ebonymovies Chapter 706
Chapter 706
Chapter 706. 706. Strong X Invincible Warrior
After the Warriors played four games in the second round, everyone was shocked, even more surprising than the Lakers sweeping the Spurs.
The Spurs were swept by the Lakers, although it was unexpected, but considering that the Lakers are the defending champions, last year's playoffs had a record of 16 wins and 2 losses, the second playoff record in history, and it is normal to have such dominance this year.
But the Warriors actually beat the Thunder with a big score of 1 to 3 behind!
If it wasn't for Curry's 4 three-pointers in the final quarter in the second game, the Warriors would have been swept by the Thunder!
The expectations of the Warriors are no less than that of the Lakers. The previous two teams that won 70 wins all won the championship in the playoffs. Naturally, the Warriors are also expected by people.
But the greater the expectation, the greater the pressure. This is why D'Antoni doesn't want the team to continue to shine in the regular season, and even gave up fighting for the first place in the Western Conference after the Warriors ended the 8-game winning streak at the beginning.
Except for the Celtics, a paranoid team, all teams are excited to see the Warriors!Everyone wants to be the protagonist who ends the 70-win team's championship!The Thunder was originally one of the favorites to win the championship, and they tried their best to win the championship. When they met the Thunder, they became even more energetic. Just like Curry and Thompson wanted to kill Liu Ren, Westbrook also wanted to kill Curry!
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There is a saying in the ancients that one should keep one's ears shut and only read the books of sages and sages.
Not to mention whether it is useful to read the sage book, but every time it comes to his own series, Liu Ren just plunges into the game and doesn't have the heart to ask about other things.
It wasn't until the Spurs were eliminated so easily that Liu Ren realized that his side was actually so strong!
This was not only beyond Liu Ren's own expectations, the Lakers were also taken aback, and then eliminated the Spurs even more confidently.
Previously, the Lakers' image of the Spurs was the team that eliminated them for two consecutive years in 2013 and 2014. It turned out that the opponent was not as good as before, and I estimated that it was stronger than last year's invincible dominance in the playoffs!
After defeating the Spurs, Liu Ren, who was relieved, finally thought about watching the situation in the playoffs, seeing how the opponents in the Western Conference finals, the Warriors, played, and seeing how they played against a really strong opponent in the playoffs. And who is stronger among them.
It doesn't matter if you don't look at it, it almost scares you when you look at it.
The Warriors were almost eliminated by the Thunder!
1 to 3 behind...
The Warriors are going to end the rhythm of the playoffs early!
In the nearly 70 years of NBA history, there have been too many cases of falling behind 1 to 3, and the chance of a comeback is very small. On average, there are three or four times a year when the score of the playoffs is 1 to 3. In the entire NBA history, there have been more than 150 cases. After scoring such a big score for the first time, the number of times the trailing side succeeded in making a comeback was only 9 times... that is, the probability is less than [-]%!
Playing the Warriors is a lot of pressure. Although the Warriors haven't proven themselves in the finals, their strength is definitely at the top level in history, not much worse than the Spurs in the past two years and the current Lakers.
But if there is thunder...Liu Ren expressed his excitement!
"Sweep...sweep...sweep..." Liu Ren couldn't help humming the freestyle song by Moses Malone after he swept his opponents in 1983...
If the Thunder do knock the Warriors out, it will be the Lakers who will benefit the most.
Playing the Thunder is much easier than playing the Warriors. The Lakers have swept the Thunder in the regular season for three consecutive years. They have won nine consecutive regular seasons against the Thunder. The last time the two teams played in the playoffs, the Lakers also easily killed the Thunder.
As for challenging the strong and competing with the Warriors in the Western Conference Finals, of course Liu Ren also wanted to, but if he could enter the finals more easily, of course Liu Ren wanted it.
Nothing in the world is meaningless, Liu Ren has always believed that even things that seem meaningless must have their reasons.
But as a basketball player, Liu Ren believes that winning the damn championship that leaves the star without a painful physical illness for the rest of his life is the most important and meaningful.
Except for the Warriors and Thunder that stunned Liu Ren, the East side was pretty normal overall.
The 76ers continued the momentum of the dark horse and tied the Knicks 2-2. After the Knicks were overthrown in the first home court, they came to the 76ers' home court and snatched the home court advantage back, proving a wave of themselves It is true that the strength of the 76ers is stronger than that of the 76ers, but the 76ers are very difficult to deal with. However, the overall strength of the Knicks is stronger, and the 76ers gradually lack stamina. It will be a matter of time for the 76ers. After all, the 06ers rely on unexpected but not particularly outstanding fresh play, and they are also a spoiler in the playoffs. They are similar to the Grizzlies, except that they rely on the offensive end. Spoiler, a bit like the Warriors in the 07-[-] season.
The Cavaliers played against the Celtics. In fact, not many people doubted the final result. The Cavaliers were definitely the group that advanced, so even though they played very hard, the Cavaliers only lost one game and led by a big score of 3 to 1. .
It's just that James is going to see a psychiatrist after beating the Celtics. His big brother was almost crippled by Olynyk's legs, and now he has a bit of a psychological shadow...
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On May 5, several Lakers players and some members of the coaching staff came to Oakland to watch the game between the Warriors and the Thunder.
There are always places where the TV picture can be deceiving, there are always shots in front of the TV that you can't see, or some shots are always things that the cameraman thinks the fans like to watch but the professionals don't appreciate.
Although the opponent in the Western Conference Finals has a high probability of becoming the Thunder, the Lakers still came to Oakland to watch the game. They wanted to see how the Thunder could beat the Warriors so badly. In terms of strength, the Thunder Far inferior to the Warriors, I also want to see how the Warriors can lose.
Liu Ren came to the Oracle Center in Oakland for the first time as a non-participating player and felt something very different.
This is Liu Ren's first time to go to the game site without playing, and it feels very different.
Speaking of the Warriors in this time and space, compared to Liu Ren's original world, the Warriors are a little sadder. Judging from their popularity in the California area, they are completely abused by the Lakers. Even if they play at home, the Lakers go to the away game. Half of the Oracle Center supports the Lakers .
Firstly because of the high popularity of the Lakers, and secondly because Oakland is next to San Francisco, which is the city with the largest number of Asians in the United States. Of course, Liu Ren will support Liu Ren in the game.
In addition to this aspect, the city where the Warriors are located is Oakland. Although Oakland and San Francisco are separated by a bridge, the economy of Oakland is like the iron wall between the slums and the rich in India compared to San Francisco. After crossing a bridge, the economic income will be directly cut in half.
This has led to the popularity of the Warriors, and the tickets are selling very well, but the ticket price can never be raised, because Oakland's income is like that, and the relevant departments only give them so much pricing power, so their boss will only focus on it. want to move to San Francisco over the bridge.
Before the game between the Warriors and the Thunder, players from both teams saw the Lakers, especially Kobe and Liu Ren, and they all came over to say hello in a black way.
Both teams expressed their honor. This seems to be the first time for the Lakers to go to the scene of the next round of the opponent's game. It has never been done before. Of course, this is due to the fact that Oakland is very close to Los Angeles. Kobe borrowed the helicopter Just over an hour to go.
The relationship between Durant and Liu Ren was so-so, and they left after saying hello.
Curry and Thompson stayed a little longer.
"Stephen, there are still three-point shooters, are you all about to end? Wow, it seems that we will continue to sweep and enter the finals. Maybe we can win 16 consecutive victories. I am so grateful to the Thunder." Liu Ren joked road.
"Hey, they're just lucky, and you'll see how we get rid of them later." Thompson, who no longer felt that there was anything wrong with the name of three-point shooting, used it as his nickname in Liu Ren's mouth, and was immediately excited Said.
"OKOK, you're amazing. I'm very interested to see how you guys come back. It's a good thing if you come back. It's so tiring. There's not much difference between us playing you in the Western Conference Finals and playing Thunder." There is no sense of ridicule at all, but every sentence is heart-warming.
Curry was silent and didn't speak, but his heart was pierced, just like what Liu Ren said, even if they want to come back, they have to fight the Thunder for 7 games. Whether slow can keep up with physical fitness, you must know that he is an indispensable core of the Warriors' defensive end!
How tired!
This is how Curry feels now. He thought that winning the MVP of the regular season was the beginning of smooth sailing and getting the same honor as Liu Ren.
It's all the fault of these bumpkins from Goose Village!
Curry turned his head to stare at the migrant worker Durant and the tortoise Westbrook on the opposing bench, with evil spirits in his eyes, saying that he and Thompson went to play or train with Liu Ren by the names of migrant worker Du, school bag Du, and tortoise I overheard Liu Ren’s nicknames for the two when I was in Beijing, and when they went to China for an event last summer, they happened to see these nicknames on the Internet...
Durant and Westbrook twitched inexplicably when they saw Curry's eyes, but they didn't take it seriously.
It's 3 to 1, and it's not far from the promotion. Westbrook and Durant said it's easy...
Liu Ren looked at Curry, and felt a different feeling from yesterday and today when he watched the first four games between the two teams. It seemed that Curry finally regarded the Thunder as a real opponent, not as completely as before. Don't take the Thunder team seriously. Before the Warriors played against the Thunder, there was a feeling that I was going to abuse you, but if you are too strong, you will be defeated instead!
(End of this chapter)