Of course Xie Kai knew that the Warriors would not easily attack him. They are notoriously confident in their unlimited defense swaps. Moreover, they are not only confident in unlimited defense swaps, but also in their own offenses. Even if they encounter a single point blow, they can still kill the opponent through the attack.

After having Durant, the Warriors never thought that a team could really defend them. Limit the splash? OK, let Durant hit you to death with a single shot. Punish Durant? Do you want to see the splash drop three points in the open position?

So if you want to defeat the Warriors today, a simple offensive team or a simple defensive team cannot defeat them in a series.

This is also the real reason why even the Cavaliers have been regarded as despicable by others - they have defended too often this season!

From this perspective, the only one who can truly threaten this Warriors this season is the Thunder.

After the timeout comes back, the game continues.

The defense of both teams has been strengthened since then, and the offensive efficiency is not as good as before, and the score has not been widened.

The three Tsunami brothers were still severely restricted. The Thunder team did not hesitate to empty Zhazha and Green, but also had to hold down three people. On the Thunder, in addition to Xie Kai, Paulo and Westbrook were also slow to perform, and both sides' offenses were in fragmented situations.

When the first quarter was 6 minutes old, Xie Kai and Paulo were replaced, and Robertson and Grant came up.

The Thunder's defensive resources are particularly rich, especially the wing defensive resources. Their problems are mainly on the offensive end. Grant and Robertson can defend and have athletic ability, but they are indeed unstable in shooting and are not enough in sight. Abrinez and McDermott can shoot, but they can easily get diarrhea when defending, and their athletic ability is not good.

If these 4 people are synthesized into 2 people, they can have two more top 3Ds, which is really amazing. Unfortunately, there is no such wonderful magic in this world.

This tests Donovan. With his playoff arrangements, he prefers to use Robertson and Grant, and he still gives priority to defending. As for offense, with the Big Three, the lower limit can still be guaranteed.

The Thunder tried to use Westbrook's impact and the defense of Grant Robertson and others to survive this period at this stage. Because of this period, they faced the opponent with a loss in terms of the number of stars and overall strength.

But the Warriors are unwilling to be dragged into the mud. They have to speed up the offense and attack the opponent.

There were a lot of physical confrontations in the game. The Warriors consciously made 3-pointers from Robertson and Grant, limiting Westbrook and Duck Egg's pick-and-roll, forcing the opponent to make a 3-point shot.

The Thunder team replaced defense and combined with local attacks to limit the three Tsunami brothers, and strategically released Iguodala who had just been replaced and Green who played center.

The Thunder's offense is indeed a bit constipated, and basically relies on Westbrook to attack alone. The Warriors' offense is not easy to play. Robertson's people sometimes do not have any offense and have no active attack ability. They can defend, and are really good at defending.

The Warriors' 5-squad lineup also exposed a hidden danger on the offensive end, that is, when Iguodala and Green are not sure on the outside, the opponent can use the center to defend Iguodala, try to cut the pick-and-roll between Curry and Green, and attack the three Tsunami brothers.

The Warriors were also anxious and wanted to open the score all at once, but the more anxious the score was, the more mistakes they made.

After playing for a while, the score did not widen. Green and Clay went down to rest, and Livingston and McGee came up.

The Thunder also made substitutions, and the Turks were replaced by Ty Gibson.

On the Warriors, Curry and Durant are still there, and the offensive strength is still on their side, but their rotation lineup is not good offensive space. Iguodala is not very reliable on the outside, while Livingston doesn't shoot 3 points at all. To defend against him, you just need to defend against his mid-range and under the basket. He is at the 3-point line, you can ask him to play casually.

Westbrook led the team to survive this period well. Soon, with 2 minutes and 55 seconds left in the first quarter, there was a timeout on the sidelines. The timeout came back, and Xie Kai and Paulo also came back.

At this time, the Thunder's lineup was Kanter, Gibson, Paulo, Robertson and Xie Kai.

The Warriors' lineup is Curry, Livingston, Durant, Iguodala and McGee.

Wang Meng said: "The game has entered the connection stage, and everyone is still using a big lineup, and the Thunder still has not given up on Kanter."

Yang Yi said: "I think Kante can also be used, but it is easy to be targeted by Curry. As long as Curry is not present, Livingston and the inside will not kill him by pick-and-roll shots."

At this time, the score on the court was 18:20, and the Thunder were 2 points behind.

The game continues, Xie Kai dribbles over.

The defense Xie drives Iguodala.

Xie Kai organized the attack at the top of the arc and distributed it to Pickled Pepper on the other side.

Pickled pepper hit Durant for a foul, causing the latter to commit a foul!

Since the fouls have arrived, Pijiao will go to the free throw line.

Paulo made both free throws, and the Thunder caught up with the score - tied 20!

Curry and McGee pick-and-roll here, but the Thunder defenders are Gibson.

Gibson moved much faster than Kanter. Curry was hit and then passed the ball to Iguodala on the wing.

Iguodala hesitated for a moment and didn't shoot, and McGee was at the basket!

McGee forced Kanter to attack, but no - Xie Kai took the rebound and dribbled the ball.

Xie Kai dribbled over, Gibson came out to pick-and-roll, and he passed the ball to Kante in the low post.

Kante hit McGee, got hit and made a mistake in the goal...

The Warriors counterattacked, and Durant suddenly caused Robertson's assisted defense foul.

Durant walked onto the free throw line.

Yang Yi sighed: "Kant needs to play faster, otherwise he will lose his role on the court."

Durant also made both free throws, and both sides entered the free throw battle.

No one on both sides could reach an offensive climax for the rest of the first quarter, and the first quarter ended.

The Thunder ended the first quarter with a 1-point lead with 26:25.

Xie Kai scored 9 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal in the first quarter, and his performance was as stable as ever.

Rest during the holidays.

Wang Meng looked at the statistics of the first quarter and sighed: "Xie Kai is still amazing. He has become the core of the team's offense, and he doesn't feel like he is attacking much when watching the game."

Yang Yi said: "Xie Kai has been controlling the court and has not deliberately attacked, but he has seized some offensive opportunities. The Thunder now needs to solve the problem of outside shooting, and the opponent's outside line cannot be so inaccurate."

The second quarter started soon. The Thunder did not substitution, while the Warriors, Curry and Durant were behind, Clay and Green were on the way.

The Thunder took the lead in attacking, Xie Kai dribbled over, and Iguodala was still defending him.

Kante asked for the ball inside, but Xie Kai hung the ball to Kante.

Kanter sat in the inside and tried to hit McGrady, attracting Robertson, who was hit by the bottom corner.
Chapter completed!