Chapter 365: There's always a James going to the finals to fight Li Wan, why can't it be me
It's no wonder that he thinks so, the main thing is that he has experience in this matter......
Ahh
No!
The main thing is that it doesn't make sense!
Obviously, in the regular season, his performance was directly proportional to the Warriors.
Why now, when he is off the court, the rest of the Warriors start chasing points?
Ghosts!
There must be ghosts!
He thinks either Green wants to get the ball back again, or Stephen Curry wants to win the MVP.
The former situation is easy to understand, Green's current data is only a miserable 8 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists, this data has been played for two years, I am afraid that his contract will become a "garbage contract", for Green, who has just got a big contract and has a bad temper, he will definitely not be able to bear this kind of thing; The latter situation is better understood, everyone is from Akron, and there are no two kinds of births in one hospital, and it is actually quite normal for LeBron to want the Finals MVP, and Stephen Curry wants it;
The more I thought about it, the more I felt that both scenarios were possible, so much so that the next morning, watching Stephen Curry talking and laughing with Green and the rest of the Warriors, LeBron James's heart was extremely lonely, and he wanted to sing "Snow Distance" immediately!
Oh~
Such a cold day~
You're so far away from me~
A strange atmosphere permeated the entire Warriors.
Steve Kerr made another trip to LeBron James at this time: "Man, we can't lose in Game 3 anymore, we have to make some adjustments......"
LeBron James instinctively frowned when he heard this.
Listen to Steve Kerr continue: "I'm going to increase the frequency of Dream at the top of the arc in the third quarter, and you, LeBron, I need you to add more off-ball runs, wait for the opportunity to catch the ball and break through the basket in the run, and open up space for the team......"
LeBron James's whole face has been sinking, what does this mean?
Isn't it just to sacrifice my ball possession and consume my physical energy to raise "Stephen Curry" and "Klay Thompson" cards?
Jie Nima!
LeBron was tempted to put his iron elbow against Steve Cole's throat and ask, "Is the three-pointer your dad?" ”
Can't you see that these guys are playing me together?
It's just to force you to do it!
Don't you understand the truth that the closer you get to the basket, the easier it is to score?
Obviously, my breakthrough is the biggest reliance on the Warriors to win!
You don't know how to persuade those guys to practice their three-pointers more and shoot those damn three-pointers, and instead persuade me to increase my running without the ball?
At this moment, LeBron James felt that Steve Cole was also a gang of those people.
It's normal to think about it, how long have they been working together, and how long has he been here?
The idea that "the Golden State Warriors like to have small groups" was formed in LeBron James's mind, and it also strengthened his idea that he must leave Golden State in the future.
It's just that right now, he can't openly fall out with these guys.
His team told him several times that even if he left, he had to go with the glory of winning the championship.
So......
"I see, Steve!"
LeBron James agreed.
Steve Kerr is very happy with the outcome of this conversation, but LeBron James agrees to agree, and when it comes to training, he is a little out of shape, and his running position often overlaps with Stephen Curry or Klay Thompson. He also said in his heart: Sure enough......
It's really hard to change a player like LeBron James!
But what he didn't know was that he had wronged LeBron a little bit this time.
"The Pride of the Sky" this time......
He's also really serious about running with the rest of the Golden State Warriors. But...... It's one thing to be familiar with tactical points, it's another thing to run tactical points.
LeBron has never run a tactical point in his life. - Even in the 23 playoffs, he became a "D" without a "3", and he often went directly to the tactical point, without a little running feint, just put the pestle there.
Like him, several other outside players of the Lakers, such as "Xiao Hei" and Hachimura, are also "ambush shooters".
That's why the Lakers couldn't open up space in the final moments.
The containment of shooters is also graded, this kind of shooter standing at a point, waiting to be fed, belongs to the most basic stage of shooters, a large number of shooters at this level are basically the upper limit of Jason Capo, when shooting at the chair, it is particularly accurate, and he has won the championship of the three-point shooting competition.
But this kind of shooter needs teammates to help him contain space and help him complete the projection.
A more advanced shooter is a shooter of JJ Reddick's level, who has a certain ability to get rid of the defense and can catch the ball on the move.
Above him, it's Klay Thompson's level.
They tend to have a lot of cover moves.
Just one pitcher in a team can make the entire offensive formation complex.
Not to mention that the Warriors have two.
This tactic runs, and the line "drawn" can directly form a maze.
You let LeBron, who has never been exposed to running without the ball, run "without the ball" in such an environment.
It's like asking Emperor Han Cheng to let the Zhao Feiyan sisters enjoy themselves......
It's not embarrassing, what is it?
But because of some things in the closed training camp, Steve Kerr now has a little bit of colored glasses for him, thinking that LeBron is "paying lip service and doing it".
However, Steve Cole got a "wind of wind" that night. -- Li Wan and the Columbus Explorers defeated the Bulls and eliminated the latter 4-1 to successfully enter this year's Finals.
When the winner was decided, Kerr immediately sent the rest of the Warriors the same text message: Guys, now Li Wan is waiting for us in the Finals!
Another separate text message to LeBron: Dear Jen, if you want to beat Li Wan, this is your most promising year.
Almost no one responded to this text message from Steve Cole.
But the next day, the day of Game 3 of the Western Conference Finals, Steve Kerr saw them in the makeshift training arena, looking at their looks, looking at their form in practice, and the momentum they were showing, and he was sure that the text he sent was working.
That night, the Hornets also clearly felt the change in momentum of the Warriors.
The change in state caused by this momentum made D'Antoni, who was accustomed to seeing strong winds and waves, a little stunned.
Because at the New Orleans Arena, the Warriors, who had been double-killed by the Hornets, actually got off to an 8-0 start. He hurriedly called a timeout to the Hornets. The Hornets, who came to their senses, began to chase the score. It's just that the Warriors' strength on paper is here, and they have also found the old system, although LeBron James can't keep up with the rhythm of the whole team's passing, and he will always stop for a while, but ......
Their condition is really good!
At the end of the first quarter, the Warriors still led by five points at 35-30.
But this Hornets is also a team that has undergone a metamorphosis and rebirth.
A more important point......
D'Antoni's ability to develop the No. 1 and No. 4 positions is obvious to all.
Steve Nash and Xiao Si back then, but they were all in his hands, and they played a complete peak.
And now James Harden and Anthony Davis have become his "new masterpieces", and both have grown into "regular season MVP" level players this year.
plus the lineup of "Round-faced Deng", Ariza, PJ-Tucker and other elite generals......
The team's chemistry has come to their best since they were formed.
If they didn't catch up in the first quarter, they chased two quarters, and if they didn't catch up in the second quarter, they chased three quarters, and finally at 3:45 in the fourth quarter, the Hornets tied the score to 96-94 with James Harden's trademark "step-back three-point jumper", and the Hornets chased the entire game and achieved the first lead of the game.
The scene suddenly became a sea of cheers.
In this cheer, the Hornets have been leading by 3 points, and it was at this time that the situation changed abruptly, first Stephen Curry received LeBron James's breakthrough point, hit a three-point shot, and then Stephen Curry received the ball outside the three-point line, made a shooting feint to deceive the defender, rushed into the three-point line and first attracted the defender, and then gave the ball to LeBron, who was just in the air, to help him complete the strong kill under the basket.
The two consecutive "Zhanku connections" directly showed the Jinzhou people wet.
The game also ended in two strikes from the two, the Warriors reversed the game and became the leading side, and the Hornets chose to use free throw tactics to get the last hope, but unfortunately James Harden couldn't make a "desperate shot".
113-108, a 5-point difference, the Warriors won the first road in New Orleans, rewriting the big score to 2-1.
Bill Wharton highlighted the two connections of Stephen Curry and James in the final moments: "I believe that all Warriors fans think like me that the two of them should have seen such a frequent connection in the Warriors' game, especially at such a critical moment, but the truth is that we didn't see such a scene until tonight's game!" ”
Green's "top-of-arc deal" is a very purely tactical deal, and he will give the ball to Stephen Curry or Klay Thompson in a better position.
It can be said that even with the ball, Green is still a green leaf.
It's different with James with the ball.
He......
He talks too much in this chapter, so it can be shortened into 4 words:
Anyone who understands understands.
Stephen Curry has completely "degenerated" into "Ray Allen", the key is that he does not have the physical explosiveness of Ray Allen, and often his top shots after receiving the ball are based on the threat of holding the ball after he has the ball.
Once others find out that he is a pure pitcher, he will be more resolute in his defense, and no matter how powerful his top shot is, he will have to talk about "interfering with the basic law".
It's a well-known thing that Curry doesn't have a "cylinder".
Now, Green takes the ball to activate Stephen Curry's ball-handling breakaway.
Curry's ball-handling breakaway, in turn, can make LeBron James' air cuts more threatening!
Isn't the whole Warriors just going to be connected all at once?
Bill Wharton's words can be said to speak to everyone's hearts, and it can be seen from the statements of Warriors fans online that they have also been waiting for this day to appear.
But as a result, Green suddenly had a conflict with LeBron, and after finally reconciling, the Warriors' style suddenly became a little weird again, and it felt like LeBron's Cavaliers or LeBron's Heat.
The whole game revolves around LeBron James......
Now, they finally see Xiangkang.
Immediately, they were more optimistic that the Golden State Warriors would return to Golden State with a 2-2 score.
Because, in their opinion, the Golden State Warriors in this state are invincible, even if it is the Columbus Explorers, it is impossible for them to be their opponents.
Just kidding, what is "the strongest super team in history"!
The strength of the Golden State Warriors on paper, in the entire history of the NBA, is quite explosive.
But soon, the hopeful Golden State fans were slapped in the face by the Hornets.
Losing their first home game, the New Orleans Hornets are also full of blood.
They don't want to see the home fans look frustrated for two games in a row.
As soon as this game came up, Anthony Davis dominated the interior line, shooting inside and out, turning the Warriors' interior line upside down.
There's no way, Anthony Davis is only afraid of the "pure tonnage" interior player like Mr. Yoo. And even against such a player, he can actually blow up with the opponent at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, of course, provided that there is a good passer.
The Hornets really don't lack this.
Coincidental!
It's "James"!
What's more, Anthony Davis now has the bonus of the "D'Anthony system".
Don't forget, what kind of exaggerated statistics did Stoudemire get on average in the Western Conference playoffs against the Spurs under the last "D'Antoni system"!
Don't forget, in the opponent's lineup, there is also Tim Duncan, the "defensive guru".
Even though the Spurs chose to let go of Xiaosi, the Golden State Warriors chose to chase and block Anthony Davis. It still can't stop Anthony Davis's scoring momentum.
Theoretically, Anthony Davis has no natural enemies, his only natural enemy is that his teammates don't pass the ball, don't give him the feeling of scoring, as long as he feels it, then he is definitely "Dad"!
In this game, in the face of the "short country" general Warriors inside, he can really be said to be "turning the river and the sea", so that Steve Kerr did not dare to put the "death five" on the court for too long, and seeing that he couldn't contain Davis, he immediately took the "scum".
In fact, the "scumbag" can't prevent Davis, but he has a height and a "clumsiness", which makes him have a scruple about breaking through the basket.
It's just that in this way, the space of the Golden State Warriors can't be completely opened.
The Golden State Warriors, who "cut off their own arm", also had a problem in this game:
The Hornets cut the Warriors from LeBron James in this game, successfully allowing the latter to wander off the entire system on the offensive end. The third game of the series, which helped the team seal the victory, was never seen again.
Without this ace tactic, the Warriors lost and lost in the stalemate phase of the game, and finally lost undefeated, and after Stephen Curry's "desperate three-pointer" missed, the Golden State Warriors lost the second road of the series by a margin of 111-117, 6 points.
The big score has expanded to 1-3!
It's a real cliff edge too.
There is no way back for the Warriors!
Originally, when the Hornets won two consecutive home games on the Warriors' home court, it was already incredible, but even in that case, most of the media was still optimistic about the Warriors.
The Golden State Warriors' record and their roster roster are their biggest reliance, and as long as it doesn't get to the worst, no media will worry about them.
The Warriors' beautiful win in Game 3 of the series was even more proof of that.
But now, ESPN said, "We have to reassess the quality of this New Orleans Hornets!" ”
The venomous New York Times said: "The Golden State Warriors are exaggerated!" ”
The Cleveland Honest Reporter, which had been waiting for the opportunity, excitedly sent a mockery: "A person who has no ability to win a championship will never have the ability to win it, no matter how good his teammates are, it is useless, he will only harm this team!" ”
The lethality of these words to LeBron James is just like the original him, who was shouted by a fan to his face, "Win a championship that really belongs to you", the original he was anxious after hearing this, just like the current LeBron also broke the defense after seeing the Cleveland newspaper's evaluation of him.
The reason is simple:
The most lethal is always the truth!
Otherwise, some groups can't hear the truth!
When Li Wan learned of this result, he was not too surprised.
Although the combination of LeBron James and the Golden State Warriors is something he has not seen, he has seen the combination of Kevin Durant and the Golden State Warriors.
In theory, that's the ultimate for an NBA team.
LeBron James vs. Kevin Durant, more than all-round, not enough offense, just what the Golden State Warriors lack most is offensive ability, not other things such as passing, defense, etc., these Warriors have people to do.
And......
What the rest of the Warriors can't defend, so can't LeBron James.
For example, Anthony Davis in Game 4 of the series, in the end, he scored 42 points, 13 rebounds and 4 blocks, and beat the entire Golden State Warriors to pieces.
Therefore, the comprehensive strength of LeBron James and the Golden State Warriors is not necessarily weaker than Kevin Durant and the Golden State Warriors, and it is certainly not much stronger.
This Hornets is different.
That was the original Hornets core main lineup, removing Capela and replacing it with his "super enhanced" Anthony Davis, and a "super godfather of ultimate evolution" D'Antoni.
How much impact do you say a manager has on the team?
Although some seasons of championship teams do win with a dog on the bench, some teams do become championship teams after getting a good head coach.
For example, the Lakers with the "OK" combination.
Phil Jackson brought the Lakers a "triangle strategy", and now the Hornets' system is what D'Antoni has tweaked...... The bonus is definitely there, and the proportion is extremely high!
The original Rockets played 2 "tie-breaks" with the "Cosmic Braves" in the playoffs, and now this "enhanced version of the Rockets" defeats the Warriors who "still have problems with tactical run-in", which is really not a big deal!
And the game isn't over yet......
Oh, it's not that the league will intervene in this game and let the Warriors "8 to 5", even if the Warriors and LeBron are both beneficiaries of the league whistle, and the two add up, it is "more beneficial", but it is the "Adam League", and now it is still the David Stern League.
Although there was an outrageous whistle like the '06 Finals during the Stern period, it ......
It's important to note that the Hornets have David Stern personally in the regular season, and it's two.
Even if the regular season MVP was taken away by Li Wan in the end, Li Wan took it by virtue of his hard power, and the priority of praising Li Wan must be above this person.
What are the priorities of the Warriors and LeBron......
It really doesn't have to be on top of this Hornets!
The highest priority of this alliance is definitely Li Wan.
His huge influence around the world has made the NBA's path to internationalization wider and wider, and with him, the ratings of the NBA Finals will definitely not be low.
And if you really want to say it, no matter who the Hornets and Warriors enter the finals, it will be full of gimmicks when they encounter Li Wan.
Without thinking about ratings, David Stern really ......
Love whoever you are!
With this time, he might as well go to the hospital to see Xiao Hua, I heard that the child has recovered after treatment, or how to say that the young man's body is good.
However, it is also because he is recovering well, and the internal voices who want him to inherit the position of president of the alliance are gradually getting louder.
Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and the NBA is the same.
Xiao Hua is vegetative or anything, it's not a problem, the most important thing is that he represents a part of the alliance, only when Xiao Hua is in power, this part of the force can really benefit, so they have never given up on letting Xiao Hua take the throne for so many years, their reason is: "This originally belonged to Adam, this is his hard work for many years, he has been tested by God, and now he has survived the test of this stage, we should give him a chance to see what he can gain in this position......"
Well......
To put it simply, he suffered, so give it to him!
The reason is so outrageous!
But in this country that is good at "moral kidnapping" and "bandit logic", these reasons are enough, if you dare to question it, they will immediately throw you a hat that discriminates against "disabled people".
As long as it is linked to "discrimination", then I'm sorry, basically waiting for tens of thousands of people to condemn it!
In short, this trick is really "brainless and simple", and no one can stop it.
Including David Stern.
Eventually, the voices grew louder and louder, and he couldn't stop them.
However, he didn't intend to stop it, he should have retired a long time ago, and now he can let Li Wan win the seventh championship of his career, officially surpass Michael Jordan and then step down from the position of president, which is already the most perfect result for him.
Besides, he could feel that his body was getting more and more overwhelmed.
This summer, even if there is no heir, he plans to retire......
And when he retreats, what kind of ghosts, snakes, and gods does he care about this alliance!
It doesn't matter to him what it looks like!
The Western Conference Finals then ushered in Game 5, and after losing Game 2 of the series on the road, the Warriors returned to Oracle Arena with a big score of 1-3 and everyone looked much more solemn.
One of the people with a dignified expression is LeBron James......
There is a breath of "no one should enter".
In fact, it is indeed "no one else", since the way back from New Orleans, he has not said a word to the Warriors. No one knows what's going on in his mind.
Soon, of course, the rest of the Warriors knew what the guy was thinking as the game started.
From the beginning of the game, as long as he got the ball, he was a kind of desperate independent attack, and the desire to attack was almost on fire in the entire stadium audience.
Well......
It's rage!
At the beginning, LeBron James successfully completed breakthroughs again and again with his domineering body, and the Warriors fans at the scene were quite excited.
But soon, they felt that something was wrong.
What's the ...... of this guy
I can't rush in twice in a row, and I'm still sudden?
What about your "breakaway ball"?
It wasn't until the shooting percentage dropped from 80 percent to 50 percent that LeBron James started passing.
Seeing him pass the ball, Warriors fans breathed a sigh of relief.
It's just the same as just now, after looking at it for a while, they feel that they are not in the right way again.
What's the ...... of this guy
It's all passing!
I don't shoot in the open position, I don't play with the ball, I just wait for the opportunity to "eat cake" with a fast attack counterattack and "fight small" with the ball......
LeBron James' extreme approach made the Warriors fall behind by six points at halftime.
The whole team has been greatly affected by his style of play.
LeBron James' stats were very good, shooting 60% from the field, scoring 24 points in the half, as well as four rebounds and three assists.
Steve Kerr had no choice but to find him for a half-time talk.
But LeBron James glanced at the stats, and although he didn't say anything, his expression when he looked back at Steve Kerr said it all: "My stats should be the best among these people, right?" Instead of asking them to change their form, you're asking me to change my play? ”
You Golden State people are really interesting!
Sure enough, it's still not okay if there are no people in the team!
Once again, LeBron James feels like he's being targeted.
He didn't feel that he had a problem playing in the first half, and in the case of being eliminated after losing a game, wasn't it just "flying separately when disaster came"?
He doesn't protect his "KDA", won't he have to "take the blame" when this round of the series is over?
He can't announce that he is considering retirement to guide public opinion and relieve his pressure, right?
He's not 83 now!
However, what LeBron James didn't expect was that Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson broke out in the second half, and the two threw 10 three-pointers together, helping the team to successfully overtake the score when they were 6 points behind at halftime, and finally defeated the Hornets with a difference of 117-109, 8 points, and rewrote the score to 2-3!
It also brings the series back to New Orleans Arena.
LeBron James finally got a "luxury triple-double" of 36 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists, and in many media close to him, he was the key to the reversal of the Golden State Warriors in this game.
LeBron James, who tasted the sweetness, continued his "KDA-keeping" style of play in the sixth game of the series, and in terms of his ability, honestly, it is definitely not a problem to get a beautiful statistic.
It's just that often his style of play easily compresses the living space of his teammates, resulting in the unconscious "degradation" of his teammates' abilities.
As strong as Wade, who didn't do it in the second year after handing over the ball, Stephen Curry was relatively better, but not much better, anyway, his breakthrough in this game was a lot duller.
Coupled with the "Law of Conservation of Character", the outbreak of the last game made him and Thompson export all the "three-point pool", and now there is really not a drop left in the "pool".
Without a three-point mainstay, LeBron James eventually handed over a statistic of 25 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists, but the Warriors still lost the game by 9 points at the home court of the Hornets.
When the buzz sounded, the cheers of the crowd filled the entire New Orleans arena.
The scene was shot to the man with a thick beard.
Tonight's match was resolute from the start, revealing a desire to compete. And after the game, in the face of the interview with the live host, he said: "There is always a James who wants to go to the finals to beat Li Wan, why can't it be me?" ”
Right now......
In the finals, I'm "James" here!
Alright, the season is almost over.
Then, at the end of the season, the book will enter the last two stories, and the book is expected to be completed from the end of June to the beginning of July.
(End of chapter)