The strongest unicorn in basketball

Chapter 325
Just the day after the Kings defeated the Clippers, their opponents in the Western Conference Finals have also been announced, and that is the Warriors.

To be honest, although the final score of the series between the Warriors and the Rockets was 4:1, it was still very intense!

The reason why there is such a big gap is that Harden is really alone!
It stands to reason that the Rockets should have an inside advantage against the Warriors. After all, their team has former league No. [-] center Warcraft Howard!
However, in this round of the series, Howard averaged 14 points and 14 rebounds per game. He never scored more than 20 points in a game. He played completely blue-collar and couldn't put enough pressure on the Warriors on the offensive end.

How can a team like this perform like the second player, and the team itself is weaker than the opponent?

Therefore, even if Harden smoked, it still couldn't change the result of the game.

Just after the two opponents in the Western Conference finals had already appeared, the two opponents in the Eastern Conference finals appeared one after another in the next two days.

Compared with the two 4:1s in the West, the East has two 4:2s. Although they lost one more game, it seems that they won easily.

Now that the playoffs have progressed, the situation is already obvious.

Among the four teams, the one with the highest probability of winning is undoubtedly the King!
Even though the Kings haven't entered the Finals in 64 years and are the best in the league, this year's team is really too strong!

It is worth mentioning here that the second place is the Eagles who entered the Eastern Conference Finals, with 54 years, and the third is the Clippers, with 44 years.

No one believed that the Warriors could stop the King's progress. If there were, it seemed that the Cavaliers were more reliable!
After all, the Cavaliers' lineup is more balanced.

It's normal to be unfavorable about the Warriors. After all, apart from 2011, no championship was won by shooting!

Especially the Warriors are still so dependent on three-pointers!

In the playoffs, facing the Kings' impenetrable defense, are the Warriors really capable of maintaining their abnormal three-point shooting?

The answer is, there really is!
On May 5, the first game of the Western Conference Finals was officially held in Saskatchewan.

At the beginning of the first quarter, the Warriors' three-pointer exploded!
And the one who hit the three-pointer was not the Splash Brothers, but Green!

For how to defend the Warriors, the Kings' strategy is very difficult, that is to strangle the Splash Brothers and let others beat me!

Therefore, in this case, Green, who has the status of the top of the arc, has a lot of shooting opportunities!
At this time, Green was not the blacksmith who was emptied three meters later and dared not cast.

Although Green's three-point shooting percentage is not high this season, he can really seize the opportunity in the key games of the playoffs.

Facing Giannis' block, Green completed another three-pointer and returned it!
This is his third three-pointer tonight!
Coach Brown requested a timeout.

At 30:20, the Warriors led by 10 points.

"At this point in the game, Prince, I admit that you are right. Next, we need to adjust our defense! Next, we will stop flanking Curry and switch to defenses when we encounter pick-and-rolls!"

During the timeout, Coach Brown decisively admitted his mistake and made corresponding adjustments to the team's defense.

In fact, Coach Brown is not unaware that the best thing to do in the face of the Warriors' passes and cuts is to switch defenses infinitely.

But the problem is that this is the first game of the series. Coach Brown wants to try other defensive tactics. If he succeeds, wouldn't he have a new weapon?

Anyway, this is only the first game, the series is still going on!
As for the failure, the big deal is like now, just discard it and change back to the original tactics!

Anyway, the Kings have the strength and confidence!
Timeout comes back and the Kings attack.

After Bledsoe took the ball to the frontcourt, he took the initiative to play a pick-and-roll with Li Pu.

The pick-and-roll between the two forced the Warriors to switch, and then Bledsoe passed the ball back to Lip while opening the floor for him.

This is the offensive tactic that the Kings often play against the Warriors, call Curry!
Now Curry's defensive ability is on the point guard, it can't be considered bad, it can only be regarded as a mid-range level, and he has a positive defensive attitude, but if you ask him to defend against a center or Li Pu, no matter which point guard it is!

It can even be said that no one in the alliance can completely guard against Li Pu!
Li Pu pushed Curry with his back and walked in. Of course, the rest of the Warriors knew that Li Pu could not single Curry so easily, so Iguodala immediately came from the weak side to help defend.

Faced with the pincer attack of the two, Lip did not hesitate at all. He turned around and raised the ball high, making a fake shot, and Curry and Iguodala took off at the same time.

Then Li Pu flicked the ball and gave it to Covington who was emptied on the weak side. Covington made a three-pointer and hit it!

At 23:30, the Kings added another 2 points.

At this time, there is less than 1 minute before the end of the first quarter, and both sides have entered the rotation lineup.

The Warriors kept both Curry and Green on the court, and for the Kings, Li Pu is the only starter now!
However, there is no Jokic in the rotation lineup.

The reason why Jokic was not replaced is mainly because if Jokic is on the court, the team cannot perform unlimited defense changes!
In addition, it is too simple for Curry to want to train Jokic in the military!

Coach Brown dare not put Jokic and Curry on the court at the same time.

So the Kings also started to play a small lineup. Except for Li Pu, the other four were Thomas Jr., Thornton, Butler and Covington.

In fact, the small lineup of the Kings is not too small. Among them, Butler plays three and Covington plays four. Except for Thomas Jr., the Kings are not at a disadvantage in terms of height.

When it was the Warriors' turn to attack, Livingston took the ball to the frontcourt and handed the ball to Curry.

With Livingston on the floor, Curry was more of a shooting guard offensively.

Because Curry's ability off the ball is too strong, it also allows Livingston's organizational skills to be fully utilized.

Curry received the ball to face Thomas Jr. and directly chose singles.

Even in the face of Thomas Jr., who is shorter than him, Curry still uses continuous changes to break through Thomas Jr.

The main reason for this is that although Thomas Jr. is short, he is stronger than Curry, and Curry can't use his body to force him.

Although it is a pity, Curry's ability to catch the ball is at a master level. Even though Thomas Jr. is short and fast, Curry still easily passed him.

Faced with Li Pu who was released, Curry chose to throw the shot.

The basketball flew out of Li Pu's fingertips, and finally went into the net hollow!
This guy's touch is really against the sky!
Near the end of the first quarter, Li Pu faced the pincer attack of Green and Iguodala and hit a hook, rewriting the score to 25:32.

Then Curry missed a long three-pointer, and the first quarter ended.

(End of this chapter)