Chapter 854: Boss

Before the MVP trophy was awarded, this year's best coach also had results.

There is no doubt that Donovan has won the title of best coach.

Li Liang can be said to be the best coach supporter.

In a four-year career, he has produced three best coaches and one best manager.

Donovan met such a lucky player in his first year in the NBA, and I don't know if it was lucky or unlucky.

Luckily, it's likely to be at its peak in the first year.

Unfortunately, being at the top means going downhill all the way.

It's miserable to think about, normal people climb up step by step, with Li Liang, it's the limit of skydiving.

Kerr, who was the last best coach, did quite a bit of preparation for this series.

But when it came to the game, I found that personal ability had a great impact on the situation of the game.

For example, the ball that Green counterattacked just now, if it is replaced by someone else's defense, it is likely to be a 2+1.

was cut off by Li Liang.

Li Liang's unbelievable stealing ability, I don't know where he learned it.

There is another one, that is, Donovan's arrangement, which makes Cole feel a lot of pressure.

Donovan and Cole are two coaches with completely different backgrounds.

Kerr is the quintessential player-type coach, a well-established role player, well-connected and well-known in the circle.

Even before he took over the Warriors, coaching circles were already very optimistic about him becoming a great coach.

Cole did live up to expectations.

And Donovan is a typical example of the academy, an NCAA coach, who has nothing to ask for in the NCAA and enters the NBA to challenge himself.

Quite like Larry Brown back then.

NCAA coaches may not be very good at the kind of encounters that come out of the regular season (the regular season is more of a Mike Brown playbook). )

But NCAA coaches must be very good at life-and-death matchups in playoff mode.

Bringing Li Liang back to the starting line was Donovan's first move.

During the timeout, Kerr rearranged the team's offense and asked for further reinforcement of the team's defensive intensity.

Kerr could sense that the referee's whistle tonight was not small.

There were more than seven minutes left in the first quarter.

Coming back from a timeout, Barnes caught the ball outside and made a quick three-point shot, but didn't make it.

Kerr asked for a further increase in the tempo of the attack and a simplified passing line.

He didn't want his team to get bogged down in the Thunder's defensive quagmire.

The Warriors' offense is fast, agile, and swift as the wind.

But the premise is that the outside line must be opened, and then the inside line can be given the opportunity to cut and run back.

Otherwise, if you fall into the quagmire of positional warfare, the warriors who do not have a low-post advantage and have no single points will have a great reduction in attack power.

Coming back, Durant was pestered by Thompson and Barnes.

Durant tried to make a three-point foul, but the referee ignored it.

The shot was not scored, the basket was not touched, Curry got the ball under the basket and made a long pass to Barnes, who was fast down.

However, the Thunder's retreat was very quick and did not give the Warriors a chance.

The ball is back in Curry's hands, and the position is attacked.

Once in position to attack, the Warriors were in trouble.

In the end, Curry gave it to Green, and there was no one in front of Green - Li Liang didn't defend him at all.

He made it clear that he looked down on Greene.

As a result, Green really made Li Liang look down on him, and he still missed the three points in the empty position!

The shot was short.

Seeing this, Li Liang didn't forget to stimulate Green, "If you can throw one, I can guarantee to return one to you immediately." ”

Li Liang is putting pressure on Green.

In that case, Green may be even more afraid to vote.

When the time comes, he will enter one, Li Liang will return one, he will enter one, and Li Liang will return one.

Greene would think, "As long as I don't get in, he won't go in." ”

Just don't vote.

And Green rolled his eyes, didn't respond, and thought to himself, can you stop talking, can't you play a little more civilly?

Then, Durant received Li Liang's pass from the outside, the crossover shook, directly shook Barnes down, and then pulled up a mid-range jumper and hit!

A strong indiscriminate singles point, which is the player that the Warriors lack the most at the moment.

The score became 16:8, and the difference came to 8 points.

The Warriors' offense was defended by the Thunder, and it took them to score eight points at the end of the half-quarter.

The Warriors' fluid cooperation only lasted about two rounds, and it came to an abrupt end after Li Liang cut off Green's counter-attacking ball.

Curry received the ball from the outside, and the man who defended him became Roberson.

Curry feints, breaks, repeatedly looks for opportunities, and finally makes a difficult mid-range throw with his right hand.

You just have a mid-range shot, and you still have a mid-range shot?

Are you a trebuchet?

The ball is short again.

Li Liang won the backcourt rebound.

The ball was still given to Westbrook.

Westbrook made a pull-up jump shot after halftime and missed.

The Warriors finally got a chance to fight back.

Thompson went down quickly, and after receiving the ball, he feinted to dodge Li Liang's block and made a layup.

Then, the Warriors wrapped Durant on the line, causing Durant's passing error.

But the Warriors' offense still didn't improve.

Curry was almost holding the ball to face the Thunder's entire forward defense.

Unlimited changes on the outside line, unlimited bag clips.

Li Liang, Durant, and Robertson have three long-armed forwards, and there will always be one in front of him.

He couldn't shake off, he couldn't hit and couldn't hit, he had to be like a little bee, holding the ball and constantly interspersing and running back and forth in the area between the three-point line and the three-second zone to create opportunities for his teammates.

That's the first verse.

It's the first time Curry feels so tired from playing.

After repeated interspersed runs, after three passes, and finally with a zipper tactic, he ran to the bottom left corner, and under the cover of Green, there was an open three-point opportunity.

It didn't go in yet.

The rhythm is all out of order.

In the first quarter, Curry missed 3 three-point shots.

The Thunder's defense worked.

Although the Warriors are not a single-core team, the Warriors as a whole do rely heavily on Curry.

It's not obvious to play an ordinary strong team, but if you want to play a top team like the Thunder, it's obvious.

Thunder is the door to get your life.

And what about Thunder? Theoretically a three-core, in fact... In fact, it is a triple core.

The three core players can be the starting point of the ball-holding tactics, and the so-called tactics are not complicated, a simple blocking, a simple low-post pull, and a simple cover, the success rate will be very high.

The Warriors were clearly beaten out of their minds.

While grabbing the rebound, Bogut slapped Westbrook in the face, leaving Westbrook lying on the ground in pain for a while.

Li Liang went over and picked up Westbrook and said, "Don't let you grab the rebound, don't listen." ”

After that, Bogut was whistled by the referee for a technical foul, and Li Liang hit a free throw, 17:10, a gap of 7 points.

The Thunder kept the Warriors under bay.

Cole stood on the sidelines and kept communicating with the referee, hoping to put a little pressure on the referee.

He's very anxious right now, because so far, Bruce Lee hasn't started to work hard.

For the Warriors, the Thunder are the big bosses of the season.

And Li Liang is the boss of the boss.

You can't even lose without seeing the boss.