At the same time as the players of both sides came on the field, the big screen on the scene gave the starting lists on both sides:

"Explorers: No. 1 Brogdon, No. 2 Leewan, No. 3 Wiggins, No. 4 Chris Bosh, No. 5 Adams;

Hornets: James Harden at No. 1, Gordon at No. 2, Ariza at No. 3, Anthony Davis at No. 4, Alexi Akinsa at No. 5; ”

The Explorers didn't change the lineup, but the Hornets made a change of formation at the No. 5 position, putting Tucker, who had been starting, off the court, and bringing the taller Aginsa to the starting lineup to increase the team's height.

Just looking at his one change of formation, Tyronn Lue knows that tonight's opening game for the Hornets is probably focused on the interior.

Sure enough, Anthony Davis, who was successful in the jump ball, stood high in the Columbus defense area, waiting for James Harden to suddenly take off, and received the ball in an open cut and completed the two-handed frame against Chris Bosh.

Chris Bosh's biggest defensive advantage is really in his help defense, not in the top defense.

That's the biggest difference between him and Kevin Garnett.

Although the "Wolf King" can't withstand those heavy tanks, he can still get stuck well against Nana, who is a little bigger than Anthony Davis.

Chris Bosh has a bit of a problem with that.

Scoring in the opening game, D'Antoni yelled "nice" at Anthony Davis on the sidelines!

"Brother Thick Eyebrows" hurriedly waved his hand at him, and glanced at Li Wan, don't let this "God" hear it.

It would be bad if he misunderstood that he was struggling right now.

Tyronn Lue didn't react much to Anthony Davis' goal.

Chris Bosh didn't do a good job of limiting Anthony Davis' catch-and-shoot offense, which he expected, and the Trail Blazers have done a little better at that this season.

The other teams, one counts as one, and it's not very good.

But Anthony Davis has his own problems, so Tyronn Lue won't be nervous just by seeing him score in the opener.

The offensive end of the Columbus Explorers.

The "give the ball to Li Wan" tactic was very successful.

Li Wan, who was without the ball, suddenly exerted force along the bottom line, and while successfully throwing off Ariza, receiving the ball was a "turnaround jumper", Ariza was late at this time, and when he jumped, Li Wan had already shot the basket.

Ariza's eyes were full of helplessness, and his eyes had never lost Li Wan's figure, but ......

How can eyes interfere with a guy like Li Wan?

I have to say that a player like Li Wan, who has good physical explosiveness, is also proficient in running without the ball, which is really a bit too bullying.

This goal, do you think Li Wan ran out with his running feints?

Wrong!

In Ariza's view, this ball was forcibly run by Li Wan with his physical fitness.

Under the basket, when Atkinsa shot the ball, the whole person was already stuck in Adams.

Adams, who couldn't jump up, felt the stuck position on the opposite side, and his whole body sank down, and he faced him with the "card".

Aginsa couldn't get closer to the basket.

But he also accomplished his task.

Just came up for the first ball, Anthony Davis attacked the frame, Adams couldn't get around from the side, in fact, it was his "card position" that played a very important role.

At least in the last two rounds, Akinsa has played the role that D'Antoni wants to see.

Although the ball went straight into the basket, the big score was rewritten to a 2-2 draw. D'Antoni was still happy with the result.

Li Wan's goal is Li Wan's thing, his scoring ability is the top in the entire NBA history, even if his "scoring champion" number of times, it is already the "second person" under Michael Jordan, 6 times more than the former "pride of heaven" LeBron James.

Oh no, what was I thinking!

LeBron James's name can't appear in this level of competition, at least not until he wins the championship.

Li Wan's scoring ability is here, so D'Antoni does not rule out seeing the picture of Li Wan scoring.

In his hypothetical vision of this game, Li Wan's points per game average is at a very respectable level.

Let's put it this way, he plans to try to see if he can win this game with Li Wan constantly scoring......

By what?

Without him, the Hornets' offense.

No, in the offensive round of the Hornets on the field, D'Antoni did not say a word and successfully scored again.

This time, Anthony Davis made a feint cut to the basket, but actually mentioned that the high post made a block for James Harden. At the end of the block, he went down at the same time, so that the opponent could not let him go.

But the moment James Harden bypassed him, he went around again, just looked at Brogdon's back, and hit a "step-back three-pointer" with his hand raised.

In this round alone, you can see how familiar James Harden and Anthony Davis are after working together for the third season.

Let's put it this way, fart, you know the leek-flavored pancakes you had tonight.

Taryn Lew thoughtfully touched the stubble that was slightly prickly in his hand, still not speaking, just watching.

Still no change in arrangement......

There is nothing to say, Li Wan will make a move anyway!

"Huh!"

A three-pointer that simply flew through the Nets into the basket still came from Li Wan's direct shot after running without the ball.

Only this time, he went around to the outside of the three-point line.

Ariza's ability to defend without the ball is a bit insufficient against a top off-ball running master like Li Wan.

D'Antoni thought about it and was ready to let the court change the defense when the opposite side was blocked, but seeing that the Hornets scored another goal led by James Harden and Anthony Davis, he simply chose not to adjust first, so as not to destroy the offensive momentum of the Hornets at the moment.

In this way, the two head coaches are like Phil Jackson, with a "god here" on their faces, but in fact, they watched the first quarter of the finals like a spectator.

There were no major adjustments on either side, and the only timeout was officially called.

At the end of the first quarter, the two sides were tied at 35-33 - the score was quite high on both sides because they were both in a fast game.

The lead was led by the Hornets, who were led by two points under the leadership of the "Twin Stars".

James Harden had 8 points, 4 assists and 2 rebounds in the first quarter; Anthony Davis had 11 points and five rebounds in the first quarter......

Li Wan had 15 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists in the first quarter......

Just looking at the data of the "core" on both sides, and thinking back to the thoughts of the two head coaches in the first quarter, it can be said that the whole process of the first quarter is still under their control, although they did nothing.

But the temptation is almost over, and it's time to make a move.

Tyronn Lu took the lead in making a move, and in the first quarter, he specifically followed Li Wandao: "Man, I hope to see you more ferocious offensive...... May I? ”

The final "is it okay" with undisguised anticipation and request.

Because Li Wan has scored 15 points in the first quarter, this is already a standard "supergiant" data.

"Perch" actually felt "dissatisfied", if other "supergiants" heard it, they parted ways with a "head coach" like him every minute.

Family, who knows?

I scored 15 points in the first quarter of the finals, and this head coach actually said that I didn't attack hard enough!

Li Wan nodded, indicating that there was no problem.

The "Nerve Knife" badge hasn't been lit yet!

Seriously, with his current overall ability, the "Nerve Knife" badge is opened, which is roughly equivalent to the full strength of logging into the "God of Basketball" account in the third to fourth seasons of his career......

Don't say do whatever he wants, even if he does whatever he wants, he can do whatever he wants!

The offense is fierce beyond the first quarter, is that a matter of minutes?

Tyronn Lue continued with the next arrangement, and he observed James Harden and Anthony Davis' blocking and pick-and-roll cooperation very carefully in the first quarter: "The position is more concentrated under the basket, and once the opposite side is blocked, the inside line still follows the inside line, but the outside line remembers to wrap it directly!" ”

"Come on, guys, give these recruits a lot of intensity and let them know what Finals-level defensive intensity is!"

After Tyronn Lue finished speaking, he also pulled everyone into a circle and refueled together.

D'Antoni was very happy with the Hornets' offensive efficiency in the first quarter, so all of his setups were as good as possible not to ruin the team's momentum.

On the one hand, it is the posture of "swallowing the tiger and driving the wolf", and on the other hand, it is a "conservative and steady" wait-and-see......

The result was visible in the first round of the second quarter, when the main forces on both sides came up.

James Harden played blocking and dismantling with Anthony Davis as usual, but the suddenly ferocious Li Wan and Brogdon forced him to subconsciously retreat, but fortunately the muscles reacted, and gave the ball from between them to Anthony Davis's hands before the two of them formed a bag, Chris Bosh did not lose his position, and he didn't give Anthony Davis time to think at all, and the whole entanglement went up.

Anthony Davis is in high positions at the moment, with Levan and Brogdon behind him, and he has a sense of panic about "dropping soap in the shower in the locker room". His knee-jerk reaction was to take the ball against Chris Bosh and hit the basket, the effect of this play in the first quarter was good, and in the second quarter, not to mention, he was in really good shape tonight, the feeling continued, and the first shot was scored.

It's just that there is no ease and no smile on D'Antoni's face.

He knew that the test for Anthony Davis and James Harden began at this moment.

The good news is that the opposite side is still attacking with Li Wan.

It's a drain!

Even if he knew Li Wan's ability, but watching Li Wan come up to the first goal and score it easily, D'Antoni also shook his head slightly.

Before the start of the finals, he was thinking that if Li Wan's state fluctuated in any game, the Hornets would definitely be able to drag the big score of this round of the finals to a more satisfactory number. But at that time, he immediately felt that he was crazy, and he was actually fantasizing about the form problems of a player of this level.

Now looking at Li Wan's eye-catching "output", D'Antoni felt that he must have been "taking drugs" at that time, otherwise, how could he have such thoughts.

The Hornets were able to hold out tonight, and even as the Columbus Explorers continued to increase their defensive intensity, they were able to maintain an efficient scoring efficiency.

Especially Anthony Davis......

Watching him hang Chris Bosh up and pound him, Taryn Lue was stunned for a moment and said to himself: "This is too ......"

He is sure that this guy will definitely become "the new No. 1 forward in the league" in the future!

You know, Chris Bosh hasn't been made so ugly by anyone for a long time......

Of course, he is not in a hurry, because Anthony Davis makes such frequent shots, which is part of his plan.

Disrupting the linkage between James Harden and Anthony Davis means that a large part of the ball belongs to someone else, and Anthony Davis was so fierce in the first quarter, Harden, who was trapped, would naturally pass the ball to his hand more......

Can......

Is this guy's physical strength up to it?

Tyronn Lue watched Anthony Davis, whose wheezing became more pronounced, and even though he was now hitting goal after goal in front of Chris Bosh, he was not at all flustered and steady as an old dog......

Anthony Davis has most of the problems that his type of interior can't solve:

His physical strength is not enough to support him to do a whole game with "high power".

Especially now that Tyronn Lue has given the entire Hornets a really high level of confrontation!

It's only 7 minutes and 45 seconds into the second quarter, and if you really wait for 9 minutes and 45 seconds in the third quarter......

Taryn Lue believes that when Anthony Davis is exhausted, it will be when the Columbus Explorers win this game once and for all!

D'Antoni naturally saw Tyronn Lue's intention to attack Anthony Davis at this time, and seeing that the opposite side was forcing Anthony Davis to make a move with such high intensity, he didn't mean to stop at all, he really wanted to shout at the Columbus bench:

He's still a kid!

8:13 of the second quarter......

Looking at Anthony Davis's tired appearance and looking at the 3-point difference, D'Anthony plans to put his heart sideways and use the three-point shot to fight for Anthony Davis' rest time.

But just as he was about to reach out and call a timeout, a "big three-pointer" fell straight into the basket, provoking excited cheers from the Columbians in the audience.

At the same time, it also made D'Antoni's heart tug.

As for the rest of the Hornets......

Their expressions were no better than D'Anthony's.

It is said that a three-point shot, even if it is such a "big three-point shot", although it hits people, it will not make people show such an expression.

Why......

Naturally, it was because the person who hit this three-point shot was none other than Li Wan!

In the second quarter, Li Wan, who unknowingly scored 10 points in a single quarter, threw such a three-pointer......

How scared the silver!

As far as his past soaring pictures are concerned, I'm afraid that no one can't help but mutter:

Is this going to be opened again?

James Harden reluctantly responded to Leewan's three-point shot with a "step-back three-pointer".

But D'Antoni's idea of being ready to replace Anthony Davis was extinguished at this moment because Lee Wan was ......

In less than 7 seconds, when I turned my head, I hit a three-pointer again!

In less than 30 seconds, Li Wan has already hit 2 three-pointers......

The cheers at the scene became more enthusiastic at this time, especially the female stars of the "Godmother Group", whose excited appearance unconsciously attracted the attention of many male fans.

For the first time, Westbrook watched "Li Wan's three-point show" from the perspective of the audience, and the two three-pointers were called a decisive one, which also made his expression unconsciously stunned.

If you want to say that there is any difference between his "little Li Wan" and the real Li Wan......

Li Wanneng got a triple-double, and he just achieved a "triple-double average per game this season";

Li Wan has his signature mid-range jumper, and he also has a "zombie jumper";

Li Wan has a strong breakthrough ability, not to mention him, that is his "housekeeping ability";

Li Wan flew away, and he was also on the highlights of various explosive dunks......

After analyzing it like this, the gap between him and Li Wan is really not that big.

If you have to talk about a huge gap, you have to talk about his three-point shot!

This is one of his shortcomings, but looking at Li Wan, who hit two three-pointers in a row, Westbrook's first notice is Li Wan's strong self-confidence.

Westbrook feels that this is the gap between himself and Li Wan!

His self-confidence outside the three-point line is much weaker than Li Wan......

However, this thought only lasted for less than 2 seconds, and his expression unconsciously became serious, Li Wan was in such a ferocious state, he was worried about whether James Harden could resist.

You know, so far in the second quarter, the Columbus Explorers have been trying to keep James Harden from holding the ball, in addition to constantly forcing the Hornets to hand over the offensive power to Anthony Davis.

In that shot just now, James Harden was also very resolute and made his own shot, forcing a top shot to score.

But this kind of ball is also unprepared, if you play like this every round, the opponent is on guard, and he naturally can't hit it so easily.

He doesn't plan to take risks, Li Wan's condition is too good, if he doesn't score at this time, the next thing is at least 5 points apart......

So......

"Smack!"

Hitting the ground pass.

The moment the ball flew out of his hand, James Harden muttered:

I can only suffer you a little longer, brother!

Anthony Davis holds the ball high post.

On the field, Columbus's defense changed again.

As soon as "Brother Thick Eyebrows" got the ball, the entire outside line of Columbus began to shrink rapidly towards his position.

The fatigue prevented Anthony Davis from reacting at first, and by the time he realized it, it was already full of Columbusians outside.

Although Anthony Davis has a soft touch as a point guard since he was a child, it is easy for people to perceive the path of his passing when he is pressing.

Li Wan jumped high and stopped the ball with one hand.

"Fast~back~prevent~"

“！！！”

Seeing Li Wan get the ball, D'Antoni's voice shouted a split.

Because of the rapid screaming, you even feel him shouting "automatic slow release".

It can be seen how afraid D'Antoni is of his former "lover" to get the ball at this moment.

The Hornets are still very fast in their return defense.

But......

After half the court, he just walked two big steps forward, and a big step before the three-point line, Li Wan raised his hand and threw it, a "big chase for three points", and the distance made the Explorers fans on the sidelines exclaim.

The ball flew in mid-air and gave them time to brew cheers, and the moment the ball fell straight into the basket, the whole court was completely drowned out in cheers.

D'Antoni frustrated his hands and called a timeout.

A wave of three-point shots after a sudden outbreak was led by Li Wan alone!

He shot 3-of-3 from three-point range in less than a minute......

At this point, the score difference is moving towards double digits.

Tyronn Lue smiled from ear to ear.

Although but ......

This has happened many times, but every time like this, Tyronn Lue still can't help but sigh:

Is it the happiness of having Li Wan?

15 points in a single quarter is really not fierce!

Look at the current Li Wan, plus these 3 3-pointers, Li Wan has already scored 19 points in the second quarter!

In the first half, he scored more than 34 points......

What is the "first person in history"!

D'Antoni glanced at the "unvirtuous" Anthony Davis, just now he was also a member of the Hornets' "return defense army", but unfortunately it was useless, Li Wan did not give them the opportunity to build a defensive system at all!

But the "whirring" gasp after running hard is real.

This made the "mustache" feel distressed for a while.

But he could only say: "Guys, hold on a little longer, persistence is victory, before the end of the first half, let's control the difference at the current ......"

He also doesn't ask for the margin to be narrowed, as far as the current state of the gang and Anthony Davis' fitness, he knows very well that being able to maintain this margin is already the limit of this Hornets......

In addition, when the time comes, I have to thank Li Wan for his "grace of not killing"!

D'Antoni is well aware that before the end of the first half, whether the Hornets can maintain this point difference is not mainly up to them, but Li Wan......

"Listen, James, I'm asking you to control the whole rhythm now, and now it's just over two minutes before the end of the game......" If you don't hear it with your own ears, I'm afraid no one will believe it, this is D'Antoni's set-up on the offensive end.

This advocate of the "7-second offensive theory" would actually ask his own people to play slower.

Harden also thought he had misheard.

But only D'Antoni himself knew how correct his arrangement was.

Although it has not been verified, but judging from the results of his 4 years of coaching Li Wan, Li Wan belongs to the obvious "more and more hilarious", if you are in a state when he is obviously in a state of competition, then I am sorry, in a few minutes, he can drag you to death, but if you slow down the rhythm, although his state will continue, but it will not appear, soaring, you find yourself soaring into the "garbage time" thing......

Isn't it......

There is a difference between making seven three-pointers in three minutes and three three-pointers in three minutes.

"And ...... Don't give him a chance to shoot a three-pointer, pester him and let him shoot a two-pointer! ”

This is another conclusion that D'Antoni came to after coaching Li Wan for 4 years, if he really can't stop Li Wan's three-point shot, then simply don't give him a three-point shot, I'd rather let him score 2 points than let him make a three-point shot.

This is called "the train driver sees that there are people lying on the two lying tracks, so he drives to the one with fewer people", and in the case of no choice, he can only minimize the loss!

Li Wan did not "disappoint" D'Antoni at all.

Well......

In fact, D'Antoni now really hopes that Li Wan can disappoint him once......

Not only was he not disappointed, but it also made D'Antoni feel that the person in front of him was also a little strange......

Coming back from the timeout, Anthony Davis traded his fitness for the goal, and his legs looked like they were about to be lifted, but he still carried Chris Bosh to score the ball.

The difference went from 9 to 7.

According to D'Antoni's arrangement, the Hornets worked hard to prevent Li Wan from shooting a three-pointer. - In D'Antoni's memory, Li Wan is a very steady guy, although he often shoots unsteadily, but if there is an easier chance to score, he will definitely choose an easier way, which is called thinking in the long run.

So D'Antoni intends to take advantage of him and let his heat from beyond the three-point line slowly cool down.

Can......

Li Wan's reaction next made him understand that people do change!

Ariza's hand was almost on Li Wan's face, if Li Wan was afraid of breaking through before, but now Li Wan is a feigned breakthrough, forcing Ariza to withdraw about two steps away, and then quickly explode the ball, move sideways to the side, return to the outside of the three-point line, shoot a shot, Ariza couldn't prevent it, and the ball flew straight into the basket.

The difference is 10 points!

The cheers that had just been lowered after the pause blew up the entire scene.

Ariza looked at his teammate helplessly, said something, and looked at D'Antoni again, also giving a "I really tried my best to force him to break through!" ”

He's just going to shoot outside the three-point line, and I can't help it!

Li Wan's 37th ......

D'Antoni didn't blame Ariza for anything, he was watching from the side, he knew very well what Li Wan had just done, he could only say one thing, after all, my "mustache" dreamed of butterflies, and you are Li Wan and "Dad"!

If you can be my "big daddy", you can naturally become someone else's "big daddy......

He is a little stranger to Li Wan!

This man is more domineering than before!

In the past, Li Wan was that I could ask for this or that, if it was so easy, then I would like it......

And now Li Wan is what I want to do, so I have to ask for it!

However, this is also very in line with the status of this former "big daddy" at this moment.

With six crowns in hand, he and Michael Jordan's various statistics basically have no fatal shortcomings, he still has some things that are not as good as Michael Jordan, but the same Michael Jordan also has many things that are not as good as him.

Let's put it this way, the title of the most 80 points in a single game is the one that Michael Jordan doesn't have.

The existence of the "GOAT" level, the domineering point of playing......

Seems quite normal!

Push it harder, force it harder!

This was D'Antoni's last resort.

It is to make everyone on the Hornets fight more actively on the outside, even if they can't keep up with Li Wan's breakthrough, they have to make his three-point shot unable to shoot.

At this time, Li Wan became the steady Li Wan he was "familiar with" again, no longer obsessed with three-point shots, and began to break through ferociously, using mid-range and breakthrough layups to solve the problem.

And because the Hornets are too tight, they often let Li Wan fall behind at the first step, so they can only watch him score calmly.

Finally, at the end of the first half, Li Wan's half-time statistics were fixed at 43 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 steals and 1 block;

The shooting rate is as high as 60%, which shows how easy he played in the first half.

The Hornets don't have good off-ball defenders.

As for the strategy of "replacing people when they are blocked", it is useful for others, but it is really of little use to Li Wan, after all, ...... He still has a height of 2.04 meters, if he really changes it when he blocks it, where can James Harden and "Round-faced Deng" stop him!

Not to mention the inside line, Akinsa dared to defend in front of him, and Li Wan was afraid that he would immediately make him "kneel" to the king of Ohio......

Therefore, playing the Hornets, Li Wan's feeling is just two words:

Comfortable!

After his runaway in the second half of the second quarter, the Explorers also built a double-digit point margin.

And so the tone of the game was set.

In the second half, Tyronn Lue continued to press Anthony Davis according to the targeted strategy of the first half, causing the latter's fitness problems to explode at the end of the third quarter, and the margin suddenly widened to more than 16 points.

The Hornets fought back twice in the fourth quarter without making any waves, and in the end they also lost the first game of the Finals by 111-125, a 14-point difference.

Watching the whole first game, Barkley had only one feeling:

What kind of finals is this!

Isn't this a teaching bureau~

Today I thought I didn't need to hang the water, but when the results were rechecked, the doctor asked me to check again, and the result was another day, but this time it was the last day, and finally there was no need to hang the water anymore!

I'll go, these four days are really enough toss.

(End of chapter)