The strongest unicorn in basketball

Chapter 274
"Prince, Prince!"

"Do you have anything to say about tonight's tiebreaker?"

"You said the day before yesterday that you will win, are you talking wildly?"

Today is May 5, the day when the tiebreaker between the Kings and Warriors begins.

Li Pu arrived at the arena more than two hours before the start of the game tonight.

Faced with the siege of the reporters, Li Pu remained silent, declined all reporters' interviews, and walked straight in through the player tunnel.

Soon, he changed his clothes in the locker room, and then came to the arena to start warm-up exercises.

He was the first to arrive at the arena, and it wasn't until more than half an hour later that other players came to the arena one after another.

On weekdays, Li Pu is laughing and laughing, like a living treasure, who can mingle with his teammates.

But tonight, he has been so silent and serious that his teammates are afraid to talk to him.

Soon, the time came to 7:30, and the game officially started.

Lip won the jump ball and the Kings took the lead.

The Warriors retreated quickly. When Bledsoe dribbled to the frontcourt, the Warriors' players had all returned to their defensive positions.

Bledsoe chose to pick and roll with Lip.

After the pick-and-roll, the Warriors were forced to switch defenses, and Bledsoe then passed the ball to Li Pu.

As soon as Li Pu received the ball, Thompson on one side immediately came to help defend the flank.

So, Li Pu gave the ball to Butler who was wide open, but after Butters received the ball, Green, who had just chased Bledsoe, rushed over.

When the Warriors are obviously not as good as the Kings in the interior, they played against the Kings to the seventh game, not only relying on three-pointers, but also their defensive rotation, which is quite in place.

Relying on the ultra-mobile defensive rotation, Li Pu's chances of being flanked can be minimized.

Butler feinted, passed Green, dribbled the ball into the penalty area, ran into David Lee head-on, and Butler made a throw.

If you have to say that there is something wrong with the Warriors' defensive system, it is that David Lee has become the weak link of this defensive system.

When returning to defense, Li Pu high-fived Butler, and he seemed to have a good touch tonight.

When it was the Warriors' turn to attack, Green took the ball to the frontcourt.

To be honest, although Cole has not come at this time and has not built a passing and cutting system for the Warriors, these young people in the Warriors have already played some passing and cutting tactics intentionally or unintentionally.

Curry came to the top of the arc from the bottom corner and played a fake hand-off pick-and-roll with Green.

Giannis was tricked into chasing Curry with Bledsoe.

Due to a problem with the defense, Green, who was emptied, played very resolutely, and directly chose a three-point shot and hit it!

Although Green's three-point shooting rate is not high, he is still accurate sometimes, especially when he was young, he was still very threatening three-pointers.

Unlike later, he was completely reduced to a top-of-the-arc dealer master.

Facing the King's offense, the Warriors did not lose at all.

It was the Kings' turn to attack again. This time Giannis dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, picked and rolled with Bledsoe, and prepared to continue calling Curry.

At this point in the game, the two sides have no secrets for a long time, and they all use whatever moves are easy to use, and they don't talk about martial arts at all.

Regarding the Kings wanting to name Curry, the Warriors' approach is not to switch defenses.

Giannis has no shooting ability, and Bledsoe's shooting ability is not stable enough!
Therefore, the Warriors can unscrupulously squeeze through the screen or go around the screen, and resolutely do not switch defenses.

The Kings also have their own strategy for this, that is, when the opponent does not switch defenses, Giannis shows his speed and immediately chooses to break through.

Giannis is 211cm tall, but his speed is faster than the average striker. Green's position was slightly flawed, and Giannis passed it cleanly.

Although it is the playoffs, Giannis performed really well, averaging 8 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists per game, which can help Li Pu in many ways.

Giannis broke through, and Iguodala in the bottom corner had to step forward to help defend, so Middleton was completely emptied, and Giannis seized the opportunity to give the ball to Middleton immediately.

Middleton has a big gap in the bottom corner, makes a three-pointer, and hits!
Today's Middleton has lost the style of a blacksmith at the beginning of the season. His three-point shooting percentage has reached 40%, and after entering the playoffs, his ability to seize opportunities is getting stronger and stronger.

With Middleton hit a three-pointer, 5:3, the Kings overtook the score.

However, before the words fell, Iguodala also hit a corner three-pointer on the offensive end, completing the overtake again.

This Iguodala is really not pretending to be dead now, and he is full of energy!
It was still the offense of the Kings, but this time Li Pu still didn't take the initiative to catch the ball, but was on one side, making an off-ball screen for Butler.

After the screen, Li Pu immediately slid down. With a strong offensive threat, the Warriors' Green and Thompson were both attracted to the inside by Li Pu.

So Butler formed an open space at the three-point line, Bledsoe passed the ball immediately, Butler made a three-pointer and went into the net hollow!
Butler only made 28% of his 35-pointers in the regular season, but it was as high as [-]% in the playoffs. Although it is not a pitcher-level shooting percentage, it is at least a stable [-]-pointer.

The playoffs can shoot so much higher than the regular season, this guy is really a talent!

Seeing that everyone else started to play, Curry naturally couldn't sit still.

Immediately after the next round, Curry trained Giannis in the military, caused a foul by Giannis, and stood on the free throw line.

Made two free throws!

8:8, the difference between the two teams was tied again.

In the first few rounds, the two teams almost missed shots, and neither team missed the ball.

It's really not that their defense is bad, but that they are really more accurate than one!

Of course, a team's 100% shooting rate cannot exist forever. Soon, Bledsoe's mid-range shot hit the basket.

After all, he is not a three-point shooter, and it is impossible to enter every open spot!

But fortunately, the Kings still have Li Pu under the basket!
Before the game tonight, he was aggressive, but after the game started, Li Pu, who was like a transparent person, overwhelmed the insiders and grabbed the offensive rebound. In an instant, people discovered that the king of the Kings hadn't started tonight. Hit it!
Li Pu, who got the offensive rebound, was about to push up, but was pulled down by David Li Sheng, desperately pulling him down.

Just like that, Li Pu was dragged to the ground and got two free throws.

David Li Xinran raised his hand and admitted his foul.

For Li Pu, if he wants to make a foul, he must commit a serious one, otherwise the opponent will cause "2+1" and it will not be worth the loss.

Going to the free throw line, Li Pu made two free throws amidst the shouts of "MVP" in the arena.

After the opening 5 minutes and 04 seconds, Li Pu scored the first point of tonight's game.

(End of this chapter)