warrior godfather

During the halftime break, Cole felt that he had grasped the key to victory, but after the start of the second half, he gradually realized that he seemed to be wrong, and he was wrong too much.

This season, Durant and Horford are one of the best strikers in the league. I don't know how many guards have failed in front of their iron-walled defense, and the Celtics have won one victory after another because of this.

But today, Curry played with Durant and Horford like a wooden stake, and made Cole's infinite defense strategy arranged by the midfielder go to waste.

It’s not that Cole has never watched the Western Conference Finals between the Warriors and the Rockets. On the contrary, after the Eastern Conference Finals, he spent a lot of time studying the Warriors’ game videos, and his sleep time was greatly reduced. It is said to be well known, and therefore the Celtics' tactics for the finals were formulated.

He also knew that the Rockets' unlimited defenses failed to defend against Curry, but in his opinion, it was because the Rockets' defensive resources were not good enough and the quality of their defenses was not high enough to prevent Curry.

Ariza has been dead for a long time, Tucker is unknown, Mbah a Moute is plagued by injuries, and Capela is just a fledgling. These people also want to limit Curry?
The Celtics' defensive resources are different. The striker combination of Leonard, Durant, and Horford is enough to make the entire league fearful. Even if Curry can't defend, it can still limit his production or efficiency. Live, just like James and Durant against the Warriors before, they can score high points, but they just can't win the game.

With incomparable confidence and complacency, Cole made arrangements for unlimited defense changes.

But now, Curry is not far in front of Cole, and with clever breakthroughs and incredible three-pointers, he hits Cole in the face one after another, leaving only hesitation in his heart. and confused.

At 11 minutes and 23 seconds of the third quarter, Curry quickly advanced with the ball, facing Horford's forced retreat and succeeded in a three-pointer, the Celtics' defense hadn't settled yet.

At 10 minutes and 53 seconds of the third quarter, the Warriors landed and fought. Curry and Covington picked and rolled. Covington's covering area was not enough to block Bradley. Bradley jumped up to interfere and then switched defenses.

Durant is not afraid of being passed by Curry. Looney is under the basket, but his finishing ability is not good. Horford can come up to help defend, but Curry can't get in.

So Curry chose the toughest solution. With Durant's defense and Bradley's interference, he first lowered his shoulders and pretended to break through, then suddenly retreated and made a three-pointer.

The basketball passed through the fingertips of Durant and Bradley, drew a wonderful trajectory, and fell straight into the net.

At 10 minutes and 38 seconds of the third quarter, Wiggins intercepted Durant's pass to Irving and passed it to Curry. Curry ran all the way to the frontcourt, dodging and moving, past Leonard and Horford, one-stop basket succeeded.

At 10 minutes and 10 seconds of the third quarter, Curry pretended to play a pick-and-roll with Looney, but at the moment when Looney came up to cover, he suddenly started, walked to the other side of the screen, threw off Bradley, and rushed inside.

Bradley hurriedly followed, but his speed could not be compared with Curry. Durant and Leonard hurriedly shrunk to help defend.

Curry was not in a hurry, first used a pass fake to force Leonard to stop, then jumped to the other side of the basket, leaned on Durant, and hooked a super large hook to avoid Durant. Rand's long arm, the basketball hits the board high and into the net.

At 9 minutes and 23 seconds of the third quarter, Curry and Looney had a pick-and-roll, pulled up the screen and shot. Horford rushed up and slapped Curry's wrist hard. Curry lost his balance and fell to the side, but shot It was still a little bit faster, and the basketball went into the net hollow.

"Di-"

The referee's whistle sounded, 3+1, Curry stood on the free throw line, and amidst the shouts of "MVP" like a tsunami, he made a free throw steadily.

At this time, Cole knew that no one could guard Curry.

But he did not choose to flank Curry in this regard, but continued to adhere to the strategy of unlimited defense changes.

This is the difference between top coaches and ordinary coaches. Ordinary coaches only know how to treat headaches and feet, but top coaches will not be confused by the phenomenon in front of them, but can use extraordinary insights to find the most suitable tactics.

Of course, this also has a lot to do with Cole's experience as a Warriors assistant coach. He knows Curry very well and knows that it is impossible to defend Curry who finds his rhythm, even more undefensible than Jordan.

Curry's shooting range is really too far, and he can also rely on the basket and pile up people in the middle distance to defend against Jordan. No matter how good he is, it is impossible for him to shoot every ball against two or even three people.

But Curry was able to shoot after halftime, and no head coach dared to pile up two or three people to attack Curry just after the center line.

Attacking Curry with two steps outside the three-point line is already an unprecedented treatment. This distance can also rotate to fill the position, and no matter how far it is, it is no different from giving up defense.

And Cole still firmly believes that Curry can't kill the Celtics alone. He can let Curry score, but he must not let the rest of the Warriors score.

And the more Curry scores, the less Cole can let the role players open up, otherwise neither the star nor the team can be defended, and the Celtics' defense will fail completely.

So when Curry was killing all sides on the court, a very strange scene appeared-not only did the Celtics not flank Curry, but instead carried out a single defense to the end, they became more and more defensive against the Warriors' role players. The tighter it is.

Cole's persistence and the tactical concept he learned from Zhang Yu jointly created this famous scene.

The consequence of the Celtics doing this is to give Curry an extremely wide offensive space, allowing him to bloom the most dazzling brilliance on the grandest stage.

This game became a masterpiece of Curry's long-range and short-range throws. At this moment when Antetokounmpo was injured and everyone was not optimistic about the Warriors, Curry stood up and shattered everything with his unsolvable personal attack question.

In the third quarter, Curry scored 24 points in a single quarter, and the Warriors led the Celtics by 84 points 71:13.

The Celtics lineup is really too luxurious. Even if they use pass cuts that cannot give full play to the greatest strength of the Big Three and often make mistakes, they can still rely on the strong personal abilities of the stars to bite the difference and retain the hope of a comeback.

However, no matter how powerful an individual's ability is, there must be room to display it.

Under the pass-and-cut system, Cole took the initiative to restrain the hands and feet of the Big Three. Looking back, he released Curry's hands and feet with infinite single defense. The huge power gap between the Warriors and the Celtics on paper was quietly wiped out. Ping, the Celtics even fell into a disadvantage.

Even in the final fight of the fourth quarter, Cole insisted on passing the cut, which made Van Gundy and Jackson extremely puzzled, but Zhang Yu could understand Cole's thoughts.

His preference for passing and cutting is unshakable, and this is only G1 after all, and it is still an away game. Cole himself should not be sure that he will win. It is good to win, but it is normal to lose.

In fact, the referee has been helping the Warriors since the first quarter, but they did not use the low-level method of blowing the whistle, but adopted a scale that is more conducive to the Warriors.

The Eastern Conference semifinals aroused public anger before, so Xiao Hua had to restrain himself. On a stage like the finals, he did not dare to be too blatant.

Although he wanted the Warriors to win the first two games and wait until Antetokounmpo returns to stage a battle with the Celtics, the pressure of public opinion made Xiao Hua only help the Warriors to a certain extent. no more.

In today's game, the referee's scale was relaxed, allowing the Warriors to attack fiercely. Several steals were within the range of whether to blow or not. If it was in the North Shore Garden Arena, the referee would definitely blow, but At the Chase Center, the referees acted as if they hadn't seen it.

This is also one of the reasons why the Celtics were made so many mistakes by the Warriors. If the referee hadn't released the water secretly, with the status of the Celtics Big Three, there must be a star whistle.

The Warriors finally enjoyed a home-court advantage after suffering so much injustice.

But this is not Xiao Hua's kindness, he just doesn't want to see the Warriors lose too fast and lose too badly. If Antetokounmpo is not injured, even if the Celtics still have the upper hand on paper, he will never lose. It may make the referee favor the Warriors.

Under the three powerful factors of Curry's possession of God, the Celtics' unfavorable pass, and the referee's partial control of the field, the Warriors finally held on to their lead.

Although the Celtics launched a very ferocious counterattack in the fourth quarter, the 13-point lead the Warriors had previously established played a vital role.

At the last moment, the Big Three finally stopped running and cutting patiently. They just put on a show and used a cover to catch the ball. It seemed that they were running tactics, and then they switched to singles. Offensive efficiency also increases accordingly.

It’s just that Durant and Leonard are mainly mid-range shots, and Irving chooses to break through far more rounds than three-pointers. The momentum of chasing points looks fierce, but the efficiency is not as good as Curry’s three-pointers—even if It's a step-back three-pointer against the defense.

Seeing Curry's beautiful shooting like a work of art, Cole's persistence is slowly breaking down. He firmly believes that Curry cannot shoot the Celtics alone, but as time goes by, he also realizes that he The mistake-that is, three-pointers are one point more than two-pointers, and Curry is the one who shoots the best three-pointers. Others can’t kill a team, but give Curry a chance, he can really shoot dead a team.

But at this time, the game came to an end, and it was too late to change course.

Cole could only watch as Curry, amidst the cheers of the Warriors fans, danced gracefully and smartly, showing off his extraordinary shooting skills while strolling in the courtyard.

When the red light came on and the game ended, Curry scored 16 points again in the fourth quarter, scoring 60 points, 8 assists, 6 rebounds and 3 steals, breaking his own scoring record in the finals.

The Warriors also defeated the Celtics 116:108, leading 1:0. When everyone was not optimistic about them, they had a super upset! (end of this chapter)