2019: Leonard blocked three consecutive championships again, and was finally no longer a hero in the finals

The 2018-19 season, for the first time in five years, the finals are no longer the Cavaliers vs. Warriors.

Curry will also appear in the finals for the fifth consecutive year. Durant will put a bad end to his career with the Warriors, with LeBron spending his first season with the Lakers.

This is also the first time that the NBA regular season MVP and the Finals MVP are both born after 1990s.

After LeBron, Curry and Thunder three young masters took turns to dominate the list for many years, the 2010s were over the end of the 1990s superstars made their debut.

Giannis Antetokounmpo and Harden will start a subtle feud, and the NBA will have the first post-90s regular season MVP.

Leonard will get his second championship ring in Toronto and prevent a three-game dynasty team from appearing in the NBA for the second time.

The kings born in the 1980s cannot rule forever, and there will always be a young generation who will stand up. In the summer of 2018, after playing the most tragic playoff journey in his career but was swept by the Warriors, the fate of 33 and a half years old LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers came to an end for the second time.

He took over a four-year contract of 154 million and ran west to the Los Angeles Lakers. Dan Gilbert, the Cavaliers boss who was very angry after his "decision" eight years ago, wrote a thank-you letter this time: Let's part with you well, and specially mentioned June 19, 2016: That day, LeBron led the Cavaliers to win the only championship in team history.

The Lakers introduced four regular season MVP LeBron, which is a big deal in the traditional team history: after introducing four regular season MVP Chamberlain in 1968, three regular season MVP Tiangou in 1975, and the future overlord Shark in 1996, it once again shocked the league's superstar operation. Los Angeles has everything superstars need: a big city background, a long history of the Lakers, the California coast, and the media environment that made Sharks overjoyed two decades ago. The Lakers need the top superstars, and LeBron needs a bigger stage. So the two sides hit it off.

A distant coincidence: LeBron's agent Ritchie Paul gave two jerseys to LeBron whom he just met in 2002: one jersey belongs to the Los Angeles Rams' super quarterback Joe Namas, and the other jersey belongs to the Los Angeles Lakers' Magician. Probably since then, LeBron has been destined to Los Angeles.

The Lakers in 2018 have a group of young geniuses who were second in 2017, and their 198 cm second in 2017, and their playing style is like Jason Kidd, who was not corrected in shooting posture; Brandon Ingram, who was second in 2016, has a swingman who has Paul George's figure but loves Kobe. 203 cm all-around scorer Kyle Kuzma. The head coach is Luke Walton: the son of NBA legendary center Bill Walton. As a player, he won the championship with Kobe; as a coach, he also won the championship as a Warriors assistant coach.

However, LeBron's first year with the Lakers was not smooth: On Christmas Day 2018, LeBron led the Lakers to defeat the Golden State Warriors, bringing the team to 20 wins and 14 losses, the top four in the Western Conference. LeBron then suffered a groin injury and began to recuperate. By the time he returned a month later, the Lakers had already become 27 wins and 25 losses. The Lakers were rumored by Anthony Davis with the New Orleans Pelicans at the time. On January 28, 2019, Thomas Brow publicly stated that she would not renew her contract with the Pelicans. Trading rumors are unstable. When the Lakers fight against the Indiana Pacers, fans on the sidelines sang to Ingram:

"You are going to be traded!"

So in the 2018-19 season, with LeBron's injury, the team's chaos, the resignation of coach Luke Walton, and the departure of general manager Magicians, the Los Angeles Lakers only lost 37 wins and 45 losses in the regular season. This is the first time LeBron has missed the playoffs since 2005; this is also the first time since 2010 that he has not appeared in the Finals.

Before the 2018 summer draft, the Dallas Mavericks got Luca Doncic. He was born on February 28, 1999 in Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia. My father is a restaurant owner and my mother is a former basketball player and coach. Doncic touched basketball for the first time at 7 months, and when he was 7 years old, he started playing serious games: his opponents were all ten-year-old children. He has been a child to admire Greek star Vasiris Spanoris, and NBA's LeBron. At the age of 13, Doncic signed with Real Madrid basketball team. In the summer of 2015, at the age of 16, he played in the Spanish League. In the 2017-18 season, he became the league MVP. After conquering Europe, he went to the NBA, and the Dallas Mavericks exchanged draft picks with the Atlanta Hawks: the Mavericks got Doncic, and the Hawks got 185 cm defender Trae Young.

defending champion Golden State Warriors signed Demarcus Cousins, who returned after a ruptured Achilles tendon for $5.3 million a year. In an interview, Cousins ​​claimed that no team provided him with a reliable contract, and most teams were squeezing his price, and all he wanted to go was the Celtics and the Warriors.

Leonard's entanglement with the Spurs also resulted. In the summer of 2018, the San Antonio Spurs sent Leonard and got Demar DeRozan of the Toronto Raptors. Leonard's uncle had been operating before, and he returned to his West Coast and returned to his hometown of California. But the Spurs sent him to the North.

The former coach of the Toronto Raptors Coach Devin Casey was eliminated by LeBron's Cavaliers for many years, so this year, the Raptors replaced Coach Nick Nass.

The 2018-19 NBA regular season started as scheduled. The defending champion Golden State Warriors are one year older, relying more and more on the three giants Curry, Clay and Durant to take turns showing their strength. On October 24, 2018, Curry scored 51 points and 11 three-pointers in 32 minutes. Five days later, Clay Thompson scored 14 3-pointers in a single game, 52 points. In November 2018, Durant averaged 31.6 points, 8.4 rebounds and 6.1 assists per game.

But as they played, the team had some internal strife: On November 12, 2018, in the Warriors' game against the Clippers, Dream Chasing Green and Durant quarreled. According to Green's later statement, Durant complained that his teammates did not pass the ball to him. Legend has it that when Green and Durant quarreled, he said a harsh word: "When you didn't come, we were already champions." (referring to the 2015 championship) The grudge was defeated like this. In hindsight, that was the origin of Durant's parting ways with the Warriors.

This year, the Denver Nuggets in the West began to make rapid progress. On November 5, 2018, the Nuggets defeated the Celtics and scored 9 wins and 1 loss at the start. Organizational guard Jamal Murray scored 48 points, while team ace giant Nikola Jokic scored only 8 points, but scored 10 rebounds and 8 assists. Four days later, the Net defeated the Nuggets and scored a game back, and Jokic scored 37 points and 21 rebounds on that day.

These two games are typical Jokic battles: he can influence the game by scoring or passing at any time.

In 2012, 17-year-old Nikola Jokic was still a Balkan fat man with nearly 140 kilograms. He had to drink three cans of Coke after each training. He was persuaded by his brother Nemega to lose weight and then he developed an NBA-level physique. When he was selected by the Denver Nuggets as 41st in 2014, he was a 129kg seven-foot giant. He is not good at running and jumping, but he has an incredible shooting feel and passing vision, as well as an intimate mentality, and is a center-level defender. When attacking, he can make incredible passes, no matter at high positions, low positions, or fast attacks. The Denver Nuggets also have former Kentucky scoring genius Jamal Murray. Like Ross, Wall, and Booker, he is a coach under the goalkeeper of Coach John Calipari, and other empty-cut attackers. He surrounds Jokic and relies on his support and cover to play.

Russia Thunder ushered in transformation. December 5, 2018: Paul George scored 25 points in the final quarter, 47 points in the game, and the Thunder reversed the net. Westbrook, who supported the Thunder in the past two years, scored his 108th triple-double in his career - surpassing Jason Kidd. This year, Westbrook's shooting was greatly affected by surgery and gradually shifted its focus to passing initiation. George relied on his excellent positioning and long shots to become the Thunder's number one attacker.

The Philadelphia 76ers in the East have a headache about running-in: center Embiid and defender Ben Simmons, two geniuses, performed well, but it was not appropriate to get together. At the end of 2018, they found swingman Jimmy Butler from the Minnesota Timberwolves, but Embiid was still unhappy. He claimed that he didn't like to play the No. 5 position in the space and believed that he had too few balls in the penalty area. It is well known that Simmons' refusal to shoot a three-pointer, which also killed Philadelphia's space. Jimmy Butler himself struggled from the bottom, and probably felt helpless about these two geniuses.

In the Toronto Raptors, Leonard was conducting "load management": in order not to overload his injured knee, Leonard took a break. When he appeared, he still grabbed both offense and defense. But he only participated in 60 regular season games throughout the 2018-19 season.

So in the 2018-19 regular season, the top spot in the East was occupied by the Milwaukee Bucks. Greek genius Giannis Antetokounmpo has become the number one favorite in the NBA regular season MVP.

Giannis has a height of 211 cm and a wingspan of 221 cm. His thumb to little finger is 30.5 cm - Leonard, a famous big-handed monster like Leonard, is 28.6 cm - so Giannis can run wild with a basketball in his hand. His Achilles tendon is 34 cm long and has perfect hip muscles: so he can start at the three-point line and go straight to the European step by around everyone's raid on the basket. He can grab rebounds, steal, dribble, fight back one-stop, break through, dunk, pass the ball, and run without stopping. The core idea of ​​the Bucks' team building in 2012, namely size and running and jumping, is perfectly reflected in Giannis.

and, the new Bucks coach Budenholzer, brought a new system. Coach Bu is a former Spurs assistant coach and former head coach of the Eagles. When he was in Atlanta, he made a big move in space, allowing the Hawks' three-point team to play a pretty regular season record. He most admired Robert Horry, a power forward who could shoot three-pointers when he was at the Spurs. Coach Budenholzer believes that the modern NBA needs such a giant: it can protect the basket when defending and open up space on the offensive end. So the Bucks signed 213 cm Giant Brooke Lopez, who was responsible for sinking and retreating to the penalty area and attacking and fixed three-pointers. In this way, the Bucks played space basketball: the perimeter shooter group and Lopez opened the space, and Giannis was responsible for sweeping, rotating, and grabbing rebounds on the defensive end. During the offense, the whole team accelerated and Giannis raided alone.

Giannis is fighting for the regular season MVP, and there is only one real opponent: defending MVP James Harden.

In early December 2018, due to injuries, the Rockets' record once reached 11 wins and 14 losses. Afterwards, Harden started a solo show: on December 13, Harden scored 50 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists. Four days later against the Jazz, 47 points. From December 25, 2018 to January 3, 2019, he played 40 points in five consecutive games. On January 14 and 16, he scored 57 points and 58 points respectively. On January 23, 2019, he scored 61 points against the Knicks. From December 11, 2018 to February 21, 2019, he scored at least 30 points in 32 games.

Because Harden's breakthrough projectile and step-drawing three-pointer were too fatal, two strange defensive methods were produced in the spring of 2019. One is to attack Harden in half, and the other is the Bucks defender Bledsoe carried forward his technique: stand on the back of Harden to force him to dribble with his right hand and limit him to shoot three-pointers.

Harden and Giannis compete for the 2018-19 regular season MVP, there is inevitably some friction. On the 2019 All-Star Night, Giannis was qualified to choose his teammate. He didn't look for Harden and joked that he needed a teammate who was willing to pass the ball. Harden mocked Giannis on ESPN, saying, "I hope I am seven feet tall and can run and dunk, and there is no need for skills!"

Although the styles are very different, one is a slender and running giant, and the other is a pick-and-roll player who takes three-pointers, Harden and Giannis also have similarities: they are both super personal assaulters, relying on the shooter group to open up space, and both develop strange steps according to the rules.

Giannis strids and relies on big strides to reduce dribbling; Harden uses step-offs and jumps to perfection. Together, they promoted a reform of the ball-collection technique, and more and more young people were trying to get rid of shooting opportunities with some unconventional steps. The

2018-19 season ends. Harden ranked first in scoring with an astonishing 36.1 points per game, Westbrook ranked first in assists with an average of 10.7 assists per game, and has completed a record of a triple-double per game for three consecutive years. The biggest winner is Giannis: Antetokounmpo. He averaged 27.7 points in the league third, 12.5 rebounds in the league sixth, plus 5.9 assists, 1.3 steals and 1.5 blocks, leading the Bucks to the league first 60 wins and 22 losses. At the age of 24, he became the regular season MVP.

But these major regular season winners will immediately encounter all kinds of bad luck.

For example, Paul George, who had the third-place MVP vote in the regular season and scored third in the league, and his teammates, Westbrook, who averaged triple-double in the regular season for the third consecutive year, was killed by the Portland Trail Blazers in the first round of the NBA: George was shot in the face by Lillard and scored a jump shot.

The year before, the Trail Blazers entered the playoffs with the third place in the West and were swept 4-0 by the New Orleans Pelicans' excellent defense. That was the lowest point in Damian Lillard's career. From then on, Lillard changed silently: he paid more attention to the long three-pointers.

NBA's three-point line is 23 feet 9 inches (724 cm), but Lillard began to shoot 30 feet 9.1 meters long. In the 2017-18 season, Lillard made 9 of 36 shots from 30 feet out. In the 2018-19 regular season, Lillard's 30-foot long shot was 16 of 50 shots: he shot further and further - and he really made a shot.

The Trail Blazers led the Thunder 3-1, and Lillard scored 47 points before the end of the game, including 9 three-pointers. The two sides tied 115, and Lillard dribbled in the middle circle alone: ​​facing Paul George's defense.

2.7 seconds left in the game, Lillard stood 37 feet away from the basket, 3 meters away from the three-point line, shot a three-pointer, and scored his 50th point in a single game. The Trail Blazers defeated the Thunder 118 to 115, eliminated the Thunder 4 to 1, and entered the Western Conference semi-finals. This is the fifth series finale in NBA history, Lillard's second personal finale - the last time was a farewell to the Rockets in 2014.

But in the next round of playoffs, the sixth series farewell to the finale appeared.

During the February 2019 trading deadline, the Toronto Raptors sent center Valanciunas, as well as Deron Wright, CJ Myers and the 2024 second-round draft pick, and won the 34-year-old Giants of the Memphis Grizzlies and former year defensive player Marc Gasol. In this way, Raptors Kyle Lowry is the main controller, Danny Green is responsible for three-pointers and defense, Leonard is the ruler of the team's offense and defense, and young Cameroon striker Siakam becomes. In the words of Canadian media, "Leonard's Pipen", with Gasol, as well as Ibaka on the bench and defender Van Vreet Jordan, the Raptors' rotation has been formed.

Toronto Raptors eliminated the Orlando Magic 4-1 in the first round of the playoffs. The second round encountered Philadelphia 76ers. In the first game, Leonard set his single-game record in the playoffs: he scored 45 points and led the team to defeat 76ers. Mark Gasol defended the Philadelphia Giants Embiid to 5 of 18 shots and 16 points. Just two days before this game, Kentrick Perkins said in an interview: Leonard is like Jordan. Three hours after the Raptors defeated Philadelphia in the first game, the Spurs lost to the Denver Nuggets led by Jokic in the seventh game of the first round of the playoffs. DeRozan, who exchanged Leonard, performed mediocrely at the end of this game. This is the biggest difference between the Raptors in 2019 than before: after replacing DeRozan with Leonard, the score at the critical moment was guaranteed. The

Raptors and Philadelphia series finally hit Game 7. In the first three quarters of the seventh game, Leonard scored 26 points on 10 of 30 shots, but in the fourth quarter, Leonard kept holding the ball and fighting alone, forcing Embiid to replace the defense and then make a mid-range shot. In the fourth quarter, he scored 13 points in one breath. In the last 4 seconds of the game, both sides tied 90. Leonard, who had scored 39 points, dribbled, and Embiid's right wing was replaced. Leonard leaned his body and jumped out of the baseline to complete the final shot, scoring his 41st point. The Raptors won 92-90, eliminated the Philadelphia 76ers 4-3, and advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals. This is the sixth series in NBA history, and it is also the first 0-second finale in Game 7. In the 2019 Eastern Conference Finals, the Toronto Raptors first fell behind the regular season top Milwaukee Bucks 0-2. In the third game, the Raptors and the Bucks dragged into overtime, and the Bucks were about to lead 3-0. Coach Nick Nas made a key adjustment: the Raptors used the Spurs combination Leonard and Danny Green to defend against regular season MVP Giannis, preventing him from getting up, and using Gasol to sit at the basket, compressing Giannis' space and allowing defender Van Vreet to shoot continuously from a long shot. So the Raptors won the third game: 118-112, Giannis grabbed 23 rebounds, but was defended to 5 of 16 shots and scored only 12 points. In the fourth game, the Raptors scored another match: 120 to 102. The two sides played 2-2. In the fifth game of

, the Bucks once relied on counterattacks and Giannis' breakthrough pass, leading to 18-4. But then the Bucks bench lineup was chased by the Raptors. Leonard's ruthlessness was revealed at this time: he scored 20 points in the first three quarters and 15 points in the fourth quarter.. More importantly, he saw the Bucks' weak side contraction strategy, broke through to the Bucks' heartland repeatedly, and gave his teammates a good opportunity, giving 9 assists throughout the game: all three-point long shots were fed to his teammates. At the end of the game, Giannis was substituted for a short period of time. The Raptors won the fifth game 105-99, leading 3-2.

Leonard remained expressionless in an interview after the game. When asked, "Why did you beat the Bucks in four consecutive games?" He replied, "I don't know, we haven't beat the four consecutive games yet." When asked, "What is your team's mind?" He replied, "I don't know, I haven't entered the locker room yet."

But the Raptors did finish the four consecutive games. In the sixth game, Leonard scored 27 points and 17 rebounds, and scored 7 assists, Lowry scored 17 points and 8 assists, Siakam scored 18 points, and Giannis was locked to 7 of 18 shots and 21 points. The Raptors won 100-94: completed a 4-2 reversal, eliminated the Milwaukee Bucks, defeated regular season MVP Giannis, and entered the 2019 NBA Finals.

The opposite is the Golden State Warriors who entered the finals for the fifth consecutive year.

But this year, the Warriors were completely different from before.

In the first round of the 2019 playoffs, the Warriors defeated the Los Angeles Clippers 4-2. Durant scored 45 points in the fifth game, and Durant scored 50 points in the sixth game, invincible. In the Western Conference semi-finals, the Warriors encountered the Rockets for the fourth time in five years. Another fierce battle: in the first game, Durant and Harden each scored 35 points, and the Warriors narrowly won 104-100. In the second game, Durant and Harden each scored 29 points, and the Warriors won 115-109. Durant scored 46 points in the third game and Harden scored 41 points, but the Rockets' three-guard team worked: Eric Gordon scored 30 points and 7 three-pointers for the Rockets, and the Rockets scored a goal 126-121. In the fourth game, Durant scored 34 points and Curry scored 30 points, but Harden scored 38 points. The Rockets win another game.

The fifth game, the ups and downs of Tianwang Mountain.

The Rockets fell 14 points in the first quarter and 20 points in the second quarter. But 2 minutes and 5 seconds left in the third quarter, the Rockets only got 3 points away. At this time, the game took 34 minutes, and Kevin Durant only had a break of 1 minute and 40 seconds; he had a total of 16 minutes off in the past four games. His right leg finally couldn't bear it and fell down due to injury.

Then, Curry, who had only scored 9 points in this game, began to take over the overall situation. In the 14 minutes after Durant went down, the Warriors showed their team and tenacity from 2014 to 16. Iguodala's move, Green's decisiveness, Clay's focus; and Curry scored 16 points in the last 14 minutes of the game. 104 to 99, the Warriors defeated the Rockets and won the Battle of Tianwang Mountain.

The two sides exhausted their routines in the sixth game, and they knew each other's roots and bottom lines. The Rockets switch to defense or attack Curry, emptying others besides Clay, and replacing the position by rotating. The offensive end relies on Harden and Paul to play with the ball. The Warriors always switched defenses in advance or hit Harden with a pinch, controlling Paul's three-pointer to make him break through, and revolved around to fill up the Rockets. In the first half, Clay scored 21 points with 5 three-pointers. In the third quarter, Curry scored 10 points silently. The Warriors fell behind 82-87 to enter the fourth quarter. Sean Livingston fell to the ground twice in the fourth quarter to save the ball. Coach Cole emphasized during the timeout: "We must cherish every rebound and every layup." Afterwards, Livingston beat Paul with his back and took a layup with a single shot.

In the end, Curry took over the game: layup, ultra-long three-pointer, breakthrough launch. The Warriors used the second-last timeout in 97 on both sides. After Curry made a successful attack, he made a three-pointer by himself, 102-97. Harden also had a three-pointer, but Curry made a layup and another three-pointer. In the last minute of the game, Curry attracted a pincer attack and passed it to Green. Green transferred to the weak side Iguodala, and finally Krain shot a three-pointer. The Warriors defeated the Rockets 118-113 and advanced to the Western Conference Finals 4-2. This is Curry's second career-long first half 0 points - but his career-high 33 points in the second half. In the fourth quarter, the Warriors scored 23 points.

The Warriors defeated the Rockets for the fourth time in five years. In the 2019 Western Conference Finals, the Warriors' opponent is the Portland Trail Blazers. In the previous Western Conference semi-finals, the Trail Blazers had just fought seven games with the Nuggets. In the third game, the two teams played four overtime games. Nuggets center Jokic, who entered the first lineup of the regular season, played an NBA record of 64 minutes and 58 seconds, scoring 33 points, 18 rebounds and 14 assists. The Nuggets lost to the Trail Blazers in the end. Later in the locker room, Jokic felt deeply that he had let down his teammates and decided to start losing weight: this may be the most influential weight loss in NBA history.

The Warriors opened the Blazers in the Western Conference Finals but were unexpectedly relaxed: Curry scored 36 points in 36 minutes in the first game, and led the Warriors to win 116-94. Curry scored 37 points in the second game, Curry scored 36 points in the third game, and Curry scored 37 points in the fourth game. The Warriors beat the Trail Blazers 4-0. In the second and third games of the series, the Trail Blazers led the Warriors in half, but were defeated by the Warriors. In the fourth game, they even struggled with the Warriors to the end, but were still defeated. It seems that after losing Durant, the Warriors regained their status before 2016: they operated smoothly, relying on Curry and Clay to play until the finals.

However, in the first game of the 2019 finals, the Toronto Raptors won the first finals in team history 118 to 109. This is Curry's five finals with the Warriors, and his first loss to the finals opening game.

Leonard and Curry, who had previously run across the east and west, encountered targeted defense in the first half: Leonard made 1 of 6 shots in the first half, and Curry made 3 of 10 shots in the first half. Of course, Curry still scored 34 points in the end, but Coach Nas used a trick: use Leonard to defend Dream Chasing Green, and cut Dream Chasing and Curry to connect.

After all, Curry + Dream-Chasing Duo Ren is the invincible axial routine that the Warriors have been trying to achieve in the past five years. The Raptors used Leonard against Green, and leaned against Leonard's long arm to cover the range, Curry + Zhu Meng Zhu Meng couldn't start the pick-and-roll; when Zhu Meng Zhu Meng held the ball, Leonard could also take a step back to defend the inside line, bullying Zhu Meng did not have the ability to hold the ball. Curry scored 34 points, but he couldn't lead the entire Warriors.

In turn, the Raptors had only 10 mistakes in 25 assists in the game. The Warriors, who have always been team-based, were defeated by the Raptors in a team-based manner. In the second game, the Warriors scored 11 points in the first 13 points, and the Warriors fell behind 45-56 in the first half; at the beginning of the second half, the Warriors played 18-0, leading to 72-59. In the second half of the third quarter, Leonard took over the game with a tough three-pointer to recover the score difference. At the last moment, Cousins, who had been recovering from injury for more than half a year, made a comeback and supported the game for the Warriors: the Warriors narrowly won 109 to 104, blocking Leonard's 34 points and 14 rebounds.

However, in the third game, Clay Thompson was injured. The Warriors can only rely on Curry: Curry made 14 of 31 shots and scored 47 points in the whole game, but the Raptors won 123-109 and took a 2-1 lead.

In the fourth game, Leonard scored 36 points: 30+ in the 14th game of the playoffs this season, and 30+ away games in the 8th game. The Raptors won 105-92 and led 3-1.

After the game, Leonard said: "I don't play hero ball, I just play for victory... Our team is great... Lowry is a quarterback, a great player, he plays very well, and whoever we get the opportunity will play... Ibaka interferes with many balls in Clay and Curry... We must be patient, focus, and play for victory..."

Indeed, the Raptors in 2019 were the team's strength: Siakam, Gasol and Van Vritte in the first game, Danny Green, Lowry and Van Vritte in the third game, the hero in the fourth game was the substitute Ibaka who scored 20 points in 21 minutes, and the consistent Leonard. In comparison, the Warriors can only rely on Curry.

Stunning news came out before the fifth game: Kevin Durant's comeback. In fact, Durant started the game, fell to the ground and intercepted the ball at the beginning, grabbed the rebound, and performed positively. He scored 11 points in the first quarter, and Curry scored 14 points, and the Warriors had a huge advantage. But then an accident happened: Durant fell to the ground after being injured in front of his old teammate Ibaka. Lowry and Ibaka made extremely decent moves: they stopped the cheers of Toronto fans and watched Durant come to an end.

Without Durant, the Warriors became the Warriors who blocked, fought, snatched, and transferred the ball again. In the third quarter, the Warriors scored 13 points in 5 minutes to expand the gap by chasing offense and three-pointers. But the Raptors' Van Vreet's three-pointers ignited the entire team and was not left behind by the Warriors. Curry said after the game: "We played very smartly", but the game scene was "ugly". In the fourth quarter, Leonard scored 10 points in a row, but the three three-pointers of Clay and Curry regained the championship suspense again: the Warriors won 106-105, chasing the big score to 2-3.

Game 6. On the edge of the cliff, the Warriors showed the king's stubbornness: Lowry scored 11 points in a row at the beginning, leading to 9 points, but Iguodala and Looney worked hard to get it back.

Siakam, who has not made three-pointers in the past four games, began to make a fixed three-pointer, and the Warriors relied on Clay to score.

The Raptors scored 7 three-pointers in the first quarter, but the Warriors rely on joint defense, transfer the ball and break into the inside to bite the score.

Lowry scored 21 points in the first half, and Ibaka scored consecutively in the second quarter. But Clay Thompson scored 30 points in 32 minutes.

But finally, Clay reached his limit: in the second half of the game, he ruptured the Achilles tendon and fell to the ground - just after he fell to the ground, he walked back and finished two free throws before being replaced.

Dream Chasing Green 11 points, 19 rebounds, 13 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks, an impeccable performance. But the Raptors still defeated the Warriors 114-110. 4-2, won the 2019 NBA championship. Before the 2019 Finals, the Warriors could have won three consecutive championships, but it seemed that the curse of three consecutive championships was difficult to overcome: the hottest attempt to win three consecutive championships in 2014 was defeated by the Spurs 4-1. In 2011, the Lakers, who tried to win three consecutive championships, were eliminated 4-0 by Dallas.

In 1996, the Rockets, who tried to win three consecutive championships, were eliminated by the Supersonics. In 1989, the Lakers, who tried to win three consecutive championships, were beaten 4-0 by the Pistons.

So, after all, only Jordan's Bulls in 1993 and 1998, and the Lakers who were OK in 2002, completed three consecutive championships.

The Warriors encountered the trend they brought to life: in the year when the Warriors won the championship in 2015, the average pace of the league was 94, and the average three-point shooting was 27%. In 2019, the average pace of the league was 100, and the average three-point shooting ratio was 36%. The Warriors taught the entire NBA to speed up and shoot long shots, and finally met similar opponents. Coach Nas said before winning the championship that he asked the Raptors to transfer the ball faster and "everyone must be able to shoot." In other words, learn from the Warriors.

For the Toronto Raptors, this is a long-cherished wish of a group of veterans:

32-year-old Danny Green won the 2014 championship in the Spurs and the 2019 championship in the Raptors.

Kyle Lowry was 33 years old and had been with the Raptors for ten years and finally became the champion guard.

When Marc Gasol joined the Memphis Grizzlies in 2008, he and his mother Marisa said, "I will never repeat my brother's journey." Now at the age of 34, he has won another championship for the Gasol family.

Ibaka faced Durant and got him and followed Durant in the Thunder but failed to win the championship.

At the Oracle Arena on May 14, 2017, Leonard scored 26 points in the first 24 minutes of the Western Conference Finals against the Warriors, allowing the Spurs to lead the Warriors by 25 points. Then he fell down due to Pachulia's injury. Full 25 months later, the Oracle Arena, where he fell 25 months ago, Leonard won the championship: after defeating the Hot in 2014, he once again ended the King's team that pursued three consecutive championships, and raised his second finals MVP.

There is no prosperous dynasty, only time that changes from generation to generation.