Chapter 149: Get the second guard
The duel between Yiyang and Ellis has made the entire arena of the American Route Center boiling. Moreover, from beginning to end, Yiyang was playing in a regular way, and he did not deliberately raise the bar with Ellis.
In this way, Yiyang, whose desire to score is not high, was stunned to suppress Monta's limelight. Ellis has failed in a row, and Yiyang has won in a row.
Like Kobe, Monta is the kind of player who gets more and more courageous. Yiyang embarrassed him, and he would continue to insist on playing alone with Yiyang until he regained face.
However, when the second quarter ended and the Mavericks walked back to the team with a seven-point advantage, Ellis still couldn't get his face back.
As this skinny guy became more and more impatient, Yiyang became more and more relaxed to defend him. Ellis may have Kobe's temper, but not as strong as Kobe.
For the first half of the Mavericks' game, Carlisle was still very satisfied. The players played out more and the team did a very good job defending Ellis and Curry. Especially at the point of Ellis, Yiyang only allowed Monta to score two points in the entire second quarter of the game, but Ellis contributed 7 shots for the two points here.
It can be said that Monta's extremely low efficiency is an important reason why the Mavericks were able to quickly pull away the score. If Ellis still wants to attack like this in the second half, then Carlisle will be quite welcome.
"Second half, Stephen, you attack with the ball!" Keith. Smart is not a famous coach and has no previous experience as a head coach. But he didn't have a high reputation, and he couldn't stand it when he watched the team's offense being stirred up by one person.
"What about me?" Monta. Ellis doesn't give up the ball easily, not even as a manager.
"You take a break, and I'll let you play when I need to." Keith waved his hand, clearly not wanting to entangle with Montado.
Ellis didn't directly tear up his own coach, and when you fall behind, you will naturally need me!
After the start of the second half, Mavericks fans expected the "cowboys" on the court to push the margin to double digits.
However, when the five Warriors players stepped onto the court, not to mention the fans, even Kenny. Smith, the narrator, was a little surprised.
Reggie. Williams, a short-lived striker who was short-lived last season but was soon plagued by injuries, actually came on early. And Monta. Ellis, the real heart of the Warriors, sat on the bench!
"It seems that Coach Smart was very unhappy with Ellis's play in the second quarter. He'd rather play Williams than Monta now. Let me see if Keith's decision will get the team out of the woods or be a slow suicide! ”
Reggie. Williams is a player, Carlisle is also quite familiar. After losing the draft, the leading scorer in college went to France, and it was the Mavericks who opened the door to the NBA for Williams after returning from France.
At the beginning, Reggie. Williams played Summer League for the Mavericks, but the Mavericks didn't sign him after the summer league ended. It wasn't until halfway through the season that he was signed by the Warriors.
Reggie. Williams passes well and his set-up jumper is on average. But that too mediocre athleticism and extremely poor defense were the reasons why the Mavericks gave up on him in the first place.
Carlisle just thought, DeSean. Stevenson leaned on Reggie. Williams scored a tough layup to score the Mavericks' first point of the second half.
DeSean. Williams' position with the Mavericks is a defensive blue-collar perimeter, and it seems that this guy who is not very good at offense can easily break through Reggie's defense, and it seems that this guy has not improved much in the past year.
The Mavericks extended their lead to nine points, and it looked like the situation was about to be firmly controlled by the Cowboys. However, the baby-faced No. 30 really lived up to Carlisle's "expectations" of him.
Lost Monta. Ellis, the Warriors' offense is noticeably more fluid. While Keith lets Curry score on his own, Curry isn't the kind of player Ellis who plays with the ball himself from start to finish.
He first gave the ball to David. Lee hands, then used his running and off-ball blocking to shake off Kidd, who was not on the wrong legs. When he gets to the bottom left corner, David is acting as a high point for passing. Li delivered it accurately and "transported" the ammunition to the library.
The big man feeds the ball to the little man, so what's not to do?
Curry made his second three-point shot today, but Kidd's interference was still faster than Curry's shot. Basketball is hollow into the net again, and Curry's 44.3% three-point shooting rate this season is really worthy of the name!
"Stephen. Curry's three-pointer pulled the Warriors back from a cliff, and the Warriors' offense was fluid, and it looked like Ellis should be nervous about his playing time. ”
Subsequently, Curry and David. Lee's cooperation allowed the Warriors to gradually narrow the point difference. David. Lee is not only a passer, he is also a good scorer himself.
Seeing that Kidd was about to be killed by the No. 30, Carlisle called a halt to the game. Yiyang's opponent, it's time to change!
"Restrain him like you just restrained Monta!" This was the first thing Carlisle said to Yiyang, and Kidd, who was sitting back on the bench, was also personally massaged and recuperated by Cuban.
When Yiyang re-stepped onto the court, the third quarter had already played 4 minutes. And the gap between the two teams is also Curry and David. Lee narrowed it down to 5 points.
Yiyang looked at the expressionless baby-faced face opposite, this guy looked more dangerous than the extremely arrogant Monta.
At this time, the person who partnered with Yiyang on the guard line was Terry, and the Mavericks' No. 5 position was replaced by the team's third center, Ma Simmi. On the forward line, it is still Nowitzki and Marion.
Although Curry is not as physical as Munta in terms of physical confrontation, his defensive attitude is more upright than the latter. Therefore, it is not easy for Yiyang to score as easily as he did in the second quarter of the game.
Yiyang asked for a pick-and-roll, Dirk. Nowitzki came to execute. This time, everyone on the Warriors team was a little nervous. Yiyang and Nowitzki's blocking and dismantling coordination is often quite deadly. Because whether it is Dirk or Yiyang, they both have strong finishing ability.
"Let's go!" At Nowitzki's shouting, Yiyang started directly! Curry was delayed by Nowitzki, and David was delayed. Lee did not dare to leave the Germans this anti-aircraft gun. So, next to Yiyang, Reggie. Williams Mike stepped and planned to make up for Yiyang.
But as soon as Reggie made up for it, Terry was left empty. Although Yiyang's eyes were fixed on the basket, he had already seen this,
At the moment when Reggie was in front of him, Yiyang suddenly threw the basketball to the left! Curry hurriedly changed direction and pounced on Terry, but the "jet" at medium and long range didn't waste Yiyang's wonderful pass. A very solid mid-range shot, this offense, Yiyang and Nowitzki completely pinned down the Warriors' defense. With such a involvement, Terry's score is simply hand-to-hand.
Yiyang did not play alone with Curry, but continued to help the team move forward in a variety of ways. Scoring alone is not the only measure of whether a defender is good or not. If Monta could figure this out, his status in the team would have been different a long time ago.
Subsequently, Yiyang and Curry continue their unfinished war. When they met in the first quarter, the two were dead. This time, Yiyang will not let this babyface pass easily!
Curry's dribbling rate is so fast that there's no way to get his hands on it. You can see that this guy's ball sense is very good.
Despite his scoring prowess, Curry is more accustomed to passing the ball to his teammates and then running his way before receiving it.
This time, Curry still passed the ball to Lee, hoping that Lee would continue to make shafts for himself. But now Curry wants to get rid of Yiyang by running, but it's not as simple as getting rid of Kidd.
Kidd is that his body can't keep up with his consciousness, but he doesn't have this kind of problem in Yiyang.
Curry ran several times, but he couldn't get rid of that damn Mavericks No. 1. Seeing that there was not much time left for the offense, Curry had to raise his hand to ask for the ball.
David. Lee's guard-like precision pass gave Curry another chance to shoot, and he took the ball and threw it, hoping to take advantage of his speed to continue scoring.
But the moment Curry jumped, Yiyang was sealed in front of his eyes. Now, there's no difference between Curry and blind shooting.
Seeing that there was no chance, Curry suddenly forced himself to change his shot to pass. But everyone thought Curry would shoot on his own, so naturally no one could receive the ball he passed.
Yiyang forced Curry to make a mistake, and the Warriors' offensive momentum came to an abrupt halt. Keith. Smart stood up nervously, but Monta was secretly smug in her heart.
The battle continued, and Yiyang advanced unhurriedly, looking like everything was under control. As soon as his toe touched the three-point line, Yiyang passed the ball to Marion.
Marion played the ball quickly and immediately gave Terry another chance to play with the ball. Terry singles Reggie. Williams, it's pretty much a giveaway.
"Jet" made a triple threat move with the ball and scared Reggie into changing his center of gravity, and Terry easily accelerated to break Reggie. Williams' paper-like defense.
Jett bursts inside, David. Lee immediately made up for it. For Terry, who is too short and not as athletic as he used to be, David is guarding under the basket. Lee is really an insurmountable mountain. Terry is hard to beat on his own, but it's not hard for the whole team at all!
Terry hit the ground at the moment when he was about to jump to the basket and the basketball from David. Li flew by, and it happened to fall into the hands of Yiyang!
Yiyang raised his hand to shoot, and Curry jumped up unreservedly to try to block. However, when Curry flew in front of Yiyang, the soles of Yiyang's feet were still close to the ground, which was just a shooting feint!
Fly Curry, Yiyang retreats and jumps. This Yiyang's favorite rhythm naturally allowed him to help the Mavericks score two more points! Curry and David. Li finally approached the score, and was pulled back by Yiyang with three or two clicks!
On the next shot, Curry made a layup with his superb and nimble breakaway, which was also the first ball Yiyang conceded on the defensive end after the start of the third quarter.
But how can Curry alone stop the iron hooves of the Mavericks' entire team? Nowitzki finally made a move on the next offense, and the real horror of the Mavericks had not yet turned on scoring mode, and the Warriors were already starting to be a little overwhelmed.
Curry is now hoping that someone can take some of the offensive pressure off his shoulders. Lee is undoubtedly the best candidate. But under Nowitzki's unyielding defense, David . Lee was able to score, but his efficiency was not ideal.
Throughout the third quarter of the game, the Warriors only relied on Curry and David. Lee's sporadic resistance scores. On the Mavericks' side, the offense has been playing very smoothly.
Subsequently, there was no way for Keith. Smart had to get Ellis back on the court, but after Ellis came on, it seemed to mess up the Warriors' offense even more.
Finally, the final 20 seconds were played before the end of the third quarter. Yiyang borrowed Ma Simmi's block breakout, and then deceived Curry and David with a fake fax drama. Lee and his teammate Nowitzki, this realistic feint made Yiyang easily press the whistle and hit a layup.
And after this goal was scored, the Mavericks also officially widened the margin to double digits.
60-71, the Warriors seemed to be on the verge of falling into the abyss under the Mavericks' tight defense and fluid offense.
After Monta, Yiyang also suppressed Curry's play well in this quarter. While Curry is still doing well, at least he won't be able to score 39 points on 70 percent shooting like he did in the last game. The Warriors' second straw seems to be running out of effect.
Don't worry, the last blow will be given to you right away!