As I said before, the current Warriors team is more difficult to play high-end games because of their over-reliance on Wang Feng, and unless Wang Feng plays a super individual performance, he will be at a disadvantage against any of the league's top teams, after all, it is difficult for the other four positions to take advantage.

But if it's a game of abuse, it's completely the Warriors' forte.

The Trail Blazers' record and overall strength are actually not completely different, but the overall strength is still a lot worse than the Warriors. Robinson's average per game is about the same level as Garnett's.

With the end of the regular season, the Warriors' first-year rookie Garnett's average per game was finally fixed at 18.4 points, 8.6 rebounds and 2.2 assists, shooting 51% from the field.

Judging from the data alone, this is close to the data of the original Timberwolves version of Garnett's third season in his career.

It's not that Garnett has grown to the height of the third year of his career, the main reason why he can get such data is that he frequently cooperates with Wang Feng on the court and then receives Wang Feng's assists under the basket, which means that he is still stained with Wang Feng's super deterrent light on the offensive end.

But in any case, Garnett has already shown the demeanor of a star in terms of statistical performance, you must know that he is only 19 years old at this time, and the future is promising!

The Warriors' first game against the Trail Blazers begins on April 25.

On the Warriors' home court, the two sides played their first matchup.

As soon as the game began, Wang Feng on the Warriors' side fired frequently, quickly helping the Warriors seize the initiative on the court.

The Trail Blazers have nothing to do with Wang Feng at all, and their forward player is Harvey. Grant, an obscure role player, averaged 18 points and 7 rebounds per game early in his career in Washington, but was quickly beaten back to square one, averaging 9.3 points and 4.8 assists per game last season and only 9 points and 5 rebounds this season.

How can it be advantageous to let such a role player who has no lethality on the offensive end and ordinary on the defensive end defend Wang Feng?

After all, Wang Feng is a super scorer who can't be restrained even when Jordan, Pippen, Rodman and others take turns.

The Trailblazers couldn't stop Wang Feng's score at all, even if they used a double bag, it didn't help, because most of Wang Feng's offense was outside projection, and the number of times he chose to break through with the ball was minimal, and once Wang Feng formed an effective bag, he could always pass the ball out as soon as possible and accurately pass it to the empty players.

In the first quarter of the game, the Warriors scored 31 points, of which Wang Feng scored 13 points.

On the other hand, on the Trail Blazers' side, what the offensive end can rely on is the interior twin tower combination.

Clifford. Robinson's style of play was soft, which happened to be restrained by Garnett, and he only scored 2 points on 1-of-5 shooting in the first quarter. Robinson played reasonably well under the basket, shooting 4-of-5 from the field and 2-of-2 from the free-throw line to finish with 10 points and three rebounds.

There is no way to do it, the center position is indeed a shortcoming of the Warriors.

The team's starting center, Ronnie. Sekari's form this season is very similar to last season, averaging just 12 points and 7.5 rebounds per game in the regular season.

In fact, Caselli is 2.11 meters tall and weighs only 104 kilograms, and his mobility as a big center is very good, and he would have had a place in the Warriors' fast-paced offensive and defensive transitions.

That's one of the reasons why Nelson Sr. chose to trade him to the Warriors in '94.

Secali, who arrived with the Warriors, was plagued by injuries and played in just 36 games last season.

His attendance rating this season is also not particularly high, missing nearly 20 games, but due to his injury-plagued slow pace at this stage, it doesn't really make a big difference whether the Warriors have him or not.

Sometimes, the Warriors will even put Garnett in the center position and move Wang Feng to the power forward position, which is also very effective.

In the second quarter of the game, Wang Feng continued to exert his strength, scoring 10 points and 3 assists in a single quarter, helping the Warriors score 32 points again.

At halftime, the score of the two teams came to 63:49, and the Warriors had a 14-point advantage.

Even if the offense of Sabonis, a big man with 2.21 meters on the inside, has a slight initiative, the offensive rhythm of the Trail Blazers is still far inferior to that of the Warriors, because Sabonis's offensive ability is not very strong, and his huge body and clumsy movements are very weak under the Warriors' fast-paced offensive and defensive transitions.

The Warriors are more afraid of things like O'Neal during the Magic period, Olajuwon for the Rockets, and David for the Spurs. Robinson's kind of interior player who is very strong and can run at the same time.

A big man like Sabonis can toss him just by running back and forth on the court.

When the game came to the second half, there was no suspense.

Another important scoring point for the Trail Blazers is point guard Rhodes, who is good at breaking through the frame. Strickland faced Blaylock, who was extremely capable defensively, and Garnett, who was extremely mobile on the inside and had first-class ability to help defend and supplement, did not get too many good chances throughout the whole process.

With the physical decline of the two main interior players, the Trail Blazers' offensive ability has further declined.

At the end of the third quarter, the score difference was widened to more than 20 points.

The ensuing fourth quarter of the game became garbage time with nothing to watch.

In the end, the Warriors won the first game comfortably 115-97 at home.

Wang Feng scored 37 points, 7 rebounds and 11 assists in the whole game, and although he did not get a triple-double, his performance was almost perfect.

After the game, the head coach of the Trail Blazers, Callesimo, looked very helpless at the press conference.

"The Warriors had a super scorer who was like a combination of Jordan and Bird, and that super scorer had the passing ability of Magic Johnson, and I couldn't think of any way to stop him, so we lost the game."

"Although we lost this game, the series is not over yet, and we will go back and carefully study the footage of today's game and figure out how to deal with it."

That being said, but two days later, still on the Warriors' home court, the Trail Blazers lost Game 2 of the series.

110:102。

Like the previous game, Wang Feng scored 21 points in the first half, and then a wave of sharpshooters dominated the game in the second half, and finally his personal score was fixed at 35 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists.

In the playoffs of '96, the first round of the playoffs was still a best-of-5 system, and the Warriors, who led 2:0, already held the match point, and were only one step away from eliminating the Trail Blazers.

Facing the reporters at the press conference again, Callesimo's face darkened slightly.

"Now that the team has reached the most critical moment and is back at home for the next game, I believe that I and my players can regroup and defend our home stadium and chase the score back."

It's just that when he said this, Callesimo's tone was not very confident.

There is no way, he really can't find any way to deal with the Warriors, or Wang Feng.

In the two games, he used all tactics, pressing all over the court, double packing, and even pseudo-joint defense.

But these moves are useless to Wang Feng at all, and the defensive intensity of the Trail Blazers players cannot cause any pressure on Wang Feng at all, and while he wants Yu on the offensive end, it also drives the overall offensive rhythm of the Warriors.

On April 29, the first round of the series G3 began, and the venue was played at the home of the Portland Trail Blazers, and Portland fans spontaneously came to the stadium to cheer for their home team, hoping that the team could bounce back at home, win the game and refuse to be swept.

It's just that soon they were completely hopeless.

Before halftime, the stands at the home of the Trail Blazers were already much empty.

Because at home, the Trail Blazers' performance is even worse than when they are away.

The two sides barely fought evenly in the first quarter, with the Warriors scoring 28 points in the quarter and the Trail Blazers scoring 29 points, with a narrow one-point lead.

But when the game entered the second quarter, the situation suddenly changed.

The Warriors suddenly attacked with a wave of 14:0, which directly stunned the Trail Blazers.

Calesimo couldn't even call two timeouts to salvage his slump.

The Trail Blazers players who have exploded their mentality play disorganized on the offensive end, and they don't do anything on the defensive end, and the Warriors are so easy to cut through the air, scoring is like chopping melons and vegetables.

Just by looking at the second quarter of the game, it is clear that the Trail Blazers have absolutely no chance to win this game.

And so it is.

As the whistle blew at the end of the game, the score of the two teams was fixed at 102:75.

In the second half, the Trail Blazers, who were already completely demoralized, ended up scoring only 75 points in the game.

The final total score was 0:3 and was swept by the Warriors.

With three games and three wins, the Warriors easily advanced to the second round without any waves or suspense.

Wang Feng averaged 32.6 points, 8 rebounds and 10 assists per game in these three games, and it seems that the data has dropped significantly compared to the regular season, but there is no way, who let the Trail Blazers be so indifferent? Before I could exert myself, you fell.

Especially in the last third game, Wang Feng only played more than 30 minutes, got 28 points, 6 points and 9 assists and went off the court early, at this time the third quarter of the game was just over halfway, but there was no way, the Warriors had a lead of more than 30 points at that time, the Trail Blazers were completely collapsed, Wang Feng continued to stay on the court will inevitably have the suspicion of brushing data and insulting the opponent, and it is easy to be viciously fouled by the opponent who loses the red eye.

Warriors fans have discovered that the most effective way to limit Wang Feng's play is this!

If you weren't given the opportunity to play, would you still be able to average such an exaggerated triple-double per game?

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While the Warriors made it to the second round, the first round matchups for the rest of the league were also becoming clearer.

On the west side, the other three groups of matchups are all 2:1, the Supersonic 2:1 Suns, the Jazz 2:1 Lakers, the only surprise is the first round of the Spurs and the Rockets, 2:1 The lead is actually the Rockets who are ranked seventh in the West,

I have to say that although the Rockets team, partnered by Olajuwon and Drexler, has not had a good record in the regular season over the years, it is really effective in the playoffs, and for a while, even Wang Feng is not sure whether the opponent the Warriors will face in the second round is the Spurs or the Rockets.

Compared to the west, the first round of the east was much cleaner.

Four rounds of duels, three groups of sweeps.

The Bulls swept the Heat 3-0, the Knicks swept the Cavaliers 3-0, and the Magic swept the Pistons 3-0.

The Knicks, who received a lot of criticism in the regular season because of their record, finally raised their eyebrows and swept the Cavaliers, who had a better regular season record, to prove to the whole league that the defending champions are truly combative.

Unfortunately, this highlight may only be temporary, as their next opponent in the next round will be the Bulls with 72 wins.

With the current strength of the Knicks, it is already a success to be able to guarantee that they will not be swept.

A few days later, the results of the remaining matchups were finally decided.

The SuperSonics eliminated the Suns 3-1, and the Jazz also sent the Lakers home 3-1.

The Rockets and the Spurs fought 5 games, and finally defeated the Spurs with difficulty and advanced to the second round, which was a small upset.

Olajuwon, who averaged 26 points, 9.8 rebounds and 4.2 assists per game in five games, suppressed David Robinson, who had 23.6 points, 10.1 rebounds and 2.9 assists, once again proved to the league who is the boss of the big four centers.

Of course, the difference between the two is not big, and the shooting percentage is similar, and the key to the Rockets winning the game is that the Rockets have another All-Star player, Drexler.

Drexler, who suffered an injury in the regular season, managed to make a successful comeback shortly before the start of the playoffs, although the state did not return to the best state, or because of age, it is difficult to return to the best state, but even the poor Drexler is at the level of an All-Star level.

averaged 18.7 points, 7.8 rebounds and 5 assists per game in 5 games, becoming the most effective helper around Olajuwon.

On the Spurs' side, although there are 5 players who score double-doubles, except for Robinson, the best performance is only Shaun Elliott, who averages 15.5 points per game.

During the regular season, Elliott performed very well with the Spurs, averaging 20 points and 5 rebounds per game this season, and was successfully selected for the All-Star bench, but in the playoffs, he immediately showed his true form, averaging 15.5 points per game, not to mention, and his shooting percentage dropped sharply from 46% to 40%.

Anyway, that's the end of the Spurs' playoff journey, and next season, if nothing else, David . Robinson will suffer a serious injury and be reimbursed for the season, and Popovich will decisively choose to play badly, and finally win the No. 1 pick in '97, ushering in the Spurs' greatest star, the No. 1 forward in the history of the future dominant league for more than ten years, Shi Fotim. Duncan.

Some conspiracy theories and even speculation that David. Is Robinson's injury really as serious as Spurs officially say? Could it be that this is a smokescreen thrown by the Spurs in order to be able to openly compete for the top pick?

Wang Feng didn't know about this, but he felt that the alliance would definitely put an end to such incidents, just like the Timberwolves' yin-yang contract was found in the future, and they would also pay close attention to David. Robinson's injury situation, so the season reimbursement should be real.

These are all for later, and the current issues that Wang Feng and the Warriors need to consider are the opponents of the next game, the Houston Rockets.