Chapter 196: Counterattack
"Whaha..., Stephen, please forgive me for being inhibited, I took the ball ahead of time, and of course I'm still looking forward to Javier McGee. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"
O'Neill covered his mouth and exclaimed in disbelief.
Curry is not good at dunking, and he handled this offense in a way that he was not good at, in fact, in order to use this violent dunk to ignite the sluggish mood of the Warriors players, who knew that it was self-defeating and became a big laughing stock in this year's Finals.
The media and the audience naturally don't understand that Curry can easily score a layup, but he chose such an irrational offensive method, and I am afraid that a large number of media reporters will rush to report on the goal after the game.
If it is the regular season, there is nothing wrong with such a performance, but this is the finals where the ball must be fought, and the Warriors are likely to lose the game because of Curry's offensive failure, just like in the sixth game of the finals last year, Curry smashed the basketball angrily because of 6 fouls, and finally paid the price for his irrationality and lost the championship trophy within reach.
The media is likely to turn over old accounts, criticize and accuse Curry of not being calm in handling the ball, and let Curry fall into the whirlpool of public opinion again, once this happens, it is not good news for Curry himself or the whole Warriors team.
Of course, the Knicks' home fans also booed Curry and taunted him mercilessly, and in the minds of the home fans, all the obstacles that hinder the Knicks from winning the championship are their public enemies, and the word "friendly" has never been in the dictionary for treating public enemies.
Rose chased from the backcourt to the frontcourt, picked up the rebound, the Knicks players had not yet run to the frontcourt, Rose made a long pass over the halfcourt, flew straight to the basket, Porzingis rushed to the horse, with a light finger, the ball bounced into the basket, and the emotions of the fans were already high, as if the Knicks were already the winner of the game.
The Warriors served in the backcourt, Curry dribbled, slowly passed the halfcourt, and directly pulled up a three-point shot after borrowing a detour from a teammate at the top of the arc, however, this time the shot was not as accurate as the first few times, and the ball smashed on the edge of the basket and bounced away.
Ray Allen picked up a long rebound on the outside, and wanted to launch a fast attack in the backcourt, but was intercepted by Thompson's timely return defense, Ray Allen slowed down the pace and waited for his teammates at the top of the circle, Rose easily ran out of space in the bottom right corner around the cover, Ray Allen scalpel-like pass, Rose received the ball and pulled it up directly, and hit a cold-blooded three-pointer again, expanding the difference to 11 points.
Kerr couldn't sit down on the bench, got up and walked to the sideline, called a timeout, and the players returned to the bench, Kerr was furious, sitting on the bench and roaring loudly, even though the scene was noisy, everyone present could still feel Cole's anger.
Although the Knicks expanded the score to double digits in the first quarter, Wang Zhuo still did not dare to take it lightly, and once the Warriors' offensive firepower was turned on, the consequences were simply unimaginable.
As Wang Zhuo expected, after Cole was furious, he calmed down and made adjustments to the lineup, replacing Pachulia and sending Iguodala to sacrifice the death five with the strongest offensive firepower.
Kerr's premature use of the Death Five lineup is really a helpless move, after all, the super offense that the Warriors rely on to survive is limited by the Knicks' leaky defense, and if the Warriors want to reverse the unfavorable situation, they must find a way to break free from the confinement and return to the whirlwind of the fast play that used to flow.
Iguodala's appearance pushed Durant to the position of power forward, Durant is tall and has long arms, the defensive end does not suffer, and the offensive end can easily get rid of defenders with footsteps, so Iguodala's appearance completely liberated Durant, and at the same time, Iguodala's wing defense ability is enough to limit the Knicks' ace player Anthony, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.
Among them, the most powerful thing about the Warriors' death lineup is that they have 3 conductive forwards, Durant, Green, Iguodala, so it is almost impossible to limit the passing ball of the Warriors, Curry no longer has to shoulder the offensive responsibility by himself, and Curry will also become the beneficiary of this lineup, and the opportunity to receive assists will be greatly increased.
"Turn the ball around, pass, pass, pass again."
Before appearing, Cole held the tactical board in his hand and kept admonishing.
Sure enough, after the timeout, Curry was no longer obsessed with holding the ball alone, but kept running, tearing apart the Knicks' solid iron bucket-like defense, covering his teammates and creating more offensive opportunities.
Durant, Green and Iguodala interspersed back and forth on the inside, and the ball kept passing through the players, never staying for more than 3 seconds, as if it had to pass an open space, and the Warriors' offense instantly became detailed and complex.
In the end, the ball fell into the hands of Durant near the free throw line, and Durant shot in the open space and hit it easily, and the Warriors' offensive time was consumed for a full 21 seconds, which shows how patient the Warriors players played.
The point difference returned to single digits, the Knicks attacked, Anthony singled Iguodala on the left side, carried Iguodala to the inside line two steps, leaned on his shoulder, turned around with strength, and made a backward jumper, Iguodala resisted it behind his back, and at the moment of Anthony's backward jumper, Iguodala jumped up and interfered with Anthony's vision.
The ball smashed in the front of the basket, Green grabbed the rebound, Thompson dribbled across the half court, and directly pulled out a jumper at the top of the arc, the ball smashed out of the basket, but Durant followed up to grab the offensive rebound, directly picked up the basket, and then recovered 2 points.
In the frontcourt, Rose tried to break through, made a wonderful pass to Oden on the inside, and dunked to stabilize the situation on the court, but back Curry borrowed the cover of Iguodala and Green on the offensive end, and hit a long-range three-pointer from a meter outside the three-point line, completely kicking off the Warriors' counterattack.
Kerr's intention was obvious, which was to narrow the score as much as possible before the rotation came on, and turn the game around in two or three minutes.
The Knicks seemed to have entered a brief scoring drought, Anthony pushed away Iguodala, turned over and missed the jumper again, Green grabbed the rebound, the Warriors instigated a fast break again, which is the Warriors' best offensive method, Curry made a long pass in the middle of the march, Thompson fell into the bottom corner, ambushed a three-point shot, and the ball hollowed into the net.
After a timeout, the Warriors launched a wave of 10-2 counterattacks to narrow the score to 3 points in one fell swoop, firmly controlling the situation on the court, and bringing the game into the offensive rhythm that the Warriors do best.
The fans at the scene fell silent in an instant, watching the Knicks' lead being eroded, Wang Zhuo couldn't sit still again, walked to the sidelines and called the referee, asked for a timeout again, and arranged defensive tactics. (To be continued.) )