warrior godfather

Chapter 782
Relying on the advantages of lineup and tactics, the Warriors won two victories relatively easily, and finally ushered in the challenge in G3.

Although the Rockets can only use limited resources to build a lineup structure with dual-core drive + unlimited defense, the lineup is thin, the tactical thinking is single, there is only one effective style of play, and there is no room for adjustment, but with the help of the referee , Obtained a huge home court advantage and made up for the strength gap with the Warriors.

Of course, even if the Rockets have the help of the referee, it is impossible to reverse the situation and gain the upper hand.

There is a restraint relationship between the two teams in the lineup. The Rockets are weak inside and the Warriors are strong inside. They naturally have an advantage. Even if the referee is biased towards the Rockets, the Warriors can still rely on the outstanding performance of Curry and Antetokounmpo to maintain the game in a stalemate. The disadvantage is very slight.

But Harden is good at making fouls, and with the help of referees, he is even more comfortable. He scored a total of 21 free throws and scored 43 points. No hard work, no gain.

Paul is also cunning and cunning. He constantly used giant loops and rear-end chases to make fouls. He scored 12 free throws and scored a total of 32 points.

If it is just free throws for the light bulb combination, the Warriors may not necessarily lose, but the number of fouls by the core members of the Warriors continues to increase. Even Lopez left the field with 5 fouls at 12 minutes and 6 seconds of the fourth quarter, but it was for the Warriors' defense. It caused a lot of trouble until it collapsed.

Switching to the Warriors last season, no matter how biased the referee was, the four stars could rely on their unparalleled strength to suppress all opponents, even without defense, just playing against each other, and 3 could sweep all the way to win the championship.

But this season's Warriors don't have that kind of dominance. It's not easy to be in a stalemate with the Rockets for most of the half of the game against the referee's biased penalties.

After Lopez left the court, Antetokounmpo and Wiggins also suffered from foul trouble, receiving 4 fouls and 5 fouls respectively, and their mentality was also affected by Lopez's departure, and the defensive end did not dare to go too far Physically, the Warriors' defense not only did not improve after becoming the dead five hours, but became worse.

In the end, the Rockets beat the Warriors 126:110, tying the score to 1:2.

This game aroused the fury of the Warriors fans. Although they had a premonition, the Warriors would suffer unfair penalties in the away game. The "miserable" treatment in the playoffs.

But the loss was unbearable for them, and it was a loss to Curry's direct MVP contender Harden.

Even though the selection of MVP has already ended, for fans, the playoffs are the key to evaluating a player's performance this season. No one wants the star they support to win the MVP, but lose to others in the playoffs.

Moreover, the big scores of 3:0 and 2:1 are completely different. The former means that the Warriors have absolute initiative, while the latter brings the Rockets back to life and regains the possibility of a comeback.

It's just that the Rockets fans also fought back aggressively. Although many former Rockets fans turned into Warriors and Nets fans, there are still many Rockets fans from Yao Ming's era.

When Harden came to the Rockets and became a superstar step by step, and Paul joined to form a light bulb combination and became the favorite for the championship, these fans who were quite quiet before became active again and competed in all directions.

Especially after the Rockets won, when they came to their round, they were even more complacent, and they were almost going to lift Harden to the sky.

Even if the G3 Rockets take advantage of the home court advantage, it does not prevent them from expressing their ecstasy after winning.

And no matter how unfair the penalty is, the Warriors have lost. No matter how reasonable the Warriors fans are, it will inevitably look like "the incompetent rage of the loser", and they still fall into a disadvantage in the line.

However, G4 immediately came to the Warriors fans' round. This time, the Rockets fans wailed and sighed.

Maybe it was because after the Rockets won G3, Xiao Hua felt that it was all right. In G4, the referee did not let the referee die to save the Rockets, but just gave the Rockets a normal home court advantage.

And as long as the referee is not particularly biased towards the Rockets, the Warriors can gain the upper hand relying on their lineup and tactical advantages.

This is the difference in the lineup structure of the two sides, and it cannot be changed by the player's ability, unless Harden really has the scoring ability no less than Jordan, as the Rockets fans boasted.

In that case, any lineup disadvantages will be false, and tactical restraint will be infinitely weakened. As long as Harden averages 40+ per game, the Warriors are definitely not the Rockets' opponents.

But it is a pity that Harden is not Jordan, not even Kobe. When the referee's scale is tightened, he can no longer get so many free throws, and the degree of incomprehension on the offensive end will decline to varying degrees. The specific situation depends on the referee's scale. .

In this game, Harden did not perform as well as in G3. Although he scored 31 points, he consumed a lot of possessions, but his shooting percentage was only 42%, and his three-point shooting percentage did not even reach 35%.

Paul's performance was also relatively average, scoring only 23 points. The high scores in the first three games were due to high playing time and a large number of shots, which greatly overdrawn Paul's body and state. In this game, his excitement The speed and desire to attack are obviously not as good as the previous three games, and even the best mid-range shot has dropped a lot.

Relying on Curry's steady output of 31 points and Antetokounmpo's 28 points, the Warriors finally defeated the Rockets 115:108, leading 3:1 and getting the match point.

In the last 4 minutes of the fourth quarter, Curry took over the game and found Harden in consecutive pick-and-rolls. With light rhythm changes and sensitive lateral movements, he broke through Harden's defense, broke through to the inside and scored consecutively. Sent 8 assists, participated in all the scoring of the Warriors in the final stage, and turned the noisy Toyota Center into a quiet library.

After the end of G4, the Warriors fans, who had been depressed for several days, reversed the offensive in one fell swoop, ridiculed wantonly, and emptied the depression in their hearts.

"Harden's penalty swing today is indeed not very good, but Rockets fans don't need to worry, Brother Deng is a superstar, and he will definitely find someone to deal with the penalty!"

"Other players spend all day in the arena, only Brother Deng spends all day in the library. I believe Brother Deng will definitely understand the rules!"

"It's okay, brother Deng is going to be fined in the north soon, tremble, Jinzhou, your emperor is back!"

Since this is not the round of Rockets fans, they are simply unable to line up with Warriors fans. Kumbaugh, the helper is much better than Harden" and other excuses, and said over and over again.

But these rhetoric are useless at all. Fans only look at the outcome, and the losing side is naturally at a disadvantage. Moreover, the Rockets lost to the Warriors despite having home court advantage.

Moreover, the Rockets fell behind by a score of 1:3, and the next game is back to the Warriors' home court. They are about to lose the series. Most Rockets fans are not in the mood to line up with the Warriors fans. They are all on the verge of life and death for the Rockets And anxious, eager to share the pot, the internal quarrel started first.

But after arguing and arguing, they were shocked to find that the pot was really hard to separate.

There is nothing wrong with D'Antoni's tactics. Unlimited switching of defenses does limit the Warriors' tactics, and it also exhausts Antetokounmpo and Curry as much as possible.

The only pity is that the combination of Curry and Antetokounmpo is too unsolvable. Both of them have strong individual combat capabilities.

Harden has no problem either. After playing 4 games, he has steadily contributed about 30 points in each game, even higher than Curry. He is the biggest contributor to the Rockets' ability to win the next game.

Harden's only shortcoming is that his shooting percentage is not high, but coupled with free throws, his true shooting percentage is not low. It is second only to Curry among the players of the two teams, and he is still a high-yielding, efficient super scorer.

As for Paul, there is no problem. As a second-in-command, he averaged more than 30 points per game in the first three games. In G4, his state declined and he also scored 23 points. For a 33-year-old point guard, he absolutely It can be regarded as an extraordinary performance.

The other role players are also conscientious. D'Antoni's requirements for them are shooting + defense. They have all done their essential work well, and they can't hold meetings with them.

Therefore, Rockets fans have come to a conclusion that they least want to draw-the Rockets lost to the Warriors because of their lack of strength.

The defensive disadvantage of the interior makes Antetokounmpo rampant in the Rockets penalty area, invincible vertically and horizontally. In order to defend Curry and the Warriors' role players, the Rockets must implement a defensive strategy of unlimited defenses, so they can only let Antetokounmpo in the interior Overwhelmed.

Although some media and commentators suggested that the Rockets stop defending unlimited defenses and shrink the frame with all members, which will definitely contain Antetokounmpo's offense, D'Antoni never thought about it that way.

In this round of the series, Antetokounmpo's sense of presence is indeed very strong. Facing the Rockets' five small lineups, he even played an absolute dominance no less than O'Neal's peak period, which is full of shock.

But D'Antoni will not forget that the absolute core of the Warriors is always Curry. He is the most powerful superstar of the Warriors and the undisputed No.1 in the league.

If the Rockets really put all their attention on Antetokounmpo, then Curry is bound to be liberated, and that is the real end for the Rockets.

If it was placed a few years ago, D'Antoni might really try to shrink, betting that Curry will miss a three-pointer, but in the past few years, the Warriors have risen rapidly, and Curry is also a Megatron alliance, establishing an unprecedented outside deterrence.

Now there is absolutely no team that dares to put Curry three. Even if Curry is 10 for 0 three-pointers, the next time he makes a three-pointer, he will get the greatest respect from his opponents and even further strengthen his defense.

Because they don't think that Curry feels bad and can let it go, but think that it is the strict defense that makes Curry miss three-pointers. If he is a little more relaxed, Curry can make consecutive three-pointers. With powerful scoring explosive power, instantly reversed the situation.

So the Rockets can only work hard to defend Antetokounmpo. Although the Rockets lost G4, Capela and Tucker's defense against Antetokounmpo is very fierce. Almost every defense is on the verge of fouling , Antetokounmpo also fell to the ground in several hand-to-hand battles, quite embarrassed.

Fortunately, this is at the Toyota Center, the Rockets have home court advantage, the referee Scott turned a blind eye, Capela and Tucker did not receive many fouls.

Under Zhang Yu's signal, Mike Brown and the Warriors put pressure on Scott many times, but Scott was so experienced that he ignored the Warriors' protests and went his own way.

Of course Zhang Yu will not give up on this, and the defensive actions of the Warriors players are becoming more and more fierce, matching Tucker and Capela's defense against Antetokounmpo.

However, Scott and Paul seemed to have some faults. Instead of continuing to favor the Rockets in this regard, they also turned a blind eye to the same thing. The game continued in an extremely fierce confrontation.

In the end, the Warriors, with more talent and a bigger front line, won the victory and got the match point, only one step away from the finals.

Although there were many twists and turns in the process, the Warriors still won the game anyway, so Zhang Yu didn't talk about the referee after the game. He just mentioned that the Rockets' defense against Antetokounmpo was too rough. They must control their actions. You can't turn a basketball court into a boxing ring.

At this time, D'Antoni stood up and defended his players, saying that the Rockets had no problems with Antetokounmpo's defense. At the same time, he pointed out that the defensive actions of the Warriors players were also quite rough, and the two sides were just half a catty.

But maybe it was Zhang Yu's famous deeds of hurting James and Garnett before, which made D'Antoni feel jealous. At the end of the interview, he still showed weakness and emphasized that the Rockets never meant to hurt Antetokounmpo. , everything is just to win.

Capela and Tucker also said that they just tried their best to defend Antetokounmpo, and they never meant to hurt him at all.

Antetokounmpo himself did not complain that the Rockets' defense was too rough in the question, but said with a smile:

"This is the Western Conference Finals. We are competing with the Rockets for a ticket to the Finals. This is one of the highest-level games. I enjoy this kind of intense confrontation. I am a competitor. No matter how tough the defense is, I will always be able to fight for the finals. Neither will be afraid, nor will I shrink back..."

Antetokounmpo's statement also made Warriors fans who were dissatisfied with the Rockets' defense only to die down.

Antetokounmpo himself said he doesn't mind, what else can they say?
But this also further deepened the grievances between the fans of the two teams. In the past, the two sides could boast about the "09 duo". You praised Curry every day, and I praised Deng for his mighty power. Impossible.

In the debate between the coaches, players, and fans of both sides, G5 finally came.

The Warriors and Rockets move to Chase Center for what could be the final showdown.

Of course, the Warriors want to advance in front of the home fans, so as not to have long nights and dreams.

The Rockets hope to win an away game and retain the hope of promotion, then return to the home court, go all out to win another game, and finally return to the Chase Center to tie the game with the Warriors.

It's difficult, but it's the Rockets' only hope of winning.

However, Curry and Antetokounmpo are like two towering and steep mountains, firmly blocking the Rockets, making it difficult for them to move.

　I don't want to show it either, but I still have to do PPTs and prepare a topic report. I can only show it, or I can only change it to [-]. I broke my promise. You can scold me as much as you want...

　　
　
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