Li Wan took a look at Kevin Durant's stats in this round of the Western Conference Finals.

In the five games he has played, he has averaged 34.6 points, 7.4 rebounds, 6.2 assists and 1.4 steals per game, shooting 51.4% from the field, 42.3% from three-point range, and 88.5% from the free throw line.

Leonard is very good defensively, but looking at the data, the limiting role he has played against Kevin Durant in his career is not very obvious.

Adu also didn't have a situation where he was irritable and anxious because he was playing.

He's really hard to defend against.

It was also impossible to solve this point, which made the Spurs lose the "Battle of Tianwang Mountain".

Because of the just-concluded Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals, the Spurs lost to Kevin Durant, and the "Little Shuai" scored 40 points in a single game in this game, in addition to 8 rebounds and 5 assists.

In the final moments of the game, when the Thunder led by five points, Tim Duncan stepped up and narrowed the gap to three points at one point. As a result, Kevin Durant made a steal and counterattacked quickly, and Ginobili completed a three-point shot against the defending Ginobili, extending the difference to 6 points again and successfully sealing the victory.

His confident three-point chase made headlines the next day.

All the media are saying that Kevin Durant has truly completed his metamorphosis this season!

In fact, at this time, Kevin Durant's reputation has almost reached his extreme, and the only point of controversy is that he has not yet won the championship trophy.

In other aspects, there are not many controversial points except for the sentence "Scarlett, I want to drink your bath water" that is a bit of a dick mentality.

After all, "lone hero", "one man, one city", "defender of small cities" ......

The NBA "personal heroism" elements you want to see can be seen in him.

It's almost the same as the one in '09!

One step further will be able to "win the world".

Who would have thought that two years later, he made the most difficult choice!

On May 24, Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals series also officially began.

Back on their home court, the New York Knicks easily defeated the Bulls 116-101 without much effort, and after this game, the New York Knicks managed to eliminate the Bulls 4-1.

For the fourth year in a row, he became the NBA's Eastern Conference champion.

The cheers were loud, but there was a mixture in the eyes of the New York fans.

For New Yorkers living in the present, they rarely have such moments, but thinking that this will be the last glory of the New York Knicks, their hearts can't help but feel a little heavier.

Li Wan, the man who makes New Yorkers live without ease!

At the end of the game, Li Wan hugged Derrick Rose, Jimmy Butler, and Noah respectively.

The performances of these three men in this round of the series are:

Derrick Rose averaged 25.4 points, 5.5 rebounds, 8.2 assists and 1.8 steals per game, Jimmy Butler averaged 7.6 points, 3.6 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game, and Noah averaged 13.4 points and 11.2 rebounds per game.

With the exception of Jimmy Butler, the other two played above the level.

So after Li Wan hugged Jimmy Butler, he chatted with him a few more words.

"Man, if I could rate you, at least 70 points......"

This number is not very high.

But Jimmy Butler looked much better when he heard it.

He thought that after these 5 games, Li Wan was already disappointed in him, but he didn't expect to reach a passing score or above. This immediately gave him some confidence again.

However, 70 points are obviously difficult to satisfy him, and he has regained his self-confidence, and he is already thinking about how to torture himself this summer.

To say that this Jimmy Butler designation has something to do with Michael Jordan.

After all, even if he looks similar, this degree of resistance can catch up with Michael Jordan, but he can't be "resistant" like this, right?

In short, incomprehensible, very incomprehensible!

Except for Derrick Rose and Noah.

On the Bulls' side, there are two other people who are also very good, with Briton Luel Deng averaging 19.6 points and 5.4 rebounds per game, and Boozer also averaging 15.6 points per game......

Just looking at the data of these people, in fact, it can be seen that the ability of this Bulls team is really not weak, and even ...... If it weren't for this year's New York Knicks, they could have achieved much more.

Of course, there is no need to regret that Rose has not suffered injuries at present, and at the same time, the entire team has entered the real peak one after another, coupled with the growth of Jimmy Butler next year, it can be said that the Chicago Bulls in the "Rose era" are still full of prospects and promising!

Later, to the cheers of 23,000 fans at Madison Arena, Li Wan lifted the Eastern Conference Finals championship.

It is worth mentioning that although the New York Knicks have won the Eastern Conference Finals for four consecutive years, they have no chance to return to their home court to end the battle because their first three opponents lost too quickly.

Therefore, the award of the Eastern Conference championship has always been held away from home.

This is the first time that the New York Knicks have lifted the Eastern Conference Finals trophy on their home court.

The atmosphere was noticeably much better than the previous ones.

In this way, the Eastern spot in the Finals was officially determined, or the New York Knicks, and on the Western side, Game 6 of the series officially started a day later.

The desperate Popovich returned to his home stadium and made a big move: turn off the air conditioner!

This trick was originally a miracle move that would only be used in the finals of this season, and the effect was very good, and the opponent's absolute core hit the leg cramp at the end. The Spurs won the game smoothly and established the initiative, successfully avenging the Heat with a big score of 4-1 and lifting the championship trophy.

And now, Popovich, who was forced by the Thunder team to lose his move, came up with this trick in advance.

Not to mention, the effect is still very good.

It can only be said that people who have never played in that environment are really difficult to adapt, and Kevin Durant is originally a "supergiant representative" with "poor physical fitness".

In this battle, the Spurs had the last laugh 98-91.

The big score is back to a 3-3 draw.

It's a pity that the sequelae of this style of play are too obvious, especially for the old people of the Spurs, it is even more torture, the buffer of the day, it has not eased up, and the young capital of the Thunder team is undoubtedly revealed at this moment.

In Game 7 of the Western Conference Finals, the scene was not anxious, the Thunder took the initiative from the beginning, and at the last moment, they took advantage of the Spurs' physical weakness to play a fast break one after another, playing a wave of 11-3 "scoring tide", which laid the foundation for the victory.

109-99, Kevin Durant's sweaty face looked at the scorer with resolute eyes.

New York Knicks, and Lee Wan......

After two years, Lao Tzu is back again!

This......

I must take revenge!

Early the next morning, the report that the Thunder team advanced to the Finals was also swept on the media screen across the United States.

The finals are even more talked.

You must know that the "07 double heroes" has been the main theme of the league in the past two years, and its momentum has caught up with the "23VS24" in previous years...... Judging from the results, this happened naturally, and it is indeed more logical than the hard one.

ESPN held a "round table" to discuss the final results of this round of finals.

There are a total of 7 experts, of which 5 experts believe that this year's winners are still Li Wan and the New York Knicks, and 2 experts believe that this year's winners are Kevin Durant and the Thunder.

And these 5 experts who think that the New York Knicks will win this year's Finals give predictions that the big score is basically 6 games, and some even think that they will play 7 games......

To sum up, the Thunder have more chances of winning against the New York Knicks, and although the New York Knicks are the bigger side to win now, it is not easy to win in the eyes of the experts who support them.

The reason is simple:

After the experience of both sides, this Thunder team is really no longer just a "youth army" with only talent!

In the past, they played one Finals, one Western Conference Finals, and now they're in the Finals.

If they have no experience in 12 years, then the current Thunder team belongs to both talent and experience.

Speaking of the composition of this team, Ibaka is one of the best rim protectors among interior players right now, and he is also the representative of this year's "best defensive team".

Needless to say, Kevin Durant is the top three players in the league, not necessarily just third.

Crucially, Westbrook and James Harden have also made greater progress.

Westbrook averaged 25 plus 5 plus 5 per game in 7 Western Conference Finals games, and James Harden could also get 20 points plus 4 plus 3.

And on the bench, they also have self-developed bench warriors like Reggie Jackson.

No matter from which point of view, it really has the strength and heritage of a championship team.

Kevin Durant knows this and is confident that if someone asks him at this time......

"Kevin, when will the Thunder become the first in the league!"

He would confidently reply, "It's now!" ”

On June 1, as the buzz for the Grand Finals grew, the first matchday of the series finally arrived.

This time, even Li Wan, who has seen countless big scenes, is a little nervous, not because the opponent is the Thunder team, as the overlord of the "three consecutive championships", no matter who the opponent is, he has the confidence and calmness.

But it was his "last dance" with the Knicks.

Anyone can be a little nervous when there is no possibility of a new attempt, and they are carrying expectations, and they want to give a happy result and thank the fans.

Li Wan appeared in the cheers of the audience.

Adjust your breathing, and secretly say in your heart:

Come on, dance this "last dance"!

And when Li Wan appeared, the cheers on the scene also suddenly became louder.

Everyone's eyes are fixed on him, and they also know that this is Li Wan's last round series with the New York Knicks, and they are also looking forward to Li Wan's "last dance"!

The big screen on the scene gave the lineups on both sides at the beginning of the game:

"New York Knicks: Beverley at No. 1, Danny Green at No. 2, Lewan at No. 3, Chris Bosh at No. 4, Tyson Chandler at No. 5;

Thunder: No. 1 Westbrook, No. 2 Sefrosa, No. 3 Kevin Durant, No. 4 Ibaka, No. 5 Perkins; ”

Just looking at the Thunder's lineup, all fans will have a trance, isn't this really a replay of the 2012 Finals?

After seeing Kevin Durant's more outstanding handsome face on the big screen, they immediately reacted, Jiejie is not a replay, Jiejie is not a replay!

Kevin Durant: I'm better and stronger!

Seeing Li Wan playing, Kevin Durant's eyes were a little more desired.

You've been sitting on the throne of the "first person in the alliance" for so long, it's time for someone else to sit down, right?

There is also a breath of anger in his heart, and Westbrook.

Come on, little "mad dog", look at my brother's "strong sprint" now, can you still stand it!

"Big Brother" and "Second Brother" are gearing up, and Ibaka is helping the Thunder team win the "first attack".

Kevin Durant opened up space on the wing and gave Westbrook enough room to the basket for him to break inside.

Chris Bosh and Tyson Chandler "closed the door" early to force Westbrook to pass the ball, and this strategy worked very well, and Westbrook's pass flew straight to Brooks on the sidelines.

Brooks:......

The first goal of the first game of the Thunder's "revenge" ended with a bizarre mistake by Wei Shao.

Barkley was amused: "O'Neal's grandmother came to pass this ball, it wouldn't be so outrageous!" ”

Kenny Smith sighed: "This is Westbrook, if you expect him to surprise him, then you have to allow him to have such a problem......"

Of course, even Kenny Smith felt a bit outrageous about the ball.

It was the turn of the New York Knicks to attack, Li Wan faced Kevin Durant on the wing, handed over the ball, took it again, did not dribble in a hurry, but held the ball in both hands and shook continuously, seeing that Kevin Durant had a backward posture, he dribbled on the spot, made a move to prepare to shoot the ball, and deceived Kevin Durant forward, he immediately lowered his center of gravity and broke through directly with the ball.

If it's still the Jimmy Butler you face.

He may have just pulled up and shot this ball, but he knows very well that Kevin Durant's physical condition is here, and if he stops now, Kevin Durant will definitely be able to make up for it.

That's where physical gifts come in.

Li Wan rushed all the way to the basket, Ibaka waited for Li Wan to rush across the free throw line, and also made up for it at the first time, Li Wan didn't look at the left side, and threw the ball directly into the bottom corner.

Chris Bosh catches the ball and shoots.

Successful goal!

This is the most common offensive routine for the New York Knicks, and once the opponent's No. 4 position is trapped, Chris Bosh's first reaction is not to follow up, but to retreat to the corner.

After three years with the Heat, if there was anything Chris Bosh was better than before.

It must be his bottom corner three.

"Huh!"

3-0！

Before Westbrook carried the ball across halftime, Brooks motioned to him early and asked him to give the ball to Kevin Durant.

Westbrook, who had just left the spectrum, was very obedient this time, just after halftime, he threw the ball to the wing, and then silently ran to the other side, playing the small game of "123 wooden man", and his eyes were always watching Kevin Durant's movements, ready to cut in at any time.

Kevin Durant held the ball in his hand, and all that was left in his eyes was Liwan and the basket.

Li Wan pressed forward when he first performed early disguise.

Don't give Kevin Durant a second chance to change direction.

Although in this way, he narrowed the distance between him and Kevin Durant, giving him a chance to break through the basket.

But......

Li Wan's early slot allowed Chris Bosh behind him to accurately judge and know that this guy was breaking through along the right side and helping to block in time.

His every move was watched by Durant, and when he reached the free throw line, Kevin Durant, who had been leaning on Li Wan, was a non-ball handler, pushing Li Wan in order to exert his power faster, while falling to the other side and shooting in a weird but well-known league position.

Be......

"Golden Rooster Independence"!

"Huh!"

Leaning to the side, Kevin Durant scrambled to make a shot before Chris Bosh could make up for it and put the ball in the basket.

2-3！

It was a beautiful goal that stunned the audience.

The three well-informed commentators in the ESPN commentary table looked at each other.

This CIC should not have caused such a big reaction from them.

But Kevin Durant did it.

No way, just his height, the coordination he showed in his breakthroughs, and his use of these techniques......

They wanted to find a word to describe Kevin Durant, and finally the same word flashed through their minds:

Scoring machine!

It's a word that fits Kevin Durant perfectly.

It was the turn of the New York Knicks to attack again, and Li Wan just easily shook Kevin Durant's center of gravity, and this ball was more active, and the continuous "triple threat posture" made Kevin Durant raise his hand again and again.

Seeing that Li Wan had not moved, Kevin Durant inexplicably felt that he had been humiliated.

He decided to take the initiative.

Li Wan has been paying attention to Kevin Durant's reaction, and as soon as he pounced, he quickly took a big step to the right side with the ball, and hit an easy jumper.

5-2！

"It's coming!" Director Zhang shouted, and the ball fell into the basket with his shout, his face showed a little satisfaction, and he looked at Director Su and Yang Yi next to him, "This is what Li Wan is good at!" ”

In fact, he still had a word in his heart.

He felt that Li Wan was becoming more and more like that man now!

Speaking of which, this is really not the illusion of Director Zhang.

Under the influence of the "classical art of mid-range shooting" badge, Li Wan's mid-range shooting itself resembles the "god of basketball".

It's just that there are differences in some subtleties, because of the lack of strength in itself.

Now as Li Wan's strength is getting stronger and stronger, and his movements are becoming more and more stable, the similarities in the completed movements are naturally gradually made up for the subtleties!

"Kevin is a good scorer, but he's not a good defender!"

Watching Li Wan score calmly, Barkley couldn't help but mutter.

As soon as his words fell, the Thunder counterattacked, and Kevin Durant once again relied on his personal score to complete the goal.

Li Wan's defense of the ball was completely fine, not to mention that he was not out of position at all, and his hand was also in front of Kevin Durant, but the latter was able to send the ball to the basket.

It's a three-pointer.

When this goal is scored, the score is tied on both sides.

Kevin Durant clenched his fist hard.

"There's no doubt that Levan is one of the best outside defenders at the moment, but he can't stop Kevin's scoring......"

Kenny Smith shook his head and said, "No way, Kevin Durant is the type of scorer this league has never had......"

is obviously the height of an inside player, but he can score with the ball like an outside player, such a person can guard against him, to be honest, it may only be his feel......

"It's soaring!"

Yu Jia shouted, and Director Zhang's expression became more and more luminous:

"This game is good!"

Compared with the commentary, Director Zhang is first and foremost a fan!

Especially the confrontation between Li Wan and Kevin Durant, two arguably the best scorers in the league, made Director Zhang even more enthusiastic.

Both of them were in good form tonight, scoring when they came up and then scoring in a row.

Since both men are scorers with ample arsenals, the scene is very good.

How exciting is it?

In Bill Wharton's words, "Clipping these two guys' offense and defense together is enough for a lot of scorers to learn for a long time." ”

Finally, at the end of the first quarter, Lee Wan scored 11 points, and Kevin Durant was a little crazier, he scored 13 points.

However, Li Wan scored by himself in this game, and also took care of passing the ball to his teammates.

He dished out three assists in the first quarter alone.

Barkley also found a problem: "Kevin looks so tired!" ”

It was only the end of the first quarter, and Kevin Durant's chest was obviously much worse than he usually played the first quarter.

Kenny Smith broke the point: "It's because Li Wan's defensive intensity is too great!" ”

Kevin Durant scored goals, and every goal was beautiful.

But every one of his attacks was too extreme.

Extreme moves, extreme shots, such offensive methods will undoubtedly make Kevin Durant's physical depletion faster than usual.

The ESPN commentary bench also found out about the situation, and Chris Webb suddenly realized: "No wonder Kevin Durant's offense was so smooth tonight, and the New York Knicks didn't change their defensive style." ”

The entire first quarter was a single defense by Li Wan, and Chris Bosh waited for an opportunity to help make up the defense.

The effect of this is not good in terms of Kevin Durant's scoring efficiency, Kevin Durant shot 5-of-9, including 2 3-pointers, in addition to playing a "2-plus-1".

It can be seen in Kevin Durant's physical fitness......

The New York Knicks still achieved what they wanted to achieve.

Coming up in the second quarter, the main attacker of the New York Knicks became other scorers such as Chris Bosh. In the first quarter, with the help of Li Wan, they had already found their form, and soon they scored one after another, and the scoring momentum of the New York Knicks continued unabated.

Compared with the New York Knicks, although Brooks put the "Thunder Three Less" on the court, Kevin Durant, as the main attacker, gave others limited opportunities to shoot in the first quarter.

In fact, Kevin Durant noticed Li Wan's "sudden shooting combination" in the first quarter, and he also wanted to use his offense to drive his teammates' offense, but unfortunately he has not used the "button" of passing.

Coupled with the fact that he was in such good form, he didn't think much of it and continued to devote himself to individual attacks.

But in the current situation, he also realized that his physical energy was depleting faster than usual, and he needed his teammates to step up...... He immediately regretted that he didn't contain his teammates in the first quarter and let them try to play two more rounds!

He also forgot that last year, because he didn't have a firm idea of the two options of "passing" or "attacking by himself", he always wanted to take care of both ends, but he didn't do well at both ends.

Brooks also noticed Kevin Durant's hesitation, and he wanted to call a timeout immediately to strengthen Kevin Durant's thoughts: "The biggest help you can give the Thunder is to use your offense to destroy the opponent's defense, whether it is against other teams or the New York Knicks!" ”

Fortunately, at this time, James Harden stepped up, continuously dribbled to adjust his distance from Danny Green, and then suddenly broke through to the inside.

James Harden's explosiveness is definitely underestimated in the league, especially Danny Green, who has experienced it personally at the moment, before he can retreat, James Harden has already bullied him, Danny Green is too late to retreat at this time, if he goes back, James Harden can easily get into the basket.

He had no choice but to reach out to stop it, but what he didn't know was that James Harden was waiting for this time, holding the ball with both hands and raising it to Danny Green's hand.

"Toot!"

The referee's whistle blew immediately.

Danny Green was fouled on defense and James Harden made two free throws.

This......

Danny Green spread his hands speechlessly, which made me foul?

He didn't understand, and the huge boos at the scene also showed that the New York Knicks fans didn't understand either.

Li Wan was not surprised, as the league's later famous "man who played until 4 a.m. in the club and then went home to study the rules", everyone knew that defending James Harden was absolutely not to reach out.

If you stretch out your hand, you will definitely commit a foul.

Just like Danny Green now.

It is not a question of whether the defense is good or not, but a question of understanding the rules of the alliance.

In this regard, James Harden has long been in the atmosphere, and looking at Danny Green, who is confused at the moment, needless to say, this is obviously still in the first and second layers.

There was a lot of boos at the scene, but James Harden's free throw shooting ability can be ranked in the entire NBA history, as a famous "one-point man", if you want to ask James Harden what is the most consistent scoring means, it must be his free throws.

"Huh!"

"Huh!"

Two-point hit.

James Harden turned his head and glanced at Kevin Durant, didn't say anything, and seemed to say everything: Man, don't worry, it's time to hold off for a while, we're holding it up!

The hesitation in Kevin Durant's heart, and the eagerness caused by this hesitation, were suddenly swept away.

That's right!

I'm a brother now, too!

I don't need to tense my nerves all the time, I can catch my breath when I need to.

Just two rounds after James Harden stepped up to score, Westbrook suddenly got back on track and made a trademark forced break to push Beverley straight away for a layup.

Beverly rubbed his chest, and this time he couldn't hold on.

After the gladiatorial battle so far in this game, he can clearly feel that Westbrook's entire strength and explosiveness have improved, although he can "gnaw" and "bite", but his physique is really small, his height is only 1.85 meters, and he is not a short and stout defender, in the confrontation, once he fails to stand in advance, it is really difficult to intercept Westbrook's breakthrough.

Relying on the strength of the "second brother" and "third brother", the offense on the Thunder's side gradually flowed, and the momentum of the New York Knicks slowly opened up the point difference stagnated, and the point difference during this time has been floating between 4 points ~ 6 points.

Of course, in terms of pace, the New York Knicks are still the one who has the initiative.

If the Thunder rely on Westbrook and James Harden in turn, then the New York Knicks rely on Chris Bosh's suppression of Ibaka.

To say that this Ibaka can run and jump, it is supposed to be enough to deal with Chris Bosh alone, but the result is that he is suppressed......

Facing Chris Bosh with an outside style, Ibaka is obviously not very adaptable.

It's no wonder that as the ball begins to drift to the outside, the current No. 4 position on the inside, those who can hold the ball and play alone are still those names, and those who can attack with their feet on the three-point line are even rarer.

Chris Bosh, who just recovered the "Dragon King" account, is such a "rarity".

It is worth mentioning that in the fifth game of the original 12 Finals, Chris Bosh suddenly broke out in the third quarter, scoring 12 points, 3 rebounds and 1 steal in a single quarter, bringing a wave of offensive climax, allowing the Heat to open up the point difference, and finally beat the Thunder, defeated the Thunder with a score of 4-1, and successfully won the championship.

At this moment, Chris Bosh has a much higher tactical status than when he was on the Heat, and after a season of continuous ball possession, he has long regained the feeling of "Dragon King of the North".

Therefore, in the face of Ibaka, after he adapted in the first quarter, at the beginning of the second quarter, the firepower quickly became ferocious, and Ibaka was obviously a little more uncomfortable in the face of his outside ball-holding breakthrough.

Trying to solve the problem by bouncing, the result is that he is repeatedly shaken aside by Chris Bosh.

Finally, at the end of the second quarter, Chris Bosh scored 11 points in a single game.

That's about the sum of Westbrook plus James Harden, and the two of them combined for 13 points.

"After Chris came to the New York Knicks, he really got back to his old state!" Bill Wharton watched the replay of the second quarter of the game, almost Chris Bosh vs. James Harden and Westbrook, who accounted for at least 50% of the second quarter's scores.

At the end of the first half, the score was fixed at 58-56.

The New York Knicks are still barely leading by two points.

After reading the statistics of the main players on both sides of the first half, Kenny Smith said: "It seems that the first game of this finals can only be decided at the last moment!" ”

His predictions......

It's accurate!

The second half is almost a replay of the first half, and both sides have always belonged to the situation of "you sing and I will appear", and there are constantly people standing up and people who can respond.

Until the last two minutes, the New York Knicks' lead was only 3 points.

"Toot!"

When it was the Thunder's turn to attack, Brooks called a timeout at this point to set up for the final two minutes of the game......

Something has happened in the past two days.

Always on the road. There are still two days to go.

(End of chapter)