"At 8 o'clock this morning, the NBA officially announced the roster of those selected for this season's All-Defensive Team. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Anthony Davis, Norris Noll, DeAndre Jordan, Caron Butler, and Kawaii Leonard were selected to the first team, of which Noll, Leonard and Davis all received all the first votes, which is a rare situation that can reflect the fact that the league's defense is constantly getting better.

Chris Paul, Paul George, Mike Conley, Drummond, LeBron James were named in the second team. ”

The next day, on the 21st, another award of the season was announced, and 10 players were named to the All-Defensive Team, which is a very big honor. The Lakers only had Noll as the best defensive player to receive the accolade, and the name of Leonard, who played phenomenal defense in the playoffs, also appeared in it. Of course, LeBron James, who has been named to the All-Defensive Team for the seventh time in his career, and for the seventh year in a row. It is worth mentioning that in the previous six times, James was selected for the first team. Such an accolade is definitely a testament to James' strong individual defensive ability.

It seems that in the playoffs that are now in full swing, James and his Cavaliers are definitely the biggest threat on the road to defending the Lakers' title.

And judging from the current situation, the chances of the Lakers and the Cavaliers meeting in the Finals are very high.

Although the Eastern and Western Finals are still a bit long, fans around the world are already looking forward to Kobe Bryant and James meeting again on the Finals stage.

However, in the face of such voices, the Thunder and Pistons expressed their dissatisfaction, and the players on these two teams have expressed their confidence in various ways and ways.

Westbrook and Durant have made remarks through the media, saying that they will win two games at home to tie the score at 2-2, and at the same time, they believe that the Thunder still have a big advantage. And Westbrook is even more arrogant, he will break the Lakers' guard line, and this year is the best opportunity for the Thunder to return to the Finals stage.

The meaning of Westbrook's words is obvious, that is, Kobe Bryant is not there, this Lakers team is not dominant, although there are many teams in the West that can threaten the Thunder, but now that it is the Western Conference Finals, the only threat is the Lakers. And it is precisely Kobe Bryant who suffered an injury and could not return, and the Lakers' No. 1 position became a fatal flaw, so it is indeed as Westbrook said, this is the best time for the Thunder to return to the Finals.

However, although the Lakers do not have Kobe, will it be as easy as Westbrook said?

On the night of the All-Defensive Team award, the Lakers played Game 3 against the Thunder at the Chesapeake Energy Arena, and it was a very intense game, and the excitement was absolutely hard to describe. Dewey did deliver on their words and played very well on both ends of the floor. Meanwhile, Lamb, Jones and Serge Ibaka have all played well. It stands to reason that if the Thunder team has played to this point, then winning is inevitable.

However, it has to be said that the Lakers' luck is still better than that of the Thunder. In this crucial encounter, the Lakers showed unprecedented resilience and tenacity, and no matter how strong the Thunder's offense was, the Lakers always had players who could step up and help the Lakers withstand the pressure. And at the last critical moment, Chu Xuan made a wonderful tactical arrangement to help the Lakers complete the key ball to overtake the score, and then Durant missed, and the Lakers won the game.

It was a game that played 53 minutes, and the Lakers beat the Thunder 115-114 after an overtime. The intensity of the game was high, and both sides showed their determination to win the victory. However, because the Lakers did a very good job of protecting rebounds, the Thunder still failed to win the first game of the series in the end.

Losing the third game means that the Thunder are down 0:3, which is a very bad situation.

No one talks about how good Westbrook is with 30 points and 10 assists, and no one praises Durant's amazing performance of 20 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 5 blocks and 5 steals. Everyone is talking about the Thunder this season, and I'm afraid it's going to be empty again. Because in the case of falling behind 0:3, it is very, very difficult for the Thunder to turn the tables from the Lakers. Let's not talk about whether the Lakers have a complete lineup, because as long as Chu Xuan exists, it is obvious that he will not be overturned for 4 consecutive games.

After the game, ESPN analyzed the key to the Lakers' victory.

The first, and most important, is the 53-43 rebounding advantage, of which in the offensive rebound, the Lakers lead 13-6. In this case, the Lakers led the Thunder by a full 14 times in the number of shots 91-77. Actually, really speaking, the Thunder played really well. You know, being able to almost win the game while trailing 14 shots can fully explain the overall strength of the Thunder. And in the end, the loss can only be said that the Thunder's luck is a little insufficient.

Second, that is, LaVine and Knoll broke out together on the offensive end, in this game, LaVine scored a playoff high 30 points, and although Noll was not able to limit Durant as in the last game, he also contributed 24 points on the offensive end, which helped the Lakers a lot.

There was a lot of luck in this game that the Lakers did win.

However, a victory is a victory, and the Lakers got the match point, and they are only one last win away from the Finals.

And for Kobe, the 7th Finals trip of his career is also close at hand.

When the Western Conference finals came to this, the outside world's speculation focused on how many more games the Lakers needed to win the Thunder, and of course, there were also some voices that supported the Thunder to create a miracle and beat the Lakers in four consecutive games.

"It's never going to happen, and if it did, I think I'd quit immediately." Chu Xuan vetoed this conjecture with great certainty in an interview.

Hearing this, Westbrook responded: "Nothing is impossible, and I think for me, there is no greater joy than having a coach lose his job in the NBA." ”

Chu Xuan didn't care and said with a smile: "Russell is really naïve, maybe he doesn't know, I'm already thinking about my next opponent." ”

In this way, Chu Xuan is a little irritating to Westbrook, but he is also doing it, because he is 100% confident that the Lakers will advance. And paying attention to the situation of the Eastern Conference Finals is naturally what he has to do. However, what surprised Chu Xuan was that on the second day after the end of the third game of the Western Finals, the Pistons defeated the Cavaliers at home and pulled the score to 2:2.

In this case, this year's finals seem to be a bit interesting. (To be continued.) )