according to the media's test of the IQ of NBA players, the average IQ of NBA players is only 83", but they left themselves clear.

At this time, the IQ rankings of NBA players were also exposed one by one by the news of the so-called "experts" and "insiders", and it is no surprise that Wu Huang is at the top of these lists, and what "Holy Sect Master IQ 150+", "NBA's strongest brain" and other news emerge in endlessly.

Of course, the content of these reports is also made up, whether it is a big media or a small media, everyone is talking nonsense with their eyes open. However, in order to prove that they are not open-mouthed, these guys invariably listed Wu Huang in the first place, and then in the later rankings, they will play freely according to the brain-dead things that these players have done off the field, so as to distinguish their own sources more reliable.

After a long time, Wu Huang's NBA IQ No. 1 title was confirmed by word of mouth, so that now even the source of Wu Huang's fake news thinks that his IQ is really so high?

"Maybe the Heat are really getting farther and farther away from the Finals, but can't the Heat really win against the Knicks? I don't believe that despite Wade's poor form in Game 3, I still have full confidence in him, he will not let the Eastern Conference Finals end so quickly, I believe that this Heat team will still resist stubbornly, and what must be done in this is to win, and they must restore their confidence as soon as possible. "Mourning, whether he really has confidence in the Heat, or he is only hard-mouthed, at this time he has to make a voice to support his team.

God operator Riley also made a rare voice before the game, he thinks that the current Heat is doing a good job on defense, but there seems to be some problems on offense, James and Wade always have to awkwardly receive the ball and shoot, and the Heat actually rely more on Bosh to complete the transfer task in the third game, which is abnormal. So what the Heat have to do now is to rely on Jawe to connect the team's offense, especially Wade's assists are significantly lower than his regular level, so Wade's lethality is only half, and the Heat need two outside cores to take turns organizing the offense.

"I'm not on doping and I can get tested." In addition to some bizarre news flying around in the past two days, there are also a lot of rumors about Bosh doping in the last game, and even so-called internal sources revealed that Bosh's comeback was completely because of the use of doping to perform so well.

At this moment, if you look at Bosh in the third game, he really did a great job in that game, a little unstoppable and invincible. But in the face of a newly returned Bosh, it is inevitable that some people will be criticized, especially when there are more and more doping scandals in the doubtful league, and it is not surprising that there are many people who doubt Bosh. In addition, in the regular season and the first two rounds of the playoffs, Bosh did not act like the Big Three many times, and even disappointed the Heat very much, and there was a consideration of trading him. But in today's Eastern Conference Finals, Bosh is judged to be two after his comeback, which is a bit strange.

Spoelstra was outraged by the doubts, saying: "I strongly do not believe that Chris would use doping, it is not necessary and impossible, and this kind of questioning is blasphemous to him." Although many players have used banned drugs before, Chris absolutely has nothing to do with them, he has strength, the reason why he didn't show it in the regular season is because James and Wade shared more of his responsibilities, Chris has been sacrificing his data for the team, but this does not mean that he can't show such bright data, you must know that he is not uncommon in the Raptors such data. ”

The Filipino believes, "If you have to say that Chris has something to do with doping, then I think he was only stimulated by this kind of 'doping', that is, you have always doubted his strength, that is, the Knicks provoked him to fight back, that is, he did not deserve the title of giant, these are his real 'doping', is the driving force for him to explode." At the same time, Spoelstra also stressed that "the Heat can't rely on James and Wade alone, Bosh knows he has to step up, but he didn't find a chance before, and now he has found the best time, so don't doubt his quality." If we want to fight for that chance, Chris still has to play in the last game tonight. ”

However, this is just Spoelstra's wishful thinking, Bosh was obviously affected by the doping rumors today, and the Knicks' defensive strategy today was deliberately changed to target him and Wade because of this rumor, which made Bosh in trouble from the beginning of the game, and it was difficult to play in the last game.

The Knicks' defensive strategy is not shrewd, and the pressure on Bosh today must be not small, because he must not perform badly today, otherwise the contrast between the two games before and after is too large, and it will make people suspect that he used doping in the last game. But this kind of pressure is not a good thing for Bosh, and it is easy for him to perform worse under pressure, and thus fall into an endless cycle where many people will think that he is really doping. (To be continued.) )