On June 5, 2016, the Warriors ushered in the second game of the series against the Cavaliers at home.
Cavaliers starting lineup: LeBron James, Kevin Love, Tristan Thompson, JR Smith, Irving.
Warriors starting lineup: Harrison Barnes, Draymond Green, Bogut, Klay Thompson, Stephen Curry.
At the beginning of the first quarter, Irving hit two jumpers in a row, taking the lead in helping the Cavaliers break the deadlock. On the Warriors side, the team entered the state very slowly. Love succeeded in a layup, Thompson also hit a dunk, and the visiting team led 8-4. But then the Warriors led 8-4.
The defensive intensity increased, and Bogut sent consecutive blocks, blocking the Cavaliers' offense. Looking back, Iguodala and Green dunked into the net, Curry hit a three-pointer, and the Warriors successfully overtook the score. The Cavaliers called a timeout to adjust.
And received some results, Jefferson and TT scored consecutive points.
At the end of the single quarter, the Cavaliers regained the lead 21-19.
In the second quarter, Shumpert hit the net with a three-pointer, James made two strong breakthroughs, and the Cavaliers once established a 6-point lead. But since then, the Cavaliers' defensive loopholes have become more and more obvious. Green scored two three-pointers in a row, and Curry also hit a jumper.
, the Warriors set off an offensive frenzy and overtook the Cavaliers by 12 points. In the latter part of this quarter, Curry and Thompson continuously found shooting opportunities and hit the net with three-pointers. At the most, the Warriors were 15 points ahead. At the critical moment, James stood up.
, he continuously attacked the basket and succeeded.
At halftime, the Cavaliers trailed 44-52.
After changing sides, Curry hit a three-pointer and Iguodala tipped the ball into the net. The Warriors widened the point difference to more than 10 points. For the Cavaliers, Love played for 2 minutes and then returned to the lounge for a concussion check.
After Fu left the field, the Cavaliers briefly closed the score, but Thompson's cold-blooded three-pointer hit again. Barbosa and Green made layups with air cuts. The Warriors continued to maintain a 16-point lead. Next, the Cavaliers became more and more chaotic.
, Thompson hit another three-pointer.
After three quarters, the Warriors were 82-62, leading the Cavaliers by a full 20 points.
In the final quarter, the Cavaliers were unable to resist, and what was even worse was that Love retired from the game due to a concussion. James returned to the bench at the beginning of this quarter and never appeared again, and the game completely entered garbage time.
In the end, after the whole game, the Warriors defeated the Cavaliers 110-77, leading the total score 2-0.
For the Cavaliers, James scored 19 points, 9 assists, 8 rebounds and 4 steals, and also committed 7 turnovers.
Among other players, Irving scored 10 points and Love only scored 5 points. He also retired in the third quarter due to a concussion. Substitute veteran Richard Jefferson contributed 12 points.
For the Warriors, Draymond Green played the most spotlight. He scored 28 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists. Curry had 18 points and 9 rebounds. Klay Thompson had 17 points. Barbosa had 10 points.
The first two games have fully proved that the Warriors are stronger than the Cavaliers. As long as both parties perform normally, the Cavaliers cannot win.
In these two games, the Cavaliers focused on taking care of the Splash Brothers, but they did not expect that the Warriors had all the troops and the battle was resolved without the Splash Brothers showing off their power. This was a huge blow to the Cavaliers.
The three giants are still unable to unite and unite, and it seems that they are really going to lose.
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On June 8, the Cavaliers ushered in Game 3 of the series against the Warriors at home.
Love was not allowed to play in this game due to a concussion, and veteran Jefferson replaced him in the starting lineup.
Warriors starting lineup: Harrison Barnes, Draymond Green, Bogut, Klay Thompson, Stephen Curry.
Cavaliers starting lineup: Richard Jefferson, LeBron James, Tristan Thompson, JR Smith, Irving.
At the beginning of the first quarter, the Cavaliers changed from the fatigue of the previous two games and quickly hit an offensive climax. Irving, James, and Jefferson scored points one after another, and the Cavaliers led 9-0. Bogut cut in and dunked successfully, helping the Warriors stop the bleeding slightly. After that,
The visiting team's offensive efficiency is still very low, and the Cavaliers are getting more and more crazy, especially Irving. He scored 2 three-pointers in a row in the latter part of this quarter. He has scored 16 points in a single quarter. The Cavaliers have widened the point difference to 20
Points. Klay Thompson collided with Mozgov who came up to pick and roll while chasing Irving, and injured his left leg and left the game.
After a single quarter, the Warriors trailed 16-33.
Curry received two fouls in the first quarter and Tang Shen left the game, which had a great impact on the Warriors.
The two sides began to rotate in the second quarter, and the advantage of the Warriors' bench depth began to show. Barnes scored 5 points with consecutive jump shots, Green dunked into the net, and the Warriors had a small climax to close the point difference to 10 points. Klay Thompson returned in the middle of this quarter.
On the court, he quickly scored 10 points from inside and outside, proving that his injury was not serious. Driven by Tang Shen, the Warriors continued to catch up. Before halftime, Curry received his third foul.
He was forced to sit on the bench. You must know that in the entire first two quarters, as the star player, Meng Shen only scored 2 points. JR Smith hit a three-pointer from a long distance but was called for timeout.
After two quarters, the Cavaliers continued to lead 51-43.
After changing sides, the Cavaliers once again exerted their strength. They beat the Warriors 7-0 at the beginning and widened the point difference to double digits. After that, the Warriors became more passive and fell behind more and more. Later in this quarter
, JR-Smith hit the net with a three-pointer, James succeeded with a difficult alley-oop dunk, and the Cavaliers reached another climax, widening the point difference to more than 20 points. Curry finally found the shooting touch, once 2+1, and once 3+1
, scoring 7 points in a row. But as Jefferson succeeded in a one-handed dunk, after three quarters, the Cavaliers continued to lead the Warriors 89-69.
At the end of the quarter, the Warriors' desire to resist was no longer strong. In the middle of the quarter, Curry, Klay Thompson, Green and others were replaced one after another, and the visiting team gave up resistance early. Next, the Cavaliers' starters sat back after playing for a few minutes.
The bench. After that, the game entered garbage time.
In the end, after the whole game, the Cavaliers defeated the Warriors 120-90 and rewritten the score to 1-2.
For the Cavaliers, LeBron James performed extremely well. He made 14 of 26 shots and scored 32 points, 11 rebounds and 6 assists.
In addition, Irving contributed 30 points and 8 assists, JR Smith had 20 points, and Tristan Thompson had 14 points and 13 rebounds.
For the Warriors, Curry played average, scoring only 19 points and making 6 turnovers. Klay Thompson scored 10 points, Harrison Barnes had 18 points, and Draymond Green had 6 points and 7 rebounds.
7 assists.
Historically, in this game, the Cavaliers were in excellent form and blossomed internally and externally, while the Warriors were in no shape at all, the Splash Brothers were in a slump, and in the end the Warriors defeated the Cavaliers miserably.
Deng Fang knew this, but he made no special changes.
There is no way, the Cavaliers did perform better in this game, the Warriors players are not in shape, and there is nothing anyone can do about it.
Of course, if you want to find the reason, Klay's withdrawal for a few minutes is a reason, and Curry's limited playing time due to foul trouble is also a big reason.
But this is not something Deng Fang can change: it is normal for Clay to go back for a check-up after being almost injured. Even if he is not injured, he still feels a lot of pain and should take a break. As for the referee's whistle, there is nothing that can be done, because Curry
Always unpopular...
Curry is often violated when he is on offense but the referee does not blow the whistle. When he is on defense, the referee is aware of everything and blows the whistle if he can. What can you do?
Was Curry's defensive action a foul?
Yes, if you really follow the rules, you can definitely call a foul.
But the problem is that the standards are the same!
Curry is a superstar!
Superstars get special treatment!
Of course, Deng Fang also knew that the referee would definitely do this.
The Warriors have won the first two games by a huge margin. It seems that the Cavaliers have no hope of winning. If this continues, it will be decided in this year's finals. The league will definitely not give up.
What to do?
Look for it on the whistle!
It is inevitable to enjoy such treatment at the Cavaliers' home court, and Deng Fang has long been mentally prepared.
Coupled with the extraordinary performance of James and others, it is almost inevitable that the Warriors will lose in this game, and there is no point in struggling.
In this case, it is better not to struggle and prepare for the next game in advance.
