The strongest unicorn in basketball

Chapter 302
When the Warriors served from the baseline, there were 4 seconds left on the shot clock, and when Curry dribbled the ball past half court, the time was just over 1 second left.

Seeing this situation, Curry directly chose a three-point shot near the center line.

"Shh!"

Such a three-pointer at the buzzer actually hit Curry!

It looked like even God was on the Warriors' side tonight!

68:57, the Warriors ended the first half with an 11-point lead.

The two teams played fairly close in the first quarter, but in the second quarter, the Warriors suddenly rained three-pointers, almost without fail.

Not to mention Curry and Thompson, even Green can make three-pointers, how can you play this?
The Kings scored 29 points in the second quarter, which is pretty good, but the Warriors actually scored 38 points in this quarter!
It can be said that the Warriors directly made the Kings' defense useless in this quarter. This is the first time this season that the Kings, who have achieved great defense, have met a team that can break the Kings' defense into a sieve.

You know, the defensive efficiency of the Kings this season is very good. Since the start of the game, it is enough to rank in the top three in the league, and the team's defensive efficiency can reach 97.

Ordinary teams can't even score 100 points in front of the Kings, but now the Warriors scored nearly 70 points at halftime.

Looking at the situation, after this game, I'm afraid the Kings' defensive ranking will drop several places!
"We have to guard the basket well, the opponent's three-pointers cannot always be so accurate..."

"The opponent's three-pointer can really be so accurate all the time!"

During the intermission, in the locker room, Brown's speech was suddenly interrupted by Li Pu.

Everyone looked at Li Pu suspiciously, including Coach Brown.

"Sorry, coach, I didn't mean to target you. I'm just saying that the opponent's three-pointers may really be so accurate all the time!"

"Then what do you mean?"

Although Coach Brown's subtext was not spoken, everyone understood what it meant: Since the opponent is so accurate on three-pointers, we are doomed?

"I mean, we need to pay attention to the defense of the opponent's three-pointer, just like the defense of the inside!"

"You mean?"

Coach Brown gradually understood what Li Pu meant. Li Pu obviously wanted to improve the strength of the perimeter defense.

"But by doing this, it's in the arms of the other party!"

In later generations, there is a very appropriate evaluation of the Warriors: a passing and cutting team disguised with three-pointers!

That is to say, the Warriors seem to be extremely accurate in three-pointers, but in fact, what they really kill is their passing.

They just use three-pointers to open up the offensive space for the team, so that their continuous air cuts can succeed!
If you are really confused by their three-pointers and ignore the defense at the basket, then you are really in the trap of the Warriors.

"Coach, I understand your worry, but don't forget, there is me under the basket!"

"you can?"

"Look at what you said, if it's not possible, why should I say it?"

Seeing what Li Pu said, Coach Brown really started to think about this possibility!
The 15-minute half-time break was fleeting, and soon the second half began.

The Warriors took the lead in attacking.

After Curry came to the frontcourt, he held the ball and picked and rolled Green.

This is a very common offense initiation tactic for the Warriors.

Seeing this, the Kings immediately chose to flank Curry.

This is also a very common coping tactic for many teams.

Seeing this, Curry naturally passed the ball to Green.

Green dribbled the ball to the free throw line and met Li Pu head-on.

Seeing Li Pu approaching, Green felt secretly happy: He was fooled!

I saw Green throwing the ball into the sky, and the landing point happened to be near the basket behind Li Pu!

It's just that Green's rare pass was a bit high, and Bogut, who jumped high, failed to complete the lob in the first time.

After getting the ball and dropping it, Bogut rose again, but was capped by Li Pu from behind.

This ball was actually blocked!
Seeing this scene, Green suddenly realized that the reason why he passed the ball a little higher was because Li Pu took a step up.

Li Pu's ability to block shots is the best in the league, and Green has a deep understanding, so he is afraid of Li Pu and passes the ball high.

And this also caused Bogut to make a mistake, giving Li Pu time to return to defense.

All this is calculated by him?

Green, who understood all this, couldn't help but gasp.

Thin, too thin!
This guy counts too well!

Although the Kings defended the ball, they failed to launch a counterattack.

Because the Warriors' retreat was too timely, they didn't give the Kings a chance at all.

However, the king is not afraid even if he falls into the position.

I saw Giannis supporting from a high position, and after making a fake hand-to-hand pass with Bledsoe, he turned around and broke through inside.

After cutting into the inside and attracting the defense, Giannis gave the ball to Middleton on the outside, and Middleton made a three-pointer!

Middleton deserves to be the most reliable three-pointer in the Kings, no matter in production or shooting percentage, he is the team's number one.

With this three-pointer, the Kings narrowed the point difference to 8 points.

Then Curry used the off-ball pick-and-roll, faced Li Pu with the ball, and chose a three-pointer after consecutive singles, but missed!

Li Pu's long arm still interfered with Curry's shooting.

The basketball hit the basket, and the Warriors thought that after Li Pu was called out of the paint, his rebounds would be affected.

I didn't expect that there was no Li Pu in the basket, and there was Giannis!

I saw Giannis leaping high and using his long arm to pass the ball to Butler.

After Butler brought the ball to the frontcourt, he directly ran over Thompson to kill inside, and then under Thompson's interference, he put the ball into the basket.

The point difference was further narrowed to 6 points.

After that, Iguodala also missed a three-pointer. The Kings received the rebound again, and a long pass was given to Bledsoe, who was about to go down, and the latter made a layup!
The point difference was narrowed to 4 points, and the Warriors requested a timeout!

Cole is not a coach like Rivers who never calls a timeout. Seeing that the Kings are about to start, he will of course call a timeout to interrupt the momentum of the Kings chasing points.

However, when the timeout came back, the Warriors ruined the offensive round with a mistake.

Yes, the timeout is for nothing!
It was the Kings' turn to attack again, and Li Pu directly pulled Bogut from mid-range, and threw the ball into the basket over Bogut's head!

Called diffraction!

In this way, the point difference is only 2 points.

The Kings' second-half defensive strategy worked.

Because of Li Pu's ultra-high mobility in the interior and ability to protect the basket, even if the Kings increase the defense on the outside, they still cannot score through passing and cutting.

For a while, the Warriors fell into a scoring drought!
With the Kings fast break, Li Pu and Giannis completed an alley-oop dunk with an inside pass, and the Kings finally evened the point difference!
Kerr had to call another timeout, their second in just two minutes.

(End of this chapter)