The Western Conference Finals became a Los Angeles derby, which was actually expected by many before the season began.

The Clippers, who have James and Leonard, definitely have the strength to win the championship, and last season's defending champion Lakers have basically all the team this season, but they have only taken some role players, and the overall strength has not declined very significantly, and the possibility of the two teams joining hands to reach the Western Conference Finals is extremely likely.

However, not many people can judge who these two teams will win in the Western Finals, and it is not surprising that either side of the two teams will eventually reach the finals.

The overall lineup of the Lakers is more complete, Wang Feng leads the team as a top star, supplemented by excellent players such as Butler and Ingram, and has a high margin for error.

The Clippers have a James + Leonard king bomb combination, although Leonard lost to the Lakers in the Raptors last season and failed to win the championship and FMVP, but this is only about his historical status, and has no impact on Leonard's own strength.

At this time, Leonard can definitely be ranked in the top ten in the league when it comes to strength, and James can be ranked in the top five or even the top three.

This is definitely a stronger matchup than the Eastern Conference Finals Bucks vs Nets!

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On May 14, in Los Angeles, at the Staples Center, the home court shared by the Lakers and Clippers, the G1 series of the Western Conference Finals began!

This battle, which has attracted much attention, has also attracted live broadcasts from many media, including but not limited to TNT, ESPN and other TV stations.

And the most noteworthy of this is the live broadcast of this game on Huaguo Sports Channel.

Since the Mogou incident, Huaguo Sports Channel has urgently stopped all NBA live broadcasts, with an extremely tough attitude, and more than half a year has passed unconsciously.

During this period, the NBA in China could only spread through some sports portals, and the impact was not slight.

The sudden live broadcast announcement of Huaguo Sports surprised many Chinese fans, but Wang Feng was not among them.

As a time-traveler, he knows very well that in another time and space, Huaguo Sports Channel also chose to broadcast two NBA games live in 2020, both of which were NBA Finals, that is, the Lakers VS Heat series.

However, after that, Huaguo Sports continued to suspend all NBA games until a year later.

Although the time period is slightly different from another time and space, after all, this is the Lakers team led by Wang Feng to play in the Western Finals, and even the irrelevant finals of the Lakers VS Heat Huaguo Sports have been broadcast, how can you not give Wang Feng, the Huaguo basketball card, this face?

"Hello audience friends, welcome to the first game of the Western Conference Finals of the American Professional Basketball Playoffs, I am the guest commentator of this game and guide ......"

A familiar opening remark made many viewers in front of the TV feel nostalgic.

Whether it is the picture in front of the TV or the voice of the commentator for a long time, most fans have not seen and heard it for more than half a year.

Huaguo Sports Channel's decision to choose to stop broadcasting the NBA, as long as there is nothing that Huaguo fans do not support, after all, the country's righteousness is in front, and everything must stand aside.

But now that Huaguo Sports has announced the resumption of broadcasting, it is also excellent for everyone to get together to watch Wang Feng's playoffs, and by the way, they can also scold the rat poop and dog, which is beautiful.

"The players on both sides are now warming up on the court, and we can see that the Staples Center is already a sea of gold, and all the fans are wearing golden T-shirts to support their home team, the Los Angeles Lakers......"

On the court, during the warm-up, Wang Feng and James greeted each other.

"I didn't expect that after last season, we met again in the playoffs."

James looked at Wang Feng and shook his head and said, "I still remember the scene of being eliminated by you in the first round last season, it was really a not very good experience. ”

In the 18-19 season, James first joined the Clippers and led the team to the playoffs with the eighth place in the West, and then was eliminated by the Lakers in the first round, which was also the first time James missed the NBA Finals since the 2010-2011 season, and the myth of reaching the Finals for eight consecutive years came to an end.

But Wang Feng can't be blamed for this, even if the Clippers don't meet the Lakers in the first round, they will struggle to go far in the playoffs.

The Warriors, Rockets, Trail Blazers and other strong teams can't beat any of them.

The Clippers led by James are limited, and it is not bad that they didn't even enter the playoffs after coming to the Lakers like another time and space.

"Don't worry, this time will make your memory even deeper."

Wang Feng smiled and said lightly.

James was choked by Wang Feng, stunned, and didn't know what to do for a while.

Wang Feng is not an eight-sided person like James, who will stumble you in the front, and be commensurate with you in the back.

Although such a person can actually mix in society, the big husband must be able to bend and stretch, there is no eternal enemy in this world, only eternal interests, but Wang Feng just can't do it.

He still remembers that James deliberately made a bad decision when he was an All-Star, making a ball for his thick eyebrows Davis, and causing the other party to compete with him for All-Star MVP.

Wang Feng, who has always been cautious, doesn't plan to be a superficial brother with James, since you provoked me, then don't blame me for being ruthless.

He is also ready to take advantage of this Western Decisive to report the grievances of the last time!

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After Wang Feng choked James's words back, the latter didn't say anything more, the sky had already been talked to death by Wang Feng, what else was there to say? It's good to see the real chapter under your hands.

In the regular season, the two teams met 4 times, with a 2-2 record, but the Lakers lost one game without Butler, and overall they still had a slight advantage.

However, the regular season record can only be used as a reference in the playoffs, and this kind of game with a surge in defensive intensity relies on the play of stars.

With two top stars, the Clippers are theoretically the more dominant side.

"Okay, the starters on both sides are starting to appear, and the Lakers' starters are not much different from the previous rounds, and they are still the starting combinations of Wang Feng, Butler, Ingram, Kuzma and Lopez."

"Some fans may not be aware that in the last round of the playoffs, the Lakers replaced the starting center from Lopez to Howard in order to limit the Nuggets' All-Star center Nikola. Jokic, the Monsters did a very beautiful job of defending Jokic, and also successfully helped the Lakers eliminate the Nuggets 4-1 and got a long break. ”

"But Howard is not good at shooting after all, and Lopez, who has a range beyond the three-point line, is more suitable for the league where small-ball tactics are all the rage today."

"On the other side, the starting lineup of the Clippers is Beverley, Landry. Shamet, Leonard, James and Jordan Jr. ”

"In terms of starting lineups, the Clippers are obviously inferior to the Lakers, but the Clippers have Louis Williams, the best sixth man on the bench, who averages 18 points and 5.7 assists per game, and Montrez Harrell, who averages 16.7 points and 7 rebounds, which is their advantage."

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There is no suspense in the scrum stage, and Jordan Jr., even if he is older, his bounce and outbursts have declined, and he is definitely crushing Lopez.

After the Clippers got the ball, the basketball was handed over to James, and Wang Feng cooperated very well and went straight to meet him.

In the game with the Clippers, the Lakers have already formulated a defensive strategy in advance, Wang Feng continues to keep an eye on James, and Leonard is handed over to Butler and Ingram to deal with in turn.

James obviously doesn't want to fight hard with Wang Feng, the strongest defensive point of the Lakers, although James, who is nearly 36 years old, still maintains a good competitive state, but after all, he is a lot worse than the Thanos Zhan who casually played the whole game a few years ago and dominated the game at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, and he didn't want to waste his limited physical energy on confronting Wang Feng.

Moreover, James has also watched many of Wang Feng's games this season, and knows very well that there are very few players in the league who can consume Wang Feng in a one-on-one situation.

The purple Powerful Terminator badge really wasn't given for nothing.

Therefore, James stood in the top arc position with the ball and did not hesitate to call for a pick-and-roll cover.

Little Jordan pulled out from the inside to block for James, and the moment he stood beside Wang Feng, Wang Feng seemed to know in advance, quickly bypassed Little Jordan and stopped in front of James again.

Also at the purple Hall of Fame level, the Blockade Dodge's badge.

"Sure enough......"

This is also expected by James, Wang Feng's ability to prevent blocking and dismantling is also quite outstanding, and he is definitely among the top in the league.

Looking at Wang Feng, James flicked his wrist, and the basketball was already thrown in the direction of the basket.

On the other side, Leonard, who was standing in the bottom corner of the three-point line, had quickly cut inside, jumped high to receive a pass from James, then bent down to avoid Butler's block that followed him, and hit a layup on a pull-up to give the Clippers the lead, 2:0.

Wang Feng narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at James.

"What? Don't you dare to bump into me 1v1? ”

James didn't pay attention to Wang Feng's provocation and had already returned to the backcourt.

James, who has been in the league for more than a dozen seasons, has never seen any storms and waves, how can he be angered by Wang Feng's provocation? And it's not that he can't really beat Wang Feng alone, he just doesn't want to spend too much physical strength on Wang Feng's body.

This season's James, who averaged a career-high number of assists per game in the regular season, maintained a double-double per game for a long time, and only declined slightly later, but even so, he had 9.8 assists, and choosing assists was the most energy-saving tactic and method.

Anyway, the current Clippers are not supported by James alone, although Leonard's offensive methods are more retro, mainly focusing on cutting to the basket and mid-range shooting, but his efficiency value and scoring ability are definitely capable of competing for the scoring title, and he is also the strongest player that James has partnered with so far, and he is slightly better than Wade.