roccoschili Chapter 876 The Finals Are Coming
Chapter 876 The Finals Are Coming
Chapter 876 The Finals Are Coming
Thunder's official website also gave such a passage after the game: "We have been reversed 1:3, but we don't want this to happen for the second consecutive year, and we don't want to be reversed twice by the same team. We succeeded, Thunder Country, hit the championship!"
The Thunder eliminated the Warriors 4:2, and their opponent in the finals will be the Cleveland Cavaliers.
The Cavaliers swept the Celtics early and have been waiting for a long time.Both sides are the Big Three, and the attention of the Finals is no less than that of the Western Conference Finals.
Xiao Hua and his team are naturally happy to see such a situation. Regardless of whether it is the Thunder or the Warriors who advance, the ratings of the finals cannot be lowered.
The NBA is a commercial league after all, without attention, how can the cake be so big?In the finals where the Spurs played against the Pistons, they played 7 games. The game was extremely fierce, and the final score difference was extremely small.However, the attention has hit a new low, and fans don't want to watch this kind of constipation defensive battle, and they don't want to watch a team without a popular superstar play in the finals.
The ratings of this finals are absolutely guaranteed. Xie Kai and James are two of the most popular players in the NBA today. With them, there will never be the extremely low attention of the Spurs and Pistons back then. Case.
The first game of the Finals will be held on the evening of June 6 at the Ford Center Arena, home of the Thunder.As long as it is not playing against the Warriors, the Thunder, which ranks second in the league in the regular season, has home court advantage.
The two teams played against each other twice in the regular season, with one win and one loss, so nothing can be seen.The Big Three versus the Big Three is like sparks hitting the earth.
The media people are already warming up for the finals, and both the Thunder and the Cavaliers are optimistic.Overall, there will be more people who are optimistic about the Thunder, after all, they have eliminated the Golden State Warriors who were boasted by the media as the "No. [-] fighter of the season".
However, the Cavaliers are the defending champions after all, and with the blessing of James in the playoffs, the finals may not necessarily be the dog.
This is the Thunder's second trip to the finals since 2011.The same as in 2011, the opponent is still James' team, but it was the Heat then and now the Cavaliers.
The reason why the outside world is more optimistic about the Thunder is not that Xie Kai is much better than James, but because of the defense of the two teams.
In fact, judging from the data of the regular season, the Cavaliers' offensive efficiency is second only to the Warriors, and it is also historically powerful, while the Thunder are inferior.
In the playoffs, the Cavaliers were on a tear, but there was no team in the East that could stop them, so the outside world didn't think their unsolvable promotion in the East had too much reference value.
The Thunder's playoffs are of great reference value, and the strength of the Warriors lies there. This Warriors team is no longer the same as last season. With Durant, it was even called incomprehensible before the season. team.
But in fact, there has never been an unsolvable team in this league, only strong teams and stronger teams.
This is the first time the Thunder and the Cavaliers have met in the finals, and their players have played against each other in the playoffs more than once.
When Xie Kai was still in the Grizzlies, he played against James' team many times. In the 2014-15 season, the Grizzlies led by him defeated the Cavaliers in the finals and won the championship.
As for Westbrook, he once lost to the Heat led by James in 2011 with Durant, Harden and others.When Pickle was in the Pacers, he met the Heat led by James many times in the playoffs.
Love, one of the Cavaliers' Big Three, played with Westbrook at UCLA in college. He once trained with Xie Kai and they are very familiar with each other.
The core players of both sides are no strangers.This allows the game to have more talking points before it starts.
The finals are particularly attractive to players who have not won a championship.In this Thunder team, no one has a ring except Xie Kai.Even if it is the experience of the finals, only a few people such as Xie Kai have it, which is a disadvantage for them.
But on the other hand, without the ring, the hunger on the Thunder side is obviously better than the defending champion, because they want to make history and wear the ring.
The finals are coming, and the number of K honeys in Oklahoma City is increasing.In order to prevent some social problems from appearing, the Oklahoma City government has also increased the police force.Although there has not been a large-scale fan disturbance here, it is not a bad thing to be cautious after all.
Xie Kai's popularity is too high, his number of fans is simply not comparable to other superstars.Wherever he goes, there are a large number of fans, which surprised Thunder fans.
The attention of this game is too high, so high that people think of the just-concluded Western Conference Finals.This continuous battle of focus is a blessing for the fans.
6月2日晚，2016-17赛季总决赛G1。
The Ford Center arena was packed.
The players have not yet entered the field, and the scene is already very noisy.
Home team locker room.
Xie Kai is the only one in the team with a ring and one of the few players with finals experience, so it is most suitable for him to do pre-match mobilization in the locker room.
Xie Kai said loudly in the locker room: "Brothers, we have worked hard for a season, defeated the Space Warriors, and came here. Are we just here to win a runner-up? Of course not, we want to win the championship! Don't give yourself too much There is a lot of pressure, everyone just needs to be themselves, we will definitely win! Don’t be afraid of losing, the responsibility for failure is ours, and winning is everyone’s credit! Let’s work hard together!”
Xie Kai's words gave the Thunder soldiers more confidence. Since this man came to this team, he has never let people down.In the series against Yu Yuyong, this man didn't lose the chain, and he didn't even perform well.They are unconditionally willing to bind their future with this man.You know, this man is the most active FMVP.
Westbrook is very grateful to Xie Kai for saying these things. He said these words are not as convincing as Xie Kai's because of the ring.
Although it is a cliche, it is true. In competitive sports, people are more willing to believe the words of successful people, and Xie Kai is currently the most successful player in the Thunder.
Players from both sides played and practiced, and the relationship between the players on both sides is not bad, at least much better than the tense situation in the Western Conference Finals.
The Cavaliers have played consecutive finals, and their players have consumed a lot. The biggest test for players in consecutive finals is physical and psychological.
Except for historical stars like James who are chasing personal honors, the appeal of rings to ordinary role players will decline, especially when you already have a ring. There is actually no essential difference between one ring and two rings for role players.
One more ring is better than a bigger contract!For role players, that's it.
(End of this chapter)