warrior godfather

Chapter 425 Bo Yiban

During the halftime break, the Warriors players looked at Clay with great concern. He was frequently singled out by Wade in the second quarter. Everyone was a little worried about whether his mentality would be affected.

Under the watchful eyes of his teammates, Clay remained calm as usual, showing no signs of shame, anger, or loss. He focused on listening to Zhang Yu's tactics for the second half, as if he hadn't been blown away by Wade in the second quarter.

Zhang Yu didn't specifically comfort Clay either, but he suffered a "severe setback" after being hit by Harden five times in a row, and he still didn't change his face, leading the Warriors to eliminate the Rockets 4:1.

Off the court, Clay is full of emotions, even crying while watching "The Lion King", but on the court, he is the most cold-blooded shooter, and he will never be swayed by emotions. Even if he is slightly depressed, he will not show it in front of others.

"In the second half, we flanked Wade in the same way as the Bulls defended him. We strictly guarded the right, forced him to the left, helped defend the flank, forced him out of the ball, and made as many mistakes as possible. We still adopted the way of squatting against James, Ty Sen, you need to extend to the free throw line, you can let James shoot three-pointers, but you can’t let him hit the mid-range easily. The Giants score the hard way, but try to cut them off from their teammates, get it?"

"Yes, sir!"

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The halftime break ended soon, and the main players of the two teams returned to the field. To Zhang Yu's surprise, Spoelstra continued the starting lineup at the beginning of the game, allowing Haslem to serve as the starting center for the second half. Still sitting on the bench.

Zhang Yu was overjoyed. Without Bosh, the Heat's inside threat on the offensive end dropped drastically. This is a good opportunity for the Warriors to chase points.

He called Curry back and whispered in his ear:

"Stephen, later on you have unlimited firepower, seize every opportunity to score, and try to even out the difference before Bosh comes back."

Curry nodded, looking very serious.

Before the game, Zhang Yu carefully explained the Heat's defensive characteristics and made targeted arrangements. If the Heat pinched the ball holder as they always did, the Warriors would play more passes and cuts to find open scoring opportunities. Reduce personal attack; if the Heat defend the ball-handler alone, then Curry and Butler will look for every opportunity to score, attract pincers, and change the Heat's defensive formation.

Zhang Yu's ultimate goal is to form a multi-point blooming situation, using Curry's involvement to create opportunities for others, and others will punish the Heat's rotation to open up space for Curry's singles. The Heat chose a bottle of poison to completely defeat the Heat's defense.

Judging from the first half, Spoelster was very Warriors' overall offense. He chose to defend Curry alone and locked up the Warriors' role players. To Chandler wreaking havoc inside the Heat.

This is understandable. The Heat and the Warriors had only played against each other in the regular season before. This time the Finals was the first round of the series between the two teams. Spoelstra didn’t even value Curry as much as Rose. In his mind Among them, Curry is clearly not out of the category of super shooters, which is a common problem of the head coach of almost every Warriors opponent.

If they don't have a real fight with the Warriors, they will never understand how powerful Curry is.

"Di-"

With the referee blowing his whistle, the second half of the game officially began.

The Heat got the ball for the first attack. Wade singled Clay. Clay blocked his right. Wade could only go left to break through. When he encountered Curry's help defense, he was forced to pass the ball to Charles. Moss, but was successfully intercepted by Green who came out from the diagonal stab.

The Warriors took advantage of the situation to fight back, the Heat retreated quickly, and the Warriors had no chance to hit the basket. Curry received a pass from Green, made a fast-break three-pointer, the basketball bounced out of the basket, and was grabbed by Haslem.

The Heat attacked, Wade didn't believe in evil, and continued to single Clay. This time he forced to go to the right, was stopped by Clay, barely passed the ball, but was intercepted by Butler who had been prepared.

The Warriors set off a counterattack, Butler broke through to the free throw line, compressed the Heat's defense, jumped up and threw the ball back, passed it to Clay, Clay caught the ball and shot, the basketball went into the net hollow, 63:65, the score difference It's still 2 points away.

Looking back, Wade no longer had a hard head. He saw that the Warriors and the Bulls had the same defensive style, and it was difficult to break through, so he handed the ball to James.

James and Haslem played a pick-and-roll. Green didn't care about Haslem at all, and stuck to James after the screen to delay his speed. Chandler came up to help defend and successfully interfered with James' layup.

Warriors attack, Curry and Chandler pick and roll, Haslem stuck Chandler down the line, did not switch defenses, Chalmers struggled to squeeze the screen, but was blocked by Chandler, Curry He shot from the start, and hit the net with a three-pointer. At 66:65, the Warriors led by one point.

Zhang Weiping praised:
"Good shot! Curry's three-pointer with the ball is really amazing. Chalmers was only a little slower, and Curry went straight in. There was no defense at all."

Yang Yi was puzzled and said:
"Heat was like this in the first half. The inside didn't come out. Curry got a chance with a screen. He made 4 three-pointers in the first half and scored 17 points. Let's see if Spoelstra will do it in the second half." You can adjust it, and if you continue to defend like this, Curry will go to 40+."

On the field, the Heat attacked, and after James and Haslem picked and rolled, they went hard against Green, facing the double interference of Chandler and Green, and made a layup. 67:66, the Heat led by 1 point.

After James landed, he gasped for breath. Due to the lack of Bosh's threat, the Warriors' defense was well arranged, strictly guarding against James and Wade, and the others took turns, trying to cut off the connection between the two and their teammates, and seized every opportunity to create Making a mistake and playing a defensive counterattack, James can only force it hard, which consumes a lot of money.

Round transition, Curry and Chandler play a pick-and-roll, Chalmers gets into position early, squeezes past the screen, doesn't give Curry a shot, Curry waves Chandler to the bottom, singles Chalmers, feigns Going left to break through, suddenly dribbled behind the back in the process of advancing, went right to pass Chalmers, and succeeded in a mid-range jumper.

At 68:67, the Warriors went ahead by 1 point, and the situation was very tense.

Spoelstra couldn't sit still, called a timeout and replaced Bosh, and replaced Haslem.

After Bosh came on the court, the Heat's offense was greatly improved. The Warriors tried their best to block it, but they couldn't lock up the Big Three. There would inevitably be loopholes. After two seasons of training, James, Wade and Bosh's tacit understanding has greatly increased. , pay great attention to the connection between the three, and always find opportunities.

In the next 5 minutes, the Warriors could only use Curry's efficient offense to bite the score.

At this time, 3 minutes and 12 seconds into the third quarter, the Warriors trailed the Heat by 78 points 81:3, thanks to the fact that the Warriors seized Bosh's break at the beginning of the third quarter and evened the difference in the first half , otherwise it will fall behind more.

Zhang Yu called the Warriors' first timeout in the second half. He gathered the players together and said loudly:

"Everyone did a great job. We are only 3 points behind last year's runner-up, but this is not enough. We must continue to strengthen our defense and recover the score before the fourth quarter! Tyson, you don't have to talk to Bosh later. So tight, don’t switch defenses when defending pick-and-rolls, allow Bosh to shoot from mid-to-long distances, and others pay attention to shrinking, and must block James’ attack frame. When Wade holds the ball, allow him to play alone, and then assist him Defense, try to make him handle the ball in tight spaces, force him to make turnovers, get it?"

"no problem!"

"Don't worry, boss, we must make them look good!"

Everyone replied that this was a tactic they had practiced before the game, and now it finally came in handy.

After the timeout, both teams returned to the field.

The Heat attack, James and Bosh play a pick-and-roll, Green directly bypasses the screen, and follows James, Chandler doesn't care about Bosh, comes up to help defend, James turns around and passes to Bosh, Bosh catches After taking aim after the ball, he shot a long two-pointer, and the basketball bounced out of the hoop.

"Bosh hits the iron in the mid-range shot. His touch doesn't look very good. This is a good opportunity for an open shot." Yu Jia said.

Seeing this scene on the sidelines, Zhang Yu clapped his hands and signaled the players to keep defending like this.

He remembers very clearly that after Bosh came to the Heat, his scoring average in the playoffs dropped year by year. There was no year where he scored more than 20 points, and in the next three years, he only scored less than 15 points. This year, Bosh averaged 14 points per game. It's not the worst. Next year, Bosh averaged only about 12 points per game, and his performance was very bad. Only that one rebound was worth a thousand dollars, so it was called "Bosh one rebound".

This is not Bosh's fault. He is an orthodox ball-handling power forward, and post-up singles is his strength. After coming to the Heat, he had to open up space in the middle and long distances. All the interior space was given to James and Wade only has the function of catching and shooting. It is natural for his scoring to drop sharply, and it is difficult to maintain a stable touch.

The Warriors attacked, Curry was one step outside the three-point line and Chandler picked and rolled, Chalmers squeezed through the screen, raised his hand to block Curry's shot, but Curry ignored his interference, raised his hand and threw a Recorded a super long three-pointer, hollowed into the net, 81:81, equalized the score.

"Here we come! Curry's sixth three-pointer, the Warriors tied the score. Does Spoelstra still not change his defense? He is really not afraid of Curry!" Yang Yi exclaimed.

Zhang Weiping sighed:

"The shot was too unreasonable. Chalmers was on Curry's face, but he could still make the shot. The choice of this shot to be placed on an ordinary person would make the coach scold him to death, but it was a good shot if it was placed on Curry. "

Yu Jia echoed:
"Yeah, if someone dared to shoot a three-pointer like this before, the coach would immediately push him to the bench and scold him bloody. How could anyone dare to play like this, that is, Curry, to shoot a three-pointer Hua'er is here, who has seen such a three-point shot before!"

After Curry scored a goal, he ran back to the backcourt shaking his shoulders, causing the audience to cheer. Chalmers looked at Curry who was dancing, and his mentality collapsed. He looked at Spoelster helplessly. La, eyes full of despair.

Of the six three-pointers made by Curry, except for one that was a catch three-pointer after running without the ball, the other five were all made against Chalmers. He really didn't know how to defend. He can't hold Curry directly and hang on Curry, right?

Spoelstra was also in a dilemma. He asked Chalmers to defend Curry, mainly because he and Curry were similar in size and suitable for facing Curry, but Chalmers' strength and confrontation were not strong enough. , The speed is not fast enough, it is very difficult to squeeze the screen, Curry can easily get rid of his defense.

But if Wade is allowed to defend, then Wade will consume too much. Spoelstra has been with Wade for a long time and knows Wade very well. He can see that with the deepening of the playoffs, Wade Wade's state is also showing a gradual decline. He hopes that Wade will minimize the consumption of the defensive end and keep his physical strength on the offensive end.

But things backfired. Chalmers' anti-Curry effect was so poor that Spoelstra began to seriously consider whether to allow Wade to defend against Curry.

On the court, the Heat attacked, James broke through with the ball, met the help defense, and distributed the ball to Wade on the outside.

Wade didn't shoot an open three-pointer. He held the ball and rushed to the basket. When the Warriors shrank the defense, he distributed the ball to Bosh who was in the open position. out, was snatched by Chandler.

The Warriors attacked, Curry and Chandler picked and rolled, Bosh was scared by Curry's three-pointer, he didn't dare to squat anymore, and directly stepped on the three-point line to defend, Curry hit the ground straight to Chandler, money Dele took advantage of the trend and dunked with both hands. 83:81, the Warriors led by 2 points.

In the next 3 minutes, the Warriors defended against James and Wade and gave Bosh a chance to shoot, but Bosh's efficiency was not high. He only made 5 of 2 shots and scored 4 points.

On the other hand, Curry frequently launched pick-and-rolls and frantically aimed at Bosh. Bosh's pace is not slow, but it depends on who he is compared with. In front of Curry, his defense is not good enough. When he came out, Chandler ate the pie.

After the third quarter, the Warriors lead the Heat by 92 points with 86:6, which is also the biggest difference between the two teams in this game.

During the break between quarters, Spoelstra looked up at the data column. Curry had already scored 31 points in three quarters. He finally made up his mind and said to Wade:
"Dwayne, you came to defend Curry in the fourth quarter, is there a problem?"

Wade sat on the chair, gasping for breath, his jersey was soaked in sweat, and his physical energy was exhausted, but he still gritted his teeth and agreed:

"No problem, leave Curry to me."

Wade doesn't know if he can guard Curry, but he knows that only he can match Curry for the Heat, and he can't back down.

Spoelstra gave him a worried look, hesitated to speak, but finally said nothing.

The Heat have used most of their salary space on the Big Three, and it is impossible to count on players with a minimum salary. Must withstand the pressure.

On the Warriors bench, Zhang Yu said to Curry very resolutely:
"Stephen, if the Heat still defend you alone later on, I hope you can use scoring to destroy opponents, without thinking about passing!"

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