I have to say that Mark Jackson believes in Curry and Thompson's hand very much, for this reason, he would rather give up inside rebounding, and when it comes to Mark Jackson's contribution to the Warriors, he can't fail to mention his tailor-made double-block and pick-and-roll tactics for Curry, which is commonly known as "elevator tactics" - Boggart and David Lee stand at the left and right ends of the free throw line respectively, and Jarrett Jack holds the ball on the left or right rib to observe the situation (because Jack's passing awareness is much better than Thompson's, so the passing work is mostly done by Jack), Curry first rushed into the interior to attract the defense, and then suddenly ran to the three-point line from the middle of David Lee and Boggart, David Lee and Boggart waited for Curry to pass through and quickly closed the door to block Curry's defenders, Jack arrived at the ball, Curry easily shot three-pointers, this set of tactics is really betting on Curry's three-point shooting ability, because once Curry can't shoot, the Warriors have almost no ability to fight for rebounds, and David Lee and Boggart are slow at their feet, and they are easily blown off fouls, This set of tactics speaks volumes about Curry's tactical position with the Warriors.

Of course, there is more than this set of tactics, Jackson gave full play to the characteristics of the Warriors with two god shooters, and invented a set of "double 8" tactics, what is "double 8"? David Lee and Boggart stood on the left and right sides of the lower back, Thompson and Curry ran around the two big men in the opposite direction outside the three-point line in the left and right corners to the other three-point corner, David Lee and Boggart are equivalent to blocking and picking for the two people, which will make the defender lose the defensive order for a short time, so that Curry and Thompson have an easy chance to shoot.

In the second game of the first round of the 2013 NBA playoffs, the Warriors used this lineup to play the two major tactics to the extreme, almost always pressing the Nuggets to play, and finally the Warriors ushered in a big victory with 131:117, Curry contributed a lot, 30 points, 5 rebounds, 13 assists and 3 steals on 13-of-23 shooting, and only 1 turnover, Jarrett Jack started the game well, scoring 26 points and 7 assists on 10-of-15 shooting, and Harrison Barnes scored 24 points and 6 rebounds on 9-of-14 shooting, Klay Thompson scored 21 points on 8-of-11 shooting, while the Nuggets, despite six players scoring in double figures, were still unable to stop the collective play of the Warriors' starters.

The third game between the two sides was moved to Oracle Arena, the home of the Warriors, the Warriors narrowly defeated the Nuggets 110-108, and in the last 16 seconds of the game, Wilson Chandler's three-pointer helped the Nuggets narrow the score to just one point, but the Warriors won the final victory with their perfect defense in the final moments, and the Nuggets' Ty Lawson exploded in this game, he scored 35 points and 10 assists on 11-of-22 shooting, and the Warriors' Curry also did not give much, scoring 29 points, 6 rebounds and 11 assists on 8-of-17 shootingWith 23 points, five rebounds and seven assists on 10-of-14 shooting, but also seven turnovers, Carl Landry became the Warriors' best player off the bench, finishing with 19 points and five rebounds on 8-of-17 shooting.

After three games, the big score is already 2:1, the Warriors lead, the fourth game is also held at the Oracle Arena, after the first two quarters of the game, the Warriors have a 56:45 lead, the third quarter has become a watershed moment in the game, Ty Lawson scored as many as 15 points on 7-of-10 shooting in a single quarter, but Curry of the Warriors also played a burst performance, he shot 11 times in a single quarter, and hit 8 shots to score 22 points, making the fourth quarter of the game completely garbage time, the whole game, Ty Lawson scored 26 points and 6 assists on 11-of-20 shooting, Curry took away the game with a perfect performance of 31 points and 7 assists on 10-of-16 shooting, Jarrett Jack played an incredibly efficient game again, scoring 21 points, 5 rebounds and 9 assists on 8-of-9 shooting, and Karl Landry continued his good form in the previous game, scoring 17 points on 6-of-11 shooting.

In the fifth game, the Warriors revisited the Pepsi Center, but the oxygen was not enough, and the whole team played extremely badly, Harrison Barnes, Jarrett Jack, Klay Thompson and Stephen Curry scored double-doubles, while the Nuggets had three double-doubles - Andre Iguodala scored 25 points, 12 rebounds and 7 assists, Ty Lawson scored 19 points and 10 assists, Kenneth Farid returned from injury scored 13 points and 10 rebounds, and the Warriors won 100: 107 small losses to opponents.

The fifth game between the two sides finally returned to the Pepsi Center, if the Warriors lose this game, and then return to the Nuggets' devil's home court, I am afraid that it will be more than lucky, fortunately, the Warriors relied on Curry's perfect performance in the third quarter to help the team win this game, Curry did not feel good throughout the game, only 6 of 14 shots, but he hit 4 three-pointers in the third quarter, 2 free throws also scored, and 14 of the 22 points in the single quarter, the Warriors hit the Nuggets a 33:20 attack in the third quarter** , and finally left the victory in the Pepsi Center, the Nuggets' best player was Iguodala, who scored 24 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists on 7-of-18 shooting, while the Warriors were more blossoming, Boggart was finally "arrogant", scoring 14 points, 21 rebounds and 4 blocks on 7-of-10 shooting, and Draymond Green scored 16 points and 10 rebounds.

After six games, the Warriors defeated the Nuggets 4-2 to advance to the second round of the Western Conference playoffs, and they faced the San Antonio Spurs, who were several times stronger than the Denver Nuggets.

At that time, the core of the Spurs was still the "GDP" combination composed of Tim Duncan, Tony Parker and Manu Ginobili, in addition, Danny Green was the most important three-point shooter on the outside of the Spurs, and the second-year rookie Kawhi Leonard was the defensive gate, Boris Dior, Gary Neal and DeJuan Blair were also excellent team players, and the powerful Spurs swept the Los Angeles Lakers 4:0 in the first round under the leadership of head coach Popovich, and advanced strongly, this time against the Warriors, The Warriors must play at 120%!

On May 6, 2013, the NBA playoffs Western Conference semifinals officially opened at the Spurs' home ATT Center Arena, the whole game of the two teams was difficult to solve, the fight was equal, at the end of the first half, the Warriors temporarily led the Spurs 53:49, Curry, Thompson and the Spurs' Tony Parker, Tim Duncan scored double-doubles, the third quarter suddenly changed, Curry suddenly took over the game, hitting 4 three-pointers in 9 of 12 in a single quarter, and scored 22 points in a single quarter! led the Warriors to 39 points in a single quarter, and after three quarters, the Warriors led the Spurs by as many as 12 points at 92:80!

With five minutes left in the fourth quarter, the Warriors still held a 16-point lead at 104:88, and everyone thought the Warriors had won the game, but then, the Spurs played a wave of miracle comebacks that could be compared to Maddy's moment! Then in the minute Parker scored 6 points on consecutive free throws, Leonard stole Jarrett Jack and scored 2 points, and when there were 2 minutes left in the game, the Warriors only led the Spurs by 8 points at 104:96, before that, the Warriors had not scored for three consecutive minutes, and this time ushered in a good opportunity to increase the score, Draymond Green stole Tony Parker, and after the ball was converted, Richard Jefferson hit the basket and caused Gary Neal to foul, and got two free throw opportunities, critical moment, Jefferson, who shot nearly 80% of his career free throws, missed two free throws, and the Spurs played a classic blocking and dismantling cooperation on the Spurs' side, the former broke through, the latter blocked and dismantled, and Ginobili split the ball Leonard's latter three-point shot steadily! With 1 minute and 41 seconds left before the end of the game, the Warriors only led the Spurs by five points at 104:99!

Next, in the next round, Curry singled out Boris Dio after blocking and dismantling, Curry shook continuously outside the three-point line and suddenly shot three points, but Boris Dior deserved to be called the "most flexible fat man" He pounced on the moment Curry shot, and the tips of his fingers touched the basketball, but Curry's shot didn't even touch the frame, and after Tony Parker grabbed the rebound, he quickly put the ball into the basket under the Warriors' three-person encirclement! The Warriors only led by three points at 104-101! The game ended with 1 minute and 18 seconds left!

In the last 1 minute of the game, Boris Dio forced a foul on Karl Landry, and the former hit both free throws, and the Warriors only led by 1 point at 104:103! At the critical moment, Jarrett Jack stepped up, he forced Parker, faced the pressure of the Spurs' three-man defense, and sacrificed a very difficult emergency stop glide backward jumper to send the ball into the basket steadily, the Warriors led by 3 points at 106:103 and regained the initiative, and in the last 20 seconds of the game, Danny Green received Boris Dior's perfect block and ran to the ribs, and received Ginobili's pass and hit a three-point shot steadily! Tie! Curry's strong defense against Leonard turned and fell back to hit a jumper, and the game went into overtime!

As soon as overtime came up, Jack took the lead to break through and score 2 points, Harrison Barnes hit a 3-pointer, the Warriors built a 5-point lead at 111:106, and after Parker scored 2 points, Boris Dior made a three-pointer to tie the score, and then he stealed Draymond Green to help Danny Green shoot 2 points! The Spurs are mainly anti-away, but they are leading by 2 points, Curry steals Ginobili and shoots 2 points to tie the score again, Leonard baskets and scores 2 points to help the Spurs take the initiative, at the critical moment, it is still Jack, he broke through in a figure 8 to bypass Green's defense, rushed into the basket and threw the ball steadily, the two teams tied at 115 again, there were 5.8 seconds left before the end of the game, Ginobili singled Draymond Green and missed a backward jumper, and the game entered the second overtime!

A minute and a half into the second overtime, Barnes received Curry's pass and hit a three-pointer to break the deadlock, and then Parker made a spinning top turn and came in to score a one-handed pick-and-roll! Warriors lead by 1 point at 118:117! Then Draymond Green hit the basket and caused Gary Neal to foul, Green hit two free throws, the Warriors led by 3 points at 120:117, Tony Parker hit another 2-point shot to continue the Spurs' life, Barnes hit a three-point iron, Ginobili assisted Boris Dior to score 2 points! With 2 minutes left in the second overtime, the Warriors trailed by 1 point at 120:121! In the ensuing offense, Danny Green steals Carl Landry to help Parker score 2 points! In the next round, Curry's mid-range shot was blocked by Danny Green again, but Jarrett Jack grabbed the rebound in the front court and forced the attack to cause a foul on Ginobili, and Jack made one of 2 free throws with 1 minute and 27 seconds left in the game, and the Warriors trailed by 2 points at 121:123! At the critical moment, Danny Green received Leonard's assist and hit the sixth three-pointer of the game! The Warriors trailed by as many as five points at 121:126! Curry's strong attack caused Dio to foul, and Ginobili missed three points in both free throws, and Curry scored 2 points again! With 32 seconds left in the game, the Warriors only trailed by 1 point at 125:126, the Spurs possessed the ball, Tony Parker spun the top and went to the basket this time he didn't put the ball in the basket, Green grabbed the rebound and passed it to Curry, Curry advanced with the ball, and then distributed the ball to the fast Kent Bazemore, who rebounded and went up! In the final 3.9 seconds of the game, the Warriors led the Warriors by one point at 127:126! Then the Spurs called a timeout, the timeout came back, Leonard was responsible for free throws, the other three Spurs players all ran out to catch the ball, and Ginobili was ambushed on the left rib on the opposite side of Leonard, Leonard waved his hand and gave the ball to Ginobili, Ginobili received the ball and shot three-pointers, and the ball went in! With 1.2 seconds left in the game, Jack scrambled to make a shot under Ginobili's close defense, and the game ended after double overtime! The Warriors lost the game 127-129.

In the whole game, Stephen Curry scored 44 points and 11 assists on 18-of-35 shooting but also had 6 turnovers, Harrison Barnes scored 19 points and 12 rebounds on 8-of-14 shooting, Klay Thompson scored 19 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists on 8-of-15 shooting, and was fouled for six fouls with 4 minutes left in the fourth quarter. He scored 15 points on 5-of-15 shooting from the field, a low performance but a consistent run of good performance in crunch time, with Bogut finishing with 10 points, 15 rebounds and four assists. Spurs Tony Parker scored 28 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists, Danny Green shot 6 three-pointers and scored 22 points, Duncan scored 19 points and 11 rebounds, Leonard scored 18 points and 9 rebounds on 7-of-11 shooting, Boris Dio only scored 7 points on 2-of-4 shooting, but this point was all at a critical moment, Ginobili, who invested in the final shot, was actually not efficient throughout the game, scoring 16 points, 7 rebounds and 11 assists on 5-of-20 shooting, and interestingly when there were 49 seconds left in the second overtime, The Spurs led the Warriors 126:123, Ginobili held the ball and attacked one meter away from the three-point line to force a super long three-point shot, the ball naturally missed, in this regard, Spurs head coach Popovich said with a smile after the game, when he shot this reluctant ultra-long three-pointer, the first feeling in my heart was that I had to trade him away next season, when he threw a three-pointer, my first feeling in my heart was that this bench played well, and I will keep it for observation next season, Of course, Ginobili will not be traded away by the Spurs, and Mr. Bo is just happy with him.

In the first game of the Western Conference semifinals, the two teams played a wonderful performance like Mars hitting the earth, and the Warriors were unfavorable, but they have played their own characteristics, and the Warriors will go all out in the next game!