Chapter 841: 2 to 0! (3/3! )
The Nets played fast in the frontcourt, and Irving's three-point shot didn't score.
Coming back to the cooperation of Curry and Cousins, the Nets also chose to clip Curry, Curry gave the ball to Cousins as soon as possible, and Cousins continued to shoot.
"Huh!"
Three points back!
Cousins has a great outside touch!
"Steve Cole's abilities are no worse than his old bosses, and the adjustment was really immediate." Barkley opened his mouth and sighed.
"It's not just the players who play, it's also a lot of fun tactical games between managers." O'Neill said with a smile.
"Cole threw the burden of the problem to Tang Tian." Smith chimed in.
The changes on the field are like playing chess between masters, seeing the moves.
Mitchell's breakaway layup in the frontcourt was missed, and the Nets missed two consecutive shots.
The Warriors attacked the frontcourt and continued to block and dismantle, and the Nets still covered it after Durant asked Cousins to block and dismantle!
This is obviously a tactical arrangement, anti-burst throwing.
Durant returned the ball to Cousins.
George consciously defended early, but Cousins was quick.
"Bang!"
The ball didn't go in, and the rebound was grabbed by Jokic.
The Nets counterattacked directly, Jokic made a long pass to George, and George shook off Cousins and rushed to the frontcourt to round a windmill dunk!
The Barclays Center was set on fire.
George continued his fiery performance.
"Defend! Defend! ”
This buckle also ignited the emotions of the fans at the scene, and the cheers on the scene were overwhelming.
The Warriors' weak-side cooperation, Thompson's three-point shot was interfered with.
Jokic collected the rebounds and then played the fast break.
The Nets were faster when Yi Jianlian was on the court, and Jokic was relatively slow when he was on the court, but this hand was very fast, the Nets played three and two in the frontcourt, and Irving received the court against Curry and caused the latter's beater to foul.
Although the lineups are different, the core of the Nets' tactics has not changed, which is to play the counter-attacking ball, which the Warriors do best.
As well as the length of the enemy, the catch is that Cousins can't keep up.
After hitting both free throws, the score was 8-10, and the Nets didn't fall behind at all.
Curry went to the frontcourt to continue looking for Cousins.
The Nets' defensive counterattack is based on the fact that the Warriors don't score offensively, as long as they score, everything is easy to say.
It was almost the same chance, except that George pounced faster this time, and Cousins was blocked before he could make a shot.
"You can't make it." George said very skinny after pasting it.
Cousins had such a violent temper that he squeezed George away after hearing this.
George stretched out his hand to keep the interference under pressure, and the ball went over George's head.
"Bang!"
Didn't score three points!
After hitting two shots in a row, Cousins hit two shots in a row.
That's what Cousins is capable of right now, and his three-point shot is enough to be a tactical point, but there is still some way to go before he can kill the game like Nowitzki.
Jokic added a defensive rebound.
The Warriors' tactic is tantamount to putting the big center outside the three-point line, and Jokic is handy to protect the defensive rebound.
The Nets pushed the fast break again, and Curry jumped in front of him and waved his hand to interfere with it.
But Jokic's hand work was really good, squeezing Curry on one side, and a missile-like backcourt through ball went directly to the fast-breaking Butler.
Butler took a step with the ball and jumped up to slam a one-handed slam with his wings.
"Bang!"
10 draws!
The Nets chased 6 points in a row and directly tied the score!
Barkley and O'Neal in the commentary seat looked at each other, they seemed to overestimate Cole's ability and underestimate Tang Tian's strategy.
Cousins' three-point shooting is no longer accurate, the Warriors' offense is no longer looking for him, Durant and Thompson go around a variety of mid-range to help the Warriors score consecutive points, but the Nets' side of George and Irving are also in good shape, and the key is tacit understanding, and the seam like passing the ball makes the Warriors' regular lineup a little unable to deal with it.
Cousins followed and ran back and forth, and the score was 30-22 at the end of the first quarter, and the Nets unwittingly led by eight points.
After the first quarter, the TNT triumvirate in the commentary seat came to their senses.
"The Warriors still haven't found a way to put Cousins on the court, in fact, Cousins has had a greater impact on the Warriors' defense than the offense." Smith opened his mouth to analyze.
Smith's remark hits the nail on the head.
Cousins can shoot three-pointers and play single-handedly, but he is slow as a heavy center.
Aside from the Nets' fast play, he can't retreat, not to mention, even the tacit understanding of the Nets in the positional battle is also because of his existence, and he can't change defenses indefinitely.
Cousins didn't do as well as Cousins alone in the Pelicans and Davis Super Twin Towers, and that's why.
Teams across the league are all picking up the pace, and Cousins is transitioning as a traditional center, but he still can't jump out of that range.
Cousins now is like Jokic a few years ago, and he can't play in the Finals against the Warriors.
In other words, in order for Cousins to play in this kind of game, he has to jump out of the range of a traditional center, that is, lose weight.
But now that the game is on, it's definitely too late for him.
The two sides entered the bench transition period in the second quarter, and Tang Tian replaced Mitchell in the first quarter in advance, and then replaced him again.
Mitchell did not disappoint Tang Tian either, he played the 35-year-old Iguodala with ease, and led the team to bring out a wave of 12-2 climax, which was more like adding fuel to the fire.
Kerr was forced to abandon Cousins again, and the Warriors couldn't beat the Nets' regular lineup.
In the end, the Nets won 127-113 at home against the Warriors cleanly, rewriting the score to 2-0.
George had 28 points and 8 boards, Irving had 27 points and 6 assists, Mitchell had 20 points, Butler had 16 points and 5 steals, Anthony had 15 points and 5 boards, Yi Jianlian had 14 points and 7 boards, and Jokic had 10 points, 18 boards and 13 assists.
The Warriors' Durant and Curry combined for 60 points, and Thompson also scored 20 points, but the Nets couldn't stop the Nets from blossoming more.
Cousins played just 15 minutes, scoring 12 points and five rebounds on 4-of-8 shooting and 2-of-4 three-pointers.
Kerr said after the last game that he would find a way to get Cousins on the court, but judging by the results of the game, his method didn't work.
Before the start of the Finals, no one expected that Cousins, who was originally the biggest weight on the balance of victory, would become the biggest problem for the Warriors.
But after watching these two games, they took the 2-0 score for granted.
This is like a simple addition and subtraction, the Warriors with Cousins are better than the Nets, but the Warriors without Cousins can't even beat the Nets last season, let alone the Nets with Anthony added more completely this season.
The Warriors still need to find a way to get Cousins on the court, and that will affect the outcome of the entire series.