The Godfather of Basketball

The Nets' road to promotion is one step away, and the situation with the Warriors over there is similar.

After the Rockets introduced Tucker, they asked him to gain weight and change to the fifth position to deal with the Warriors' death five. There is no need for a small lineup of five.

After several Western Conference finals, Cousins ​​also completely blew Capela inside.

In the past summer, the Rockets repeatedly suppressed Capela's contract due to salary space and luxury tax, which caused the two sides to break up on the issue of contract renewal. In the end, Capela only signed a one-year qualification quotation contract.

Capela is still in the Rockets, but his attitude and mentality have obviously fluctuated greatly from last season, and his performance on the court is even more irritable than Cousins.

This was also one of the reasons why Tang Tian gave up the trade to come to Paul. The consequences of locking up the salary space were more serious than expected.

Also 3-1, the Nets and Warriors' fourth Finals encounter looked close.

However, the strength of the Rockets and 76ers is also at the elite level, and obviously they will not be eliminated so easily.

The sixth game between the Warriors and the Rockets took the lead in the Oracle Arena. Harden ran wild in desperation, scored 50 points and 6 assists, and made 8 of 15 shots from beyond the three-point line. He abruptly dragged the series into Game 6 .

Coincidentally, one day later, the 76ers also played a strong rebound at the Barclays Center. Covington changed his previous iron feel and made consecutive outside shots. He scored 23 points on 7 of 13 three-pointers in the game, showing a With the strength of top 3D players, the 76ers also tenaciously brought the series back to Philadelphia.

The two games also illustrate the characteristics of the small ball era. Whether it is a superstar or a role player, as long as the three-pointer is opened, many problems can be solved.

The two groups were 3 to 2. Many people began to look forward to a double tie-break between the East and the West as it did two years ago, and even some extreme fans expected the referee to influence the game.

However, the referee's gambling scandal during the offseason has caused the league to fall under the pressure of public opinion. Which referee dares to hit the gun at this juncture.

The Warriors played the Rockets away, Harden's performance declined after a runaway game, and Paul abruptly carried the team to the fourth quarter.

At the moment of the decisive battle, the five-star lineup of the Warriors began to show off. A group of top shooters ambushed the Rockets on the outside and did not dare to shrink. Cousins ​​turned into a monster inside, playing singles and dunks.

Capela made six fouls early, and Nene and Altenstein's insiders were beaten so badly that it was impossible to see.

In the end, Cousins ​​scored 30 points and 15 rebounds, turned into a behemoth inside, and helped the Warriors overturn the Rockets 125-111 in the away game, and eliminated their opponents 4-2 to advance to the finals.

After the game, the media sighed.

When the Warriors' weakest position added an All-Star or even a quasi-superstar insider, it was really a bit of a hooligan.

When you can't double-team Cousins, it means that you are going to suffer a storm on the inside.

"We know that it is almost impossible for the Warriors to keep Cousins ​​next season, but this season belongs to them, no matter who the opponent is." After the sixth game between the Warriors and the Rockets was broadcast, Barkley couldn't help but sigh loudly.

Such sentiments are definitely not the words of the family.

Before Cousins ​​came back, many people thought that he would not be able to recover like most players with a torn Achilles tendon, but when he returned to at least 70% to 80% of his strength, everyone felt that there was no suspense this season. .

Whether it is the Warriors or the Nets, it is difficult to stop such an opponent, and they will have no advantage against the Warriors.

The all-round offensive and defensive five-star warrior has no weaknesses against any team.

After the dust settled in the Western Conference finals, there was a lot of discussion, and in this atmosphere, the Nets ushered in the sixth game of the 76ers as a guest in Philadelphia.

Philadelphia sits at home with great momentum, but God is not on their side tonight as it was in Brooklyn a few days ago. Covington's hand fell back after an outbreak, which has become the key to the outcome of the two sides factor.

Although James scored 20 points in the third quarter to help the 76ers narrow the point difference to single digits, the overall offense of the 76ers was weak in the fourth quarter.

The Nets played a wave of attacks under the witness of more than 20,000 Philadelphia fans, and finally took advantage of the trend to win the game, eliminated their opponents and advanced to the finals.

George scored another 30 points, and Irving also scored 27 points. The Nets started with four players plus Anthony and Yi Jianlian, and still six players scored in double figures.

James scored 41 points, 12 rebounds and 6 assists, Embiid scored 22 points and 11 rebounds, Fultz scored 13 points, and no one else scored in double figures.

The biggest problem of this 76ers team is that there are too few independent scoring points, which is also the problem that the team management should focus on solving in the summer.

In the post-match press conference, James was in a low mood, and responded copiously to reporters' questions. After the press conference, he left the arena in a hurry and didn't go to the locker room.

For him, Tang Tian retired after this failure, and he didn't even have a chance to prove himself anymore.

The Nets eliminated the 76ers and met the Warriors in the finals.

It's a situation many fans have expected, and one they've been looking forward to all season.

If there is the only team in the league that can go head-to-head with this five-star Warriors, it must be the Nets.

With four stars plus Anthony and Mitchell, they have the strength to fight the Warriors on paper.

The league also used various methods such as official Twitter, events and TV media to carry out hype before the game.

After suffering an image storm last summer, they desperately need a series like this to regain ratings.

In fact, the effect of such propaganda is very obvious.

Irving, Butler, George, Anthony, Jokic VS Curry, Thompson, Durant, Green, Cousins.

Five people on both sides, this kind of lineup that could only appear in the All-Star field in the past, is very similar to the lineup of Captain America and Iron Man in "Captain America: Civil War", an absolute superhero peak duel series.

"The most, most, and most intense finals are coming, and I'm so excited that I want to pee." Barkley used five words in a row to describe his expectations on TNT's program.

"This is a war between the Avengers and the Thanos camp." O'Neal used more appropriate adjectives than the media. The Warriors are Thanos, while the Nets are the Avengers.

"We know good will triumph over evil in the end, but just like we watched "Avengers 4" this year, it was Thanos who won in the end, so no one knows what will happen before everything is over." One time did not express their views.