Regarding the elimination of the Pelicans, Wang Feng has no special feelings.

It is said that the intensity of the playoffs is not at the same level as the regular season at all, but Wang Feng really didn't feel it.

Maybe the Pelicans' Lv level is too low, or maybe the Warriors at this stage are too strong.

The Warriors, who easily advanced 4:0, did not wait long, and soon the opponents of the second round also came out.

The Portland Trail Blazers, who finished fourth in the West, played against the Memphis Grizzlies, who finished fifth, but the Grizzlies beat the Trail Blazers.

The overall score is 4:1, although it is not a sweep, but the difference is not big.

The Grizzlies actually had a better regular season record than the Trail Blazers, but they were relegated to fifth place in the West due to the format.

And in the playoffs, the Grizzlies are also clearly stronger than they were in the regular season.

The reason is simple, the Grizzlies are a team with a predominantly internal duo. Gasol with Zach. Randolph's black-and-white duo is arguably the league's top interior duo right now.

As the defensive intensity increases in the playoffs, shooting from the outside will naturally suffer, and the consistent interior offense will also be significantly heavier than it was in the regular season.

The Warriors are a team with outside players as the core, and the interior has always been a shortcoming.

But against the Grizzlies, the Warriors also have an advantage, and that is speed!

Gasol and Randolph are both heavy interior players who are slow to move and often become a burden when switching between attack and defense quickly.

And the Warriors, who have a small lineup of the Death Five, are the fastest fast-break team in the entire league!

In the first game between the two teams, the Warriors taught the Grizzlies a lesson.

Relying on the absolute dominance of the inside, Gasol and Randolph frequently scored singles on the inside, and the Warriors only had one blue-collar center, Bogut, who was substituted for too many fouls not long after.

At this time, Kerr decisively changed to the small lineup of the Death Five, aren't you very good at playing inside? Shall I play track and field with you?

The results were immediate!

Gasol and Randolph have a high success rate in the interior singles, but they are unable to face the small lineup of the Warriors with high mobility when switching between offense and defense, and they often have a situation of 3 defenses and 4 defenses in the backcourt due to the lack of timely defense!

In the end, Gasol Randolph scored 20+ points each, but the Grizzlies lost the game 86-101.

In this game, due to the many times of more and less under the rapid offensive and defensive switch, Wang Feng became the biggest beneficiary.

Throughout the game, he received passes in the bottom corner on several occasions and took open shots.

The purple Hall of Fame-level three-point shooter badge in the bottom corner, blessed with silver catch-and-shoot and fast shooter, made Wang Feng almost miss!

He made a total of 8 shots from the outside, hitting 7 of them, and scored 21 points in the game, second only to Curry who scored 22 points! And even Curry scored 22 points and took a full 18 shots!

In Game 2, the Grizzlies made obvious tactical adjustments and strengthened their perimeter defense.

The Grizzlies' ability to defend from the outside is still very strong, and the starting point guard Mike. Conley was named to the All-Defensive Team and was named to the All-Defensive Team by Shooting Guard Tony Brown. Allen is the league's top outside defender, and has been named to the All-Defensive Team six times in his career!

The Grizzlies' defensive tactics worked wonders, with Curry shooting just 36.8 percent from the field and Thompson barely hitting 40 percent.

But even so, the Warriors still won the game, 94-92, and won very hard.

The reason why we were able to win the game was because the team's bench was powerful!

The Warriors' bench was originally considered a luxury level in the league. Iguodala, mid-pitch king Sean. Livingston, late in the regular season, added former starter Barnes.

Barnes, who was sent to the bench, has always been obsessed with this, never said a word to Wang Feng in the team, and did not pass the ball to Wang Feng in daily training and on the field, but his level is still there, and even because of playing on the bench, he does get more opportunities than when he started!

In this game, Barnes ate a New Year's dumpling, and he came on the bench in the hot hand, and used a hand-to-hand distance shot to blow up the Grizzlies' bench, shooting 8 of 12 in the whole game, counting free throws and getting 22 points and 6 rebounds! The highest scorer on the Warriors' team!

Barnes, who finally ate dumplings, even had a feeling of raising his eyebrows.

In the media interview after the game, he even had a hot brain and said in front of the reporter's microphone.

'I've been in good form lately and I'm ready to take on more responsibility in the team.

The seasoned reporter immediately sensed the implication in Barnes's words.

"Do you mean, a little unhappy with the manager for having you as a substitute for the team?"

"No, no, no! I didn't mean that. Barnes hurriedly waved his hand to explain. I understand the manager's intentions, the sixth man is also an important piece of the puzzle for a team, and also bears important responsibilities, I agree with the coach's approach, and I think the reason why the team has achieved such good results this season has an important relationship with the manager's reasonable arrangement of the positions and responsibilities of each player. ”

Barnes said this, but the reporter clearly didn't believe it.

Just one day later, news was already full of news about Barnes' dissatisfaction with the team's position.

Barnes immediately approached Cole to explain that his exact words were not true, and that the reporter maliciously misrepresented his words.

But even so, Kerr was clearly dissatisfied, and in the third game of the series, Barnes' playing time was drastically reduced, playing less than 20 minutes.

However, the Warriors still won the game.

Curry is one of the league's top stars after all, and even if the opponent arranges targeted defensive tactics, it is impossible to go two games in a row without doing anything.

After shooting 2 of 11 from outside the three-point line in the last game, Curry rebounded strongly in this game, shooting 6 of 10 from outside the three-point line, scoring 31 points in the whole game, leading the team to win the game again!

With this game won, the Warriors have a 3-0 lead and are basically confirmed to enter the Western Conference finals!

It's not the same as in another plane.

According to the original historical process, the final score of the second round of the playoffs between the Warriors and the Grizzlies should have been 4:2, and the Grizzlies should have won the second game, and the Grizzlies also won the third game, leading 2:1.

Then it was only from Game 4 that Curry completely rebounded and scored 30+ points in a row to reverse the Grizzlies.

In this regard, Wang Feng can only think that it is because of the butterfly effect.

In the second game, Curry Thompson was originally supposed to lose the game after being restricted, but because of Wang Feng, Barnes, who was squeezed to the bench, had a chance to break out and won the game instead.

And in the third game, Curry broke out early, and if you think about it, it is also related to him.