But after realizing this, he relaxed mentally.

Because what he said when communicating with Paul before was: If you can guard Durant, I can limit Lin.

Now that Paul can't guard Durant, he doesn't have to worry about how to guard Lin Ying.

After all, who wants to guard against Lin Ying!

You see, nothing is difficult in the world, as long as you think openly.

The tone of the game has been set since the beginning.

Paul's vision was wonderful, but Durant's play was too targeted, and his defense simply couldn't work.

After fighting for a while, he himself was forced to give up.

What made him even more annoyed was that Anthony said he was very good before, but actually did not try to guard against Lin Ying during the game.

The result was that neither Durant nor Lin Ying could guard them in the end.

Then it wasn't Jokic's turn to play at all, and the Nets had already won the game.

Compared to G1, G2 won much easier. By the end of the third quarter, they had already pushed the game into garbage time.

The fighting spirit shown by the Knicks in the game is not at the same level as G1.

Then, slightly ironically, in the garbage time of the fourth quarter, it was the Knicks' substitutes who dared to play hard and once reduced the score to less than 15 points.

This also allowed the Knicks to finally replace their main players.

However, with Rose's consecutive scoring at the last minute, the Nets defeated the Knicks 112-99.

After the game, Paul kicked the bench hard when he came off the field. It was obvious that he was not convinced by the loss.

But that doesn't change anything.

Trailing 0-2 with a big score, and the Knicks having no good way to limit the performance of the Geminis, the outcome of this series has been decided.

Two days later, Game 3 of the series moved to Madison Square Garden, home of the Knicks.

The Knicks' morale has dropped a lot compared to the previous two games, but they were lucky after returning home.

On the Nets side, Lin Ying rarely had a bad touch, and his scoring was more concentrated at the basket, which made their shrinking defense very effective.

In the first half, the Nets relied on Durant to play evenly with the Knicks.

Then in the second half, Lin Ying's touch still hadn't recovered, and Durant's touch also declined.

Just when the Knicks fans at home thought the Knicks had an opportunity, Jokic came online.

After adapting to high-intensity competition for a season, he played less in the playoffs, which actually made the little fat man a bit exhausted.

No, they all greeted Noah in the face.

First, there were continuous facial shots from the outside. After attracting Noah, he then used various show-footed attacks to get to the basket and go straight to Huanglong.

After the Knicks' defensive formation was forced to expand, he went to the low post to eat Noah alive.

Noah, the center who was almost elected as the best defensive player, was suddenly taught by Jokic.

One is that Noah's own ability has obviously deteriorated due to injuries, and the other is that now Jokic, except for being relatively restrained like Antetokounmpo, there is not much that can be done against him.

As a result, after Jokic recorded a triple-double of 25 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists, the Knicks lost again 93-109.

After this game, they were already 0-3 behind in the big score, and were only one step away from being eliminated and also being swept.

And an interesting thing is that in the three games, the Knicks lost by 10 points, 13 points, and 16 points respectively. The total of the three games was 39 points, and it was still an arithmetic sequence!

Two days later, the two sides faced off in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals.

The outcome of the game was no longer in suspense, although Paul tried again and again to inspire his teammates and tried his best on the court.

But he also deeply understood what "a bad guy can't hold up a wall" means. No matter how hard he tried, his teammates couldn't feel the slightest fighting spirit.

In the end, he could only sit on the sidelines alone, his expression very much like that 58-point night.

In the end, the Nets defeated the Knicks 106-87 on the road, directly sweeping their opponents.

Compared with the New York Derby a few years ago, this year's situation was basically one-sided except for the suspense in the first game.

But this is also to be expected. The Nets have been overwhelming in the first two rounds. They are not only strong but also in good shape this season. As long as there are no problems with themselves, it is really difficult to beat them.

And what's still interesting is that the Nets beat the Knicks by 19 points in the last game.

10/13/16/19, this really wins an arithmetic sequence.

And the most interesting thing is that in these four games combined, the Nets defeated the Knicks by a total of 58 points.

It started with the Geminis scoring 58 points together in G1, and ended with a 58-point win. Sometimes it really wasn't a coincidence, but this was really a magical number.

After defeating the Knicks, the Nets also successfully advanced to the finals.

This is their third time in the finals in five years.

They also tend to complete a second consecutive championship within five years. If they can really do it, it will be another definition of a dynasty.

Of course, the premise is that they can win against the Warriors.

Only on the second day, the curtain of the Western Conference Finals quickly came to an end.

As many fans thought, after Leonard was injured, the Spurs were no match for the Warriors and were swept out of the game.

In this case, the second season of Yongwang Battle that fans are looking forward to is about to come.

All the grievances and entanglements in last year's playoffs are still fresh in our minds, and coupled with the topicality of the match between the two teams in the regular season, there is no doubt that this is the finals that fans want to watch the most.

Compared with last year, the biggest change on the Nets this year is that several role players have been replaced by Rose, while on the Warriors, Barnes has been upgraded to James.

On paper, the Warriors have gotten much better, and Green has regained his touch in the second half of the season.

But in terms of on-field performance, the Nets have 74 wins in the regular season and have still not lost a single game since entering the playoffs.

This year's collision between the two teams will definitely be like Mars hitting the Earth.

In fact, major media have also used greater publicity than last year.

To put it in the most direct way, basketball fans are not the only ones who know about this finals.

If you are in China, CCTV 5 will have game previews from time to time, and CCTV 13 will occasionally post one.

If it is in North America, many pay TV commercials will also have game previews.

The NBA not only wants to make this year's finals something similar to the "Spring Festival Gala", but also wants to use it as a promotion opportunity.

After all, both in terms of popularity and star power, this is the highest in the history of the NBA.

To some extent, it is already considered an All-Star level game.

The All-Star Game that many people imagine will take place this year, and will last a full series.

Isn’t this what you want to see female celebrities in person, lining up to show you one by one?

This is an unprecedented feast for basketball fans, and for non-basketball fans, even if they are crazy about science popularization by basketball fans around them, they will also go and take a look, and then they will find that the basketball game is so enjoyable. Sex, maybe you will fall into a trap.

All in all, this is definitely an opportunity for the NBA to increase its influence in North America and the world.

At such a moment, TNT will naturally not be idle.

In the latest program, they talked about the latest and final batch of awards announced by the league, the best team.

In this batch of awards, a large number of players were selected from the two teams in the finals.

*All-Defensive Team of the Season:

Defensive first team: Paul, Leonard, Lin Ying, Green, Gobert;

Defensive second team: Bradley, Jimmy Butler, Paul George, Antetokounmpo, Anthony Davis;

Best lineup:

Best team: Westbrook, Harden, Leonard, Lin Ying, James;

Best Second Team: Kemba Walker, Curry, Durant, Antetokounmpo, Anthony Davis;

Best third team: Paul, Kobe, Paul George, Draymond Green, Jokic;

Three players from each team were selected to the All-NBA Team, and both teams were selected to the All-Defensive Team.

When several people in the commentary box were chatting about this list, the audience could have a deeper understanding of the stars of this finals.

Real All-Star Finals!

"Now that we all know how unprecedented this Finals will be, it's time to place our bets, Warriors.

Or the Nets."

Buckley said, bringing the topic back to the part that interested him most.

"You choose first."

O'Neill on the side turned his head and said.

"warrior."

Barkley barely hesitated.
To be continued...