As Westbrook's mother, Shannon Holden has been refreshed recently, and in a recent interview with ESPN, Shannon Holden made no secret of her support for her son. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

On the show, the host first threw a question to Shannon Holden: "Do you think your son can be a better player than Hugo?" In this regard, Shannon Holden did not hesitate to say: "Of course I believe that he is better than that guy!" I've always thought so! ”

Shannon Holden then shared some thoughts on this year's Grand Finale.

She said that when the first game of the Finals between the Oklahoma City Thunder and the New York Knicks was about to start, she was very nervous, but it was Westbrook, who was about to play, who came to let her relax.

'I was really nervous, but Russell told me he was fine and it was just one game. You know, I've never seen him more calm than he was then. At the end of the interview, Shannon Holden also talked about the Knicks' players. According to her own mouth, Hugo is the player he hates the most on the Knicks, because this guy will always judge Thunder players, especially his son, who always provokes him, as if he is the senior of this team. But in reality, he is just a 22-year-old hairy kid, and he is not qualified to point fingers at other people, especially his son.

"He's been doing this all the time, and I dare say he's the most hated guy in the league," said Shannon Holden, "and he's been very unfriendly to my son and his teammates, it's his upbringing, he should learn to be smart and keep his mouth shut before the game." ”

Wu Huang didn't want to deal with this kind of low-end attack, but he couldn't bear it anymore because he was sprayed with a tutor, so the angry Holy Sect Master mocked on Twitter: "The major stars in the NBA have a variety of different growth paths, but behind the success of these men, there is often a mother who supports him." So we can see why Russell is called a cancer and why he will never succeed. Wu Huang's poisonous tongue is not comparable to ordinary people, even he is afraid, just listen to him continue: "We all know that there are many players' mothers who will cheer for their sons on the field, but Russell's mother is obviously more energetic, and I think she is about to influence the pattern of the league." However, I suggest that she have time to participate in more charity activities, and if she must participate in talk shows, it is better to know what she is going to say before then, and it is not a good thing to pit her son. ”

To be honest, in the NBA league, not all mothers are so reassuring, such as James and Xiaosi's mothers can always cause all kinds of problems that cause them to be anxious and don't know how to deal with them.

Emperor Wu's parents are different, they always stand behind their son, silently support, and never cause trouble for their son.

But when it comes to the Thunder, even the Knicks themselves didn't expect that the Thunder would be able to solve the Spurs who won two games at lightning speed, just like their name. But when the Knicks came back from their surprise, they were still snickering, because the last thing they wanted to provoke in the West was the Spurs, and now that this most perfect imaginary enemy was defeated by another self, this is actually good news.

Now, standing in front of them in the finals is the Thunder team that is very similar to their previous two seasons, facing themselves in the mirror, the Knicks' chances of winning are really not small, because the Thunder Sanshao is best at playing fast whirlwinds and defensive counterattacks, but this team's positional battle is still very poor, and at the same time, the defense has reached the level of last year's Knicks, don't look at their inner line has an Ibaka and Perkins, but the outside defense is much worse than the Knicks, and more importantly, in defensive awareness, The Thunder players are more than one step behind the Knicks.

As in previous years, expert predictions ahead of the Finals were particularly noteworthy, and as expected, most of ESPN's pundits voted for the New York Knicks. The reason is very simple, the Thunder are too similar to last year's Knicks, and D'Antoni may not be able to handle the Spurs, but if you want to ask him how to defend the fast-playing whirlwinds and how to defend small-ball tactics, he still has a lot of experience in this regard.

Although the Thunder's shocking comeback of four consecutive wins has made this team imposing, the Knicks have a natural psychological advantage against the Thunder. In the last three years, the Thunder have won only once in six meetings in the regular season, and only once even in the preseason. And Wu Huang on different occasions, such as the Rookie Challenge and the All-Star Game, has defeated Durant, Westbrook and Harden's Western Army 5 times in a row, which makes the Thunder three young people inevitably feel empty when they see Wu Huang, because the opponent they are about to face is almost every battle to win themselves, to say that they have not been beaten out of the shadow in their hearts, it is estimated that even the Oklahoma fans themselves do not believe it.

ESPN listed several sets of counterpoint analysis before the game, as well as several highlights and mysteries of this year's finals -

1. Hugo will be FMVP.

There are no question marks on this question, and it is believed that the Great Holy Master can handle everything, as he himself said in the Eastern Conference Finals - don't worry if you have a problem, just leave it to him.

In this year's playoffs, Hugo mentioned the most that he was very satisfied with this season, although everyone's goal is to win the championship and defend the title, but this pressure is just for him to carry alone, success is of course happy for everyone, but failure will be his responsibility.

Well, it's good to hear that, but it's a very positive sign that Hugo's mindset is settled. In terms of strength, Hugo is the first person in the alliance today, and the Thunder Sanshao cannot be compared with it alone; Empirically, he's been a three-year playoff veteran, and this is his second time in the Finals. Although he has only played for three years, Hugo has seen more on the big stage than the Thunder combined.

So, the conclusion is that the fans just need to wait for the Holy Master to come up with the MVP performance, and then take away the championship and the FMVP trophy.

2. Can Kevin Durant average 30 points per game?

Hugo is the first man in the league, and Durant is the first offensive man in the league other than Hugo. This young guy has been honing his scoring skills since he entered the league. Once he touches the game, then the Thunder will be very difficult to beat. This season, at home, in games where Durant scored 30+ points, the Thunder had a 9-2 record, which is a very convincing number. And, as soon as Durant is in offensive mode, the Knicks are bound to wrap him up, which opens up opportunities for other teammates. Compared with Hugo, Durant's task is lighter, and we don't have strict requirements for him to win the championship, so we can naturally expect more from him in terms of scoring, and fans can also look forward to the scoring battle between Durant and Hugo.

3. Can Russell Westbrook defeat his demons?

Westbrook is young, and he's often fouled on the court, but now he should know exactly how to play for the team's victory, and he's probably the most explosive 193-centimeter guard in league history.

We all know that the person Westbrook hates the most, but also fears the most, is Hugo.

It was an enemy he had never won head-on, the only game the Thunder won against the Knicks, but Westbrook was as invisible as the third, fourth and fifth games against the Spurs, it was Harden who controlled the tempo in that game, and it was Durant who attacked the team for the team, but nothing happened to him.

Therefore, Hugo has always been his inner demon, which is already known to the world.

In the Finals, the Knicks and Hugo will definitely find ways to reduce Westbrook's speed, but the Holy Master can't focus on defense, in addition to putting pressure on Westbrook's breakthrough with his feet, I believe that Hugo can only choose between defensive breakthroughs or shots, so this is Westbrook's chance to complete redemption in terms of statistics.

In fact, if Westbrook's poor performance in the Western Conference Finals is excluded, his jump shot has improved significantly this season, and his 15-foot to 18-foot jump accuracy makes Westbrook even better than Ray Allen. Therefore, if Hugo wants to prioritize the team's offense, and at the same time score points with Durant from time to time, then the defense against Westbrook must be put last, and maybe this will allow Westbrook to play at an unexpected level.

4. Sergi Ibaka's role at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends.

The Thunder's firepower is ferocious, but if they want to beat the Knicks, these offensive points are still not enough, and Ibaka had a miracle of shooting 11 in Game 4 against the Spurs, if he can contribute about 15 points per game, then the Thunder's firepower on the offensive end is enough, otherwise it will be a bit difficult for them to beat the defending champions.

But the problem is that Ibaka's mid-range shooting has only just been practiced this season, so don't expect him to play like this every game. After all, Ibaka's job is on the defensive end. Against Western Conference teams, Ibaka's movement speed, reach, and defensive awareness can be a headache for most opponents.

But the Knicks aren't slow to move inside, and if D'Antoni uses Gasol to play against Ibaka, the defending champions will have a height advantage.

Therefore, when the Thunder and the Knicks are playing inside, it will be crucial whether Ibaka can make the opponent feel uncomfortable.

Overall, the Knicks' interior offense is excellent, and the defense is not ambiguous, this series will be a big test for the Thunder's interior line, if they can't withstand the Knicks' interior offense, the pressure on the three less will be unprecedentedly huge, and the Thunder will have the possibility of rout from the inside to the outside, just like the process of the Heat falling.

5. How will the outside showdown between the two teams be staged?

A mention should be made of Sephorosa, who has played Bryant, Parker and Ginobili in the last two rounds, and has completed his defensive duties with his signature Swiss clock-like precision pace + long arm swing. But in the Finals, he will face the backup offensive point Iguodala and the sixth man Gallinari, and the Knicks don't actually rely on the offense of these two to win, so the Thunder's best defender on the perimeter will not be able to find the mission target, and Sephorosa will face the embarrassment of having no place to use his skills. Of course, he could have been misplaced to defend Hugo, but Sefrosa's footwork wasn't up to the task, so the Thunder are likely to have Harden as the starter in the Finals, just as Popovich did in the final two games of the Western Conference Finals.

But the problem is that such a lineup will inevitably lead to other more troublesome problems, such as the most difficult issue of ball possession - if Harden goes to start, will Westbrook have to be invisible from the first minute of the first game? But if Harden is not given the ball, then his utility will be greatly reduced, and Harden's defense may not be able to defend Iguodala, and the Thunder's outside line has faced a lot of embarrassment from the beginning.

From this point of view: the Knicks' perimeter can cause a lot of problems for the Thunder's perimeter, and the versatility of Iguodala, Battier, Tony Allen, and Danny Green on the defensive end will make the Thunder all three less covered. For example, Tony Allen is the best at defensive two-way guards, while Westbrook and Harden are technically two-way guards in this range, so Tony Allen will inevitably be reused by the Knicks in this round.

Battier and Iguodala are both very suitable candidates to defend Durant in the regular season, and although Danny Green does not have many opportunities to play, the North Carolina star can also be competent in defending Durant or Harden, so everyone in the Thunder will face at least two defensive threats from the Knicks, and D'Antoni can make a variety of options depending on the situation on the court and the state of the players, and he can play far more cards than Brooks. It is said that the Knicks' rotation strategy is that almost every outside player can play against any of the opponent's outside players except for two insiders, so the Finals are likely to be full of all kinds of difficult heads-up skill demonstrations.

It's also worth mentioning here that both the Thunder and Knicks are the best teams in the league at making free throws, so ...... Perkins, Collisson, Ibaka, Gasol, David West, Monroe and others are going to be very, very scary in this series. By the way, after Harden and Ginobili faked the last round, he will bring Fisher and Hugo to show off his acting skills in this round.

6. Can the Knicks win two home courts? Will they win two more games in Oklahoma City after that? That is, will it be swept away?

Knicks fans believe their team can win Game 1, Game 5, or even Game 7, but the task of continuing to "sweep" is a little harder.

Now for the New York Army, if they want to win the championship, they must not let the Thunder get 2 points at home, and at the same time, they can't lose a game at home, especially the win or loss of the first game, which will have a great impact on the morale of both sides. Therefore, the Knicks will definitely do their best to get off to a good start.

If supplemented by relatively rich experience, the first game against the Knicks is the most promising, but in the next few games, the two sides should have a fight and each has its own gains. Then the most important game will be Game 5 and Game 1, and the more veteran Knicks will play to their advantage in this watershed battle, so Game 5 and maybe Game 7 will be more favorable to the Knicks.

What the Thunder have to fight for is other games, such as grabbing a home court in the second game and trying to win all of them when they return to the home court, only then can they have hope of beating the Knicks, but in general, the Knicks have a better chance of winning the championship.

7. This finals will be a duel between two small-ball tactical executors, is this link the experienced D'Antoni old and cunning, or Brooks, the young marshal more wise?

Coach duel, this is one of the focuses of the finals, the Thunder team chose to play small-ball tactics according to the style of Sanshao, and since two years ago, they have insisted on playing small-ball tactics and playing shelling! At the same time, defensive counterattack and pick-and-roll offense are also the main weapons of the Thunder to kill the enemy, and Brooks also tailored a series of off-ball running tactics for Durant, which further enriched their offensive system.

Now this Thunder, in addition to not playing well in positional battles, can be said to have mastered most of the Knicks' tactics in the first two seasons, and they used this kind of blow-up thunder offensive to go all the way to the finals.

But when they are only one step away from the championship trophy, they need to come up with more brilliant tactical arrangements to help the team realize their championship dreams, because most of the tactics they are using now are leftovers from the first two years of the defending champions, and now the Knicks have begun to eliminate the tactical system of blindly seeking speed, they have only retained the essence of the first two seasons of rapid counterattack and blocking and dismantling offense this season, and the number of offensive battles in positional battles this season has increased significantly. After landing on the ground, all kinds of small cooperation also rely on the player's own delicate skills to become more and more. It can be said that now this Knicks can choose to play fast or slow at will, or a more advanced style of play that combines fast and slow, according to the characteristics of the opponent, which makes the Knicks obviously stronger than the Thunder team in terms of changes in the lineup.

In addition, the Knicks' defense also has more varieties and extensions than the Thunder, they can freely choose the pack, help defend the opponent's strong points and protect the interior through the overall good stretch and pressing defense, and at the same time can quickly cover the opponent's outside firepower as needed, causing mistakes and seizing opportunities to play efficient defensive counterattacks.

Now Brooks has less than three days to decide how to deal with the Knicks' more balanced starting lineup, how to allocate rotation time for his role players, especially whether the second team is smooth, which directly determines the effectiveness of the Thunder and Knicks.

Finally, if the Thunder win the championship, Perkins and Muhammad will have two rings, Fisher will have a sixth ring, and he will also be Robert Horry II to be remembered by future generations, and a role player will be considered a legend like him.

On June 7, the league officially announced the schedule for the 2011-2012 Finals:

June 9, New York Knicks vs. Oklahoma City Thunder - Madison Square Garden, PM, 20:30.

June 11, New York Knicks vs. Oklahoma City Thunder - Madison Square Garden, PM, 20:30.

June 13, New York Knicks vs. Oklahoma City Thunder - Chesapeake Energy Arena, PM, 20:00.

June 15, New York Knicks vs. Oklahoma City Thunder - Chesapeake Energy Arena, PM, 20:00.

June 18, New York Knicks vs. Oklahoma City Thunder - Madison Square Garden, TBD.

June 20, New York Knicks vs. Oklahoma City Thunder - Chesapeake Energy Arena, TBD.

June 23, New York Knicks vs. Oklahoma City Thunder - Madison Square Garden, TBD.

Once in the Finals, the league has finally extended the schedule a bit, with two days off in between each of the first four games, but only if the Thunder can hold out until Game 5.

Wu Huang is not very happy here, after he satirized Wei Shao's mother, Twitter and Facebook were criticizing him for a while, which made him very incomprehensible, why can the other party blatantly scold himself for being fine, but he was criticized and questioned for two sarcastic sentences?

The Thunder players didn't continue to bother with Wu Huang on this matter, but Durant complained about Battier's blindfolded defense before the game.

It's no secret that Battier started blindfolding his hands in the middle of his career, and his hand has had a big impact on players who focus on shooting, and Durant is just that player. Although Xiao Bag didn't score a lot against Battier, he was still disgusted by this kind of defense, so before leaving for New York, Durant openly said that he "hated" it.

However, Durant didn't expect that Battier is usually known for getting along well, but that doesn't mean he won't be psychologically warn, especially this time it's about the Finals, about the most important ring in the eyes of the player, so Battier quickly shot back: "Is that what he said? Then I'm sorry, because Kobe Bryant never said that, James never said that, Maddie never said that, and Hugo didn't say that...... I'm a veteran, so I've played with a lot of amazing guys, and I know they're all working hard for a championship and never getting distracted, and that's what sets Kevin apart from these guys. ”

Battier said he respects Durant, but Durant's public comments about his defense are still surprising, unlike what a strong man can do.

Later, when asked, is there still such a defender in the league? "One or two people used this trick on me, but their technique was not good and it didn't work," Battier said. But I passed it on to Tony, and Hugo learned it, and I think the two of them can carry it forward. ”

The media expressed their surprise, it is not surprising that Tony Allen will make this move, this guy is a player who makes a living on defense, and it is normal to learn Battier's tricks, but what the hell is Hugo will also do this trick? I've never seen him use this kind of defense, huh?

Wu Huang also expressed his surprise, he didn't expect that his gentleman-like teammate would actually release smoke bombs?! It seems that these old guys are also fighting for the championship, David West and Battier not only did not relax after the Knicks eliminated the Heat, but looked more serious than usual, they really didn't want to miss this great opportunity to win the championship. (To be continued.) )