Chapter 203: Foul War

With a 2:2 draw, the fifth game is particularly crucial, and whoever can win the fifth game is equivalent to stepping into the second round with one foot.

The game was hyped up before the game, but when the game started, the Warriors once again showed their strong firepower, and McMillan still failed to respond, watching the Warriors win one game at the home of the Trail Blazers, and the big score came to 3:2.

After the game, reporters interviewed Barkley, who said: "I'm optimistic about the Warriors to advance, Nelson is a famous coach, he took all the weaknesses of the Trail Blazers and arranged them, and the Warriors players also executed his tactics well under the arrangement of Rich. But what do you look at what McMillan did? He pressed Fernandez to the bench in Game 5! Richie scored 35 points, and McMillan was credited with it. ”

The reporter caught the topic and then asked, "If Fernandez returns, will the Trail Blazers have a chance to win Game 6?" ”

Barkley shook his head and said: "It's hard, the Warriors have a lot of weaknesses, they're young, they're inexperienced, they have weaknesses at point guard, but the Trail Blazers, like them, are in the playoffs for the first year. But one thing the Warriors are better than them is that they have a good coach and a few veterans who can inject energy into this youth team in key moments. ”

Trail Blazers legend Bill Wharton also expressed concern about the Trail Blazers in an interview.

"I knew McMillan was not good, he was so poor at directing on the floor, he didn't have the trust of the players, and the first two games looked like the Trail Blazers kids were like a bunch of lost lambs who didn't know how to play. Also, the Trail Blazers are too young, they don't have a veteran on the team, and they need to be affirmed at this time, but they obviously don't have anyone like that. ”

Bill Wharton was right when he said that the Trail Blazers were in despair right now, but no one was stepping up at this point. Roy has a heart that never gives up, but he is not good at talking.

And on the Warriors' side, the fighting spirit is high, O'Neal told the Warriors players over and over again.

"Game 6 we're going to kick the Trail Blazers' ass out!"

He's helping the Warriors' newcomers move forward in another way.

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In addition to the Warriors and Trail Blazers games, other series in the East and West are also going on simultaneously, but none of them are as intense as the Warriors vs. Trail Blazers.

Rockets 3:1 Spurs. After losing Game 1 to the Spurs, the Rockets immediately made adjustments and won three games in a row.

In order to ensure the attacking power, Adelman made the "street ball king" Alston as a substitute, although Alston was dissatisfied, but this did increase the attacking power of the substitute.

Parker struggles to defend Brooks, who is not afraid of the technical Alstom, but is afraid of the fast Brooks. Battier played as a shooting guard and was also successful defensively against Michael Finley. Yao Ming and Duncan exploded each other on the inside, but on the power forward, Scola played Bonner's head, and at the small forward position, Artest also had an advantage over Bruce Bowen.

On the bench, the Rockets sat on the bench with Alston, Weaver, Barry, Landry, Kostic and other bench bandits, who could maintain their offensive power when they got on the court. The Rockets gave up the defense of the Van Gundy era, but instead played better and better, and Yao Ming pulled more to the high post to block and dismantle, allowing the Rockets to enhance the change of tactics.

The Rockets are in sight, but Maddie is regarded as a broom star by Houston fans, and he doesn't appear, but the Rockets are stronger.

The Spurs' loss is also expected, Ginobili and the veteran Curt Thomas are old, the Spurs' center is Bonner, who can only shoot three-pointers, and the outside is also Bowen and Finley, who are about to retire, and there is no way to win with Parker and Duncan alone.

The Nuggets lead the Mavericks 3-1. Originally, the Nuggets had a chance to advance in Game 4 with a 3-0 advantage, but Nowitzki scored 19 points in the final quarter to save the Mavericks.

Nowitzki had a double-double of 44 points and 13 rebounds on 14-of-25 shooting, 19 of which came in the final quarter. The fifth game between the two sides will be held on the home court of the Nuggets, and the Nuggets' Anthony and Billups work together tacitly, and the fifth game is not much suspenseful.

The Lakers led the Hornets 3-1, and the Lakers defeated the Hornets 108-94 away to win the match point, and the fifth game was held in Los Angeles.

This is a series without suspense, the Lakers are aiming to win the championship, the Hornets are short of major generals, Kobe Bryant averaged 32.6 points per game in this series, and crowned the Lakers in the way of Black Mamba. While the Hornets did their best to avoid being swept in Game 4, with Hornets Paul scoring 32 points, 12 assists and five rebounds, it was just New Orleans' helpless struggle.

In the Eastern matchup, the Cavaliers won the Pistons 4-0 cleanly. Iverson didn't play in the playoffs, and if he does, maybe the Pistons will be able to struggle a bit. But the Pistons made it clear that they were training the newcomers and continued to hide Iverson.

The Celtics and Bulls are tied 3-2. Garnett is absent, and the Celtics can only play role players such as "Big Baby" Davis and Scala Bulini on the big forward, although both players have their own characteristics on the offensive end, but they are very different from Garnett in defense.

This round of the series made rookie Derrick Rose stand out, and in the first game, Rose beat Rajon Rondo with 36 points and 11 assists, and the Bulls beat the defending champion in overtime.

He and Rondo clashed several times in the series, which can be described as full of gunpowder. Everyone can see that the Bulls want to win the series, but the defending champions will inevitably make adjustments in the following games, and the Bulls' "Black Seven" will be difficult.

The Magic led the Philadelphia 76ers 3-1, the gap in strength between the two sides was not small, and the 76ers lost Elton Brand, who they hired heavily, and there was no suspense in this series.

The more intense games are the Hawks and the Heat, both teams are Predators, and every game is extremely hot on both offensive and defensive ends.

Wade's 22-point deficit in the fourth game was difficult to salvage, and the Hawks tied 2-2 on the road. After the All-Star break, the Raptors sent O'Neal Jr. and forward Moon to the Heat, where they got the Heat's forward Marion and guard Banks.

Marion's contract expires this year, and the Heat have not thought of renewing Marion's contract, they have to make room for the summer of 2010 to bring in reinforcements, and while keeping Wade, they are expected to sign players such as James, Kobe Bryant and Bosh, while O'Neal Jr.'s seven-year, $120 million contract expires in 2010.

Without Marion, the Heat's defense is much worse. Joe Johnson broke through wantonly, and the jump shot was even more arbitrary. O'Neill Jr. is not very useful, he is not even as strong as Haslem, and he is even worse defensively. The Heat have little hope of making it to the second round.

Now, the Warriors and Trail Blazers series is the best game to watch in the first series.

In the sixth game, the game was broadcast live on TV stations in many countries around the world. Before the game, the coaches of both teams are the busiest, they have to identify each other's weaknesses in order to adjust their tactics in the following games.

McMillan was overwhelmed by the outside rhetoric, but he made adjustments to the game.

He asked the players to drive Li Zhi to the outside and forced Li Zhi to shoot on the outside. Lee's breakthrough is the starting point of all the Warriors' tactics, and if Richie breaks through to the restricted area, the Trail Blazers will have only a dead end. McMillan asked for more defensive intensity, allowing players to foul aggressively when defending Rich.

The Warriors are also focused on Roy, with Nelson ready to start Barnes in the game. Moreau starts with Steve Blake, which is not much of a problem, as long as Morrow targets his shots.

O'Neal continues to block and dismantle with Lee, while also being responsible for help defense and blocking. O'Neal and Lee Zhi are inside and outside, the two defensive cores of the Warriors are on the court, Roy will not have too easy scoring opportunities, and this game will definitely not let Roy play in the state.

Nelson's headache is the problem of defending Aldridge. In the end, in desperation, Nelson could only let Jordan Jr. and David Lee adopt foul tactics to interrupt Aldridge's shooting touch.

On the Internet, the discussion about this game is very hot, many people question the Warriors' playing methods, saying that the Warriors play too dirty, and defensively, whether it is O'Neal, Jackson or Barnes, there are small movements, and Li Zhi's layup is even more brutal with his body.

Warriors fans immediately countered, saying that this is the playoffs, the defense wins the championship, and the Warriors are running for the championship. Warriors fans also said that the Trail Blazers' defense is not clean, Potsbilla and Fernandez have both had vicious fouls on Li Zhi, if it weren't for Li Zhi's good physique, maybe Li Zhi would have been injured a long time ago.

Trail Blazers fans support their own team, they think to give Roy unlimited shot rights, completely liberate Roy, they feel that Roy's crazy shot can save the Trail Blazers. They also complained about the Trail Blazers' draft, believing that if the '07 draft didn't pick Oden, the Trail Blazers' strength would definitely not be what it is today.

In the face of the whipping corpse of the fans, the Trail Blazers management could only pinch their noses and admit that this was their mistake. In the '07 rookie, if Oden had been replaced with Durant and had a scorer who averaged 25 points per game, the series would have been much better.

Even if Durant hadn't been chosen, Horford, Noah or Michael Conley had been chosen, the Trail Blazers were in a much better position than they are today.

But Warriors fans immediately said: If the Trail Blazers choose Li Zhi in 07, then this round of the series may not be there directly, and the Warriors may not even be able to enter the playoffs.

After the start of the sixth game, it was discovered that McMillan must have gone online, otherwise how to explain Roy's crazy shot?

The lineups on both sides have not changed much, what has changed is the intensity of the game between the two teams. The Trailblazers came up with all kinds of fouls, and Li Zhi didn't feel it at all.

Aldridge and Li Zhi suffered the same, David Lee did not defend well, but dared to foul fiercely, Aldridge was beaten by David Lee crazy, his right hand was red, and his shooting was repeatedly iron.

To the surprise of fans, both teams had players who committed two fouls in the first quarter, but the coaches of both sides did not make any substitutions, which was a little incomprehensible.

McMillan sat on the bench with his eyes closed, but his heart was very anxious, the Trail Blazers really didn't have anyone available. The first quarter was started by Purzbilla, who had already committed two fouls, but with him, Frye was less effective at limiting Lee.

Nelson was really squinting at the game, and he was really not in a hurry. Chris Mullin's sending Lowry away was a failure, but it made the Warriors' interior stronger.

The Warriors have O'Neal, Jordan Jr., Milicic, and David Lee on the inside, and there is one and another to play, even if one person is beaten down with 6 fouls, he still has someone to use.

Roy felt hot as soon as he came up, and for this game, he chose to keep shooting to keep his hand. He dodged Barnes' floating shot, broke through to the inside and pulled up for a layup, but Barnes couldn't defend him.

As for the Warriors, Li Zhi did not feel good, but he still opened up the situation with O'Neal with the use of blocking and pick-and-roll for the Warriors. O'Neal repeatedly dunked inside, and Purzbila was helpless.

After four minutes of play, McMillan finally couldn't sit still. Pulzbilla fouled 3 times, Fernandez 3, he made a substitution, let Batum defend Rich, changed to mixed defense, the center of gravity of the defense tilted to the inside, let Purzbila prevent O'Neal from cutting.

But in this way, Li Zhi opened. Batum's defense did have a gap with Fernandes, he didn't have the ferocity of Fernandes, and Richie scored six points in a row in the second half of the first quarter, and the Trail Blazers had another problem.

The defensive end of the defense is missing one by one, so fortunately, let's fight to attack, McMillan spread his hands and thought helplessly.

But the bad thing is that Roy was guarded in the second quarter, not by the Warriors, but by his own icy touch.

He's never been the kind of player who plays consistently, that's normal. In the past, when Roy was iron, Aldridge would stand up, but Aldridge didn't feel good in this game, and Roy's iron brought the Trailblazers into the abyss.