Super Role Player

The 6-point difference directly caught up to 2 points, and then the Spurs took advantage of the victory to pursue, and directly played two waves of fast breaks to overtake the point difference.

The reporters off the court were very happy, and the Spurs began to control the rhythm steadily.

In the middle of the second quarter, Anxi, who started the game, was replaced for a rest, Danny Green played, and Stephen Curry also left for a rest. The Warriors did not have Curry on the field, but replaced them with David Lee, hoping to continue to maintain their offensive power, but David Lee's ability aside, his state alone cannot be compared with the playoffs. 30-point Stephen Curry.

So the Spurs took advantage of this gap and began to expand the point difference.

Aron Baynes stuck David Lee tightly, David Lee's post-up singles, turned around and missed a jumper.

The Spurs immediately protected the rebound, and then launched a fast break. Mills made a quick layup and the point difference widened.

Then it was David Lee who took the ball for the Warriors. He singled Aron Baynes in the high post. Aron Baynes lacked offensive ability, but his defensive performance was still very good, otherwise Popovich would not have reused him so much. Aaron Baynes, hit twice, David Li Kankan pushed Aron Baynes, and then, like the previous ball, pushed Aron Baynes, turned around and made a jumper, and finally scored.

However, the Spurs turned around and scored a three-pointer, and the point difference still widened.

Mark Jackson was a little anxious. This season he has led the team very well, but the team has never intended to renew his contract. This made Mark Jackson hold back his energy. He was thinking, if he leads the Warriors As soon as it is black to the end, even if the Warriors' management is unwilling to renew his contract, they have to renew his contract, right?

For this Warriors team, Mark Jackson sees it very clearly. The potential is endless. Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson on the outside are both super three-point shooters. David Lee is also on the inside. If this combination continues to work together, the future of the Warriors is limitless. .

But now against the seasoned Spurs, the Warriors' lack of experience is somewhat obvious.

The point difference continued to expand, and just like that, after two quarters, the Spurs led by 11 points. This point difference is equivalent to the fact that the Spurs directly beat the Warriors by 15 points in the second quarter, which looks quite terrifying.

The second half of the game officially started, and the two sides re-assigned the main force. Although they were 11 points behind in two quarters, the Warriors still had a chance to win. They let Stephen Curry rest for half a quarter, just to prepare for the second half.

Just after the start of the game, the ball was handed over to Stephen Curry. Stephen Curry first used a breakthrough jumper to score 2 points. Then, when the ball came back, Anxi received Parker's pass and shot, but was slapped away when he shot. Klay Thompson interfered a bit.

With a bang, a missed jumper, Andrew Bogut got stuck and grabbed the rebound.

Anxi failed to make the first goal in the third quarter. He was a little depressed, and started to quickly return to defense with his head in his arms. Although the Warriors made a lot of nonsense before the game, in this round of the series, Anxi played a little cleaner than the previous round. After all, players like Zach Randolph who are full of foul words are still a minority in the league.

Although he was clean, Anxi also felt the pressure from the warriors...

In fact, this is the common thought of all the Spurs players after half the game. The Warriors' style of play is fundamentally different from the Grizzlies. The Warriors are more inclined to attack, and it is that kind of explosive attack. The Warriors will always burst out suddenly, shocking the Spurs into a cold sweat. And players like Anxi who miss the ball feel even more pressured. After all, every missed ball is a chance for the Warriors.

The Warriors quickly started a counterattack. This time it was Stephen Curry who got the ball again. He rushed to the frontcourt, repeated his old tricks, and made another three-pointer from a running shot, hitting it with a bang.

Stephen Curry clenched his fist and waved it. This three-pointer directly reduced the difference between the two teams to 6 points.

The Warriors played a wave of 5:0 in the opening game, and Popovich became anxious. He stood on the sidelines with his hips akimbo and made a gesture of pressing up.

Tony Parker also returned a gesture to show that he understood.

The meaning of Popovich's gesture is actually very obvious. He is asking the Spurs to attack with all their strength, so they should stabilize the offense first.

Tony Parker was still firmly in control of the ball. Anxi suddenly came out at this time and directly helped Parker block Curry. Parker stepped forward and cut towards the inside. Klay Thompson immediately went to defend, and Anxi faced Stephen Curry like this.

At this time, Parker passed the ball back, Anxi received the ball and faced Stephen Curry's defense. In this way, even if Anxi encounters a chance of misplaced singles, although the outside world recognizes that Stephen Curry's defense is not good, but Anxi dare not make such a generalization. He is serious about dribbling the ball and is not going to shoot directly on Curry's head. three points.

After controlling the ball for a while, Anxi suddenly made a breakthrough, shook Curry, and then took another step back and made a jump shot.

Although Curry also reacted in time, his interference was still a step late. He could only extend his hand as far as possible to block Anxi's sight.

But it was of little use, the basketball swished into the basket precisely.

The goal was scored, and Anxi's second goal finally did not miss again. The hit of this goal also made Popovich heave a sigh of relief. The point difference expanded to 8 points. Next, the Spurs only need to maintain these 8 points advantage is enough.

In the next game, the Spurs also did what Popovich thought. The Spurs' offense was very stable, and the Warriors were always able to explode wave after wave.

At the seventh minute of the third quarter, Mark Jackson couldn't sit still. He got up and called the first timeout of the second half. At this time, the Spurs led the Warriors by 9 points 72:63, and the 9-point difference was placed in the third quarter , In fact, it is still a point difference that can be chased, but the most critical problem now is that the Warriors have no intention of catching up with the point difference at all, which makes Mark Jackson very impatient.

"The performance of the Spurs is very stable. They firmly hold their lead. Compared with the veteran Spurs, the Warriors are much worse. They have no momentum, but it is difficult to narrow the gap."

The two commentators of Turner Sports began to analyze the situation of this game. The two commentators sent by Turner Sports for this game are Mike Thirick and Mike Breen, which can be regarded as the ace combination of Turner Sports.

Hearing Mike Thierry's analysis, Mike Brin also nodded and said: "People said before the game that the Warriors are dark horses, but their dark horse journey is basically over, because they met the Spurs. The words are very reasonable, because the characteristic of the Spurs is stability, they can use their stable state to beat you. If you switch to other teams, maybe the Warriors can use their explosive offense to beat the opponent, And then win the game, but against the Spurs, it just doesn't work."

Mike Breen also analyzed the pass, the game resumed, and the Warriors also started their adjusted offense.

The Warriors still made a more obvious adjustment during this timeout. They replaced Jared Jack and put Klay Thompson at the small forward position. The dual point guard combination obviously hopes to play a smoother offense, not the kind From time to time, a wave of attacks broke out.

On the first ball, Jared Jack cooperated with Curry. Curry lobbed back and passed the ball to Jack, who was cutting empty. Jack rushed inside, completed a layup, and scored 2 points.

Cheers came from the Warriors' bench, but they were quickly suppressed by boos from the att arena.

The Spurs' offense was neither too fast nor too slow. Tony Parker had possession of the ball for half court, and then Duncan raised the high post. With a pick-and-roll, Parker rushed inside and David Lee made it up. As a result, Parker made a pass back and Duncan received the ball. On Curry, it formed a big fight against the small.

Duncan is naturally unwilling to let go of this opportunity. Although his position is farther away from his maximum shooting range, after all, he is facing Curry, which is equivalent to an open opportunity.

So Duncan made a jumper on the spot and hit it with a bang!

The Spurs also scored, and they still didn't give the Warriors a chance.

The game continued, and the Warriors' David Lee suddenly pulled out of the inside line and blocked Parker for Stephen Curry with a bang. Curry took a step sideways, and before Duncan stepped forward to defend, he shot a three-pointer directly. .

Accurate three-point hit! The Warriors' bench is boiling.

Then, as if the Warriors had found a scoring tool, they continued to pick and roll at high positions, using Curry's pick and roll to shoot three-pointers with one step, and hit consecutive three-pointers.

The point difference narrowed rapidly from 9 points, 8 points, 7 points, 6 points...

By the time Curry and Thompson hit 5 three-pointers together, Mike Brin was already exclaiming: "Another three-pointer! Another three-pointer! It's raining three-pointers for the Oakland Warriors ! The game is far from over! The Warriors have beaten the Spurs!"

Mike Brin didn't care about being slapped in the face, and shouted excitedly. The wave of three-point rain from the Warriors was indeed very exciting.

With a beep, Popovich also called a timeout. The Warriors' sudden outburst made him a little helpless. There were still 2 points left, but Popovich didn't blame anyone. He knew that the Warriors' tactics were a bit rogue. Yes, through the pick-and-roll, staring at your weak side and hitting hard, and it's the kind of play that directly jumps after the pick-and-roll. Even if the weak-side marking is arranged in advance, it is too late to make up.

Anxi was actually a little nervous. He was actually responsible for these few shots. The Warriors scored 5 three-pointers, and almost every shot was hit on the weak side. And he thought of Popovich’s arrangement before the game, so I'm afraid that Popovich will find himself in trouble.

Popovich didn't trouble Anxi, but he threw Curry's trouble directly to Anxi.

"Ann, next, you switch to Stephen Curry. Remember, it's a single defense."

Anxi nodded, knowing that Popovich was going to use his single defense ability. (To be continued.)