283 Needle Tip to Maimang
After a timeout, in the final 44 seconds of the first quarter, both sides fielded their starting lineups.
After Curry received Green's baseline ball in the backcourt, he was defended by Jin Feng for the first time, yes, the Spurs chose to press the whole court at this time.
Of course, the Warriors were also prepared for this, and Thompson and Curry played a two-on-one round, easily bypassing Jin Feng and smoothly carrying the ball across the half court.
In this regard, Jin Feng did not appear angry, he did not think that he could really stop Curry in the half.
Curry chose to control the tempo after advancing to the front court with the ball, and he had to organize the offense well.
Jin Feng was unwilling to give Curry a chance to calmly control the ball, so he immediately pounced again, but Curry used a back dribble to instantly make Jin Feng save and let Curry get a chance to shoot.
Three points has always been Curry's iron rice bowl, so at this time, Curry did not hesitate at all and decisively chose to shoot.
"Huh"
Curry hit a three-pointer.
44:41! The Warriors lead by 3 points!
There were 28 seconds left in the first quarter, enough for the Spurs to complete an offense.
Jin Feng controlled the ball, and was also pressed by the Warriors in the backcourt, unlike Curry who calmly got rid of the defense before, Jin Feng almost lost the ball under the pressure of Thompson, if it wasn't for Danny Green arriving in time, Jin Feng might have to add one to his error data.
A little muddy, but finally brought the ball to the frontcourt, the first time, Jin Feng handed the ball to Leonard, which was Popovich's tactical arrangement.
After Leonard received the ball, he continued to retreat from the mid-range position on the right side of the paint area, and even retreated outside the three-point line under Durant's forced defense.
However, Leonard looked as calm as water, and Jin Feng immediately understood Leonard's plan for this ball, so he immediately got rid of Curry, rushed over, and inserted himself between Leonard and Durant in an instant.
And Leonard, who was dribbling, seemed to have been prepared for a long time and shot three points with his hands open.
"Huh"
Same hit!
44:44! The score is tied again!
In the last 14 seconds, neither side grasped it, and just like that, the first quarter ended.
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The atmosphere at the entire Oracle Arena was not briefly dull because of the end of the first quarter, because everyone knew what kind of matchup they would witness in the upcoming second, third, and even fourth quarters.
Honestly, the Warriors and Spurs are two of the top teams in the West, there's no doubt about it, so when the two teams met in the Western Conference Finals before, most people looked forward to the series with an appreciative attitude.
However, to be honest, the first three games of the series ended, and everyone was more or less disappointed, because the course of the first three games did not reach the kind of picture that everyone imagined, the first two games were almost the Spurs pressed the Warriors all the time, and the third game was the Warriors who frantically suppressed the Spurs all over the court.
Until now, until the series progressed to the fourth game, which was very important for both sides, until the first quarter of the blood-pumping game came to an end.
Everyone finally realizes that their long-awaited showdown at the top may really be coming.
So, at this time, no one wants to take their attention off the court, everyone is holding their breath and waiting for the second quarter of the game to continue!
After a one-minute break, players from both sides returned to the court and the second quarter officially began.
"Friends, the second quarter begins, let's see what happens next"
First of all, the Warriors' offense, after Durant accelerated to break through Leonard, a strong dunk officially started the scoring frenzy in the second quarter.
The introverted Leonard is not very keen on this kind of overt response ball, but just because he is not keen does not mean that other Spurs players are not keen on it.
At least Jin Feng is very enthusiastic.
Immediately afterwards, Jin Feng faced the double bag of Curry and Thompson, and hit a mid-range and difficult backward jumper, which also started a scoring frenzy in the second quarter.
In the first minute and 42 seconds of the second quarter, Stephen Curry shook Danny Green and hit a three-point shot from a distance, and then Leonard hit Durant under the basket, hit the basket and caused Durant to shoot a foul, and finally scored 2+1.
From 3 minutes and 15 seconds to 5 minutes and 19 seconds in the second quarter, the top 3D players Klay Thompson and Danny Green in the lineups of both sides suddenly broke out at the same time, Curry and Jin Feng both chose the beauty of adults, which made the two of them hit a total of 6 three-pointers in just 2 minutes.
Heading into the second quarter of the official timeout, 69:68! The Warriors, playing at home, led the Spurs by one point, in other words, almost halfway through the second quarter, the score was still difficult to solve.
The official suspension is over, and both sides have made personnel adjustments!
On the Warriors' side, the former Finals FMVP Iguodala took the lead in the offensive end and led the Warriors to a 9-0 mini-climax.
This moment brought the atmosphere of the entire Oracle Arena to a new climax, just when the Warriors' home fans thought that the Warriors had completely opened up the point difference with this wave of offensive climaxes, the Spurs, Jonathan Simmons, known as Ginobili's successor, suddenly broke out.
Chasing the big hat Kevin Durant, stealing Stephen Curry, ** Klay Thompson, in an instant, Simmons turned into a superstar and led the Spurs to return a wave of 11:0 to the Warriors, not only erasing the point difference, but also exceeding by 1 point.
With the last 2 minutes left in the second quarter, the coaches of both sides tacitly re-introduced the starters.
As soon as he came on the court, the Spurs' offense, Jin Feng faced Durant, and hit a three-point shot at the top of the arc, and Durant's side responded only a few seconds later, when he held the ball only two steps away from the half, he directly shot a long-distance three-point shot.
In the stunned expressions of the fans, the basketball crossed a beautiful arc in the air and fell steadily into the basket.
84:82!
After the first half of the game, the scores of the two sides are still difficult to solve, but, from the score point of view, this has created a new history, in the history of the NBA, there has never been a group of Western Conference finals at the end of the half, playing two 80+ data.
Therefore, at this time, more people prefer to call the first half of the game between the two sides a point war.
There are generally three forms of strong dialogue, one is a simple offensive war, the second is a simple defensive war, and the third is a balanced offensive and defensive war.
Obviously, as things stand, the two teams are clearly attacking each other.
On the offensive end, the two teams played almost to the extreme in the second quarter, which can be called a needle-to-point.
And what will the game look like in the second half? Clearly, this has become the focus of anticipation......