Chapter 939: Counterattack

The Warriors are a team that is very good at playing the third quarter.

For them, the first half was like a warm-up, to warm up the feel, to get the body moving, and then to give the opponent a fatal blow in the crucial third quarter.

Then, the fourth quarter can drag the time and slowly and leisurely bring the game to the moment when the final whistle sounds.

This season, the Warriors have finished their opponents in this way in many games.

In the first half, the Kings played a very sharp offense.

Except for Li Liang, who almost shot 100 shots on the offensive end, everyone else is contributing their own strength.

The morale of the team can be said to be quite strong.

The attack led by D'Antoni has always been like this, with the participation of the whole people, and the momentum is like a rainbow, if it is combined with the sudden death of Li Liang, it is simply unstoppable.

In the last wave of 12 consecutive wins, the Kings crushed their opponents with a tidal wave of attacks.

Especially in the face of some weak teams, the Bees defense disrupts the offense, and generally in the second quarter, the opponent's offense is chaotic and begins to make various mistakes.

Rondo instigated the climax of the team's counterattack, wave after wave, and directly crushed the opponent.

The king's counterattack was not quite the same as the sun back then.

The sun has Nash, the son of the wind, stands out a fast.

And the king's counterattack, the speed of advancement is not fast, and it feels like Rondo is slowly passing the half.

But the Kings would strike suddenly, and in the half, like a viper, use three-pointers and breakaways to quickly find holes to attack opponents.

D'Antoni insisted that his players should take action within 15 seconds until the last resort or critical moment.

In this way, after 7 or 8 seconds in the half, the remaining 7 or 8 seconds to finish the attack, and the opponent's foothold is not stable.

Rondo should be counted as one of the few classical point guards in the league at the moment, putting positional passing first (and he must be able to shoot).

Rondo's positional play passes are better than quick counter-attacks.

His passing speed isn't fast, but he's accurate, and he has a deep sense of anticipation and tactical positioning.

In the second quarter, the Kings stabilized their position after surviving the Warriors' second team led by James.

Consistently suppressed the Warriors and took a 64-52 lead at halftime.

Trailing by 12 points at halftime is a rarity for the Warriors this season.

The Warriors' offense was actually okay, but the defense was rushed by the Kings.

The Warriors still follow the defensive routine of cutting the passing route, and they control the opponent's passing line quite well.

But tonight, Rondo tore through the Warriors' defense with accurate positional passes.

Not to mention, Li Liang turned into an efficient scoring machine, scoring 25 points in the half.

It's hard for the king not to be ahead.

In the third quarter, the Warriors counterattacked begins.

Pachuglia first grabbed backcourt rebounds under the basket and made a layup that caused Cousins to foul.

Penalty kick.

Lee did the math in his conscience, and this was Cousins' third foul.

There were three fouls as soon as the third quarter came up, and Cousins would not dare to foul the next.

This is a bad sign.

Pachuglia hit both free throws, and Cousins was a little swearful with Curry on the sidelines.

Just now, Curry rushed to the basket in a row and was hatted by Cousins.

The two sides began to look at each other a little unpleasantly, Cousins was teased twice by Curry in the first half, and revenge came in the second half.

Defensively, the Warriors made changes.

Let Green defend Cousins alone, and Pachulia pull it out to help defend the perimeter.

When it came to Cousins, Green pushed Cousins behind his back, and Cousins turned his back to the basket.

As a result, the layup was pressed down by James under the basket!

Cousins picked up the ball and made a basket, but the referee blew the whistle and blew for James and Cousins to scramble for the ball.

Cousins was so angry that he almost took out his braces and smashed the referee, but fortunately Li Liang came over to stop him.

At the beginning of this third quarter, Cousins was a little confused.

This one is obviously a little overexcited.

In the scrum, Cousins dials the ball.

But the ball was snatched by Curry.

Green pushed back and gave Pachulia to the fast down.

Pachulia received the ball, dodged Li Liang's defense, and made an easy layup.

The Warriors chased four straight points.

The Warriors increased their pressure on the ball in the third quarter, while the defense and rotation began to strengthen.

James went inside several times to help defend and cut off the King's passing lanes.

Rondo began to turn over in the third quarter.

Tucker, on the other hand, hit a high-flying three-pointer in the third minute to break the Kings' scoring drought.

But the Warriors immediately returned the favor from beyond the three-point line.

James counterattacked, and the ultra-long-distance three-point shot directly!

Hit.

In order to fight against Li Liang in recent years, Lao Zhan has practiced three-point shooting more and more diligently.

His shot distance is also getting farther and farther, and at the same time, he has improved his shooting posture to make his shot more effortless and faster.

It can only be said that where there is oppression, there is resistance.

As soon as the Warriors' three-pointers opened, the offense was quite terrifying.

Correspondingly, their passing and cutting were also opened.

James and Green assisted Klay Thompson for a layup in a row.

Cousins didn't dare to foul, resulting in an easy and enjoyable air cut.

With 6 minutes left in the third quarter, Curry continuously changed direction from the outside to get rid of Rondo, and hit a three-point shot directly at the top of the arc in the middle!

The two sides played to a 72-72 draw!

Halfway through the third quarter, the Kings scored a measly eight points.

The Warriors' defensive shift really had some effect, using Thompson to defend Li Liang and Pachulia to help defend.

Pachulia's defensive level is average, but there are a lot of small movements on his hands and feet.

In high-intensity, high-speed games, a small movement can have a considerable impact on players.

It's like a car on the highway, a slight scratch may be a major accident.

Fighting, Li Liang's anger also rose.

In an attack, he broke through directly to the basket and gave Pachuglia a elbow.

The Warriors really have a set of picks for forwards, specifically looking for this kind of white rogue center, doing the dirty work for Curry, Thompson and others on the outside, I don't know if Kerr has learned from the experience of the Pistons in the 80s.

The elbow opened Pachulia's brow bone, and blood flowed.

Although Li Liang made a layup, he was still fouled by the referee.

Also ate a technical foul.

Li Liang called a timeout, but after the pause came back, the situation did not improve.

The Warriors are in shape.

Thompson, James, and Curry hit consecutive three-point shots, and they were getting more and more open.

On the king's side, Li Liang, as the head coach, was a little emotionally wrong, not to mention other players.

The state of the king is particularly like the Clippers.

This is the case with the Clippers and the Warriors in the past two years, and the first half was difficult to solve and even slightly prevailed.

In the third quarter of the second half, I was beaten by a fat beater, and my nose was blue and my face was swollen and I couldn't find the north, and then my mentality collapsed.

The Warriors scored very quickly, and a wave of impact knocked the opponent down.

In the third quarter, the Warriors played a super attack wave, with a score of 42:20 in the single quarter, from a 12-point deficit at halftime to a 10-point lead.

The advantage accumulated at half-time was wiped out in an instant.

Li Liang, who scored 25 points in the half, only scored 5 points in the third quarter.

The Warriors' defense was quite successful.

But Kerr wasn't reassured, because he knew that with Bruce Lee, he couldn't take it lightly until the last minute of the game.