Chapter 220: Only the suspense of FMVP?
The score is 2-0, the next game is still the home court of the Warriors, is there still suspense in the finals?
Li Zhi scored 27 points, 3 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 steal and 1 block. Milicic continued to show his hands, with 24 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocks, and he seemed to have become the biggest reliance on the Warriors' interior line. Crawford also scored 18 points, and all six of the Warriors scored in double figures.
The Magic only had three players score in double figures, and the best performance was Rashad Lewis with 35 points, 11 rebounds and 7 assists, a game-high score. Whether it is facing Nick Young or Jackson, his shots are very resolute, and the downflow after the block is even more unguardable. Turkoglu had 22 points, 6 assists and 4 rebounds, and Lewis was the backbone of the Magic.
Howard had 21 points, 13 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 steals and 3 blocks, but he had 8 turnovers, which was a beautiful statistic, but not very efficient.
Although the Magic players are very determined to shoot, and the two big shooters, Lewis and Turkoglou, have a 50% 3-point shooting rate, but unfortunately their opponents are the Warriors, who are more terrible in three-point shooting. If it had been another team, it might have won a long time ago.
The Warriors used the sharpest offense to dismantle the Magic's defense, with more players in the rotation and more blossoms, while none of the Magic's benches scored double-doubles, and Petrus was completely dumb under the care of Gerard Green.
After the game, the outside world was already talking about it, and Bill Simmons posted an article commenting: "The finals are 2-0 behind, and the chance of a comeback in NBA history is less than 6%, plus the games are all away from home, and the Magic basically announced that they missed the championship." Maybe they can get away with winning a game, but they can't turn it around. ”
Suns general manager Steve Kerr believes: "The Warriors also have weaknesses and they weren't tough enough against the Magic's compression defense. In this game, the Warriors lacked consistency defensively in the face of the Magic's accurate three-point shooting from the outside, which also led to Lewis and Turkoglou shooting 50% from three-point range. But that wasn't enough to help the Magic turn the tables around, and the game showed not only the difference in the quality of the players on both sides, but also the gap between the coaches of the two sides, and Nelson can make adjustments in any situation, and their end point can only be the championship. ”
Some people also believe that after the two wars, the Magic should know enough about the Warriors, and the Finals still remain in suspense. Whether there is suspense in the finals or not, it mainly depends on the third game between the two sides, and there is still the possibility of reversal in the case of 2-0, but the 3-0 big score Magic is absolutely hopeless.
Magic fans are concerned about whether they can pull one back in Game 3, but Warriors fans are already hotly discussing who the Finals MVP is.
Both Ritch and Milicic have put up good numbers in both games, followed by Crawford, who have played well in both games, and the MVP can only be produced from the three.
The performances of Li Zhi and Milicic have sparked heated discussions among fans, and Li Zhi is expected to win the Finals MVP in the second season of his career, and Milicic is a representative of Nirvana's rebirth.
When the reporter interviewed him, Milicic threatened that FMVP would never be given to Li Zhi, let Li Zhi cry.
Reporters all know that Milicic has a mentally retarded aura, and he can't get any useful information from his mouth, and when he goes back, he can only exaggerate and say that "the core contradictions inside and outside the Warriors have erupted, and the FMVP battle may become a nightmare for Golden State."
Looking at the newspaper report, Li Zhi could only sigh that the reporter was afraid that the world would not be chaotic, and Milicic was mentally retarded and could not speculate with common sense at all.
In his previous life, he saw too many such reports, and he couldn't arouse Li Zhi's interest at all, but Milicic cared a lot about the comments of the outside world, and after this report was issued, the outside world's evaluation of him directly came to a 180-degree turn, saying that he was "arrogant", "nouveau riche mentality", "data brush", "tumor", etc., which made him angry.
If the fans' evaluations are brainless, forget it, but the evaluations of many fans are well-founded, Lewis scored a game-high 35 points, and when the data of the two people in the opposite position is compared, Milicic looks like a data brush.
Milicic angrily smashed the newspaper in his hand and said angrily: "Look, I'm going to beat Lewis in the next game to show you!" ”
Although the Warriors led 2-0, Li Zhi did not dare to take it lightly. There are still many examples of 2-0 turnovers. In 2006, when the Mavericks lost 2-0 to the Heat, O'Neal was deeply touched by this, reminding his teammates again and again not to let their guard down.
The Warriors used the example of the Heat to turn over the Mavericks to raise their vigilance, and the big Van Gundy is using the example of the 0-2 comeback to motivate his players at this time.
"In 2004, the Lakers eliminated the Spurs 0-2 in the Western Conference semifinals, the Wizards eliminated the Bulls in the first round of the East in 2005, the Mavericks eliminated the Rockets in the first round of the West, the Cavaliers eliminated the Pistons in the Eastern Conference Finals, and the Spurs eliminated the Hornets in the 2008 Western Conference semifinals!"
"Don't give up hope, the Heat could have turned the tables 2-0 at the beginning, why can't we, the strength of the Warriors is far worse than that Mavericks, they can enter the Finals is completely lucky, as long as we shoot more three-pointers in the next game, ensure the shooting rate, and do a good job of defense, we will definitely be able to win a victory!"
When Howard heard Van Gundy's words, he immediately stood up and said menacingly: "Yes, we can't be scared by them, we will definitely win if we defend well in the second half!" ”
If the Warriors knew that Van Gundy was asking Magic players to shoot more three-pointers, they would have stolen fun. The "experts" of the outside media suggested that the Magic strengthen the three-point shot, Van Gundy looked at it and felt reasonable, Lewis and Petrus both hit 50% three-point shots, if they shoot a few more times, maybe they will win, and the Magic has other three-point shooters, as long as the shooting rate is guaranteed, they are not afraid of the Warriors shooting to death?
Is that actually the case? Not at all.
If you can't shoot a three-point shot, you can't win, which is a mistake in itself. The Warriors actually prefer them to float outside and shoot three-pointers, even if the three-point shooting rate is high, the Warriors will not be shot, on the contrary, if the Magic is too obsessed with the three-point shot, it will make the interior empty, once the shot misses, what awaits them is the Warriors' counterattack. Defending and counterattacking is what the Warriors like to do the most.
Van Gundy is now sick and rushed to the hospital, and in the first two games, they mainly played inside, but the Warriors guarded Howard tightly, otherwise he would go into the three-second zone, plus the "chop Ho tactic", their interior offense was completely ineffective.
Van Gundy said in an interview with the Magic players who arrived in Oakland a day later: "I don't think we don't have a chance, the Warriors won the first two games, it's our turn next, and we're going to surprise the fans in the next games." ”
In order to ensure the performance of the next game, Nielsen strictly ordered all players not to go home the day before the game and stay in hotels.
Avril complained to Li Zhi: "That old man Nelson is really an incomprehensible guy, and I'm afraid that we won't be able to squeeze you NBA players dry?" ”
Li Zhi looked at Avril's straight eyes, and laughed for a while, maybe he was really squeezed dry by you women.
Nelson was uplifting when talking about the ban: "Don't underestimate this ban, wasn't it because the Mavericks were reversed that year because it was too comfortable? Nowitzki went to a nightclub the day before the game, but he was caught by the coach in the morning without even lifting his pants? ”
The Warriors laughed on the spot, they hadn't heard of King Nuo having such a side before, it seems that Nelson's coaching circle is very wide, everyone knows this.
Although Nelson said it was a bit serious, the night before the game was too extravagant in sex, which did affect the player's condition. Some may say, "Why was Chamberlain okay?"
But was Chamberlain human? No.
Even if it is, it must be the same as Li Zhi, there are plug-ins!