The Warriors didn't dare to attack too hard, but the Cavaliers' perimeter players shot very calmly!
The Cavaliers' outside three-pointers are pretty good, and their shooting percentage is very high when they take the shots calmly!
Several times in a row, the Cavaliers were wide open from outside and took easy shots.
Even poor West, who has a low shooting percentage this season, hit a three-pointer!
The Cavaliers were raining down arrows, while the Warriors were having a hard time scoring.
The gap widened rapidly.
Soon, after the first quarter, the score difference reached 20 points!
A. Smith looked at the score on the big screen and sighed: "As a commentator for so many years, I thought I was well-informed and would not be surprised by anything anymore, but today I still saw a spectacle I had never seen before!"
"Yeah, me too!" Barkley also nodded and said: "There are still referees who whistle like this? The league is so shameless!"
"Originally I thought the league would try to save some face, but I didn't expect it would be so bottomless in order to praise James!" A Smith said: "Now the Warriors are in trouble. The league is determined not to let the Warriors win this victory!"
"No, I think there is still hope!" Barkley shook his head and said, "Believe in Curry and believe in Deng Fang!"
"With this score and the referee calling like this, do you still think the Warriors have a chance?" A Smith looked surprised.
"Of course!" Barkley replied: "As long as Curry and Deng Fang are here, everything is possible!"
"Well, I do admit that Deng Fang and Curry have led the Warriors to play too many incredible games this season." A Smith nodded: "But this time I feel a little doubtful. After all, it is at the Cavaliers' home court, and
The league has made it clear that it does not want the Warriors to win! With James’ mind, he will not let this opportunity go!”
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Soon, the second quarter of the game began.
The Cavaliers switched to a twin-tower lineup: Varejao and Big Z served as inside, Gibson and Moon were on the outside, and James continued to play!
You have to fight when you are behind, and you have to fight when you are ahead. I have to say that James is indeed in good health!
What the Cavaliers lack most is guards, and they have a lot of players at the center position.
Once Mohamed, Anthony Parker and West rest, the only guards available are Gibson and Moon.
The Cavaliers brought in substitutes, as did the Warriors.
The five players on the court for the Warriors are Curry, Belinelli, Anthony Morrow, Radmanovic and Lopez.
Five shooters!
The Cavaliers go to the Twin Towers, and the Warriors go to Curry and Belinelli!
This is a tactic that was planned long before the game.
The first game has proven that the Cavaliers' twin towers cannot defend against the Warriors' off-ball tactics.
However, as soon as the game started, Deng Fang discovered that the situation was different from before.
Why?
Curry and Belinelli can't get out of the open space at all!
Varejao and Big Z really couldn't catch up, but the Cavaliers' pursuit was very fierce!
Moon chased Belinelli, Gibson chased Curry.
Once they found themselves blocked by Warriors players and unable to catch up with their defenders, Moon and Gibson stretched out their hands to pull Belinelli and Curry!
In addition, other Cavaliers players also kept giving Curry and Belinelli physical confrontation!
Want to run out easily?
no way!
Especially Curry, who was knocked to the ground several times in a row!
The referee was completely indifferent!
There is no ball movement, both sides are making moves, no blows!
Leave the game to the players themselves!
Indeed, referees usually adopt this principle in the final stage of the game and try not to blow the whistle, but not now!
Even in the final stage of the game, particularly obvious fouls will still be called!
The Cavaliers are no longer playing, they are fighting!
Just when Curry wanted to use Lopez's screen to get out, James on the side came up with an elbow!
James' strength is very terrifying. Who can withstand his full strength elbow?
Curry fell to the ground!
Deng Fang spread his hands and looked at the referee.
The referee said nothing!
Curry didn't waste any time, got up from the ground, rubbed his arms, gritted his teeth and continued running around the pile.
Same thing with Belinelli!
As long as there is a chance of running out of space, the Cavaliers will pull and push!
Everyone is running without the ball, one runs and the other chases. There is not much difference in speed. Now that Curry and Belinelli are constantly being blocked, it is difficult for the two of them to get out of the open space.
Even if the shot is open, it is usually against the defender's strong shot!
Even so, Curry also made two three-pointers!
Belinelli also made a three-pointer!
However, the two of them wasted eight or nine shots, and several times they couldn't move out of position, and their teammates made hasty shots and missed.
It is still difficult for the Warriors to score.
On the other hand, it will be much easier for the Cavaliers!
James must have the ball in his hands on the court, and the Cavaliers' offense is basically led by him alone.
When James can't make shots or break out, the Cavaliers' offense can't open up.
But when James can break into the paint, everything becomes easier.
When a person can easily get to the basket, it doesn't matter whether he can make the shot or not.
What's more, James' touch is very good in this game!
The Cavaliers continued to let Curry's defender come up to pick and roll with James.
In the past, when he was in the starting lineup, Curry could delay for a while and then go back to find his own people, but that is no longer possible now.
The starting lineup has a tacit understanding. Azubuike, Laga Bell and Prince are all defensive warriors with rich experience and can help defend and fill in at any time. Now the players who come up are basically substitute players, Belinelli, Anthony Morrow and
Radmanovic is not a good defensive player. It is impossible for Curry to defend like that.
In order to avoid loopholes in defense, the Warriors have no choice but to switch defenses!
Curry often switches to James!
Of course, if the referee does not favor the Cavaliers, it will not be easy for James to defeat Curry alone.
Curry is faster than James, he also works hard defensively, and he is not afraid of confrontation at all.
But today the referee is blind!
It will be very difficult for Curry to defend James!
James dribbled the ball and swayed left and right, and Curry's center of gravity kept changing, always staying in front of James.
No matter how good a forward dribbles the ball, it is not easy to get past a defender.
Seeing that he couldn't get past Curry, James bent down to take the ball, pushed forward with his left hand, and dribbled straight forward with his right hand!
James is much stronger than Curry!
Curry was in front of James and fell down after being pushed by James' big hand!
James didn't care about Curry on the ground and rushed to the penalty area in one stride.
Lopez moved slowly and couldn't defend in time, so James dunked directly!
Curry got up from the ground and looked at the referee with a puzzled look on his face!
None of this?
James pushed me down with his hands, couldn't you see?
You don't care about running without the ball. Now James is attacking with the ball. You can't even see his obvious pushing action?
