Chapter 124: A Different Finals (Part 3)
"The game doesn't seem to be the same as I thought it would be......
A few minutes after the opening of the game, Wang Feng thought so in his heart.
The 16-year Finals is the most up-and-down and exciting game in the NBA Finals in recent years, and there have been many classic scenes in the game, so as a fan, Wang Feng has a deep memory of this series and has watched countless video replays.
He remembers very well that although the Warriors won the first game of the series, the team's offensive cores Curry and Thompson performed very well.
Both men shot just around 30 and scored just 15 points, and it was the team's bench that stepped up to help the team win their first game.
CIC Wang Shaun. Livingston scored 20 points on 8-of-10 shooting.
Iguodala scored 12 points, Barbosa 11 points, and all seven players on the team scored in double figures.
That's where the real horror of the Warriors lies!
Compared to the starting lineup, the Warriors and the Cavaliers are almost equal, James Irving Love is an All-Star level player, especially James, who is one of the top players in history.
But aside from the stars and looking at the role rotation players of the bench lineup, the Warriors are much better than the Cavaliers, and although Iguodala failed to get the FMVP last year, it does not affect his own level of strength.
Livingston is as low-key and efficient as ever, and his stable mid-range shooting ability is the Warriors' strongest offensive weapon when the bench lineup is on the court.
However, the match that Wang Feng saw right now was completely different from the G1 finals in another time and space.
Curry had a standout first quarter, scoring 12 points on 5-of-8 shooting and dished out three assists.
"It's the butterfly effect again......"
Wang Feng pondered for a moment and came to this conclusion.
The technical characteristics and abilities of Curry in this time and space should be similar to those in another time and space, and he can play diametrically opposite performances, and it is indeed indirectly caused by Wang Feng's existence.
Wang Feng's bottom corner three-point deterrent is too great for the Cavaliers to dare to let go easily, which leads to a completely different change in the Cavaliers' defensive strategy against Curry from another time and space.
There is no way to clamp the bag as you like, and you can't make up for the defense as soon as possible after the library blocks and dismantles the cover.
Curry didn't experience the high-intensity defense that another plane should have encountered.
It's easy to see how terrifying a top-tier shooter-type defender with plenty of space can do.
On the Cavaliers' side, Irving was the main offense at first, but with Curry's outburst, Irving began to be unable to support the Cavaliers' offense.
After all, the Warriors have a top defender like Green to check and fill in the gaps, and Irving can get by with Curry, but Green who is closely followed by the defense can greatly reduce his offensive efficiency.
Seeing this, James immediately took over the ball and began to organize the attack.
Wang Feng's defensive pressure multiplied instantly, and the losing team had Bogut guarding the inside, otherwise James would have completely chiseled through the Warriors' inside.
Seeing that James couldn't be prevented, Wang Feng was not entangled.
"Since I can't stop you, then I'm going to put more pressure on you on the offensive end!"
When the Warriors have the ball, Wang Feng will not hesitate to take James around the bottom corner and frequently run without the ball.
He also doesn't expect to be able to catch the ball, as long as he can slip James, consume his physical energy, and be nauseous enough.
James has to be responsible for the team's offense and defense, and he has to go around in circles with Wang Feng on the field, even if he is an iron man, he can't bear it.
In the second quarter of the game, the player who defended Wang Feng changed from James to JR. Smith.
is also a whole process of defense, JR. Smith and James have very different levels of defensive intensity.
Seeing this scene, Wang Feng directly chose to reach out for the ball on the outside.
Curry passed the ball to Wang Feng, and then ran to the other side to open up space for Wang Feng.
Wang Feng slowly dribbled the ball to JR. Smith, who stood on the outside and feigned a breakthrough, then stepped back to pull back to the three-point line and made a jumper.
J.R. Smith defends half a beat slower! Failed to keep up with the defense in the first place.
It's the influence of Gap Hunter!
Then he immediately pounced on the front defense, but on the wall of Wang Feng's consciousness space badge, the bottom corner three-point shooter and fast shooter badge had all been activated!
The basketball flew into the air before JR. Smith could rush up and then go into the net.
Three points are valid!
Immediately afterwards, Wang Feng hit two more difficult mid-range shots, scoring 7 points in two minutes, and the Cavaliers who played directly called a timeout.
After the timeout, the Warriors replaced several key players one after another, including Curry, Wang Feng and Bogut.
In place were the bench trio that were supposed to shine in the first game of the series, Iguodala, Livingston and Barbossa.
The Cavaliers, on their side, replaced Irving and Love, and let James lead the team on the court.
According to Cavaliers head coach Tyronn. Lue's idea, with James, even if the Cavaliers are on the bench at this time, they have a strong scoring ability, and they can even take this opportunity to establish an advantage.
However, what he didn't expect was that as soon as the lineups of the two sides were adjusted, the situation on the field immediately changed!
The Warriors played Livingston on the side, and a series of hits and shots quickly pulled the score apart.
And Iguodala, who had just appeared on the stage and was full of energy, went directly to James for a stalker.
James, who has played more than a quarter of games, has been scrambled to hit even though he has a size advantage over Iguodala, and he has had to barely shoot or pass to teammates on several offenses, but he has missed.
In just three minutes, the Cavaliers were hit by the Warriors with a wave of 12:3 offensive frenzy, and the score, which was originally relatively close, was instantly pulled to more than double digits.
And that's not even the worst.
barely withstood the offensive of the Warriors' bench in the second quarter, and after halftime, Curry and Wang Feng appeared one after another, and soon hit three points one after another, and the Cavaliers who played directly collapsed.
Halfway through the third quarter, the difference between the two teams has been widened to more than 20 minutes.
Even James was struggling.
108:89。
The Warriors easily won their first win at home, completely indistinguishable from the previous rounds, and even James' Cavaliers had no way to compete with this Warriors team!
In the whole game, James shot 13 of 21 and got a game-high 31 points, 12 rebounds and 9 assists quasi-triple-double, Irving also scored 26 points, plus Lefou's 17 points, the Big Three combined for 74 points.
However, apart from the Cavaliers' Big Three, the only Cavaliers to score in double figures was Tristan, who scored 10 points on 5-of-10 shooting. Thompson.
Starting at shooting guard, the highly anticipated J.R. Smith scored just 3 points on 1-of-3 shooting, and none of the other bench players scored more than 5 points.
In contrast, the Warriors' side can be described as more blossoming.
Curry 23 points, Wang Feng 21 points, Klay. Thompson, despite his poor hand, also scored 10 points.
Green, Bogut, Livingston, Iguodala, a total of 7 players on the team scored in double figures.
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