Chapter 306 The Third Battle of the Western Finals (1)
Compared with the score of 142:113 in the previous game, the Lakers did well in this game.
124:107, the Lakers limited the Warriors' scoring to 124 points, which was already a success!
Although they put in a little offensive firepower for defense, overall the gap between the two teams is narrowing.
The main reason for the shrinkage is that the Zen master recognized the reality clearly, knew that he was at a disadvantage, and began to actively seek changes.
Adhering to your own style of play is a dead end!
The Warriors have a complete lineup. The players can attack and defend. Curry has excellent scoring ability and full firepower. If they all play their own style, the Lakers will have no chance.
What's more, with the Warriors' defensive capabilities, it's impossible for the Lakers to fully unleash their offensive firepower.
Surrounded by the Warriors, Kobe played very hard. Although he felt good, his efficiency was not high.
Laga Belle, Azubuike and Prince are not vegetarians!
In the end, Kobe played 43 minutes, took 31 shots, made 12 field goals, and made 11 free throws. He scored 32 points, 4 assists, 3 turnovers, and 8 rebounds.
Curry played 32 minutes, took 10 shots, made 5 three-pointers, and scored 22 points, 21 assists, 10 rebounds, and 4 steals!
Although he doesn't score as many points as Kobe, Curry's efficiency is obviously much higher!
20+20, still a triple-double, too scary!
Being able to get such incredible data in the conference finals, Curry once again set a record.
It’s not like no one has been able to get double 20+ figures in the playoffs before, but those were all centers!
For a strong center, it is not difficult to score 20 points, but it is a little difficult to get 20 rebounds, but it can be said with a little luck.
But it’s difficult to get 20 assists!
If you want to get more assists, you must first be able to attract flankers and create open opportunities for your teammates.
This requires you to have strong scoring ability.
If you can't score any points yourself, why should others attack you?
Secondly, you have good passing vision and strong assist ability.
Not everyone can do this.
Being able to observe the situation on the field while controlling the ball, and pass the ball to teammates as soon as possible when an opportunity arises, requires superhuman talent!
The last thing is that your teammates have to be strong and you have to have a little bit of luck.
Attract a double attack and pass to an open teammate, but if your teammate can't make the shot, there's nothing you can do.
Kobe also attracted a lot of help and double-attacks, but the ball he passed to Artest and Odom couldn't hit!
Vujacic and Farmar finally got good shots, but the Warriors didn't give them open shots.
Moreover, Vujacic and Farmar did not defend well and often missed defenses or were counterattacked by the Warriors.
This also made Kobe very helpless.
Although they won the victory, the Warriors players were not too excited.
Because for the Warriors, this victory is necessary.
These two games were played at Oracle Arena. It is my home court, so of course I deserve to win.
And a big 2:0 lead doesn't mean anything.
There is no history of leading 2:0 and then being overturned!
In the 1971 Eastern Conference Finals, the Knicks, who had the best record, and the Washington Bullets, now the Wizards, who had the second best record, met in the Eastern Conference Finals.
The Knicks had the home court advantage and won the first two games, and then lost to the Bullets in the next two away games. After winning the Tianwangshan Battle, the Knicks were beaten by the Bullets in two consecutive games, and lost in the tiebreaker 93:91.
The Bullets.
In the 1992-93 season, the Knicks and Bulls achieved first and second place in the Eastern Conference in the regular season respectively.
When the top two teams in the Eastern Conference finals met, the Knicks had the home court advantage and took the first two games to lead 2:0. The Bulls, who had won two consecutive championships before, were very strong. As a result, they defeated the Knicks 4:2 in four consecutive games to advance to the NBA Finals.
In the finals, we successfully won three consecutive championships.
The most recent one was the 2007 Eastern Conference Finals.
At that time, the Cavaliers encountered the iron-blooded defensive Pistons. In the previous season's playoffs, the Pistons eliminated the Cavaliers 4:3, but this time the Pistons lacked Ben Wallace, the inside pillar on the defensive end.
As a result, the Cavaliers successfully defended the next two home games after falling behind 0:2.
In the crucial battle at Tianwangshan, James scored 48 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists, winning this crucial victory and eventually leading the Cavaliers to the Finals.
So the big score of 2:0 doesn't mean anything.
The opponent is the defending champion!
The foundation of a championship is not something you can just brag about!
The Warriors players didn't care about the victory, but the media didn't think so.
2:0 lead!
Both games were big wins!
He also won the first game by 29 points!
The opponent is the defending champion!
The biggest favorite before the start of the season!
There is no way to fight back in front of the warrior!
Although the point difference in the second game did not seem too big, "only" 17 points, anyone who has watched the game knows that the Lakers were chasing points throughout the game and had no hope of winning at all!
This is the scariest thing!
Regardless of the performance of the players or the formation of the coach, the Warriors are victorious!
Not seeing hope is the most despairing thing!
But you know, the Warriors were a weak team last season!
Perennially at the bottom, a single blackout has excited Warriors fans for several years!
Just like this, a team picked a rookie, replaced a rookie head coach, formed a brand new team, and then successfully counterattacked!
It’s incredible!
Who would have thought it would change so quickly!
Happiness comes too suddenly!
No matter where I go, my favorite thing is storytelling and drama.
This is even more true in the NBA.
The Warriors are such a team!
Although the Warriors players are very low-key, the media are still reluctant to give up and come out with all kinds of flattering words:
"The defending champion has lost two games in a row. Is it because he has lost his momentum or is his skills inferior?"
"Kobe is stuck in the quagmire of singles, Curry connects the whole team, and winning is the last word!"
"The defending champion has no power to fight back, and the league's upstart is in sight of winning the championship!"
"Curry shines on the court, double 20+, triple-double in the Western Conference Finals, the new MVP is well-deserved!"
"Can the people on earth still stop the warriors from advancing?"
"With Parker, Deron and Kobe eliminated one after another, which guard in the league will become Curry's next victim?"
"With the rookie head coach and rookie Curry, the Warriors dynasty has begun to take shape!"
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Winning this game gave Deng Fang 32 ability points.
In fact, this number is not much. If converted into regular season data, it is only 4.
Since this is the Western Conference finals and already the third round of the playoffs, it needs to be doubled eight times.
Deng Fang made wild remarks before the last game, and coupled with the 29-point victory, Deng Fang only got 64 ability points.
Now Deng Fang has 111 ability points.
At least in the short term, there is no need to worry about team members being injured.
