Both the Lakers and Spurs have proven themselves as championship teams in the first decade of the new century. The most important thing is that their core players have not changed.

The Lakers are still the internal and external combination of Kobe Bryant and Gasol. This year they have Rondo. Rondo coaches the same players in the Finals and also has rich experience in the Finals.

Needless to say, there is no need to say more about the Spurs. As long as the GDP remains unchanged, in which year will the Spurs not be the championship seed?

As for the words "the Spurs are old", let's just lie to the young people. Anyone who has a veteran in the Western Conference playoffs will not believe such nonsense.

There is only one team in the last echelon, and that is the Dallas Mavericks!

One thing to say, as one of the three oldest teams in Texas, the Mavericks, if we put aside the past few seasons, how could they be as unfavorable as this year.

The reason for this is purely because their opponent in the first round was the defending champion Trail Blazers, who had just won their second regular season game with 70 wins in history.

Emmm, to be honest, no normal person would think that the Mavericks could pass the Trail Blazers' test.

Of course, we don't rule out the possibility that Nowitzki will descend from the gods again like he did in 2011.

If this were to happen, I'm afraid the other six teams in the top eight in the Western Conference would have to laugh out of their dreams. Even if they did lose to the Mavericks in the Western Conference, they would still admit it.

But is this possible?

Since the new century, all teams that have won 65 or more games, except for the Mavericks themselves, have broken through the first round, and many of them have finally won the championship.

It is expected that the Mavericks, who were once beaten eight times, will stage the sixth black eight in history against the Trail Blazers. This kind of thing would not be written in a novel!

Therefore, even if the Mavericks return to the playoffs after a season, in the playoff preview discussions of major media and famous experts, there is a high probability that the Mavericks will be defeated by the Trail Blazers 4:0 in the playoffs.

Sweep. No matter how good it is, it's just that the Mavericks won one game with difficulty, and in the end they still couldn't avoid being eliminated 4:1.

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There are still three days until the playoffs officially arrive.

The Trail Blazers have the advantage of being at home, so they don't have to travel and have to do the work in Portland.

After just finishing today's training with Jenna, Wang Zelin looked at the match list and couldn't help but reveal an inappropriate smile.

It seems that he cannot avoid the title of veteran superstar killer.

Nowitzki has long lost his form as the King of Nowitzki, and the Mavericks' main force in the current lineup is generally aging. After all, the opponent cannot stop the Trail Blazers.

After the first round, they will face the winner between the Clippers and Grizzlies in the second round.

Although the Clippers' regular season record is slightly better than the Grizzlies', Wang Zelin still believes that the game between the two teams will never be that easy.

No matter how you say it, the Grizzlies are also the most difficult opponent in the Western Conference playoffs in recent years. No matter who encounters them in the first round, they will either be beaten to death by their defense, or they will beat the inevitable emergence of players in the next round.

A state of low energy.

Even the Trail Blazers, who have Wang Zelin as a killer under the basket and a pair of twin towers that can defeat the Grizzlies, can't easily defeat the Grizzlies in the first round.

However, no matter whether it is the Clippers or the Grizzlies who finally break through, it will be difficult to maintain the state they were in when they first entered the playoffs when they meet the Trail Blazers in the next round.

Thinking of this, Wang Zelin's smile became even brighter.

It seems that the Trail Blazers' trend in the first two rounds of this year's playoffs is actually quite good.
Chapter completed!