Chapter 577: The Battle of Tianwang Mountain (4)
During the pause, Kerr also criticized Durant's somewhat absent-minded state today and the performance of scum Pachulia on the defensive end, and then replaced the scum with Iguodala, which is to use David West as Green and want to replicate the effect of the five small deaths.
However, David West's combat effectiveness is still not as strong as Green's, although on the offensive end he mentioned the high post and was indeed able to pull the inside a little empty, but his passing was a little worse, Klay Thompson's inside cut had already run out of the opportunity, David West had also seen this opportunity, but the movement of his hand was half a beat slower, and finally the opportunity turned into a mistake, and the ball was broken by Wade again.
The Lakers are fast attacking again, this time the Warriors' defensive speed is okay, Iguodala is also crazy chasing Ye Xuan, but Ye Xuan's sense of smell for fast break opportunities has reached the extreme, when David West passed the ball out, Ye Xuan had already begun to play fast attack, so even if Iguodala was crazy to catch up, but in the end he was still a step slower, and Ye Xuan received Wade's long pass and then easily picked up the basket.
The difference came to 8 points, although this difference could not reassure the Lakers, but at least it could give them a little relief. But at this time, Curry stood up again, he told everyone, why Durant averaged so many points per game than me, and I am still the boss of the Warriors, after controlling the ball to the frontcourt, I used David West's blocking and Durant's backhand to successfully widen the distance between him and Ye Xuan, and then when Durant passed back, he immediately pulled up a three-point shot, and in the ball, the difference was narrowed to 5 points.
And after the ball was hit, the offense on the Warriors' side gradually picked up in the next few rounds, first Curry once again used the breakthrough after the block to hit a small throw, and then Ye Xuan's shooting hit the iron, and the Warriors seized the opportunity to push a counterattack, Durant made a layup and hit the ball, at this time, the script was instantly flipped, the Lakers were beaten by the Warriors 7:0 small high court, and Wharton Jr. didn't understand what the players on the court were doing, so he immediately called a timeout and let the players analyze it themselves, You can also take a little ease.
At the end of the timeout, the players on the Lakers court instantly slowed down their rhythm, Ye Xuan slowly controlled the basketball and came to the frontcourt, first took advantage of Gasol's block to dismantle Klay Thompson, and then broke through two steps inward and hit a mid-range shot steadily, which was considered to have ended the Lakers' scoring drought.
And the Warriors' offensive pace did not slow down, Curry quickly brought the ball to the frontcourt, and then handed the ball to Durant, after receiving the ball, he casually made two simple feints and passed the ball to David West on the inside, West singled Gasol twice with his back, and then instantly distributed the ball to Klay Thompson's hands when Wade wanted to go to the bag, Thompson immediately handed the ball to Curry who was empty, and the elementary school student got up and down and scored three points.
After this ball hit, the Warriors completely smoothed out the point difference, and the Lakers instantly felt the pressure, the Warriors deserved to be the three crazy warriors, and they began to go crazy in the third quarter of the game, but fortunately, the Lakers were fighting at home today, and in the cheers of the audience, Wade also made a lot of effort, taking advantage of an opportunity for the opponent's defense to focus on Ye Xuan, and directly entered the interior line to easily score two points.
After playing two more rounds, the Warriors couldn't wait to take advantage of Ye Xuan's opportunity to cause David West's foul and put Green back on the court, after all, Green can effectively help the Warriors strengthen the protection of the interior after he plays, and his defense and supplementary defense can also make the Lakers constrained, but the Lakers did the opposite, replacing Gasol and Solomon Hill with Clarkson and Speights, and Hibbert was replaced by Nick Young.
The game continued, Ye Xuan walked to the free throw line and hit the second free throw, and the Lakers took a slight lead by two points. The Warriors served in the backcourt, and Curry took advantage of Solomon Hill to rest, and immediately handed the ball to Durant, hoping that Durant could play a few strong singles to help the Warriors take some leads, but unfortunately Durant was a little softer than Curry today, and he still couldn't hit the ball in the face of Clarkson's defense.
In fact, Durant has begun to be a little weak at this time, when they led the Warriors 3-1 in the Western Conference Finals, it was because Durant's own physical strength had dropped seriously, so it affected his own feel, but he still had to shoot all kinds of shots, so there was an exaggerated iron performance of 10 in 31.
And now at this time, as the team's strongest offensive point, Durant has this problem again, in fact, Durant can't be blamed, his tactical position in the Warriors is very high, and Kerr also directly chose to him, the first four games combined, Durant played 157 minutes, With an average of 39.3 minutes per game, Durant is not a perverted physical player like James, so he is naturally a little unbearable, plus they played until the tie-break in the Western Conference semifinals and the Pelicans, so their physical strength is even more seriously depleted, and it turns out that when Durant needs to stand up, he has already become Dusoft.
Durant is soft, but Clarkson, who is opposite him, is like chicken blood, after Ye Xuan controlled the ball and came to the frontcourt, he immediately passed the ball to Clarkson, who began to seek opportunities after running to the frontcourt, Clarkson had slipped to the bottom line and rushed into the Warriors' interior line at this time, receiving Ye Xuan's pass, Clarkson directly took three steps to meet Green's defense and was about to go to the basket, Green wanted to catch up with the block at first, but thinking that he was carrying 4 fouls, he hesitated a little, and as a result, this hesitation, Having missed the best opportunity to defend himself, he could only watch Clarkson dunk.
And the Warriors, today's protagonist seems to have become Curry, who has been very uncomfortable by Ye Xuan in the first few games, the performance of elementary school students in the first two quarters today is decent, not too eye-catching, but in the first half of the third quarter of the game, Curry suddenly began to exert power, so far, Curry's shots have been 11 shots 8 hits, super high efficiency, and 5 of them are three-point shots, and hit 3 of them, which is also the main reason why the Warriors can catch up with the nearly ten points.
This round of offense is no exception, Curry handed the ball to Green after controlling the ball and came to the front court, and Green was in the high post as a shaft, not only controlling the ball, but also observing the running position of his teammates.
In the next few rounds, Ye Xuan couldn't find any good shots, but fortunately, Wade and Clarkson also played very well, and they have been helping the Lakers not to be overtaken by their opponents, and the opponent's lineup has gradually shown fatigue, that is, their hand has begun to decline, first the middle shot of elementary school students, and then Klay Thompson's three-point shot also smashed out of the basket. The Lakers also took advantage of the opponent's several missed shots to regain control of the situation on the court, although they failed to pull the score away, but at least they stabilized their position and were not overwhelmed by the opponent's strong attack. Kerr also discovered this problem, quickly called a timeout, and replaced Green and Durant, Green only played more than 3 minutes when he came up, and then he was replaced again.
This substitution also gave the Warriors a chance to adjust their condition and recuperate and prepare for the final showdown. At the end of the timeout, Clarkson sent the ball to Ye Xuan's hand on the sideline, Ye Xuan took advantage of the confusion at the time of serving to get rid of Iguodala's defense, and then did not hesitate to pull out his hand directly after receiving the ball, the place where the shot was still more than two steps away from the three-point line, but the basketball still went straight into the basket.
After throwing the ball, Ye Xuan also breathed a sigh of relief, after all, if he missed this shot and the opponent hit the ball again, it is estimated that the opponent will take the lead, once the Warriors take the lead, it will definitely boost the opponent's morale, and it will be difficult to win at that time. However, after hitting this ultra-long three-pointer, the Lakers once again took a four-point lead, which also relieved the Lakers audience.
The Warriors want to chase after the victory, and want to take advantage of the opportunity of the Lakers' weak offense to take the opponent away in a wave, but they still underestimate the Lakers' determination to win.
Speights grabbed the backcourt rebound and quickly passed the ball to Ye Xuan, Ye Xuan immediately started to rush to the frontcourt, the Warriors' side Klay Thompson and Clarke reacted very quickly and immediately returned to defense, but the Lakers' reaction was also very fast, Wade and Ye Xuan were also desperately chasing the frontcourt, and when they saw that Clark was about to catch up with Ye Xuan, Ye Xuan made a lateral pass and stuffed the ball into Wade's hand.
Wade received the ball and was about to continue to break through, at this time Klay Thompson's return defense was also in place, directly blocking Wade's way, but in this way, Ye Xuan was empty, although Clark also struggled to chase back, but after Ye Xuan received the basketball, he dribbled two steps in the direction of the bottom corner, and then took a step back to the three-point line, pulled out his hand again, and hit it.
At this time, the Warriors were a little flustered again, Ye Xuan's two consecutive three-point shots disrupted the Warriors' plan in an instant, in their opinion, Ye Xuan should not pose any threat to them under Iguodala's defense and continuous supplementation, but suddenly Ye Xuan came so twice, the Warriors' chasing rhythm was interrupted instantly, if there was no Ye Xuan's sneak attack, now the Lakers' offense should have been paralyzed, and their own team should have taken the lead.
Curry came to the front court with the ball again, in the face of Ye Xuan's defense, Curry did not choose to play alone, but beckoned David West to help block and dismantle, after the block, Curry saw that he could not get rid of the opponent's defense, so he decisively passed the ball to Klay Thompson at the top of the arc, Tang Shen used West, who remained in the high post after the blocking, to do the shaft, and avoided Wade's defense in two steps, and then took advantage of the emptiness of the interior line to kill directly to the Lakers' restricted area, although Speights wanted to go up to make up for the defense, But he was afraid that the opponent would pass the ball to Iguodala behind him, so he could only symbolically reach out to interfere with the opponent, and watched Klay Thompson make a layup.
On the Lakers' side, when there is no fast offensive opportunity, they can only attack the position steadily, and when the position is attacking, it is very difficult for Ye Xuan to continue to get rid of the opponent after getting rid of Iguodala's defense, so the responsibility of the offense is still in the hands of Wade, and although Wade does not have any advantage in single-handedly playing Klay Thompson, he can use his experience to attack, in this round, Wade is using continuous feints to deceive Klay Thompson's defense, Then throw the ball into the spot.
In the next few rounds, although the success rate of the Lakers was not high, they were at least able to maintain a three- to five-point lead, not allowing the Warriors to get a chance to overtake the score, and when the third quarter of the game was about to end, Ye Xuan shot again, and the Warriors grabbed the backcourt rebound by Iguodala, handed the ball to Curry, and quickly killed the frontcourt. The Lakers' generals retreated very quickly and did not give the opponent a chance to break fast, but David West's high jumper gave the Lakers a heavy punch, and Speights didn't expect West to shoot directly after receiving the ball in the high post, so he retreated a little deep, but West suddenly made a cold arrow and hit this long-range shot, and the difference between the two teams was narrowed to 2 points again.
The Lakers also have no way, the backcourt serve can only play a fast, fast control of the ball to the front court to pull up is to force a shot, but unfortunately in the end due to the lack of offensive time, so the shot is a little hasty, so it still ends in iron. At the end of the third quarter, the Lakers lost by two points in a single quarter, which was caused by some mistakes by the Warriors in the first half of the third quarter, but this also made the final quarter a veritable showdown, after all, the two teams only had a two-point difference, so both teams could have a chance to win in the last twelve minutes.