There were no surprises, Curry's extra penalty hit.
The league's No. 1 free throw shooting percentage is not just bragging!
There are only two people in the league's 180 club this year, one is Nash and the other is Curry!
The 180 club refers to field goal percentage, three-point shooting percentage and free throw percentage combined to exceed 180.
It is not easy to achieve this achievement!
First of all, the free throw shooting rate must be above 90%, which eliminates most people!
Secondly, the three-point shooting percentage must be above 40%. This is even more difficult and no one other than shooters can achieve it.
Finally, the total field goal percentage is above 50%, which is also difficult.
Three-pointers and free throws are very accurate. Such a player must be a defender.
But unlike centers, most of the shots taken by guards are mid-to-long-range shots, and in this case it is difficult to guarantee a 50% hit rate.
Curry is one of the only two members of the 180 club this year!
Although he did not shoot a 3-pointer, Curry still scored 3 points in this attack.
Score 12 points in a row!
Including Lopez's previous three 3-pointers, the Warriors had already scored 21 points in the first 4 minutes!
What terrifying firepower!
The Jazz also played well offensively, scoring 15 points in 4 minutes.
Converted to 12 minutes, at this scoring rate, the Jazz will score 45 points in one quarter!
But the Jazz are still 6 points behind!
How incredible a warrior with full firepower is!
The Warriors feel so cured, even Mr. Sloan can't do anything about it.
If you've done what you need to do and it still doesn't work, then you have to admit defeat!
What's more, you can't always be so accurate, right?
Besides, if you are accurate, so am I!
The two teams started an offensive battle.
The score rose rapidly.
After 6 minutes, the Jazz fell behind by double digits, and Sloan called another timeout.
It's really impossible to compete offensively with the Warriors.
Especially at the Warriors' home court.
After the timeout, the Jazz played Okur and Boozer.
Boozer plays Prince in the low post, while Okur defends Lopez, so someone can switch inside to cover.
The twin-tower lineup grinds the ground and slows down the speed. I don’t know what the effect will be, but it’s at least one way.
But the Warriors also got DeAndre Jordan and Belinelli.
The Warriors spent a lot of time practicing this lineup in the last game. After coming down, they watched the video and practiced again, just for this moment.
Many teams in the league have twin-tower lineups. Deng Fang doesn't want to use them, but he still has to get this lineup in order for defense.
What if one day the attack is suppressed!
Jazz is a good touchstone.
Let’s see who is more powerful, your twin towers or our twin towers!
Curry and Belinelli once again played without the ball, and Jordan and Lopez kept covering the two.
Curry and Belinelli crossed paths, Belinelli covered Curry, then Jordan covered Curry, and Lopez covered Belinelli at the same time!
After the screen, Jordan immediately cut inside to the basket, while Lopez walked outside, and then covered Belinelli or Curry who ran out!
The two big men made full use of their tall figures.
After the last game, the Jazz also took precautions against this.
However, there are some things that you cannot do well if you are prepared!
Which person faced Jordan and Kobe was not prepared to defend?
How many people can really guard against these superstars?
The same is true at the team level.
The offense is always the one with the more initiative.
Theoretically, as long as your offense is good enough, your opponent's defense will never be able to keep up!
Because you are the active party, and because the alliance encourages offense!
The Jazz also couldn't guard against the Warriors' offense.
Only in the last game did the Warriors use this lineup for more than ten minutes. No matter how much the Jazz studied it, it was just like that.
When you come down to practice, can you find the same substitutes as the Warriors lineup?
Is that still a substitute?
Not to mention anything else, if he wants to be on the same level as Curry in terms of off-ball movement, only Korver in the entire Jazz team can do it.
The Jazz's preparations cannot be too meticulous and their running-in time is not enough, but this is not the case with the Warriors.
The Warriors trained this lineup extensively before the last game, and spent a lot of time in actual combat during the game.
After coming down, the Warriors watched the video for a long time to find out the reason, and trained again for two days.
Therefore, the preparations of the Warriors are very sufficient.
The Jazz simply couldn't guard against the Warriors' off-ball tactics.
Either it missed Curry's two outside three-pointers, or it gave Jordan and Lopez a chance to dunk in an alley-oop.
The point difference has widened a lot again.
Fortunately, Okur's three-pointers were very strong, and he made two against Lopez's defense. Coupled with Boozer's good mid-range shot, the Jazz were not completely defeated.
Soon, at the end of the first quarter, the score between the two teams became 41:27, with the Warriors leading by 14 points.
The Warriors attacked like a wave, the fans at Oracle Arena cheered thunderously, and the atmosphere was very lively.
After the timeout, the second quarter begins.
The Warriors replaced Livingston, Azubuike, Anthony Morrow, Radmanovic and DeAndre Jordan.
The five players on the court for the Jazz are Ronny Price, Matthews, Korver, Okur and Millsap.
The Jazz don't have many people they can use, so there are only a few people they can use.
The closer the critical moment comes, the less the head coach dares to let newcomers play.
It's the same no matter who it is.
With the help of Deng's Chicken Soup, the Warriors players played very hard and kept running after taking the field.
Assisting in defense, covering pick-and-rolls, grabbing offensive rebounds, and attacking the basket after feinting. Many actions that he usually dare not do were performed.
Be proactive in tactics!
If the players don't want to run away, it will be useless no matter how good your tactics are.
Under the encouragement of Mr. Sloan, the Jazz also played very seriously, but there was a gap compared with the Warriors.
Although they won the last game, everyone knows what lineup the Warriors fielded, and everyone also knows how the Warriors played.
This game was the home court of the Warriors. The entire Warriors team was going crazy, and with the more than 10,000 fanatical fans in the audience, anyone else would have their livers trembling.
Not everyone can enjoy the feeling of being against the world!
Although the Jazz defended hard, the point difference was still slowly widening.
Four minutes into the second quarter, the Jazz were already 18 points behind!
Sloan had to call a timeout again.
If we keep playing like this, the series will be over.
Still have to drink chicken soup!
Sloan kept yelling during the timeout to cheer up the players.
Soon, the timeout ended and the game started again.
The Jazz changed their starting lineup and the most dynamic lineup came on the field.
The Warriors also changed to the starting lineup, and the two teams once again started an offensive battle.
Sloan's chicken soup was good, and the Jazz's offense was booming.
However, the Warriors' offense is also very good. The Jazz score quickly and the Warriors score not slowly.
Until the end of the second quarter, the score difference did not change.