Chapter 839: The Only Weakness of the Five-Star Warrior (1/3!) Ask for a commuter pass! )
Smith and O'Neal shook their heads and looked at the exiting Nets players.
To some extent, whether the NBA can be filled with suspense again depends on whether the Nets can prevent the Warriors from winning the championship.
"We have to find a way to target them." Frank said impatiently in the office.
If they can't find a way to deal with the Warriors' five-star lineup, the second quarter will be a microcosm, and the first game of the series will be over.
"What can we do? They have the strongest line-up inside and outside, and we are playing against the strongest team in history. Rogers said helplessly.
Frank glanced at Rogers, then sighed, he was also in a hurry, but he really couldn't help it.
"Remove both Nikolai and Melo." Tang Tian glanced at his two teaching assistants and said.
"Lower Nikolai?" Both Frank and Rogers looked at Tang Tian in surprise.
"Cousins is fast, but he can't keep up when he runs, and that's the only weakness of this Warriors team." Tang Tian continued.
Both Frank and Rogers were enlightened.
The Warriors gave up their Death Five because they had Cousins, but if the Nets picked up the speed and Cousins couldn't keep up with the rhythm on both sides, then Kerr would be forced to restart the Death Five!
In fact, this was proven by both the Mavericks and the Rockets, who were able to steal two wins from the Warriors despite being eliminated from the tournament by speeding up their defensive counter-attacks.
Coming back in the second half, the Warriors were still a five-star lineup, and the Nets made adjustments, Anthony and Jokic did not play, and they were replaced by Mitchell and Yi Jianlian.
This is not the Nets' best at one big four small, but a completely pure five small lineup.
"Don is a little messed up, and this lineup will make the Nets a lot of holes inside." Barkley couldn't help but shake his head when he saw this adjustment.
"Yes, speaking of which, this set is Lu's favorite, and Tang is Luhua?" O'Neill laughed and teased.
The second half of the game between the two teams has begun.
Irving accelerated to the front court and missed a three-point shot, but Curry came back to score on a layup.
The margin was stretched to 14 points.
Irving continued to push forward quickly, and George came out to catch the ball and shoot.
"Bang!"
Voted or didn't go in.
Barkley and O'Neal shook their heads as they watched from the commentary box.
If they continue to play like this, they will probably see a full quarter of garbage time in the fourth quarter.
The Warriors counterattacked again, this time Curry passed Green in seconds, but Green was caught by George and was directly chased by a big risk.
Butler followed up with a defensive rebound, and the Nets turned around and played a defensive counterattack.
The Warriors couldn't keep up with the pace at this time, especially Cousins, who just got out of the backcourt free throw line after halftime.
Irving George hit a two-on-one in the frontcourt, George scored a layup, and also caused Durant's beater to foul.
George added a free throw to cut the deficit to 11 points.
Curry gave the ball to Cousins in the frontcourt, George helped defend, and the ball went to Green and then to Durant.
Déjà vu round, only this time Durant opted for a three-pointer step back.
"Bang!"
Durant's three-pointer was missed, Yi Jianlian didn't jump at all on the inside, struggling to jam Cousins, and Butler rushed down the defensive rebound.
The Nets counterattacked again, Irving raided to the front court and distributed the ball to George, who followed up with a layup.
The difference is 9 points!
The crowd cheered, and the Nets came up in the second half and brought the game into their rhythm.
Kerr also realized what the Nets were going to do at this time, and got up and motioned for Curry to press down the tempo.
Curry pushed forward to the front court and motioned for Cousins to drop low.
As long as the Warriors can score the ball and make the Nets unable to play defensive counterattacks, then the Nets will suffer a loss.
Yi Jianlian knew that he couldn't withstand Cousins, so he directly chose to go around the front.
Curry saw it and threw the ball straight into the basket.
Cousins turned and jumped up for an empty catch.
But Yi Jianlian also saw it, and he jumped up to interfere after catching up.
Cousins recovered from his ankle injury, but after all, he was not fully recovered, and he didn't hold the ball after a confrontation with Yi Jianlian in the air, and Curry's pass turned directly into a mistake out of bounds.
The cheers were even louder.
The Nets attacked the frontcourt, Yi Jianlian's catch did not score in the middle distance, and the rebound was accepted by Cousins.
The Warriors still did not speed up under Kerr's reminder, and after attacking the frontcourt, Curry continued to prepare to give the ball to Cousins, and Yi Jianlian also continued to go around.
Curry didn't go straight to the big this time, but instead passed a high lob ball.
Cousins caught the ball, but George's help defense had already come, and Yi Jianlian came directly to a hamburger clip one after the other.
Cousins couldn't exert his strength, and his high-held shot was not flexible, and the ball jumped straight out after it came out.
At this time, Butler rushed inside to collect the defensive rebound, and the Nets played defensive counterattack.
After receiving the ball, Irving turned and ran, looked back at the moon and gave the ball to Yi Jianlian, who followed up, who made a shot and caused Green's hitter to foul.
After hitting both free throws, the Nets have narrowed the gap to seven points!
Cole reached out and called a timeout.
In this period, Cousins' role on the offensive end was not played, but because the retreat defense could not keep up, the Warriors' defense was unable to keep up, and it completely became a burden.
After the timeout, the Warriors made a substitution, and Iguodala came on to replace Cousins, which was a return to the death five.
“yes!”
Seeing the Warriors' substitution, both Frank and Rodgers couldn't help but reach out and clench their fists.
This is the result that Tang Tian wants in the halfcourt setup, as long as Cousins is played, then the game will not be a problem for the Nets.
You must know that when Cousins was not in the opener, the Nets bloodied the Warriors!
Yi Jianlian and Mitchell were called back, and Anthony and Cousins were replaced.
Curry carried the ball to the frontcourt, the Warriors played a pick-and-roll, and Curry distributed the ball to Durant, who hit a mid-range dry shot.
There was a cheer from the Warriors bench.
Curry also smiled and reached out with Durant in the retreat, which is their familiar style of play.
But back on the defensive end, Jokic hit Green in the low post as well.
After Cousins went down, he had a clear advantage in playing Green on the inside!
The Warriors also picked up, and Curry rushed to the front court to grab a three-point shot.
But Jokic was able to keep up with the pace of the court and turn around and grab a long rebound.
The Nets went to the frontcourt, and Jokic continued to play with his back in the low post, drawing the ball to Iguodala's bag and then distributing the ball to George, who dribbled to a mid-range pull-up.
The cheers continued, and they seemed to have seen the team play the Warriors again at the beginning of the season.
Kerr saw this and called Cousins up to get him back on the court.
But just as Cousins got up, Yi Jianlian and Mitchell also walked to the technical table......