Chapter 1027 After the main force is finished, the substitutes show off their power
Lillard and Curry's three-point shooting points were getting further and further away, almost destroying people's three-point view on the spot. Fortunately, the two did not continue their previous incredible performance.
On the next ball, Curry, not to be outdone, also hit a ball near the middle, and there was a "duang" sound.
Next, Lillard became even more arrogant. He took the ball in the backcourt and took no more than two steps past his own three-point line. He didn't even pass the center circle and fired directly in the backcourt.
Regardless of whether he can score or not, this arrogant attitude has already made the Warriors players feel extremely crazy.
The basketball drew a long arc in the air, and with a "duang" sound, it was also struck.
The two men continued to fight, and finally brought people back to reality...
This is right!
The way you two played just now, even if Yuan Daying and Dongfang Xiang came, you wouldn't dare to play like this.
The sound of hammering, which usually sounds extremely annoying, actually sounds particularly pleasant at this moment.
On the court, after the continuous fight, Lillard and Curry were no longer angry and quickly returned to their normal playing style.
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After the first quarter, the two teams were inseparable, with the Trail Blazers only leading the Warriors by one point at 34:33.
A typical balance of power situation, where no one can do anything for the time being!
Wang Zelin made 8 of 11 in the first quarter, including 2 of 3 three-pointers and 4 of 4 free throws, scoring 22 points.
How terrible is a 72.7% shooting rate?
If you don't look at Wang Zelin's technical statistics and look for the fans, it feels like Wang Zelin has been scoring goals.
For the Warriors, Curry made 4 of 6 shots, 3 of 4 three-pointers, and 2 of 2 free throws in the first quarter, scoring 13 points.
With Lillard, Batum, and Patton taking turns defending, Curry used his elusive off-ball defense and incredible touch to achieve god-like efficiency.
Durant's performance was no less impressive, even better than Curry's. In the first quarter, he scored 4 of 4, 1 of 1 three-pointers, and 1 of 1 serves, also scoring 13 points.
Kudu teamed up and scored 26 points. Their offensive firepower was jaw-dropping!
However, this also reflects the extent to which Wang Zelin's performance in the first quarter was so incredible that the Warriors were temporarily behind.
Wang Zelin, who returned to the bench, kept thinking about how to break the deadlock.
Attacking Curry? It doesn't seem impossible. This is what Coach Lu did in the previous life. But he was worried that it was too early. After all, the Trail Blazers were still ahead.
In the previous life, the reason why Director Lu made people double-team Curry like crazy was because he was a weakling who had no choice but to do it.
Compared with the Big Four of the Warriors, the Cavaliers at that time definitely couldn't do it, so they could only adopt double-teaming, a defensive tactic with high investment, high risk and unknown rewards.
The double-team tactic tests the defensive team's enthusiasm for rotation and speed of defense. It is a tactic that consumes a lot of players' physical strength and energy, and has very high requirements on the players' defensive reading ability.
At the same time, as the top offensive initiator in history, Curry is also a top offensive finisher. He has strong deterrence ability with and without the ball, ultra-long shooting range, and the league's top breakthrough ability and layup finishing ability.
If you want to restrict Curry through double-teaming, and then use a point to break the Warriors' entire tactical system, it is feasible in theory, but in practice...
Haha, that’s unknown.
Using the results to extrapolate, the Cavaliers' one championship proved that double-teaming Curry is a tactic worth using; but the Warriors' two consecutive championships also proved that as Curry's ball speed became faster and faster when he was double-teamed, Duran
Specially added to the continuous upgrade of the Warriors' passing system, Curry cannot be double-teamed.
To put it bluntly, the knight did this simply because he wanted to take a gamble. He was the kind of person who won the young model in the club and worked in the sea if he lost.
The Trail Blazers are different from the Cavaliers in the previous life. Their overall strength is the opposite of that of the Warriors. Unlike the Cavaliers, their overall strength is not as bad as that of the Warriors.
Therefore, double-teaming can only be regarded as a last resort. Since Wang Zelin and his teammates started well, rather than making changes rashly, it is better to wait and seek to strike later.
After the inter-section break, in the second quarter, the Trail Blazers and Warriors put on their substitute lineups.
For the Trail Blazers, Beverley, Connett Lee, Anthony Morrow, Harrell, Yi Jianlian.
The Warriors are Ian Clark, Andre Iguodala, Shaun Livingston, David West, and Kevin Looney.
It is said that the management of Detonator and the Trail Blazers have had a bad eye for drafting over the years, but as everyone knows, the management of the Warriors also has a very vicious eye for drafting.
Among them, the contribution of team consultant Jerry West is naturally indispensable.
With the emergence of a bunch of young players in the Warriors, the thickness of the Warriors' bench in the new season has also reached the forefront of the league, and it is not far behind the Blazers' bench gangsters.
As soon as the game started in the second quarter, Mamba Iguodala cut to the basket and dunked, and the Warriors took the lead at 35:34.
Playing against an average team, Iguodala didn't even need to take a shot during the regular season. Curry, Durant, and Thompson took turns to show off, which was enough for the Warriors to clock out in the third quarter. This made many fans outside call Iguodala.
La is already old.
But when encountering heavyweight opponents, especially the Trail Blazers, their fierce rivals in the past two years, Iguodala decisively overturned the coffin board and took the lead, catching fellow veteran Moreau off guard.
We are all veterans in their early 30s, why do you stand out so much?
I am not convinced!
In the transition between offense and defense, Moreau and Yi Jianlian engaged in a pick-and-roll, and the outside opened fire decisively, 37:35.
The Warriors attacked and after other players opened up space, Livingston hit Connett Lee with his back.
As the top 3D in active service, Connett Lee is no ordinary person. He blinded his eyes and allowed Livingston's turnaround jumper to set up the basket. The Blazers fans at the scene also booed mockingly.
Harrell turned into a beast and struggled to protect the rebound, allowing Beverley to launch a fast break.
Connet Lee quickly followed up, caught the ball and cut in, and made an easy layup.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! At 39:35, Trail Blazers fans seemed to see hope of widening the point difference.
The Warriors continued to attack, and this time it was Beverley's turn to show off his power. He defended the Warriors' substitute point guard Clark one-on-one at the top of the arc. He first predicted Clark's breakthrough route in advance, then looked back, took out, and opened the ghost knife...
"Snapped!"
After the steal, he quickly launched a fast break. The whole game was 3 on 1. Beverley and Yi Jianlian completed the aerial connection and successfully bombed the Warriors' basket.
41:35, the Trail Blazers gradually lead by 6 points!
The Warriors' offense continued to hit the ground running. Fortunately, on the defensive end, Iguodala kicked the coffin board again and came out from the wing to hit Harrell with a nail-biting block.
Turning around, the Warriors' fast attack tactics failed, and both sides fell into a positional battle.
Livingston asked for the ball in the low post again, and this time he did not disappoint his teammates. He made a difficult turnaround jump shot, which stumbled a bit but still fell into the net bag.
37:41.
Before one of the main players on the Warriors' bench could take a breath, a group of Blazers' bench gangsters suddenly became more active.
Wang Zelin's younger brother Harrell showed off his muscles and looked like a maniac at the basket. He grabbed offensive rebounds in two consecutive rounds and completed a second putback dunk. Incidentally, he also caused a foul by David West.
Boxing is afraid of young people, nothing more than this.
David West, the 18th pick in the first round of the 2003 Platinum Generation Draft, has now reached the end of his career. The reason why he chose to join the Warriors this summer was just to win a championship.
In the game against the Trail Blazers, West gradually understood why the Warriors had failed in the Western Conference Finals in the past two years.
Just because the Blazers are extremely powerful from the main force to the substitutes, this is a very scary team!