The Western Conference semifinals are about to begin, and the major media in the United States have also begun to report on it, and several major media have made predictions for the four sets of matchups. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Cavaliers vs. Raptors, this group of matchups is considered to be a matchup without suspense, although the Raptors have "garbage brothers", although last year's Eastern Conference finals, they and the Cavaliers played, but, in the final analysis, the Raptors' hard power and the Cavaliers have a certain gap, and, compared with last year, this year's Cavaliers, the performance in the playoffs is very strong, especially LeBron James, who is even more full of firepower, averaging a triple-double per game, and the mainstream media ESPN believes that the Cavaliers will solve the Raptors within five games.

Wizards vs. Celtics, ESPN thinks the Celtics will use their experience to beat the Wizards, and this series could be over in six games.

Although the Rockets led by James Harden defeated the Warriors away in the regular season, and this season's Rockets are not worse than the Warriors in terms of offensive firepower to a certain extent, but the Rockets are a single-core team after all, and they are inferior to the Warriors in terms of hard power after all

The matchup between the Jazz and the Spurs is set to be the most evenly matched matchup in the second round of the playoffs, of course, the parity referred to here is mainly the parity on the defensive end, both teams are strong defensive teams, and the defensive end is destined to be extremely miserable, of course, the final winner is likely to be the Spurs, after all, in terms of overall strength, the Spurs are dominant.

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Soon, the playoffs were in full swing, with San Antonio, Spurs at home, AT& At the T Center, the stands were already full, and it was clear that when the schedule came to the semifinals of the playoffs, the fans' interest in the game was also growing day by day.

At this time, on the field, the players of both sides also had their final training before the game.

Jin Feng practiced three-point shooting on the outside, and what was more interesting was that he was standing on the left side of the arc, and this area was the area with the highest three-point shooting rate, so next, the fans at the scene saw such a scene, Jin Feng hit 20 three-pointers in a row.

"Huh"

"Huh"

Watching Jin Feng easily and confidently hit three-pointers in a row, the fans at the scene were also boiling, and in the eyes of the fans, Jin Feng is now a very important part of the Spurs.

"Ahaha, China Jin, is this open? What an eye-catcher."

O'Neill shook his head and commented.

"Haha, I'm thinking, China Jin seems to be challenging Stephen Curry from afar, we all know that Stephen guy once did a three-point 50 consecutive hit in training, I watched that video, it's incredible"

Where there's O'Neill, there's Barkley.

"Guys, in fact, I'm quite nervous about the game that will start soon, you know, as Greg said in a previous interview, this series between the Spurs and the Jazz is destined to be a pinnacle defensive battle, such a game, not denying the wonderful picture of physical contact, physical confrontation, but, as you can imagine, the process is destined to be boring" Kenny Smith was the first to open the conversation.

"That's right, I was wondering if the total number of points between the two sides would be 180 in this upcoming game, and to be honest, I just looked at the odds given by the bookmakers and it's clear that they tend to go under, and what's even more incredible is that they give a b/under cut-off point of only 176 points, God, it seems like only the over/under cut-off point that only happens in WNBA games"

"NONO, Charles, you are ignoring a piece of history, the 2004~2005 Finals, the Finals between the Spurs and the Pistons, the same Spinach Company gave similar odds, so, for us, it may be unbelievable, but for Greg's San Antonio Spurs, this is not unfamiliar"

"I really miss it, Shaq, you know, in the 2005 Finals, at that time, you were still a professional player, and Charles and I were witnesses to that series, and we commented on that Finals series, which was the pinnacle matchup between Larry Brown and Grig, the most intense Finals collision in NBA history in the 21st century, and the pinnacle defensive matchup that went down in history."

"Although it is the lowest ratings record, I feel that this kind of game between the two sides and the defense against the teeth and hair really looks very cool. The Jazz and Spurs are the two teams with the strongest defense in the league this season, so the matchup between these two teams may not be as good as the matchup between the Spurs and Pistons in the 05 Finals, but it is still destined to be miserable," Kenny Smith said calmly and contemplatively.

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On the court, Popovich crossed his arms and looked at the disciples who were training on the field, and beside him, Messina was watching with him.

"Greg, you're really going to do this, honestly, it's a risky decision, or rather, it's a little hard to believe"

Messina looked at Popovich with some concern.

"Dude, you can see that if we only rely on conventional tactics, maybe we can still beat the opponent, but we have to think about the next game, or rather, we have to think about the Western Conference Finals, or even the Finals, our opponent will be Golden State, it will be Cleveland, so this requires us to adopt unconventional tactics, win the opponent in the most economical way, and then prepare for the next game."

"Greg, to be honest, I don't have a lot of confidence in the series against the Jazz, but you're already thinking about the next games, isn't it too early?"

"Haha, is it early? Listen, I didn't look down on Sneijder, I didn't look down on the Jazz, but I value them very much, but, to tell you the truth, fight defense, I really don't club, you know, we have a lot of good defensive players, I know, the Jazz also have a lot of good defensive players, but our players are more offensive and defensive, not only can they contribute on the defensive end, but they can also perform on the offensive end, which is better than the opponent......"

No one knows what Messina and Popovich were discussing about, but it is conceivable that in the series against the Jazz, and even, from this game onwards, Popovich had some "special arrangements"

Half an hour later, with the progress of the appearance ceremony, the large electronic screen on the scene played the starting lineups of both sides of the game.

And when the people who followed this game saw Popovich's starting lineup for this game, they all showed an incredible expression, and it was really Popovich's starting lineup that was unbelievable......