Chapter 264 On the eve of the Western Conference Finals
"4:0! 4:0 again!!!"
"The San Antonio Spurs swept the Los Angeles Clippers and became the second team in the Western Conference to advance to the conference finals. Oh my God!"
"This year's Western Conference is so crazy. There have been sweeps in many consecutive series. Especially this year's two conference finals teams, the Portland Trail Blazers and the San Antonio Spurs, both advanced to the Western Conference Finals with sweeps. So, who is the real winner?
King of the Western Conference Finals? Let’s wait and see!”
ESPN commentator Breen looked at the Spurs players on the court who did not celebrate too much for their advancement and instead left the field silently. He was once again shocked by their strength.
They say the Spurs are old!
As a result, their road to the championship has been going so smoothly so far!
Looking intently at No. 21 of the Spurs, Wang Zelin couldn't help but sigh: If Jordan is a well-deserved old gangster in the 1990s, then Duncan is definitely an old gangster in the 21st century.
Who would have thought that the Spurs would not only make it to the Finals for the second time, but they would also stage a drama about "quitting the king's addiction" for James next year.
The Clippers were unjustly defeated this time!
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Time passed quickly, and it was the night of May 19th.
As the Eastern Pacers defeated the Knicks and advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals to meet the Heat, the two final opponents in the Eastern and Western Conferences have been revealed.
In this campaign, the Pacers' Lance Stevenson became a surprise player. He made 9 of 19 shots and scored 25 points and 10 rebounds. In addition, Paul George's 23 points and the American "Gao Yuanyuan" had 21 points, 12 rebounds and 5 rebounds.
Blocking shots, three members of the Pacers team scored 20 points, and then defeated the Knicks 106:94 at home with a total score of 4:2 to reach the Eastern Conference Finals.
In the last game of the season, the new scoring champion Carmelo Anthony scored 39 points and 7 rebounds. Except for the slight criticism of only 4 points in the fourth quarter, the overall performance was above the standard.
If boxing champion Tyson Chandler hadn't been eliminated early in the fourth quarter with six fouls, the game would have only scored 2 points, and there might have been a tiebreaker between the two sides.
Regarding this, the Miami generals who were watching the game were quite sorry.
But this is a thing of the past, and the media and fans are focusing all their enthusiasm on the following Eastern and Western Conference finals.
On the second day after the four teams from the East and West came out, ESPN was doing things as usual. The topic of the latest "roundtable meeting" was exactly about the ownership of the teams facing off in the finals.
Judging from the results of the regular season games.
Over in the East, the Heat are in absolute possession.
Don't look at it. It's just that the outside world is touting the Pacers' "new Big Three", and judging from the regular season record, the Pacers are 2:1 against the Heat. The former has a clear advantage... but it still can't compare to the Heat's 27 consecutive games in the regular season.
The influence of victory is huge.
Not long ago, Heat star LeBron James was almost unanimously elected as the regular season MVP, bringing the Heat's morale to a new peak.
It's no wonder that the outside world is generally not very optimistic about the young Pacers.
Over here in the west, at the "round table conference", experts and famous journalists had a rare heated discussion.
Yes, the subject of discussion is about Wang Zelin.
A newcomer who has just entered the league and played the fifth position. Although he occasionally has a few games, but overall, people have to admit that this young man once defeated all the current opposing players at the center position.
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Defeated the new All-Star center Marc Gasol!
Defeat the first defense, consecutive DPOY winner boxing champion Tyson Chandler!
He even beat Dwight Howard, the recognized number one center in active service!
In the playoffs, his performance continued to increase.
Not only has the average data been maintained at more than 20 points and 10 rebounds per game, but he has also contributed amazing data in a single game many times...
TMD do you think you don’t treat your opponent as a human being?
The ruthless person who performed like this on the big stage of the NBA can be traced back to Tim Duncan when he was a rookie in the last century.
Today, even if Duncan retires on the spot, he is recognized by the outside world as the number one forward in NBA history, and his status is difficult to shake.
Therefore, although ESPN has always been unfavorable to Wang Zelin, this does not prevent ESPN experts from using words such as "OMG" from time to time.
There is no way, he is too incredible!
This is a complete body similar to Duncan.
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Domestic fans are also talking about Wang Zelin's performance in the playoffs:
"The floor of the Western Conference finals! That's a height that even Yao had never touched back then!"
"I always feel that the king's staying power is more than one level higher than that of the regular season, no, that of the first round series. Is this the scary thing about genius?"
"That's necessary. It was said in the past that Dayao is a genius that is seen once in 50 years in the world, so the king is definitely a genius that is seen once in 100 years..."
"I feel that the king has stabilized for a while. After careful calculation, I really can't find a player who performs better than him at the fifth position."
"Okay, stop arguing. The NBA official Weibo has released the latest news. The selection list for the best team of the year will be announced on the 23rd. Everything will be clear by then."
"Ah, wouldn't it be a long time to wait for the Spurs and Trail Blazers to finish the first two games?"
"I hope the king can continue his efforts and defeat Dudu!"
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fanaticism!
When Wang Zelin entered the Western Conference Finals as one of the core players of the Trail Blazers, the domestic reports were overwhelming and never stopped. Countless "ten-year friends" and "twenty-year friends" sprung up like mushrooms after a rain.
This situation is extremely popular in the country.
When after 12 o'clock on the evening of the 19th, the Blazers management decided to pre-sell home tickets for games 3 and 4 of the Western Conference Finals in advance, which was destined to turn Portland into a Chinese town in the next period of time.
With the explosive development of network technology, by 2013, the way to purchase NBA tickets has already changed from the former telephone purchase to the more convenient online purchase.
In terms of Internet penetration rate and vast population, no country in the world can compare with China.
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The Rose Garden Arena can accommodate multiple seats for sale, 75% of which are online sales and the remaining 25% are reserved for local fans.
However, when it came time to grab tickets, the advantage of large numbers of people was once again fully demonstrated. Nearly half of the tickets sold online were snatched away by domestic fans!
Many of the remaining half were snatched up by other Asian countries, while local American fans gained very little...
Not only that, but the votes for the Spurs' home games are also hard to escape.
Although it is not as crazy as the Trail Blazers' home court, Wang Zelin can definitely see that touch of Oriental Red in the AT&T Arena, and maybe the area is not small.
Away game becomes home game?
It's not impossible.
Judging from the past few days, especially the day before the opening game of the Western Conference Finals, San Antonio has seen a large influx of faces from China and some Asian countries, including some fans who did not get tickets and traveled thousands of miles to come to San Antonio.
Leo…
The arrival of a large number of foreign fans caught the Antonio city government completely off guard.
The game hasn't started yet.
Transportation, accommodation, food and other issues have become major problems for the San Antonio city government.
But when they think of all the economic income brought about by this accident, senior government officials can only feel pain and happiness.
Seeing this scene, it was a wake-up call for the city of Portland, which had never experienced the fanatical baptism of Chinese fans. The city hall and the Oregon State Legislature held discussions overnight on solutions to various problems that had arisen in San Antonio.
This is true even in away games, but even better at home!
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On the night of the 19th, after training, Wang Zelin lay alone on the lawn outside, looking up at the stars in Portland.
Being able to reach the Western Conference Finals has already exceeded the team's pre-season expectations, and also exceeded the three-year plan I had previously set.
It should be noted that at the beginning of the season, the team's plan was to train newcomers and find a new core to build the team, and its ambition was to experience the playoffs in their rookie year.
But reality is often more absurd than people expect.
After a brief period of confusion, Wang Zelin touched the basketball in his hand, stood up, and went back to his room to rest.
The sky is big and the earth is big, sleeping is the biggest!
Now that he has reached the Western Conference Finals, he will definitely fight with his teammates to prove that this season was not in vain.
