Chapter 21: The Fierce Battle of the Heat

On June 9, 2015, the third game of the NBA Finals officially started at the Cavaliers' home Quickloan Arena, the first two games, the Warriors and the Cavaliers tied 1:1, whoever can win the third game, the chance of winning the debate series will be very big!

In the first half of the game, the Warriors did not shoot well, and the most points were Iguodala's 10 points, while the Cavaliers scored 13 points by James, but he uncharacteristically made a full 17 shots in the first half, and "assist Zhan" was transformed into "full Zhan"! This first-half game is the epitome of James' crazy shots throughout the series, Irving and Love are watching from the sidelines because of injuries, at this time James led a group of players with limited fame and strength, it is not easy to play this position, he has to use his strongest ability to beat the Warriors!

In the first half of the game, the Warriors only scored 37 points, while the Cavaliers scored 44 points, and the game changed dramatically in the third quarter, James once again contributed 13 points in a single quarter, and Matthew Dellavedova suddenly broke out, scoring 10 points on 4-of-5 shooting in a single quarter, helping the Cavaliers to score a wave of 28:18**! After three quarters of the game, the Warriors trailed by a score of 55-72 and the situation was precarious.

In the fourth quarter of the game, the Warriors suddenly found a rhythm on both offensive and defensive ends, Iguodala dunked and a three-pointer, Klay Thompson added another three-pointer, David Lee scored two plus one on James, Barbosa scored 2 points under the basket, David Lee made up a dunk, the Warriors opened with high efficiency, scoring 15 points in a row in three and a half minutes, and the Cavaliers seemed to be stunned, during this time, only Mozgov relied on a high basket to score 2 points, James hit the inside line and scored 1 point on one of two free throws, and there were eight minutes left in the fourth quarter, The Warriors only trailed the Cavaliers by 5 points at 70:75, and Tristan Thompson grabbed two frontcourt rebounds in a row at the critical moment, and made up for the dunk in the air, Curry's side also scored three points, and the Warriors trailed by 4 points at 73:77! James forced a layup, David Lee forced a foul on Shambaugh, two free throws and one hit, James forced Iguodala to miss, Curry rebounded and went up, Shambaugh hit the basket with a left shoulder injury and caused a foul, but unfortunately missed two free throws, there were 4 minutes and 30 seconds left in the game, the Warriors chased the score to 76:79, and then Matthew sent James an assist in the fast break, and the latter received the ball in the air and scored directly! With 4 minutes left in the game, the Warriors trailed by 5 points at 76:81!

Then David Lee, who performed very well on the offensive end in this game, forced Matthew to foul, David Lee made one of two free throws, and the Warriors' score rose to 77 points, and then JR had a cranial nerve attack, and the three-point mess was lost, and the Warriors were defended by Dellavedova for a whole game Curry continued to run back and throw out the position, and finally took a step outside the three-point line on the right side, facing Dellavedova's defense and forced a three-point shot! This three-pointer took the Warriors' score to 80 points! Only 1 point behind the Cavaliers! But the Cavaliers Dellavedova did not show weakness, he forced Curry, causing Curira to foul, the ball in his hand was thrown casually, and the basketball was lucky to hit the board into the frame! With Dellavedova hitting a free throw, the Warriors' point difference was widened again, 80:84!

The score was 1 minute and 57 seconds away from the end of the game, Curry made a fatal mistake, he wanted to pass to Green with a back pass, but Green didn't realize that Curry would pass, the ball flew straight out of the boundary, and then the next offense, James shot with a bow outside the three-point line, and hit a key three-pointer in the shouts of "MVP" like a tide of the whole court! The Warriors trailed 80-87!

Then David Lee fouled Thompson, who made one of two free throws, and turned around to hit a three-pointer from Curry! The Warriors tied the score to 83-88 with 1:24 left in the game! Then Curry made another fatal mistake, his back dribble was taken out by James, Dellavedova rushed over desperately, slid five meters on the ground, and held the ball that was about to fall into the feet of David Lee in his arms, David Lee, Shambaugh, Mozgov, Green four people pounced on Dellavedova successively, the whistle sounded, the referee signaled David Lee to foul, Dellavedova got two free throws! Dellavedova, who shot 90% from the free-throw line, certainly won't let go of this opportunity, hitting both free throws, and the Warriors trailed by 7 points at 83:90! There are 52 seconds left in the race.

When the Warriors came back from a timeout, Curry made his third turnover in the decisive moment, and Klay Thompson could only foul James on the upcoming fast break, and James made two free throws to extend the difference to 9 points, 83-92! Curry missed a three-point shot, David Lee made up for it, and the Warriors chased the score to 85:92, and then Shambaugh served and sent the ball directly into Curry's arms outside the three-point line, Curry was unguarded within 300 meters, and he didn't hesitate to shoot directly into a three-point shot, but Curry didn't shoot this empty three-point shot that must be scored! On the Cavaliers' side, it was Dellavedova who created a chance to fight for the ball with Klay Thompson, and Dellavedova won the ball, but when he passed back to Shambaugh, he made another mistake! The ball is out of bounds! With just 29.9 seconds left before the end of the game, the Warriors trailed by seven points! 85:92!

Then the Warriors sent the ball to the frontcourt, Curry ran around the three-point line, and finally ran to the bottom right corner to catch the ball, and directly shot a three-point shot, and the basketball went into the net crisply! Only 2 seconds have passed! The Warriors trailed the Cavaliers by just four points at 88-92! The Cavaliers served, and the Warriors could only foul James who received the ball, who hit both free throws at the free throw line, and the Warriors trailed by 6 points at 88:94! Curry quickly advanced after receiving the ball, and the whole Warriors team was covering for Curry, and finally Curry dribbled the ball to the left three-point line and hit a three-pointer again! The Warriors trailed by 3 points at 91:94! There are 19 seconds left! Barnes fouled James, who hit two free throws, and Iguodala's three-point miss completely ruined the Warriors' hopes of winning, and finally, the game ended, and the Warriors lost 91-96 to the Cavaliers.

In this game, James shot 14-of-34 and scored 40 points, 12 rebounds, 8 assists, 4 steals and 2 blocks, Matthew Dellavedova repeatedly made contributions at critical moments, he scored 20 points on 7-of-17 shooting, the second-highest score on the team, Tristan Thompson scored 10 points and 13 rebounds, and the Warriors' Curry scored 27 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 steals on 10-of-20 shooting, but the number of turnovers was as many as 6, and it was his several mistakes at critical moments that ruined the Warriors' hope of winning, Klay Thompson scored 14 points on 6-of-16 shooting, Andre Iguodala had 15 points, five rebounds and five assists on 6-of-12 shooting, and David Lee played just 13 minutes in the game, scoring 11 points on 4-of-4 shooting.

After three games, the Warriors fell behind 1:2, and the superpower of the league's first person is indeed worthy of the name, LeBron James almost single-handedly carried the team forward, four games, neither side can afford to lose! Steve Cole made a move that could change the course of the series, which was to put Andre Iguodala, who had been on the bench, into the starting line-up and let him play the No. 4 position instead of the No. 3 position he is good at.

In the first half of the game, the Warriors led 54:42, and in the third quarter, the Cavaliers began to counterattack, James and Mozgov frequently played wonderful inside and outside cooperation to make the weak Warriors unable to resist, and finally the Warriors entered the fourth quarter with a score of 76:70!

In the fourth quarter of the game, the Cavaliers suddenly couldn't find an offensive rhythm, and only scored 2 points by JR Smith in the first half of the quarter, and the Warriors naturally would not be merciful, Draymond Green, Klay Thompson, Harrison Barnes, Stephen Curry, Andre Iguodala, David Lee frequently played offense, and the game was fought to three and a half points, Stephen Curry hit a difficult jumper The Warriors extended the difference to 19 points, and the Cavaliers replaced James and announced his disarmament.

In this game, Stephen Curry scored 22 points and 7 assists on 8-of-17 shooting, Iguodala scored 22 points and 8 rebounds on 8-of-15 shooting, Draymond Green scored 17 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists on 6-of-11 shooting, and the Cavaliers' Mozgov played the best performance of the series, scoring 28 points and 10 rebounds on 9-of-16 shooting, James was relatively inefficient in this game, scoring 20 points, 12 rebounds and 8 assists on 7-of-22 shooting, Tristang Thompson scored 12 points and 13 rebounds, although the Warriors were blown into scum by the little-known Mozgov inside, and the frontcourt rebounds were ten fewer than the Cavaliers, but with a very efficient team offense, the Warriors still won the game relatively easily, and the Warriors shot 46.8% from the field in normal games, while the Cavaliers shot only 33.3% from the field.

On June 14, 2015, the crucial fifth game of the Battle of Tianwang Mountain was held in the center of the Orlando Arena, the home of the Warriors, at the beginning of the game, James began to exert his strength, he rarely took 7 shots in the first quarter, scored 8 points, and the Warriors' Draymond Green was full of hands, scoring 10 points on 4-of-7 shooting in a single quarter, and the two teams tied 22:22 in the first quarter! In the second quarter of the game, James rebounded, and contributed 12 points again in a single quarter on 5-of-8 shooting, while Curry scored 8 points in a single quarter on the Warriors' side, and Barbosa scored 9 points on 3-of-3 shots in a single quarter, and at the end of the first half, the Warriors led the Cavaliers by 1 point at 51:50.

In the third quarter, the shooting percentage of both teams was not high, the Cavaliers' Tristan Thompson overturned the river on the inside, and scored 10 points in a single quarter, James scored only 4 points on 1-of-6 shooting in a single quarter under Iguodala's close defense, and the Warriors relied more on the play of all players, and when the game entered the fourth quarter, the Warriors led the Cavaliers by 4 points at 73:69.

At the start of the fourth quarter, the Warriors' Barnes suddenly rushed into the basket from the bottom right corner, received a pass from Livingston straight to the basket, and pulled it up on Mozgov's head! The two-point deduction also caused a defensive foul on the latter! But it's a pity that Barnes missed the free throw, and in the face of Klay Thompson's defense, James hit a three-pointer, and the Warriors' lead was only 3 points! At the critical moment, Barnes moved to cover the foul so that Klay Thompson's three-point shot that had gone into the net came to naught, and in the back, the Cavaliers played a wonderful match, James dribbled straight into the basket from the left side, attracted the double bag, and distributed the ball to Shambaugh outside the three-point line on the right rib, Shambaugh once again distributed the ball to Mike Miller at the top of the arc, and at the same time quickly sank outside the three-point line in the bottom right corner, James stood in the position of Shambaugh's original right rib, Mike Miller did not force the attack, wait for the defense to come up, Then the ball was distributed to James outside the three-point line on the right rib, James waited for the defense to pounce, with a flick of his wrist, the ball was distributed to the right corner of the bottom corner of the hand of Shambaugh, this time the wonderful bottom corner three-point coordination completely disrupted the defensive rhythm of the Warriors, no one defended within 300 meters in front of Shambaugh, the knife fell, and the two teams tied with 75 points!

At the most critical moment of the game, James still beat Iguodala strongly, and sacrificed a step-back step-back jumper after a strong burst, which should have been Kobe's skill package, James grabbed it naturally with little skill, the ball bounced out of the basket, Curry went all the way to the Cavaliers' free throw line, he did not continue to assault but unreasonably hit the emergency stop shot! The Warriors lead by 2 points! James, who has been deflated by consecutive singles Iguodala, still chose to single Iguodala this time, and after breaking through the left side to impact the basket, the small throw finally scored, and James's Iguodala's singles were particularly difficult every time! The difference between the two teams was tied again, Green forced the basket to cause Mike Miller to foul, and the Warriors once again held a 2-point advantage in both free throws, and at the critical moment, the Warriors still insisted on playing tactics and playing at a glance, but the Cavaliers seemed to be poor in donkey skills, and could only rely on James' personal ability, Dellavedova burst into the basket and distributed the ball to Shambaugh in the bottom left corner, Shambaugh had no chance, and dribbled twice or handed the ball to James who was one step outside the three-point line, at this time there were only 5 seconds left in the offensive time, James pulled out his shot one step from beyond the three-point line, and the basketball hit the basket with incredible arc accuracy! The Warriors trailed by 1 point at 79:80! Speaking of three-point shots, how can you forget Curry, in the next round, Curry continued to juggle dribbling and tease Dellavedova, suddenly retreated to outside the three-point line, and forced a three-point shot against Dellavedova's defense!