Chapter 704 The curtain call of the epic four consecutive legends ends(2/4)
According to Spurs fans, Duncan may really have the chance to win the second championship of his career this season.
In addition to these two teams, the remaining championship-level teams, the Warriors, Lakers and Bulls, also performed very strongly.
Moreover, because of the strength of these teams, many teams that are expected to compete in the playoffs chose to play badly shortly after the season began.
The so-called "After the Little New Year, there will be a big New Year". After experiencing such a super Little New Year in 2013, many teams have placed their hopes on the new year's draft in this context.
Andrew Wiggins from Canada, Joel Embiid from Africa, Exam from Australia, and Jabbarri Parker and Aaron Gordon from the United States.
These rookies have already shown very good talents in overseas or in high school leagues, and the NCAA has shown great talents.
Winter goes and autumn comes, and a season passes in a blink of an eye.
After six months of competition, the curtain of the regular season 2013-2014 finally fell.
The last rankings of the east and west are as follows:
In the Eastern Conference, the Knicks finally won 66 wins, 65+ wins for two consecutive seasons, ranking second in the league and first in the Eastern Conference.
The remaining 2 to 8 are: Bulls, Pacers, Wizards, Raptors, Hornets, Eagles, and Knights.
It is worth mentioning that Harden played better regular season performance than last season and directly brought the team to the upper half.
This also brought back the expectations of fans and the outside world for him.
Of course, given his diarrhea performance last season, the outside world is still cautious about his playoff performance.
In the West, the Lakers ranked first in the league with a record of 67 wins!
At the beginning of the season, the Spurs were ahead of the West, but the Lakers did not perform badly.
As the season gradually deepens, the team's performance is getting better and better, and they have won three consecutive 10+ wins in the season.
Jimmy Butler also had an opportunity in his third season, squeezing veteran Carter out of the starting lineup.
The five starters of the Lakers, except for Sun Hao and Yao Ming, are all young people. This starting group has both experience and maintains great vitality, and therefore has a very large chemical reaction.
The Spurs ranked second with 63 wins.
The remaining 3 to 8 are: Warriors, Mavericks, Thunder, Grizzlies, Clippers, and Nuggets.
The competition will start soon after the ranking is confirmed.
The Lakers' first round opponent is the Nuggets
With Lillard and Anthony Davis on the team, the Nuggets realized their talents much faster than expected.
However, like Deron before, he entered the playoffs for the first time in the West to gain knowledge and be ravaged.
After four games, the Lakers easily swept the Nuggets to advance to the second round with no suspense.
Then in the second round, the Lakers encountered the Thunder again in the second round.
The Thunder advanced after six fierce battles with the Mavericks.
Green's joining has helped the Thunder very much.
Because compared to Sofflosa before, Green not only has better defense, but more importantly, he has the ability to shoot from the outside, which makes him very fit with Westbrook's partner.
The trouble they caused to the Lakers was also much greater than last year.
However, the final result was not a big surprise. 4-2, the Lakers successfully eliminated the Thunder and advanced to the Western Conference Finals.
Then, in the Western Conference Finals, the Lakers met the Warriors again.
The Warriors' regular season performance has declined slightly this year, and their performance has also declined slightly in the playoffs.
Before, he played with the Spurs, he was even behind 2-3. If Durant hadn't had two consecutive games in the Death mode, the Warriors would have been disappointed.
However, the Warriors' lineup is here, and they are also working hard to meet the Lakers.
But unlike last year, the Lakers have been smooth this year, 2-1, 3-2, and finally 4-2.
Six games later, the Lakers once again eliminated the Warriors.
The Warriors also encountered the Bulls' feeling last year, that is, when Sun Hao and Yao Ming were in good shape, the game was hard to play.
Then, there is the final that attracted the most attention.
Like the Warriors, the Knicks are also making great strides in the East.
When they met the Bulls again until the Eastern Conference Finals, they were in a state of 4-1 and easily defeated this old opponent.
James' release of the ball received a huge reward in the playoffs, and the Knicks' players who can play suddenly became much more special.
Then, there is the belated Knicks Lakers battle.
The attention this game has received across the United States is absolutely unprecedented.
Because this is the finals that the teams in Los Angeles and New York have encountered each other again after more than 40 years.
The last time the Knicks were led by Reed, while the Lakers were still the "logo man" West.
That final was earth-shaking. Reed staged a "Return of the King" and finally helped the Knicks defeat the Lakers to win the championship.
So this time the fight is particularly eye-catching.
Moreover, the Knicks are much stronger in terms of strength and form than last year, and they can definitely play 55 with the Lakers.
A. Smith made a bold statement before the game: The only one who can stop the Lakers is the Knicks, and LeBron will take over the league's first player position in Sun Hao this year.
Against this backdrop, the finals of the two teams began soon.
G1, the Knicks directly gave the Lakers a warning and defeated the Lakers 126-122 to win their first victory.
The quality of offense and defense in this game is beyond the understanding of fans of this era. Both sides played very well in every round, basically just competing for details.
In the end, Butler's mistake on the Lakers destroyed the Lakers' victory.
However, after the game, Sun Hao touched Butler's head to comfort him, which became a classic scene.
And Sun Hao also spoke for Butler at the post-match press conference.
"Everyone will pay the price of growth, it is by no means a person's fault, it is a failure of our team."
This kind of encouragement made Butler indescribable. Perhaps at this moment he truly knew how lucky he was to be able to play with Sun Hao.
G2, the Lakers returned strongly at home, Sun Hao turned on the Sun Tian mode and no one could stop him, and Butler also showed his tough side. Although he fell out of the field several times in the confrontation with James, he also forced James to walk continuously and become angry, and the game was unprecedentedly fierce.
Both sides still played until the last moment, and Sun Hao finally scored consecutive high-difficulty goals and took away the game.
127 to 123, the Lakers returned to a goal.
G3, returning to New York with a 1-1 score, New York fans are also unprecedentedly excited.
Because the next three home games are played in New York, if the Knicks can grasp it, they can witness the team win the championship at home.
Things are indeed moving in the direction they are looking forward to.
Perhaps it was because the previous game was too smooth, and Sun Hao and Yao Ming were in poor form at one of the rarest.
In the end, the Knicks defeated the Lakers 117 to 101, and took the lead with a big score of 2-1.
This is the first time since the two teamed up, they fell behind in the big score.
G4, this game is very important to both sides, especially for the Lakers. If they lose 1-3, they will directly enter the Knicks' match point.
It was in this game that Sun Hao and Yao Ming both ushered in a strong rebound.
The brutal scene of Sun Hao placing George in the game was even called "kill George" by fans after the game.
Under their leadership, the Lakers tied the big score 2-2 with 121-109, and brought the finals back to Los Angeles.
Then, there is the Battle of Heavenly Kings Mountain in Madison.
G5, this is the most tragic game of the season. Yao Ming, Millsap and Hibert all committed 6 in the end.
The fans felt that Sun Hao had a fight with the whole world at the end of the game.
Then, he won.
He scored 70+ in the NBA's unprecedented finals, and Barkley fell to his knees in the commentary seat.
This game was also called "Century Performance" by fans.
G6, when the game returned to Los Angeles, just when fans thought that the game had been stable, Anthony from the Knicks suddenly went wild.
Last season, there were rumors that when the Big Three disintegrated, Anthony was the one who was suggested to trade by fans.
Because Anthony's defense has always been a weakness, and his position with James is somewhat overlapping.
He has been holding back all this season, and finally he went on a rampage in the most important G6.
He scored the only finals in his career, led the Knicks to narrowly defeat the Lakers 131-127, dragging the game into the final tiebreak.
At this time, Stern was already smiling from ear to ear.
Because the ratings of the finals have exploded again and again.
Not only the ratings, but also the topics on social media are emerging one after another.
The focus of the tiebreak battle is even more than most football games.
With unprecedented attention, the tiebreak battle kicked off.
To be continued...