roccoschili Chapter 137
Chapter 137
Chapter 137
Li Chongxiao is naturally very satisfied with being able to enter the Western Conference Finals again.The loss of last season has always made him brood, so much so that when he faced the Mavericks in the regular season, he played it as a playoff.
What makes him a little regretful is that the Mavericks were eliminated by the Warriors in the first round with the "Black Seven" and lost the thrill of revenge.However, being able to successfully win the Jazz and enter the Western Conference finals also made him smile.
For Li Chongxiao, this is more satisfying than entering the second team and first defense.
On the day the Spurs swept the Nuggets, the league announced the best defensive team of the season.
Duncan, who had just won the best defensive player, undisputedly won the highest number of votes and led the defense for a while.
Among the remaining four places, the Spurs occupied two, and Bowen performed steadily. This is his fourth consecutive selection.After entering the starting lineup, Li Chongxiao finally broke into the defense.
The three of the Spurs entered the defensive team, which is unimaginable in the case of such fierce competition among the strong teams in the new century.
The remaining two positions, one is Kobe, the super giant who combines offense and defense, and is undoubtedly the greatest shooting guard in the post-Jordan era.
In the last position, Yao Ming had the last laugh.His dominance of the interior in the regular season and the first round of the playoffs impressed the judges.
And his competitor, Camby, led the block charts in the regular season with gorgeous data, but his poor performance in the first round of the playoffs disappointed the judges.
In the series between the Spurs and the Jazz, the NBA announced the best lineup, and Li Chongxiao beat McGrady and entered the second team.
The first team is all from the West, Yao Ming, Duncan, Nowitzki, Kobe and Nash, among which Yao Ming and Duncan are in the first team.
The five positions in the second team are Stoudemire, Bosh, James, Li Chongxiao and Arenas.
In the judges' vote, Li Chongxiao and McGrady scored very close.
个人数据上，李冲霄场均拿到了23.4分6.2篮板5.1助攻，而麦迪是24.5分5.3篮板5.7助攻，都差不多。
Li Chongxiao played 82 games, McGrady only played 70 games, not to mention the shooting percentage, Li Chongxiao took the overall lead.
And the team's record is much better than the Spurs, winning 10 games more than the Rockets.
In comparison between the two, Li Chongxiao's entry into the second team is well deserved.
Among the three teams, Howard, Garnett, Anthony, McGrady and Wade, Billups and Iverson became victims and were squeezed out of the best team.
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The Suns also swept the Warriors 4:0 early, just waiting for the Spurs.
After a lapse of one year, the Spurs and the Suns met again in the Western Conference Finals.
The Spurs made it to the Western Conference Finals twice in three years, and at least won a championship.The opponent, the Suns, has entered the Western Conference Finals for the third consecutive time, and returned without success the first two times.
In the past three years, three teams have contracted the stage of the Western Conference Finals. In the first two seasons, the Mavericks, who only played in the Western Conference Finals once, made it to the finals, while the Suns failed twice. Didn't make it to the finals.
This season, the strong teams in the Eastern Conference have declined too much. Whether it is the Pistons who qualified early, or the Cavaliers and Wizards who are still fighting hard, it is difficult to compete with the Spurs and the Suns.
For the two teams in the Western Conference Finals, no matter who enters the finals, they basically have the championship trophy with one hand.
For the Suns, this is their battle to get their name right; for the Spurs, this is their chance to regain lost honor.
The two teams faced off against each other, and the battle was imminent.
Like the competition between the teams, the players of the two teams also issued declarations early.
The Suns had just swept the Warriors. At the press conference after the game, Stoudemire believed that the Suns are now stronger than they were a year or two ago, and the final victory must be the Suns'.
In the next day's game, after the Spurs eliminated the Jazz, Li Chongxiao's response in the media was very simple. 3:0, the Spurs swept their opponents in the regular season.
However, he also said very modestly that the regular season is not equal to the playoffs, and it is more difficult to sweep the Suns on the stage of the Western Conference Finals:
"Six games!" Li Chongxiao clearly gave the time for victory.
Before the Suns players could respond, the Spurs ushered in a very morale-boosting event.
The regular season MVP eventually went to the Spurs. After a major injury, Duncan was reborn from the ashes.
He has won four of the highest honors in a season, and he is very likely to repeat the feat of the five biggest honors of the big dream, the first defense, the best defensive player, the regular season MVP and the finals MVP.
What made Li Chongxiao feel very proud was that he also got a few MVP votes. Excited, he didn't care about competing with the Suns players, but brought this motivation into the game.
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On May 5, the Western Conference Finals officially kicked off in San Antonio.
At the beginning of the game, Li Chongxiao encountered Raja Bell's strict defense. The latter never left, and began to defend close to the ball from the moment he received the ball.
The first goal was missed under the interference of Raja Bell, and the second goal was also tenaciously defended by the opponent, and it was barely scored.
Faced with this situation, Li Chongxiao did not continue to move forward firmly, but chose to stop and fight steadily.
After observing the situation on the field, he became the organizer of the team, attracted the opponent's strongest defender, and assigned the offensive task to Duncan and Parker.
The inside defense of the Suns is very weak, and Stoudemire's defense is not very good. He can't defend Duncan, so he can only let Kurt Thomas and Marion take turns to top, and he defends Oberto by himself.
This kind of situation is like a duck to water for Parker. Facing Nash's defense, he made continuous breakthrough layups and quickly helped the team establish a leading advantage.
In the face of Parker's breakthrough, Nash seemed powerless, but fortunately, the Suns are not a defensive-oriented team, and their offense is relatively smooth, biting the score tightly.
Li Chongxiao sent 5 assists in the first quarter, helping Parker and Duncan jointly score 20 points and gain a 6-point lead.
When the substitute lineup came on the court, Li Chongxiao was still on the court, and his physical strength could guarantee a high-efficiency output that lasted the entire game.
Ginobili joked several times that he should be dissected to see how his body structure grows and why his physical strength is so good.
Ginobili, who played less than half of the game, was still on the court in the second quarter, but he couldn't play for 2 minutes and took a rest.
Li Chongxiao, who has carried the banner of offense, started the individual singles mode. Facing Raja Bell's one-on-one defense, he easily ran over the opponent and reached the inside to pick the basket.
In the next round, there was another emergency stop jumper, which became a 2+1.
Raja Bell, who has considerable defensive experience, is also a member of the second defense this season. After three or five rounds, he knows very well that he cannot defend the opponent.
In his opinion, even if Li Chongxiao can't reach Kobe's strength and realm, he is not far behind.Facing such a player, it was impossible to defend with ordinary defense, so he started to play tricks.
But what Raja Bell never expected was that the small moves that were used well on other players seemed to have no effect at all.
On the contrary, Li Chongxiao took advantage of this poor reaction and scored two more goals, and the other was a three-pointer after the opponent made a wrong judgment.
Soon the Suns fell behind by 15 points, and D'Antoni called a timeout to prepare for personnel adjustments.
(End of this chapter)