Chapter 164: Battle Warrior (4)
Facing Thompson with his back, Ho Dong pushed forward with his back again, and at the interval, Kerr made a defensive strategy to deal with Ho Dong singled Thompson. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Durant went to help defense, Curry went to defend Leonard, and missed Parker.
Durant and Curry switched defenses and came to wrap up with Thompson to contain Ho Dong.
He Dong immediately passed the ball to Parker, who was missed.
The latter received the ball, there was no one in front of him, and after slightly adjusting his shooting posture, he shot a three-point shot.
The basketball drew the sky, but from the arc, it was already possible to guess that this shot could not be scored, and it was destined to be the end of the iron.
Durant turned around and grabbed a defensive rebound, then launched a fast break, controlled the ball to the frontcourt, and then stepped back from the mid-range position to get rid of Leonard's chase before jumping high and making a quick stop to raise his shot.
The score came to 31-34. The Warriors fans at the scene let out bursts of cheers, although the decibels were small, but they were warm enough.
The Spurs attacked again, and after a few runs, it was He Dong who faced Thompson again, although the Warriors still missed Parker, but the old sports car did not relent again this time, rushed forward to the free throw line, and made a mid-range jumper.
Basketball hit a board this time, and Parker scored 2 points, and the score was 33-34.
The Warriors attacked again, this time with Durant facing Leonard in the bottom corner, and the all-time scorer facing the two-time Defensive Player of the Year.
Jordan once said that if anyone could beat him in a one-on-one, I'm afraid it would be Kobe.
But the external expert group once made a comprehensive analysis, Kobe Bryant has the best chance to defeat Jordan alone, and the second person is Durant.
Although Durant's fight against Jordan at the top belongs to Guan Gong vs. Qin Qiong, which will never be realized, the unanimous optimism of experts about Durant can also show Durant's strong individual singles strength.
Durant faced Leonard, who is now the most powerful single defense in the league, and first made a tentative step, and Leonard bowed slightly at this time and reached out his right hand like lightning to try to steal.
But Durant dodged this defense very well, taking advantage of Leonard's slight deviation of gravity, he took a big step and hit the Spurs basket.
But Leonard's steps changed quickly, and he turned around and stuck to Durant with his body, not letting him start easily. If it were other small forwards in the league, he might have been passed by Durant just now, but he started as a defender and Leonard, who won two consecutive Defensive Player of the Year, he was not so easy to break through.
Durant saw that he didn't succeed in breaking through, and he had already expected it in his heart, playing the Rockets and meeting Ariza, playing the Spurs and meeting Leonard, if he could advance to the Finals, he would face LeBron again, and there were too many tests for Durant along the way, and the small forwards he was against were all excellent defenders.
Durant failed to break through, and immediately stepped back to stagger his position, and took a mid-range shot by jumping high.
The basketball hollow shot, Durant singled Leonard to score, and scored 2 points for Yong, and the score came to 33-36.
The Spurs' offense then ended with Parker's iron, and Green grabbed the defensive rebound and passed it to Curry.
The dribble advanced to the frontcourt, Thompson ran to make a shot, and Curry was about to deliver the ball.
When the ball arrived, Thompson received the ball and made a three-point shot, "Whew! The Warriors made another three-pointer tonight.
The score came to 33-39, Popovich called a timeout, and now the Warriors are adopting a loose strategy in defensive strategy, Parker is not very good tonight, Popovich intends to let Mills play, with his plug-and-play shooting ability, I am afraid that no team will dare to let him shoot at will.
On the Warriors' side, Thompson and Durant switched defenses, and the latter defended He Dong one-on-one.
Head coach Kerr believes that Ho Dong mainly relies on his back to turn and shoot backward jumpers, and against the taller, longer defenders, all those who shoot backwards will feel weak. Therefore, Kerr believes that Durant can limit Ho Dong well, and with Thompson's defensive ability, it is not a loss to defend Leonard.
At the end of the timeout, the Spurs served, this time after He Dong received the ball, Durant defended it alone, originally thought that the Warriors would help defend again and miss the point guard, but who knew that the Warriors actually adopted a single defense tactic this time.
Popovich's face was slightly gloomy when he saw this scene, at this moment, he needed to rely on He Dong to force Durant alone, or rely on full-court tactics to run out of empty positions as before.
He Dong turned his back to Durant, and although he was able to advance to the restricted area, the moment he turned and jumped, the latter's long arm pounced on He Dong, blocking his vision.
Unable to make a comfortable shot, He Dong then passed the ball in the air to Ibaka, who was standing in the low post.
The latter faced McGee's defense, dumbled a shot, shook the latter's center of gravity, and then accelerated the sprint, two steps to kill the restricted area, and in the face of the hesitant isolation of the defense, he dunked with both hands.
The score came to 35-39, and after Popovich saw that the Warriors took Durant's single defense of He Dong, he immediately shouted to the Spurs on the sidelines: "Play according to tactical running!" ”
The Spurs needed to defend well, and Curry took cover to get into the box and slipped the ball into Green's hands.
The latter received the ball and roared to make a move.
But a yellow-skinned arm poked out from the side, and when Green raised his hands to attack, he pressed the ball in his hand alive!
He Dong hung over Green, and the angry hat was successful.
Then he picked up the basketball that fell to the ground, threw the ball towards the Warriors' halfcourt, and then sprinted like a sprint, adding full horsepower, and turned into Bolt sprinting at full speed. The only target is the Warriors' basket.
Green was hatted, in an unhappy mood, complained loudly to the referee, and roared: "That yellow-skinned guy hit my hand!" He fouled! ”
The referee turned his head away from him, and Green was even more angry when he saw this, but McGee quickly came to his side and pressed his shoulder to calm him.
Curry, Thompson and Durant originally planned to accelerate the pursuit of defense, but when they saw He Dong pulling off the posture of sprinting and sprinting, they immediately lost the confidence to chase and defend, and the other party was incarnated as Bolt, and there was still a possibility of chasing?
He Dong picked up the ball at the Warriors' three-point line, sprinted unabated, held the ball with both hands and took off in the air in the restricted area, his head was flat, his hands were in the air in a circle, and the windmill dunked successfully.
"Boom!" The sound of destroying the basket rang out, and at the same time, the scene erupted in enthusiastic cheers, wave after wave, which continued in the arena.
The score came to 37-39. With only two points left, the Spurs only need to defend well in the next round and score one more goal to tie the score or even overtake.
Curry gritted his braces, took possession of the ball to the frontcourt, and passed the ball to Durant with a flick of his wrist.
The other four Warriors moved to the weak side in unison to open up space for Durant to single Leonard, and it seemed that they intended to let Durant finish the game this round.
Will Durant be able to eat Leonard alone this time?