What's a bit of a swagger is that compared to the Knicks, who have not been very favored, the Thunder was rated as a new generation team that is likely to win the championship three years ago. 髜

But now the Thunder have instead become the challenger.

The Knicks are the defending champions, while the Thunder are reaching the Finals for the first time since their inception, even though they haven't been around for a few years.

From the moment the Thunder eliminated the Spurs, their bond was created.

The Spurs are going to shake the Knicks to win the Western Conference again......

The bond between the Spurs and the Knicks is actually quite deep, and they have been helping each other since 09, and last year the Knicks put Mills to the Spurs, and suggested that the Spurs choose Leonard.

And Duncan modified a supercar for Jiang Chao, Ginobili helped Jiang Chao train Harden, Parker spoke to Jiang Chao, the president and chief assistant coach of the Knicks are all from the Spurs, and Popovich has also praised Jiang Chao and the Knicks countless times in front of the media......

So the Knicks must prefer the Spurs to the relationship with the Thunder. 髜

This is also why fans were already expecting the Spurs to play the Knicks when the Spurs were 2:0 Thunder at the beginning, because the more good friends playoff games are more exciting, and the more friends off the court can be open and all kinds of intensity.

And the relationship between the Thunder and the Knicks can make fans write a book, and after the two sides are confirmed, a bunch of iron fan posts appear in the forum and have been commented on more than a thousand.

One is the story of Harden before the 09 draft, and old fans said that if Jiang Chao hadn't suddenly taken over the Knicks, 99.9% of them would have been Thunder.

At that time, Harden had been training with Dewey and the two young men in Ohio a month before the draft, and he didn't communicate with other teams, and some reporters even took a video of Harden calling Big Brother Durant.

Everyone knows what happened later, President Prosti ruthlessly did not fulfill his agreement with Harden and sold the list directly to the Knicks.

How intimate it was at that time, how embarrassing the draft was, Harden was ridiculed by fans for many posts because of his "abandonment" by the Thunder.

Speaking of Harden, it is natural to talk about the person who replaced Harden. 髜

Why Harden?

Only Jiang Chao himself knew that he had to get Harden and Curry at that time.

But in the eyes of others, it seems that the Knicks' four traded players found themselves, blocking the door of the four heroes, calling fans to resist Jiang Chao's cutting of Downey president, changing the head coach and messing with the team or something......

This is the most serious of Jiang Chao's three fires when he took office, and he directly sent all the four heroes who blocked the door away, and none of the people who opposed him were left.

But now the Thunder only has 3 players left, Grumpy Golos was cut last season and announced his retirement on the spot, leaving only the 34-year-old Harrington and Little Potato and Chandler, these three are still playing the main rotation position in the Thunder, and have been interacting with the Knicks in recent years.

Especially Chandler, who was a second-year potential forward rookie who was selected by Dolan at the time, but was traded by Jiang Chao backhand, can he not feel uncomfortable.

Although 3 years have passed, the dissatisfaction with Jiang Chao has always been, and it has become even more sour after seeing the Knicks win the championship, and now that they have reached the finals, they have to prove themselves in front of the old master. 髜

Little Potato is not willing to give up the problem of pretending to be forced in front of the old master, he has sprayed the Knicks this year because of Thomas Jr.'s matter, choose such a 175 and don't want him to be the 175 dunk king?

Coupled with the fact that he is the initiator of the Four Heroes of Blocking the Door, he sees that the Knicks are a bunch of fire.

But Howard saw that he was also angry, did he snatch my dunk and consecutive championships, see that I don't risk you to death?

Of course, there is also the 08 rookie Ibaka who was abandoned by the Thunder in this deal, and Ibaka also wants to risk the Thunder, but it is not a small potato, but the king fried combination or the rookie Gibson selected by the Thunder that year, did you just throw me away? Now I'm going to kill you with the Hat King!!

Speaking of Gibson, he may be the only happiest player on both sides, if it weren't for Jiang Chao's little advice to Mr. Pu in 09.

Now I don't know which team to mix in, and now he plays starting power forward from time to time in the Thunder, and Boozer's style of play is even more pre-game by fans

Evaluated as a big Yao Kexing.

He is very grateful to both sides, and it is entirely the credit of Mr. Pu and Boss Jiang to be able to stand on the stage of this finals, so his own people will naturally work harder in the game. 髜

In the end, it is naturally Jiang Chao's biggest regret.

That's the Italian tough guy Gallinelli he didn't want to let go.

Hello Italian Cannon!

He is now an important forward rotation in the Thunder, equal to the Thunder's two forwards, Chandler and Gallinelli are both imported by the Knicks, a strong power type and a shooter type, so you can know how deep the relationship between the two teams is.

Some fans are even worried about whether the Thunder will release water because of too many Knicks veterans.

But as the fans who actually play football say, there are no brothers on the field, and "those who know each other will fight harder."

.............. 髜

In fact, in terms of the coaching staff, the Thunder also "copied" the Knicks' strategy.

This is also the main concern of the Knicks coaching staff before the game, and the Thunder's style of play this season can be described as a huge change.

After Coach Brooks has been unfavorable for many years, this year Coach Purpur always directly chose Coach Donovan as the head coach!!

This step can be said to be completely modeled after the Knicks' championship experience.

University of Florida coach Billy Donovan succeeds Brooks as the Thunder's new coach.

It is worth mentioning that Donovan has no previous experience coaching NBA teams, and these resumes are exactly the same as those of young coach Stevens.

But in fact, Donovan was hacked into scum in the regular season, until the playoffs fell behind the Spurs 0-2 and counterattacked, and he also completely counterattacked after defeating Popovich, and if he was eliminated by the Spurs, he might have resigned directly. 髜

Donovan, the young coach who has now reached the Finals, is the favorite of Thunder fans, and the players' admiration for him is like a surging river.

With the example of him and the previous young coach, it can be said that it will definitely set off a wave of young head coaches in the league, after all, the coaches of the two teams in the finals are not famous coaches.

But in fact, Donovan is very strong, and the young marshal treats him as a strong enemy.

Donovan is also a well-known teacher, playing for the varsity team at the University of Providence@

In 1996, Donovan moved to the University of Florida to teach, where he spent 19 years, leading the team to two consecutive championships in 2006 and 2007, culminating in Donovan's NCAA coaching career.

These two championships laid the foundation for Donovan's later NBA, the NCAA tournament is a single elimination, all the way to the championship is the ultimate test of the coach's psychological quality and tactical adjustment ability.

In 2007, Donovan had the opportunity to coach in the NBA, and he had accepted the Magic's offer, but decided a week later to stay at the University of Florida, which was five years.

In the 2011-2012 season, he also entered the NBA after the general manager "looked at the thatched house".

That's when the controversy began.

Not to mention the imitation of the Knicks, let's just say that the example of the young marshal cannot be replicated in the whole league. 髜

The Thunder's choice of Donovan has caused a lot of controversy, and there are too many examples of NCAA coaches failing to coach NBA teams, and the young coach is one of the few successful ones.

Donovan's mentor Pitino's coaching experience in the NBA was not a success, and most of the other coaches such as Calipari who have been calling for the wind and rain in the NCAA have not made a name for themselves in the NBA.

Donovan replaces Brooks, Coach leads the Thunder to dominate the playoffs every year, and has a very high status in the hearts of Thunder players and fans.

The Thunder under Donovan's command had ups and downs in the regular season, although they ranked second in the West with 55 wins, but there was no obvious improvement in either offense or defense.

Donovan's ability was strongly questioned by the media and fans, especially his rotation method and overly complicated defensive tactics, which became the focus of vomiting, and Donovan's mood at that time was relatively broken.

But then he slowly adjusted to the NBA's coaching rhythm, especially after the playoffs, and he managed to find the feeling of March Madness.

Jiang Chao also followed the Knicks coaching staff to analyze the coaching changes of the Thunder during the Western Conference finals, playing the Spurs can lead tactically, and Donovan does have something. 髜

Looking at the video, you can find that starting from G3, Donovan has grasped the weakness of the Spurs' interior degradation, resolutely played a big lineup, grinding positional battles one by one, not playing the anti-counter mode of the Thunderball in the regular season, and reusing Cole Aldridge, Parkinson, Nick Collisson,

Successfully freezing Duncan, Shi Fo averaged only 6 points and 3.8 rebounds per game in the last three games, shooting only 35.9% from the field.

Donovan's most impressive change on the defensive end was minimizing the packing, and he spent most of the game defending the Spurs one-on-one.

Donovan saw through the shortcomings of the Spurs, GDP is no longer the trio that can abuse the opponent in turns in singles, Leonard's singles ability is limited, and it is even worse than the Thunder double, and Tucker, can you prevent me from one round or two rounds, can you prevent my All-Star rounds?

The Spurs, who fell into the trap of singles, averaged only 16.7 assists in the three games after the series, and the high-quality team cooperation disappeared, and playing the Thunder in a one-on-one way is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg, and the Thunder won three games in a row to eliminate the super Spurs with 65 wins in the regular season.

Both the media and fans began to turn fans of Donovan.

The series of reversals against the Spurs made Donovan and his Thunder "reborn", and the temperament was completely different. 髜

"But I'm sorry, our players can kill them alone!"

After reading the analysis, Coach Stephen Kerr felt that the Thunder tactic was not at all false, and the Spurs' singles level may have regressed, but the Knicks are a group of singles monsters.

If Donovan does this trick, they won't be afraid, and G5 will also gnaw the Heat down at a slow pace.

"Let's beware of them hitting five hours."

When everyone was discussing the tactics that Donovan had used, Jiang Chao gave a plan.

It's also one thing he's worried about.

Donovan was actually very strong in later generations, so strong that the thunder at that time could wrestle with the universe

Shi Xi won the first game, and after losing by 27 points in the second game, Coach Donovan took the initiative to adjust. 髜

Jiang Chao still remembers this tactic, and now he informs his coaching staff, because the current Turtle and Durant really have a feeling of unlimited physical strength.

After the fiasco, Donovan made a classic change, compressing the lineup of 6 to 7 people in rotation, playing five against five small, fighting for speed with speed.

Seeking a short-term break with a whirlwind rhythm of a fast fight, the Thunder's style of play is fundamentally different from the time when they played the Spurs in the Western Conference semifinals.

This change brought a shocking effect, and the Thunder crushed the Warriors in two consecutive games, beating the Warriors who were lonely in the regular season to almost no way back.

The Thunder's five-small lineup is that it is taller, stronger, faster, and physically gifted to throw out the opponent a galaxy than the five small lineups of the Warriors in later generations.

The Thunder Five played a misalignment effect on the offensive end, one-on-one physical suppression on the defensive end, and infinite defense changes whenever the Warriors blocked and dismantled, no matter how they aligned, they had a physical advantage.

The Warriors suffered a loss in the five-small speed battle, and the positional battle was not cheap to take advantage of, and the Thunder and Shuangshao were directly tortured, and the Warriors fell behind in an all-round way. 髜

So the Knicks really have to beware of this, because the Knicks are also at a loss in size, in case they don't play the defensive tactics when the Spurs choose to change the defense infinitely, the Knicks' guards and forwards will be very uncomfortable.

Famous teachers produce high apprentices, Durant and Wei Shao in the Western Conference Finals that year, like opening up the second vein of Rendu, Durant's defense has reached the highest peak of his NBA career, especially in the small lineup, he is simply the patron saint of the inside.

Wei Shao set off a brainstorm, you have never seen such a calm, such a calm Thunder 0, as if the athletic enhanced version of the peak Kidd.

Shuangshao was originally a combination of super firepower, and when Durant's defense was upgraded, and when Wei Shao injected rationality into the iron-blooded ball wind, it was really incomprehensible.

It's just that Jiang Chao feels that it's a pity that it's such a lineup, and in the second year, Durant chose to join if he couldn't beat it, which is really incomprehensible.

However, it is undeniable that Donovan has brought tactical resourcefulness to the Thunder this season in this life, and Jiang Chao can be sure that it is because of his own Knicks that the Thunder young marshal came to the Thunder 3 years earlier.

He brought a spiritual refresh to the players, and together with his disciples, he went through the difficulties of the season, grew through the difficulties, and finally fought a bloody dawn. 髜

Now, they are getting closer and closer to their ultimate goal.

But!

The same goes for Major Knicks.

It's just that the Knicks' young coach wants to play is not a championship.

It's a three-in-a-row!!

Dynasty hegemony!!

Thunder VS Knicks, a big battle of thunder and fire, is about to break out!!!!! 髜