Admittedly, in terms of lineup, the Cavaliers are indeed inferior to the Nets, and the only high-performance players on the team are James and Embiid, and another star, Thomas Jr., has been reduced to an inconsequential bench role player.

The current lineup of the Cavaliers can only be said to be a little stronger than the Cavaliers in the original 17-18 season, mainly reflected in the fact that Embiid is much stronger than LeFou.

But the Nets are different.

Durant and Paul, both have the level of the league's top stars, as well as Booker and Jokic, the lineup lead is obvious.

But after all, the Cavaliers have James, even if the honor is discounted, James, who can only rank about fifteen in the league at present, is still really there.

The Cavaliers lost the first game of the Eastern Finals and were ruthlessly beaten, and even Wang Chao was slightly surprised, but after carefully recalling the original 17-18 season of the Western Finals, Wang Chao felt that it didn't seem so strange.

In the original 17-18 season, the Western Conference Final was a Cavaliers vs. Celtics game.

Facing the Celtics without Irving, the Cavaliers once fell into a hard battle, especially in the first two games, the Celtics lost by a large score at home, and there was also a fiasco with a score difference of more than 20 points, and the score was 2:0 in the two games, and there was a big one-sided situation.

However, the Cavaliers, who returned to their home court, finally stabilized the situation and won two games in a row to recover the score under the power of James.

In the subsequent battle of Tianwang Mountain, the Celtics were the first to win the match point, and then the Cavaliers won two cities in a row, and finally entered the finals with a thrilling score of 4:3.

The current Nets are not the Celtics, but the Cavaliers are not the Cavaliers led by James alone, no matter how Embiid's future style of play is criticized, he is an MVP-level star after all, and he has been able to contribute 24+12 data to the Cavaliers so far in the playoffs, which is very different from Love's performance of 14.9 points and 10 rebounds in the same period.

Therefore, Wang Chao is still more optimistic about the Cavaliers and the Nets to play six games or even tie-break battles, and it is still unknown which side can successfully break through from the East.

The game in the east was just a lively game for Wang Chao, and on the second day of the opening match of the Eastern Finals, the first game of the Western Finals was also played as scheduled.

The venue of the game is still the home of the Nuggets, Wang Chao's team, in the playoffs will rarely lose the home advantage, after all, with steel and iron bones and long-distance runners and other talents, and physical potions to help restore physical fitness, Wang Chao's attendance, playing time and performance on the field are guaranteed enough, and the team's record will not be too bad.

The Golden State Warriors, the cliché opponent.

This team has been in the hands of Wang Chao since Curry's rise, whether it was the Rockets or the Nets.

The Warriors, who have a luxurious lineup, reasonable playing style and flashy play, will end up losing most of the time against the king.

The scene of the four famous chasing Wang Chao has appeared countless times, but the Warriors failed to get Durant after all, although Cousins is very strong, he is obviously not at the same level as Durant, and the Warriors' small-ball playing style is not very compatible with Cousins, and it is natural to lose to Wang Chao and even the previous Cavaliers.

And now, the Warriors team, whose lineup structure has not changed from previous years, Wang Chao will not have any fear at all.

In the final analysis, Curry, as a top-level superstar in history, is one of the most targeted stars in the playoffs and even the Finals, which even Curry fans can't refute.

Thompson and Green are strong puzzle players who win championships and can't be expected to step up and turn the tide every time.

Iguodala is old and already in a semi-hang-up state.

As for Cousins...... This data can often play a very luxurious inside star, whether he can carry the beam at a critical moment, I believe everyone here also has the answer in their hearts.

In the opening game, the scores of the two teams were quite close at the beginning, alternating with each other, and even the Warriors were in a long-term lead for a while, but at the end of the third quarter, the difference between the two teams was only 1 point.

The Warriors should be happy that the Warriors should be happy to be like this at the home court of the Nuggets.

But at the beginning of the fourth quarter, all the Warriors, including head coach Kerr, looked solemn.

There is no other reason, in the first three quarters of the game, Wang Chao was too low-key, and he didn't attack much with the ball, but let Mitchell hold a lot of the ball to break through the single Curry.

Facing Mitchell, who is 1.85 meters, Curry, who is 1.91 meters, finally experienced what a height advantage is.

However, Mitchell's strengths lie in speed and explosiveness, which Curry obviously does not account for at all, which leads to Mitchell's ability to pass Curry almost every time to rush into the interior to make kills, causing a lot of burden on Green and Cousins.

As a result, it was clear that Wang Chao only scored 14 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists in the first three quarters of the game, but the Nuggets were able to compete with the Warriors.

Mitchell scored 22 points in the third quarter, shooting 8-of-20 from the field, but 6-of-8 from the free-throw line, allowing him to score the highest points on the team and even the game...... Temporary.

The Nuggets' style of play was unexpected by the Warriors, but it was in Wang Chao's plan.

The Rockets, who originally won the Best Resistance Award in the past two years, faced the Warriors who were in full swing in the Big Four, and the tactics they used were also to use blocking and dismantling to form a situation where Harden singled Curry, using Harden's super individual singles ability to greatly consume Curry, making him tired on the defensive end and having no time to take care of the offensive end.

In the 17-18 season of the Western Finals, the Rockets relied on this move and the super-level performance of the whole team's teammates, and even won the battle of Tianwang Mountain one step ahead of the Warriors, and won the match point 3:2, but unfortunately Paul's injury in the battle of Tianwang Mountain made the Rockets lack a big general, and suffered a heavy defeat in the next two games, declaring the failure of the resistance.

Although the game was lost, Harden's frequent military training in the course of the game was used by the teams in the league.

What the Nuggets are doing now is applying this yet-to-be-known tactic to the game.

With Mitchell's ability to break through with the ball, he can do this, so in the first game, Wang Chao directly gave Mitchell a chance to beat Curry, and he played more of a role in threading the needle and attracting the opponent's defensive center of gravity on the court.

Of course, the so-called explosion, Mitchell did not be able to do.

Although he scored 22 points in the third quarter, Curry's side played similarly, with 18 points and 5 assists, and a shooting rate of 48%, which was much more efficient than Mitchell, who shot just 40%.

But for the Nuggets, even if Mitchell and Curry form a mutual explosion situation, they will win and not lose, after all, the Warriors' strongest ace is offset by a role player on the Nuggets' side, what should Wang Chao do?

In the fourth quarter of the game, Wang Chao, who played three quarters of soy sauce in front, began to exert his strength.

And as soon as he exerted his strength, the Warriors' side immediately couldn't bear it.

The outside line grabbed the empty three-point shot with the help of teammates after blocking and dismantling, and Curry's signature three-point skills have long been in the shape of Wang Chao, and other players, including Curry, are imitators of his style of play, and Curry is at most a better performer among a group of clumsy imitators.

In the first three minutes of the fourth quarter, Wang Chao relied on this move to score 6 points in a row, plus a conversion fast break score after a steal, and scored 8 points in a row to directly stop the Warriors.

The point difference came to more than 5 points in the blink of an eye, and the Warriors who came back from the pause desperately tried to stabilize the situation, but they couldn't stop Wang Chao, and everything was empty talk.

Under the bag of Green and Thompson, Wang Chao made another mid-range step-back jumper and 2 of 2 free throws that caused a defensive foul!

Before half of the game time in the fourth quarter, Wang Chao had already scored 12 points alone, and his personal score in the whole game also came to 28 points.

And that's not even the most desperate.

In the next game, Wang Chao grabbed the Warriors' long-standing shortcomings and lack of rebounding ability, grabbed two offensive rebounds and scored all of them.

This scene is the most shrimp and pork heart!

You must know that this Warriors team is not the Durant version of the Warriors after all, Cousins, as the league's top center, also averaged 12.9 rebounds per game at his peak, and he averaged double-doubles in most seasons of his career.

With him guarding the Warriors' interior line, even Wang Chao is not so easy to compete for offensive rebounds.

But herein lies the problem, the Warriors, who were behind, wanted to catch up as soon as possible, but if they wanted to speed up, they had to replace Cousins and play the death five.

It is really a bit embarrassing to let Green, who is 2.01 meters face Wang Chao and Gobert on the inside, to compete for rebounds.

As a result, Wang Chao's two offensive rebounds allowed the Warriors to decisively replace the Death Five lineup in the next round and put Cousins back on the court to guard the basket.

It's just such a toss, the Warriors have fallen behind by more than 10 points, and there are less than 5 minutes left in the game.

At 113:106, the Nuggets finally beat the Warriors by 7 points at home and won the first game of the Western Conference finals.

Wang Chao only scored 14 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists in the first three quarters, and completely took over the game in the fourth quarter, scoring 21 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists in a single quarter, and finally the full-court data was fixed on a triple-double of 35 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists.

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The Nuggets, who won the first win in the Western Conference finals, won the G2 game, which was also played at home two days later, and led the overall score 2:0.

Facts have proved that the Nuggets' devil's home court combat effectiveness is really strong, and even the Warriors' combat effectiveness here is doubly affected.

On May 20, the third game of the series, after returning to the Warriors' home court, the Warriors finally relied on Curry and Cousins to score 30+ points to get back to the city, and the score came to 2:1.

The loss in this game is the first game the Nuggets have lost since entering the playoffs, and it can also better prove the strength of the Nuggets this season.

Honestly, despite their team's comeback, most Warriors fans are still in an atmosphere of despair.

The Warriors won the game because of the explosion of Curry and Cousins, and at the same time, Thompson played steadily and also scored 20+ points, which won the game at home.

On the other hand, on the Nuggets' side, Wang Chao only needs to shoot at critical times many times, and in ordinary times, Mitchell and Murray alone can fully support the team's offensive rhythm.

The two guards made a sudden throw, resulting in the main ...... No, to be precise, it should be the Warriors, who have arranged all their defensive power to focus on Wang Chao alone, and they can't draw more defensive strength to limit these two players, especially Mitchell, who is specifically staring at Curry.

In G1, Mitchell scored 27 points and became a major contributor to the team's victory.

In the G2 game, Mitchell's performance slipped slightly, but he also had a 22-point performance.

The only game he didn't play well was the G3 game on the Warriors' road, and it wasn't Curry or the Warriors who had a big impact on him, but Mitchell's pressure came from off the court, or rather the tension of participating in the Western Conference finals for the first time.

No matter how outstanding Mitchell's individual ability is, he is a rookie who only entered the league this season, playing in the regular season for the first time, playing in the playoffs for the first time, and playing in the Western Conference finals for the first time.

Mitchell, who has multiple first-time buffs, is still prone to impulsive and irrational offensive choices on the field, and is also easier to target.

If Mitchell is the Nuggets' No. 1 scoring core, his inconsistent play will definitely not help the team defeat the Warriors, but the core of the Nuggets team is Wang Chao, and the situation is completely different.

On May 22, the West finals G4, expecting the Warriors to be able to tie the score to 2:2 in this game, and the Warriors fans who fought against the Nuggets again against Tianwang Mountain will all be disappointed.

In this fourth game, the Nuggets changed the tactical play of the first three games, Wang Chao scored 16 points in the first quarter of the game, and then cut 15 points in the second quarter, and his personal score reached 31 points at halftime.

The explosive scoring efficiency forced the Warriors to limit Wang Chao to double or even multi-person packing, and the result was that the Nuggets' two guards took the opportunity to play and took over Wang Chao's offense.

At 98:94, the Nuggets won the game by 4 points, and the big score came directly to 3:1.

The worst fears of Warriors fans have happened.

With 1:3 down, the Nuggets still have two home courts, and even if they lose one of them, the Warriors will stop in the Western Conference and once again miss the chance to win the championship.

Such a result is extremely painful for Warriors fans, but there is one more painful than them, and that is Barkley, who wore a pain mask when he saw that the Nuggets had taken the initiative in the court.

"It's over, it's over, it's really going to be the end of the calf, the Nuggets are really going to enter the finals!"

Barkley was really dumbfounded, he finally realized why he didn't have a championship in his life, but Wang Chao won the championship as simple as eating and drinking, people are really different!

But the Nuggets couldn't fault it all the way, including the four games against the Warriors.

It seems that the Warriors do have a more luxurious roster than the Nuggets, with four All-Star players and extremely strong fighting power.

But in fact, the Warriors' four All-Stars are not much better than the Nuggets' main starters.

Mitchell averaged 22.4 points per game over four games to Murray's 16.8, and his scoring performance and efficiency were on par with Cousins and Thompson, while Gobert's contribution on the Nuggets' defensive end was stronger than Green's contribution to the Warriors.

I'm afraid that before the matchup between the Nuggets and the Warriors, no one would have imagined that Cousins on the inside would not be able to take advantage of Gobert at all, and his play was severely restricted, with an average score of only a little over 17 points per game in four games, and a shooting rate of only 42%!

In this case, the contrast between the ace players of the two teams, Wang Chao and Curry, makes the victory and defeat obvious.

(End of chapter)