Chapter 527 Eat at the Table with the Children!

The Eastern Conference and Western Conference Finals every year are the highlights of the NBA.

According to the fans who are arguing with each other on the Internet today, there should be a lot of fans supporting the Cavaliers, not less than the Supersonics. Even if you look at the controversy on the Internet, the Cavaliers should have more fans.

But I didn't expect that the ratings of the Eastern Conference and Western Conference Finals were so different.

Although the Western Conference Finals did not reach the 97.5 million viewers of the Lakers Game 1, it still had 92 million viewers.

But in the Eastern Conference Finals, the Cavaliers played against the Pistons, and the ratings were only over 70 million.

Countless Supersonics fans mocked the Cavaliers' so-called iron fans on the Internet, saying that they were robots and water armies hired by Nike, which put Nike in a passive position in public opinion, but it also aroused the anger of Cavaliers fans.

——They just took advantage of the three consecutive championships. In terms of strength, the Cavaliers are far ahead of you Supersonics!

——After the Cavaliers win the championship this time, let's see who has more fans next year!

——Can anyone in the Supersonics stop Kidd from controlling the game? Should we rely on Payton who can no longer run or on the rookie Rukawa Kaede?

—— Hanamichi Sakuragi and Lin Dong can block two people at most, but the Cavaliers have four offensive points, and each offensive point is of historical level. How can the Supersonics block it? !

—— Wade and LeBron can definitely block the shit out of Lin Dong! They did it once during the Olympics!

—— I think Wade may not be used. LeBron, who returned from special training, is in too good a state in the two rounds of the series. He previously defended McGrady to only 23% of his hit rate. LeBron may be able to defend Lin Dong alone.

—— Iron-blooded real man! LeBron! It's time to take back the glory that belongs to you. Kill that man and you will be the best in the United States!

—— O'Neal will use his power to blow the shit out of Sakuragi Hanamichi, Kidd will also teach that Japanese outside line how to behave, and Artest will also let Iguodala call daddy... Oh, damn, we still have Wade, what should Wade do? How about letting him drink a cup of coffee on the court? Just drink Starbucks!

——Hahaha, I paid for the coffee. The Cavaliers are one level stronger than the Supersonics in every aspect. Go to hell, Supersonics!

After all, it is a super-combined galaxy battleship team, and the analysis of each position is irrefutable.

Moreover, most of the fans who like the Supersonics just like basketball purely, and there is no organization. They are completely unable to resist the angry fans of the Cavaliers who are guided and organized by public opinion, which also makes the voices supporting the Cavaliers on the Internet almost one-sided.

What's more terrible is that because of their respective record rankings, G1 will be held in the Cavaliers' win arena, and the home advantage at the beginning also belongs to the Cavaliers.

With enough time, place and people, the voices of the Cavaliers winning the championship have become louder and louder. Some external betting odds predict that the Cavaliers' odds will even be slightly higher than the Supersonics.

However...

Speaking of it, it seems that people have already tacitly agreed that the Cavaliers and Supersonics will win the Western Conference Finals and the Eastern Conference Finals, but after all, the game has not yet started.

This year's Pistons and Spurs are not weak. The Pistons have assembled a double Wallace lineup that won the championship in another world, and the Spurs' GDP combination is almost complete this year. If they were put in an era without so many freak teams like this year, they would have a chance to win the championship, and each has its own strengths.

It is unlikely that these two teams can become dark horses, but it is not difficult to cause some trouble to the Cavaliers and Supersonics.

Whether these two teams can win a victory is the biggest highlight of this round of playoffs.

On June 1, Children's Day, the Western Conference Finals between the Spurs and the Supersonics kicked off.

Because of Children's Day and it was a weekend, the Spurs prepared a large number of Shrek and Transformers figurines for on-site distribution at the SBC Center, giving gifts to the children who came to watch the game.

If it was just like this, perhaps no one would think it was so strange, but what was strange was the SBC Arena organizers' slapstick operation when the Supersonics and Spurs entered the field.

They arranged two teams of children, each holding a figurine in their hands to accompany the players into the field, and then gave the figurines in their hands to the players holding hands after the introduction.

However, what they gave to the Sonics players was a cute slime.

What they gave to the Spurs players was a mighty steel version of Transformers!

Although it was obvious that the difference in treatment was causing trouble, the Sonics players could only accept the gifts handed over by the cute children with a smile.

There was a roar of laughter at the scene, and the laughter quickly spread across the United States.

The American people now understand the difference between slime and Transformers, and they also understand the difference between sending them to the Sonics and Spurs respectively.

After all, before this, the Spurs fans really couldn't find any points to attack and crush the Sonics, so they could only make a fuss about the average age of the Sonics' main players.

The five main players of the Sonics now, Lin Dong, Sakuragi Hanamichi, Rukawa Kaede and Iguodala, are all rookies of the same class in 1984, all of them are only 21 years old, and the slightly older Chandler is only 23 years old, which can be said to be the youngest average age of the championship configuration in the history of the league.

Therefore, the Spurs fans can only attack this point: a group of little brats! If the league holds a superstar party, the entire Sonics team must sit at the children's table!

At the time, the Cavaliers fans were madly attacking the Sonics, so this line shouted by an unknown netizen instantly became popular on the Internet: The Sonics eat at the children's table!

So...

Although both are DreamWorks cartoons, Slime is a pool of mud, just like the little brats of the Supersonics; Transformers are a pile of steel, just like the steel torrent of the Spurs!

Home advantage, don't waste it.

Just taunt you! Just attack you! Just want to overwhelm you in momentum!

There is no reason to say that the Spurs have to give up the Western Conference Finals when they meet the Supersonics!

"Don't mind the little game at home." When the two sides hugged and gestured, Duncan smiled and said to the slime in Lin Dong's hand: "At least it's cute."

In fact, the relationship between the Spurs and the Supersonics is pretty good, but every time Lin Dong saw this guy's silly smile, he couldn't help but think of the fact that he was expelled from another world because of his smile: "Be serious, this is a game, steel shouldn't smile."

"Oh, you mean this?" Duncan looked at Optimus Prime in his hand: "This is just a pile of plastic, but..."

He turned around with a big laugh: "We are not, come on, let me see how capable your new lineup is!"

Spurs starting lineup: Duncan, Parker, Ginobili, Finley, Bowen

Supersonics starters: Lin Dong, Sakuragi Hanamichi, Iguodala, Chandler, and... Rukawa!

Having played for the Supersonics for two years, this is the first time that Rukawa has replaced Payton as one of the team's starting five.

Although everyone knows that Payton will retire after this season and it is time to give way to the youngsters, the Supersonics have been waiting for the destined fifth man. Even after the Lakers game, everyone thought that Rukawa had the qualifications... But to be honest, it is still a bit surprising that he can be directly "regularized" by the Supersonics this season.

At this time, Payton did not even change his jersey, but put on a suit and sat on the bench, smiling and clapping at his teammates.

Three consecutive championships, he has experienced a lot and won many championships. This year he wants to win the most special championship that he won by lying down!

The starters on both sides took their positions and waited for the referee to serve the ball.

The jump ball was Chandler and Duncan.

Duncan could see the concentration in Chandler's eyes.

It felt a bit ironic. The other team's All-Star center had won three consecutive championships, but he, who was hailed as a historical center, had not made any achievements except for winning one championship in the second year of his rookie season.

He calmed down and turned his attention back to the game.

Because they were in the same Western Conference, the Supersonics and Spurs had played against each other for a full 19 times in recent years, which was obviously much less than the Lakers' 27 games. The main reason was that they had few opportunities to meet in the playoffs. Except for the Supersonics' rookie season, the Spurs fell to the Lakers in the playoffs in the first two years.

But in the only 19 encounters, the Spurs had only a record of 2 wins and 17 losses, and they had maintained a losing streak of 9 consecutive losses in the past two years.

Duncan knew very well that the Spurs were not the opponent of the Supersonics. They could neither limit Lin Dong nor the Supersonics' outside line. Even the inside line, which had once been the only advantage, could not take much advantage in front of the retired Admiral and the evolved Sakuragi Hanamichi and Chandler combination on the Supersonics.

But the game is not about paper strength, otherwise there would be no need to play against the Supersonics, and the Cavaliers could just give the championship trophy directly.

The Spurs have made a lot of progress this season. Ginobili has fully adapted to the rhythm of the NBA, and Parker's data this season has also improved. Although they still dare not say that they are on par with the Supersonics, at least Duncan feels that they have the strength to fight.

The Spurs are only slightly inferior to the Lakers, not to mention that the game is about state, will, determination and spirit!

The Lakers have already provided the Spurs with a very valuable reference, that is, the Supersonics' defense does not seem to be as strong as Payton's heyday.

The Lakers can break through the Supersonics' defense, so can the Spurs!

I am not inferior to Yao Ming, and Ginobili is not necessarily inferior to Kobe on the offensive end. Although Parker's organizational ability is not as good as Nash, he has better defense and finishing ability than Nash.

The Spurs' offense is by no means weak!

So, there must be a chance. No matter what the result of the game is, the Spurs will fight to the death today to defend the holy name of San Antonio!

Beep!

The referee blew the whistle, Duncan suddenly jumped up and got the ball, and the game started!

The Supersonics played relatively loosely at the beginning. Parker barely passed through Rukawa's defense with the ball and passed it to Ginobili. The demon sword made a European step under the basket, avoided Chandler and Sakuragi Hanamichi's blockade under Duncan's cover, and scored a layup, igniting the enthusiasm of the fans at the SBC Center.

Unfortunately, this carnival at the beginning was also the last carnival at the SBC Center.

...Duncan overlooked one thing.

The so-called game is about will, state, and determination, which is based on the premise that the two teams are balanced in strength.

But once the gap in strength between the two teams is too large...

Facing this Supersonics, the Spurs can't limit more than just Lin Dong.

Rukawa and Iguodala's three-pointers from the outside played a historic performance in this game. Iguodala made 9 of 13 shots and Rukawa made 10 of 12 shots. The two terrifying outside machines scored more than 60 points! The hit rate exceeded 80%!

Especially Rukawa, when facing Parker, who is praised as a man who is far better than Nash on the defensive end, Parker was completely unable to interfere with Rukawa's 3-pointer. The difference in height and arm span plus the superb shooting speed made people suddenly realize that Rukawa, who was always considered to be able to stand out because of Nash's defensive leak when the Supersonics played against the Lakers, actually has extremely terrible outside shooting ability.

His shot was too fast, and the pull-up shot was so clean and beautiful.

The Spurs tried the method that some teams used to block the Supersonics, that is, to cut off their inside and outside lines. Once Lin Dong controlled the ball, the defense not only directly played a three-team one, but also focused on blocking the passing line between him and the outside line, forcing Lin Dong to pass the ball to the inside, so that Sakuragi Hanamichi or Chandler, two inside players who did not have the ability to organize the pass, faced Duncan, a historical center.

This trick used to be useful, but now... it is useless.

Popovich saw it clearly from the sidelines. Sakuragi Hanamichi was still the same Sakuragi Hanamichi. His passing awareness was not strong. It was once limited to the interactive passing between him and Lin Dong. But now he found that there seemed to be an invisible bond between this guy and Rukawa Kaede, which allowed Sakuragi Hanamichi to always accurately judge Rukawa Kaede's position.

Many times, the ball that Sakuragi Hanamichi passed to Rukawa Kaede was even comparable to the passing masters like Nash and Kidd!

Not to mention that the defenders did not realize his passing route, even Popovich, who had a God's perspective, felt that he could not understand it.

The guy and Rukawa Kaede were clearly blocked from sight, but he could just throw the ball to that guy in a wild way...

And Lin Dong-Sakuragi-Rukawa Kaede, basketball was like going through the transformation of outside-inside-outside, with Sakuragi Hanamichi as a transit station, completing a perfect fusion.

Not only did it make the Sonics' overall ball transmission seem extremely smooth, it also made people feel that

this was no longer the Sonics that could strangle their outside line by locking up Lin Dong's connection with the outside line...

The score between the two sides was pulled apart at 3 minutes into the first quarter, and they never caught up again.

29:21, 63:52, 85:68, until the score on the electronic scoreboard was fixed at 109:98.

It seemed that there was only an 11-point difference, but the fact was that the Sonics played extremely relaxed throughout the whole game. Except for the first quarter when all the starting five were on the court, the next three quarters were basically in a state of dissatisfaction with the starting five. Either Lin Dong went down to rest, or Sakuragi Hanamichi and Rukawa Kaede were not on the court at the same time.

Smooth rotation, almost every substitute of the Sonics played, but the Spurs played their best players, fighting from the first quarter to the end of the fourth quarter.

But no matter whether it was the combination of Rukawa Kaede and Sakuragi Hanamichi, or Lin Dong's single-handedness, the Spurs could not cope with it. The three-man double team against Lin Dong was ignored by the opponent, and they made all kinds of strong breakthroughs!

It's not that you can definitely contain someone just because you have more people... The Lakers can contain Lin Dong because they have Kobe Bryant and Doug Christie, two strong players who can enter the league's first-team defense.

But what do the Spurs have? Use Ginobili's Eurostep? Or use Parker's 188 cm height? Or rely on Finley's average of 0.5 steals and 0.1 blocks per game this season?

These three people can't defend Lin Dong, nor can they defend Sakuragi Hanamichi and Rukawa Kaede's combination. The Spurs' defense was completely blown up throughout the game...

The result was certainly expected by everyone, but it also gave rise to a new controversial issue.

Since the Lakers need two first-team defense players + Nash to defend Lin Dong, can LeBron + Wade really defend Lin Dong?