On April 17, 2016, the first game of the first round of the playoffs started as scheduled.

The Brooklyn Nets, who have the best record in the East, faced the Indiana Pacers, who are eighth in the East.

In the four matchups between the two teams in the East during the regular season, the Nets won all four games, and three of them were by big scores.

The overall strength of the Pacers is really not as good as before, the strength of the inside and outside is seriously insufficient, and the only star on the team can be relied on, Paul. George.

George is indeed very strong, averaging 24 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists per game this season, ranking ninth in the league in scoring, and integrating offense and defense, he can contribute to the team in both offense and defense.

But under the leadership of the single core, the players who can lead the team to go far in the playoffs are only James for 18 years so far, even if he is as strong as Wang Chao, and there are Howard, Da Yao and other helpers around him in the past few years.

George is not James, nor is he a super, he is very strong, but he has not reached the point where he can turn the tide of the game on his own, otherwise the Pacers would not have barely made the playoffs with an eighth record in the West.

Therefore, in the first round of the series, the Pacers were almost defenseless against the Nets.

In the first game, the Nets won the game with a big win.

116:101。

Throughout the game, the Pacers trailed from the start of the first quarter two minutes until the end of the game, during which time they couldn't even launch an effective comeback to close the score.

Wang played 32 minutes, symbolically scored 22 points, 10 rebounds and 8 assists, and didn't even sweat much at the next break, which shows the low intensity of this game.

The Nets won both home games easily, and then went to Indiana, the home court of the Pacers, and the Pacers still struggled to find a win.

The gap between the two teams is too huge, not to mention the Nets' main starting lineup, that is, Deron on the bench replaces Wang Chao, leading this Nets team to play back and forth with the Pacers.

In 4 games, with a crisp 4:0, the Nets completed a sweep of the Pacers and easily advanced to the second round.

Since Wang Chao became a top superstar, almost all first-round games ended with sweeping opponents, and few teams can create even the slightest obstacle for Wang Chao's team in the first round.

Fans of the league also seem to have become accustomed to this, after all, the team led by Wang Chao can often become the first in the league, even if there is a sudden Warriors this season, but the Nets' record of 67 wins is still firmly in the first place in the East, far ahead of all teams in the East, including the Cavaliers.

The Nets weren't the only team to complete the sweep.

On the Eastern side, the Cavaliers, who entered the playoffs, were on fire and also swept the Charlotte Hornets with a score of 4:0.

Possession of thick eyebrows brother Anthony. Davis, Oladipo and Kemba. Walker's three potential players are not bad for the Hornets, but they met the Cavaliers, a three-round team, and James, who entered playoff mode, and it was natural that they were swept.

The Warriors on the Eastern side also completed a 4-0 sweep, their first-round opponent was the Memphis Grizzlies, the black and white Bears in the 15-16 season has lost the peak combat power of previous years, and the increasing age and the fast-paced offensive and defensive transitions of the small-ball era have made them tired.

Not to mention the lack of resistance in the face of the Warriors' signature Death Five, even the Warriors interior facing Cousins, Bogut and Green on the offensive line did not take much advantage.

It is normal for the Grizzlies, who do not have a position to match normally, to be swept out of the game 4-0.

Except for the Nets, the Cavaliers and the Warriors completed the sweep of their opponents, the other five sets of matchups were played multiple times and finally decided the winner.

In the other two sets of matchups on the Eastern side, the Toronto Raptors defeated the Boston Celtics 4-3, and the Miami Heat lost to the Atlanta Hawks 2-4.

The Celtics have begun to build a team tactical system around Thomas Jr. this season, and Thomas Jr. has not lived up to the team's expectations, averaging 22.9 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists per game during the regular season.

It's just that the excellent performance on the offensive end can't cover up Thomas Jr.'s flaws on the defensive end, and the height of 1.75 meters can't prevent anyone in the NBA on the defensive end.

This was the case with the series against the Raptors, with Thomas Jr. and All-Star point guard Kyle. Lori is in the opposite position, although Lori is not very tall, only 1.85 meters, but his body is very strong, after all, he has the nickname of a small steel cannon.

It's rare to face a player who is shorter than himself, how can Lowry miss this good opportunity, 7 games almost blew Thomas Jr. into nothing, averaging 22.6 points, 5 rebounds and 7.2 assists per game, on the other hand, although Thomas Jr. has 24 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists, but the shooting rate is very low, only 39.5%.

As for the game between the Heat and the Hawks, the process was just as intense.

The Heat, who lost James, had an ill-fated season this season, and the team originally renewed the contract of power forward Chris. Bosh wanted him to be the centerpiece of the team for the new season, but Bosh was injured halfway through the season and the season was reimbursed, resulting in the Heat only being led by Wade.

This is also where Wang Chao was more surprised.

Because of Wang Chao, Whiteside is now playing well with the Rockets, and he has also successfully won the league's blocking king with 3.5 blocks this season.

Although the Heat have acquired Dragic and Ruhr through trades and signings, as in the original history, they have acquired Dragic and Ruhr. Deng, but without Whiteside, the interior defender, the overall strength will be affected.

As a result, in this case, the Heat can still get the fourth record in the East, which is higher than the Hawks, and I have to admire Pat. Riley is so strong that he can always find some mediocre role players who can play well and use them as instant power.

Including the future team that twice broke into the finals, by Jimmy . Butler's Miami Heat, including Butler, does not have a few top-draft picks on the team, but they are very strong in the game.

There are many people who say that this is Butler's credit, but in fact, it is not, Butler is indeed very strong, especially at critical moments, but the strength of the Heat team is really not directly related to Butler, it is the strength of the overall strength of the team.

In the future 2023, Butler will lead the Heat from eighth in the West all the way up to the Finals, and some people will compare Butler with 18 James, thinking that Butler is stronger than 18 James.

Isn't this pure nonsense? First of all, Butler is indeed strong, and the quality of opponents the Heat encountered in the '23 playoffs was a little stronger than that of the Cavaliers in '18, but is all Butler's victory due to Butler alone? In addition to Butler, this Heat team also has Adebayo who averages 18+10 per game in the playoffs, Vincent who averages 14 points per game, and Caleb who averages 13 points per game. Martin.

The strength of the Heat team is first of all the strength of the overall strength, and then the existence of Butler has made the Heat team qualitatively change and sublimation, making it transform into a top team in the league.

But James' Cavaliers in '18 were completely different.

Only one player on that Cavaliers team averaged a double-double in points per game during the playoffs, and that was Love, who averaged 14.9 points per game.

In order to drag that Cavaliers team into the Finals, James averaged 34 points, 9 rebounds and 9 assists per game, and contributed two shutouts in the playoffs, and the Finals G1 can also slash 51 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists in the face of the Warriors' four famous Hunters, which can definitely be called the most exciting playoff individual show in league history.

This is the difference between 23 Butler and 18 James, both of them are historical superstars, but Butler occasionally has one or two games to pull his hips, only scoring a dozen points or shooting less than 40%, the Heat still have a chance to win the game with excellent roster depth, but if James pulls his hips in the game, the Cavaliers have no chance of winning at all.

The topic is far away, back to the current Heat team, Wang Chao certainly knows Pat. Riley's philosophy is militarized management and rigorous training.

When he was the head coach of the team, Pat Brown. Riley has discarded several players for overtraining, but more players have been trained by his devil.

Now he holds the position of general manager of the Heat, but in fact the team is still what he says, and the team's current head coach Spoelstra is just his disciple and obeys his arrangement.

In addition to being strict with the army, Riley is also ruthless when it comes to the issue of contract extensions.

Since Wade played for the Heat, he has always been squeezed by the team for personal value, and he has never received a maximum salary in his entire career, after the Heat game this season, Wade, who is in the contract year, wants to ask the team for a decent pension contract will also be ruthlessly rejected by Riley, and even Wade's attempt to bypass Riley and talk directly to the team owner was unsuccessful.

In the end, Wade couldn't bear it anymore and left the team to join the Bulls in anger, but it was not as simple as money, but more to fight with Riley.

Wang Chao doesn't know what kind of changes will happen to Wade and Riley's contract game this summer due to the butterfly effect caused by his existence, but considering Riley's ruthless businessmanship, Wade may be difficult to curry favor with this guy.

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In the other three sets of matchups in the West, the Spurs defeated the Trail Blazers 4-1, the Thunder eliminated the Dallas Mavericks 4-2, and the Rockets defeated the Clippers 4-3.

There is nothing to say about the game between the Spurs and the Trail Blazers, even if it is a relegated version of the Spurs, it is not an opponent that the Trail Blazers can compete with, and the score of 4:1 is not much different from a 4:0 sweep.

As for the Thunder 4:2 Mavericks, the highlight is still the same old thing, the collision between the three young Thunderers in the past.

James. Harden has fully developed into the league's top scorer this season, averaging 29 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists per game in the regular season, even higher than his big brother Durant, who is known for his scoring.

However, there is obviously still a big gap between the overall strength of the Mavericks and the Thunder. Nowitzki is 38 years old, and even if his style of play doesn't affect him as much as Duncan or Garnett, he can't match his prime.

During the regular season, Nowitzki averaged 18 points and six rebounds per game, but his shooting percentage has dropped to 44 percent, a career-low shooting percentage since his rookie season.

In the six games he played against the Thunder in the playoffs, Nowitzki averaged 16.6 points and 4.8 rebounds per game, and he was able to help Harden with very little.

On the other hand, on the Thunder's side, Durant and Westbrook both scored 26 points in 6 games, and it is clear which wins and which loses.

The final matchup in the first round of the playoffs is the Houston Rockets vs. Los Angeles Clippers, and this matchup is also the most intense in the first round.

The Los Angeles Clippers are a veteran powerhouse in the West. Paul led the army, Blake. Griffin & DeAndrew. Jordan is paired with two All-Star level stars, and Jamal is also on the team. With such a strong role player as Crawford and JJ Redick, there is no doubt about the strength.

Not to mention the Rockets, who completely dominated the league during the previous three-game championship period, this season after Da Yao retired and Wang Chao left, the team retained Leonard and Whiteside, and signed Jeremy Lin and Eyre. Jefferson can be regarded as building a team with a certain competitiveness around Leonard.

Among them, Leonard and Whiteside's performances have satisfied the Rockets management, who firmly believe that they were completely right to keep the two at all costs last summer.

Although the Rockets' 44-win record in the regular season and ranking fifth in the West is not good, Leonard averaged 25.6 points, 6.2 rebounds and 3 assists per game during the regular season, as well as 2.1 steals.

And Whiteside's average of 15.8 points, 12.4 rebounds and 3.5 blocks per game in the regular season is also quite impressive.

The Rockets are ready to turn Leonard and Whiteside into a duo of one inside and one outside.

Met the Clippers in the first round, Whiteside fought with Jordan Jr. on the inside, while Leonard Clippers in the forward position had no one to deal with, although Paul successfully beat Jeremy Lin on the opposite side, averaging 23 points and 8 assists per game, but as a point guard, he does not have the ability to make a final decision.

What's worse is that the Clippers' leading scorer, Blake Griffin, a power forward who averaged 21.4 points and 8.4 rebounds per game during the regular season, faced the Rockets' interior Whiteside, Al Jefferson and backup center Rudy Gobert, and his performance was extremely stretched, averaging only 15 points and 8 rebounds per game, shooting 37.7%, turning into an undercover agent, becoming the culprit of the Clippers' defeat to the Rockets in the first round of 4:3, the chief war criminal.

Paul, known as the god of point guards, is also miserable enough, Wang Chao's butterfly effect has brought many changes to the world and the alliance, but the curse that Paul has never been able to touch the floor has always existed.

What's worse is that Harden is no longer in the Rockets, and Booker is not in the Suns, and it is difficult to say whether Paul will be able to hold Harden's thigh and touch the floor of the West Finals in the future, and then hold Booker's thigh and touch the floor of the Finals.

Regardless, the second-round matchup roster between the East and West sides was also officially decided with the Rockets beating the Clippers 4-3.

The two groups of Eastern Conference matchups, Nets vs Hawks, Cavaliers vs Raptors, Warriors vs Rockets, Spurs vs Thunder.

Before the start of the second round, the league announced the All-Season 15-16 team.

Several of the five players in the best team are thunderous, such as Wang Chao, James, and Durant, and the other two selected players are Curry of the Warriors and Howard of the Spurs.

Among the five players in a row, Howard may be the most unworthy of the name, and his average of 18+12+2 per game is slightly inferior to several other stars who have averaged more than 25 points per game.

But after all, the Spurs are the only team to win 60 games this season, and the two core players in the team, one Howard and one Butler, must have one who can be selected to the best team after all.

The five players in the best second team are Westbrook of the Thunder and Chris of the Clippers. Paul, Leonard of the Rockets, Butler of the Spurs and Cousins of the Warriors.

The players in the third team are amazing, Lillard of the Trail Blazers, Klay of the Warriors. Thompson, Drummond. Green, Pacer Paul. George, Jordan Jr. of the Clippers.

In this way, the Warriors, who won 71 in the regular season, have four players selected to the All-Star team: Curry in the first team, Cousins in the second team, and Thompson and Green in the third team.

It's rare for a team to have four All-NBA players at the same time.

The four All-Star players are completely different from the four All-Star players playing on the same team at the same time, and last season the Hawks had four players selected as All-Stars at the same time, but their strength is not at the same level as the Warriors, after all, the players who become All-Stars may not necessarily be selected to the All-Star team, but basically the players who have been selected to the All-Star team have played All-Star.

The selection of the Warriors' four best team players has also caused huge controversy in the league, the most controversial of which is obviously that the Nets have the second record in the league with 67 wins, and only Wang Chao was selected for the best team in the whole team, after all, even the Spurs have a first-team Howard and a second-team Butler.

It's just that in terms of data, the Nets really have a hard time finding a second player who can take the lead.

The team's second-highest scorer is Brook Lopez, who averages 17.2 points per game, and among the 15 players in the All-NBA team, there are not few players who score lower than him, and Green and Jordan Jr. in the best three teams are only 13.4 and 12.7 points per game, respectively.

But in addition to 13.4 points, Green is averaging 8.8 rebounds and 7.6 assists, 1.5 steals and 1.4 blocks per game, and is the core of the Warriors' Death Five lineup.

Jordan Jr., who averages 12.7 points per game, has an average of 13.8 rebounds and 2.3 blocks per game, with more rebounds than points and is the team's defensive gate.

Although Lopez averaged 17.2 points per game, as an interior player, averaging 6.2 rebounds per game is really ugly, and even if he began to focus on defense at the request of Wang Chao, it still takes time to grow up, and he only averaged 1.7 blocks per game this season, which is a decent level with his height of 2.13 meters.

To sum up, the lack of personal data made Lopes miss the best team, and this is probably the closest opportunity he has to the best team.

Wang Chao knows that the original Lopez can contribute an average of 20+ points per game in the 15-16 and 16-17 seasons, and his offensive ability is undoubted.

But in this Nets team, after this season, I am afraid he will no longer be the second main scorer in the team, because Booker and Jokic are bound to improve more next season after a whole season of growth. López is stronger.

In Wang Chao's plan, Lopez only needs to achieve the state of the future Bucks championship-winning period, as an interior defensive pillar, and at the same time has the ability to shoot three-point from long range, and can be a comprehensive interior player who can be inside and outside.

By the way, in the selection of the best defensive team, Wang Chao was once again selected as the best defensive team with 2.7 steals and 1.4 blocks on the defensive end, and was far ahead in the selection of the best defensive player, far ahead of Green, Jordan Jr. and Whiteside, not surprisingly, he may win the best defensive player honor for the third consecutive season.

As an outside-based player, he has won the DPOY of the Best Defensive Player for three consecutive years, which is also unique in the league.

However, in the ranking of regular season MVP, Wang Chao is behind Curry of the Warriors, and Curry Ritian's performance this season is indeed explosive, although the average data of 30+5+7 per game is slightly inferior to Wang Chao's 28+12+13, but the Warriors' 71-win record obviously adds a lot of points, plus the league finally has a local star who can break the monopoly of Wang Chao's regular season MVP, and the media reporters who voted for the selection will naturally treat this MVP vote very "fairly".

The other four players who were selected for the best first defense are also Wang Chao's old partners in the first defense.

Chris. Paul, Leonard, Green, Jordan Jr.

The best defensive second team of five is Tony. Allen, Butler, Paul. George, Whiteside & Howard.

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On May 2, 2016, the second round of the NBA playoffs began.

The Nets' opponent in the second round is the Atlanta Hawks.

The Hawks had the highlight of last season, finishing first in the East during the regular season, with four players selected as All-Stars, and the playoffs all the way to the Eastern Conference Finals before being defeated by the Cavaliers.

But after the start of the new season, the strength of the Hawks has seriously declined. Millsap, Ayr. Horford, Jeff. Teague and Kyle. Korver was still all on the team, but the team just couldn't win and entered the playoffs with only the fifth record in the East.

Some would argue that the reason for the Eagles' plummeting dominance compared to last season is that starter Dermare Brown. Carroll's departure, but the problem is that Carroll averaged only 12.6 points and 5.3 rebounds per game in the 14-15 season, which is just a role player positioning, as a top team in the East, because the departure strength of an average of 12+5 players per game is reduced so much, it can also prove that the strength of this team itself is inflated.

For the Nets, the Hawks are not much different from their first-round opponents, the Pacers, or even as good as the Pacers, after all, the Pacers also have a top star named to the All-Star team. George, the Hawks have four All-Stars, but they don't have top stars.

Although the Hawks' interior Millsap + Horford's interior combination has good offensive ability, the height is seriously insufficient, Millsap is 2.03 meters, Horford is 2.06 meters, and the two are at an absolute disadvantage in height when facing the Nets inner twin towers composed of Lopez and Jokic, and the Hawks' outside line has no players who can fight against Wang Chao.

Therefore, just like when the Pacers played each other, the Nets first won two clean and clean games at home, first rewriting the score to 2:0, and then went to the road to win two more cities in a row, sweeping the Hawks with a total score of 4:0 and successfully advancing to the Eastern Conference Finals.

Most fans in the league are not surprised that the Nets, who won 67 wins in the regular season, broke into the Eastern Conference finals, after all, it is Wang Chao's team, and this card is still there.

However, the Nets swept their opponents 4-0 in both rounds, and the Nets' dominance in the playoffs was still quite surprising, and reminiscent of the regular season in March, the Nets' double kill against the Cavaliers has made some Cavaliers fans feel uneasy.

Their king won't be killed by the Nets in the Eastern Conference finals, right?

The Cavaliers division semifinals were also going well, with the Raptors' trash brother, Kyle. Lowry & DeMar. DeRozan himself is James's toy, even the single-core leader James in the 17-18 season can sweep the Raptors with the first record in the East 4-0, let alone the current period of strength?

Although the Raptors were not swept 4-0 as in the 17-18 season, they only supported to win one game, and were finally eliminated by the Cavaliers 4-1.

As a result, the matchup in the Eastern Conference Finals became a matchup between the Nets and the Cavaliers, two of the top two teams in the East in the regular season, and it was also the Nth meeting between Wang Chao and James, two of the league's top superstars.

Having lost countless times, James, who only relied on Da Yao's injury and won once, can cross the mountain of Wang Chao depends on this series.

Compared with the two series of games won easily on the eastern side, the confrontation on the western side is obviously much more intense.

Needless to say, the confrontation between the Spurs and the Thunder has its own advantages and disadvantages, the Thunder have two top superstars, Durant and Westbrook, while the Spurs' side of the stars is slightly inferior in terms of immediate combat power, but the number has an absolute advantage, Butler, Howard plus the twilight GDP combination, and the strategizing Popovich, are obviously better in terms of overall strength.

Relying on the home court advantage, the Spurs first played two cities on their home court and led 2:0, but returned to the Thunder team on their home court, Durant and Westbrook worked together to tie the score to 2:2 in two consecutive games, and then in the battle of the Spurs' Tianwang Mountain, Durant was full of firepower, slashing 43 points in the whole court, leading the team to win the key battle, and took the lead in winning the match point 3:2.

The Spurs did not give up in a desperate situation, relying on Butler's 31 points in a single game in the sixth game, the Spurs equalized the score to 3:3 again, and the two sides played the final tie-break in San Antonio.

The Spurs are at home, and the depth of the lineup is also more advantageous than the Thunder team, and the Thunder team can still rely on the strength of the superstar to force a comeback in the previous game, but the seven consecutive battles have been consuming the physical strength and energy of the players, and the Thunder team, which can only rely on the dual-core play, is slightly worse than the Spurs in terms of error tolerance, and the result is that in the life-and-death game of the seventh, Westbrook habitually pulled his hips in the playoffs, and shot 6 of 22 in the whole game, resulting in the Thunder losing to the Spurs 101:92 and stopping in the second round.

Durant scored 40 points in the tiebreaker, shooting 61% from the field, but he couldn't lead the team to win and could only watch the team lose the game.

After the game, Durant didn't say a word and walked directly to the players' tunnel.

Immediately, a reporter on the sidelines asked him aloud if he had any plans for this summer.

As we all know, Durant's contract will officially expire in the summer of 2016, and whether the league's top superstar will stay with the Thunder or join another team to compete for a championship will cause a lot of repercussions in the league.

Wang Chao, as a traverser, of course knows how Durant will choose, but the current Warriors no longer have Durant's position, and it is not clear which team the other party will choose to join in the end.

But I'm afraid that no matter which team he joins, Durant no longer wants to continue to partner with Westbrook, and Wei Shao during the regular season is a good helper, although occasionally he will make some irrational judgments because of head cramps, and it will be over after a little patience.

But Westbrook in the playoffs really can't bear it, many times the opponent has obviously targeted him, and if he doesn't change his style of play, he has to hold the ball and do it alone, are you Kobe Bryant?

It's not really Durant's fault, Westbrook's most criticized career is for his playoff play and three-point shooting ability as a point guard.

There's really no way to call a career shot in the early 40 percent of his field that can be called a good helper.

It wasn't just Durant who was pitted by Westbrook, and later Paul was not the only one who was pitted by Westbrook. George, Harden of the Rockets, and even the Lakers, Westbrook was the one who got the super maximum salary but lagged the most.

Compared with the Thunder, who lost to the Spurs in 7 games, the other group of matchups in the West is the Warriors vs Rockets, but the game process was greatly unexpected.

Before the start of this series, it was widely believed that the Warriors would defeat the Rockets by a big score to advance, after all, this Rockets are not the other Rockets, without Wang Chao, Da Yao and Butler, and now the Rockets team has played a good record with Leonard as the main core, but its combat effectiveness has long been incomparable, and the Warriors who won 71 wins in the regular season are not at all a level of opponent.

The same was true in the first two games at the Warriors' home court, where the Rockets were defeated by the Warriors' indiscriminate attack, losing both games by a large margin and trailing 2-0.

But back at home, the Rockets showed extremely tenacious fighting power, especially Leonard, who ushered in the best performance of his career.

In the G3 game, he shot 14 of 27 from the field, slashed 40 points, 14 rebounds and 6 assists, leading the Rockets to win one back.

Then in the G4 game, Leonard made 13 of 23 shots and scored 37 points, 9 rebounds and 8 assists, helping the Rockets stubbornly beat the Warriors in overtime and tied the overall score to 2:2.

The Rockets were able to draw with the Warriors, which really fell below many people's glasses, and no one thought that Leonard would have such a strong individual ability in the playoffs, which was even no less than his former big brother Wang Chao!

The Warriors were a little caught off guard by Leonard's wave, and the battle of G5 Tianwang Mountain also pinched a cold sweat, and the whole team did not dare to slack off in the slightest, and went all out, so as to defeat the Rockets to win Tianwang Mountain and take the lead in winning the match point 3:2.

In the subsequent G6 game, the Warriors did not give the Rockets another chance, and a wave of two consecutive wins took the game away, 4:2, the Warriors defeated the Rockets and successfully advanced to the Western Conference Finals, but the process was indeed quite thrilling.

Throughout the series, Leonard's 31.3 points, 10.2 rebounds and 5.8 assists per game shocked the league and made people re-examine the right-hand man of the Rockets' three-game championship.

"It turns out that everyone underestimated the strength of the two outside players during the Rockets period, Kehuai and Jimmy, especially Kehuai, who has a very outstanding talent and works hard enough, and the reason why he was always despised by everyone before was because he was by Wang Chao's side."

"Just like Pippen next to Jordan, although he is also a top star in the league, no one will really see him as a real core player, and Pippen has no chance to prove his strength without Jordan like Leonard."

"In fact, Pippen also briefly proved his ability to lead the team in the two years that Jordan retired, and successfully led the Bulls without Jordan to the division semifinals for two consecutive seasons, which Jordan did not do in the early single-core leadership, but with Jordan's comeback, Pippen's exploits were quickly forgotten by the fans, and he once again became the best second-in-command around the basketball god."

"The difference between Leonard and Pippen is that he now has a brand new Rockets team built around him, and Wang Chao is basically impossible to return, he is still young, the road ahead is long and bright, there will be plenty of time to prove his strength, this season is just the beginning for him to lead the team to the conference semifinals, we can expect Leonard to lead the team in the future."

The league does not hesitate to praise Leonard in all kinds of words, which is also a normal thing, praise Wang Chao's former teammates as much as possible, prove that these players themselves are strong, and can well weaken Wang Chao's gold content in dominating the league in the past few years, after all, his teammates are so strong, isn't it natural to be able to win three consecutive championships? It's like Jordan with Pippen, O'Neal with Kobe.

was also praised by Butler, who led the team to the Western Conference finals.

Although the playoffs are slightly inferior to Leonard in terms of personal data, in the first two rounds, Butler can also contribute 22.5 points, 4.4 rebounds and 4.8 assists per game, and is the Spurs' leading scorer.

It is widely accepted that Butler can go further than Leonard in the playoffs, mainly because the Spurs are a better team than the Rockets, and the team has stronger players.

But there is no reason to deny Butler's strength, for Butler, who has perfectly integrated into the Spurs' tactical system in just one season, people are also extremely praised, and Butler has been selected to the best second team this season, and has caught up with Leonard in terms of personal honors.

The Spurs, who reach the Western Conference finals, will stage a battle of the century with the Warriors, and the intensity will be no worse than that of the Eastern Nets vs Cavaliers.

The 15-16 East-West Finals can be regarded as the most exciting and spectacular game in recent years, bringing together three teams with more than 60 wins in the regular season, as well as a Cavaliers with an exaggerated lineup and a three-top combination.

With four teams and two sets facing off, it's no surprise who makes it to the finals.

(End of chapter)