Chapter 155: Match Point
As long as he controls his body, then Chen Feng is 80% sure that he will make a foul in Curry, as for the shot, it depends on how it feels, after all, Chen Feng is still very confident in free throws.
The whistle sounded, and Chen Feng was very happy! What made him even happier was that the basketball fell into the basket after it bounced on the basket.
3+1!
"Oh!" Chen Feng's heart was instantly replaced by excitement, and a carp jumped up from the ground directly!
Looking at Dior, who was also excited, Chen Feng was triumphant: "Hey, Boris! How's it going, you see? ”
Dior: "......"
Chen Feng hit a free throw, and Curry was already a little frustrated. After all, Chen Feng completed the 3+1 on himself, and the team immediately fell behind by 20 points, which is obviously not what Meng Shen wants.
The offense and defense switched, Curry dribbled through Chen Feng's defense and scored two points on the inside layup. But in retrospect, the Warriors' defense went into big trouble and was picked up by Dior's easy layup.
Mark Jackson frowned and asked for a timeout.
There's no doubt that Mark Jackson is a great coach who has proven the Warriors' ability to take the Warriors to the playoffs and to this point, but now it looks like there's still a big gap compared to the top team in the league, the Spurs.
"We haven't lost yet, defend, only defend, we can come back completely! Defense, understand? ”
Throughout the long timeout, Mark Jackson was all about asking the team to defend. As for the offense. He doesn't think the Warriors have any big problems, but if they don't defend well, they can score, but if the opponent still scores, the difference won't narrow.
The Warriors did step up defensively, but they lacked a defensive striker from the perimeter. In the face of the joint impact of Chen Feng and Ginobili, it is indeed impossible to prevent it!
By the end of the first half, the Spurs had already achieved a 20-point difference! So much so that two minutes before the end of the first half, Ginobili and Chen Feng were already playing on the court, making all kinds of gorgeous passes and making difficult layups. And the hit rate is not bad.
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"Oh! Old. You're awesome! Dior patted Chen Feng's buttocks, just in the second quarter of the game, Chen Feng scored 14 points in a single quarter. It was his outburst that helped the Spurs take a clear lead.
Several people were fighting, and at this time Popovich stood up with a dark face. The atmosphere in the locker room slowly quieted down. Everyone knew that Popovich seemed to be upset.
"Happy, isn't it? The game isn't over yet! Tactics, tactics. Got it? I don't want to call a timeout in the game to remind you. In the second half we have to pay attention to the defense, we have to keep the ball moving, you know? ”
Chen Feng nodded. Then nod! In the final stage of the first half, I was indeed a little ...... Belch!
"It's not easy...... Chen Feng told himself.
The Warriors' locker room was a bit dull, and Mark Jackson didn't know what to say. He is the coach of the team, but he is not the leader of the team, he has done everything he can do, but the problem of the team's momentum, this is not something he can solve at all, after all, it is not himself who plays on it.
Curry was silent for a few minutes, and Mark Jackson felt he couldn't take it anymore. He has never lost faith in Curry, a disciple he has cultivated. But now, he's a little disappointed! He felt that this was the time for the team boss to boost morale.
But before Mark Jackson could speak, Curry had already stood up, looking at the brothers who were all bowing their heads, Curry took a deep breath.
"You think I'm going to lose, do you?"
Still no one spoke, or everyone agreed with Curry's statement. In the regular season, they couldn't play against the Spurs, even if they lost, but they didn't have such a miserable time, but after entering the playoffs, these usually arrogant guys were completely hit.
At the end of the day, the Warriors are still a young team!
Curry suddenly roared at this time: "Did you think before the playoffs started, we could get this far? ”
"What is our goal?"
"Whose home is this?"
"Who are the fans out there supporting?"
"Tell me, did you give up?"
Curry asked several questions in a row, and looking at his teammates, Curry continued: "I don't know what you guys think! But here, on our turf, I don't want us to give up! Even if we lose, we haven't been eliminated yet! Even if we're eliminated, we're still one of the four best teams in the league this season, aren't we? ”
Curry's words completely stimulated the Warriors players, young is indeed good! But when they played all the way to the present, they had forgotten the low profile when they had just entered the playoffs, and they were a little fluttering!
Now Curry's words, let them understand! Now that the Warriors are here, they're one of the four best teams in the league.
No matter what it was, but they got here! And they've succeeded!
"Tell me, brothers, are you afraid?"
"No!"
"Of course not!"
"Don't be afraid!"
The Warriors' momentum has begun to regain momentum, and this is when Mark Jackson finally nodded in relief. Curry didn't let himself down after all, and his disciples never let him down, and this time was the same.
"For you. I never lost faith! Let's take back what we lost in the first half, can we do it? Saying this, Mark Jackson couldn't help but yell.
"Yes!" Everyone gathered around.
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At the beginning of the second half of the game, Chen Feng honestly did it on the bench. But he found that the Warriors didn't lose confidence, and even after trailing by about 20 points, they still maintained a strong confidence, as it did at the beginning of the game.
The Spurs still play the same way, defending, counter-attacking, if there is no counterattack, they fall into position, and then evolve a variety of different tactics on the court.
But the Warriors are always a peculiar team, and as long as they can maintain confidence, their instantaneous scoring ability can definitely be at the top of the league.
Curry leads, Thompson, Barnes, Green plus a Bogut, which means that Mark Jackson removed David Lee from the starting lineup in the second half, except for Bogut, who is responsible for blocking eyes and grabbing rebounds on the inside, everyone else is a guy who can still score three points outside the three-point line.
At the beginning of the game, the Warriors hit three-pointers one after another! 4 three minutes, directly stopped the Spurs! Popovich didn't say anything, calling this timeout not because the team's defense was bad, in fact, everyone was trying to defend.
What he has to do is to cut off the opponent's almost devastating rhythm, and he doesn't believe that the Warriors can always maintain this almost perverted three-point shooting ability!
As the game continued, Popovich changed formations!
Because the opponent is a large and four small lineup, Popovich has made adjustments accordingly! Duncan was used as the main player, followed by Leonard, Ginobili, Chen Feng, Tony Parker, three guards and two forwards.
This lineup moves faster and hits harder!
The two teams are also a pinpoint match, Popovich's meaning is very simple, it's not that the Warriors can't accept the score back, but it must cause a certain degree of attrition to the opponent, and the Spurs have more players, which is the advantage.
The Spurs' first round was to pull all four people away, and then hand the basketball inside for Duncan to play alone!
Tim Duncan has faded from his prime, that's well recognized. But the old goblin is not called for nothing, here Bogut used to be called White Duncan because of his physical talent, but now the two of them have ample opportunities to fight and fight.
In the first shot, Duncan hit the 45-degree diagonal frame and scored a jump shot directly on the board! Then he silently turned back to defend, and his face did not even have a single expression.
The Warriors rely entirely on the perimeter for offense, but now the Spurs' roster has changed and expanded dramatically! In the end, Thompson missed a pull-up jump shot!
The Spurs generals who turned around still silently handed the basketball to Duncan, who was inside, singled, and then pulled away one by one!
This time, Duncan played with his back and used his excellent footwork to shake off Bogut's one-handed slam dunk.
The next few minutes were all Duncan's performance time, and although some people said he was old, Bogut definitely couldn't guard Duncan in one-on-one situations.
It's as if the stone Buddha is demonstrating his individual singles ability, dressing up for jump shots, mid-range shots, low-handed layups after breakouts, foot movements, and so on.
Duncan hit five of his seven consecutive offenses, and by the time the Warriors were packed. But it's obviously a fake bag clip, and it doesn't play a big role.
Jackson didn't know what to say! He remembered the sentence again: "Why hasn't he retired yet!" ”
It took 16 years for an old champion to guarantee this kind of near-All-Star level sideline, which is no longer a problem that egg pain can explain.
In the end, the Spurs won the game on the road, and Duncan proved that his dominance was still there with 29 points, 13 rebounds, and 3 blocks.
Chen Feng scored 26 points in the second quarter of the game and was the second contributor to the Spurs' victory. By the end of the game, the Spurs had taken a 3-1 lead.
That said, as long as the Spurs win one more game, they can sit back and wait for the Miami to arrive in the Finals. (To be continued......)