Chapter 865: Players
For a whole season, plus the first two rounds of the playoffs, the Warriors will always be the one who plays against the opponent.
When it came to the Western Conference Finals, he began to be pressed to the ground by the Thunder and rubbed, which was indeed very unaccustomed.
To be honest, in the first game of the series, in the third quarter, the game is far from over.
Even if this one is lost, the series has only just begun, and it is very normal to lose the first away game.
But a sense of desperation is gradually permeating the Warriors, and the reason is that there is Bruce Lee on the other side.
Li Liang's psychological shadow on the warriors last year was really not small.
It stands to reason that if you lost last year, you should take revenge this year.
There are still many such series revenge battles in NBA history.
But Li Liang has no sense of declining this year, and his teammates are even stronger.
In the third quarter, Li Liang has been playing normally, and he has not turned on the Musou mode, and the Warriors can no longer hold on.
How to play in the next game?
Li Liang in the playoffs is very scary.
The league as a whole can be said to have gone back to the 1990s, feeling the horror of being dominated by Michael Jordan in the playoffs.
At the end of the third quarter, the Thunder had a 15-point lead over the Warriors at 90:75.
The Thunder scored 30 points in a single quarter, while allowing the Warriors to score only 20 points.
20 points, that's too little for the Warriors.
Their passing and cutting coordination is completely unworkable.
The Big Three combined for 22 points in the third quarter, and most of the points came from them.
The fourth quarter begins, and it's the Warriors' last chance.
During the interval, the reporter interviewed Kerr, who put his hands behind his back and said with a solemn face, "Our offense didn't play at the level it should have, three points, air cuts, didn't play out, the Thunder played great, but we still have time." ”
The Warriors do have time, a quarter.
The Thunder don't seem to want to give the Warriors too much time.
Li Liang continued to stay on the court in the fourth quarter to play with the second lineup, not wanting to give the Warriors a chance to chase points quickly.
Vitesse held the ball over the half court, Li Liang came out of the low post, with the help of Kante and Adams's double cover to the top of the arc, received Vitesse's horizontal pass, and directly shot three points and hit!
This three-point was cold-blooded and deadly, and stabbed the warrior in the heart.
The two indiscriminate three-point cannons on the outside of the Thunder are indeed super powerful.
Speights received the ball in the low post, hit his back and turned around and missed a jumper.
Iguodala grabbed the rebound and passed to Livingston.
Livingston got the ball at the top of the arc and threw it with a three-pointer, but didn't score.
Livingston was obviously in a hurry for this ball, three-point shooting was not his good offensive method, and he had 24 seconds of offensive time after getting the frontcourt rebound, but he shot directly.
The Warriors are desperate to score.
Li Liang then hit the ground in the high post and passed to Adams, who received the ball and broke through, only to be blown a walk.
After Thompson passed half-time, a behind-the-arc pass hit Kanter's feet, and the ball was picked up by the Thunder.
Kerr was in a hurry on the sidelines, and the mentality of the players was a little impetuous.
It's really hard to chase 18 points in one quarter, but it's not impossible.
First of all, the mentality must be stable, if you don't stabilize the mentality, you want to chase the score quickly, and the gap will only get bigger and bigger.
Li Liang counterattacked with the ball, he would not pity the Warriors, a dragon attack in the middle, facing the defense of the Warriors' three, he made a foul under the basket and went to the free throw line.
Today's Li Liang is becoming more and more unstoppable in the fast attack, and his muscles are not long in vain.
Both free throws were hit, and the margin was stretched to 20 points.
It's a huge gap, and the Warriors already have a sense of powerlessness.
Before this game, everyone was expecting a big battle of Mars hitting Earth.
As a result, it seems that the gap between the Warriors and the Thunder seems to be a bit big.
In fact, the score is just a façade, and it does not mean that the difference in strength between the two teams is really 20 points.
Like the first four games of the 2005 Finals, the Spurs and Pistons won by big scores at home.
In the end, Tianwangshan played extremely fiercely and dragged the series to the seventh game.
This kind of master moves, the state of presence and the preparation of the coach have a great impact.
Obviously, Donovan outperformed Kerr tonight in terms of pre-match preparation and on-the-spot command.
The cards on both sides are actually about the same, Donovan has more big cards, one king and two twos.
Cole also has big cards in his hand, more medium cards, and the rest is a straight.
Cole wanted to play a straight, but Donovan used his big hand to force Cole to play a single card and break up his straight.
Then use the big hand to suppress the opponent and let your hand shine smoothly.
It can be said that in terms of pre-game preparation and on-the-spot play, although the game is not over yet, Cole has already lost.
After the margin reached 20 points, the Warriors relied on difficult frontcourt rebounds and Speights' basket fouls to score two points.
But then, in the face of the Warriors' high-pressure defense, a series of substitutions were blocked, and the ball was distributed in the middle to Vitesse in the bottom corner.
Vitesse catches the ball and hits a three-point shot from the bottom corner on the right side!
Another bloody three-point shot.
After that, both sides went without scoring for several rounds in a row, which was not good news for the Warriors.
Li Liang began to press the rhythm, grabbed the backcourt rebound and slowly passed the halfcourt, grinding the position.
What the Thunder need now is offensive success.
Kanter and Adams came out to cover Li Liang, Li Liang did not choose to shoot directly with three points, but slowly held the ball and penetrated into the horns, and then suddenly jumped and shot a mid-range jumper!
Two point hit!
To be honest, seeing Li Liang's middle distance, Cole wanted to close his eyes.
In last year's finals, Li Liang was killed in this position with a mid-distance shot!
Li Liangdu has not yet used the [Mid-range Jumper Shooting Rate Improvement Post], and he doubts that with the current situation of the Warriors, there is still a need to use props.
The shot sent the Warriors to a timeout, and Kerr looked at the big screen, with a 22-point deficit and 8 minutes and 19 seconds left before the end of the game.
It's time to think about the next game.
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About 15 minutes later, the first game of the Western Conference Finals came to an end.
With five minutes left in the fourth quarter, the Warriors replaced their main players and gave up resistance.
The TV station gave the Warriors' bench appearances, and everyone's faces were not good-looking.
This year, the Warriors' roster has been strengthened, and as a result, Li Liang's teammates have also been strengthened.
What can you do in the face of such a person who repeatedly jumps sideways?
The Thunder maintained a 20-point deficit until the final moment, when the Warriors hit a few three-pointers from the outside and chased back a little.
But it was too late.
At 109:97, the Thunder had a 12-point advantage and easily defeated the Warriors at home to win their first victory in the Western Conference Finals.
Curry made 1 of 6 three-pointers tonight, and his play was quite erratic, which had to do with injuries and the Thunder's excellent defense.
On the Thunder's side, the Big Three of Li Liang, Durant, and Westbrook scored 29 points, 27 points, and 28 points respectively, covering most of the team's scores.
The three of them worked together to play steadily, trampling the invincible warrior under their feet.
Because they are even more invincible.
After the game, Li Liang was elected the best player of the game and was interviewed by reporters.
It's time for Li Liang to talk after the game.
To be honest, Li Liang has talked a lot less in the past two years.
After all, the achievement system doesn't assign him tasks, so it's estimated that there are no props to reward.
Without systematic seduction, Li Liang naturally had no desire to talk nonsense.
But in the west, Li Liang still wanted to say something.
Facing reporters, he said directly, "I don't think this round of the series will be too long, and I'm already thinking about how to play in this year's finals." ”