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Chapter 690 Not in State

"Boy, you're in the finals again." Garnett's laughing voice made Yang Shuai feel a little proud in his heart. He entered the league for four years and played in the finals for three years. How can he be so good?

"Hey, old guy, are you too busy to panic? Why don't you come to the Warriors next season, even in June, you can still stay on the court." Yang Shuai said temptingly.

Garnett on the other end of the phone felt a little moved, then grinned and said, "Boy, win this year's championship, maybe I can think about it."

The corner of Yang Shuai's mouth raised slightly, and he said confidently: "Don't worry, old guy, the championship will be mine, and I can't run away." [

"I remind you, the Heat are not easy to deal with." Garnett's tone had a hint of schadenfreude.

"Old man, the Lakers and Spurs are not easy to deal with."

"Well, boy, I didn't want you to win the final victory last year, but now I hope you can have the last laugh."

Hang up Garnett's phone and spread his hands on the sofa. Garnett is right, the Heat are not easy to deal with, and it is very likely that they are more difficult to deal with than the Lakers and Spurs.

The biggest advantage of the Lakers is their inside line, and their inside line advantage has not been fully utilized in this series, and it is precisely because of this that although the Warriors won is not too easy, it is not too difficult.

The strength of the Spurs lies in their overall basketball. Under Popovich's training, the Spurs are like a sophisticated instrument, each performing its own duties. Even role players can play their important role, whether it is offense or defense.And it was the Spurs' offense that made the Warriors suffer a lot, and the Warriors' final promotion was also very difficult.

The Heat's strength lies in both offense and defense. The Heat's defense is stronger than any team the Warriors have encountered in the West, and their offense does not seem to be stronger than the Spurs, but there are great variables. .

The Spurs' offense relies on the team's overall tactical coordination, while the Heat's offense relies more on the individual abilities of the stars. It seems that the Heat's offense has fallen behind, but it is precisely because of this characteristic that they Uncertainty, if the Heat's stars play their shots, their offensive ability will be more terrifying.

In addition to the stars, the Heat are undoubtedly more impactful than these two teams. Whether facing the Lakers or the Spurs, the Warriors rely on their own impact to make the opponent suffer, but facing the Heat, they no longer have such an advantage. Existence, the combination of James and Wade is no less impactful than the combination of Yang Shuai and Evans.

While thinking about the strength of the Heat, Yang Shuai is also thinking about what kind of play he should adopt in the finals. In the regular season and the first two rounds of the playoffs, Yang Shuai can often get a triple-double, but in the In the series against the Spurs, Yang Shuai only got a triple-double.

In the Spurs series, the Warriors lost three of the first five games due to the opponent's successful restriction of the other players. This also made Yang Shuai choose to attack more in the last two games. Then scored 50 and 67 points respectively.

"Let's look at the opponent's defensive strategy first." Yang Shuai raised his lips, then got up from the sofa and walked out of the room.

There is no home court advantage against the Lakers and Spurs. In the finals, the Warriors have home court advantage instead. The Warriors have a record of 62 wins and 20 losses in the regular season, while the Heat have 58 wins and 24 losses.

The format of the finals is slightly different from that of the playoffs. It adopts a 2-3-2 format. The first two games are held at the home court of the Warriors, and the next three games are at the home court of the Heat.

Driving from home to the arena, Yang Shuai can feel the strong atmosphere of the finals, billboards, slogans, flags, street lights, T-shirts on fans... almost everything about the finals can be seen along the way, There is only one theme for the whole city, the finals!

The nb finals attracted the attention of basketball fans all over the world, and naturally also attracted many media reporters. Yang Shuai's car was surrounded by a group of reporters just after driving outside the arena. Of course, he would not get out of the car at this time to talk to reporters. Too much entanglement, directly drove the car into the parking lot to avoid the harassment of the reporters.

Because it was the finals, players from both sides came to the arena to warm up early, and after they re-entered the locker room, fans also entered the arena earlier than usual.

"The finals have begun. We are once again standing on this battlefield. The goal is to defend the title. Do you have confidence?"

"Yes!" After hearing Old Nelson's question, all the Warriors players roared loudly. [

Without doing too much mobilization, Old Nelson waved his hand to signal all the players to come out, and at this time there were deafening shouts in the arena.

"Welcome to our King of Warriors...Yang!!!" When j yelled such a voice, the shouts of the fans almost overturned the entire arena, and all kinds of screams challenged the limit of people's psychological endurance.This is Yang Shuai's first home appearance after defeating the Spurs. All fans are still silent in the excitement of Yang Shuai's 67 points.

"Hey, Charles, I know you're going to predict the Warriors to win, but I still want to hear your thoughts." Kenny Smith asked Barkley.

"Yes, Kenny, you are right. I am a staunch supporter of the Warriors. If it is against other teams, my support may not be so strong, but against the Heat, I must support the Warriors. LeBron will not be Young's opponent."

Kenny Smith thought about it for a long time, but he didn't remember when Barkley didn't firmly support the Lakers and the Spurs. When did Barkley say that the Warriors could win before the game started?

"However, the Heat still have Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh." Kenny Smith reminded.

Barkley nodded heavily: "Of course I know, but the Warriors have Yang!"

"You..." Kenny Smith doesn't know what else to say to a fanatical supporter like Barkley. With you alone, Yang Shuai can take care of the world?

While Smith and Barkley were discussing, other TV commentators who were broadcasting were also discussing that the number of TV stations broadcasting the finals this year had once again reached a new high, which made David Stern and other NB executives very happy.

David Ster has been looking forward to the 23vs24 for several years, but he has not been able to. Now his other expectation has finally come true. S6, the duel between the two strongest small forwards in the league. Yang Shuai and James, who have been talking about it for several years. The duel between the two, every time the two meet in the regular season, has attracted the attention of many people, let alone this time in the finals?

In the words of the media, this is LeBron James' chance to make a name for himself.

"Beep!" Amidst the anticipation and discussion of many people, the referee blew the whistle to start the game.

"Hey, why did the Heat pick up the tempo instead?" Barkley yelled with some doubts after 4 minutes of the game.

At the start of the game, the Heat were the first to raise the tempo, which puzzled many people.Although the Heat's impact is not weak, but facing a team like the Warriors, most teams will not choose to raise the rhythm.

However, as the game progressed, people saw the way. In such a fast offense and defense, the Heat played even better, while the Warriors seemed out of shape.

The Warriors are not as good as the Heat in terms of offensive enthusiasm or defensive focus, which is also doomed for the Warriors to be behind in the first quarter.

The impact of the seven-game battle with the Spurs finally appeared. The Warriors, who had only rested for one day, were obviously weak. The most intuitive reflection was on the defensive end. They couldn't keep up with the Heat's offensive pace.

32:23, after the first quarter, the Warriors fell behind by 9 points.Warriors players, including Yang Shuai, are not in good condition, and this situation has not changed much in the second quarter.

At 28:22, in the second quarter, the Warriors once again trailed their opponents by 6 points in a single quarter, so they had fallen behind their opponents by 15 points after halftime.

Trailing the Heat by 15 points at halftime, although the Warriors fans were not satisfied, they still maintained their expectations. After all, they reversed the Spurs by 19 points in the away game last season.

As expected by the Warriors fans, the Warriors seem to have finally found their form after adapting to the half game. After the third quarter, they launched a fierce attack again and again, and the point difference began to slowly narrow.

Seven minutes into the third quarter, Yang Shuai made the first three-pointer of the game to narrow the point difference to 7 points, and the scene was completely immersed in jubilation. [

But this also became the smallest point difference between the two teams in this quarter, and then the Heat made efforts on the defensive end to force the Warriors to fail to attack again and again, playing a wave of 9:0 to widen the point difference to 15 again.And this period of suppression seems to have caused the Warriors to lose the touch they just picked up. Even though the Heat hit the iron again and again, the Warriors did not seize the opportunity to close the score until Morrow's three-pointer at the end of the third quarter. Let the point difference between the two teams stay at 10.

Yang Shuai missed a jump shot, Evans missed a layup, Jamison missed a strong hit at the basket, and Hinrich missed a three-point shot... The Warriors' touch fell to the lowest in the fourth quarter, with 19 points in a single quarter It was impossible for them to complete the reversal at all, and the game lost its suspense when it entered the last few minutes.

107:90, the final point difference stayed at 17 points. In the first game of the finals, the Warriors lost to the Heat at their home court.

There is no doubt that this game made the Heat fans very excited. Being able to win at the Warriors' home court and a big victory gave them full confidence in the team's strength. Many fans even clamored to solve the Warriors within five games.

However, the local media in Oakland obviously didn't think so. Everyone could see that the Warriors were out of shape in this game. Yang Shuai only scored 25 points, 4 assists and 7 rebounds. Such statistics are not normal Yang Shuai.Restricted by James?All Yang Shuai fans laughed when they heard such remarks. Who else can restrain Yang Shuai except Yang Shuai himself?