After seven games against the Grizzlies, the Thunder eventually advanced to the Western Conference Finals.

However, in the seven-game battle with the Grizzlies, Thunder head coach Brooks became the most embarrassing person.

Brooks was ejected from the court in the second quarter for protesting the referee's penalty scale.

Originally, after he was ejected, Brooks himself felt that the Thunder was already going to be cold......

But who would have thought that after he was expelled from the game, the Thunder players in the next game would explode because of it.

Under the leadership of Durant, Harden, and Rose, on the court, the Thunder blossomed more in the second half.

As a team that uses defense as the main means of winning, the Grizzlies are most afraid of this kind of offense that you don't reason with him.

Because as long as you can play a wave through this kind of unreasonable offense, it will be difficult for the Grizzlies to quickly catch up with the score by grinding the position.

In Oklahoma, in order to chase points, veteran coach Hollins had to choose to forcibly speed up the pace of the game in the final quarter.

But under the premise of suddenly changing the rhythm, before the Grizzlies players on the court could make a difficulty, the Thunder players who were better at playing this kind of chaotic battle rushed to the high ground one after another, and successfully dropped the Grizzlies' base.

Without Brooks' restrictions, Harden, who had played mediocre in the previous six games, suddenly found the feeling of playing.

In the tiebreaker with the Grizzlies, Harden shot 7-of-9 in the second half, 8-of-14 from the field, and scored a total of 29 points, 4 rebounds, and 6 assists for the Thunder, including free throws and three-pointers.

In addition, Mr. Tony, who successfully limited Durant's overall shooting percentage to about 40% in the first six games, has no way to take Durant this time.

It turns out that even Tony's teacher can't defend Durant in seven consecutive games.

In Wang Shuo's previous life, because Tony Allen did lock Durant in the confrontation with Durant, many Duhin naively thought that Mr. Tony was Durant's nemesis in this league.

But in fact......

Even Wang Shuo, the black leader, has to admit that as long as Durant can find the feeling of the game, then his only nemesis in this league is himself.

The 10/11 season in history is the best example of this.

In that series, the opponent was also the Grizzlies, and the player in charge of defending Durant on the court was also Tony Allen.

But even though Mr. Tony was able to effectively limit Durant's shooting percentage in most games, and limited his single-game scoring to 19 and 11 points in G5 and G6 games, respectively.

But as Durant regained his touch in the final tie-break, he scored a total of 39 points for the Thunder on 13-of-25 shooting in G7, but he immediately turned into the Thunder's side of death.

That's Kevin Durant.

Whether you like him or not......

You can't embarrass a player who doesn't score well.

In addition, without Brooks' tactical blessing, Rose, who only played for about half a season under Presti's advice in the regular season this year due to knee discomfort, has also re-emerged as the on-court metronome of this Thunder team.

In this life, under Presti's training, Rose is actually better than Wang Shuo remembers, both in terms of the overall situation and the rhythm of the game.

But what's the matter, in the first six games, Brooks just seemed to have been reusing Ross on the surface, but in fact he just used Rose as an ordinary attacker?

Under Hollins' management, the Grizzlies' defense, even the Lakers, will have to choose to use a smarter way of playing to complete the defensive dismantling of them.

Therefore, Brooks's offensive set-up, which is too monotonous and even simple enough for fans to see through at a glance, is the main reason why Rose failed to bloom in the first six games.

CCTV, when commenting on this game, looking at Yi Jianlian, who frequently ate the pie thrown by Ross in the seven battles and scored 37 points with Ibaka, Director Zhang couldn't help but complain: "Isn't this right? It's not that Rose protrudes and can't be passed, but why didn't the Thunder play like this before? ”

On the side, Yu Jia said with a smile: "Without the head coach, the Thunder played better than usual tonight." ”

In Wang Shuo's view, if the Thunder really want to make a difference, then they really have to consider changing the head coach.

On this day, after watching this battle with Wang Shuo, Vogel asked curiously: "If this Thunder is brought to you, in your opinion, how many games will it take you to solve the Grizzlies?" ”

Hearing this, Wang Shuo, who didn't like to make this kind of assumption very much, said after thinking about it seriously: "Five games......

Although in my eyes, I will most likely lead the Thunder to complete the sweep of the Grizzlies, but out of respect for Lionel, I think I will still spend about five games. ”

Wang Shuo knows very well that reality never assumes and ifs.

But this day......

Who made Brooks succeed in him off?

After all, in the eyes of someone who really understands the ball......

Brooks can turn the thunder over like you spoil food in front of a chef.

In Wang Shuo's opinion, it doesn't matter if the dish is unpalatable.

Can......

Wasting food is Brooks' fault.

According to the schedule, the Lakers and Thunder's next Western Conference Finals will start on May 28.

And the day before the Thunder advanced to the Western Conference finals through the tie-break, the Heat also successfully advanced to this year's Eastern Conference Finals with a score of 4-2 after winning the G5 and G6 games with the Wizards in a row.

As for the Knicks......

It was the day after the Thunder advanced, they defeated the Cavaliers in the tiebreaker and advanced to this year's Eastern Conference Finals with difficulty.

Looking back at the Knicks and Cavaliers in this round of the Eastern Conference semifinals, of course, the Cavaliers can tie seven with the Knicks, which is related to the fact that they have obtained off-court weighting from Stern.

But in fact......

Time is the Knicks' worst enemy right now.

In April of this year, Duncan officially turned 35 years old.

Compared with the Knicks dynasty, no matter how Knicks fans praise Duncan, the dominance of this "young player" on the court has long been the same as it was back then.

And after a year of rest, Xiao Yao's state is not any problem......

He and West, both of whom will turn 31 this summer, are also facing a decline in physical performance on the court.

Wang Shuo feels that if Mike Brown still wants to lead this former NBA hegemon to regain glory, then he must seize the last two or three windows of the Knicks to win the championship.

Because as the years continue to erode the body of the Three Kings of New York, there is really not much time left for this Knicks at the moment.

In addition, after the NBA further limited the extent to which teams could renew their contracts through the Bird's Championship in the new collective bargaining agreement......

In the future, even if Dolan is still willing to burn money, the Knicks will not be able to keep their roster all the time.

On the evening of the 28th, the Lakers, who were waiting for work, sat at the Staples Center to face the Thunder.

Since the Thunder had just finished a tie-break with the Grizzlies two days ago, this G1 battle was in Wang Shuo's eyes.

But what Wang Shuo never expected was ......

Brooks, who suddenly opened his mind, led the Thunder to create a lot of trouble for the Lakers in this game.

On the court, less than half of the first quarter of the game, Brooks was ejected from the court for two technical fouls after protesting the referee's decision.

In the NBA, Wang Shuo has seen many types of coaches.

Like a chicken soup coach like Rivers.

For example, Van Gundy Jr. can't touch the hairstyle coach.

But this is the first time Wang Shuo has seen such a "self-banning coach" like Brooks.

Without Brooks' command on the sidelines, the young Thunder once played the Lakers to the final quarter in the G1 game.

Durant, Harden, and Rosburne all played at a supergiant level per game.

With the Lakers sending multiple players to take turns to guard themselves, Durant shot 12-of-24 from the field, including free throws and three-pointers, for the Thunder to score a total of 37 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists.

Rose, who can pass suddenly, scored a total of 25 points, 5 rebounds and 10 assists for the Thunder.

Under the combing of Rose, who can slow down, although many of the Thunder's offenses on the court can be summed up by "Xia Ji Ba play", this orderly Thunder team in chaos has brought huge trouble to the Lakers' defense.

Harden, who came off the bench, took just 13 shots in the game.

But with a total of 14 free throws in the game, he became a nightmare for the Lakers inside the game.

Compared with the "Jingdezhen Porcelain King" in Wang Shuo's memory, Harden's porcelain touching skills are still a little rough at this time.

Wang Shuo knew that Harden was able to get so many free throws in this game, mainly because Stern didn't want the Lakers to enter the finals too easily for two consecutive years.

This is expected by Wang Shuo, and it is also reasonable that the Lakers will definitely encounter a target in this year's playoffs.

CCTV, when commenting on the game, Yang Yi said: "Brooks has made a great contribution to the Thunder today.

Because after he was ejected, the referees not only changed the penalty scale, but the Thunder players on the court also found themselves. ”

However, although the Thunder once made the defending champion Lakers quite embarrassed in this game, in the decisive moment, the Lakers still managed to win with the successive outbursts of Curry and Kobe.

The final score of this G1 match was 117-128.

The Lakers' offense was tested in the final moments.

Kobe Bryant made all 6 shots in the final quarter of the game, including 3 of 3 three-pointers, and including free throws, he scored 19 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists for the Lakers in the final quarter alone.

Curry made 4-of-5 shooting in the fourth quarter, scoring all three-pointers, and contributed 14 points, 2 rebounds, and 1 assist to the Lakers in the final quarter including free throws.

After the game, looking at Kobe Bryant, who had not recovered from his finger injury, Wang Shuo confirmed again on this night......

The finger contusion didn't have any effect on Bryant's feel at all.

If there is a ......

That must be Kobe Bryant making excuses for his iron-striking behavior.

After a two-day break, on the evening of the 31st, the G2 game of the Western Conference Finals between the Lakers and the Thunder continued at the Staples Center.

In this game, Brooks was not ejected for complaining about the referee.

After all, in terms of the penalty scale of the G1 battle......

If Brooks continues to complain about the referee, then in Wang Shuo's opinion, the Thunder is really a bully.

I have to say that with Brooks in the Thunder coach's seat, the coaching staff on the Lakers' side is significantly less stressed on this night.

No......

In the G1 game against the Thunder, the players have already shown him a clear path......

Wang Shuo doesn't understand, who gave Brooks the courage to dare to defend in the game with this Lakers?

Be.

In this Thunder team, there are players like Ibaka and Sefrosa who are good at defense.

But didn't Brooks think about it......

On the opposite side of the Lakers, do they have more players who are good at defense on the court?

In the G1 battle, the Thunder and the Lakers were able to fight to the decisive moment in the final quarter, and it never relied on defense.

Because under the premise that the Lakers have double plus on the inside and Kobe and Green on the outside, even Curry, whose defense is still a hole at this time, can play a good defensive performance under the leadership of his teammates.

Moreover, after taking the initiative to slow down the pace of the game, the only player this Thunder team can rely on in the positional battle is Durant.

After all......

No matter how fast Rose protruded, he couldn't get the ball in front of Gasol Jr. and Garnett every time after passing Kobe.

But what about the Lakers?

As the god of positional warfare in the NBA, not to mention that Wang Shuo has 10,000 ways to dismantle the Thunder's defense in positional warfare.

Even if Wang Shuo is unwilling to use his brains, the Lakers can use the simplest triangle offense to put Gasol Jr. and Kobe Bryant in the low post to stabilize the points for the Lakers.

As a result, this G2 battle ......

Just when Thunder fans thought they could at least continue to cause problems for the Lakers in the game after getting a well-rested meal......

The Lakers managed to seal the win in just three quarters.

The finishing score of this G2 match in the Western Conference Finals was 101-127.

After the game, the gap between the two coaches was extremely intuitive in front of the world.

In the NBA, a player-based commercial league, Wang Shuo once again made fans feel the importance of a head coach to a team this year.

According to the schedule, the next G3 game between the Thunder and the Lakers will be moved to Oklahoma on June 2.

Online, most people are not optimistic that the Thunder can achieve a comeback in this series.

Because compared to other managers who are good enough to give you some chances in the game......

In the NBA, Wang Shuo has always been known for being "ruthless".

Sure enough, on the evening of the 2nd, in Oklahoma, the Lakers unsurprisingly captured the city with a score of 121-108.

In this game, Kobe Bryant broke out again, scoring a total of 41 points, 9 rebounds, and 7 assists for the Lakers.

Although before, many Cormies were very unhappy with Curry's snatching of power this season.

But you have to admit that Curry's growth did liberate Kobe Bryant in a sense.

In the G3 game, on the premise of thinking that Curry was more likely to be blocked, Brooks specially arranged for Sephorosa, who has the strongest defensive ability on the outside of the Thunder line, to mark Curry throughout the process.

In Wang's view, there is nothing wrong with Brooks' choice of move against Curry.

Because as long as you can give Curry enough intensity and keep an eye on him all the time, it's really hard for him to keep his crosshairs on the court.

And this is why Wang Shuo has always believed that the current Curry is just the one who is infinitely close to the future.

But......

In the case of using Sephorosa to guard Curry, in Wang Shuo's view, even if Brooks uses Rose to defend Kobe, he can't use Durant to match Kobe.

Why?

Because in the NBA, except for Kobe, who has a lot of experience in playing iron, and very few players who can do it offensively and defensively......

At the very least, it is impossible for the current Durant to defend Kobe Bryant with all his might on the defensive end and come back and attack the Thunder.

In Wang Shuo's eyes, in the same period of history, Wei Shao will always be mistaken by people as the key to preventing Durant, and Brooks must definitely pay some responsibility.

Because Brooks is not as good as the command and dispatch at home......

It's like the NBA version of Hu Xuefei.

But if Brooks' command and dispatch on the sidelines can make a few more mistakes, the Thunder may be able to drag this Lakers team to Game 6.

In the West, with the Lakers leading the Thunder 3-0 in the Western Finals, they almost locked a Finals spot in advance......

Next door to the east, the Heat and Knicks also fell silent for a while.

Because compared to the uneventful Western Decision......

This year's Eastern Conference Finals once again presented a scene of either you die or I live......

A scene of "joy".