Chapter 452: Coach Thunder is confused
Zhou Yang's early break really made the Thunder team puzzled, and they didn't know what the Warriors were going to do.
Curry continues to lead the Warriors on the field.
However, what the Thunder players are most afraid of is Zhou Yang, no matter why the Warriors replaced Zhou Yang, the Thunder decided to increase the offensive and pull the score away.
As soon as Wei Shao came up, he launched a crazy breakthrough.
This is the impact of Wei Shao, and his breakthrough is also the top among all-time point guards.
What worries him most about his breakthrough is Zhou Yang's defense, and even he is not afraid of Chandler.
Because although Chandler is tall enough and explosive enough, his speed is really a little worse.
And Zhou Yang's speed and explosiveness are the most restrained.
Bang!
Wei Shao burst into the forbidden area, a violent buckle, extremely domineering.
It's a pity that when Wei Shao was still roaring, the Warriors had already launched an attack.
Curry received the ball in the middle and made it through the half.
Ibaka hurried to chase after him, but Curry threw it more than a meter from the three-point line.
Swish!
Three-point hit!
The attack took just over 3 seconds, including the time the basketball flew in the air.
Wei Shao was still immersed in the joy of the violent dunk just now, and roared angrily in the sky, but as a result, the Warriors had already scored.
Thunder head coach Brooks shook his head slightly on the sidelines, he really couldn't help Wei Shao, this kid is full of passion, but sometimes he always loses concentration.
This came and went, and the Thunder lost another 1 point.
Thunder offense.
Wei Shao did not attack by himself this time, but honestly passed the ball to Durant.
Durant faced Butler's defense, changed direction continuously, and then suddenly pulled out and shot at the highest point, Butler could only watch him hit the shot.
The Warriors attacked, and the Thunder's Curry launched a crazy pinch.
In their opinion, Zhou Yang will be rested, as long as Curry is strangled, the Warriors will lose their firepower.
However, they didn't expect that Curry's ability to shoot the ball had improved a lot.
In the regular season this season, Zhou Yang and Nelson Sr. deliberately set aside a lot of time for Curry to practice leading the team alone.
That's how experience is accumulated, it takes a game, it takes time.
Curry didn't adapt very well at first, his personality was not strong, and he didn't think about leaving Zhou Yang.
So he saw that Zhou Yang deliberately staggered the time with him, and Curry was still a little unhappy.
But later, Zhou Yang did Curry's ideological work, and Curry was also angry, and he spent more and more time leading the team alone, and his performance was getting better and better.
Willis and Sephorosa unfold the package on Curry, but Curry gets the ball out quickly, whoosh!
The basketball passed between the two.
Turkoglou catches the ball, draws the Ibaka defence and passes the ball to the empty Tony Allen again!
Although Allen has an average level of offense with the ball, he is also a must for an air-cut layup.
Perkins also wanted to help defend, but was stuck by Chandler.
Swish!
Tony Allen easily scored two points!
This shocked the Thunder players, Zhou Yang was not present, why is the Warriors' style of play so sharp?
Zhou Yang once again served as the leader of the atmosphere group on the sidelines, cheering for the Warriors players!
"Well done Stephen!"
Zhou Yang even took the time to high-five Curry.
In the next few minutes, although the Warriors couldn't prevent the Thunder's offense, the Thunder couldn't prevent Curry's sharp offense.
The first quarter was 9:33, and the score came to 28:26, with the Warriors leading by 2 points.
Nelson Sr. called a timeout and was ready to switch to the bench.
The Thunder players are all worried.
If Zhou Yang didn't play, he couldn't take the lead, so how would he play when Zhou Yang appeared?
Curry, as the second-in-command of the Warriors, can clean you up, which makes the Thunder four less
Where to put the face?
Head coach Brooks' expression was also very solemn, and he was also thinking about this question: why did Zhou Yang leave the game early.
What if Zhou Yang was injured?
Brooks thought about the question.
Of course, as a head coach with the right outlook, Brooks definitely doesn't want any players to get hurt.
But Zhou Yang and the Clippers have experienced seven big battles, and it is highly likely that they will be physically injured.
Thinking of this, Brooks suddenly had a mental head.
He took out the tactics board, drew on it, and said tactics out loud.
Next, Harden, the core of the Thunder bench, will play, which is the most important part of the Thunder's scoring.
If Zhou Yang can't play, Curry's physical strength will definitely decline, and then Harden will be the most important player to decide the direction of the game.
At the end of the timeout, the Thunder brought on Harden, Cook, Collisson, ***, Maynor.
On the Warriors' side, Zhou Yang was still sitting below, and the elder Nelson was replaced with a full bench lineup.
Thomas Jr., Livingston, Butler, Turiaf and Barbossa.
As soon as Harden came up, he played a block with Collisson, killed in the restricted area, and fed Collison a piece of cake.
On the Warriors' side, Thomas Jr. wanted to retaliate with a tooth for a tooth and play a block with Turiaf.
But the moment Turyaf received the ball, he was hit by Collisson, did not catch the ball, and fell ......
This is the disadvantage of Turyaf, the confrontation is a little worse.
Cook grabbed the ball and launched a counterattack, and Harden assisted teammate Meno again and scored a layup.
Harden not only helped the team catch up with the score, but also overtook it.
The fans at the Oracle Arena couldn't sit still, and they were all chanting Zhou Yang's name.
But old Nelson continued to watch the game with his hands on his shoulders on the sidelines as if he hadn't heard.
Zhou Yang didn't look like he was ready to play, he wore a coat and continued to serve as the cheerleader of the team.
Brooks has been peeking at Zhou Yang, and he is now even more convinced that Zhou Yang must be injured! ap.
Otherwise, in such an important Western Finals battle, how could Zhou Yang only play 5 minutes in the first quarter?
Harden was in good shape today, putting all the weapons in his arsenal to use.
Three points back!
Pass the ball in the trouser pocket!
Break into the penalty area and throw small!
By the end of the first quarter, the Thunder had an 8-point lead, 37:29!
This quieted down the Golden State home fans.
Zhou Yang can't get on it at all? What happened?
In the midst of the fans' discussions, Zhou Yang finally slowly took off his coat and was ready to appear!
The Oracle Arena immediately resounded with cheers!
"Second Brother Yang, you're finally here!"
"Come on, Second Brother Yang, you must win the first game!"
"Warriors will win!"
Thunder head coach Brooks was shocked when he saw Zhou Yang preparing to appear......
Broken!
But he still has a fluke mentality, maybe it's a smokescreen for the Warriors?
After Zhou Yang came on the court, in the first attack, he did not make a shot, but walked to the bottom corner, clubbed his knees with both hands, and watched the play.
Thomas Jr. passes the ball to Livingston, who turns and throws in ecstasy!
Unfortunately, under Cook's defense, the basketball spun half a circle and fell out again.
Harden immediately kicked in and prepared for a counteroffensive.