Chapter 887 [Half a catty, eight taels, peak duel]

The Eastern Conference Finals also ended with a 4-1 aggregate score, with the Wizards eliminating the Raptors and advancing to the Finals for the second year in a row.

Durant's strength is really not blown, and the Raptors' three major swingmen, Otto Burt, Demarare Carroll, and DeRozan, can't limit his offense alone, and can only wrap up.

In order to balance the ball, Durant didn't shoot much, but the shooting percentage was very efficient. He can play both with and without the ball, allowing Wall and Thompson to play as well, and is the No. 1 core of the Wizards.

After joining the Wizards, Durant averaged 33.4 minutes per game in the regular season, only 16.5 shots, and a good combination of burst shots, averaging 25.4 points, 8.3 rebounds, 5 assists, 1.1 steals and 1.6 blocks per game, shooting 53.7% from the field, 39.2% from three-point range, and 87% from the free throw line.

With this number of shots, he may not be the scoring champion, but he can help the team win, and with an efficiency value of 27.7, he ranks second in the league behind Westbrook who has a triple-double, and is also one of the regular season MVP contenders.

While the media praised Durant's leadership temperament and selfless play, Westbrook unfortunately lay down his gun.

People began to believe that Durant's departure from the Thunder was inevitable, and that Westbrook had the strength, but was too lonely, always wanting to be in the limelight and be the boss. Durant is physically and mentally exhausted in the Thunder, and he has long been thinking about going, but it is just a question of where to go. The Wizards' tactical system, overall strength, and atmosphere all met his requirements, but this choice made him the target of public criticism for a while, even if he went to his hometown team.

The discussion on the Internet was more intense, and most of the arguments were that Westbrook delayed Durant. Last summer, a group of Jamie "surrounded Du to save Zhan", and now, a group of Jamie hopes that their idols will win the regular season MVP and start "turtle operation".

Anyway, Wei Shao's bad playoff game is obvious to all, don't say that Durant and Wei Shao are brothers, Wei Shao has never regarded Durant as a brother, and leaving is in line with his heart, otherwise how could he get an average triple-double per game?

Without Durant last season, the Wizards played six games against the Clippers. This season, the Wizards added a superstar, the No. 4 position in exchange for Markieff Morris, who can shoot three-pointers, and in the middle of the season, the Wizards also signed point guard Brandon Jennings with a base salary, and the overall strength is much stronger than last season.

So far in his career, Jennings has played for teams such as the Raptors, Bucks, Pistons, Magic and Knicks.

This is due to his style of play, he likes to fight too much, and after two injuries, his form has also dropped significantly. He played in 58 games for the Knicks this season, averaging 8.6 points, 2.6 rebounds and 4.9 assists in 25 minutes per game, making him an excellent bench.

The two sides competed in lineups, and the media actively hyped it, saying that this was the closest finals in the past ten years.

Yang Rui did not dare to despise the opponent, discussed tactics with the coaching staff, and led the team to train seriously, the Wizards do have the strength to threaten the Clippers.

Durant and Thompson are both convulsive players, and the Clippers side Curry, Danny Green, LaVine, and Booker are also convulsions.

The ESPN expert panel analyzed the finals and believed that the winning rate was 46 opens, and the Clippers still had the advantage. The players are similar, and the biggest advantage of the Clippers is the head coach, and Thibodeau has never won against Yang Rui in the playoffs.

In the first game, the well-prepared Clippers got off to a good start at home and won the Wizards by 18 points, and Yang Rui really suppressed Thibodeau in terms of tactical arrangement.

Relying on the combination of inside and outside, Curry scored 35 points and 10 assists in the first game, and Wall, who had 15 points and 8 assists.

Compared to the duel of guards, the results of the small forwards were more surprising.

He played 37 minutes, shooting 11-of-19 from the field and 5-of-7 from the free-throw line, scoring 27 points, 10 rebounds and 2 assists. Durant was in poor form, shooting 6-of-18, 1-of-7 from three-point range and 13-of-13 from the free-throw line to finish with 26 points, six rebounds and five assists.

Durant lost, shooting only 33.3% overall, and most of his free throws were not caused by breakaways, but by turning and swinging his arms in the loop, a move that deceived Brother Alphabet and Covington for two fouls.

After the game, he was unanimously praised by the major media, everyone is optimistic about his future, and he is already very good on the defensive end, and he can single-handedly defend against all the swingman stars in the league.

However, now Brother Alphabet and Durant are still slightly inferior. In the second game, he was stopped by Durant on the offensive end, shooting only 6-of-16, 1-of-2 from three-point range, and 4-of-6 from the free-throw line, scoring 17 points, 7 rebounds, and no assists.

Durant made adjustments according to the coach's arrangement, changed to play without the ball, did not hold the ball once, and played Brother Alphabet without the ball once, and also covered Wall at any time to help his teammates play.

Durant cut back on his shots and played 38 minutes, shooting 10-of-17, 5-of-8 from three-point range and 8-of-8 from the free-throw line to finish with 33 points, six rebounds and five assists.

Thompson scored 23 points on 8-of-16 shooting, 5-of-10 three-pointers and 2-of-2 free throws; Wall finished with 18 points and 11 assists on 6-of-11 shooting, 1-of-1 three-pointers and 5-of-6 free throws.

The Wizards' Big Three came together to lead the team to a 114-108 win on the road, with an overall score of 1-1.

Returning to the Wizards' home court, Durant continued his MVP-level performance in the third game, shooting 13-of-22, 4-of-8 three-pointers, 3-of-3 free throws, and scoring 33 points, 13 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals and 3 blocks.

This time, Brother Alphabet was completely suppressed, scoring only 13 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists in the whole game.

Durant Tra out of the perimeter to Wall to cover this move is not easy to defend, Brother Alphabet can't ignore the guard to break through, after all, Wall is one of the fastest players in the league, if the defense is changed, Durant can catch the ball on the perimeter and jump against the guard.

The Wizards blossomed more, Wall and Thompson also scored 20+, and all six players on the team scored double-doubles, winning 132-118 and leading 2-1 in the overall score.

Wizards players weren't so accurate every day, and a day later, the Clippers won 116-105 under Curry to tie the score.

Curry hit seven three-pointers and had 37 points and six assists, while Wall scored just 13 points.

The Clippers returned to their home court and won the battle of Tianwang Mountain, the two sides fought very fiercely, and it took overtime to decide the winner, LaVine hit a three-point shot in 2.8 seconds, and then Thompson received the ball and forced a three-point jumper, and lost the whistle in the face of LaVine's interference.

Curry attracted the ball at the critical moment, LaVine showed his big heart, he felt good all season, and he was also the team's best sixth man in the playoffs, so Yang Rui sent him on the key offensive time, and he didn't use the Huang Ama Tielin who was lost on the outside of this year's finals.

However, the better the performance, the more difficult it will be for LaVine to stay when he renews his contract, and the luxury tax on the new agreement is very high, even if he has money, Yang Rui does not want to pay on it, because there are potential newcomers in the team who can replace LaVine.

In Game 6, the Clippers felt the obvious home whistle, and the Wizards played tougher on the defensive end, winning 118-113 at home, and the two sides entered a tiebreaker.

There weren't many controversial decisions in the game, just blow-offs, and the referee ruled in favor of the Wizards, with Silva hoping that both sides would go into a tie-break.

Durant continued to play a central role, shooting 10-of-18, 4-of-7 from three-point range and 7-of-8 from the free-throw line to finish with 31 points, nine rebounds and four assists.

On the side of the Clippers, it was center Jokic, who cut a triple-double of 25 points, 12 rebounds and 11 assists, but at the last moment, Yang Rui still chose to reuse Whiteside, Jokic did not defend well, and his playing time needed to be controlled within 30 minutes, which is his weakness and must be improved to become a star.

The two sides are back on the same page, and fans around the world are starting to pay attention to this pinnacle matchup.