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Chapter 264 The first battle of the finals

To make an intuitive comparison, as the strongest defensive inside line in the 20th century, Ben Wallace won 4 best defensive players, 3 rebounding champions, 5 best teams, and 6 best defensive teams throughout his career.

The first center in the new generation of leagues, Dwight Howard has three best defensive players, five rebounding champions, two blocking champions, eight best lineups, and five best defensive teams.

Jordan Jr.'s honor is the rebounding champion, the best team, the best team at 3 times...and then it's gone.

That's right, as of 2019, Jordan Jr. has only been selected into the All-Defensive Team twice.

Although it was a bit bullying to play Jordan Jr., Ben Wallace and Howard, as a player known for his defense, he was only selected for the best defensive team twice.

Also known for defense, Bulls center Jokin Noah has also been selected for the best defensive team three times and has also been selected for the best defensive player once.

Whenever Jordan and Noah are mentioned, most people still have better defense because Jordan Jordan, and Noah's defense is because of Thibodeau's system.

Speaking of Jordan Jr., the most fatal thing is that his defensive ability is far less than that of Ben. Wallace, but one thing is very similar to Ben. Wallace, and his free throw shooting percentage is poor.

Ben Wallace's free throw shooting percentage was 41.4% in his career, while Jordan Jr.'s free throw shooting percentage was 46.6%.

When these two people are on the court, they are often targeted by the opponent in the shark-cutting tactics.

The funny thing is that as the main character in the birth of the Shark-cutting tactic, Shaq O'Neal's career free throw shooting percentage was 52%, which was slightly higher than these two.

The reason why Wang Xiao did not renew his contract with Jordan Jr. was chosen to let him go was also one of the important reasons.

The Wizards are a team that plays small ball tactics, and speed is the life of this tactic. At present, most teams in the league cannot keep up with the Wizards' thunderous speed, but the existence of Jordan Jr. is a hidden danger.

Once the opponent cannot keep up with the Wizards' speed and instead uses the shark-cutting tactics against Jordan Jr. to destroy the Wizards' offensive rhythm, the situation will be not very good.

The Wizards' lineup is very powerful when running, but once it falls into positional battle, its power will be greatly reduced. After all, there is no strong center forward in the position, and the efficiency of relying on the outside is not high.

In fact, the Trail Blazers are now the team that has always focused on positional battles.

Jordan Jr. guarded the basket, Durant and Aldridge rely on mobility to assist in defense and make up for defense, and in addition to Andre Miller and Matthews formed a defense line in the backcourt, the Trail Blazers' defense is also impregnable.

Faced with this Trail Blazers, what the Wizards and Wang Xiao need to do is actually very simple, with only two points.

First, use the offense to open the Blazers' defense line.

Second, the main scoring point that locked the Trail Blazers is Kevin Durant.

This is obviously much easier than when facing the Heat in the Eastern Conference Finals. After all, the strongest team this season is the Heat's Big Three. Even the Big Three has passed the hurdle. Other opponents are not strong opponents to the Wizards. As long as you don't underestimate the enemy and play steadily, you can win the final victory.

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In the finals between the Wizards and the Trail Blazers, the gunpowder smell is much smaller than that of the Eastern Conference Finals.

Unlike having personal grudges with the Heat, the Wizards have no grudges with the Trail Blazers. Although Wang Xiao was swept out on the spot by the Trail Blazers boss Paul Allen at the draft meeting for choosing Durant, Wang Xiao did not resent the Trail Blazers because of this. After all, he thought it was a dream and made random decisions, and he did not discuss with anyone at all.

The No. 1 pick is of great significance to a team, especially when there is a super center among the rookies who is known as a rare super center in 20 years, and there are no other time travelers in the Trail Blazers management team present, so we cannot predict it in the future. I don’t know that Oden will be like this in the future. It was even very restrained if there was no excitement at that time.

As time goes by, Oden of the Thunder has no ball to play, while Durant of the Trail Blazers has grown into one of the league's superstars, which makes the Trail Blazers from management to fans secretly grateful to Wang Xiao. It is hard to imagine what it would be like in the next few years if they really chose Oden and then lost Roy?

In addition, Jordan Jordan was also trained by Wang Xiao. Almost all the Trail Blazers can reach the finals are thanks to Wang Xiao.

The Wizards have no hostility towards the Trail Blazers, because in their opinion, the most threatening Heat has already been dealt with, and the league has no opponent to stop the Wizards from winning the championship. Although the Trail Blazers stood out from the West, the strength they showed in the regular season is not enough to make Washington fans with relatively high ball quality hate.

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The finals began on June 12. As the league's first record, the Wizards still have a home advantage.

On this day, the MCI Center Arena was packed, filling the stadium with a capacity of 20,000 people.

When the Wizards players appeared, cheers echoed throughout the audience, and many fans even gave him applause when they saw Jordan Jr.

Jordan and the Wizards got together and separated. Wang Xiao explained the Wizards' tactical system in detail to Jordan, so that he understood that he was not actually suitable for the Wizards' small ball tactics. Although Jordan was a little nostalgic when he left, he did not feel resentful.

Even this season with the Trail Blazers, Jordan Jr was a little lucky to leave the Wizards.

At the Trail Blazers, he has a more important tactical position, more playing time, and even some offensive tactics, which he had never seen before when he was with the Wizards.

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During the warm-up, Jordan Jordan went to the bench of the Wizards, exchanged greetings with old players such as Wang Xiao and Curry, and agreed to have a meal together after the series ended.

However, after all the greetings, Jordan Jordan still said with a serious expression when he left: "I must do my best in this series, and we are the ones who want to win the championship trophy!"

Jordan Jr.'s words made Curry and others laugh, and Caron Butler even slapped Jordan Jr. on the shoulder.

"Boy, let's see, we will be the winners!"

...

Back at the Trail Blazers bench, Jordan Jr. was about to shoot a few baskets to find the feel, but was pulled by Durant.

"DAndrew, what did you do just now?"

"Say hello to your old teammates." Jordan Jordan smiled, "By the way, we will win the final victory in the series."

Durant: "…"
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