Chapter 683: One Hand of God
When Green was suppressed, the Warriors' five lost his power.
Without Green, it means that James will have to take on more of the work, and Kevin Durant will have more pressure to help defend on the defensive end.
If the Warriors choose Bogut as center, they will have one less space point in the offense, and the Clippers can ignore Bogut or have someone on the inside to watch over it a little.
If Spects is allowed to play inside, although he has the ability to shoot space, Speights will be hoisted up by Anthony Davis in the three-second zone, and he will not be able to match any of the Clippers' interior players on the defensive end.
Green's role may be more important than Kerr himself thinks - although it was he who single-handedly promoted Green and gave him an important position and role in the Five Elementary School.
After the start of the fourth quarter, the Warriors launched a counterattack, and James and Durant turned on individual attack mode.
At such a crucial moment in a game, they don't have to think too much about tactical things, scoring, scoring, scoring, and winning this game is the most important thing.
No matter what method they use, they will be the ultimate winners, successfully overturning the Clippers dynasty and establishing an era that belongs to the Warriors.
Just like in the 2010 Finals, the Celtics beat the Lakers, who cares about the triangle offense? Who still thinks about any tactical routines.
Playing in the back is desperate, fighting for personal ability, fighting for willpower, and tactics are ineffective in most cases, and everyone is fighting on the field with tacit understanding and feeling.
The two may have accumulated too much hunger for victory, and with eight points trailing, they led the Warriors to blow the horn of a counterattack.
James' three-pointer, which has not been very bright, suddenly opened, hitting two three-pointers in a row from the outside, and Kevin Durant also hit a mid-range jumper.
As soon as the fourth quarter came up, they played the Clippers with a wave of 8:0, and the score difference was tied all of a sudden.
Only two minutes passed, and the advantage that the Clippers had built up so hard was exhausted.
Min Congda, who was sitting in front of the TV in the hotel room, was extremely nervous, and he pressed the remote control and turned off the TV.
"Why don't you look at it?"
"I can't see it, it's easy to build an advantage, and it's gone in 2 minutes."
"You have to trust them, and they'll adjust."
"Now it's up to me to tweak. Wait a minute, I'll wait a little while and then turn on the TV. ”
Min waited about two minutes, praying inwardly that the Clippers wouldn't fall behind when he turned on the TV.
“90:84。”
Fortunately, it is now 2015 live TV, if 20 years ago, live TV was not presented in real time with scores, and you would not know how many matches you would have turned on the TV to watch the game in the middle of the game.
After being beaten 8-0 by the Warriors, the Clippers immediately responded with an 8-2 counterattack from the Warriors in two minutes to re-extend the lead to six points.
When it comes to this kind of high-intensity fighting moment, the ability of the core players to attack with the ball is especially important.
Curry withstood the pressure and hit two difficult three-pointers.
At the same time, Leonard scored two points on a breakaway throw.
Kevin Durant asked for the ball in the waist position, and no passing cut was going to work.
Nothing works better than an unpretentious waist ball single.
PJ Tucker has been pestering Durant for an entire series, and to be honest, nothing too good.
During the regular season, Durant was plagued by a leg injury, and the Warriors gave Durant plenty of rest.
Durant only played 60 games in the regular season, and he was just fighting for the playoffs and for the Western Conference.
Durant received the ball and turned around and made a jumper, and hit a solid two-point shot.
But right away, Harden gave the ball to Leonard, and Leonard turned his back and hit a mid-range jumper as well!
At the height of the game, the mid-range is still the most lethal weapon on the field.
The two sides went back and forth until there were 3 minutes left until the end of the game.
As the fitness declined, the shooting percentages of both sides began to drop significantly, and both sides began to miss the iron.
Kerr called a timeout at this time, and the score was 95-90, and the Clippers still led by five points.
At the end of the timeout, Kerr still brought Green on the court, and he needed five small efficiency to help the team chase points.
As for defense? Kerr doesn't believe that Jokic, a first-year fat man, can still suppress Green's output!
Seeing Green on the court, Tyronn Lue also made a personnel replacement, replacing Curry with Jimmy Butler.
Curry played the third quarter and didn't have a break until the fourth, and he needed to take a breath of relief.
Harden acts as the Clippers' core point guard while being responsible for opposing Lillard on the court.
The Warriors served the ball from the sideline, and the Clippers suddenly used a joint defense on the outside.
This change on the defensive end is quite subtle and unexpected.
Min Congda was also stunned when he saw this defensive change, and thought: "Tyronn Lue is quite bold, and he suddenly used joint defense." ”
As it turned out, Tyronn Lue's sudden combination of defense worked, and the Warriors were not prepared to deal with it, and there was a slight stagnation in the offensive passing from the outside.
James, who had hit three points in a row before, had a chance to shoot at 45 degrees on the right side, he hesitated for a moment, raised his hand for a three-pointer, but missed this time.
Jokic grabbed the backcourt rebound, a super long pass to the frontcourt, Jimmy Butler received the ball, and made an easy layup!
"Beautiful!"
"Damn it!"
Min Congda and Cole sighed diametrically opposite in their hearts.
The offense was crucial for the Clippers and allowed Kerr's timeout to go to waste.
At the same time, the score difference came to a relatively safe 7 points.
After using a successful combo defense, the Clippers immediately switched back to man-to-man defense.
It was a surprise just now, and it played a very good role at the critical moment.
Lillard holds the ball from the outside, blocks it in the high post, and gives the ball to Durant in the bottom corner.
Durant shot a feint to shake off PJ Tucker and burst into the basket from the baseline to attract the Clippers to shrink the bag.
The ball went to the outside, and Thompson caught the ball and hit a three-point shot!
The offense is flowing and the Warriors are so threatening at every point.
The difference narrowed to 4 points at once.
Every offensive round becomes extraordinarily crucial.
Jokic came up again to block Harden.
But this time, the coordination of blocking and dismantling was not played well.
Green used his accurate interception to cut off Harden's pass to Jokic!
Warriors fight back!
LeBron James is pretty much a scoring guarantee on the fast break.
Rush to the basket and dunk it with both hands!
If it weren't for the Clippers just playing fast, the two sides would have been tied.
Tyronn Lue immediately called a timeout, and Min Congda's heart suddenly jumped.
It's a bad feeling to leave the fate of the team in the hands of someone else.
But it can't be helped, he has to do it in order to boost the morale of the team.
At this point, he can only trust his players, Tyronn Lue.
After all, Lu is indeed a champion coach.
This guy didn't work very well in the regular season, but in the playoffs, the more critical the moment, the more trustworthy this kid is.
Otherwise, Min Congda would not have handed over the power of command to him.
Because at a critical time, Min Congda knew that Tyronn Lue was not superstitious about tactics, but chose to trust the players.
He knows that the players are decisive on the pitch at this time, and the role of the coach is to give the players confidence and decision.
Coming back from the timeout, with 41 seconds left before the end of the game, the Clippers led the Warriors by two points at 97-95.
This offense was pivotal and could have decided the outcome of the entire series.
Curry, who took a break for a while, reintroduced and replaced James Harden.
The Clippers didn't set up any sideline ball tactics, but gave the ball to Curry and pulled it all away.
Curry holds the ball, one-on-one Lillard, dribbles, breakaways, pull-backs, and mid-range jumpers at the top of the arc.
Two point hit!
Curry's key two-pointer gives the Clippers a 4-point lead!
Min Congda shouted in the room, but he immediately restrained his emotions.
Because he knows that the game is not over yet, and the Warriors still have enough time to fight back.
Ida held Min Congda's hand tightly, and in her memory, Min Congda had never been so nervous about the competition.
The players, fans and commentators at the scene were also extremely nervous.
The key ball is when the player's ability is tested.
Such an attack configuration of the two teams must be one-on-one single defense.
No one should be left out.
It's up to the Warriors who gives the key ball.
Is it James, or Durant?
Surprisingly, the Warriors came back from a timeout, and a crucial offensive ball was given to Green!
Green catches the ball at the top of the arc and suddenly turns and bursts into the basket.
The Clippers were empty under the basket, Jokic didn't follow, Green made a left-handed layup!
At 99:97, the Warriors chased 2 points.
They started to play full-court press-and-go defense.
There were 7 seconds left until the end of the race.
Curry received the ball and had no turnovers.
The Warriors fouled Curry and sent Curry to the free throw line.
At this time, the joint defense defends the opponent, and the goal scored by the fast break is particularly precious.
If the two sides are tied, the situation will be completely different.
Standing at the free throw line, Curry hit the first free throw.
Then on the second penalty, he breathed a sigh of relief, but the shot was slightly off.
"Shet!"
Curry secretly said something was wrong.
The goal didn't go in!
At 100:97, the Warriors have a chance to equalize!
Kerr immediately called a timeout, and with five seconds left, the Warriors could drag it into overtime.
The two sides played 4 overtime in the last game, is this time going to be overtime?
At this time, at the moment of lore, of course, the ball will be given to the hands of Durant, the god of death.
The referee blew the whistle, James sent a sideline ball, and the Clippers pressed at halftime.
PJ Tucker didn't cling to Durant, but let him go, giving him a space to catch the ball.
At the moment when Durant came out to catch the ball, Tucker suddenly stepped forward and launched a bite defense against Durant!
Tucker has been tangled with Durant for an entire series, studying him for five full games.
Most of the time, Tucker doesn't have much to do with Durant.
However, at this moment of lightning, Tucker was pressed by Durant to play five games, and Tucker, who had been playing nearly 200 minutes, burst out with a god hand on the defensive end!
At the moment when Durant received the ball, held the ball, and put the ball to his side in the big loop, Tucker reached out and cleanly knocked the ball out of Durant's hand!
When Durant tried to dribble and accelerate, he realized that the ball in his hand was gone......
He subconsciously looked at the referee and thought that the ball was fouled, but Tucker broke the ball very cleanly and did not foul at all.
Tucker rushed forward and held the ball in his arms, not even dribbling to the empty frontcourt to prevent it from being lost.
Durant reacted to a foul at this point, but Curry had already rushed to the frontcourt, and Tucker threw the ball to Curry.
After Curry received the ball, he dodged Lillard's pull on the dribble and ran out of the last few seconds!
When the buzzer sounded on the spot, the game was over, and at 100:97, the Clippers won a thrilling victory on the road!
The Warriors were all sparsely populated, and Durant stood there with his waist crossed, as if wondering what was going on with that ball just now.
And the Clippers players cheered and hugged each other to celebrate the hard-earned victory.
They sat in a circle on the sidelines like college players, shouting, back to Los Angeles, to win and drag into a tie-break!
Tyronn Lue, Mike Malone and others were relieved that Smart's sacrifice was not wasted after all, and the team still had the spark of victory.
As the fans in the stands left the stadium disappointed, Adam Silva shook his head, wondering if he should go to Los Angeles for Game 6?
Come to think of it, the Eastern Conference Finals Hawks vs. Wizards game is also worth watching - this round of the Eastern Conference finals series is just too little attention.
Min Congda turned off the TV and breathed a sigh of relief, this game was won after all.
Not only did the Clippers win the game, but more importantly, they found a way to deal with the Warriors' style of play and rebuilt their confidence and determination to win.
As Min Congda and the players said after the first game, the series has just begun, and the sixth game, Min Congda believes that it will not be the end.
(End of chapter)