Chapter 556: Counterattack, Counterattacked
The three offenses led by Yiyang made the 8-point advantage that the Warriors had built up disappear in an instant. But it wasn't the offense itself that allowed the Mavericks to equalize, it was their better defense. Therefore, it is not false to say that the defense leads the offense.
Mark. Jackson is quite old right now, and the biggest drawback of the elevator door tactic is not the need to give up offensive rebounds, but the extreme ease of targeting. As long as the three-point shooting point is limited, the elevator tactic loses its power. It's just that he didn't expect the Mavericks to find a way to target so quickly.
Carlisle's players were very good defensively, and they didn't have any pressure to switch defences. A few minutes into the second quarter, the Warriors, who played vigorously in the first half, had yet to score.
Mark. Jackson began to yell at the court, hoping that the players could stabilize the tempo by attacking inside. So this time, Curry is no longer the endpoint, and David is active on the inside. Lee became the anchor of the Warriors.
Stabilizing the situation first and then launching a counterattack is the Warriors' strategy right now. But David. Lee overlooked that it wasn't the aging Haitian center who was guarding the Mavericks' interior now.
Leaning on Nowitzki, David. Li sat back on the road with a light car. Nowitzki's defense is above the passing line, but not top-notch. To David. For an offensive kaleidoscope like Lee, just defending above the passing line is certainly not enough.
Halfway through, he suddenly turned back, as if he was about to make a step-back jumper! Nowitzki is well aware of David. How accurate Lee's close-range back-up is, although his shot point is not as high as his own, and it is easy to interfere, but you have to interfere with it too.
So, Nowitzki pounced as hard as he could, and as long as he pounced, he could interfere with David, who was slightly shorter. Plum.
But alas, this is another trap! Seeing Nowitzki pounce on him, David. Lee turned around abruptly, then took a step forward, swept past Nowitzki, who was all the way forward, and walked under the basket instead.
Nowitzki's superb footwork on the inside made Nowitzki unguardable, and this was the second time in this game that Dirk was defeated by David. Lee's footsteps played.
Nowitzki also wants to change his focus to replace David. Lee, but it was already too late, and in the face of an unguarded basket, David. Lee made a light leap, ready to put the ball in the frame.
Just in Mark. Jackson started for David. Lee applauded when Rudy. Gobert slapped his horse and rushed to the scene with his exaggerated long arms. Lee's layup went straight to the rebound!
"Boom!" There was a loud bang, and the tempered glass of the rebound trembled slightly. The basketball is squeezed on the rebound, and it seems that it may be squashed at any time!
David. Li looked back in surprise, he obviously didn't see Gobert coming over just now! However, that's where Goebel is so powerful. With no loss of destructive power, Gobert's movement speed in the seven-foot center ranks is definitely top-notch. If this ball is replaced by Mark. Gasol or some other seven-foot center guard, it will definitely be too late. But with Gobert, distance is not a problem at all!
After the roof was raised, Gobert didn't think much about it and threw the ball directly to the frontcourt. When the camera followed the basketball quickly, people realized that Yiyang had already started early and ran to the front.
But there was one problem, Gobert's pass seemed a little too big. Not all of them will pass the ball, let alone the big guys.
The ball didn't pass quickly, but it was a little too high, and Yiyang had to jump up to catch it. But if you jump up and wait for the landing, the Warriors' retreat will follow, and the Mavericks will miss an opportunity to play the fast break.
But this ball, Yiyang can't directly relay in the air. Because he needs to jump to catch the ball at the free throw line, Yiyang can't guarantee that he will be able to complete an empty catch dunk from the free throw line.
At this moment, Yiyang's afterglow caught a glimpse of Iguodala, who was following quickly. He didn't know if Iguodala would understand what he meant, but that's all he could do.
Yiyang jumped vertically from the free-throw line and grabbed Gobert's long pass. At the same time, Iguodala completed the overtake and sped past Yiyang. Yiyang was in the air, and when he didn't land, he reached out and lightly padd, and directly passed the ball again, pushing the basketball closer to the basket!
"What is this guy going to do!?" Mike. Bryn's eyes widened, unwilling to let go of any of the details on the field.
The basketball was pushed closer to the basket, and then, Iguodala, who was in front of him, leaped high and held the basketball with one hand. Yiyang's pass was just right, and Iguodala now only needs to press the ball into the basket without any angle adjustments.
Iguodala scored a one-handed dunk, and instead of celebrating alone after the dunk was over, he immediately rushed up and touched Yiyang's head. What about the others? They were all stunned.
"What the is this!?" Mark. Jackson couldn't help but explode foul.
In the air, just one touch of the ball can create an opportunity for your teammates to complete the aerial relay. Not to mention how terrifying Yiyang's passing ability is, rushing him to come up with such a way to clear the siege is enough to shock everyone.
"It's a veritable aerial relay because the passer and finisher are in the air!" Mike. Brin made a joke, but it was the best interpretation of the attack that had just begun.
A fast attack that was obviously destined to fail, but was saved by Yiyang in an unbelievable way. Turning decay into magic, this is what Yiyang is good at.
This aerial relay allowed the Mavericks to overtake the score and completely break the Warriors' control of the situation. At the same time, such a wonderful goal also demoralized the Warriors.
From pegboard hats to aerial relays, the Mavericks are all about showing, putting on a show to their heart's content.
Curry, who did not admit defeat, was eager to score points for the team with his smart breakthrough in the next offense, but this No. 30 baby face seemed to forget that he was facing the most aggressive control in the league, and there was no one!
Curry had just thrown the ball out, and Yiyang mercilessly fanned it out of the baseline from behind, leaving Curry with no face at all. Although the ball still belongs to the Warriors, a big blow to the head and face undoubtedly made the morale of the Warriors even lower.
Sure enough, after re-sending the baseline shot, the Warriors' offense has become a mess. The bunch was in a hurry, and they didn't want the Mavericks to pull the score away because the whole world knows how hard it is to catch up with the Mavericks while they're behind.
But the more I thought about it, the more chaotic the Warriors became. Eventually, Harrison. Barnes had the audacity to get inside, thinking that he would be able to cheat a foul even if he didn't score. But young Barnes proved to be too naïve.
Gobert's block was clean and didn't allow the referee to catch any problems. With three consecutive offenses blocked, the area of the Warriors' players' psychological shadows is growing rapidly. And this, the horror of the official Mavericks' defense.
The offense was chaotic, and the Warriors' defense seemed to be in a hurry as well. Nowitzki retaliated with a step-up basket after a turnaround feint, and David was also created. Lee fouled.
David. Lee wanted to defend the ball so much that he wanted to block it recklessly. As a result, David. Lee's palm slammed into Nowitzki's forearm. The defense failed, and the opponent was given the opportunity to play three points.
At the penalty line, the "German tank" hardly missed. Although his right forearm still feels hot now, David. Li just hit it very lightly. But even so, Dirk still made steady free throws and hit a three-pointer, and the Mavericks went from trailing by eight points to leading by five points. And that's just the beginning.
In the rest of the game, the Mavericks' offense played smoothly, while the Warriors played more and more chaotic. Curry, who scored 12 points in a single quarter of the first quarter of the game, was targeted by Yiyang as if he had disappeared, and only occasionally made a foul on the free throw line for breaking through that people would be recalled. "Oh, so the Warriors also have a Stephen. What about Curry. ”
Until the fourth quarter of the game, the Mavericks had the advantage. They kept the margin between 10 and 12 points, and the Warriors almost wanted to give up.
However, perhaps God also thinks it is destined to be a showdown between top defenders. Since it is a duel between top defenders, it naturally can't end like this.
So in the final minutes of the fourth quarter, God he put on the Warriors' No. 30 jersey.
"Stephen. Curry took two steps from beyond the three-point line after halftime, and two consecutive three-pointers seemed to give him confidence! The ball is in! In this unbelievable position, under the interference of Yi, Stephen. Curry made an incredible three-pointer that saved the Warriors' life! "Mike. Brin raised his arms and Curry's brilliant three-point shot was just too exciting.
Two steps outside the three-point line, decisive jumps, quick shots, all in one go. On top of that, the ball really went in! Curry's three-point shot illustrates what a real life-threatening long-range shot is!
Yiyang shook his head helplessly, I don't know why, the guy in Curry suddenly came to feel it. In the first two offenses, Curry hit three points through blocking and pick-and-roll once, and still hit three points against Yiyang's defense. And now, he actually hit a three-pointer from two steps at the three-point line. Three consecutive three-pointers, each more difficult than the other, helped the Warriors, who had been struggling on the edge of the cliff, narrow the gap to 1 point!
That's why Carlisle values this game, and the three-point shot is really likely to become the mainstream offensive method that all teams are crazy about! If you put it in the traditional tactics, a 10-point deficit in the last minute of the game is almost equivalent to losing the game.
But the three-point shot made it possible to tie or even overtake.
After Curry's goal, he spit out his braces and put them in his mouth, then raised his right hand and pointed to the sky. Thank God for saving the team.
"If the time before this game was a personal one, now Stephen has undoubtedly put the spotlight on himself! His incredible performance brought the Warriors back to life! ”
At this point, there were only 32 seconds left before the end of the game, and if nothing else, there was still one attack from each side. Carlisle called for a halt to the game and set up for the final attack. Mark. Jackson is also very busy, and if he wins this game, he and the Warriors will do another miracle!
"Stare at death, if he gets rid of Stephen, you will make up for me, if he gets rid of it again, you will make up for it! Anyway, I don't want to see him get a shred of space! "Mark. Jackson undoubtedly focused on Yiyang, who has been killed by countless teams, and the Warriors don't want to be one of those bones.
"As long as the offense is playing, we're going to defend the Warriors' three-pointers with all our might, and it's okay to give them the basket, but we have to defend the threes with all our might!" On the other side, Carlisle is also actively arranging tactics. But what he is more interested in is the defense of the next round.
The timeout was over quickly, and the fans, whose hearts were already beating out, finally looked forward to the players who were about to play.
Yiyang and Curry cooperated very well to give the two of them a split-screen shot. Curry smiled, and Yiyang was expressionless. These two guys are really outright opponents, and they don't even match their personalities.
So now, which jersey will God choose to wear?