At the beginning of the game, under Kidd's defense, Curry missed several shots in a row.

The 38-year-old Kidd is far less pressing defensively than Jeremy Lin has come, and even many times, Curry has a feeling that he can get past the opponent in an instant, or can shoot from a certain distance.

But when he really put his idea into reality, he found that Kidd, who seemed to be half a beat slow, always arrived just right.

It's not about speed, it's about anticipation.

To put it simply, Kidd used his vast experience to determine what Curry wanted to do in advance at the moment of Curry's action, and reacted one step ahead.

It may sound like a lot of nonsense, but for a veteran who has been in the league for 16 years, Kidd can really do it.

was blocked by Kidd several times in a row, which made Curry's mentality change a little.

Truth be told, before the game, Curry, although he also valued Kidd, did not fully see him as a big enemy.

This season, with the increase of age, Kidd's data has shrunk to a certain extent compared with previous seasons, with an average of 7.9 points and 8.2 assists per game in the regular season, and in the playoffs, the average data per game is 9.3 points and 7 assists, which is not a significant increase.

And what about Curry? As a representative of the new generation of point guards, Curry has just won the regular season MVP, and so far in the playoffs, although Curry has shrunk his data due to targeted defense against the Celtics, he still has luxurious data of 26 points and 5.6 assists per game, and is the team's No. 1 scoring champion.

In the face of a player of his age, whose speed and strength have declined, if Curry can't score alone with his individual ability, then the regular season MVP will be too cheap.

But as it turns out, Curry is still too young.

In the first half of the first quarter, under Kidd's defense, Curry's hand was poor, hitting only 1 of 7 shots and 0 of 4 three-point shots.

Wang Xiao frowned and replaced Curry first to increase the state, but things were not as simple as imagined.

Not only Curry, but also the other players of the Wizards team, more or less have some problems.

First up is Jordan Jr.

At the beginning of this game, Jordan Jr. was very active. Chandler completely had the upper hand in the inside wrestling.

But the good times didn't last long, in the face of the Mavericks players breaking through and hitting the inside, Jordan Jr. was too active, constantly stepping forward to make up for defense and blocking, but the result was that in three minutes, he ate two fouls in a row, and when he competed with Chandler for offensive rebounds, because of some anxious situations, Jordan Jr.'s hand movement couldn't help but be a little bigger, and then he was late for the third foul of the game.

Under the three fouls, Wang Xiao had to replace Jordan Jr. and let McGee go up.

The good news is that although the Wizards' interior is a weakness, there are a lot of blue-collar players hoarding, in addition to Jordan Jr., there are McGee and Whiteside on the inside, don't worry about no one available, maybe McGee and Whiteside are inferior to Jordan Jr. in terms of strength, and it is difficult to have the upper hand in the confrontation with Chandler, but at least there will be no collapse.

The real problem is that after Curry went off the court, the Wizards' offensive rhythm was at an impasse.

Harden didn't take up the offensive banner, and his poor form in the Eastern Conference finals seems to be affecting him.

George's situation is slightly better than Harden's, but his offensive ability with the ball itself is not particularly strong, and more often he still has to catch and shoot, and when the tactics are slow to open, it is difficult for George to turn the situation on the court......

What Wang Xiao was worried about really happened, compared to the Mavericks, the players on the Wizards' side are still too tender.

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Since the first quarter of the game, the Wizards have been in a state of chasing points behind, although in the middle of the game, Curry's state has warmed up slightly, and with Butler, Jamison practice, once the score gap was as close as about 5 points, but the leader of the Mavericks Nowitzki stood up at this time, with consecutive shooting points to widen the difference again, in the end, the Wizards failed to tie or overtake the score, and lost the first game of the finals at home.

After the game, at the press conference, Wang Xiao admitted that the finals may be too stressful for these young players, making them unconsciously fall into impatience in the game, so that they disrupted their rhythm.

"I hope that through the defeat of this game, my players can relax and deal with the next game with a normal heart, the finals are nothing, just like the preseason and the regular season, it is just a 48-minute game."

But as I said before, relaxing your mind is easy to say, but it's hard to do......

On June 4, in the second game of the finals, the Wizards lost at home again, and the big score became 0:2.

In this game, the state of the players on the Wizards' side has improved a lot with the end of the first game and Wang Xiao's continuous guidance, at least the performance has reached a normal level, and the scores of the two teams were once anxious.

However, in the crucial hand, it was Nowitzki who stepped up and killed the game with a desperate hit rate.

I have to admit that Nowitzki is really strong in 11 years, and being able to lead the team to defeat the Heat single-handedly is really not a fluke that relies on James paddling.

In the whole game, Nowitzki's shooting rate may not be high, only about 44%, but whenever it comes to critical moments, this guy's efficiency is amazing, even if you know that the Mavericks will definitely let Nowitzki execute the key ball, and arrange targeted tactics for this, but still will be scored by the opponent.

Losing two games in a row at home, and falling behind 0:2, the situation is already quite unfavorable for the Wizards.

Next the team will go to Dallas for Game 3, and if the Wizards lose Game 3, it will basically be far away.

There has never been a situation in history where a shocking reversal has been completed after falling behind 0:3.

Wang Xiao also doesn't think this Wizards team with problems in form can do that kind of thing.

With no way back, the Wizards finally burst out with the same powerful offensive ability as before, and on the Mavericks' home court, it only took two quarters to play a point difference of nearly 20 points.

Even Wang Xiao once thought that the team had won nine out of ten in this game.

But the game was so unpredictable.

In the third quarter of the game, the Wizards suddenly lost fire, and did not score a goal for nearly three minutes, even if Wang Xiao called two timeouts in a row to adjust and arrange tactics, he still failed to score a point in those three minutes.

Taking advantage of this three-minute gap, the Mavericks directly launched a wave of 10:0 offense, chasing the difference to single digits in one fell swoop.

At that moment, Wang Xiao couldn't help but feel a feeling in his heart...... I'm afraid I'm going to lose this game!