Chapter 20: The Final Battle
On June 7, 2015, the second game of the NBA Finals was held at the Oracle Arena, the home of the Warriors.
Irving, who sprained his ankle in the last game, did not play, Matthew Dellavedova took his place, in the first half, James scored 20 points on 7-of-13 shooting, Klay Thompson also did not give up, 9-of-13 shooting also scored 20 points, with three minutes left in the fourth quarter, James took a step outside the three-point line and hit a three-point shot against Iguodala's defense, this three-pointer made the Warriors trail by a full 11 points at 72:83, the Warriors called a timeout, and the timeout came back, Curry broke through on the right to attract a double pack, and then split the ball to Iguodala, who hit a three-point shot from the top of the three-point arc! Warriors 75:83 still have a glimmer of hope.
Then the Warriors began to cut Tristan Thompson, who shot around 65% of his free throws this season, the first knife, Curry went up, Thompson made one of two free throws, and turned around Curry to shoot James with a three-point shot! The Warriors trailed the Cavaliers by just six points at 78:84! Then Curry slashed a second shot at Tristan Thompson, who made one of two free throws again, Stephen Curry grabbed the rebound, JR had to dig Curry a hand, "toot" defensive foul, Curry got two free throws and scored both free throws, at this time the Warriors only trailed the Cavaliers by 5 points at 80:85!
After the pause, James hit Iguodala with his back again, it was top, with butt, with shoulder, no one can be moved, only the face frame came with a step back jumper, the basketball was naturally out of the basket, turned around, Klay Thompson caught the ball and galloped into the Cavaliers' hinterland, and scored two points on a layup! The Warriors trailed by 3 points at 82:85!
James broke through, causing Curry to foul, James hit both free throws, and with one and a half minutes left in the game, the Warriors still trailed by five points. Then Curry dribbled and pushed half the court, Matthew steals Curry, Draymond Green grabs it back, passes to Curry, in a hurry, Curry misses three points, Iguodala grabs the rebound in the front court, and quickly hangs Harrison Barnes under the basket, who makes a violent dunk and causes a JR foul on the defense!
I have to say that Barnes has the talent of a general, the game reached such a critical moment, the Cavaliers caused a huge damage to Barnes's face did not have any expression at all, after the dunk landed, he high-fived his teammates as if nothing happened, and then stood at the free throw line and hit the free throw steadily, and then strode back to show his talents, and Curry and Thompson have opened their arms to mobilize the atmosphere of the audience! The Warriors trailed by two points at 85:87 with one minute left on the clock.
At the critical moment, James and Shambaught failed to block and dismantle, James actually dribbled out of bounds, the Warriors' Barnes missed the shot, Matthew grabbed the rebound in the front court, and immediately called a timeout, with 35 seconds left, James still forced Iguodala, and the brother with strong defensive ability did not give James any chance at all, the latter could only divide the outside of Shambaugh, Shambaugh missed, Curry held the ball and Draymond Green continued to block and score an inside layup! 87 flat! Gives the knight 7.2 seconds to kill. James forced Iguodala and still missed, Tristan Thompson didn't put the basketball in the basket after the rebound, overtime! Iguodala's defense against James in this game was perfect!
Two rounds into overtime, after Shambaugh and James blocked, the former received James' pass and hit a three-point shot for the Cavaliers to start the offense, JR shot iron, James grabbed the rebound in the front court and forced the attack to cause Draymond Green's foul, both free throws were all hit, and the Warriors couldn't find the offensive feeling at all, Iguodala hit iron, Curry hit iron, Klay Thompson hit iron, Curry's shot was blocked by James, Curry hit iron for the third time, Green grabbed a rebound and scored a layup for the Warriors' first shot in overtime, and the Warriors trailed the Cavaliers by three points at 89-92.
The Cavaliers' Matthew Dellavedova missed, the Warriors Draymond Green hit Matthew, turned around and missed, Green immediately grabbed the rebound in the front court, and made another basket, the Warriors only trailed by one point at 91:92, and then the Warriors successfully prevented the Cavaliers from a 24-second violation, Curry singled Matthew to break through the inside pass outside but was stealed by Shambaugh, who went all the way to the Warriors basket, was about to make a layup but was slapped by Klay Thompson's hat, but the Warriors offense made a mistake, Matthew steal and passed to James, the latter came in with the help of blocking and demolition, but was hit by Draymond Green's two-handed hat! At the critical moment, Curry once again used Harden's porcelain stunt, dribbling continuously, suddenly getting up to shoot, JR Smith was fooled, flew and jumped, Curry leaned lightly, "toot" defensive foul Curry cheated two free throws again, and hit both free throws, the Warriors led by one point at 93:92, and there were only 30 seconds left before the end of the game!
The Cavaliers served, James rushed all the way to the basket after getting the ball, and was about to go to the basket but was served by the Green hat again! The ball went out of bounds, the Cavaliers had the ball, James suddenly passed to James Jones in the bottom corner, who made a three-point shot, missed, Matthew Dellavedova actually jumped high, and his hands touched the basketball in the air to prepare for the basket! was knocked to the ground by Harrison Barnes, who rushed over to grab the rebound, with the ball! Matthew got two free throws and hit a solid shot, and the Warriors trailed by one point at 93:94! There are only 10 seconds left in the game!
The Warriors possessed the ball, Curry singled Matthew, and the step-back shot after dribbling was tightly sealed by Matthew who pounced on him, and in the end, Curry's ball didn't even touch the frame, and Matthew waved his arms and roared after successfully defending! James got this rebound, Green fouled, James made one of two free throws, the Warriors had 4.4 seconds left in the game time at 93:95, the Warriors served quickly, Green sent it to Curry, Curry advanced quickly, and was stealed by Shambaught on the way to Thompson, and the game was over! James, who made sure to win the game, slammed the basketball to the ground and roared with his arms raised! Play your frustration to your heart's content!
James got a triple-double in this game, 39 points, 16 rebounds and 11 assists, but like the previous game, the offensive efficiency was not high, he made a full 35 shots, but only hit 11 of them, and the 50 minutes he played in this game was also the highest in the game, Mozgov scored 17 points and 11 rebounds, Tristan Thompson grabbed 14 rebounds, Thompson scored 34 points on 14-of-28 shooting on the Warriors' side, and Curry scored 19 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists on 5-of-23 shooting, In the game, Matthew can be said to have completely limited Curry, Green scored 10 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists, 5 steals and 4 blocks, and Iguodala scored 7 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists.