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Except for the 2-3-2 schedule for the Finals, the other series are 2-2-1-1-1, with the best team playing at home first, which is why the teams in the regular season strive to maintain a high standing.

The higher the ranking, the more home-field advantage you can have when playing series! Like this series between the Warriors and the Pelicans, the Warriors first came to two home courts, then the Pelicans had two home courts, then the Warriors had one, the Pelicans had one, and the last game was still the home court of the Warriors.

It means that the Warriors have a total of 4 home courts in this series, and if the two sides are close in strength, the home court advantage is likely to be the last straw that breaks the camel's back, and the team with a good record can get two home courts first.

For example, if the Warriors win all of their first two home courts, it will definitely put a lot of pressure on the Pelicans, and some players can indeed play better under pressure, but most of them are definitely not as good as relaxing under pressure.

With half an hour to go, the fans were already in the stadium early, cheering on their home team and trying to get off to a good start.

Sun Dahei sat on the sidelines, excited in his heart, and finally waited for the playoffs!

In the regular season, although Sun Dahei's data is extremely powerful, in addition to scoring and assists, several other big data, including some advanced data, such as defensive efficiency value, block efficiency value, offensive efficiency value, etc., are all historical-level data, it can be said that Sun Dahei in the regular season stage is completely super-giant.

But this is useless, the NBA's most valuable game is definitely the playoffs, and under the super high confrontation intensity of the playoffs, you can also cut super data, which can prove the strength of a player!

Since Sun Dahei entered the NBA, he has been doing his best to prove his strength, and the playoffs are the best stage for him to show his muscles, and he has made up his mind to shine on the stage of the playoffs!

And today's playoff debut against the New Orleans Pelicans is the occasion of Sun Dahei's sacrificial knife, and his big axe is already hungry and thirsty!

In contrast to Sun Dahei's excited and excited expression, Cole sat on the sidelines with a worried face and was discussing with his teaching assistants.

The focus of their discussion is not whether Sun Dahei should start or not, in fact, in this game, as long as there is one person in the opposite twin towers, Sun Dahei has to play, and the current lineup of the Warriors, in addition to Sun Dahei, really can't find a player who can limit the twin towers.

Therefore, Sun Dahei must start this game, and it is the kind of starter who plays almost from beginning to end!

The question that the coaches are discussing is how to restrain Davis, the thick eyebrow brother!

Cousins has Sun Dahei to defend, basically Cousins has been difficult to cause huge damage to the Warriors, Sun Dahei and his cousin Cousins have played against each other a few times, Cousins has not scored more than 20 points in a game, compared to his average of nearly 28 points per game, it can be seen that Sun Dahei has played extremely well in limiting Cousins.

Cousins, one of the twin towers, can be restrained, what should the rest of the bushy brother Davis do? In terms of attack power, Brother Thick Eyebrows' attack power is even stronger than Cousins!

The candidate for the defensive thick eyebrows Davis is a problem that the Warriors coaches have been thinking about for several days and have not resolved!

First of all, defend the thick eyebrows Davis, don't even think about the height of 205, the defensive skills of chasing eggs Green are very good, but the height is only 201 cm, and the defense of the thick eyebrows Davis is very disadvantaged.

Originally, Durant was the best candidate to defend Davis, but with the help of Egg Chase Green, he could still limit Davis! But now Durant's absence has not only affected the offensive end of the Warriors, but also the defensive end.

The Warriors currently have players above 205 on their roster, with Zazapachulia's standard center 211 cm tall, David West 206 cm, McAdoo 206 cm, and Kevon Looney 206 cm.

Zhazapaculia and David West don't have to think about it at all, these two can defend against Brother Thick Eyebrows alone, Zhazapaculia is a stump-type defensive player, you can't expect him to run all over the field with Brother Thick Eyebrows.

David West is even more unlikely, he is really too old......

Only McAdoo and Kevon Looney are left, in the last period of the regular season, Kerr gave these two players a lot of playing time, and their performance was remarkable, but Kevon Looney's performance on the defensive end was better than McAdoo, so Kerr preferred to use Kevon Looney to defend the thick eyebrows.

When the time comes, the game officially begins!

Both starters are starting to play!

The starting lineup of the Warriors in this game, starting center Sun Dahei, starting power forward Chasing Egg Green, starting small forward Iguodala, scoring guard Klay Thompson, and point guard Curry.

This lineup is already the strongest lineup that the Warriors can come up with at the moment, the reason why Kevon Looney was not put in the starter, Kerr also planned to look at the situation on the court, and then if Chasing Egg Green can complete the difficult task of defending Davis, then Chasing Egg Green is the best situation, after all, Chasing Egg Green's organizational ability is completely lacking in Kevon Looney.

The starting lineup for the New Orleans Pelicans features starting center DeMarcus Cousins, starting power forward Anthony Davis, starting small forward Solomon Hill, scoring guard Hollis Thompson, and point guard Jrue Holiday

Since the Pelicans traded for DeMarcus Cousins, their starting lineup has been pretty much a thunderbolt, unlike the Warriors who have so many options.

The fans at the scene are now in a state of excitement to the point that the playoffs have finally started again, and whether the Warriors can return to the top this season is tugging at the heartstrings of countless people.

Not only the fans are excited, but the players on the court are also beating their hearts, and the playoffs are different from the regular season, they are completely contested games!

"Doodoo" tee-off!

Sun Dahei felt a slight tremor in his body, and his blood was boiling, which was a sign of being too excited, and jumped the ball to Curry from Cousins' head.

Since Sun Dahei showed his strength on both offensive and defensive ends, as long as Sun Dahei is on the court, the Warriors' current offensive rhythm is in a very strange state......

The Warriors have always been a typical representative of small-ball tactics, and the reason why the league has risen in small-ball is that in addition to the general trend of basketball development, there are no teams that follow the Warriors......

The Warriors' style of Sun Dahei's presence is between small-ball tactics and traditional combination tactics inside and outside, and the offensive rhythm is not fast, of course, compared to the Rockets, but it is not slow, at least much faster than the rhythm of the Spurs and Grizzlies.

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Curry holds the ball and pushes forward, according to Curry's temperament, against a team like the Pelicans, it is very likely that in the first offensive round, he himself dribbles directly outside the three-point line and shoots directly for three points.

However, with Durant's injury, Curry also felt a lot of pressure, and he had to calm down, holding the ball and looking for opportunities outside the three-point line.

Although the Pelicans have twin towers, the defensive level is certainly not comparable to that of teams like the Spurs or the Grizzlies, Klay Thompson quickly ran out of an open spot under the defense of Hollis Thompson, and Curry was quick to pass the ball directly.

The Splash Brothers' shooting speed is very fast, which is what they are proud of, Klay Thompson has a long-range shot and hits steadily when the opposing player has not yet kept up.

The Warriors' first offense worked, and the home fans cheered on their team.

Although this goal was scored, it was still a pity, Tang Shen was only half a step away from the three-point line, and if he could hit a three-pointer in the first attack, it would definitely be a blow to the New Orleans Pelicans players.

Yibian rematched, Pelicans possession, Zhu Holiday held the ball.

Sun Dahei didn't dare to slack off, seeing Cousins staying outside the three-point line, he hurriedly stepped forward to keep an eye on it, the reason why players like the Twin Towers are difficult to defend against is that in addition to the fact that they all have an accurate three-point hand, they also have a more terrifying ability, that is, outside the three-point line, they directly start to attack the inside layup......

When Sun Dahei faced Cousins a few times before, he suffered a loss from Cousins' layup outside the three-point line, and once Cousins was activated, if Dahei wanted to block Cousins' offense, the chance of being whistled for a foul was very high.

So Da Hei didn't wait for Cousins to get the ball, and directly stepped forward to follow Cousins to prevent Cousins from making a layup immediately after receiving the ball, and he didn't have time to block it.

Seeing that Sun Dahei was staring at himself very closely, Cousins waved his hand at Zhu Holiday and signaled not to pass the ball to himself! Several times with Sun Dahei, Cousins can be said to have suffered a lot, if he breaks through, as long as he gives Sun Dahei a close body, it is very difficult to start, and if he projectes, he doesn't even have to think about it, Sun Dahei's height, arm span and bounce are not vegetarian.

Therefore, Cousins is now on the court, just playing the role of attracting Sun Dahei's defense, and if he shoots, unless he has a full grasp of the opportunity......

Although on the offensive end, Cousins can't give the team enough firepower support, and it looks like he's dispensable on the court, but Cousins definitely can't get off the court, once he is off the court, Sun Dahei can completely focus on the thick eyebrows, and the Pelicans will really be finished......

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Zhu Holiday passed the basketball to Brother Thick Eyebrows, who looked at the Egg Chaser Green, who was defending himself alone, and Iguodala, who was always ready to come over to help defend himself, didn't care too much, skillful dribbling, hovering outside the three-point line.

The twin towers are separated on both sides of the court, and Sun Dahei is completely powerless to help defend in the past, and he knows that once he leaves Cousins, the basketball will definitely be transferred to Cousins' hands as soon as possible......

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Egg Chasing Green is very focused, he is paying attention to the movement of thick eyebrows, if the thick eyebrows break through, then Egg Chasing Green is confident that with his thick body, even if he can't stop the thick eyebrows, he will definitely not let the thick eyebrows score easy layups.

But once the thick eyebrows shoot three points, then the egg chasing Green will be a little helpless.

Brother Thick Eyebrows is 208 cm tall, but his arm span has reached a terrible 227 cm, on the other hand, Egg Chaser Green is 201 cm tall, and his arm span is only 216 cm, which is quite a big gap with Thick Eyebrows Davis!

Davis can make an easy shot in front of Egg Chase Green!

Sure enough, Davis, who had dribbled the ball several times, looked at the defensive attention of Chasing Green with extreme concentration, and couldn't find an opportunity to break through the inside line, so he pulled out his hand directly outside the three-point line!

Chasing Egg Green also jumped immediately, and his timing of the jump was actually very good, but it was precisely because of the difference in height, reach, and bounce that this ball did not cause effective interference to Davis!

All the players are watching the trajectory of basketball......

"Huh" The crisp sound of basketball entering the net, Davis's three-point score scored!

Egg Chaser Green yelled "SHIT" in annoyance, he had tried his best to defend just now, but he still didn't stop Davis's attack, which made him very unhappy!

Especially the last time the Golden State Warriors and Pelicans experienced a small brawl in the regular season, which directly led to Curry's injury and Green was suspended for 15 games.

Chasing eggs Green was also in that game, he was pushed by Brother Davis, and suffered a lot of losses, and he was thinking about finding a place in this game, but in the first offensive round, Brother Thick Eyebrows successfully played a three-pointer, and he felt that he couldn't hold his face.

"Green, calm down, it's the playoffs!" Sun Dahei looked at Green's annoyed appearance, afraid that he would do something stupid again, and hurriedly asked Green to calm down.

Da Hei is really afraid, Egg Chase Green will do something uncool, once Egg Chase Green is absent again, then it will be really difficult for the Warriors to compete for the championship.

Green also knew that this was a life-or-death moment for the Warriors, and after taking a few deep breaths, he suppressed his anger.

Kerr watched the plot happening on the court off the court, quietly, the game had just begun, and Davis only hit a three-pointer, there was no need to make a big substitution, look at the next situation and make a decision!

In the next few minutes, the Warriors' offensive rhythm was very good, the shooting rate was quite high, and they hit four of the seven shots on the outside, and in the three missed shots, Sun Dahei grabbed two offensive rebounds, and then scored in the second offense!

With less than a third of the game played, the Warriors had already scored 16 points, and with Klay Thompson's opening shot, the Warriors made a total of 10 shots, hitting 7 of them, including two three-pointers, for a total of 16 points.

Sixteen points in just over three minutes is a scoring efficiency that is very good even for the Warriors, the team that ranks first in the scoring list!