Compared to the fierce collision of comets crashing into meteorites in the eastern part, the Western Conference Finals do not seem so attractive.

The Trail Blazers, ranked No. 1 in the Western Conference regular season, play against the Clippers, ranked No. 2.

These two teams are also old rivals.

Because of Wang Xiao, there is no Wang Chaoyong in the West, the Spurs have no Leonard in the Rockets, and Harden in the Rockets have all fallen one after another, making the West much less competitive. The Trail Blazers have reached the finals for several consecutive years, but unfortunately they have lost to Wang Xiao's Wizards without any suspense several times.

Basically, in the eyes of the majority of NBA commentators and the melon-eating crowd, the outcome of the Western Conference Finals is not important, because both the Trail Blazers and the Clippers have little chance of winning against the two behemoths in the East.

In other words, as long as the Wizards and the Cavaliers decide the winner in the Eastern Conference Finals, the championship will basically be stable.

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Although the Bucks were eliminated and had little to do with Wang Xiao this season, Wang Xiao still set off for Washington to watch the Wizards and the Cavaliers' game on site.

After all, this is an epic confrontation between the Wizards and the Four Cavaliers. It is definitely very exciting with your toes, and it will be extremely rare. After all, neither the Wizards nor the Cavaliers can afford the salary of so many stars all year round.

The Eastern Conference Finals officially begin on May 20.

In Washington, the Wizards' home court, the first game of the two-way series began.

As soon as the first game started, the Wizards gave the Cavaliers a warning at home. Under Curry's leadership, within three minutes of the game, the Wizards used a sharp and unsolvable attack to beat the Cavaliers 12:0, forcing the Cavaliers to call out two timeouts in a row.

Then even though the Cavaliers regained the pace of the game and began to restore their scoring efficiency, the Wizards had always taken the initiative in the game.

In the second quarter, James relied on his outstanding personal ability to cause huge damage to the Wizards' defense line and once equalized the score.

However, Curry soon stood up and hit two key three-pointers in a row, breaking the gap again. As the third and fourth quarter games progressed, the Cavaliers players inevitably fell into a physical crisis.

The luxury lineup of the Big Four is not something you want. In order to have four stars at the same time, the Cavaliers' salary can be described as shocking. The Cavaliers' total salary has always been at the top of the league this season, which also makes the Cavaliers not have enough salary space to sign more role players.

The difference appears here.

In another world, the Cavaliers are also the best team in the league's salary, but when maintaining the Big Three, the Cavaliers can also have multiple excellent role players at the same time, such as blue-collar players Tristan Thompson, JR. Smith, Korver, Shampooter, etc.

But in this world, the Cavaliers' salary space allows them to sign some players who are no longer capable with the veteran's basic salary.

In contrast, although the Wizards also have the same problem, they are defeated by Wang Xiao's strong family.

There is no need to say much about the starting lineup of the Cavaliers, Jimmy Butler, Drummond Green, and two guys, are eyeing each other on the bench of the Wizards.

In order to fight against the Wizards' more reasonable rotation and tactics, the Cavaliers can only be forced to let the four giants play more time, so as to ensure that the score difference will not be widened to an unbearable level.

However, as the game progresses, the long playing time also causes the players' physical energy to be consumed and their condition will gradually decline.

When James' number of shots with the ball decreased little by little and shots on the outside increased, the Cavaliers' offense inevitably began to fall into a deadlock.

The Wizards seized this opportunity and fought back several times in a row, opening the score again.

In the end, when the game ended, the Wizards won the game with a score of 116:93 and won a good start.

In the whole game, James scored a game-high 33 points, and also had 6 rebounds and 8 assists. He performed versatilely and powerfully, and his shooting percentage was close to 50%.

But apart from him, Irving, the second highest scorer in the Cavaliers, scored only 18 points in the whole game.

Howard scored 15 points and 13 rebounds, and Love scored 13 points and 7 rebounds.

The performance of the three giants of the four giants was very disappointing.

In contrast, several Wizards' stars performed extremely well.

Curry scored 25 points, George scored 22 points, Leonard scored 21 points, and Thompson scored 18 points.

The starting four players scored a total of 86 points, 7 points higher than the total score of the Cavaliers' Big Four.

At the same time, Butler and Green also scored 13 points and 9 points on the bench respectively.

While the starting lineup scored lower than the opponent, it also lost in substitute scores.

Cavaliers fans were desperate to find that what happened now seems to be no different from last year.

Even if this team has no Wang Xiao, the offense is still sharp and the defense is still so strong.

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"In this game, we failed to stop our opponent from scoring, especially when we miss the shot or make a mistake, our opponents can always seize the opportunity to play a fast break. In the next game, we will try to reduce the mistakes and speed up the replay speed to limit the Wizards' fast break..."

At the post-match press conference, Cavaliers head coach Tyron Lue chatted endlessly and seemed to have found the key to winning and was very confident of winning the next game.

But Wang Xiao felt that this guy was probably very nervous.

The gap between the Wizards and the Cavaliers is entirely reflected in the strength of players. No matter how powerful the tactics are, they cannot make up for the gap in strength of players.

During the game, the field camera photographed Wang Xiao who was watching the game on the sidelines more than once. After the game, some reporters blocked Wang Xiao and interviewed his views on the game.

"The game was very exciting, and the players all performed as they deserved. It was a beautiful game."

The reporter was a little dissatisfied with Wang Xiao's answer. After thinking about it, the reporter asked again: "Which do you think will win the finals, which of these two teams will enter the finals?"

"Of course it's a wizard."

Wang Xiao replied without thinking, and at the same time, he said to himself without waiting for the reporter to continue asking questions: "First of all, as the former head coach of the Wizards, I support them in personal terms to win. Secondly, considering the depth of the team's lineup, the players' personal ability and the advanced tactics, the Wizards have an absolute advantage. As long as there is no accident, the Wizards can definitely eliminate the Cavaliers and enter the finals."

As long as nothing unexpected happens?

The reporter raised his eyebrows slightly: "What you mean by accident is..."
Chapter completed!