A few minutes later, as the players from both sides returned to the court, everyone felt the fierce storm that was about to hit.
Because the results of the upcoming third and fourth quarters of this game will most likely determine who the championship will be this season.
Why do you say that?
First of all, the Eastern Conference Finals has come to an end. Not surprisingly, the Cleveland Cavaliers led by LeBron James once again had the last laugh.
But a consensus is that almost everyone believes that whether the Western Conference succeeds in breaking through, whether it is the Golden State Warriors or the San Antonio Spurs, they will crush the Cavaliers to win the championship. On the one hand, the Cavaliers are really weak this year, and on the other hand, the Spurs and Warriors are really
Very strong.
Secondly, if the Warriors win this game, it will give them a glimmer of hope for a comeback, but if they lose the game again, the total score will be 0:3.
Never in NBA history has a team been able to stage a comeback from a 0-3 deficit in the playoffs.
Therefore, the result of this game is of profound significance.
When the third quarter started, the head coaches of both sides chose to show their swords very directly.
For the Warriors, Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Kevin Durant, Draymond Green, Zaza Pachulia.
For the Spurs, Jiang Hao, Danny Green, Kawhi Leonard, Pau Gasol, LaMarcus Aldridge.
Although it looked like the starting lineup was exactly the same as at the beginning, everyone knew that the two head coaches chose to go head-to-head, and they each came up with the strongest starting lineup.
At the beginning of the game, the Spurs were the first to attack. Jiang Hao was pressed by Klay Thompson just as he passed the midfield with the ball.
Jiang Hao was very decisive. He knew that Klay Thompson's pressing defense was not just symbolic, so he immediately handed it over to Leonard.
I have to admit that the Warriors raised their defensive intensity to the top level as soon as the game started in the third quarter. Even Leonard was a little helpless after getting the ball. Durant, who was responsible for defending him, relied on his long arms to almost
Covering all his possible shooting angles.
After Leonard observed Jiang Hao's position at the moment, he knew very well that the ball had to be opened from his point, because Jiang Hao and the others seemed to have no chance to catch the ball.
The frontal attack perspective was basically covered. Leonard then chose a side attack, that is, he took the initiative to hold the ball sideways and leaned against Durant. In terms of physical fitness, he was no worse than Durant, and in terms of height, he was also worse.
It wasn't much, so he thought this was the best way.
People have been discussing how "the best player in the league" LeBron James is showing off his physical fitness, but in fact, among the top five small forwards in the league, the one whose physical fitness is second only to LeBron James is Leonardo DiCaprio
Germany.
After Fuhua leaned sidely against Durant, Durant instantly felt that he had hit a wall, and it was a moving wall, pushing him back step by step.
Draymond Green on the inside saw Durant about to be pushed to the basket by Leonard, and then quickly rushed over to interfere.
Leonard threw the ball to Aldridge in the gap, but unfortunately, Aldridge failed to hit the shot.
The moment Aldridge took the shot, Zaza Pachulia stood directly under the basket. From a God's perspective, Pachulia should be the guy who is easiest to get the rebound.
The Warriors players actually thought the same way. For example, when Draymond Green saw that Aldridge's shot was obviously going to hit the basket, he didn't even rush to grab the rebound immediately because he felt there was a chance of a par.
Chulia is enough.
But what surprised many people was that Pachulia did not grab the rebound in the end, and it was not Aldridge who grabbed the rebound, but Jiang Hao, who had been on the outside before.
That's right, it's Jiang Hao.
Frankly speaking, few people noticed what happened just now, but what is now in front of everyone is that after Jiang Hao grabbed the rebound, he quickly assisted Leonard and then flew to the basket to complete the tomahawk dunk.
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People exclaimed at the wonderful connection between the bayonet and the robot, but they were also eager to understand how the bayonet just grabbed the rebound through the large-screen replay.
The live broadcast did not keep everyone waiting for too long, and the playback was quickly given on the big screen.
In the return shot, people can clearly see that the moment Leonard handed the ball to Aldridge, Jiang Hao, who was at the top of the arc, had actually moved. However,
He didn't rush toward the basket from the front of Draymond Green in a swaggering manner, but circled to the right and rushed from the baseline to the basket.
this?
People were a little emotional, and everyone had to give a thumbs up for Bayonet's concentration. Obviously, Bayonet's rebound action just now was not because he didn't believe in teammate Aldridge's shot, he was just fully prepared.
God likes people who are prepared, so he deceived Draymond Green, got the rebound before Zaza Pachulia, and finally assisted Leonard to complete the dunk.
In the Warriors' offense, the Spurs also gave them the most intense treatment on the defensive end. However, Stephen Curry's dribbling skills were so good that even Jiang Hao, who showed his full strength, did not restrain him on the defensive end and was forced by him.
Hit a three-pointer.
Jiang Hao's expression was a little annoyed. He was blaming his defensive steps just now for being too big and unable to keep up with Curry when he made a shooting move.
Danny Green may be that kind of "big-hearted player". In the regular season, even in the previous playoffs, his three-pointers were always unreliable, but in this extremely important game tonight, his three-pointers were always unreliable.
His three-pointers have become a very powerful scoring point for the Spurs. He hit 4 three-pointers in the first two quarters.
And now, after Stephen Curry just hit a three-pointer, he immediately helped the Spurs regain the field on the offensive end.
But this time, as the assister, veteran Pau Gasol basically used his experience to show everyone why he is trusted by Popovich.
After witnessing the high-intensity defense Jiang Hao and Leonard faced when handling the ball in the last round, in this offensive round, Pau Gasol chose to pull up to the high post. After Jiang Hao reached the top of the arc with the ball,
He immediately chose to ask Jiang Hao for the ball.
This forced the Warriors' defense to quickly extend outward because they knew very well that Pau Gasol had the ability to shoot three-pointers.
However, the Warriors players were still a little slow to react. They did prevent Pau Gasol's shot, but they failed to prevent Gasol's pass.
In particular, they ignored that Pau Gasol actually has very good high-post support capabilities.
Gasol used this trick now. After getting the ball, he relied on his height advantage to instantly see the positions of the players on both sides. Then Danny Green was in the open position in the left corner.
Naturally, it did not escape his eyes.
In this case, of course he passed the ball to Danny Green without hesitation.
And Danny Green did not disappoint him and hit the shot steadily.
But frankly speaking, the moment Danny Green caught the ball and shot, the Spurs fans were a little uneasy because of how unreliable Danny Green was before this game. Everyone's heart went through it.
Testing.
"This is the value of Pau Gasol, and this is also the helplessness of Steve Kerr. The biggest difference between Zaza Pachulia and Andrew Bogut may be this. I am sure that if this series puts Zaza Pachulia
If Pachulia is replaced by Andre Bogut, the Spurs will never be able to win the first two games so easily."
Charles Barkley mentioned the Warriors' former center Andrew Bogut, the original version of the Warriors' five deadliest players.
Compared to Zaza Pachulia who can only stay at the basket, Andrew Bogut is actually the same as Pau Gasol. He also has certain support capabilities in the high post, which many people think is just right.
This is one of the key points that made the five-death mini-play in the 14-15 season so pleasing to the eye.
As a superstar, Kevin Durant could not remain silent in such a crucial game. After witnessing Danny Green's three-pointer, he turned around, faced Danny Green, defended, and also hit one.
Score three-pointers.
His shooting movements are so skillful. It can be seen that when he decided to go it alone, Leonard was the only one in the Spurs who could restrict him a little. Other players, even Danny, who was very good at defense.
There was nothing Green could do against him.
However, at this time, some fans felt that Popovich could let "Human Creeping Essence" Kyle Anderson come up and give it a try. His unique playing rhythm made Durant very uncomfortable in the second quarter of the game.
Judging from the first few rounds of the third quarter of the game between the players on both sides, it is obvious that everyone is in good condition. If you hit one, I will immediately hit back.
people's expectations.
Unsurprisingly, this may be the rhythm of the rest of the game. It is very likely that no one will know who the final winner is until the referee blows the end of the game.
………
When Jiang Hao's score in tonight's game reached 25 points, the game time had reached 8 minutes and 21 seconds of the fourth quarter. He relied on his breakthrough to cause a foul and relied on the subsequent free throw.
He had just scored the 25th point of the game, and at this time, he seemed to be very physically exhausted. His right leg even cramped a minute ago.
94:95!
At this time, the score between the two teams on the field was still very close, just like what people predicted. No one knew who the final winner would be until the last moment!
Chapter completed!