Durant singles Irving, that's not too simple.

Not to mention that Irving is not a good defensive player, even if his defensive ability is strong enough, the height of only 1.88 meters is of no use in front of Durant, who is at least more than 2.11 meters.

In the face of Irving's defense, Durant shot a pull-up jumper directly from about 20 feet from the basket.

"Brush!"

Basketball goes to the net.

Wang Feng narrowed his eyes slightly.

It seems that Durant is ready to avoid the fight.

Although Wang Feng has a strong ability in outside defense, he is poor in blocking and dismantling.

There is a badge like a pick-and-roll dodge in the defensive badge system, but Wang Feng has not activated it yet, so his pick-and-roll depends on his own speed and experience, and Wang Feng, who has only played less than three full seasons in the league, has rich experience in block-and-dismantle?

Durant gave up a tough confrontation with Wang Feng and instead used blocking and pick-and-roll coverage to attack a relatively weak link in the Cavaliers' defense.

While this kind of proactive performance is a slight discount for a top superstar, the efficiency of scoring has been significantly improved.

In the next few rounds, Durant continued to use blocking and pick-and-roll to form a heads-up situation with Irving and frequently succeeded in single-handedness.

After a few rounds, the Cavaliers called a timeout first.

"It's not a good situation, so that Durant has been eating Irving alone, and the scoring efficiency is too high."

After a brief timeout, Tyronn Lue made changes defensively.

The player who marked Curry was changed from Irving to James.

This is a good move, because the only player on the Warriors team who can form a quick dislocation with Durant is Curry.

Replaced by other players, Wang Feng can completely ignore the other party and turn to defend Durant.

Clay. With his super-fast shooting speed and three-point accuracy, Thompson is certainly up to the job.

But JR. Smith, who is responsible for marking him, is slightly more defensive than Irving, don't look at JR. Smith's current scoring method is mostly based on mid-to-long-range shooting, but he is a real spring man, and he often staged violent dunks when he was young with the Nuggets.

With a height of 1.98 meters and excellent bounce, his performance on the outside is quite remarkable, and even if he can't stop Durant, he will at least not be used as an ATM like Irving.

As for letting James defend Curry, it makes no sense for Durant and Curry to block and dismantle, James is second only to Wang Feng in the Cavaliers' outside defensive ability, and he is also the top defensive player.

Instead of facing James, Durant should go and single JR. Smith.

It slightly solved the problem of the Warriors' dual-core pick-and-roll, and at the same time, the Cavaliers also began to work on the offensive end.

Irving, who was frequently singled out by Durant and lost a lot of points, began to take over the ball and launch an onslaught towards the Warriors.

"I can't stop your players, but can you stop me?"

The answer to this question is that it can't be prevented.

Aside from other factors, Irving's ability to attack with the ball alone is definitely the top level in the league, especially the ability to break through the frame, and only Westbrook is the defender, and there are few people such as Rose at his peak who can compare with him.

When the Warriors' Death Five lineup came on, the interior line lacked a big man to protect the frame, and Irving made a series of sudden shots, rushing into the Warriors' interior line as if he was in no one's land, scoring 7 points in a row.

Taking advantage of this gap, James and Wang Feng also seized the opportunity and hit a three-pointer each, and the advantage that Durant had established was quickly chased back.

At 33:31, the Cavaliers trailed by 2 points, and the two sides were tied in the first quarter.

Durant scored 11 points in a single quarter, except for the round with Wang Feng at the beginning, the rest of the shots were all scored by other players in a misplaced situation, and the shooting rate was also maintained at about 60%, which was quite efficient.

On the Cavaliers' side, the highest scorer was Irving, who scored 9 points.

James didn't rush to shoot in the first quarter, perhaps because Irving had a good hand, so it was better to let him charge first.

And as the second quarter began, James began to exert his strength.

At the beginning of the game, James hit a three-point shot from the outside with the ball, and then successfully scored 2+1 under the basket, hit a free throw, and scored 6 points in a row to help the Cavaliers directly complete the score overtake.

Then the Warriors' pass error was stealed by Wang Feng, and James rushed to the basket with a fast break and scored another 2 points with a tomahawk dunk.

Green, who was responsible for keeping an eye on James, had nothing to do in the face of James, desperately pulling and pulling, and his small movements were exhausted, but he had no effect in front of James, who was solid and resistant.

In fact, in the first two seasons of the competition, James has become accustomed to some of the Warriors' out-of-the-ordinary defense against him, and he doesn't even birdie.

Not only James, but Wang Feng also started.

Green went to defend James, while Durant was tasked with guarding Lefou, who was about his height.

The person in charge of defending Wang Feng is his old teammate Clay. Thompson.

Thompson's defensive ability is among the top among guards, and he has defended James more than once in the Riders over the years, and he is also a player who is fully capable of being selected to the All-Defensive Team.

But with his current defensive ability, it is obviously not enough to limit Wang Feng.

In the face of Thompson's defense, Wang Feng, like Durant, uses a large number of mid- and long-range shots as the main means of scoring.

Although Thompson is very good at defending every time, with the blessing of the double gold badges of the sharpshooter and the hot zone hunter, Wang Feng keeps hitting and shooting, and Thompson can't prevent him at all.

In the entire second quarter of the game, James scored 10 points, Wang Feng also scored 8 points, the Cavaliers scored 36 points, and the Warriors only scored 29 points.

When O'Neill saw this, he was directly happy.

"Charles, you have to be mentally prepared."

Barkley, on the other hand, snorted disdainfully. "It's just a 5-point lead, so it's not going to be won because of the Cavaliers, right? This point difference, two three-pointers can overtake, which is nothing at all for the Warriors, who have the highest offensive efficiency in the league. ”

Barkley was right.

After the halftime break at the end of the first half, the third quarter of the game began, and both sides began to rotate the main players to rest.

At this time, it is precisely the moment for the Warriors, who have a deep bench lineup, to exert their strength!

In just a few minutes, the Cavaliers' five-point lead was caught up, and then the main forces of both sides began to return one after another, and on the Warriors' side, Curry, who had been constantly targeted, finally broke out.

After all, this is a super player whose ability is no less than James and Durant, how can he be strictly guarded and kept invisible throughout the whole process?

Curry, who was in charge of the ball, shot wildly from the outside in the third quarter, shooting 4-of-6 from three-pointers and 1-of-2 from 2-pointers, scoring 14 points in a single quarter.

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