Chapter 272: Golden State Warriors

At Oracle Field in Oakland, the Warriors host the Dallas Mavericks.

As soon as the game opened, the vitality of the Mavericks, who played back-to-back games, shocked all the spectators who watched the game.

I thought that the Mavericks Chen Zhi and Barnes duo led the starting lineup of three substitutes, indicating that the Mavericks had let go of their hearts about winning and losing this game, but I didn't expect that after a few rounds of this on-court lineup, it was a refreshing feeling, and they did not fall behind in the confrontation with the Warriors.

The depth of the Mavericks' lineup on the court is naturally far from enough to be compared with the Warriors, but in terms of defensive ability and offensive and defensive conversion speed, it is not inferior to the Warriors, the electric fan Finney Smith plays the fourth position, and Powell appears in the fifth position, which gives the Mavericks a head start in terms of speed, and the Green and center scum in the Warriors' fourth position are slower in comparison.

The Warriors have always been known for their mercury-like offense, but I didn't expect that in this game, the remnants of the Mavericks were actually competing with the Warriors for speed and defense, if they just discussed this issue on paper, they would definitely be sprayed by many fans as playing a big knife in front of Guan Gong, but this happened in the NBA arena, and the Mavericks' performance in a short period of time after the opening was not inferior, and the two sides went back and forth for a few rounds, and the score was 7:7.

Although there were some disputes with Durant, Chen Zhi did not fully explode at the beginning, and he knew how special today's game was for Barnes, who returned to Oracle Arena for the first time after signing with the Mavericks, and several balls after the opening have been constantly handed over to Barnes to handle.

Barnes, who returned to Oracle Arena, appeared to be in good shape, scoring on mid-range shots after a tentative step against his former teammates. As the season progressed, Barnes regained his touch, and the seemingly unreliable tentative mid-range shot that used to seem to have become his most conventional weapon, even a bit of a trick.

However, Barnes alone is not enough to support the Mavericks' offense, with Anderson's two three-point hits, Finney Smith's layup was cut away by Green, especially when the Warriors also began to exert their strength on the offensive end, the Mavericks gradually fell into disadvantage both in terms of score and court.

The Golden State Warriors, whether they like it or not, can't deny that this is indeed a very peculiar team, a team that has never been seen before in the entire history of the NBA.

There's no doubt that their offensive style is a run-and-gun team, and they don't hesitate to shoot like the Suns back then.

But they are not as weak as traditional run-and-gun teams on the defensive end, which is exactly what they rely on to maintain stability.

Usually the run-and-gun team will have a super strong backcourt point guard, like Nash, before his teammates receive the pass, the basketball is controlled by the core point guard, such as the current Houston Rockets, and even the current Mavericks on the court, Harden and Chen Zhi's possession rate is very high, just like the previous Nash.

Another difference between the Warriors and the Run-and-Bomb team is that they don't rely on their core point guard to stick to the ball, but use the ball to the extreme, a bit like the shadow of the Spurs team when the GDP was still at its peak a few years ago, perhaps this has something to do with Warriors head coach Steve Kerr's time under Popovich.

With the addition of Durant this season, in the Warriors' tactical system, Durant's low-post axis has appeared in the number of rounds, which coincides with the low-post offensive concept emphasized by Zen master Phil Jackson's triangle offense.

Obviously, although many people lament that any coach leads the Warriors team is a championship contender, Steve Kerr did leave his mark on the way to the Warriors' eventual championship.

Steve Kerr, who won five championships with the Bulls and Spurs, and worked with Nash as general manager of the Suns, can be said to be the culmination of the tactics of these three teams.

Most importantly, he was able to make the most appropriate changes to his tactics after getting the right players, as Iguodala and Durant are the best examples, and he was able to maintain the harmony in the locker room when making changes to the team, which is a true example of the Zen master.

And these are all the qualities that a great coach needs to have!

However, a great coach must meet great players to be able to truly lead the team to soar.

The foundation of the Warriors' success is that they still relied on the draft to obtain two historic three-point shooters, and in the three-point player ranking, they are definitely at the forefront of the all-time three-point shooters, which is an important foundation for them to finally hit the sky and officially introduce the NBA into the three-point era! This point, no matter how great the previous three-point shooters, was not done.

At the same time, there is another point that cannot be ignored, that is, the core of this team, Stephen Curry!

As the heart of the team, he is happy to play off-ball attacking style, setting the tone for the team to constantly share the ball, which is invaluable, especially as a core player. You must know that those great players in history have an obsession with the ball, even if they are not point guards, they want to keep the ball firmly in their hands.

The Warriors' harmonious locker room atmosphere can be established, probably based on Curry's selfless style of play, which is more selfless and thorough than James, who has always been willing to pass the ball unselfishly, and who wouldn't be happy to play with him to get more touches and even ball control opportunities? Probably this is also an important reason why Durant chose to join the Warriors, after all, even fans who like the Turtles must admit that many times Wei Shao is not calm enough or even too sticky to the ball, and likes to shoot a large number of three-pointers with a three-layer shooting rate.

The team's core style of play and characteristics determine the team's final system, after all, the team's tactical system is not something that can be established at will, and it must be set by coaches based on core players. Curry's style of play and characteristics are the root of Steve Kerr's ability to build this Warriors team's tactical system with the Warriors.

It can be said that there are two key elements for the emergence of the Warriors, one is the emergence of the Splash Brothers, especially Curry, and the other is the timely arrival of Kerr, which makes Green and Barnes stand out in the Warriors system.

But what really bothers the Mavericks now is not Warriors big man Stephen Curry, but Buddha Klay Thompson.

When the Mavericks began to fall behind, Chen didn't dare to be careless and immediately increased his shots, but at the end of the first quarter, the Mavericks still couldn't tie the score.

After the Warriors served, Curry advanced to the front court with the ball, and then handed the ball to Green at the top of Green's arc, Klay blocked and dismantled Curry who ran without the ball, Curry cut into the basket and was closely followed by Chen Zhi, Green did not have a chance to stuff the ball straight to the basket, but Pachulia immediately blocked and dismantled for Thompson, who had just made a wall for Curry, after the latter appeared in a small gap, he immediately hit a mid-range shot again after receiving Green's pass, as smooth as the previous shots!

Tang Shen's hand broke out without the slightest warning, and so far in the first quarter of the game, he has made 7 of 8 shots, and scored 18 points super efficiently! Although in terms of scoring, Chen Zhi, who scored 20 points, scored higher, but in terms of efficiency alone, Tang Shen was even better than Chen Zhi, who was taken care of by the Warriors, in this section!

In Klay's explosive state, Curry, Durant and others help the Warriors increase their points from time to time, and even if Chen arrives, it is difficult to narrow the point gap.

For the first time, when Chen Zhi faced an opponent on the NBA court, it was a real feeling of more difficulty! I also really feel that these teammates on the field who are constantly playing iron seem to be really a little untouchable!

Chen Zhi couldn't help but smile bitterly, did Durant ever have this sense of helplessness! Perhaps this is why Durant finally chose to join the Golden State Warriors.

NBA and CUBA are indeed very different, Chen Zhi's strength was far less than now, in the face of Tsinghua University, Peking University and those CUBA strong teams, he was still able to complete the reversal by himself, but now his strength is much stronger than at the beginning, but he is still unable to lead the Mavericks to narrow the point gap.

But isn't that what makes basketball a lot more fun?

Keep challenging strong enemies, challenge yourself, and fight side by side with these teammates!

Time on the pitch seemed to have stood still for a short time.

Chen Zhi looked around at several teammates who were defending on the court, Justin Anderson's brown mustache had sweat droplets dripping, Black Hawk and Electric Fan, two generally black guys, and the sweat beads on their heads were already extremely dense, Powell tried his best to push the scum away from the basket!

Chen Zhi squinted his eyes, he felt that there were some things that might be more glorious than the championship!

That's to fight against these teammates!

Just like on the battlefield, be proud of the horse leather shroud, and be ashamed of defecting to the enemy! Life and winning or losing are no longer so important compared to fighting side by side with your comrades!

The NBA is a business place, but for players who make basketball their lives, it's a battlefield!

And Chen is at this time, devoting himself to this battle!

In the NBA, where you can complete a run from the backcourt in three seconds, the situation on the court can change rapidly.

Chen Dao, who was completely concentrated, although he didn't turn his head at the moment, he keenly felt that Warriors center Pachulia had rushed behind him, ready to cover the wall for Curry!

Sure enough, Chen Zhi found that Curry in front of him immediately began to unfold the Warriors' signature air cut to the basket!

Dream Chasing Green, who responded to the elbow area, had an excellent vision, and there was no doubt that he saw this scene! Chen Zhi will be blocked by Pachulia as long as he turns, and Powell, who is targeting Pachuria, did not switch to Curry in advance. Just pass the ball to Curry on the move and it's an easy opportunity to get into the air.

And this way of scoring in the sky is the primary pursuit of the Warriors' air-cut counter-running team, and their pursuit of this kind of scoring is even above the three-point range.

Green didn't hesitate to hit the ball to the ground and pass it to Curry, who rushed to the basket!

However, on the passing route, a hand suddenly appeared, breaking the pass that was bound to be converted into an assist!

Green, who found that his pass was broken, was suddenly startled, and a look of disbelief appeared on his face!

When he found out that the person who broke the pass was Chen Dao, he was even more completely surprised!

How could it be Chen!

After this guy turned around and chased Curry, even if he didn't hit Pachuria, at least he would be delayed, how could he intercept his pass in time!

"He must have eyes behind him!" On the TNT commentary table, O'Neill and other three ace commentators exclaimed in unison!

Su Qun, a guest at the Penguin Sports commentary stage who was far away in China, also exclaimed, "Oh, Chen has covered up here, it's really a god!" It seems that there are eyes behind him, and he has long had an insight into Pachuria's movements! ”

After Chen Zhi broke the ball, the Mavericks immediately pressed the whole team to the frontcourt, but compared to Chen Dao, who broke the ball, everyone's reaction was slower, and Chen Zhi's whole person seemed to have entered the situation of integrating man and ball, and quickly dribbled to the front court, which seemed to be a few points faster than before!

Although the Warriors have always switched between offense and defense, they can't catch up at the moment!

The basketball in his hand was smashed into the basket by Chen Zhi after a big windmill on his chest, which was definitely a powerful and wonderful dunk performance!

Even though this is the home court of the Golden State Warriors and has the most loyal fans in the league at present, there are still many fans who can't help but cheer for Chen Zhi's wonderful dunk!

After Chen Zhi completed the fast-break dunk, the TV broadcaster finally got free time and replayed the action of Chen Zhi flashing Pachuria's cover before!

After Curry began to cut to the basket, Chen Zhi immediately followed sideways, but he did not turn around and run directly to the basket, but took a sideways step, and stepped directly in front of Pachulia who was covering the wall with his left foot, and then took his left foot as the axis, and flashed directly to Pachuria's side, and then did not pause at all, and immediately turned another continuous turn, and at the same time reached out with his left hand to Green's passing route to the basket, and directly cut off the ball!

The two turned around in one go, directly past Pachuria's cover, and at the same time moved to the passing route, and the scum who was passed by Chen even lost his mind for a moment!

After watching the replay again, commentators from all over the world still expressed their amazement in various languages in unison, Chen Zhi not only passed the cover made by Pachulia from behind, but also directly cut off Green's pass, this powerful insight is absolutely amazing!

Chen Zhi's magical over-cover, coupled with the fast-break fancy dunk after the steal, made the Mavericks players feel high!

The feeling of the hand is very ethereal, but to a certain extent, it is related to the mental state, for example, being too nervous will definitely affect the feel, and when the mind is more focused, the shooting crosshair is usually better!

After Chen's wonderful performance, the Mavericks players had some sluggish projections, as if they had opened up in an instant, and Justin Anderson and Finney Smith, who had repeatedly hit three-point irons, also hit shots one after another!

And this ball also announced that Chen Zhi had completely entered the rampage mode! No matter how strong the Golden State Warriors are facing at this moment, he still has the pride to knock his opponent off the horse!