(Sorry for the family, there are only 2 more today, and I will find a way to make it up tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.) ）

Curry + Thompson VS Lillard + McCollum, such a matchup is a very eye-catching game in the second round of the playoffs.

Most media outlets generally believe that the Warriors will definitely win the series, but the backcourt between the two sides will certainly be quite intense.

The Warriors, on their part, didn't want to present such a matchup to the audience.

"Wang Feng, in the game against the Trail Blazers, you will be responsible for defending Lillard, and McCollum will be handed over to Klay." Kerr looked at the players and carefully explained the details of the game against the Trail Blazers.

"This arrangement minimizes the pressure on Stephen on the defensive end and allows him to focus all his energy on the offense, and you have to limit the opponent's offense as much as possible."

Defending the opponent's outside knife players, for Wang Feng, has long been accustomed to it.

In the regular season, Wang Feng often switched defenses with Curry to mark some small guards with strong offensive ability, and although he was always at a disadvantage when facing most first-line guards with the speed and agility of double 90, the advantage of height and physique, coupled with the effect of defensive deterrence, death winding and other badge skills, made Wang Feng's effect on defending small guards also very good.

Of course, Lillard is different from Barnes in the first round, this is a first-class guard with a total ability rating close to 90, and he will not blindly act brute when facing Wang Feng, even he cannot completely limit Lillard.

……

On May 1, the first round of the playoffs between the two teams began at the Warriors' home court.

As soon as the game started, Wang Feng took the initiative to find Lillard to defend.

Clearly, the Trail Blazers had anticipated the possibility of that happening, with Lillard holding the ball at the top of the arc and unhurriedly raising his hand to call for a pick-and-roll.

The Trail Blazers interior player immediately pulled out the outside line to cover Lillard.

Pick-and-roll tactics are a must for defenders, including Curry, who often uses pick-and-rolls to avoid opponents' strong defenders.

Taking advantage of the small guard's faster speed and then blocking the gap, Lillard rushed to the basket and scored a layup against the Warriors' interior players who were rebounding.

2:0, Lillard took the lead at the beginning.

On the Warriors' side, Curry attacked with the ball.

Unlike the Warriors' targeted tactical changes, on the Trail Blazers' side, it was Lillard in the same position who was targeting Curry.

There is no way, the Trailblazers have no choice.

Wang Feng defends Lillard, and Curry can defend Morris at the Trail Blazers' small forward position. Harkless, because the opponent is just a role player, the offensive ability is very poor, Curry just needs to keep an eye on not let the opponent shoot in the open position easily.

But if Lillard switches defenses and lets someone else defend Curry, then he will have to target one of Thompson and Wang Feng.

Whether it is Thompson or Wang Feng, they are both more than 2 meters tall, much taller than Lillard who is 1.91 meters, and the projection accuracy of the two outside is also quite high, so it is not as easy for Lillard to defend them as it is to defend Curry.

It's just that the ease here is only relative.

Curry dribbled from the left side and suddenly broke through, Lillard quickened his pace to follow, but Curry suddenly stopped sharply, stepped back and stepped back from beyond the three-point line to shoot.

"Brush!" Basketball goes to the net.

……

At the beginning of the game, Curry and Lillard scored consecutive points, and the scores of the two sides alternated and rose, and it looked like they were playing hard.

But it didn't take long for the Trail Blazers' side to start running out of money.

"Damn......"

Lillard slowly dribbled the ball, looked at Wang Feng who was standing in front of him with an expressionless face, and couldn't help but want to secretly say in his heart. "This guy is too tough!"

Relying on the pick-and-roll strategy, Lillard can still score efficiently under Wang Feng's defense, but after the pick-and-roll, he can only break through to the basket and score layups, and there is almost no chance to score outside the three-point line.

Although Lillard's breakthrough is strong, extremely fast, and explosive, his strongest scoring method is the same as Curry's, which is also a three-point shot!

In the regular season, Lillard averaged 8.2 shots from beyond the three-point line, hitting 3.1 shots, and his three-point shooting points accounted for nearly 40% of the total scoring points.

Although this proportion is not as high as Curry, it is also quite a high proportion among outside players, close to Thompson.

However, with Wang Feng keeping an eye on Lillard, he didn't find a particularly good outside shot for a few minutes.

No way, like Curry's way of using the pick-and-roll player to cover and stand directly behind the pick-and-roll player and shoot one step away from the three-point line, not all players in the league can do it.

Lillard's side could only score through breakouts, but Curry's side was both inside and outside, and after several successful three-point shots, the scores of the two teams began to gradually widen.

A three-point shot is one more point than a two-point shot, and that's something even a fool can understand.

"There's no way to go on like this......" Lillard had no choice but to try to shoot three-pointers from the outside.

But under the influence of Wang Feng's defense and the defensive deterrent badge, he made several attempts to throw all of them off.

Lillard's three-point shot was choked, and McCollum on the other side couldn't count on it, the rising McCollum is best at mid-to-long-range shooting this season, although he has a good shooting percentage from beyond the three-point line this season, reaching more than 40%, but he doesn't shoot much.

Moreover, it was Thompson, who defended McCollum, who had good defensive ability, and his scoring range was also limited to the three-point line under the targeted defense.

In the first quarter, the two teams battled to 34:28, and the Warriors led by 6 points.

In the second quarter of the game, the margin widened further to 11 points.

In the third quarter, the Trail Blazers lost by four more points, and the margin became 15 points.

In the fourth quarter, the Trail Blazers, who wanted to fight to the death, began to fire frequently outside the three-point line, but the Trail Blazers, who did not get too many three-point shooting opportunities in the first three quarters, had a poor hand, and not only failed to recover the difference, but further widened the difference.

At 116:98, the Warriors won their first series win.

Throughout the game, the Warriors did not suddenly break out in a wave to take away the opponent, but relied on the advantage outside the three-point line, little by little, like a blunt knife to kill, gradually widening the point difference, and finally establishing a victory.

Lillard and McCollum both performed well, with the former still scoring 30 points on 42 percent shooting against Wang Feng's defense, with the vast majority of those points coming from layups and free throws.

McCollum also scored 23 points, but the two of them made a combined 13 shots from beyond the three-point line, but only hit three shots, and they were seriously unqualified from beyond the three-point line.

On the other hand, on the Warriors' side, Curry made 7 of 14 three-pointers, Thompson made 3 of 8, and Wang Feng made 4 of 7, with a three-point shooting rate of 48%.

The situation makes Lillard and McCollum useless no matter how hard they try inside the three-point line.