king of defenders

Chapter 973 Fighting the Warriors Again

6:30 p.m., Oracle Arena.

Today is the Warriors at home, against the Heat. The two sides had played against each other in the finals of last season. The result was that the Warriors defeated the Heat 4:1, but the strength of the Heat still left a deep impression on the Warriors players. impression
You must know that the Heat don't have such a luxurious lineup, only Meng Yun and Wade can do it, and Wade is over 30 years old and has entered the end of his career, and Meng Yun is only a sophomore players.But it was such a combination of one old and one young, but defeated the Cavaliers and reached the finals.

Moreover, they also won the Warriors in the finals.

Don't underestimate just winning one game. You must know that in last season's playoffs, the Warriors swept all the way, as if they were destroyed.

In the first round, the Warriors defeated the Trail Blazers 1:4, and then defeated the Jazz 0:2 in the second round.In the third round, that is, the Western Conference Finals, they faced the Spurs. Everyone thought that the Spurs would bring some trouble to the Warriors. Even if they lost in the end, they could always win a game.

After all, under the leadership of Mr. Popovich, the Spurs seem to be [-]-[-] against everyone in the playoffs, that is, the Warriors. If they change to other teams, fans may still think it is [-]-[-].

But in the end, it was the Warriors who swept the Spurs 4:0. Throughout the first three rounds of the playoffs, the Warriors swept their opponents 4:0, which was so powerful that everyone shuddered.

After entering the finals, many people thought that the Warriors would sweep again.

In the end, the Heat did lose, but they won the Warriors. This was the only game the Warriors lost in the entire playoffs.

One summer has passed, and the Heat have also undergone some changes. The team sent away Luol Deng and Ennis in exchange for Xiang Long. Xiang Long's strength has been demonstrated in the previous regular season games.Moreover, after the baptism of last season and a summer of training, Meng Yun's strength seems to be stronger than last season.

There is no doubt that the Heat are stronger today than they were when they played against the Warriors last season.

The two sides met today, even if the Warriors defeated the Heat 4:1 in the finals of last season, even if they are the defending champions, even if they have a luxurious lineup of the Big 4, they dare not take it lightly.

The players from both sides have come to the field, and they are warming up. They all seem very calm, but if you pay attention a little bit, you can find that there are waves lurking under this calmness.

Standing outside the three-point line, Meng Yun flicked his wrist, and with a swish, the basketball went into the net. His face was expressionless, he just gave the Warriors a cold look, then opened his hand again, and his teammates passed the ball over.

Swish!
Another hollow hit.

The warm-up ended quickly, and the two sides returned to the sidelines.

Coach Spoelstra spread out the tactical board and said to the players: "Later, we must pay attention to the defense of the perimeter, be careful of the opponent's three-pointers, and don't let the opponent's three-pointers miss."

"Also, Whiteside and Monroe, you two must pay special attention, first of all, defense, and the protection of rebounds, we must protect rebounds, this is our advantage, we must be firm Take control. Also, on the offensive end, you two have to be more active, play more aggressively."

Hearing this, Whiteside and Monroe nodded together: "Understood."

"Mengyun." Coach Spoelstra shouted: "Pay attention to feeding Whiteside and Monroe more. The inside is the weakness of the Warriors. If we want to beat the Warriors, we must start from this point."

Meng Yun nodded: "Yes, coach."

As far as the Warriors' lineup is concerned, it is indeed extremely luxurious. It is unrealistic for the Heat to beat the Warriors on the outside.Just like last season's finals, Meng Yun has played well enough, and even Wade has played very well, but he still can't withstand the opponent's outside impact.Curry, Thompson, Durant, the scoring ability of these three is too strong.

The chance for the Heat to beat the Warriors lies in the interior, which they can take advantage of. Only by maximizing the inside advantage can they beat the Warriors.

Then coach Spoelstra said again: "Be careful not to play too fast, slow down the tempo a bit, the opponent is good at fast tempo, we can't follow the tempo of the opponent. And once we speed up, our inside advantage will not be reflected Yes, press down to fight positional warfare and give play to our inside advantage, understand?"

All the players agreed in unison: "Understood."

"beep!"

The game officially begins.

The Warriors' starting lineup is center Pachulia, power forward Green, small forward Durant, shooting guard Thompson, and point guard Curry.

First, the jump ball. Whiteside had an obvious advantage. He slapped the ball to the backcourt. Meng Yun took the ball and pushed forward slowly.

In the finals of last season, it was Thompson who defended Meng Yun.

Curry is a sharp weapon on the offensive end, but because his physical talent is not very good, Curry is weak on the defensive end, and he is at a disadvantage against Meng Yun, so Thompson is the one who defends Meng Yun.

Of course, judging from last season's finals, even a defensive leader like Thompson can't restrain Meng Yun, but he is better than Curry in the end.

"Warriors, I'm here for revenge." Meng Yun took a deep breath and gestured to his teammates. Whiteside came up to pick and roll, and Meng Yun moved to the side to speed up the breakthrough.

The Warriors were well prepared and quickly shrunk their defense.

Meng Yun secretly said "Sure enough", this time he was just probing. Seeing the Warriors shrinking their defense, he quickly passed the ball out and injured Wade. Wade raised his hand and made a three-pointer, but unfortunately he failed to make it.

However, Monroe's position was very good, and he won the offensive rebound. Thinking of the coach's order to let him play more proactively, Monroe suddenly shouted, jumped up forcibly, and was about to dunk.

"Snapped!"

Green thugs, was called a foul by the referee.

Monroe was a bit regretful, but unfortunately he failed to score 2+1.

Fortunately, walking to the free throw line, Monroe made two free throws steadily.

"Sure enough." Coach Cole sat on the bench and thought to himself: "Sure enough, he wants to play inside and beat us with the advantage of inside. It's a pity that your thinking is too simple."

The Heat will attack the inside, which Coach Cole has already expected.

In fact, there is no need to analyze, let alone guess, because any team, as long as it has inside players available, will want to play inside and attack the Warriors' weakness when facing the Warriors.

But what was the result?
As a result, they all failed, and the ultimate winner of last season was the Warriors.

(End of this chapter)