The Clippers, whose score was chased to single digits by the Warriors, immediately returned the favor to the Warriors with an 8:0 and reopened the score.

Force Mark Jackson to call another timeout to calm the team's morale, after all, the Warriors played well, but they still couldn't beat it.

I thought that the strength of the two sides was shrinking and approaching in the past summer, but I didn't know that the gap between the two sides was likely to be even greater.

However, the Warriors are definitely not a simple team, and they have regarded the Clippers as their imaginary enemy and target early on since the beginning of the 11-12 season.

Recruiting Mark Jackson as a coach, signing Bogut, and winning Lillard in the draft, the team's tactics and configuration are all aimed at the Clippers.

As early as the 09-10 season, the moment the Clippers snatched Curry in the draft, the Warriors were keenly aware that the Clippers could be their main opponent for the next revival.

Therefore, the management and coaching staff of the Warriors have always paid close attention to the movements of the Clippers and understood the Clippers' tactics, system, and player growth.

The Warriors, like the Clippers, are also a team that has been rotten for many years, and they have been running with the NBA during the rapid development of the NBA in the 80s, 90s, and 00s.

They also have bad bosses, chaotic management systems, and unfortunate luck, and they are hard brothers with the Clippers.

However, with the development of the technology industry and the rise of the Internet industry, a large number of wealthy upstarts have risen in Silicon Valley and the Bay Area.

The sports industry, to a certain extent, is also an indicator and embodiment of local economic development.

The domination of old-money in the NBA gradually collapsed with the dawn of the new century, and the upstarts gradually rose, bringing with them new management concepts and team atmosphere.

Like the Grizzlies, Thunder, Warriors, Heat, and Mavericks, these are all teams with a very light historical baggage, active tactical thinking, fast transformation, and eclectic selection.

Including the San Antonio Spurs, whose style of play seems to be old-fashioned, in fact, they just play ugly, and they are definitely the benchmark of the league in terms of management and talent training, and they continue to send all kinds of talents to other teams in the league.

After the Warriors changed their bosses, they also took this express train, with new capital injections, new team building concepts and tactical styles, which laid a good foundation for the Warriors.

Like the Clippers, this young-based team has a good atmosphere in the team, with a good relationship between players and a strong fighting force.

They will lose, but they will not give up the game easily.

After the timeout, the Warriors adjusted their offensive direction and began to attack the position.

Klay Thompson received the ball and hit the basket directly with the help of the pick-and-roll, causing a defensive foul by Randolph and going to the free throw line.

Thompson hit both free throws, and then on defense, Thompson began to defend Curry one-on-one, putting Lillard in the protective position and staring at George on the weak side.

Thompson is 2 meters tall, physically strong, steady in the lower game, defensive confrontation ability and awareness are quite good, after all, Dad is the champion, and there must be a lot of tempering in all aspects since childhood, from shooting posture to defensive posture, it is very standard.

Min Congda saw this adjustment, and he sat on the chair with Erlang's legs crossed, and he moved his ass slightly, thinking: "Mark Jackson, you finally found a trick, you know that Thompson is here to put pressure on Curry, why did you go earlier?" ”

Throughout the first half, until the third quarter, Curry was the Clippers' well-deserved number one offensive engine.

Whether it's a quick offense or positional battles, Curry is a true commander, so to speak, and the tempo is in Curry's hands so far in this game.

And it was only then that Mark Jackson remembered to let his defensive arrowhead put pressure on Curry to make his pass and playmaking not so easy.

It can only be said that Jackson's reaction is slow enough, and if he is replaced by Min Congda, after the first timeout in the first quarter, he will start letting the players hunt Curry.

Of course, Min Congda, a coach with a championship style of play, is the only one in the whole league with the tail of the scorpion, and other coaches will not start to make targeted adjustments in the regular season very early.

And it wasn't too late for Jackson to start changing midway through the third quarter, and Thompson's one-on-one pressing defense did cause some problems for Curry.

Curry tried to feint past Thompson and tear apart the Warriors' defense but failed, and distributed the ball to Gasol Jr. in the middle, who made a very smart pass to George in the air.

However, George's layup was interfered with by Bogut and missed, the Warriors launched a counterattack, and Thompson received a pass on the wing and hit a quick three-point shot!

This kid's three-point shot is really decisive, and it is really accurate, receiving the ball, shooting, all in one go, the key is to be very confident, he seems to believe that he will be able to score.

This kind of self-confidence has been cultivated since childhood, and he is extremely confident in his shots, even if there is only a gap of 0.1 seconds, and only a small chance to shoot, he will still aim at the basket and throw the ball out.

Like some people who are not confident in their own shooting, even if there is no one in front of them, a radius of three meters is slippery, and they still dare not shoot when they stand at the three-point line with the ball, and they want to pass the ball to their teammates.

This kind of talent and accumulation is indeed not something that can be cultivated overnight.

However, Curry immediately returned the favor, and instead of one-on-one Thompson with the ball, he passed the ball to Randolph first.

Then use Gasol Jr.'s cover to get rid of Thompson's defense, Thompson is very close, Curry picks up his teammates back, breaks through with the ball feints, suddenly retreats, retreats to the three-point line and shoots directly, hit!

Thompson was already following the ball very closely, and the last shot was also sealed in the face, but Curry was still able to shoot the ball.

And Lillard, repeatedly used the cover of Bogut and David Lee in the corner position, got rid of the defense, received the ball, faced Gasol Jr.'s big defense, and shot a mid-range jumper in the bottom corner, hit!

Ball after shot, shot after shot, both sides showed extremely high shooting level and skill.

Min Congda was amazed when he saw it, like some shots, he couldn't have shot at all 10 years ago, because it wasn't an opportunity at all.

For example, Thompson's three-point stop after a quick counterattack, and Curry's step-back three-pointer, are all good defenses and should not have a chance to shoot.

But the two of them used superb shooting skills to seize the opportunity that was not an opportunity, showing people a new realm of shooting.

Lillard's offense also reflects the improvement of the shooting role, if it was 10 years earlier, this kind of wing one-on-one defense is small, and the small guard is likely to go to the bottom line and break through directly.

Like Iverson, Marbury, and Ginobili, attacking the basket was their first choice, while Lillard opted for a step-back drift shot and also hit it.

Shooting has always been the most important scoring tool in basketball, but this season, its importance has increased once again.

For the audience and the fans in front of the television, it was clear to everyone that a new way of playing basketball has been formed this season.

At the end of the third quarter, the two sides played fairly fluidly in the second half of the third quarter, with only one official timeout, and the coaches on both sides handed the game to the players.

The Clippers 95:87, an 8-point lead ended the battle in the third quarter, and the Clippers still had the upper hand, but the Warriors were not to be outdone, and the state of the pitchers on both sides was getting better and better.

In the fourth quarter, the two sides are going to enter the decisive battle, and the score in this game looks very high, and it doesn't seem to be a problem for both sides to break 110 points.

(End of chapter)