Three minutes later, the score was 12:6, with the Blazers at home trailing by 8 points.
The situation didn't look too bad, at least the point difference behind was not that big, but Coach Terry decisively called a timeout because he was afraid.
Who knows, why did the Warriors lose three points?
To be precise, it was Curry and Klay Thompson who started the three-pointer rain. In just the past three minutes, Curry hit three three-pointers in the beginning, while Klay hit one.
The two's four three-pointers accounted for all the Warriors' points on the field.
During the TNT live broadcast, Weber said:
"The game passed the opening stage, and the Warriors unexpectedly took the lead. Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson of the Warriors performed so well today! They are truly worthy of being splash brothers..."
"Now, the Trail Blazers must solve their problems on the defensive end."
Weber turned around and saw NBA legend Reggie Miller sitting next to him. He asked:
"Reggie, can you briefly comment on the three-point shooting skills demonstrated by Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson?"
Reggie Miller smiled: "Do you still need to comment? Stephen and Klay have occupied these two designs to have all lists and records about three-pointers. Facts have proved that they are the most powerful three-pointers in the league."
player of!"
"What's even more terrible is that these two guys who are the best three-pointers are still playing on the same team." Weber added.
at this time.
In front of the Trail Blazers bench.
Coach Terry repeatedly warned: "Damien, be optimistic about your teammates. Others should also pay attention to assisting in defense. Wang, please cover the perimeter appropriately. We can't let the Warriors shoot like this anymore."
During the first timeout, Coach Terry had no time to make adjustments, but instead asked the players to increase their investment in the defensive end.
Coach Terry knows that the reason why the Warriors have so many opportunities is largely because the team underestimated the Warriors.
As the defensive intensity increases, he does not believe that the Warriors' backcourt duo can still maintain their hot streak. As long as the Warriors' outside shooting is effective, the Trail Blazers will be confident that they can quickly control the rhythm of the game.
Don't forget, there is a truth in the basketball world: "The closer you are to the basket, the higher your shooting percentage."
Once Wang Zelin takes advantage inside, the offense of other teammates will become easier, and chasing the wind will no longer be a problem.
The timeout ends and the game continues.
The head coaches of both sides made no personnel adjustments, and the lineup on the field remained unchanged.
Trail Blazers offense.
Lillard holds the ball and organizes the offense.
Steve Kerr, who was on the bench for the Warriors, made a gesture, which Green and BOG understood very well, telling them to increase their defense against Wang Zelin.
Just like the Splash Brothers took all the points on the court for the Warriors, all 6 points on the court for the Trail Blazers at this time came from Wang Zelin.
Therefore, Kerr and the Warriors have reason to believe that the trailing Trail Blazers will hand the ball to the most confident person on the court.
But soon, Lillard, who had the ball at the top of the arc, made a gesture, a gesture that surprised the Blazers players and coaches.
"Damian Lillard motioned for his teammates to pull away. Is he going to go one-on-one?"
Curry was still the one defending Lillard, and he was quite surprised by Lillard's offensive choices, because Cole had been reminding many Warriors players just now: Always beware of Wang Zelin, he is the most dangerous player on the Trail Blazers.
character!
As for Lillard?
Feel sorry.
In this time and space, all the brilliance of the younger generation of players has been obscured by a rising sun.
Due to the presence of Wang Zelin, Lillard has always been positioned by the outside world as a young guard with excellent three-point ability and the ability to control the court.
Although Lillard was selected as an All-Star last season, in the eyes of the outside world, it was more because of his two Chinese teammates.
However, in fact, the Trail Blazers coaching staff has always equipped Lillard with singles tactics, because neither the coaching staff nor his teammates have ever questioned Lillard's strength.
Especially Wang Zelin.
Thinking back to the trial training with the Trail Blazers in 2012, when he first met Lillard, he was shocked by the latter's ability rating of 81.
After two seasons of hard work, Lillard's ability rating has already broken through from a quasi-All-Star to an All-Star level. Currently, in the system survey, Lillard's overall rating is 86.
It fully shows that his teammate Damian Lillard is already an out-and-out All-Star player!
On the field.
The right wing three-point line is at a 45-degree angle.
Lillard saw that the inside line was empty, and began to lower his center of gravity and dribble with his hips.
Curry was wary, but Lillard made a decisive breakthrough after taking a cross step, stepped forward with his left foot to the right, passed the ball quickly and indirectly, reached the right side of the free throw line, and suddenly connected with an emergency stop.
cast.
"Whoosh!"
The Rose Garden Arena was filled with excitement instantly.
"Lillard's sudden single, emergency stop jump shot, the ball went in!"
Weber in the commentary box was a little surprised, because Lillard's singles were not common, not to mention that he hit close.
"In the first two seasons, Lillard, who mostly chose pick-and-rolls and then broke through, suddenly came up with a single, directly eating Stephen Curry's defense 1-on-1. Now the score has become 8:12, and the Trail Blazers are still 4 points behind.
"
Then came the Warriors' offensive round. With the coach's instructions, Batum and Matthews put away their pride in defending the championship and no longer underestimated their opponents.
The Warriors started various pick-and-roll moves, and eventually Batum switched to defend in front of Curry.
Curry has continuously taken advantage of Lillard's defense, and now he only needs to score one more goal to break double digits in this game.
Therefore, the soul of a prodigal in Curry's heart suddenly awakened, made a breakthrough, and wanted to pass Batum.
Batum's winding defense has also started. He moves sideways to block Curry, then turns sideways, stretches out his long arms, and directly wants to steal the ball.
However, Curry, whose strength has exceeded the realm of superstars, has the best ball-handling memory in the league. At this moment, the right hand holding the ball suddenly made a backward movement, and then twisted his head, and Curry returned to the three-point line.
Breakthroughs are all fake, shooting three-pointers is Curry's real purpose!
"Defend! Defend..."
Coach Terry on the sidelines was so anxious that he jumped up. He knew that if Curry hit another three-pointer, it would be an almost devastating blow to the morale of the Trail Blazers.
At the critical moment, Batum stopped his retreat in time, then took a sharp step forward and jumped to block the shot.
Facing Batum's flying dive, Curry's eyelids twitched unconsciously, but with his unrivaled shooting speed, the three-pointer was still successfully shot.
"Can Stephen Curry score the four three-pointers he attempted in this game?"
Reggie Miller reacted quickly and yelled immediately.
"Bang!"
After all, Curry at this stage has not yet evolved to the level of Curry Hao. Coupled with the pressure brought by Batum's height and wingspan advantage, this ball is finally forged.
"mine!"
At this time, Draymond Green's roar sounded from the basket, and he jumped up to try to make up the dunk.
"Yeah?"
Suddenly, a figure appeared behind Drummond Green, quickly covering her completely.
"ah!"
Hearing the familiar voice coming from behind, Green roared angrily, and then he found that a hand appeared above his head and knocked the ball away.
With a snap, Wang Zelin took off a second time after landing and put the rebound in his arms.
"Fight back!"
At the same time, he turned his head, locked the direction of Matthews, and threw the ball into the sky.
"No, get back to defense quickly!"
While Curry was running, he was making great moves towards his teammates.
"Counterattack! Counterattack! Counterattack..."
The fans in the audience roared and stared at the ball flying in the sky.
At this time, the Blazers' fast break had started. It was Matthews who received the pass and rushed to the frontcourt. He did not pass the ball, but made a straight breakthrough, and then ran into Ku, who was returning to defense.
inside.
Fortunately, he glanced back, smiled, and handed the ball to the sky again.
"boom!"
Alley-oop two-handed slam dunk from Nicolas Batum!
"yeah!!!"
The whole place was thunderous.
10:12, only 2 points left.
Warriors attack.
"Defend! Defend!"
Wang Zelin, who ran near the center circle, retreated quickly and opened his arms to boost his morale.
"Defend! Defend! Defend!"
The calls at the Rose Garden Arena continued.
The familiar offensive rhythm is back.
Next, facing Lillard's defense, Curry never found a chance and could only pass the ball to Green.
Green received the ball at the top of the arc, turning sideways to protect the ball while always paying attention to the Splash Brothers' movement.
After a while, Green discovered that Clay was cutting in from the baseline...
It's now!
He raised the ball with both hands and passed the ball inside.
Then……
There was just a snap sound, and Klay took off after receiving the ball. He dribbled the ball and was knocked away by Wang Zelin who came out from the flank.
"ah!!!"
The whole place was boiling again.
"Hahahaha! Wang Zelin's super blood cap appears again! Poor Klay Thompson, I don't know if he will have the courage to continue to challenge the basket defended by Wang Zelin in the future."
Weber began to scream strangely, and his emotions were successfully aroused by Wang Zelin's body-chasing hat.
"Nice try...but you seem to have forgotten that the basket is my territory!"
Under the Trail Blazers basket, the excited Wang Zelin showed two rows of big white teeth towards Klay Thompson.
"You bastard, you don't know how to strike lightly."
The chase just now caused Clay to be knocked out of the baseline. It took several seconds before he stood up.
As a result, when he looked up, he saw Wang Zelin's desultory smile, and his teeth immediately started to itch with hatred.
"Don't look at me like that. Your dunk is great, but I think he should appear at the Karen Competition instead of here."
Wang Zelin shrugged, then turned around and looked for BoGt.
Sideline serve.
After Curry received the ball, he reorganized the offense.
There were only 4 seconds left on the clock. Curry couldn't help but think too much. When he saw Batum blocking Barnes, Green came up with a pick-and-roll. Curry took advantage of the screen and came to the left side of the top of the key to shoot another three-pointer.
"Bang!"
This shot was a bit hasty and missed.
Aldridge defended the defender's rebound, and the Warriors were already retreating on defense.
During the Trail Blazers' offensive round, Lillard called a pick-and-roll. After the pick-and-roll, he pretended to take a shot. After attracting Curry and Barnes to cover up, he passed the ball to Matthews, who was wide open. Matthews made a two-point jumper.
, scored 2 points.
At 12:12, the Trail Blazers officially equalized the score.
In front of the Warriors bench.
The expression on the team's new coach Steve Kerr's face was as calm as before, and his right index finger kept tapping the empty space next to him, and the speed was getting faster and faster.
Cole wanted to call a timeout.
But in the end, he gave up the idea of calling a timeout.
Not to mention that the score on the field is currently tied, and let’s talk about his personal coaching philosophy. He always tends to make the players on the field confident and make adjustments during the game.
He believes that Curry has this ability.
In the subsequent defensive round, Lillard continued to defend Curry, and Coach Terry also asked the wings to add a little help defense to Curry. Barnes did have an opportunity.
A direct breakthrough and easy layup helped the Warriors regain the lead.
This time, Wang Zelin focused his attention on the Splash Brothers who were on one side. He didn't pay much attention to Barnes, but he allowed the latter to find an opportunity.
However, in the next few rounds, with the help of home court advantage, Wang Zelin caused continuous damage to the basket and scored consecutively.
After one quarter, he made 5 of 5 shots, 4 of 4 free throws, and scored 14 points, 4 rebounds, 2 blocks, and 1 assist.
But even so, the Trail Blazers didn't take much of a lead.
At 29:25, the Trail Blazers led by 4 points at home.
During the break, in the TNT live broadcast booth, Weber suddenly said: "Reggie, the outside world seems to be looking down on the Warriors in the new season. What do you think?"
Regarding this issue, Reggie Miller said very cautiously: "Judging from the first few games of the new season, the offensive performance of the Warriors' backcourt duo is indeed stronger than last season! But..."
At this point, Reggie Miller stopped.
Webber, who was standing next to him, quickly added: "But I didn't expect that the Warriors could actually have a fierce battle with the defending champion Trail Blazers, and even took the lead at the beginning, right?"