Experts predict the first round, and the consensus is that the Clippers will sweep the Thunder to advance, and the difference in strength between the two sides is too great. Online fans also think that the Thunder will lose, but many celebrities have given Westbrook a very high rating.

"I've been in the business for over 30 years and I've never seen a player play as hard as Westbrook every night, you know, I've played against the greatest," Barkley said on the show. ”

The host asked: "Even Jordan doesn't have it?" ”

"Even Jordan didn't play as hard as Westbrook." Barkley replied: "Jordan is still the greatest player of all time, but this guy [Victor] plays his best every night, every round, and you have to be in awe of that." ”

Bryant was also impressed by Visbrook's magical performance, and when he was 15 years old, he said, "Westbrook is 100% like me." ”

In addition, Kobe Bryant has also supported Wei Shao on social platforms many times, when someone suspected him of swiping data, Kobe Bryant bluntly said: "Westbrook has achieved an average triple-double per game, he is the second player in NBA history to achieve this achievement, and it is too stupid to ask such a question!" ”

The biggest encouragement for Wei Shao comes from Michael Jordan.

"That was me 30 years ago, that attitude, trying to prove myself, showing so much passion for basketball, and you can see in his performance that he loves the game, and he plays with energy and talent," he said in an interview. ”

In response to Jordan's comments, Westbrook said: "It's crazy, I don't really know what to say, to have the best player of all time say that about you, it's going to keep me trying to play better." ”

After some encouragement, Wei Shao's confidence increased greatly, and even if he was at a disadvantage, he vowed to do his best to create miracles.

In fact, these retired stars are not optimistic about the Thunder's upset promotion, but they just think that Wei Shao's average triple-double data per game is incredible, and people who are not strong will never be able to brush this kind of data even if the whole team helps to brush it.

In the away game against the Nuggets on April 10, Wei Shao scored 50 points, 16 rebounds and 10 assists, and in the last 2.9 seconds of offense, he completed an ultra-long three-point whistle to win the game!

This is his 42nd triple-double of the season, successfully surpassing the number of triple-doubles of Oscar Robertson in 1962 and setting a new record for triple-doubles in a single season!

Wei Shao believes that the celebrity praises him, because his regular season style of play is correct and dominant, and he intends to shoulder all the heavy burdens in the playoffs and solve problems with his personal ability.

In fact, the Thunder want to beat the Clippers in this way, unless the song "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Invincible, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Overcoming Thorns...... is played on a loop throughout the series.

In this way, Wei Shao can win by the truth - "No one can beat me in my BGM." ”

After two days of rest, the Clippers decided on the playoff lineup, and Zhou Qi and Norman Powell did not make the 13-man squad.

Powell is already depressed, he has not had a chance to play in the playoffs for two consecutive years, he has been working hard, but his three-point ability is still not comparable to other outside players.

The characteristics of being able to play a point guard doomed Powell's tragedy, the Clippers don't lack the No. 2 position at all, unless he can practice as a 3D player, Yang Rui will not reuse him, genuine Tony Allen has been squeezed out in the Clippers, what's the use of the template Allen?

Powell is a first-round rookie with a 30-round pick and signed a four-year contract with the Clippers, Yang Rui doesn't let go, he can't go, the situation is the same as Crabbe back then, the only good news is that he has a championship ring.

On April 16, the first match between the two sides was played at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

The reporter interviewed Yang Rui before the game and asked him to predict the first round.

Yang Rui smiled: "Westbrook's statistics are gorgeous, but it must be the Clippers who advance, and it is not an individual performance that wins." ”

The reporter asked: "Who do you think will perform better this season, Westbrook or Curry?" ”

"Does this still need to be compared? Curry, of course, and he'll prove it right away. ”

After the warm-up, the starters from both sides came out.

Clippers five: Curry, Danny Green, Antetokounmpo, Draymond Green, Nikola Jokic.

Thunder Five: Westbrook, Oladipo, Andre Roberson, Tygibson, Steven Adams.

Adams jumped the ball and the game began.

The two sides are old rivals, Yang Rui knows the shortcomings of the Thunder, and arranges a joint defense, Danny Green is in the middle, Brother Alphabet and Curry are on the sides, and Draymond and Jokic control the bottom line.

In the middle, Wei Shao and Adams blocked and dismantled the left side, Draymond changed defenses, kept a step and a half away from Wei Shao, mainly defended breakthroughs, and could also step forward to interfere with the shot at any time.

Wei Shao dribbled the ball to 45 degrees, Adams cut in the air, Draymond and Jokic contracted together in the restricted area, blocking the air cut route, Danny Green pursued Wei Shao from the middle, and Curry also targeted Wei Shao, forming a local pinch shot.

Vi Shao passed the ball to Oladipo in the bottom left corner, but it was not a good mismatch, because the person in charge of this side was Draymond, who had a super sense of defense, and immediately pounced to defend the bottom corner for three points, successfully interfered with the ball and deflected, Antetokounmpo grabbed the rebound in the backcourt, and Adams and Gibson rushed to the defense.

Clippers positional battle, Draymondra to the middle to receive the ball organization, Jokic to the right three-point line outside, Danny Green in the left bottom corner to attract the defense, Curry stood on the right side of the baseline, to 70 degrees of run, Jokic stepped forward in time to cover without the ball, blocking Wei Shao.

The Thunder can't use joint defense, the Clippers can shoot three-pointers for four, and the tallest brother plays two-point play, and he is still a small forward, so it is easy to create misplaced opportunities.

Draymond passed the ball to Curry, Gibson changed the defense in time, Curry gave the ball to Jokic at 50 degrees on the right side, who held the ball in the frame, Wei Shao did not dare to chase Curry, misplaced interference.

Wei Shao was 191CM tall when he first entered the league, and later grew a little longer, about the same height as Harden, about 195CM, and can interfere with interior shooting.

Jokic rarely made strong shots, held high, and passed the ball over the head of Wei Shao to the low post on the right.

Brother Alphabet caught the ball with his back and leaned on Robertson, turned to the baseline and hooked his hand, dodging the ball and scoring the ball. 2 to 0.

In the playoffs last season, the Thunder was very afraid of the Clippers playing like this, and Brother Alphabet was only a substitute at that time, and there were not many opportunities to perform, but playing anyone was like a misalignment, and it was difficult to defend one-on-one.

The Thunder attacked, Wei Shao quickly advanced to the front court, walked to the left side where Curry was, changed direction with the ball and forced a breakthrough, and made a one-step stop-and-go jump shot to avoid the block, which was deflected under interference. He couldn't get past Curry, and it was too easy.

Jokic stuck Adams, making it impossible for him to start, and Antetokounmpo stepped back to grab the rebound.

The Clippers have super rebounds this year, ranking first in the league. Draymond dared to go out and actively defend the pick-and-roll, just because Brother Alphabet is a winger with excellent rebounding, no matter which side the opponent goes, both of them can pounce, and the other person retreats to protect the rebound.

The Clippers battled positionally, the tactics just now were played again, Jokic passed to Brother Alphabet, this time he leaned on two turns to the middle, faced Robertson and forced a shot, and the jump shot went in. 4 to 0.

Thunder head coach Billy Donovan shook his head lightly on the sidelines, the Clippers played like this in the regular season, and Brother Alphabet always easily cut 20+, he was very sure of heads-up, attracting the bag and the outside to give out the opportunity.

The Clippers focus on the triangle offense today, and the routine is very simple, and Brother Alphabet singles Roberson, which is really a rare thing.