Chapter 804: Give the ball to Curry
The game was tied at 30:37 in the second quarter, and the Warriors slowly chased the difference to only seven points.
If the Thunder wants to say that they play poorly, they are not very bad, and Li Liang's assists, steals, and interference under the basket are still quite level.
The scoring didn't stagnate, and it wasn't hit by a wave of scoring by the Warriors.
But the Warriors are eating away at the advantage the Thunder built up in the first quarter.
Moreover, the Warriors also did not play the main team, Curry, Thompson and others were sitting off the court.
The Warriors are the only ones in the league who have such a thickness, and they will not fall behind against a bench like the Thunder.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the warriors are still accumulating.
So far, Curry has only taken two shots in total.
This is definitely not Curry's normal state, but Kerr did it on purpose.
Keep Curry's energy until it's needed more and then burst out.
After Donovan called a timeout, he was replaced by Durant and Westbrook in advance, and the big three came together early.
But on the first shot after the timeout, Durant made a mistake.
After cooperating with Li Liang's blocking, the ground-hitting pass was too casual and was tackled by the Warriors.
The Warriors' defensive pick-and-roll is different from other teams.
Other teams generally follow people, but the Warriors pay great attention to blocking the line of the ball while following people.
There are three people who defend Durant and Li Liang to block and dismantle.
That's when the Warriors' deep forward advantage comes into play.
Batum, Iguodala, and Barnes are all players with strong defensive outreach capabilities.
can not only top but also grab, which makes the Thunder's cooperation very uncomfortable.
The Warriors countered and Livingston sank to the low post to play Westbrook.
The backward jumper that turned over missed the shot, and Li Liang grabbed another backcourt rebound.
Li Liang couldn't shoot three-pointers tonight, but he grabbed a lot of rebounds.
Li Liang saw that Robertson was about to go down, so he chose a super long pass.
As a result, the pass was big all of a sudden, and Roberson received it, but the person almost flew out of the bottom line, and there was no way to attack directly.
He had to pass the ball back to N'Golo Kante.
N'Golo Kante turned the ball on his back and didn't score for a long time, then turned and passed the ball again and the ball flew off the touchline.
Blunder.
The Thunder's offensive tempo is a bit of a problem.
The Warriors blocked the Thunder's passing lanes, making it difficult for the Thunder to run and cover.
Once the rhythm is not right, the offensive feeling becomes terrible.
With N'Golo Kante passing out of bounds, Donovan replaced him with Adams.
Speights also missed a mid-range jumper from the outside, and Li Liang grabbed another backcourt rebound.
The game began to be a slightly boring stalemate from the beginning of the two sides.
The Warriors' main team still hasn't all played, and for the Warriors' second team, all they have to do is drag their feet.
Let Curry, Thompson and others have more rest, and don't let the point difference be further stretched in a short period of time.
Cole's heart is also very big, but if Li Liang's state is better tonight, the score difference may go up by 15 points.
Kerr saw that Li Liang didn't feel good today, so the second lineup boldly wrapped and contracted, creating a mistake for the Thunder.
Sure enough, after Li Liang coordinated between the high post and Westbrook, he went down to catch the ball and make a layup.
As a result, Speights blocked in front of Li Liang, the two collided, Speights fell to the ground, and the referee blew Li Liang for an offensive foul.
It's really a stuffy tooth when you drink cold water.
According to the replay of the live video, it can be seen that the ball Speights's feet are moving, which is obviously a misjudgment.
At this point, Klay Thompson replaced Barbossa and returned to the field.
Curry continued to sit and rest off the court.
As soon as Thompson came up, he first caught the ball and threw a three-stick match.
Li Liang picked up the rebound again.
And the Thunder finally scored.
Westbrook made a very simple one-block screen, then drove the ball near the free-throw line and Zombie hit a jumper to score two points.
Break the scoring drought on the field.
Then, Iguodala threw another three-pointer from the outside, but he still missed.
Li Liang has another chance to grab rebounds - how many rebounds have been grabbed.
But this time, Westbrook didn't want to let it, this rebound is mine!
He jumped high and pocketed the rebound, and Li Liang dodged it.
Then, Westbrook instigated a counterattack, and rushed in with his eyes closed.
When this two-sided tactic can't be opened, it needs the reckless momentum of Westbrook to open the situation.
He forced the basket and missed the layup.
But Adams, who was keeping up, grabbed the rebound and made a basket, but still missed.
Li Liang rushed up, clicked the ball, and did not point the ball to the basket, but lightly pointed it down, and gave it to Westbrook under the basket.
Westbrook took the ball and hit the board with a light one-handed layup.
The Thunder reconsolidated their advantage.
But it was a tough goal.
At 30:41, the margin came to 11 points, and the Warriors looked a little critical.
Kerr finally called a timeout, a short timeout, and the main purpose was to make a substitution.
Curry is coming back on the court.
……
Curry sat off the floor long enough.
Kerr wants him to have plenty of rest to keep his hands efficient and consistent.
An outside player's shooting feel needs to be guaranteed by physical fitness, and it also needs to be maintained with shots.
If you play for too long, you will have more confrontations, your physical fitness will decline, and your feel will plummet.
If you play too short and sit on the bench for too long, your muscles will become cold and your touch will be lost.
Therefore, in order to get Curry to achieve his best performance while protecting his somewhat fragile body, Kerr has always had a good control over his playing time.
With 11 points down, it's not a big deal in Kerr's opinion.
If Bruce Lee continues to be tepid on the court, the Warriors won't have to be afraid of the Thunder in this game.
Cole originally prepared two or three sets of strategies to deal with Li Liang, but it turned out that he didn't seem to use it.
During the short timeout, Kerr instilled only one thought in the players: "Give the ball to Curry and create a chance for him!" ”
For an NBA coach, if you don't know how to use your superstar and don't set up the "give him the ball" tactic, you must not be a good NBA coach.
At least in this day and age, you're not.
After the timeout, Curry came on the pitch and was at his best.
The Thunder's defense didn't underestimate Curry, and Roberson re-entered the game, and the Thunder were the strongest lineup at this time.
The Warriors served the sideline, and the ball went to Bogut in the high post.
The Warriors began to run tactics.
Livingston sent the ball to the sideline, and Thompson, who had been running to the basket, ran outside.
The Thunder's three-second zone was pulled into a small space, with Curry running inside and Westbrook following in.
But seeing this, Li Liang immediately reminded Westbrook, "Three-point line! Three-point line! ”
Li Liang had already foreseen that this ball Curry was not going inside at all, but pulling it out.
Sure enough, Curry ran out on the other hand, and Livingston came over to give him a cover and pushed Westbrook away.
Curry got an open opportunity at 45 degrees on the right side, Bogut passed, Curry received the ball and made a three-point shot, hit!
Westbrook had tried his best to chase it out, but it was still useless.
Curry's shot was very fast, arcing high, and hitting a three-pointer steadily.
Then, Durant broke through from the outside and missed a layup.
The Warriors fight back.
Curry quickly crossed the half court with the ball and the ball was given to Speights on the right.
Speights faced Li Liang and used his fat body to resist Li Liang.
Then hand-to-hand the ball to Curry, who ran to the bottom right corner.
Speights topped two by himself, and stopped Westbrook by the way.
Li Liang generally shouted "Foul!" Motioning to referee Speights moved to cover.
You are one person against two people, you don't move, can you stop it?
But the referee didn't blow it, and Curry grabbed a small gap again, and shot directly into the bottom corner of the right three-point shot!
For another player, it wasn't a chance, because the space in the bottom corner was too small, and Li Liang and Westbrook both pounced.
As a result, Curry leaned over, but still threw the ball, and with a "swish", hit again!
Hit two three-pointers in a row.
At 36:41, only 5 points away.
Li Liang stepped forward at this time, received Westbrook's breakthrough ball, feinted to point Iguodala, and hit the basket with a pull-up jump shot.
But the Warriors served quickly in the backcourt, a super long pass to the frontcourt, Curry received the ball and attracted all the attention of the defense from beyond the three-point line, and a ground-hitting cross pass to Thompson.
Thompson made an easy layup, 38:43, still a five-point difference.
The Warriors' offense began to be picked up by Curry and began to accelerate.
And the Thunder seems to be stuck in the rhythm just now and didn't come out.
Li Hao easily recovered some feelings, but the ball couldn't reach his hands.
Westbrook again brainlessly rushed to the basket and missed the ball in the middle of a crowd.
The Warriors counterattacked, Curry dribbled left and right in a row, and finally everyone pulled away and pulled Adams in front of him for a single.
Curry beat Big Adams, and although there was a lot of difference in height, Adams' footwork was a weakness.
Curry dribbled and adjusted, and suddenly made a strong three-point shot, Adams didn't react, just stretched out.
As a result, the ball cannonball generally passed through the center of the Nets and hit!
The Warriors hit three three-pointers in a row to put on an 11-2 mini-surge.