Chapter 1175: You can prepare for the finals in advance
After two games, the morale of the Golden State Warriors has been almost exhausted.
Not only because Iguodala will not be able to return until next season, but also because Shen Huan's state is as good as ever, and the two veterans of the Lakers have also begun to explode, as if they are back in the form they were in at the beginning of the season.
The Golden State Warriors lost the first game of the season against the Lakers.
At that time, of course, there were factors that had not yet entered the state, but you can also see how powerful a Kobe Bryant with good form and physical strength, plus the same Iverson, is.
At this time, they finally understood why Kobe Bryant and Iverson were not obvious in the previous two rounds of 8 playoff games.
It turns out that it is all about storing strength, ready to be used at the most critical time!
Watching the reporters continue to praise the two elders, the morale of the Golden State Warriors has visibly dissipated.
This game really can't be played!
Hitting others can also be done by skill, performance, and luck.
But playing the Lakers, as long as they have Shen Huan, the good condition of the second elder, and Howard's defensive ability under the basket, they can't play at all!
Speaking of Howard is not a thing.
You obviously have the ability to attack, and you are obviously a monster, but you are shameless under the basket and don't go anywhere else.
This has drastically reduced the Golden State Warriors' opportunities to play the fast break, and Durant's offense has been greatly reduced.
Durant is certainly powerful, but Howard, who is dedicated to defense, is not a vegetarian, and he is only 31 years old, and he is fully capable of competing with 28-year-old Durant.
If Durant's strong shot to the basket is not successful, then Curry and Thompson certainly won't hit the basket too much.
With their small size, they are simply delivering food to Howard.
So most of the time they're shooting three-pointers or answering Durant.
Durant's average of 30 points per game comes from almost half of this.
If it weren't for the two of them, Howard would have been able to grind him to death alone.
True one-on-one, Durant will definitely not be afraid of Howard.
But the problem is that he has to be tortured by Shen Huan repeatedly on the defensive end, and he has already spent almost a third of his energy.
The rest of the energy is put into the attack, and it will certainly not be fully utilized.
Howard, the dog, doesn't go a single step offensively, at best he just stands near his own midline, and most of the time he is under the basket.
In this way, his energy is unusually strong, and he is not afraid of entanglement under the basket at all.
It stands to reason that if Howard doesn't go to the basket, he can't prevent Curry and Thompson's three-point shots.
Once no one is close to defense, Curry and Thompson's three-pointers can shoot opponents to death.
But Shen Huan will inevitably catch Curry on the offensive end.
Not long after the start of the fourth quarter of both games, Curry was sent off the court with six fouls.
At the end, when he needed to fight hard, he wasn't there.
Thompson alone couldn't sustain an entire three-point shootback.
Curry tried to turn the tide in Game 2 and was sent off one minute earlier than Game 1.
Shen Huan's ability to make fouls was fully exerted in this Western Conference Finals.
In the past, everyone thought that Shen Huan had no other skills other than brutality and outstanding ability.
At least a good boy.
You won't deliberately trap people on the pitch, you'll only fight back after being violated.
As a result, now everyone understands that Shen Huan didn't know it, but he hadn't thought about it before.
In two consecutive games, he has beaten the two main players of the Golden State Warriors cleanly, and this kind of foul-making ability is absolutely first-class in the NBA.
Originally, Shen Huan was unstoppable, but now he has learned badly and started to cheat people, which makes the Golden State Warriors lament even more.
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In fact, the same was true for the third race.
The Lakers didn't let their guard down just because of 2-0.
They are still playing according to the previous format.
Shen Huan, Kobe, Iverson and Ingram worked the offensive end, and Howard, Shen Huan and Ingram played energetic extreme defense on the defensive end, which made the Golden State Warriors very uncomfortable.
It's just that in the third game, Thompson played better than Curry, scoring 35 points in the third quarter.
Although it is still a lot worse than Shen Huan's 52 points, Thompson shot 9 three-pointers, which is indeed second only to Shen Huan's results.
Under such circumstances, Shen Huan hit Thompson at the beginning of the fourth quarter.
Even if Shen Huan didn't score three consecutive offenses, he also made three consecutive Thompson fouls.
Now Thompson was intimidated.
He had two fouls in the first three quarters, and with the three now, he had to go off the court with just one foul.
There are still eight minutes left until the end of the game.
The score was 95:121.
While it may seem like there is little hope of a comeback, it's not entirely hopeless.
But if he is beaten, Curry and Durant alone will not have any hope.
After all, Draymond Green has been habitually beaten, and without him, the Golden State Warriors will only have one leg to walk.
So Thompson had to stay on the court.
Since you want to stay on the court, you must not foul.
With such a scruple, Thompson's play is naturally timid and greatly discounted.
He didn't dare to press close when he was defending, and he would take the initiative to get out of the way when there was a reasonable collision, so as not to be pitted again.
But even so, he didn't last long.
Just a minute later, Thompson received his sixth foul on Shen Huan and ended with honor.
With the loss of Thompson, the Golden State Warriors' frenzied scoring momentum took a sharp turn.
The Lakers grabbed the bench player who replaced him and hit him so hard that the boys were going to cry.
The final ending is 117:150.
With a 33-point advantage, the Lakers easily won the battle of Tianwang Mountain.
"After this game, the Lakers are ready for the next Finals!
It turns out that the style and characteristics of the Golden State Warriors are useless when facing Shen Huan.
We still say the same thing, unless you have 4 superstars huddled together to keep warm, there is no chance of defeating Shen Huan at all!"
In the summary after the game, ESPN's ace commentator Kenny Smith said seriously.
What he said is also a fact that almost everyone knows.
This time, the Golden State Warriors are not hanging, but finished!
At their peak and strongest moment, they met Shen Huan twice in a row, which was definitely their misfortune!
Durant, in particular, came to the Golden State Warriors from the Thunder's big boss in order to put a championship ring on himself.
As a result, it now looks like there is no hope for this season!!