Chapter 1250 [Win the championship, invincible record]
In the Western Conference Finals, the Lakers still swept the ball to advance.
During the time cycle of Earth Seven, Guo Xu singled out Stephen Curry for a while and abused him many times on behalf of the Grizzlies.
Guo Xu is too familiar with playing Curry, and he can use various tricks to create space for shooting, pass Curry and make a layup or jump shot.
Curry still struggled to play Guo Xu, so he could only force his move to face him and could not break through. After encountering cover, the Lakers inside player would also help Guo Xu double-team Curry to interfere with his shooting. Curry's shooting percentage in the series was defended by the regular season, and he was teased by fans online that "the shooting has expired."
In other positions, Durant is better than Middleton, Booker is better than Redick, and Horford is better than Mirotic. The only position with the Warriors has a little advantage is center Rudy Gobert, who is still a defensive blue-collar worker and only has the basket in the offensive area.
You can see that the Warriors cannot eliminate the Lakers, their goal is the same as last season. They just want to win one game to end the Lakers' winning streak. It is worth pride to win one game before Guo Xu retires.
Unfortunately, the Warriors can't achieve this goal, and the players can't defend against the Lakers' offense no matter what.
How strong is the Lakers' offensive power this season? The average average of 127.3 points in the regular season broke the NBA's long-sanitation record. Media analysis If the Lakers' stars were not leading too much this season, they would have had a break, and their average average of 130 points in the regular season.
With Guo Xu here, Lakers players have great confidence. They fight for offense in every game. If they lead too much, they will be fine if they are lax in defense.
Guo Xu has no record in the playoffs, scoring, assisting, and total records are all his. He plays very flexible in the combination of breakthrough points and shots against the Warriors, averaging 31 points, 3 rebounds, 13 assists and 2 steals per game.
Guo Xu only played 32.4 minutes per game, otherwise people wouldn't be surprised that he averaged 50+10 per game in the series.
The Eastern Nets' road to promotion is much harder, and they lost to the Wizards in the first round, and the team's defense in the penalty area is not good enough.
In the second round, the Nets swept the Raptors, and Paul's performance beat Blacksmith Lillard.
Lillard averaged only 35.2% from the field, 30% from three-point shooting percentage, and scored 20 points. Paul performed efficiently, averaging 21 points, 5.4 rebounds and 6 assists per game in the playoffs. He shot 47.8%, 3-point shooting percentage 39.6%, and shot 2.5 three-point shooting percentage.
The Bucks eliminated the 76ers and met with the Nets in the East Finals. The two sides once tied 2-2, and then the Nets won the Battle of Tianwang Mountain. Paul performed well again, defeating Bucks point guard Bradso.
The media began to brag about Paul, believing that he and James cooperated well, and Garlinari performed well in this playoffs, so they may defeat the Lakers in the finals and ended the Lakers' winning streak.
However, the Nets officially announced the news that Paul had hamstring strained the next day, and he would miss the playoffs later.
Although the Nets finally defeated the Bucks 4-3 to advance to the finals, they lacked important point guard stars, and everyone knew that the Lakers were going to win the championship again.
Paul has lost the playoffs many times due to injury, and the summer will be a big problem before the Nets management.
If they renew Paul's contract without a high salary in the summer, the team will have to rebuild and it will be difficult for them to keep James. There is no star partner in the team, and James is not young anymore. He has every reason to leave for the championship.
Renewing Paul's contract is an adventure. He has passed his peak period and has hidden dangers of injury. Maybe he will cheat the Nets team very badly.
The finals started on May 31, and the Lakers beat the Nets 38 points in the first game, leading from beginning to end.
In the second game, the Lakers made a crazy three-pointer from the outside, and captured the weakness of Nets players' movement speed not fast enough. The team made 22 three-pointers, of which Guo Xu made 9 of them himself.
The Lakers beat the Nets 146-91 with 55 points, leading 2-0 in the total score.
The Nets returned to home court and did not improve under the leadership of James. The Lakers strictly guarded against James and blocked the penalty area and let other players take action. James' teammates were not accurate enough after passing the ball.
Gallinari's mentality has a problem again. He missed the open shots many times, and was not a qualified third leader.
Substitute point guards Taylor Ennis and Taylor Ullis were completely destroyed, and the counterattack always allowed Guo Xu to easily break through or shoot. It was difficult for the Nets to double-team when Guo Xu counterattacked, and he was faster after the cycle.
In this game, he scored 42 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists, and only played for 30 minutes, and did not play in the final quarter.
On June 8, Guo Xu's last NBA career match was played at the Nets' home court.
Nets coach Mike Brown formulated a strict strategy to prevent Guo Xu from scoring before the game. He believes that the entire Lakers team will create scoring opportunities for him to pass the ball, just like Kobe's last game for the Grizzlies.
As a result, Guo Xu scored 5 points and 11 assists in the first quarter, which attracted double teams and passed the ball. His teammates were very determined to take the ball and threw it when they caught it, which was completely different from what Brown thought.
Guo Xu didn't have a break in the next quarter, and when the Nets thought he would continue to score assists, he started scoring again.
Adams and Horford provided him with cover and their ability to control rebounds was stronger than the Nets. The gap between the two sides did not widen because the Lakers players did not defend seriously, Guo Xu directly avoided his opponent and gave up a large open position to let the opponent shoot.
At the end of the half, the Lakers were only 8 points ahead. Guo Xu played for 24 minutes and scored a large double-double with 29 points and 15 assists. As long as the Nets players missed the shot, he would fight back immediately, playing as fast as he could.
In the second half, Durant and Booker also began to show their power. They formed a triangle with Guo Xu. Guo Xu held the ball and single-handedly beat the point guard. Whenever there came, he passed the ball with the opportunity and his teammates took the ball and took the action.
Players' shooting will be more accurate under the premise of no pressure, and they don't believe they will lose. Once a player like Durant is empty, he will be unable to defend himself. James turns around and chases and defends and cannot block his shot.
The wing players want to block Durant unless Garlinari is on the way. When Guo Xu is playing the weak side, Garlinari will not be able to make up for defense. Insiders cannot often save outside the three-point line, and Adams will be empty in the penalty area.
The Nets worked hard to defend the outside shooting, and Adams could still grab the frontcourt rebound. After the Nets' formation expanded, they usually only have one inside line to protect the backcourt rebound near the penalty area, while Adams grabbed the rebound very vigorously.
The score gap gradually widened, and Guo Xu continued to play in the final quarter, and the fans of the Nets shouted mvp neatly!
CCTV5 live broadcast game, Zhang Reliable commented: "Guo Xu is the first star in NBA history to truly defeat everyone."
Yu Jia said: "He is also the first person to choose to retire after playing so much that he has no fun, and he retired twice in this way. If he doesn't retire, no one knows when he will rule the league."
Zhang Heli smiled and said, "NBA will not know who to look at next season, and the rookies will peck at each other."
Guo Xu was left in the last two minutes, which received applause from all the fans. He scored a terrifying 41 points and 30 assists, setting an invincible historical record.
It's already terrifying that 30+ assists in the regular season. Guo Xu deliberately made assists in the second half and wanted to play magical data for fans to discuss. When he counterattacked, he had no pressure to score a breakthrough with the point guard, but he deliberately slowed down many times and attracted the goalkeeper to make up for defense.
His teammates did not disappoint him, and his open shots were particularly stable.
142 to 124, the Lakers swept the Nets and established a dynasty with three consecutive championships.
The players rushed to the court to celebrate, lifted Guo Xu up and threw him into the sky and caught him, and did it repeatedly.
Chapter completed!