Chapter 1025 - It's So Capricious
With two wins, the Warriors maintained their unbeaten home streak until the Western Conference Finals, and when the referee blew the whistle for the end of the game, Oracle Arena was in an uproar, as if boiling oil: "Sweep!" Swept! Swept! â
"We're going to the finals! Hurry up and get to the finals! â
âMVPïŒ Stephen Curry! MVPïŒ It's not just the best sixth person! MVPïŒ â
Chamberlain and others surrounded Curry in the middle, and the group pushed him around, Curry was still very forced at first to hold his head high and his chest and then roared twice from time to time, but soon he was stunned and began to scream: "Damn, you bastards stop!" Oh, God! My ass, who grabbed my ass! , I'm going to throw up! No, Z, help me! â
Today's MVP is Curry, although he came off the bench, but in 36 minutes, he shot 8 of 9 three-pointers, and scored 30 points in the game!
The DJ roared sensationally, "Let's give the warmest applause to the most handsome Curry!" Is it his birthday? Oh, I don't know, but it's an honor that today is my birthday and he gave the best gift to the Warriors fans who had my birthday one day! â
With eight three-pointers, Curry broke the record for three-pointers in the division finals held by Reggie Miller in 1991! If it is placed in the Western Conference Finals, Curry's record is unique! Congratulations to him, guys, let's congratulate him! Let's rejoice and celebrate the birth of a great killer today! â
The Mavericks were shot and cried by Curry's three-point shot today, and Carlisle looked at the Warriors players who were making a mess with affectionate eyes, and really wanted to yell: "Nima's should be like this?" Can we still play together in the future? â
The California Sports Newspaper, which has already regarded the Mavericks as a thorn in its side, was in high spirits after this game, because the Mavericks, who swept the Lakers, may be swept this time, which is really happy for them!
"It feels good, it's so willful", this was the front page headline of the next day of the "California Sports Journal", and they also predicted that the Warriors will sweep the Mavericks: "This season, the Warriors swept the eight wilderness, morale is like a rainbow, they appeared in the playoffs with a vertical and horizontal attitude, and then became the only team to remain undefeated so far, and now this team is unstoppable, there is no doubt that they will win two games in Dallas and then go to the Finals with their heads held high!" â
In addition, California Sport satirized Nowitzki: "This is the German tank? I never thought that the performance of the vehicles produced in Germany was so poor, it was really bad, what about the 36+8 in the semi-finals? How did it become 16+8 this time? Are you swollen? Do you want to eat a Green Arrow gum to slow down? â
The Warriors won two games in a row, and the Mavericks fans panicked, and they launched the 'Mavericks Run' activity on the Mavericks' official website, agreeing that the next game must create the strongest home court in the league and give the home team the greatest support, hoping that they can regain their power and destroy the Warriors at home.
I don't know how the schedule is arranged, the Eastern Conference Finals started first, but when it came to the third game, it was the Western side that started first.
The Eastern Conference Finals were played on the 19th for the second game, and then the third game for the 23rd, so that both sides could get enough rest, because according to the schedule, this time there will be a switch of home and away.
There is no doubt that resting can give you the energy to play better.
The Warriors are more miserable, they played the second game in Oakland on the 20th, and went to Dallas non-stop the next day, because on the 22nd, the third game of the Western Conference Finals will be played.
Although the playoff schedule is known for its tightness, it is rare for such a tight schedule, and when they entered the Mavericks locker room on the evening of the 22nd, the Warriors were tired.
Old Nelson had a hot temper and scolded directly: "Those damn uniform dogs, they're cool, just sit in the office blowing the air conditioner and touch the secretary's upturned ass to look at the computer, but what about us?" We were given ****** four games in seven days! These bitches raised it! â
Chamberlain and his party were even more angry, their finals were scheduled from the 18th, and then the fourth game ended on the 24th - only the first four games could be arranged, because now the Warriors are leading 2-0 and are likely to sweep the opponent.
Hill was so good-natured that people were angry, and he said dissatisfiedly, "Who doesn't know the meaning of the alliance? They just want us to lose! So, arranging such a tight schedule for us, the Mavericks are sitting at home, although they are tired, they can never be as tired as us, do they understand what it means to be unadaptable? â
Chamberlain stood up and kicked the bench away, gritted his teeth and said, "Go and ******, brothers, prepare, sweep the Dallasians, sue the Union, in the face of absolute strength, any damn conspiracy is useless!" â
The Warriors players entered, and sure enough, this time the Mavericks fans were unprecedentedly united, they wore home white and away baskets, and formed the words 'counterattack' according to the seating order, seeing the Warriors players enter, the fans booed, and raised their middle fingers high, angrily welcoming their opponents.
When Chamberlain heard the boos when he came out, his face was full of indifference, he high-fived and hugged his teammates, and shouted: "Look, what are these guys afraid of?" Are we too cruel? Look, these idiots are scared to pee. â
"They're going to pee more hard today." West laughed mockingly.
When the Mavericks returned to their home court, their spirits suddenly changed, and like the Warriors, they had never lost on their home court, so when they arrived at their familiar home court, they looked at the familiar fans, and their confidence was greatly increased.
Carlisle took the opportunity to change the formation and put Terry directly into the starting lineup, Chandler, Nowitzki, Marion, Kidd, Terry, and the Mavericks' five tiger generals appeared in anger.
The Warriors, on the other hand, responded to the changes with the same, with Chamberlain, Evans, Jamison, Carter, and West still playing the five of them.
Back at home, the momentum was different, Chandler roared when he jumped the ball, and he actually grabbed the racket to Kidd before Chamberlain and won the ball.
For general games, the ball is not important, anyway, each team has two quarters of the ball, but the key battle is different, because the team that takes the lead to win the ball gets the ball in the first and fourth quarters and can control the initiative.
Kidd ran quickly to the frontcourt, he calmly pressed down on his right hand to signal his teammates to slow down, Nowitzki kept running back to look for opportunities, Marion came out to answer, but Kidd made a dangerous move, a long pass sent the ball into the basket.
Chandler ran in just after covering Nowitzki, he took one step to receive the ball, Chamberlain was blocked by Nowitzki, Chandler seized the opportunity, jumped up and came with a magnificent two-handed dunk.
The cheers on the scene suddenly resounded like thunder in the stadium.
The Warriors counterattacked, although the last game was Curry's three-point shot from the Mavericks, but the Mavericks still regarded Chamberlain as the first threat point, and they didn't dare to let Chamberlain go at the beginning, and began to defend with all their might, and Chandler's movements were much smaller, which was the experience of eating the Grizzlies, not giving him so many free throws.
However, there is one problem that the Mavericks have not figured out, and that is that the Warriors' point guard is Carter, a figure who once went hand in hand with Iverson, Kobe Bryant and Maddy.
In the first few games, Carter didn't need it, so he was happy to play a supporting role - that's the advantage of the veteran players, who know their strengths and weaknesses and the shape of the team, and know when to do what they should and when they shouldn't.
Carter knew that he didn't have to work hard to attack before, as soon as he had Chamberlain, West and Curry, this game, when the Mavericks were frantically defending West and Chamberlain, he knew it was his turn to shoot.
If I don't give you some color, don't you know that I Carter was also trained as Jordan's successor back then, Carter smiled, got up to the frontcourt, and rushed all the way to the basket to pick up the basket and score.
Evans then fouled Nowitzki, who made two free throws. After the switch between offense and defense, Chamberlain attracted the bag to share the ball to Carter, and Carter still broke through after getting the ball.
The Mavericks kept attacking the perimeter, Marion also hit a jump shot after that, and Chandler wanted to open up a second battlefield under the basket, but the second basket was dunked and encountered Chamberlain's inhumane block!
The two teams were entangled, Nowitzki hit a long-range shot, and Carter immediately rose from the ground to chase a three-pointer to follow; Kidd hit a covered jumper, and Chamberlain singled Chandler for a dunk under the basket......
At the last moment of the first quarter, the first two games of the sluggish Nuo Tianwang suddenly began to attack, first the golden rooster independent jump shot made a 2+1, and thirty seconds later, he hit a bombardment outside the three-point line, and suddenly helped the Mavericks take the lead.
At 31-26, the Mavericks led by five points at the end of the first quarter.
In the second quarter, Curry came on the court, and Carter did not end the game, and the old Nelson boldly deployed and sent a three-guard wonder!
However, it was not the back three that really made the effort, but Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
Chamberlain even threw and dunked again and again, he took advantage of Chandler's opportunity to get off the court, resisted Hywood hard inside, turned around and hooked his hand, and then West and Carter stole Terry's possession, the Warriors broke fast, Chamberlain followed up, and the long journey went straight to the Yellow Dragon, another violent dunk!
Carlisle hurriedly called a timeout to suppress the momentum of the Warriors, but it was useless, and after coming back, Nowitzki shot to stabilize the situation, but he ate Chamberlain's block, and the Warriors took the opportunity to return to attack, and Chamberlain asked for the ball to step back and make a jumper, and scored two points again!
Barria who came off the bench as Kidd didn't play well, he couldn't press Curry on the defensive end, who always found holes, so the Mavericks had to keep making up for it, and with 9:06 left in the quarter, Curry hit his first three-pointer, and ten seconds later, he hit another three-pointer in front of Barria and sent the Mavericks to a timeout again.
Returning again, the Mavericks sent in five Tigers to ease their situation, but the Warriors were out 40-35 all at once.
Nowitzki hit a shot shortly after returning to the court, followed by an assist, and Chandler made a layup in the air, and the Mavericks were at home after all, and the momentum was unprecedentedly strong, and they unbelievably surpassed 48-43.
In the last two minutes, Chamberlain frequently passed the ball to the outside, Curry hit another three-point shot, and West also hit a pull-up jump shot, as Carter broke through and made a throw, and finally the second quarter was over, and the Warriors ended the first half with a 59-57 lead.
At the start of the second half, Carlisle's expression was unprecedentedly ugly, because Chamberlain had not played much before, and it was impossible for a god of war like him not to play all the time!
Sure enough, Chamberlain scored 6 points in a row to start the third quarter, and in one fell swoop took an 8-point advantage at 65-57!
The Mavericks played nearly four minutes in the quarter and failed to score, and with 8:25 left in the quarter, Kidd hit a three-pointer.
Chamberlain went off the bench and the Mavericks began to successfully limit the Warriors after that, allowing the opponent to score a point in four minutes, and after Stevenson also hit a three-pointer, the Mavericks pulled the score to 65-65.
The two teams are once again in a tug-of-war, with Curry remaining seven in the quarter. With five seconds to play, he hit a three-pointer and drew a foul to add a free throw to give the Warriors a one-point lead heading into the fourth quarter at 77-76.
In the fourth quarter, Chamberlain continued to exert his power after his return, and twice made it 2+1 under the basket, the Warriors led 91-87, and Barria also returned three points twice to chase the score to 90-91.
The Warriors' bench was the killer, and with 3:15 left in the game, Barnes and Paul George hit back-to-back baskets to give the Warriors a 10-point advantage at 102-92.
After the Mavericks called a timeout, Nowitzki hit back-to-back shots as they unleashed a 6-0 run to tie the score at 98-102 with 1:03 left in the game.
There are 36 more in the game. At 7 seconds, Nowitzki shot a basket to make a foul, but his hard shot was avoided by Chamberlain, and when he shot helplessly, Chamberlain rose into the air, and a big hat flew the ball out, and the victory was established!
After that, the Mavericks could only use foul tactics and dangle for half a minute, and the Warriors finally won the third game 106-98!