Just as Kerr feared, the Warriors' second lineup was swept apart. Victor. Oladipo showed his worth in this game, as if he instantly incarnated as the super sixth man James who was still on the Oklahoma City Thunder at the time. Harden.

Unlike Harden, Oladipo didn't drop the chain in the Finals. It is said that at the beginning, Harden had been in nightclubs during the Finals. But this kind of thing, naturally, will not happen to Oladipo.

From the beginning of the first quarter, the game completely fell into the rhythm of the Pacers. Oladipo's impact and Brogdon's cold arrow allowed the Pacers to maintain a 10-point deficit until the end of the first quarter.

At the scene, all Pacers fans were cheering. Henson was right, they didn't need to fight any damn tie-breaks!

It's a good thing for the Pacers to win the championship trophy at home, but wouldn't it be even better if they could snatch the championship trophy away in front of the proud Oaklanders!

"Fight confidently! We're the best team in the league with a small squad. Let go of your hands and feet to attack, don't be led by the nose by the other party! ”

During the intersectional break, Steve. Cole doesn't really have a lot of tactical solutions. It's not difficult to break the five-small lineup, use your height to actively grab frontcourt rebounds to get a second offensive opportunity, force the opponent to make mistakes, score in the restricted area with a strong inside line, or directly call the whole team to hit the basket......

But the Warriors can't meet any of the above conditions, they don't have a strong interior line, so it's impossible to play the idea of interior offense and frontcourt rebounding. Hitting the basket? Don't underestimate Siakam and Antetokounmpo's rim protection.

Therefore, Kerr can only enlighten his players psychologically. Tactics? At least for a while, he couldn't think of it.

So in the second quarter, the coaches of both sides still let five small VS five small. Kerr wants to take the lead with a five-man lineup to make up for the second team's lost points.

But unfortunately, the Pacers' five-man lineup still maintained the intensity of the first quarter.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Antetokounmpo rewarded Draymond. Green hit a big hat. Green cut inside immediately after giving Curry a screen, and then received a basketball straight to the rim.

He wanted to use brute force to push Antetokounmpo straight away, but unfortunately, Antetokounmpo still used his long arm to squeeze the basketball in Green's hand.

Siakam then went to the right baseline to hold the ball and go heads-up, a one-on-one tactic that Henson set up specifically for the rookie.

On other championship teams, a rookie player will never get a chance to play singles. What's more, Siakam is not a high-pick rookie either.

But at the Pacers, all this unreasonable happens. Because their head coach is not a "normal person".

Cole, for his part, deliberately asked Green to play against Siakam. Because Antetokounmpo is a lower three-point threat than Siakam. Therefore, Iguodala can be used as a maneuver point to temporarily abandon Antetokounmpo's quick defense outside the three-point line.

But the power contained in Siakam's body was greater than Cole had imagined. This guy is not as simple as a simple space-type No. 4 position!

Siakam dribbled in the bottom corner on the right and then changed direction to break through. Under the confrontation given, Siakam went straight to the basket.

In the air, Siakam made a lever move to dodge Green's block. In Green's stunned gaze, the basketball that was thrown by Siakam hollowed into the net.

The Pacers continued to score, and the margin had become 12 points!

"Siakam's versatility has always been underrated, and this guy has been reborn since his move to Indianapolis. I think now, the Raptors must regret it very much. Because, it is they who have personally made the Pacers strong! ”

It's useless to regret it, the Raptors have gone home fishing. The Pacers, on the other hand, now have a chance to compete with the Warriors for a championship.

The Pacers scored back-to-back goals, and Kerr was getting more and more nervous. But his nervousness didn't have any effect, as the Warriors were playing iron again.

Clay. Thompson's shot was missed by interference from Bogdanovic, who, as an off-ball shooter, also knew that Klay was also aware of the shot. How Thompson will get shots by running. So he's like a roundworm in Clay's belly, always able to predict where he's going next.

After trailing by 12 points, the offense failed, and Steve. Cole felt like he had never felt so stressed. In the regular season, the Warriors also encountered this situation. But the importance of the regular season and the finals cannot be compared.

Basketball is iron, and the Warriors don't dare to rush to grab the frontcourt rebounds. Cole turned his head to look at McGee and Pachuria, then sighed again silently.

If he had a center like O'Neal, what kind of five-man lineup did he need to be afraid of?

Many fans have asked if O'Neal would have been so great if he had been born in the modern era. However, the truth is that if the league had O'Neal, the small-ball era would never have come at all.

The Warriors' quick retreat didn't allow the Pacers to play a quick counterattack, but the positional battle didn't make it difficult for Paul either.

He made a few gestures, and the others immediately began to run as instructed.

After the space was pulled away, Paul and Antetokounmpo took cover. Just as the cover was formed, Paul suddenly threw the ball into the air.

At first, people thought Paul was throwing a shot. But it wasn't until Antetokounmpo grabbed the basketball in the air that people saw it was an aerial relay!

"Very stealthy air connection, I think this tactic must have been coordinated by the two of them on the training ground countless times!"

"Bang!" The basket went so loudly that Iguodala couldn't reach Paul's pass to Antetokounmpo, which was the height that Paul tailored to the Greek.

Iguodala can defend LeBron. James did wonders, but James didn't have the height of 2.11 meters and the mobility that didn't match it.

The moment he saw Antetokounmpo's dunk, Kerr slumped to the bench. A deep sense of frustration rose from the soles of his feet all the way to the top of his head.

His killer five-small lineup is powerless in front of the Pacers' five. There's no way to close the score now, and when the time comes, the Pacers' offense will only be more aggressive. On the bench, Oladipo and Brogdon are gearing up.

Never since coaching the Warriors, Kerr has never been more aggrieved. In the past, he suppressed the other party so much that he couldn't raise his head. But this time, it was he who was so pressed by the other party that he couldn't breathe.

While Cole was thinking, Kevin. Durant finally hit a half-volley with his individual ability. But soon, George, the league's best mid-range shot, returned to color.

The difference was still 12 points, but the time passed by a second. Kerr clenched his fists, and he realized how terrible the Pacers were during the three-game championship.

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Popovich dragged his tired body back home, he had just returned from the hospital.

Of course, it's not that there is anything wrong with the old man's own body. Popovich went to the hospital to visit Leonard.

After being stepped on by Pachuria, Leonard's injury is not optimistic. At first, people thought that Leonard was just a general sprain. But after examination, it was discovered that the silent man's sprain was more severe than expected.

Next season, the Spurs may not be able to welcome their star until mid-season.

"Hey." The old man sighed, since the guy who touched everyone's head bald retired, the Spurs have not been very smooth. He couldn't believe what the Spurs would look like when Parker and Ginobili were gone.

In desperation, the old man poured himself a glass of red wine, but he always felt that something was missing. So, I turned on the TV again and went to ESPN.

Today is the day when the Warriors and Pacers snatch the match point. The game should have reached its most intense time.

Popovich took a sip of red wine and then glanced at the score first. However, just looking at the score, Popovich almost didn't squirt out the red wine in his mouth!

96-80, the Pacers actually led the Warriors by a full 16 points! And at this time, there are only 4 minutes left until the end of the game!

"What the hell did that guy do!?" Popovich asked to himself, and at the same time, a close-up of the scene happened to be given to Cole.

I saw that the man who was always personable and smiling, but at this time his hair was messy and he looked at a loss.

Popovich smiled, it seems that the days of the Warriors' domination of the league are over. Because the true owners of the Union, are back!