Chapter 168: Kassel's Courage

The Warriors were forced to make defensive adjustments, they replaced Curry and Livingston's dual point guard combination, let Livingston defend Paul, and let Curry defend Tang Shuai, although Curry's defensive skill package is not as good as Iguodala, but his speed is very fast, and he is extremely good at using blocking and dismantling to attack, and he is naturally very good at blocking and dismantling, Tang Shuai gradually ran out of opportunities.

And with the increase in playing time, without the support of the advanced fitness bag, his running gradually slowed down.

Seeing this, Reeves replaced Tang Shuai off the field and took advantage of the situation to replace the main lineup.

Although Tang Shuai was replaced, but in this section of the court, he still successfully consumed a lot of Curry's physical strength, after all, in most games, Curry consumed the least physical strength on the defensive end.

Wharton saw that the momentum was not right, and immediately put out a five-small lineup with hole cards, and the power of the five-small lineup was still the same, and the Warriors gradually took the initiative on the court again.

At 64:56, the Warriors led by eight points heading into halftime.

At the break, Cassel reached out to Reaves, who seemed to see more than Reaves off the court, and suggested that Reaves also put on a small lineup to deal with the Warriors' five.

The assistant coach's suggestion is very timely in terms of response, but it is very bold from another point of view, you must know that the use of five small words means to abolish Jordan Jr. in the Clippers' Big Three, or even Jordan Jr. and Griffin, two of the three cores, which is tantamount to self-abandonment of martial arts.

Reeves didn't even think to agree at first, but after Kassel's repeated strong advice, Reeves finally agreed to give it a try.

One of Kassel's words successfully convinced him that for the Clippers, who are aiming for the championship, the Warriors' five small is a fact that they will have to face in the future, and if they don't solve it now, it will be really fatal when it comes to the playoffs.

After halftime, the game between the two sides in the third quarter was the same as the first half, the Clippers slowly caught up with the difference on the premise of having Jordan Jr. and Griffin on the inside, and the Warriors saw that the momentum was not right, and immediately changed to a five-small lineup, and the momentum was immediately regained by the Warriors.

"Bang!"

Green's powerful dunk on the fast break helped the Warriors regain the margin to six points.

After the dunk, Green looked extremely excited, perhaps thinking of the sentence when Jordan Jr. yelled at the Warriors bench in the previous preseason, he also ran to the Warriors' bench and yelled loudly: "Look who is the champion?" We are the champions! We are the champions! ”

Reeves' brow furrowed into a big Sichuan letter, and he hesitated for a moment, then turned and called a timeout.

Green's dunk stopped the Warriors, and he looked excited and turned around to hit Azeri with a big chest.

The fans at the scene booed.

"Shaq, the Clippers are annoyed this time, and the Warriors' five-small lineup is getting smoother and smoother." Barkley analysed the situation on the field.

"This is not only the annoyance of the Clippers, this is the annoyance of the entire league, if it is really that easy to deal with, then the Warriors will not be the defending champions." O'Neill saw it through.

"Toot!"

The timeout came back and players from both sides re-introduced.

"What? Shaq, look what I found! The Clippers lineup! Barkley's mouth was wide and he looked surprised.

"Doug is really fighting this time! CP3, China Kid, JJ, Paul, Josh, oh my God, when did Doug become so bold? O'Neal also looked very surprised, he didn't expect Reeves, who is known for his stability, to put such a lineup at this time.

"Haha, let's look forward to it, if it does work, then it will definitely become a must-have game in the video of the other twenty-eight teams." Barkley said expectantly.

After the timeout, the Clippers also switched to a pure five-small lineup, and the two main players, Griffin and Jordan Jr., were sitting steadily off the court at this time.

"Toot!"

The referee blows the whistle and the game continues!

The Clippers attacked first, and it was Paul who had the ball, and he was as steady as ever in the frontcourt.

After Jordan Jr. and Griffin went down, the Clippers completely changed their previous way of playing positional battles, but also played the same as the Warriors without the ball.

Tang Shuai used the block to cut the basket, Paul took advantage of the situation to hit the ground quickly, and Tang Shuai received the ball directly with a hook shot.

As soon as Green, who was making up for the defense, wanted to make a move to cover it, Tang Shuai had already made a move, and the hook shot was outward, and he couldn't reach it at all.

With a "swish", Tang Shuai's shot hit steadily.

"Don~~ handsome!!"

The DJ shouted Tang Shuai's name loudly, and the fans of the entire scene let out a deafening cheer.

People like to see new things, before the timeout, seeing that the Clippers are going to repeat the plot of the first half, the fans are not only anxious, but also a little more complaining, complaining that Reaves does not know how to adapt, but when they unexpectedly put on a five-small lineup, and after the first leg has achieved results, how can they not be excited, how can they not be high?!

The biggest feature of the Warriors' five-small lineup is that they can play defensive counterattacks in the fastest time, and the Clippers shoot and hit, so such an opportunity is naturally lost, and they can only control the ball to the frontcourt to play position.

However, compared to the cooperation of the Clippers, the cooperation of the Warriors is still much more skillful, Curry ran back, received a hand-handed pass from Barnes, and he followed with a big pull-up.

Curry moves very quickly.

But just as he was making a move, a dark shadow suddenly flew up behind him.

Tang Shuai let go of his defensive Barnes and gambled into the basket, he remembered what Paul said to him from the bench, so after shouting Redick, he rushed in without hesitation.

Curry usually shoots quickly, but this pulls the shot, even if he is fast, he can't avoid pulling the demand down and then throwing.

At the moment when Curry threw it, Tang Shuai jumped up directly.

It's just a green cap bag, but he has a blue dunk bag!

He threw his hands forward, like a volleyball player, and directly covered Curry's head.

Curry has already thrown the ball, and it is impossible to get it back at all.

"Smack!"

Unspeakably ferocious, Tang Shuai's whole Tarzan top-type cover, there is no beauty at all, but the effect is very good, the basketball was slapped on Curry's head by him, and then a rebound, and the ghost sent it to Paul's hands.

The Clippers' defensive counterattack, Pierce was the first to run to the frontcourt, and Paul's guiding pass was also the first to follow.

Pierce received the ball and dribbled forward for a while, and after shooting at the three-point line and spotting Green who was flying quickly, he directly raised his hand for a three-pointer.

Truth shot, three points killed!

"Huh!"

With a crisp sound, Pierce hit a three-pointer!

78:78!

The Clippers tied the score!