new lord of the rings

Chapter 318 Prescribe the right medicine!

The fourth quarter begins.

The Warriors are on Zhang Xin, Andre Iguodala, Harrison Barnes, Andrew Bogut and Draymond Green, the Warriors' most suitable lineup for defense, Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson take the first half of the rest and play In the decisive battle, there are many players who are willful.

The Cavaliers still have LeBron James, Kyrie Irving, TT Thompson, Iman Shumpert, Timofey Mozgov, the starting lineup does not fall, the Cavaliers actually only have eight people in rotation, and the Warriors have 11 people Entering the rotation, James has been on for three consecutive quarters, and it seems that he does not plan to rest today.

James led the team to tie the score in the second half of the third quarter, and it was a price to pay. The Cavaliers' starting lineup has shown signs of physical weakness. As soon as the fourth quarter came up, Zhang Xin found that the Cavaliers were slowing down. This is normal. Under the intensity of the finals, it would be strange to not be tired after playing two or more quarters in a row.

Under the leadership of Zhang Xin, the Warriors played a gorgeous offense. Zhang Xin continued to break through and score the ball. Everyone in the Warriors' lineup can pass the ball. They kept finding Zhang Xin and Harrison Barnes with three-pointers. The two teamed up A small climax of 12:4 was played, forcing coach David Blatt to call a timeout.

The Warriors overtook by 4 points. James was sweating profusely, but he did not show a look of frustration on his face. He is an excellent leader and knew that he should not show a look of frustration at this time, otherwise the other role players would panic.

Pause ends.

Kyrie Irving dribbled the ball to James, who was down low. James wanted to attack the inside. Zhang Xin signaled that he did not need to help defend.

Now that James' physical strength has weakened, I just need to limit him as much as possible. There is still more than half of the time, and James' physical strength cannot last for such a long time.

James began to hit Zhang Xin with his back, and Zhang Xin was very careful not to let James jump to the basket. If James was willing to turn over and make a jumper, he could let him.

James turned left and turned right, but Zhang Xin was always in front of James. Zhang Xin's body was not at a disadvantage against James, so James' usual crushing style did not work.

James wanted to use his footsteps to pass Zhang Xin, but Zhang Xin’s footsteps were a little faster than James’. James had no choice but to turn around and shoot a jumper. After Zhang Xin and James confronted each other, they couldn’t block the block, but James didn’t make it either.

Bogut quickly got the rebound, Zhang Xin took the ball and saw that all the Cavaliers had retreated to the position, so he was not in a hurry to switch, and he and Bogut went left and right for half court.

Seeing that Zhang Xin was keeping the same speed as him, Bogut understood that Zhang Xin needed him to ask for a pick-and-roll near the middle circle, and immediately ran over to block Shumpert. Zhang Xin turned from slow to fast, and with Bogut's pick-and-roll, he quickly moved At the three-point line, Mozgov was still guarding the free throw line and did not dare to come out. Zhang Xin raised the knife and hit a three-pointer!

Mozgov was a little frustrated. He really couldn't defend. Once he got to the three-point line, Zhang Xin could break through the inside like a stake. The ability to conduct the ball will definitely find the person who was emptied.

Seeing that Zhang Xin's efficiency in singles was too low, James called TT Thompson's pick-and-roll, but Green was not easy to break through. Green's defense in the past two years is at the level of the best defensive player. It is not realistic for James to force Green when he is not physically strong. , Fortunately, James won a foul and made two free throws.

The Warriors insist on using a single defense to limit James and prevent James from connecting with others. Anyone of the Warriors' four forward gates can defend James hard. James may be able to score, but the efficiency is not high, and it consumes physical strength. Also big.

As for why he didn't attack Bogut, in fact, James' advantage in dealing with tall insiders is not as great as imagined. Once James encounters an insider with a frame protection ability higher than the standard line, his performance will be compromised, because His shots are more dependent on finishing at the basket.

James couldn't play, coach David Blatt made adjustments, let Kyrie Irving be the assister, and Zhang Xin also responded on the court: pinch Irving!
Defending Irving and James are two different ways. James is good at breaking through and scoring the ball, while Irving is more inclined to finish. Irving's passing... Generally speaking, he doesn't pass the ball very much, and even if he passes it, he is not a big threat.

Seeing that Owen was holding the ball, Zhang Xin immediately commanded a flanking attack:

Irving broke through Barnes with the ball at a 45-degree angle, and Iguodala on the flank immediately went straight to Irving.

Owen flashed and moved, and it was difficult for the two of them to steal Irving's ball at once. Irving is one of the two players with the best combination of man and ball in the league. Although Iguodala and Barnes were difficult to steal for a while, Irving wanted to It is extremely difficult to break through the past, the space is compressed very little, and Irving can only choose to pass the ball.

Both Iguodala and Barnes are fast, tall and long-armed players. Irving struggled to pass the ball to Shumpert, who was emptied by Iguodala, and shouted bad as soon as the ball was shot!
Zhang Xin appeared on the passing route, Zhang Xin took the ball down, and directly launched a conversion attack. Zhang Xin was like a wild horse running wildly. Shumpert and James stopped after two steps. Zhang Xin was too fast!

Zhang Xin was already in front of him, and he dunked easily!
Oracle Center let out a loud cheer.

Irving tried twice and was forced to pass the ball. Once was intercepted by Zhang Xin, and once passed out but not a big threat. In the end, when the attack time was approaching, Shumpert could barely make a shot, and was also counterattacked by the Warriors. The Warriors played an 11:1 climax, and the Warriors opened the score to 14 points in a wave!
Coach David Blatt could only call a timeout again.

Seeing that this lineup works well, Steve Kerr is not in a hurry to replace Curry and Thompson. Coach David Blatt has JR Smith.

The effect was not bad. When the Cavaliers couldn't open it, JR's nerve knife came up. It was a chance to break the deadlock. JR came up and hit two extremely difficult three-pointers, reducing the score to 8 points.

Steve Kerr immediately called a timeout, got Klay Thompson and Stephen Curry on, and Iguodala and Barnes off.

With two more historical-level shooters, the Warriors' space has been expanded to the extreme. Zhang Xin constantly hits the Cavaliers' inside line and then distributes the ball.

After three quarters of adjustments, Curry finally opened up in the fourth quarter, hitting two consecutive three-pointers and pulling the score to more than 3 points, with only [-] minutes left.

The situation of the Cavaliers has reached a deteriorating situation. As soon as the defeat is revealed, some off-the-market moves are just around the corner.

(End of this chapter)