Soon, the first quarter was over and the score became 25:37!
The Warriors lead by 12 points!
To be honest, the Grizzlies played very well!
The Grizzlies are averaging 99 points per game in the playoffs this season. It is already good to score 25 points in a single quarter against the Warriors' defense.
You know, the Warriors' defense is not bad. With a group of strong defensive forwards, the Warriors' defense has always ranked among the top in the league!
It's just that the Warriors' offensive rhythm is too fast, which lowers their defensive data!
The best thing about the Grizzlies' performance is that no matter how the Warriors attack or want to speed up the pace, the Grizzlies always follow their own pace, insist on positional warfare, and insist on playing inside!
Unless there is a two-on-one or one-on-zero fast break opportunity, the Grizzlies will never play fast. They must wait for the inside to come back and hand the ball to the inside before shooting!
Even if there is an open space on the outside, the Grizzlies can still shoot without taking a shot, even if they risk offensive fouls, they still have to rush in!
If you commit an offensive foul, you can only serve from the baseline, and you can't make a fast break!
As long as we fall into position and defend, then we won't be afraid!
The Grizzlies fell behind just because their outside shooting percentage was not as good as the Warriors.
The Grizzlies defense is great, especially Tony Allen, who is very suitable for chasing Curry.
Under the pursuit of Tony Allen, Curry had no way to get a shooting opportunity by moving without the ball.
However, the Grizzlies still couldn't guard against Curry and Lopez's pick-and-roll.
It is impossible to switch defenses. Neither Randolph nor Gasol can guard Curry.
Double attack and help defense are the same, they both miss the Warriors outside shooters.
To put it bluntly, the Grizzlies just can't solve Curry's problem!
The final result became a competition on the outside.
Tony Allen, Mike Conley, Rudy Gay and Prince, Tucker, Kirilenko shooting contest!
Of course, the Grizzlies later replaced Tony Allen with Battier.
Although it is a competition on the outside, both teams are very targeted. Most of the Grizzlies' opportunities come from Tony Allen, while the Warriors have Kirilenko.
Obviously, the Warriors are much stronger here!
Kirilenko has done nothing else this season but throw three-pointers!
Practice three-pointers constantly during training, throw three-pointers when starting, and throw three-pointers when coming off the bench!
Even in garbage time, Deng Fang often let Kirilenko throw three-pointers on the court during the season!
No matter how big the point difference is, garbage time is more useful than throwing three-pointers in training!
Kirilenko has three-pointers. His career three-point shooting average is 31%, with the highest one season being 37.9%!
Tony Allen, on the other hand, has no three-pointers at all, and his career three-point shooting percentage is only 28%!
Although Tony Allen's highest three-point shooting season was 38.7%, it was his rookie season, and he averaged only 0.4 shots per game that season!
Although Kirilenko didn't average many shots per game before, he still had more than three times that of Tony Allen!
He takes a lot of shots and has a high hit rate, which shows that Kirilenko has three-pointers, at least much better than Tony Allen!
Even in free throw percentage? Kirilenko is 5 percentage points better than Tony Allen.
How much water a barrel can hold is determined by its shortest board, and the same is true for the team.
When the main general is double-teamed and can only let the player with the lowest shooting percentage of the team take the shot? The two teams compete to see who is more reliable among the two players with the worst shooting!
Obviously, Kirilenko is more accurate and has a higher shooting percentage than Tony Allen!
Deng Fang's efforts throughout the season have not been in vain, just for this moment!
Soon, the second quarter started? Both teams brought on substitutes.
The players on the court for the Grizzlies are Mayo, Darrell Arthur, Shane Battier, Sam Young and Gasol.
The Grizzlies are very strong inside, but they only have two inside players? So Gasol must stay on the court.
The Warriors sent Lowry, Azubuike, Laga Bell, Hayward and DeAndre Jordan.
Five newcomers!
Five newcomers who are no worse than the starters!
Four pitchers? A tall center, five defensive heroes!
Obviously? The Grizzlies bench is more than one level weaker than the Warriors!
After 5 minutes of play in the second quarter, the point difference widened to 23 points!
The Grizzlies had no choice but to call a timeout.
After the timeout? The Grizzlies brought up the starting lineup: Conley, Tony Allen, Rudy Gay, Sam Young, Randolph.
Gasol also needs to take a rest.
Gasol? The Grizzlies defense immediately dropped to a level.
Randolph's defense in the penalty area is okay, average? His strength is offense, and it won't work if he is allowed to defend the penalty area alone.
It would be even worse to let Randolph come out to attack!
Lowry and DeAndre Jordan kept cooperating in pick-and-rolls? They bullied Randolph because of his slow speed!
In order to help defend Lowry and DeAndre Jordan's pick-and-roll, the Grizzlies' defense was full of loopholes.
This is what affects the whole body.
Not doing well on defense? On the offensive end, the Grizzlies don't have any good ideas.
The defense of the Warriors' second unit is no worse than that of the first unit? Or even better!
When the Grizzlies lose Gasol, it becomes easier for the Warriors to defend.
Soon, at the end of the second quarter, the Warriors led by 30 points!
There is not much suspense left in the game.
In the third quarter, the Grizzlies resisted for several minutes and then slowed down significantly. Curry took advantage of Randolph's slow attack and hit three three-pointers in a row, directly widening the point difference to 40 points!
The game completely lost its suspense.
In the fourth quarter, both teams came on the bench.
The Grizzlies are a real bench lineup, the Warriors are not!
Because the Warriors have no real substitute!
Jeremy Lin, Belinelli, and Yi Jianlian can be the starters on many weak teams!
Azubuike and Hayward are starting-level players!
The Warriors showed no mercy, were very aggressive on both offense and defense, and the point difference continued to widen.
The final score was fixed at 132:83, and the Warriors defeated by 49 points!
The big score in the series also became 1:0!
This game also disillusioned many people:
Grizzlies are so vulnerable!
That was the Grizzlies who swept the Lakers!
Black Seven’s Grizzly Bear!
A grizzly bear with two black and white bears!
The Grizzlies got their start on defense!
It actually allowed the Warriors to score 132 points!
It’s incredible!
Is the grizzly bear's shield too thin, or is the warrior's spear too sharp?
With such a miserable loss, will the morale of the Grizzlies be affected, and will they still have the energy to compete with the Warriors?
Is it true that only aliens can stop the Warriors...
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On May 18, the first game of the Eastern Conference Finals was also played.
This game is the first in the Eastern Conference against the second in the Eastern Conference. It is the first showdown between the single-core Bulls and the Big Three Heat in the playoffs.
The Bulls have almost dominated the Heat throughout the season and have occupied the first place in the Eastern Conference.
Rose's performance was very good, and it also gave people a little illusion about the Bulls' success in challenging the Heat.
However, the playoffs and the regular season are completely different games. What is compared in the playoffs is the quality of the stars, the number of stars and your weaknesses!
The Bulls, who played at home in this game, performed well and surpassed the Heat in almost every data.
The biggest gap between the two teams is rebounds and three-pointers.
The Bulls grabbed 45 rebounds in total, and the Heat only grabbed 33 rebounds.
The Bulls grabbed 13 more frontcourt boards than the Heat!
Such a large rebounding gap gave the Bulls a lot more shooting opportunities. It is not surprising that the Bulls won in the end.
In addition, the Bulls shot very well from three-point range, making 10 of 21 shots from the field. Even Rose shot 3 of 7 from three-point range!
The Heat only made 3 of 8 three-pointers. Although the shooting rate was not low, the number of shots taken was too few, which was much worse than the Bulls.
In addition, the Bulls are much better than the Heat in terms of turnovers and assists.
The Bulls had 23 assists and the Heat had 11 assists.
The Bulls made 9 turnovers and the Heat made 16!
No matter from every aspect, the Bulls performed well.
In terms of personal performance, the Heat's best performer was Bosh. He made 12 of 17 shots and scored 30 points and 9 rebounds.
Both Wade and James had average efficiency. One made 7 of 17 shots and the other made 5 of 15 shots, scoring 18 and 15 points respectively.
For the Bulls, Rose, Luol Deng and Boozer all scored in double figures, with Rose scoring 28 points, his best performance.
In the end, the Bulls easily defeated the Heat 103:82, taking the lead in the series.
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At 8pm on May 19th, the second game between the Warriors and Grizzlies started.
Due to the disastrous defeat in the last game, the Grizzlies made changes to the starting lineup in this game. They took Tony Allen and Battier.
Didn't you double-team Randolph and let Tony Allen shoot a three-pointer? Now I'll replace Battier and see if you still dare to double-team and let Tony Allen shoot a three-pointer!
Battier's defense is not much worse than Tony Allen's, but his three-pointers are much better!
Of course, compared to Tony Allen, Battier is indeed weaker on the defensive end when facing the Warriors.
Because the Warriors' biggest threat is Curry, and Tony Allen is definitely much better at chasing Curry than Battier.
After all, Tony Allen is shorter and much faster.
But in order to improve their offense, the Grizzlies can only do this.
This is a problem that most teams have: what can be attacked cannot be defended, and what can be defended cannot be attacked!
The Grizzlies' starting lineup has changed. The Warriors' starting lineup remains unchanged, with Curry, Prince, Tucker, Kirilenko and Lopez.
Three of the league's strongest forward defensive players, plus an inside shot-blocking expert, plus one of the league's strongest offensive players!
This lineup can be said to be both offensive and defensive, unbeatable!
The player the Grizzlies sent to defend Curry was Mike Conley. He was fast and defended very well.
However, Conley's defense is still much worse than Tony Allen's.
Curry started to move more without the ball in this game!
Lopez screened Curry and blocked Conley. Tucker continued to screen Curry and blocked Battier who was switching defense...
Lopez, Kirilenko, Tucker, and Prince kept covering Curry, and Curry kept running, forcing the Grizzlies to keep switching defenses.
As long as Randolph or Gasol switches in front of Curry, the Warriors' offense will be much easier!
It would be okay if the Grizzlies had one big man on the court. Four people could wipe one person's butt.
But the Grizzlies have two big men on the court, and it's a little annoying for three people to wipe the butts of two people!
The Grizzlies didn't expect Curry to move like crazy without the ball and play the role of a shooter!
This was Deng Fang’s special arrangement after his last game.
Deng Fang didn't want the game to completely turn into a shooting contest between Kirilenko and Battier.
Although Kirilenko has practiced his three-point shooting well, he is not sure of winning against Battier!
You have two big men, then I will let Curry play without the ball!
Force you to switch defenses!
If you don't switch defense, you will either be shot to death by Curry, or you will be dunked to death by Lopez and others under the basket!
The Grizzlies didn't expect Deng Fang's move at all. Curry moved without the ball, forcing the Grizzlies to switch defenses, and singled out Randolph and Gasol several times in a row!
A three-pointer with a feint!
He swayed Gasol and then broke through to the inside for an empty layup!
A super long three-pointer two steps beyond the three-point line!
Use the screen to run out and shoot a three-pointer with a crooked body!
Although Randolph chased him out, his speed was still too slow to interfere with Curry's shot!
Seeing Randolph chasing after him, Curry didn't care how far away they were or whether he was standing firm or not, he just caught the ball and shot!
Prince also trusts Curry enough to pass the ball to him whenever Curry runs out!
The basketball drew a beautiful arc in the air and hit the net!
…
In 5 minutes, Curry took 6 shots, scored 3 three-pointers, scored 4 points under the basket, and also sent 2 assists!
Because of Curry's running, his teammates also got two easy scoring opportunities under the basket!
19:11, the Warriors lead by 8 points!
The Grizzlies called a timeout.
In fact, the Grizzlies' offense was good. Battier, who started the game, threw in two three-pointers, which was much better than Tony Allen.
It's just that Curry's firepower is too strong, and the Grizzlies can't guard him at all.
After the timeout, the Grizzlies replaced Randolph and brought on Mayo, leaving only Gasol on the inside.
Now Curry doesn't have many opportunities for off-ball tactics.
But without Randolph, the Grizzlies' interior offense is basically gone.
Gasol's low post offense is much worse than Randolph's!
Without the low-post offense, the Grizzlies are like they have lost their soul. The offensive end is disorganized and chaotic.
The Warriors took the opportunity to hit a few fast breaks.
In desperation, Hollins called another timeout.
After the timeout, Randolph replaced Gasol.
Now the Grizzlies' offense has a backbone, and the team's offense is much better.
But without Gasol, the inside gatekeeper, the Grizzlies defense is no longer good!
The Warriors kept attacking the Grizzlies inside, and the Grizzlies penalty area was turned into a sieve!
Soon, at the end of the first quarter, the score between the two teams became 39:21!
The Warriors led by 18 points in a single quarter.
The second quarter was still a competition of substitutes. The Grizzlies learned their lesson this time and took Mayo, Tony Allen, Sam Young, Rudy Gay and Gasol.
If the substitute is not as good as you, then let the main player play more!
I have to say that this trick worked quite well. After more than three minutes of playing in the second quarter, the point difference was actually reduced by 2 points!
Although it is only reduced by 2 points, it is better than enlarging...
Deng Fang didn't care about this.
We are all substitutes, and you are half the main force. I will see what you do in a while!
Soon, at the end of the second quarter, the score became 67:50, and the Warriors ended the game with a 17-point lead.
