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On the second day of the Western Conference finals, the Eastern Conference finals between the Bucks and Bobcats were still in G4. In the first two games, the two teams played 2-1, and the Bucks temporarily led by 1 game.

And this 2-1 big score is not because the Bucks won two games at home and lost one away game. In this 2-1, the two teams have been winning alternately.

In g2, the Bobcats beat the Bucks on the road, and in g3, the Bucks beat the Bobcats on the road.

It can be seen from this, how close the strength gap between the Bucks and Bobcats is now.

Let's just put it this way, in this series between the Bucks and the Bobcats, the two teams are basically on the same level from the starter to the bench rotation, from the tactical play to the stars.

The strength of these two teams is not fake, it is really strong!

Of course, relatively speaking, the Bucks have a stronger starter, and the Bobcats have a stronger rotation.

Although the Western Conference finals between the Warriors and the Clippers were in progress, Chen Xiao and the Warriors players have been paying attention to the Eastern Conference finals between the Bucks and the Bobcats because the intensity of the match between the Warriors and the Clippers was not strong.

And this g4, Chen Xiao is definitely not to be missed.

Although the strength of the two teams is very close, but the big score of 2 to 1 is still a lot of pressure on the lagging Bobcats.

After all, if the Bucks can win you one game on the road, they may win the second game and lose g3. For the Bobcats, there is really no way out.

Although experts and media have said that this series is likely to win seven games, the victory of each game is not just talking about it. The victory of each game that falls from the sky needs to be fought for.

So g4, for the Lynx, is definitely a battle of life and death.

For the Bucks, the victory or defeat of g4 is acceptable, and the pressure is not so great.

Of course, the pressure on the Bucks is not so great. There are advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is that they are more open, but the disadvantage is that they do not have as strong a desperate drive as the Bobcats.

For the Bobcats, there are good and bad motivation. If you use it well, you will be able to explode into a super state that surpasses your own strength. If you use it badly, it will be tied down and the pressure will collapse.

Obviously, the Bobcats are not the kind of team that can't stand the pressure.

Most of the players on this team are players who followed Chen Xiao to complete the dynasty in the NBA. The willpower of these players is definitely the top.

Especially in this game, Jordan even took out his trump card, referring the team's 32-year-old veteran Brandon Roy from the bench to the starting lineup.

Ross, Roy, Jimmy Butler, Horford and Roy Hibbert.

It can only be said that Jordan's bold adjustment has indeed brought miraculous results.

The Bobcats' original two starters, DeRozan and Cousins, had really performed well before.

But in the Eastern Conference finals, both of them struggled a bit.

Judging from Chen Xiao's eyes, DeRozan was still too gentle in the face of Iguodala's defense.

This is actually not to blame for DeRozan, because DeRozan's style of play is a very gentle style of play. DeRozan doesn't like to make fouls, he doesn't like to shoot three-pointers, and he doesn't like to roll in the mud with others. , DeRozan is actually a master of offensive skills who seems to be obsessed with cleanliness. On the court, he has the kind of temperament of being a quiet and beautiful man and just being himself.

With such a temperament, Brother Zan, his offensive skills are indeed very respectable, but when he played in the playoffs, he was also very disadvantaged, especially when he met a fierce man like Iguodala.

And Cousins' problem is different from DeRozan. As Jordan's high hopes to hammer the Bucks to death, Cousins' performance in the playoffs against the Bucks in the past three games has been very disappointing.

In the face of Dream Chasing Green's defense, Cousins' data in the past three games is.

12 of 27, 33 points and 7 turnovers.

4-for-11, 17 points, 2 turnovers

13 of 30, 32 points and 7 turnovers.

All three games were very bad.

Especially g1 and g3, the Bobcats g1 and g3 lost, and Cousins ​​have a great relationship.

Jordan and the Bobcats hoped that Cousins ​​would break the defense of Green and the Bucks.

But the final reality is that Cousins, let alone breaking Green and the Bucks' defense, can't even beat Green!

Cousins' mid-range and long-range shots were not stable enough, and when encountering Green's close defense, the shooting rate was extremely unstable.

When he got to the basket, facing Green, who was extremely tough and had a strong ability to cut the ball and steal the ball, Cousins' back was also unstable.

Cousins ​​is indeed very comprehensive, with athletic ability and ball handling ability, as well as long-range shooting and post-up, but none of his skills are top-notch.

His all-round opponent, Green, is also a very all-round defensive player, and he is also a top defensive player in all aspects.

This was embarrassing and made Cousins ​​struggle quite a bit.

In this case, Cousins ​​has become a somewhat tasteless player.

The Bobcats won a game that Cousins ​​didn't get on.

In this case, Jordan decisively replaced the team's starting center from Cousins ​​to Roy Hibbert, which is indeed correct.

Roy Hibbert is indeed not as strong as Cousins, but Hibbert's defense is very good, especially at the basket, and although his offense is not as comprehensive as Cousins, Hibbert's mid-range shot is stable , especially the kind of open mid-range shots, very accurate.

The Bobcats used this point of Hibbert, his defense can block Antetokounmpo and Durant, Curry, they attack the basket.

As long as Roy Hibbert is guarding the basket, Roy, Rose, and Butler can all defend the opposing players more tightly, without worrying about the direct collapse after the defense behind them is broken.

On the offensive end, his shot can open up the space for Rose on the side and receive Rose.

It can only be said that this evolution of Boss Qiao is indeed immediate.

In the first quarter of g4, the Bobcats won 29-18 against the Bucks by 11 points.

In the face of the Bobcats' extremely strong outside defense, the Bucks made 0 of 8 three-pointers in the first quarter of this game, missed the outside shot, and was blocked by Roy Hibbert on the inside.

This allowed the Bucks' offense to finally press the nuclear button and rely on Durant's stand-up singles.

Durant is strong, but the Bobcats' defense is not bad.

However, I have to say that the Bucks are still very strong, and the Bobcats' defense lasted for the first quarter. After that, the Bucks had to make an impact. Antetokounmpo didn't care about Heber at the basket. How difficult it is to fight, he is really fierce when he kills it.

But in any case, it's a fact that the Bobcats locked the Bucks' perimeter through changes in this game. When both teams are in position, although the Bucks have Durant, it is necessary to say Stable singles, it must be the Bobcats stronger.

Ross, Roy's position is very strong in singles, Ross's current first position breakthrough in the NBA will not say, let's talk about Roy.

The 32-year-old Roy, his offensive skills have really come to the fore.

You have to treat 32-year-old Roy as another Kobe, there is really no sense of disobedience at all.

Iguodala's defense is actually very good, but Roy can still have a very stable output. In this game, he scored 10 of 17 points with 27 points, which was a good support for Rose on one side.

In the end, the Bobcats got back a game at home with 109 to 103 through evolutions, and also tied the big score to 2 to 2.

The Bucks really didn't blow it out. In the first quarter of this game, when they were knocked with such a big sap, the Bucks almost caught up.

This is really strong, especially the pick-and-roll of Bucks Curry and Antetokounmpo in this game, that is really strong!

If you switch defenses, Curry will play big on the outside. Switching Rose away from Curry and letting Curry face Horford is an absolute nightmare for the Bobcats.

In the same way, if you don't switch defenses, Antetokounmpo will get rid of Horford after the pick-and-roll, and Antetokounmpo who is rushing up is really unstoppable, even Roy Hibbert, who wants to block Antetokounmpo Bo also has to pay a price.

At the end of the game, Hibbert had 5 fouls on his back, 4 of which were made by Antetokounmpo.

Let's just put it this way, if the Bucks had played Curry and Antetokounmpo's pick-and-roll earlier, giving Antetokounmpo more offense and rushing opportunities, Hibbert might have been in foul crisis long ago.

Although the Bucks lost this game, Antetokounmpo left a deep impression on Chen Xiao.

This third-year young forward has a very good physical condition, and has a very strong ability to see the needle. What is the ability to see the needle?

It is to steal points during regular time when the defensive player is not so focused.

If you are the leader of a team, and most of the points are usually steals, everyone is focused at critical moments and you can’t score, then you are not a qualified leader.

But is Antetokounmpo the boss?

In the Bucks, he is not even the third child, at best a junior.

The Warriors have Durant, Curry and Iguodala in their clutch moments, and even Green's clutch shots are pretty good.

Antetokounmpo doesn't need to think about the key ball at all.

In this case, Antetokounmpo usually has a super strong ability to steal points.

When everyone was racking their brains to score a point, Antetokounmpo made an empty cut and ran back, and used his super athletic ability and height to bounce around the basket to catch the ball and dunk to get two points, completing the stealing. This is quite a blow to the opponent.

As far as this game is concerned, the Bucks have never opened the starting three-pointer, the bench rotation is a bit weaker, and the stand-up singles can't take advantage of Rose and Roy, the Bucks can still chase the point difference. Close, relying on Antetokounmpo's ubiquitous chicken stealing.

When the Bobcats' defensive attention was on Durant and Curry, the game was played by Antetokounmpo, who had given more trust to Ray Allen.

It's just obvious that although Antetokounmpo made a deep impression on Chen Xiao, Chen Xiao was thinking about another thing after this game, and that is...

"Curry and Antetokounmpo are so powerful in the pick-and-roll, so what if Curry and Durant pick-and-roll?"

Chen Xiao frowned as he watched Durant and Curry high-five on TV.

Bucks, have not done their best!

Ray Allen replaced the Bucks' meritorious coach Terry Porter as the Bucks' head coach last season. It is not a simple matter of replacing the meritorious coach.

Ray Allen has changed in the Bucks in the past two seasons. The biggest change is that Ray Allen is not as addicted to the team's passing and cutting as Terry Porter.

Ray Allen is more aware of how to use the team's super giants.

Although Terry Porter's NBA career was also successful, he did not have such a high status, and Ray Allen was different. As a Barkley mythical beast, Ray Allen, who has always been in the top five and always top five, even if he did not have a championship, Ray Allen has never fallen out of the top 25 in any historical ranking after retirement.

There is no doubt that Ray Allen is the all-time superstar of the NBA.

Ray Allen doesn't need to prove he's a cow.

There's no need to suppress the superheroes of the team like Terry Porter and show his importance and authority.

With the Bucks, neither Durant nor Curry can challenge the authority of Ray Allen.

In this case, Ray Allen's tactical play is more utilitarian and flexible.

Naturally, the current Bucks are more difficult to deal with.

After the Bucks and Bobcats finished their g4, the two teams were back on the same starting line again.

That got a lot of pundits who predicted the series would go into a tiebreaker excited.

Judging from the situation in this playoffs, the Eastern Conference finals are likely to enter the tiebreaker.

But for Chen Xiao, after watching the g4 between the Bucks and the Bobcats, Chen Xiao felt that this series might not be able to enter the tiebreaker.

G5, after returning to the home court, Curry, who was beaten up by Ross and the Bucks in the last game, returned to the home court and made 8 of 17 three-pointers, leading the Bobcats to the home court with 38 points. 115 to 110 defeated the Bobcats to win the most important battle of Tianwangshan.

And g6, once again came to the home of the Bobcats. In this game, many people said that the Bobcats would win the game again, and then drag the series into the tiebreaker.

But the final result was disappointing.

The pick-and-roll of Durant and Curry, which Chen Xiao and the Warriors have been paying attention to these days, appeared in this game.

In this game, the Bucks and the Bobcats scored 97 to 95 in the first three quarters. Such a score directly turned the fourth quarter into a decisive battle.

In the decisive battle, the Bobcats, who have the advantage in singles, are naturally more advantageous, so just when Boss Qiao is gearing up to make the big score 3-3.

Dooku's pick-and-roll came suddenly.

Then, Joe Boss and the Bobcats died in a crash!

Throughout the fourth quarter, the Bucks scored a total of 36 points, while Durant scored 5 of 6, 2 of 2 3-pointers, and 3 of 3 free throws for 15 points.

The other Curry is 6 of 8, 3 of 5 three-pointers, also scored 15 points.

This score, this shooting percentage, to be reasonable, the Bobcats did not collapse, that is really very top.

In the end, the Warriors defeated the Bobcats 133-127 on the road in G6, and advanced to the finals with a big score of 4-2, smashing the face of the expert media who predicted that the game would be a tiebreaker.

At this point, Durant and Curry led the Bucks to the Finals for the second time in their careers.

At the same time, this is also the first time that Chen Xiao and Dooku have met in the finals in their careers.

"Steve, I have a hunch that this Bucks may be the strongest opponent I have ever faced in the finals in my career!"