Chapter 391: Curry's counterattack
?? Curry, whether it is his external temperament or his style of play, is indeed quite different from traditional stars.
He has a baby face, and his figure is quite thin in the NBA, which is full of strong men.
At the same time, Curry's style of play is mainly shooting, and in the past long experience, "you can't win a championship by shooting alone" is the consensus of many people.
One of the criteria for a super-guard is whether he is sharp enough to score under the basket in a high-intensity playoff game.
That consensus didn't loosen up until the last two years, starting with the Dallas Mavericks winning the championship in 2011.
and last season, Li Liang won the championship by scoring 60 points with a shot, and the so-called "shooting can't win the championship" voice slowly became smaller.
However, Curry's shooting-based style of play, coupled with his not strong enough and easily injured body, still made many people look down on him.
The Warriors have been the underdogs of the league for a long, long time, and have not been revived since winning the championship in 1975.
While there is no shortage of impressive histories such as the Troika and the Black Eight Miracle, when it comes to the playoffs and championships, the Warriors are always automatically overlooked.
Therefore, many people don't know about the Warriors, and they don't know Curry accordingly.
The first impression of Curry is often that he is "another soft little man who can only shoot." ”
But some people don't see it that way, such as former Warriors coach Nelson, who not only took Curry, but also sent Monta Ellis away in order to develop him, which seems incredible to many.
But Curry's performance in the past two years has proved that he can do what Ellis can do, and what he can do, Ellis will never be able to do.
Curry has a strong fighting spirit, hidden beneath a gentle and beautiful exterior.
In the third quarter of the game, the difference between the two sides once stretched to 20 points.
But in the last three minutes, after the Clippers switched to the bench, the score was forced to close again.
Iguodala defended Crawford one-on-one, directly cut off Crawford's ball, and scored a fast-break counterattack dunk.
Before that, he had just hit a three-pointer on a quick counterattack, one offense and one defense, and scored five points.
The final score of the third quarter was 95-81, and the Clippers still held a 14-point advantage.
Li Liang didn't score in the entire third quarter, and he didn't even make a shot.
Paul and Griffin took control of the game, and the two worked together for two seasons after all, and the tacit understanding was quite good.
Three consecutive aerial relays made the warriors' scalps tingle.
But at the beginning of the fourth quarter, Curry hit a three-pointer in the bottom corner!
The Clippers missed, and Curry made a complete open opportunity in the bottom left corner with a nimble movement.
Li Liang sat on the bench, and the Clippers' defense between the three-second zone and the three-point line was completely pulled apart by the Warriors and Curry's running.
Li Liang sighed, and said to Tyronn Lu beside him: "If I were here, I wouldn't let Curry shoot in an empty position at all, I'd rather let Douglas go than let Curry just shoot like that." What's wrong with you letting Douglas shoot, is he as accurate as Curry? The defense doesn't know how to make judgments and choices, and the brain is really ......."
Taryn Lu nodded repeatedly, feeling that what Li Liang said made sense.
The difference of 11 points was out.
Because from the end of the third quarter, the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Clippers were chased by the Warriors for 10 points in a row.
The Clippers' second team is really bad on the court, and the Warriors are extremely tenacious and tenacious.
However, Rivers chose to continue to trust his bench and keep Crawford, Hollins and others on the court.
After all, the coach looks at the squad from a different perspective than the players.
Li Liang is a person who can't wait to be on the court for 48 minutes, and his average playing time last season was the highest in the team at 38.5 minutes.
That's still the average playing time he spent on the bench at the start of the season.
If he had started at the beginning, he would have played longer.
In the playoffs, the playing time was increased to 40 minutes, and the physical foundation laid by Kobe Bryant's training, as well as the mental training in the system, and the blessing of various equipment on his body, made Li Liang's endurance quite strong.
Rivers thinks differently, in addition to protecting the main players, he has to take a good look at the quality of the substitute players at the beginning of the season to determine the team's final rotation.
Crawford did contribute by staying on the court, and he hit a three-pointer immediately after the timeout to help the Clippers regain a 14-point lead.
But on the Warriors' side, Curry blocked between Green and the bench, and Curry attracted two defenders this time and returned the ball to Green.
Green hit a three-point shot at the top of the arc!
Another three-pointer, and the Warriors continued to put pressure on the Clippers.
It doesn't matter how beautiful and lively the play in front of you is, how many fast-break dunks, and aerial relays.
The oppressive force of the three-point shot is invisible, silent but deadly.
Rivers was still nervous, and Barnes received the ball and broke through the middle with his left hand, but was interfered with by Thompson.
grabbed the frontcourt rebound and went up again, but still missed, O'Neal Jr. won the backcourt rebound, and the Warriors counterattacked.
Curry dribbled, O'Neal Jr. took a cover high post, and then Green made another screen, and Curry suddenly fired a shot one step outside the three-point line!
Another three!
The ball seemed to pass through the center of the Clippers' basket with an icy air, cooling the temperature of the scene by 10 degrees Celsius at once!
After the goal, Curry clenched his fists and roared, chasing eight points.
As soon as Rivers saw that the situation was not good, he immediately called a timeout, and it was time to change the main team.
Don't play with fire, the front game is so wonderful and good-looking, and you lose in the last look?
Isn't it a wedding garment for someone else?
After a short timeout, Li Liang and Paul both went into battle.
After the third quarter, Paul had scored 27 points, surpassing Li Liang's 21 points.
But Paul didn't let his score stop at that number.
As soon as the timeout returned, Paul broke through and caused Green to foul and go to the free throw line.
Paul is really smart and knows that the Clippers need to score the most to stabilize the situation at this time.
With both free throws, the margin was 10 points again.
But Curry and Paul are different, he's not smart, he's a fool.
He thinks I'm going to chase the score, so I'll just throw the ball in.
The more points, the better, then I'll shoot three points!
Curry got rid of the continuous dribbling on the outside, O'Neal Jr. came over to cover and block, and Jordan Jr. directly gave up O'Neal Jr. and surrounded Curry with Paul.
However, Curry didn't pass the ball, and he used a nimble left-handed dribble to open up the distance between the two.
Then 45 degrees to the left, a very small, almost pressed space to the sideline, a quick three-point shot!
Again!
"Stephen Curry, hit a three!"
The commentators on the scene couldn't help but shout loudly, and Curry scored three three-pointers in a row!
The Warriors hit four three-pointers in a row in the fourth quarter to make the score 100-93 and a seven-point deficit.
The Clippers serve quickly in the backcourt, and Paul is still very shrewd, and he wants to take advantage of the Warriors' slack in scoring to launch a quick counterattack.
Jordan Jr. went down to the basket quickly, and Paul made a precise pass to Jordan's hand.
But Jordan Jr. was surrounded by three people under the basket, and Curry followed up from behind and knocked the ball out of bounds.
Jordan Jr. and Rivers both thought the hitter had fouled, but the referee thought it was just out of bounds.
Throw-in, the ball goes to Griffin, Griffin holds the ball and rushes, but the throw misses.
Jordan Jr. struggled to hit the ball out, Paul regained control of the ball, and then he found that on the left, 45 degrees on the left, Li Liang was empty!
The Warriors' defense was leaky after back-to-back shrinking baskets.
Paul immediately passed the ball to Li Liang's hands, and Li Liang received the ball and hit a three-point shot without hesitation!
The sixth three-pointer of the game, when necessary, Li Liang gave another knife.
The Stamp Center, which had been silent for a while, finally erupted in cheers!
Mark Jackson immediately called a timeout.
Damn, I finally caught up to within 10 points, why was Li Liang seized the opportunity to stab him?
Curry's three-point performance did excite the Warriors, but Bruce Lee's cutlass on the other side was terrifying.
Last season, he slaughtered more than one team and died suddenly.
After the timeout, Curry held the ball again, and at this time, it was found that there were always two people in front of Curry following him.
A Paul, a little Jordan or a Griffin.
In order to prevent Curry from being caught by Li Liang, Iguodala is always far away from Curry.
Even so, Curry can still find space, and his dribbling is not particularly flashy, but it is unusually solid.
After blocking and dismantling, a throw passed to O'Neal Jr., who received the ball and made a layup under the basket, but was blocked by Li Liang who came to help defend!
Li Liang capped O'Neal Jr.'s ball, and Paul countered with the ball.
The pace of the attack on both sides is getting faster and faster.
Paul wasn't trying to slow down and maintain the lead.
After he dribbled past half court, he saw the opportunity and made a beautiful pass straight to the basket, and Crawford cut to the basket and received the ball for a layup!
Paul's 10th assist of the game!
With 29 points and 10 assists, the game wasn't over yet.
And Curry has entered a crazy state, it doesn't matter if the opponent can get him in, he just wants to attack.
After holding the ball and continuing to cover, Curry split the ball to Thompson and missed the three-point shot.
Then Li Liang also tried to score three points, but also did not score.
Curry got a long rebound, and after half time, he suddenly made a three-point shot from a step back outside the three-point line!
The ball was shot very quickly, without any cover, just a drop back and throw.
As a result, the ball passed through the heart!
Curry's hand felt hot.
Paul didn't react before Curry, who had already made a move.
In response, Paul countered with a mid-range jumper.
But two points can't compare to three points after all.
Subsequently, the Warriors missed the attack, Li Liang won the backcourt rebound, and Paul finally stabilized the rhythm with the ball to play the success rate.
But Paul broke through with the help of cover and was surrounded by the Warriors' three-man defense in the middle!
The ball is lost.
The field was a mess, and everyone fell to the ground to grab the ball.
In the end, Klay Thompson grabbed the ball and made a long pass to Iguodala, who then crossed to Curry on the wing.
Curry catches the ball and shoots again from beyond the three-point line!
Griffin rushed to block the ball, but the ball didn't touch it, knocking Curry down.
And the ball still went straight to the basket, hollow into the net!
Score four!
After the goal, Curry rushed to the ground and stood up again, and Curry was simply divine in the fourth quarter.
After the free throw was hit, the difference between the two sides was only 5 points!
Rivers had to call another timeout, and the game seemed to get into the rhythm of the Warriors.
And the Clippers are a bit messy on this side.
Rivers made tactical adjustments during the timeout, but Li Liang pulled Paul and whispered to Paul.
After Paul listened, he discussed a few more words with Li Liang, and the two of them didn't know what they were talking about, so they didn't feel like they were listening to what Rivers was saying.
Rivers couldn't help it, he knew that these two were extremely smart people, and he didn't know what countermeasures were being discussed.
Curry's three-point performance was indeed shocking, but Li Liang didn't think there was anything, and so would Lao Tzu.
Moreover, Li Liang's three-point shooting density is even crazier than Curry's, because he is in a hurry with props!
But this time, Li Liang was not ready to use the three-point shooting percentage improvement post to take out the Warriors, he had a new idea.