296 Western Champions!
“Defend! Defend! Use our defense to suppress the opponent, use our defense to disrupt the opponent's offensive rhythm, and come up with the strongest defense"
Ahead of the start of the fourth quarter, this was Popovich's latest instruction to the Spurs players.
And after the game started, Jin Feng and they did start to exert their power on the defensive end.
The first wave of offense is the Warriors', and it is still Curry who advances the ball, and so far, Curry's performance has been very good, with 7 of 9 three-point shots, and a total of 32 points in the first three quarters, the state is very hot, most of the time Curry's opposite Jin Feng has not been able to limit him well on the defensive end, however, the first offense has been different since the fourth quarter.
At the top of the arc, facing Curry who was holding the ball, Jin Feng already had a prediction in his heart, and he knew that Curry would definitely continue to choose to shoot three points next, because his three points were hot in this game.
Therefore, he was very tight to Curry before, and suddenly moved his body backwards, leaving a certain amount of space for Curry, and he believed that Curry would not be indifferent.
Sure enough, when Jin Feng's body suddenly retreated, Curry immediately made a three-point shot, he was snickering at this sudden opportunity, however, just in the next second, as soon as the basketball left his hand, his expression stiffened, because his shot was slapped down by Jin Feng.
"Oh, China Jin has completed the block on Stephen Curry"
After slapping the basketball, Jin Feng used his speed to grab the basketball, and immediately launched a quick counterattack, holding the ball and rushing to the front court.
On the other side, Jonathan Simmons also started at almost the same time as Durant, and in the frontcourt position, Jin Feng and Simmons successfully received the air!
89:86! Spurs lead by three points!
On the other hand, Durant's mid-range step-back jumper was seriously interfered with by Simmons, causing Durant to miss, and then Danny Green hit a three-pointer in the bottom left corner, 92:86, and in an instant, the Spurs extended the difference to 6 points.
Cole saw that something was wrong and immediately called a timeout.
"After the fourth quarter of the game, it was obvious that the Spurs' defensive intensity on the defensive end had increased dramatically, which caught the Warriors off guard."
After returning from the timeout, the Warriors also increased their defensive intensity on the defensive end, and it looked like they were going to fight with the Spurs for a wave of defense.
It may have been an excellent adjustment, as the 37-year-old Gasol was given a pegboard hat by Durant for a layup.
I have to admit that when the Warriors also focus on defense, their defensive ability is also very good.
In the next few waves of offense, the Spurs used suffocating defense to keep the Warriors from playing, and the Warriors also used high-intensity defense to keep the Spurs from scoring a point.
So, obviously, at this time, both teams need someone who can step up and open up the situation on the offensive end.
For Jin Feng, who has the "Heavenly Reward System", he understands that at this time, perhaps only his unreasonable hit rate can do it, so immediately after, he stood up.
Kerr knew that Curry couldn't guard against Jin Feng, so even though Curry faced Jin Feng on the offensive end, he asked Thompson to face Jin Feng on the defensive end.
Facing Thompson, Jin Feng held the ball on the outside and made a vague gesture to Gasol, Gasol immediately pulled to the high position, separating Thompson, and then, Jin Feng instantly shot three points.
"Brush"
Hit!
The Warriors' offense, I have to admit that as the player with the best three-point shooting ability in the battle, Curry's three-point shot is sometimes unreasonable, such as now, Jin Feng is a player who stands up on the Spurs side, and Curry, who has gone crazy in this game, is obviously a player who stands up on the Warriors' side.
Facing Jin Feng, Curry stepped back and hit a long-distance three-pointer.
Jin Feng likes to play the ball, as far as it is concerned, it may not be very famous, but now he does think so, so, immediately after, almost the same position, under the cover of Danny Green's running, Jin Feng hit a three-point shot again.
When the "perverted quasi" Curry appears, everyone in the Warriors will choose to believe him, and this is the case at this time, and Curry lives up to expectations, and then hits the three-point shot!
"Haha, it's interesting, the game that looked boring just now because both sides put on high-intensity defense has become exciting in the blink of an eye because of the confrontation between Chinese Jin and Stephen Curry's outside three-point shot."
Jin Feng and Curry hit three-pointers in a row, which really made the entire arena boil at this time.
And look at the expressions of the two at this time, they are expressionless, maybe both of them understand that hitting three-pointers in a row is not the point, the point is to lead the team to win.
Next, the confrontation between the two continued, like shooting exercises, the shooting percentage was very high, however, this situation is not what either side of the head coach wants, they are of course happy that their players continue to hit three-pointers, but they cannot tolerate the opponent's not short three-point shots.
And if you don't want the opponent to hit a three-pointer, in the final analysis, you have to start from the defensive end.
Whether it was Danny Green or Jin Feng, defending Curry at this time did not have much effect, Popovich waved his hand, and Leonard personally went into battle.
On the Warriors' side, Thompson and Curry also couldn't stop Jin Feng, and Kerr waved his hand and sent Iguodala, in terms of defensive ability alone, even if Iguodala is no longer at his peak, he is still stronger than Durant.
So, when Jin Feng faces Iguodala and Curry faces Leonard, what will be the result.
For Jin Feng, don't look at Iguodala as old, but after all, it was a player who limited LeBron James very well in the finals two seasons ago, so in the first few rounds, he was very badly defended by Iguodala.
As for Curry, his situation against Leonard is also not much better, and under Leonard's defense, he is as miserable as Jin Feng.
However, Jin Feng and Curry are different after all, or in other words, the performance of the next two will not be the same after all.
Iguodala is very strong defensively, however, he has a fatal flaw, that is, physical fitness, a few rounds are okay, but it is almost impossible to maintain a high-intensity defense against Jin Feng, especially when Jin Feng has terrifying speed.
Curry's side is different, Curry doesn't have Jin Feng's terrifying speed, and Leonard is not Iguodala.
Therefore, the next situation is that Curry has been in a slump since then, under the defense of Leonard, and Jin Feng has gradually regained his crosshairs.
21 points!
Jin Feng, who scored only 15 points in the first three quarters, completely exploded in the fourth quarter, slashing a career-high 21 points in a single quarter.
And under Jin Feng's outbreak in the fourth quarter, the Spurs also took away the game in the final wave.
119:109!
The Spurs won Game 5 of the series and announced that they were the ultimate Western Conference champion of the season!