Chapter 718: Ambush (4/5!) )
The Nets attacked the frontcourt again, Green confiscated this time, and Gordon dodged Curry's low-handed layup and scored.
6-6, the Nets tied the score.
There was a bit of anxiety on the faces of the fans in the stadium, the Warriors were not as devastating as most people said, and the competitiveness displayed by the Nets on the court proved why they were able to make it to the Finals.
The Nets' strategy has not changed throughout their offensive and defensive ends, that is, to hit Curry, not to give the Splash Brothers a chance, or to bet that the Warriors will not be able to shoot at other points.
The first quarter was more than 8 minutes long, and the score on the court was 18-11, and the Nets dominated the game and established a seven-point lead in the opening game.
They were right.
Barnes shot 0 of 3 from beyond the three-point line, Thompson didn't make 2 shots against the defense, and only Curry made a difficult long-range three-pointer.
The Warriors were choked seven inches and couldn't do anything.
Seeing that the momentum was not right, Kerr called Iguodala up early and put him on the field to replace Bogut.
The Warriors sacrificed their five-man lineup.
The biggest function of the five is the space on the offensive end, which is very similar to the Nets' offensive routine, Green is one stop outside the three-point line, he feels online tonight, and directly pulls Jokic out, plus Barnes and Iguodala's two bottom corners, Curry and Thompson's air-cut and reverse runs will be bigger than Deron and Gordon.
In the first round of this game, Curry caught the ball and threw it in.
"Shrink the fourth position." Tang Tian continued to remind on the sidelines.
Delon advanced to the front court and directly signaled Jokic to drop low.
The Nets have five three-pointers on the court, and there is a lot of space after opening up at this time.
Jokic received the ball with his back to Green, and when he saw that the weak side did not help the defense, he turned around and hit the basket directly.
Green has a lot of strength and can stand up to many teams' centers, which is one of the reasons why he can be a five-small center, and it is also where he is better than Love.
However, Jokic is an alternative, his strength is not strong, the low-post offense is more of a technical flow, although the continuous turn at this time did not completely shake off Green, but the person is tall, and after finding the angle, he still scored the ball above Green's head.
Overcoming rigidity with softness, Green's advantage can't be played against Jokic.
The Warriors went to the frontcourt and continued Green's ball at the top of the circle.
However, at this time, the Nets adjusted and made changes, and Yi Jianlian directly closed the basket to protect the restricted area, once again emptying Barnes.
Curry's hand-to-hand pass after receiving the ball, Barnes' three-pointer in the corner.
He opened the game with three open spots in a row, and was obviously a little hesitant at this point, waiting until he heard Green shouting at the top of the circle before aiming at the frame.
In addition to the shooting technique, the mentality also has a great impact, and Barnes's shot was obviously crooked, sliding out of the rim of the basket and being rushed down by Butler.
Barnes opened the game with 4 open three-pointers in a row!
The camera was on his face, and he looked annoyed, which was a collapse of his mentality.
Kerr saw it and called Brandon Rush up and put him on the field to replace Barnes.
Rush has a three-pointer, but his defense is worse than Curry's, the Nets attacked the frontcourt, Butler cut the ball and directly shook off his hands to score, and also caused a foul on Iguodala who made up the defense.
Butler hit a free throw, and the Nets' lead was in double digits.
The fans at the scene were stunned at this moment.
Even against the Thunder, they didn't see the Warriors play as badly.
It's like the Nets know all the weaknesses of the Warriors and put them under a magnifying glass and magnify them infinitely.
The Warriors' role players have not been able to find their touch, and sporadic goals have had little impact on the game's movements.
In the end, Curry wanted to turn on the plug-in mode to force three points, but I have to say that the previous consecutive injuries to the Rockets had a great impact on him, and after several unsuccessful attempts, the Warriors completely lost the opportunity to turn the game around.
In the end, the Nets defeated the Warriors 98-83 on the road and won their first victory in the Finals.
The result of the game was beyond most people's expectations.
What people didn't expect was the game's score, 83 points, which was a new low for the Warriors in this year's playoffs.
Even in the previous defensive battle with the Thunder, they scored nearly 100 points, but this time they didn't score more than 90 points.
This is the Warriors, who are known for their offense, and they are averaging a whopping 115 points per game this season!
Curry shot 4 of 15, Thompson shot 4 of 12, and the two shot 3 of 13 from three-point range.
But what really made the Warriors play the lowest score wasn't them, it was the other role players.
Curry and Thompson's shots and shooting percentages are indicative of the highest level of defensive intensity they're encountering, and doing so is certainly a lot of packing, and other role players get a lot more opportunities than they do.
But Barnes shot 1-of-10 from the field, 0-of-6 from three-point range, Rush 1-of-4, Iguodala 3-of-8 from the field, Barbossa 2-of-6, and with the exception of Green who was 5-of-11 from the field and 3-of-6 from three-point range for 20 points, everyone else was completely out of shape.
With such a play, it's no wonder that the Warriors are hitting a new low in scoring.
Tang Tian and the Nets made the right bet.
Losing the opening game in a record-low way, the Warriors suffered criticism from fans, especially Barnes, who scored 4 points on 1-of-10 shooting, was inundated with saliva.
This season is his contract year, with his strength and talent, and the fact that his rookie contract has just ended, a contract extension with a maximum salary is inevitable, but the performance of this first game of the finals has made fans very unhappy.
It is foreseeable that if this kind of play continues, the Warriors will really have to weigh it when they renew their contract in the summer.
The Warriors lost and fans were depressed, but the Nets' weak victory over the strong also attracted a lot of cheers from the Nets fans.
At the press conference after the game, Tang Tian did not forget to add fuel to the fire.
"Coach, did you surprise you that the team won the game?" The reporter asked, and the reason she asked was because they were surprised to arrive, and most of them didn't think the Nets could win on the road.
"Nope." Tang Tian shook his head.
"I said when I played the Warriors in the regular season that we were going to prepare for the series that could come and the results showed that we were well prepared." Just when the reporters in the audience looked puzzled, Tang Tian said lightly with a smile.
As soon as these words came out, the reporters in the audience were stunned at first, and then they all shook their heads with a wry smile.
Tang Tian did say this, it was when he played the Warriors in the middle of the last game of the regular season, when the reporter asked the Nets if they didn't want to complete the Warriors' 74 wins by playing so hard, Tang Tian said something like that.
Because the extraneous sound of those words was that the Nets could enter the Finals, it also caused a lot of discussion among fans at that time.
It's just that after two months, many fans have forgotten that Tang Tian brought up this matter again after winning the opening game of the finals, which was a big deal.