warrior godfather

Chapter 657 Unlimited Singles
In the auditorium of the Chase Center, Bay Area fans wearing bright yellow T-shirts formed a golden ocean, constantly undulating.

On the field, the G2 of the Warriors and Cavaliers is in full swing.

The Warriors attacked, Curry dribbled the ball across the half, passed the ball to Green in the low post, received Antetokounmpo's screen, and moved from the top of the arc to the strong sideline.

Tristan Thompson switches to Curry, and Smith goes to Antetokounmpo.

Green passed the ball to Curry, who, instead of attacking, beckoned Green to come up for a screen.

The Cavaliers continued to switch defenses, Love switched to Curry, and Curry waved his hand in satisfaction to let the others disperse.

Curry singled out Love, changed direction with one body, and then accelerated, easily wiped past Love, and succeeded in a mid-range jumper. 15:6, the Warriors led by 9 points.

Love tried his best to catch up, but his lateral movement and turning speed were too slow, not to mention Curry's speed. He was thrown away by a position and could only watch Curry score a goal.

He lowered his head and ran slowly up the court, his feet dragging on the ground, revealing a sense of frustration, while in front of him, Curry chewed on his braces, slapped his chest and pointed to the sky, and greeted the cheers of the audience.

In the Tencent live broadcast room, the bullet screen was full of curses:
"Love's real Nima dish, even Curry can't prevent it!"

"Statistics brush, defensive colander, you know how to hold back Lao Zhan!"

This is the third time that Love has been successfully trained by Curry since the opening game.

At the beginning, the Warriors still carried out the offense according to the situation that Curry would be flanked. They failed to pass and cut for two consecutive rounds, and realized that the Cavaliers' defense was infinitely changing defenses.

Afterwards, Curry, who was flanked for the entire game in the previous game and only scored 12 points, was fully fired, and continued to find Love in pick-and-rolls, misplaced small and big, and scored 4 points in less than 8 minutes of the opening.

The tall Love is like a wooden stake in front of the short Curry. Curry can shake out the space with a simple rhythm change. Whether it is a shot or a breakthrough attack, Love can only watch.

Looking back, Irving and Tristan Thompson picked and rolled, the Warriors also switched defenses, and Antetokounmpo switched in front of Irving.

Irving singled out Antetokounmpo, and Antetokounmpo controlled the distance, using his long arms to cover Owen's shooting space, while allowing time for reaction.

Irving is a two-stage shot, and his shooting speed is not as fast as Curry. Fearing the interference of Antetokounmpo's long arms, he did not shoot rashly, but used the change of rhythm to find opportunities for breakthroughs.

But Antetokounmpo's footsteps and agility are far superior to Love's. The center of gravity changes continuously, and he even keeps up with Owen's movement, always stopping in front of him.

Irving tried many times, and the time passed by every minute and every second, but he has never been able to break through Antetokounmpo's defense line. He can only make a hasty shot before the 24 seconds are about to expire.

Bang!

Irving's shot was hit by Antetokounmpo's interference, and the rebound was picked off by Green.

Owen retreated to the backcourt, shaking his head constantly, showing helplessness.

The Warriors and Cavaliers both defended unlimited defenses today. Curry trained Love three times, and Owen also singled out Antetokounmpo twice, but none of them succeeded.

Antetokounmpo is tall and has long arms and quick movement. He can interfere with Irving's shooting and block Irving's breakthrough. Irving seems to be facing a spiked hedgehog and has no way to start.

The Warriors attacked, Curry held the ball at the top of the arc, Leonard screened Clay on the weak side, Smith and James switched defenses.

Curry hung the ball to Leonard, Clay took James away, and the strong side cleared, leaving Leonard and Smith.

Leonard singled out Smith face-to-face, shoulders pressed half of Smith's body, came to the mid-range position, pulled up and shot, with long arms stretched, Smith couldn't interfere, the basketball went into the net hollow, 17:6.

After watching Leonard succeed in the mid-range shot, Smith turned around to pick up the dropped basketball and patted it hard.

This is his second single defense against Leonard today, and also his second failure.

Leonard's movements are simple and unpretentious, but he uses his strength, height and wingspan to hit Smith one-on-one. He can easily create shooting opportunities and succeed in consecutive close-range distances.

Round transition, James and Love pick and roll, Antetokounmpo switches to James.

At the moment when the screen happened, James suddenly started, broke through to the basket, pushed Antetokounmpo away, and made a layup, 17:8.

After landing, Antetokounmpo took a step back and rubbed his chest.

He had tried his best to fight, but he was still at a disadvantage and did not stop James' tank breakthrough.

Of the 8 points scored by the Cavaliers, 4 points came from James. Facing the Warriors' unlimited defenses, James is the most stable scoring point.

However, Antetokounmpo didn't feel depressed. Compared with James, he was just a nobody, and it was normal that he couldn't guard James.

Instead, after scoring the goal, James was secretly shocked.

His breakthrough just now seemed easy, but in fact, he had exhausted all his strength to push away Antetokounmpo and create space for layups. If every ball had to be fought like this, he would definitely not be able to bear it for the whole game.

Antetokounmpo is only the Warriors' fourth offensive option on the field, and he is too disadvantaged to continue playing like this.

The Warriors attacked, and Clay came to the low post on the left, stuck in Irving's position, and reached out for the ball.

Curry passed the ball, then ran to the weak side to space the floor.

Clay hit Irving with his back and pushed towards the basket. Irving couldn't hold it back and retreated step by step. Clay turned over and made a jumper and made a steady hit, 19:8.

Owen was so squeezed by Clay that he lost his center of gravity and couldn't take off at all. He could only reach out in vain and watched Clay score above his head.

Another barrage floated in the Tencent live broadcast room:
"Owen, let's go down! If you can't make a shot, you can't defend, what's the use of you?"

"No wonder you lead the knights to fight for the champion. Without Lao Zhan, you are nothing!"

"What are the Big Three, Lao Zhan is surrounded by these teammates, how to fight?"

On the court, Clay stuck out his tongue and returned to the defense with a smile. Compared with catching three-pointers, he prefers scoring after dribbling-everyone is obsessed with what he lacks.

In the last game when Curry was flanked, Clay had a lot of open opportunities and easily scored 25 points without needing to attack with the ball.

The Cavaliers gave him this opportunity today to keep unlimited defenses and change defenses, and Irving is facing Clay.

After the opening, Clay singled out Irving three times and succeeded twice.

He is 2 meters tall and is actually the height of a striker. He has a size advantage against most of the second positions in the league.

Moreover, in order to limit Curry, Director Lu asked Smith in the second position to face Curry, and Irving, who is not good at defense, played against Clay, which gave Clay a chance to play singles.

Looking back, James held the ball at the top of the arc and waved to Smith. Smith understood, raised it immediately, and made a cover for James.

Curry chased him out, and he was responsible for defending Smith. What James wanted was to name Curry.

But Curry did not switch defenses. Instead, after a delay, he turned around and chased Smith. Leonard went off the screen to give James space to shoot and block his breakthrough route.

The Warriors' defensive strategy is obvious, giving James a shot, not giving a breakthrough, and not letting him name Curry.

Zhang Yu has always paid attention to the protection of Curry, and will not let him be easily exposed to the opponent's scorer.

But James was determined to name Curry, and Smith made another screen for him, this time blocking Leonard, and Curry could only switch to James.

However, the Cavaliers played two tactics in a row, and there were only 8 seconds left in the offensive time. James immediately turned to a back attack, carried Curry into the inside, turned over and made a jumper, 19:11.

Curry tried his best to reach out, but he was too short in height to interfere with James' shooting.

But looking back, Curry and Green picked and rolled, put Love in front of them, pretended to break through, and after shaking Love's center of gravity, stepped back and made a three-pointer, hollow into the net, 22:11.

James tried his best to name Curry's 2 points, which came to naught.

He picked up the dropped basketball and smashed it on the hoop, his already dark face became even darker.

On the sidelines, seeing Curry hit a three-pointer, Zhang Yu applauded with a relieved smile on his face.

In his previous life, Curry fought with injuries and has never been able to return to his heyday. The proud small fights did not work. One-on-one could not punish the Cavaliers inside. Love was very difficult in singles, and the Warriors' offense was severely frustrated. , and even required Green to continue to shoot three-pointers to continue his life, and finally lost the tie-break.

Curry made 19 of 6, 14 of 4 three-pointers, and only scored 17 points. In the last 5 minutes, he made four consecutive three-pointers and scored no points. Instead of an excuse, he took all the responsibility on himself.

People "suddenly realized", it turned out that the Warriors won the championship last year only because of the bonus of injuries. If the three giants of the Cavaliers were all there, the Warriors would definitely not be able to win. After all, even Love can defend Curry alone, how can the Warriors fight?
Curry's singles ability has been widely questioned, and many people have ridiculed him.

But then, the Warriors and the Cavaliers met again in the finals. According to "successful experience", Director Lu asked Love to switch to Curry, but was ravaged by Curry's repeated military training, and even made 9 three-pointers in a single game, breaking the record. The record for three-pointers made in a single game in the NBA Finals.

Curry's injury in the 2016 playoffs was also exposed, and people knew that Curry had been fighting with injuries at the time, and his state was fluctuating. The root cause of the 1:3 reversal by the Cavaliers.

If Curry maintains his prime, with the Cavaliers' loose defense, the Warriors can resolve the battle in up to 5 games.

Now, what the Cavaliers have to face is a full-time Curry, and a Curry who surpasses the peak strength of the same period.

Not only that, the original Iguodala and Barnes' playing styles are blue-collar, with limited singles ability, while Leonard and Antetokounmpo both have the ability to attack with the ball, and Leonard is a top striker As a star, Clay's back-up ability is also stronger than in the same period.

Of the 22 points since the opening, 18 came from the Tsunami Brothers.

The Cavaliers wanted to learn from the Thunder and use infinite switches to deal with the Thunder, but they were cracked by the Warriors' infinite singles.

Conversely, the Cavaliers have few ways to deal with the Warriors' unlimited defense changes. They can only rely on James to continuously name Curry.

(End of this chapter)