706. Strong X is not a warrior who does not oppose **
The Warriors played four games in the second round, and everyone was shocked, which was even more surprising than the Lakers' sweep of the Spurs.
The Spurs were swept by the Lakers, although it was unexpected, but considering that the Lakers are the defending champions, and last year's playoffs had a 16-2 record in the all-time second playoff game, it is normal to have such dominance this year.
But the Warriors actually beat the Thunder and played a big score of 1-3!
If it weren't for Curry's 4 consecutive three-pointers in the final quarter in the second game, the Warriors would have been swept by the Thunder!
The Warriors are no less expected than the Lakers, and the previous two teams with 70 wins have all gone all the way to the championship in the playoffs, and the Warriors are naturally expected to do the same.
But with great expectations comes greater pressure, which is why D'Antoni didn't want his team to continue to shine in the regular season, even giving up on the fight for top spot in the West after the opening eight straight wins were ended by the Warriors.
Except for the paranoid team of the Celtics, all teams are excited when they see the Warriors! Everyone wants to be the protagonist who ends the championship with 70 wins! And the Thunder was originally one of the favorites to win the championship, and they were trying their best to win, and they were even more energetic when they met the Thunder, just like Curry and Thompson wanted to kill Liu Ren, Westbrook also wanted to kill Curry!
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The ancients had a saying that they should not listen to things outside the window, and only read the books of sages and sages.
Not to mention whether it is useless to read the sage book, but every time it comes to his own series, Liu Ren just rushes into the game and has no heart to ask about other things.
It wasn't until he eliminated the Spurs so easily that Liu Ren reacted, it turned out that his side was so strong!
This was not only unexpected by Liu Ren's own expectations, but the Lakers were also taken aback, and then eliminated the Spurs with more confidence.
The Lakers' previous image of the Spurs was the same team that eliminated them in 2013 and 2014 for two consecutive years, only to find that the opponent was not as good as before, and he estimated that it was better than the invincible domination of the playoffs last year!
Liu Ren, who was relaxed after beating the Spurs, finally had the heart to take a look at the situation in the playoffs, see how the opponents of the Western Conference Warriors played, see how they played against real strong opponents in the playoffs, and who was stronger between himself and them.
It doesn't matter if you don't look at it, it's almost scared to pee.
The Warriors are almost eliminated by the Thunder!
1-3 down......
This Warriors are going to end the playoff rhythm early!
In the entire history of the NBA for nearly 70 years, there have been too many cases of falling behind 1-3, and the chances of being able to turn the tables are very small, with an average of three to four playoffs a year when the score is 1-3, and there have been more than 150 times in the entire history of the NBA, and then the lagging side has successfully turned the game back only 9 times...... That's less than a 10% chance!
Although the Warriors have not yet proven themselves in the Finals, their strength is definitely at the top level in history, and it will not be much worse than the Spurs in the past two years and the current Lakers.
But if you hit the thunder...... Liu Ren said he was very excited!
"Sweep...... Swept...... Sweep ......" Liu Ren couldn't help but hum the freestyle song of Moses Malone after sweeping his opponents in 1983......
If the Thunder do knock the Warriors out of the tournament, then the Lakers will benefit the most.
Playing the Thunder is much easier than playing the Warriors, the Lakers have swept the Thunder in the regular season for three consecutive years, and have won nine consecutive regular season games against the Thunder, and the Lakers easily eliminated the Thunder in the last playoff meeting between the two teams.
As for challenging the strong and fighting with the Warriors, of course Liu Ren also wants to, but if he can enter the finals more easily, of course Liu Ren wants to.
There is nothing in the world that is meaningless, and Liu Ren has always believed that even things that seem meaningless must have a reason for their occurrence.
But as a basketball player, Liu Ren thinks that winning the damn championship that left the body of the starless in the second half of his life is the most important and meaningful.
Except for the Warriors and Thunder, who simply made Liu Ren jaw-dropping, the eastern side is relatively normal on the whole.
The 76ers continued the momentum of the dark horse, and the Knicks played a 2-2 draw, the Knicks were overturned at the first home court, and came to the 76ers' home court to snatch the home advantage back, proving that a wave of their own strength is indeed stronger than the 76ers, but the 76ers are difficult to deal with, but from the Knicks' overall strength is stronger and braver, and the 76ers are gradually running out of stamina, and the new things are running out, a little poor donkey skills, the Knicks eliminate the 76ers is a matter of time, After all, the 76ers, who rely on an unexpected but not particularly outstanding fresh style of play, are also a playoff spoiler, similar to the Grizzlies, except that they rely on the offensive end to disrupt the situation, which is quite a bit of the Warriors in the 06-07 season.
The Cavaliers played the Celtics, in fact, the final result is not much doubt, the Cavaliers are definitely the group that advances, so although it is a difficult game, the Cavaliers only lost one game, leading 3-1.
It's just that James is going to see a psychiatrist again after beating the Celtics, and his big brother was almost played by Olynyk's leg, and now he has a bit of a psychological shadow......
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On May 14, several Lakers players and some members of the coaching staff came to Oakland to watch a game between the Warriors and the Thunder.
There's always something about the TV picture that can deceive people, and there's always a shot in front of the TV that you can't see, or something that the cameraman thinks the fans like to watch but the professionals don't appreciate.
Although the odds of the opponent in the Western Conference becoming the Thunder are high, the Lakers still came to Oakland to watch the game, they want to see how the Thunder can beat the Warriors so badly, in terms of strength, the Thunder is far inferior to the Warriors, and they also want to see how the Warriors can lose.
Liu Ren came to the Oracle Center in Auckland for the first time as a non-competitive player and felt something very different.
This is the first time that Liu Ren has not played to go to the game site, and it feels very different.
Speaking of which, the Warriors in this time and space are a little sad compared to Liu Ren's original world, from the popularity of the California region, they were completely abused by the Lakers, even if they play at home, the Lakers go to play away, and half of the Oracle Center supports the Lakers.
First because of the popularity of the Lakers, and then because Oakland is next to San Francisco, which is the city with the most Asian Americans in the United States, and the game with Liu Ren will of course support Liu Ren.
In addition to this, there is also the city where the Warriors are located is Oakland, although Oakland and San Francisco are separated by a bridge, but Oakland's economy is like an iron wall of India's slums and rich areas compared to San Francisco.
This led to the popularity of the Warriors and the hot sale of tickets, but the ticket prices could not be raised, because Oakland's income was like that, and the relevant departments only gave them so much pricing power, so their owners would want to move to San Francisco on the other side of the bridge.
Before the game between the Warriors and the Thunder, the players of both teams saw the people of the Lakers, especially Kobe Bryant and Liu Ren, and they all came over to say hello to the blacks.
Both teams said that it was an honor, and it seemed that this was the first time that the Lakers had gone to the site of the next round of opponents' games to watch the game, which had never been done before, of course, this is related to the fact that Oakland is very close to Los Angeles, and Kobe Bryant lent a helicopter to arrive more than an hour away.
Durant and Liu Ren had a normal relationship, so they said hello and left.
Curry and Thompson stayed a little longer.
"Stephen, there are still three-point shots, are you going to be done here? Wow, it looks like we're going to sweep all the way to the Finals, maybe we can win 16 in a row, so thank you so much to the Thunder. Liu Ren quipped.
"Well, they're just lucky, and you'll see how we kill them later." Thompson, who didn't feel anything wrong with the title of shooting three points, but regarded it as his nickname in Liu Ren's mouth, immediately said excitedly.
"OKOK, you are amazing, I am very interested in seeing how you turn the tables, it is also a good thing that you have turned the tables, you are so tired of playing, there is not much difference between us beating you in the West and playing Thunder." Liu Ren continued to turn on the mouth escape mode, without any sarcasm, but every sentence pierced his heart.
Curry was silent and didn't speak, but his heart was like a knife, just like Liu Ren said, even if they want to turn the tables, they must fight against the Thunder for 7 games, that feeling is called a sour, I really don't know if Bogut, who is white and slow, can keep up with physical fitness, you must know that he is the indispensable core of the Warriors' defense!
I'm so tired!
This is how Curry feels now, he thought that he won the regular season MVP, which was the beginning of smooth sailing and getting the same honor as Liu Ren, but he didn't expect to encounter such a hard stubble as the Thunder.
It's all to blame on these goose village buns!
Curry turned his head to stare at the migrant workers Durant and Turtle Westbrook on the other side's bench, with evil in his eyes, saying that the names of migrant worker Du, Schoolbag Du, and Turtle were all nicknames that he and Thompson overheard Liu Ren when they went to play or train, and then when they went to China to do activities last summer, they also happened to see these nicknames on the Internet......
Durant and Westbrook saw Curry's eyes twitch inexplicably, but they didn't take it to heart.
It's 3-1, and it's not far from promotion, and Westbrook and Durant said it's easy......
Liu Ren looked at Curry, and felt a different feeling from yesterday and during the day when he watched the first four games of the two teams, it seems that Curry finally regarded the Thunder team as a real opponent, instead of not taking the Thunder team in his eyes at all as before.