The Clippers' opponent in the semifinals, the Grizzlies, changed their roster this season after the All-Star break, and they sent the team's former centerpiece, Rudy. Guy, in exchange for two role players and Pistons small forward Puslin, this trade is a very good option for the Grizzlies, Guy's departure has freed up a considerable salary space for the Grizzlies, and Puslin, although not as famous as Guy, is not weaker than Guy on both offensive and defensive ends.

What's more, as soon as Guy left, the Grizzlies immediately established Gasol Jr. and Randolph as the new core of the team, and developed a series of tactics around them, and the results were very objective, and the first round of the playoffs and the Nuggets, who had a higher record than the Grizzlies, faced off, and the Grizzlies relied on the absolute advantage of the interior to narrowly defeat the Nuggets to advance to the semifinals.

The Grizzlies are also one of the few teams in the league that can match the Clippers in terms of interior strength.

The same black and white, the Clippers' Griffin and Jordan Jr. are much weaker in terms of tactics than Randolph and Gasol Jr.

Whether it is Griffin or Jordan Jr., the offensive radius is limited to the restricted area under the basket, but Randolph and Gasol Jr. are different, both of them have good mid-range shooting ability, and the ability of the two to stand in the middle range to cope with teammates is also not weak.

Although in terms of panel strength, the interior strength of the two teams is comparable, but in terms of tactics and routines, it is obvious that the Grizzlies have a lot more options than the Clippers.

However, the advantage of the Clippers lies in the point of King Cannon, as long as they have King Cannon, the Clippers can occupy a certain upper hand at any time, which the Grizzlies have no way at all.

Especially since this season, Wang Cannon's offensive methods have become more and more versatile and efficient. Not only can he shoot three-pointers and break through from the outside, but he is also proficient in skills such as back singles and hooks on the inside.

And Wang Cannon's shooting rate has also become a thing that people talk about this season, with an average shooting rate of up to 70% per game that tops the entire league, and no one dares to compare scoring efficiency with Wang Cannon.

So even if the Grizzlies have a slight advantage on the inside, whether it's the outside world or people in the NBA circle. All agree that the Grizzlies don't have the slightest chance of winning.

The first game between the two sides was still played in Staples, home of the league's best-ranked Clippers. And from the very beginning of the game, the two teams turned the whole game into a complete hand-to-hand fight.

The Grizzlies, from the coach to the players, are very sensible, and they know that if they want to take the initiative on the field, they must take down the control of the inside line, and take it down at any cost, otherwise. The Clippers' lavish outside configuration will completely tear the grizzlies apart.

So from the beginning, Randolph and Gasol Jr. began to play wrestling games with Griffin and Jordan Jr. on the inside.

The four muscular men kept falling around on the inside, and that kind of scene was quite shocking, and even Wang Cannon didn't want to squeeze in and join in with them.

The intense game was accompanied by pressure from the referees, who had to blow the whistle continuously to limit the players' movements in order to control the pace of the game, but even so. The two sides are still going up because of frequent excess.

Griffin received a wonderful pass from Paul inside and wanted to dunk with both hands, but before he could jump. was pulled off by Randolph's collar.

Gasol Jr. wanted to scramble for rebounds, but Jordan Jr. found that he was in a bad position and directly knocked Gasol Jr. out with his shoulders.

Such violent incidents are endless, and if it weren't for the referee's whistle being frequent enough and not taking sides sides, I believe a boxing match would have already begun.

Seeing this situation, Wang Cannon didn't think about running to the inside line to join in the fun. If it was him in the past, I'm afraid he would really be in the mood to wrestle with them, but now Wang Cannon is different, especially after the reality simulation system has been honed for a full season, Wang Cannon is no longer the stunned young man who knows that there are tigers in the mountains and prefers to the tigers.

Now the king cannon. More accustomed to playing some small tricks, first kill the tiger god unconsciously, and then go up the mountain.

Soon, the small means of Wang Cannon's work well.

Standing outside the three-point line, Wang Cannon controlled the ball, directly carrying Puslin's defense and forcibly breaking through, and Puslin, who was thin and like a bamboo pole, couldn't stop Wang Cannon's forced breakthrough at all.

However, the Grizzlies had long expected this result, and at the same time as the king cannon broke through, Gasol Jr. made up for it as fast as he could to try to wrap up the king cannon.

The first few times, when Wang Cannon faced this kind of bag, he would choose to distribute the basketball to the open players, or grab a stop-and-go jump shot before Gasol Jr.

But this time Wang Cannon didn't do that, he grabbed the basketball in his hand tightly, and rushed towards Gasol Jr.

Seeing the menacing Wang Cannon, little Gasol was obviously stunned for a moment, the game has been going on for a long time, and this is the first time that Wang Cannon has chosen such an action in this game.

Although he was stunned for a moment, little Gasol's movements did not stop, and he still cooperated with Puslin to clamp Wang Cannon for the first time.

But what Gasol didn't expect was that Wang Cannon was already waiting for him here.

The moment he approached Gasol, Wang immediately attached the cannon to Gasol Jr.'s body, and at the same time grabbed the basketball with both hands and slammed into Gasol's arm.

Little Gasol was shocked, he had already guessed what Wang Cannon wanted to do, and he wanted to put his hands behind his back at the first time, but it was too late.

"Squeak!" The referee's whistle sounded immediately, and Gasol Jr.'s face immediately turned green.

After wrestling with Jordan Jr. and Griffin, Gasol Jr. has already committed several fouls, this is his fourth foul, and according to the current game time, in order to protect Gasol Jr. from 6 fouls, he must return to the bench and sit for a while.

It turned out that the purpose of Wang Cannon's was to make Gasol Jr. foul, so as to reduce the pressure on the Clippers' interior line. The Grizzlies head coach's brows furrowed deeply, but he also had to replace Gasol Jr., after all, it is easy to foul in the fierce interior battle, and if you don't replace Gasol Jr. now, if Gasol Jr. commits another foul, it will be troublesome to accumulate the number of fouls to 5.

Without Gasol Jr., the pressure on the Clippers' interior line was suddenly cleared. Randolph alone, although he is also very powerful, is still much worse than Griffin Jordan Jr.

There are only two top-level interior lines, Gasol Jr. was substituted, and the substitute center who came up did not have a special role at all. And after Gasol Jr. went off the court, the Grizzlies' interior defensive ability instantly dropped a notch. Paul, Wang Cannon can break through without any scruples.

In this way, the Clippers' offensive rhythm was turned on in an instant.

When Gasol Jr. was reintroduced with a black face, the difference between the two teams had reached more than 15 points.

For two teams that are also strong defensively, it is too difficult to recover the 15-point difference, especially for a team like the Grizzlies who are extremely strong in defense but slightly lacking in offensive ability.

This is not even worse, Gasol Jr. has only been on the field for a long time, and his face is green. Because he was fouled again, this time it wasn't King Cannon, it was Matthews. In the Clippers, Matthews may be the most underappreciated point in the starting lineup, but it was at this critical moment that Matthews suddenly appeared and gave the Grizzlies a fatal blow.

Although Gasol Jr., who committed 5 fouls, was still on the field, he became completely timid. It is a very tragic thing to not dare to go all out in the face of anyone's attack. Without Gasol Jr.'s strong interior defense, the Grizzlies' situation has become even worse.

In the end, the Clippers still won Game 1 at home, defeating the Grizzlies.

In this game, the biggest winner is still Wang Cannon, and Wang Cannon has been floating on the outside throughout the game. Rarely rushed into the inside, but the few times he rushed into the inside to score caused considerable lethality, and when he was on the outside, Wang Cannon played the group of Puslin, who was known as the first-class defense on the outside, although Puslin was tall and had long arms. There is a lot of defense on the outside, but against the speed and power of the king cannon, which is a pervert of full value, he is still helpless.

37 points in a single game, although it is not the highest score of Wang Cannon in recent games, but the shooting rate of up to 80% is the highest shooting rate maintained by Wang Cannon since the playoffs, it is worth mentioning that the number of rebounds of Wang Cannon for the first time in this game did not go double, and he only won 7 rebounds, but there is a reason for this.

Wang Cannon has basically given up competing for defensive rebounds, whenever the Grizzlies shoot missed, he would run towards the frontcourt, seeing such a Wang Cannon, the Grizzlies were frightened, after all, in the team can resist Wang Cannon only Randolph and Gasol Jr. The two interior lines, so every time Wang Cannon runs wildly in the front court, Randolph and Gasol Jr. need to desperately return to defense, where will they consider the problem of offensive rebounding?

After all, it's okay to grab an offensive rebound, if you can't grab it, Paul can send the ball to the hands of Wang Cannon in the front court, and Wang Cannon can force the basketball into the basket in the face of one or two guards.

Therefore, although Wang's rebounding count has decreased, it has effectively improved the Clippers' ability to protect rebounds, which is definitely a good thing to sacrifice himself to win the global team.

The end of the first game between the Clippers and Grizzlies has also foreshadowed the trend of the entire series between the two sides.

In the second game, the Clippers used the same style of play, while the Grizzlies made certain changes, because Gasol Jr. and Randolph were very careful in this game, and there was no foul crisis, but even so, the Grizzlies still lost the game, after all, the Grizzlies did not have a strong outside player.

Although point guard Conley is a good player, his shooting ability from the outside is very average. Allen is also one of those players who is strong in defense and weak in attack, and as for Puslin, do you think he can make any waves under the defense of Wang Cannon?

In this game, the Grizzlies managed to limit the Clippers' team scoring to less than 80 points, which fully demonstrated the Grizzlies' strong defensive ability, but unfortunately, their scores were lower. So they still lost the second game.

The remaining two games are even more suspenseless.

Because Wang and the coach applied, and then the Clippers temporarily changed the starting lineup.

In the third game, Wang Cannon appeared in the center position, and Jordan Jr. sat on the bench, and instead of Wang Cannon as a small forward, it was Jamison who could play both the big forward and small forward positions.

Then Wang Cannon played the wrestling game that Gasol Jr. had been playing with Little Jordan in the previous games.

And then there was no then.

Wang Cannon blew up Gasol Jr. with a hook hand and a backward jumper, although Gasol Jr. tried his best to limit Wang Cannon, but the effect was very poor, not only that. After Wang Cannon appeared on the inside, the Clippers' rebounding efficiency became even higher.

So, in the third game, the Clippers won faster.

People felt a little funny, and O'Neal, who broadcast the game live, even bluntly said that Wang Cannon didn't need to play on the outside at all, as long as he was on the inside. The level that can be shown is definitely dominant, except for the height, which is basically no different from O'Neill's own peak, and the king cannon on the inside is obviously more bullish.

Having said that, anyone who understands basketball understands that a king cannon on the outside is more threatening than a king cannon on the inside, after all, the outside line can switch between offense and defense at any time, which is a very simple and easy thing for a king cannon with a speed of 99. Moreover, after all, the Clippers still have this little Jordan with an annual salary of tens of millions. The strength is also very good, if Wang Cannon is allowed to play the inside line, will Little Jordan do it?

And Wang Cannon's ability to play the outside line is also not bad, and the difference between playing the inside line and the outside line is not particularly big for him.

Cornered by the Clippers 3:0, the Grizzlies are also anxious, they can't accept defeat, but the sweep is still a little too embarrassing, right?

So, the fourth game. The Grizzlies are starting to play with their lives, and they can really do anything on the court, already red-eyed.

Faced with this situation. Negro wisely chose to slow down the tempo a little bit, and it didn't hurt to give the Grizzlies a win, and for the Clippers, a safe win couldn't be better.

If you want to think like last year, the Clippers reached the Finals, but Paul missed out on the championship with an injury. That's not fun.

So in the face of the Grizzlies' crazy counterattack, the Clippers still slowed down, half losing and half conceding to the Grizzlies a game victory.

In this way, everyone is happy, and the grizzly bear knows it. It's almost enough to win a game, it's impossible to complete a reversal at 3:1, and it's good to save face.

It's because many Grizzlies players have such thoughts in mind, so the fifth game between the two sides seems uneventful and not hot and intense at all.

Tepidly, the Clippers won the game at home and successfully advanced to the finals.

The Clippers' opponent will be the winner of the Spurs and Thunder.

Unlike the Clippers, who almost crushed the Grizzlies, the game between the Thunder and the Spurs was quite anxious.

After all, the two teams are at a similar level, with the Spurs having the perfect tactical system and role players, while the Thunder have extremely talented players.

The two sides battled until the seventh game, and in the last game, the two teams played to overtime, and at the last moment, Durant failed to hit, and the Spurs narrowly won by 1 point.

I have to say that without Harden's Thunder, it is indeed the Thunder team with the title of three less, although Martin in exchange for it also has a strong scoring ability, but obviously for the Thunder, this is not enough.

In this way, the next round opponent of the Clippers has also been determined, and that is the Spurs.

For the Spurs, I believe many people have to admire, after all, it is not a simple matter for a team to remain among the top teams in the league for more than ten years.

But although admiration is admiration, how to fight still has to be how to fight.

The Clippers and the Spurs have their own strengths and weaknesses, the Spurs' tactics are more varied than the Clippers, and the experience of the players is far greater than the Clippers, and the strength of the bench is also better than the Clippers.

But the Clippers also have their own advantages, first of all, the Clippers' players are of the right age, and secondly, the Clippers' players are the kind of players with strong impact, which can put considerable pressure on the Spurs' defense. Last but not least, the Clippers have a king cannon.

After all, Wang Cannon has now become a recognized BUG-level person, and his status in the rivers and lakes is not even much worse than Jordan back then, or even more terrifying.

Any team must make targeted defensive arrangements when facing Wang Cannon, but even so, it still can't effectively limit Wang Cannon.

Since last season, Wang Cannon has been known for its stable and super high scores, and it is rare to see Wang Cannon when he feels bad, and it is rare to see Wang Cannon score less than ten points, which is enough to explain a qiē.

In the game with the Spurs, from the very beginning, Wang Cannon was subjected to various targeting tactics, but the effect was the same as many people imagined, it was really average.

Wang Cannon is too strong, especially after the two skills of backward jump shot and hook hand are developed, even the double bag clip cannot limit Wang Cannon's score, 99 speed and agility power with rich offense, it is really a bit shameless.

Even if Popovich racked his brains, he could only limit Wang Cannon a little and make his score less terrifying. Even so, scoring 30+ or even 40+ points in a game is still not a particularly difficult thing for Wang Dacang.

In the first game with the Spurs, Wang Cannon did it. (To be continued......)