"Also, old man, don't forget, our players' fighting spirit does not need any doubt, in the regular season, we formed an absolute psychological advantage for the Warriors, Tony's accidental injury, did catch us off guard, but, who can deny it, this further inflamed the players' fighting spirit"

"I may not be sure about the others, but at least the following two guys will definitely make the Warriors uncomfortable," Popovich pointed to Jin Feng and Leonard, who were training on the first floor of the training hall.

"After your analysis, I really became confident in an instant, okay, I hope we can be like a bamboo"

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Two hours later, at the Spurs training gym, all the players except for the injured Parker came to the gym for training.

In the office on the second floor, after Popovich and Messina finished breakfast, they got up and walked to the first floor, and then clapped their hands to let everyone concentrate.

"Players, I know that Toney's unexpected injury caught everyone off guard, and I was like everyone else, and for a moment, I thought we were done this season, but, calm down, I don't think we're done, except for Tony, we still have very strong quality, we can still beat the Warriors and win the championship."

"So, I hope that from now on, everyone can focus and put all their energy into preparing for the Western Conference Finals."

"Then next, according to my tactical arrangement, we will start the intra-team simulation competition......"

As Popovich expected, the Spurs showed a strong fighting spirit and did a great job in the rest of the training, and did not collapse due to Parker's unexpected injury.

In fact, it's not difficult to understand, being able to play for the Spurs proves that the players are very good psychologically, maybe Tony Parker's unexpected injury made everyone very angry, but this anger will only last for a while, not for a long time.

Seeing the players sweating and preparing for the game, Popovich was also greatly relieved and showed a relieved smile.

That night, Game 5 of the series between the Warriors and the Rockets was played off at Oracle Arena, the home of the Warriors.

As expected before the game, the Warriors, who had the overall strength and returned to their home court, didn't give the Rockets much chance from the beginning of the game.

Kevin Durant, in particular, was on fire from the beginning of the game, scoring 17 points in the first quarter and leading the Warriors to a huge lead in the first quarter.

Throughout the game, the Warriors always suppressed the Rockets by a large score, even if James Harden frantically cut a big double-double of 43 points and 15 assists throughout the game, it didn't help.

In front of the powerful Golden State Warriors, James Harden can only leave a lonely image of a lonely warrior in the end.

In the end, the Golden State Warriors defeated the Houston Rockets by a big score and also advanced to the Western Conference finals 4:1.

Of course, unlike the Spurs, this is the third consecutive season that the Golden State Warriors have advanced to the Western Conference Finals.

Another difference from the Spurs is that the Golden State Warriors are fully healthy and advance to the Western Conference Finals, and they don't want the Spurs to accidentally lose a big player.

With the Warriors vs. Rockets series coming to an end, the four teams in the East and West that have advanced to the division finals have also been announced.

The west is the Spurs and Warriors, and the east is the Cavaliers and Celtics.

And in these two sets of matchups, there is no doubt that the matchup between the Western Spurs and the Warriors is more interesting and suspenseful, even if the Spurs lose Tony Parker.

Because everyone understands that as long as there is LeBron James in the East, in addition to his team, it will be difficult for other teams to break out of the East in the past ten seasons, and even in recent seasons this domination has been suppressive.

The challenger once had the "Big Three" Green Army Celtics, the challenger failed, challenged the Chicago Bulls led by the once very powerful Phoenix City Rose Rose, the challenger once also had the Big Three, the Indiana Pacers, who once had the Big Three, and the Toronto Raptors, who once had the garbage brothers, still failed.

Now that the Celtics have experienced a few seasons of slumps, there is a great potential for them to return as kings, but everyone understands that it will be difficult for the new Celtics, led by the smallest man on the surface 175, to push away the domination of LeBron James, at least not this season.

"Haha, just like Michael once did, LeBron has left a lot of his contemporaries alone for their lives, especially those who play for Eastern teams, who may never be crowned"

"Of course, there is an objective fact that LeBron's dominance is only limited to the East, at least the dominance of his team is only limited to the East, this statement is well-founded, look at the Cleveland Cavaliers' regular season record in recent seasons, if the Cavaliers are in the West, not to mention the first place in the division, the top three may not necessarily have the Cavaliers, the competition in the West is too fierce"

"Also, if LeBron, he plays for the team in the West, maybe he really won't be able to make it to the Finals for seven consecutive seasons"

"Now there is such a unified understanding outside, that is, the winner of the Western Conference championship wins, like last season's Finals Warriors accidentally overturned, in fact, it is absolutely avoidable, LeBron James's performance against the sky in the Finals last season is terrifying, but it cannot be denied that injuries give the Cavaliers a chance"

"It's the same this season, look at the two teams in the Western Conference Finals, so far, their odds to win the championship are higher than the Cavaliers, they are also stronger than the Cavaliers in terms of lineup configuration and chemistry, and even when we can't deny it, the Houston Rockets, who have just been eliminated by the Warriors, also have the strength to fight with the Cavaliers"

"So we have reason to say that the Western Conference Finals are more interesting, so let's wait and see, Tony Parker's accidental injury is a huge blow to the San Antonio Spurs, but the old spurs are by no means a team that any team can underestimate at will, the reason why the San Antonio Spurs can become the most successful team in the NBA in the 21st century, tough, is definitely one of the very important factors"

"Maybe the toughness of the San Antonio Spurs is not as obvious as the toughness of the Memphis Grizzlies, and it is not as tough as the tough of the Pistons Army, but ask Kobe Bryant, who has retired, and Pat Riley, who is still the emperor of the Heat, and they will tell you how tough the San Antonio Spurs are!"

"Warriors head coach Kerr used to play for the Spurs, he should know what a tough team the Spurs are, and he will definitely take the Western Conference Finals against the Spurs very seriously......"

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