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Seeing Joey's expressionless face, the usually carefree elementary school student felt a little uneasy.

"boom……"

"Swish——"

Two minutes into the third quarter, the Warriors finally broke the scoring drought, with Barnes making a baseline jump shot and barely scoring a long two-pointer.

The"death striker lock line" combination of Joey and Leonard has always been the most troublesome point for the Warriors in this series. Many times, the Warriors players have already used unlimited back-running, screens, and empty cuts to get open space and get easy scoring opportunities, but often at this time, two"help defense" monsters, one black and one yellow, will appear and come to you expressionlessly...

This also explains why in the original history, the Spurs, who were ranked first in the Western Conference, were dragged to six games by the Warriors before the series ended - the young Leonard and the undrafted Green took on two-thirds of the Spurs' defensive tasks on the outside, helping with defense, sweeping, shifting, and assisting defense.……

"The"Splash Brothers" averaged 10.4 three-pointers per game, and the Warriors' three-point shooting rate was as high as 41.3%! In that round of the series, the Spurs were almost dragged to a"game seven" by the Warriors!

In the original history of the 12-13 season playoffs, the young Warriors were the most difficult opponents the Spurs encountered.

Just from the four rounds of the Spurs series, it can be seen that the Spurs swept the Lakers and Grizzlies in the first round and the Western Conference Finals respectively, and were dragged to six games by the Warriors in the Western Conference semifinals. In one game, they barely won by two points with Manu's key goal in overtime (G1, the two teams 129:127, brothers who are interested can search and see).

And if it weren't for Xiaoka's missed free throws and Ray Allen's fatal three-pointer in the finals, perhaps the Spurs would have solved the South Coast Big Three in six games in the finals. The

Warriors, who are full of vitality, the league team with the most three-pointers per game, and the most offensive rounds, are the biggest opponents of the aging Spurs in the Western Conference playoffs.

But now Leonard is in Under the influence of Joey, the Warriors have"developed" much better than their peers, and they also have Joey, an all-round upgraded version of"Kawhi" who can play both inside and outside...

The young Warriors are no match for the current Spurs. The 14-point average win over the Warriors in the first two games of the series is the most powerful proof!

In front of the"Death Front Lock Line" combination that has the best perimeter defense efficiency in team history in the regular season this season, the Warriors' proud, first-ranked three-point firepower in the league has no place to display. If it weren't for Curry's first game in the first two games, the Warriors' average three-point field goals would not exceed eight! In the two games, the Warriors team added up to 22 three-pointers.

Although the number of goals is not small, the Warriors shot a total of 64 three-pointers, and the team's three-point shooting rate barely reached 34%!

Compared with the regular season team's 39.7% three-point shooting rate, it is a full five percentage points lower. This shows the impact of the Spurs front line combination of Joey + Leonard on them.

The key point is that Curry alone made 11 three-pointers, which means that the Warriors' proud shooters made half of the total three-pointers in two games!

It can also be said that Joey's arrival changed everything.……

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Joey held the ball in a high position to attract a double team, creating a one-on-one space for Duncan in the interior. David Lee was afraid of Joey, who was in a hot hand in this game and had made 9 of 12 shots, so he had to pull to the free throw line to defend...

Leonard made an off-ball screen for Green in the right corner, and the latter took advantage of the situation to ambush near the 45-degree angle, ready to receive the ball - at this time, the Warriors' switching defense ability was also reflected, and youth is their unlimited capital!

Thompson and Barnes started almost at the same time, and Curry forced Joey to stop and prepare to pass the ball. The former two quickly formed a double team on Danny Green, ready to intercept Joey's pass at any time!

Joey froze the ball in his hand for a while...

It has to be admitted that the Warriors players can play the first regular season record in NBA history in the future, and win the O'Brien Cup in 2015 when few people were optimistic. Indeed, whether it is teamwork, player talent, structural configuration... or even mental attributes, they are all at the top level in the league.

Unfortunately, the Warriors' small ball system, which has not yet completed its"growth", encountered two historical perimeter defenders who will be able to block all the perimeter players in the league in the future!

Leonard just pretended to come out to receive the ball, and then attracted back the"North Carolina Black Hawk" Barnes, and the Warriors' unlimited switching defense was instantly broken -

Green got the space to receive the ball, Duncan in the interior relied on Bogut to"wait for food", and Parker was always able to cooperate with Leonard to cut inside...

But no one expected that Joey would choose the seemingly"most unreasonable" way of playing.

Joey, who had already dribbled the ball once, faced David Lee who was guarding in front of him and pressing closely, and forced his body to squeeze out a little space - the power of 90 points of attributes showed its advantage at this moment. David Lee, who was not known for his excellent confrontation,"perfectly" inherited the bad impression of the fans of Mi Lijia about"white, soft and short", and was squeezed away by Joey with just a back-to-the-basket confrontation.

The latter easily scored a jump shot against the defense.——

""Swish!"

The basketball hit the net and fell.

The Silver High Difficulty Shooting King and the substantial attribute bonus brought by the title of"Bench Jordan" made it very easy for Joey to complete this seemingly"difficult" goal in the playoff-level game...

At this moment, Joey only felt that the basket was like the sea to him. As long as he wanted, he could throw the damn ball in!

87:84, the third quarter was about to end, and the Spurs led by three points!

Joey made 6 of 8 shots in this quarter and scored 14 points in a single quarter, leading the team from eight points behind to the current three-point lead!

If it weren't for the Warriors' Thompson's outbreak in this quarter, three of three three-pointers, stabilizing the Warriors' decline, even if Duncan was in a slump, Joey, Parker and Leonard could lead the team to play a flowery game.

With 30 points in a single quarter, Joey scored half of the team's points and led the team from behind to leading. His hand was hot and hot, and the name"Bench Jordan" was well-deserved!

Hugh During the break, the two teams left the court, and the cursing of the Warriors fans in Oracle Arena became weaker and weaker. Even the fans who cursed the most before did not dare to look at Joey when he"accidentally" looked at them when he left the court...

The morale of Golden State was declining at a speed visible to the naked eye!

For fans, the cruelest thing is that when everyone on their home team played poorly, like today, they were still suppressed by the opponent team, and even the opponent's"three trump cards" were injured, in a slump, and had not touched the ball many times...

Even so, the Warriors were still being beaten by the horse. The score difference widened like a"knife cutting meat"!

This is the difference in hard power between the two teams!

At this time, Popovich made an"unbelievable" decision. At such a crucial moment in the fourth quarter of the playoffs, he put Duncan, Dio, Bonner and other veterans with rich playoff experience on the bench...

Let the French sports car Tony Parker take Joey, Leonard, Green, and the"Brazilian Iron Pillar" Split to the court.

This decision was undoubtedly bold and difficult to understand.

But soon, Popovich proved his vision as a"famous coach" to everyone!

As soon as the fourth quarter started As Popovich predicted during the break, the Warriors, led by the"Splash Brothers", launched a crazy"counterattack" at the start of the game, trying to regain control of the game situation.

Because they knew that if they could not establish at least a ten-point lead before the last three minutes of the game, the Spurs, a veteran team with rich playoff experience and many tactical execution points, might play an extremely smooth"offensive climax" at the critical moment! The

Warriors players... and head coach Mark Jackson couldn't afford to gamble!

On the court, Curry found a little shooting space after the double pick-and-roll, and shot——

"" Swish!"

Parker made a long three-pointer, indicating that it was his fault.

Split served the ball, Parker pressed across half court and passed the ball to Joey who was near the free throw line, and then Leonard quickly set an off-ball screen for him.

Parker lived up to his name as a"sports car". Curry couldn't keep up with his off-ball movement speed at all. As soon as he entered the paint, Joey passed the ball to him.

Facing Bogut's ferocious defense, Parker who broke into the paint was extremely calm. He jumped up with the ball and pretended to go up. After confirming the former's defensive target, he stuffed the ball out from Bogut's armpit in the air!

"Bang!"

Split, who was very aware of dunking, followed up and dunked the ball!

Fuck!

Seeing his opponent dunking the ball, Bogut angrily threw the ball to the ground, his eyes becoming colder...

At this time, Joey"deliberately" walked in front of Bogut while celebrating with Parker, and a low mocking voice floated into the latter's ears:

"The abandoned parallel imports in Milwaukee are also a pile of mud that cannot be repaired in the Bay Area.……"

Bogut's expression changed instantly when he kicked off the game. His face turned red and he gritted his teeth. With his disgusting appearance, he looked like a"bad guy"!

In response, Joey said:

I specialize in dealing with"bad guys"!

Duncan, who was embarrassed by Bogut's dirty tricks and rough defensive moves, suddenly felt a throbbing in his heart...

Did he feel this feeling at Staples Center before?

Parker, who heard this on the court, also had his eyelids twitched, as if he had noticed something.——

""Joey, put away your little thoughts. The punishment in the playoffs is much more severe than that in the regular season!"

Parker whispered a"warning" to this little brother whom he was particularly optimistic about. He didn't want the team's efforts for a season to be ruined because of the impulse of the young man...

Joey agreed on the surface, but actually he had his own calculations.

In the next round, Barnes's cut was nailed to the backboard by Joey, and the ball was picked up by Bogut. He was about to force it through the splitter under the basket - bang!

Joey, who rushed over from the other side of the backboard,"started late but arrived first". Relying on his abnormal arm span and acceleration, he fanned away Gou's hook shot in the air.

Now the basketball was taken by Parker at the baseline, and he quickly launched a fast break

"Brainless barbarian, do you think you are the Ian Thorpe of basketball?"

(Ian Thorpe: the greatest female swimmer in Australian sports history, famous for her long and stable career)

"You are just the same gender.……"

Joey did not"cover up" at all this time. While participating in the attack, he directly mocked Bogut loudly.

The fans on the sidelines could clearly see that Bogut's expression was a little distorted at this moment!

Sharp-tongued rookie... I'm going to smash your mouth alive!

Bogut was so angry that his skull was about to be opened!

The whole person was already on the verge of losing control...

The devil's whispers murmured in his ears, and vicious thoughts quickly appeared in his mind!

On Parker's side, the fast break was blocked by Barnes and the newly-appeared Green. He had no choice but to carry the ball back to the three-point line and reorganize the attack.

At this time, Joey had already arrived at the Warriors' half, and directly leaned on Green in the high position to ask for the ball - bang!

"Woo……"

With a muffled groan, Green said nothing, enduring the severe pain and doing his best to make trouble for Joey to catch the ball.

Joey's little move was also concealed. He hit Green's right chest with an elbow, almost knocking Green, who was half a head shorter than him, back a step.

He was surprised to find that Green seemed to be particularly"quiet" today.

You know, in the first two games in the Holy City, Green would occasionally play against him and even say a few trash words during the period.

Why is he"silent" even when he was beaten in his home court?

Green:………

Would you let me be"elbowed" by you and sent to the hospital again at home, and then die in front of all the fans in the United States?

Just when Parker passed the ball to Joey, the latter suddenly found that he didn't know when the"short, black and thick" guarding in front of him turned into a"tall, ugly and fierce""……

Damn, isn't this coming to life?

The listless Wu Sheng, staring blankly at the water dispenser, and the���Joey became"excited" almost at the same time.

Joey dribbled the ball back to the three-point line, and signaled his teammates to start singles in Popovich's almost"murderous" gaze.

Damn! I asked you to take on most of the offensive firepower of the bench when Manu is not here. I didn't ask you to be like him and choose to"believe in yourself" at the critical moment?

Popovich's blood pressure, which had just calmed down, rose instantly... and Joey on the court naturally didn't know what he was thinking, and had already started his own"show".

All four Spurs players on the court pulled out to the vicinity of the three-point line, and the Warriors set up a"2-3" zone defense, ready to double-team Joey at any time.

Bogut was already so excited at this time, and he was determined to teach Joey a lesson, and he didn't forget to chatter away:

"Come on, yellow monkey, show Master Andrew your strength……"

"I heard that there is something called Monkey Fist in your traditional culture. Is it just a relic left over from you monkeys who have not evolved yet?……"

Before Bogut finished speaking, Joey had already started -

Silver First Step Master lit up!

Joey passed Got almost the moment he started.

Shit!

Bogut, who was slow, hurried to chase and block, but Joey was obviously not ready to end this offensive round like this.

Barnes and Thompson of the Warriors had already retreated to the inside to prepare for double-teaming, but Joey suddenly pulled the ball and returned to the three-point line with an exaggerated back dribble. They missed! What is he going to do?

This is everyone's question at the moment!

Bastard! He is humiliating me in this way!

Only Bogut knew Joey's real"purpose".

At this moment, he was already overwhelmed by anger, and he was about to rush up to foul Joey - at this time, he still had a brain, knowing that although the size difference was not big, Joey, a rising star praised by many famous guards in the league, was obviously not someone he could defend in a one-on-one! At this moment, he was a little"regretful" about his impulsive behavior just now.

(Green: Then why are you pulling me to switch defense with me?)

Joey would never let him have his way, and suddenly he was about to break through at a 45-degree angle, sending the ball a distance away.

Bogut thought he was going to accelerate twice to pass him, so he gritted his teeth and"rammed" to the left - that's right, Bogut, who is 2.13 meters tall and weighs 245 pounds (221 kilograms), was not prepared to let Joey have an easy time!

He wanted to use a"bloody lesson" to let the latter understand that it is not possible to scare the tough guys in the league just by defeating a few unknown people!

(Howard: Me? Unknown people?)

Seeing this, Joey was not in a hurry. With the bonus of"Bench Jordan", the Silver·Dribbling Veteran lit up, and with a slight pull of his right long arm, the ball on the left was quickly pulled back by him. The whole person suddenly lowered his center of gravity, and the amplitude was so large that the change of direction was exaggerated -

Silver·First Step Master!

Like a rocket, he passed Gote in an instant (twice) and rushed to the basket...

Sam Gold?!

Almost everyone present recognized this move!

People looked at this amazing shot in great surprise, and couldn't believe their eyes at all - at the critical moment of the playoffs, Popovich actually indulged his players to use this kind of streetball action to"insult" other players?

(Popovich: First, I didn't indulge; second, Bogut is not a human being...)

Shit!

With just one acceleration, Bogut couldn't keep up with Joey at all. He was shaken away by the fake move and couldn't drive his heavy body to keep up. As a result, because the center of gravity was continuously moved in a short period of time, his feet were unstable - bang!

He fell heavily to the ground!

Joey on this side had already rushed to the basket, and Harrison Barnes, the Warriors' No. 3 position and a rookie in the same class as Joey, who had been prepared for it, immediately left Leonard behind and burst out at the fastest speed, rushing towards Joey - as a"prodigy" in the same class as Joey, he had played against Joey many times during the NCAA period. Unfortunately, whether it was personal data or team records, he lost more than he won when facing Kentucky led by Joey and Davis!

After entering the NBA, Joey’s competitive spirit was stimulated by his historical performance of"standing out from the crowd", which surpassed his peers in the draft.

He wanted to prove to the world that in the 12th draft, there was not only the"New Age Magician" who won the two personal honor awards of ROY and SOY in his first year as a rookie, but also the"North Carolina Black Hawk" who vowed to be on par with"Jordan and Carter"!

Seeing the aggressive defense of the"North Carolina Black Hawk", Joey did not reduce his momentum.

He jumped on one foot one meter inside the free throw line, stretched his body completely, and held the basketball behind his head with one hand!

It is hard to imagine that Joey’s physical fitness was so explosive at this moment that his head was almost flat with the rim, and his whole body was stretched into a highly stretched"tomahawk shape""——

Barnes was unwilling to fall behind, so he rushed over from the side and also jumped with all his strength, trying to stop Joey's dunk...

But when he jumped completely, he was getting closer and closer to Joey, and suddenly found that the two were not at the same"height" at all!

Relying on his excellent wingspan and the added body panel attributes, Joey's height and body coordination at this moment were no less than those"flying beasts" participating in the dunk contest, even though Barnes at this time was also known for his explosive physical fitness.

But he was still obviously one step behind Joey!

This"one step" was destined to the birth of the famous scene tonight -

Joey's whole person was like a fully drawn bow, gliding in the air with one hand grabbing the ball, and Barnes jumped from the side with all his strength, raising his hands high, trying to intercept Joey's dunk! Both of them were top-notch in physical fitness, and they collided in the air in an instant. The fans off the court were surprised to find that Barnes's raised hands could barely reach half of Joey's forearm - just like this, most of Barnes' arms had already exceeded the basket!

People are once again shocked by Joey's abnormal"talent""！

""Bang!"

Joey knocked Barnes away in the air. The latter was pressed down by this power that could not be matched at all. He could not overcome gravity and began to fall.

In the eyes of the fans on the sidelines, Barnes seemed to be ridden by Joey. The latter swung his right arm and slammed the basketball into the basket through Barnes!

The scene was extremely shocking for a while!

The fans and commentators who watched the live broadcast of this game opened their mouths at the same time and lost their minds for a moment...

Everyone understood:

This season's playoffs, the best NBA goal... was born!

The audience seats in Oracle Arena, which were originally aggressive and full of swear words, suddenly became quiet at this moment. The Hollywood celebrities and their female companions who gathered on the sidelines also fell into a brief"intracranial orgasm". Later generations once gave a couplet to this"famous scene" - the upper couplet: Sam Gold flies a plane, the lower couplet: First shake Gote and then ride the Eagle, and the horizontal banner: The Spurs superstar has grown up!

(To be continued)