Durant received the ball and slowly dribbled the ball across half court. He seemed to be able to face Iguodala's defense with ease.
Although Durant is currently suffering from a back injury, it does not change his terrifying offensive influence at all.
Even if he was standing in the corner smoking, someone from the Warriors would have to keep an eye on him.
Immediately afterwards, Durant made a drastic change of direction, leaving Iguodala behind. This also gave Durant a chance to break into the paint.
Durant rushed into the paint and was about to take advantage of the situation to make a shot, but he never thought that the ball in his hand disappeared inexplicably!
Durant was startled when he saw Curry sneaking over and taking the opportunity to cut the ball in Durant's hand.
This steal was a bit insidious, and Durant couldn't react at all.
Curry didn't give the Thunder any chance to breathe. Facing the empty backcourt, he kept running with the ball, came to the three-point line, and decisively shot three-pointers.
Curry's three-pointers are at the top of the league. If he says he is second in three-pointers, then no one dares to say he is first.
This ball went hollow into the net, and Curry helped the Warriors score the first goal of the game.
0:3!
The Warriors lead the Thunder by 3 points. The Thunder must respond in time to prevent the Warriors from snowballing. Then this game is basically lost.
So, the Thunder resorted to a familiar trick.
Westbrook received a pass from Ibaka on the baseline and directly passed a long pass from the quarterback to Lu Yao, who had been waiting in the frontcourt for a long time.
Lu Yao stood at the three-point line in the bottom corner, with no one in front of him, which was the best opportunity to take action.
But Lu Yao glanced at Green, who kept running towards him, and felt something in his heart.
Lu Yao pretended to shoot. Seeing that it was too late to run away, Green could only pounce on him.
Have you ever thought that this was completely Lu Yao's plan.
Lu Yao did not take action, and Green could only watch as he flew past Lu Yao.
By the time he wanted to make up for his defense, it was already too late.
Lu Yao took a decisive shot and the three-pointer hit the net, directly giving Curry a tough response!
3:3, Lu Yao used a three-pointer to help the Thunder recover the score!
"Nice shot!"
In the commentary box, Barkley explained excitedly.
The ball was handed over to the Warriors, and to Curry, who slowly pushed the ball toward the frontcourt.
Coming to the backcourt, after some pick-and-roll and off-ball movement, Curry finally faced Lu Yao.
The moment the two people's eyes met, Curry dropped the ball directly and kept crossing the ball, trying to shake Lu Yao away.
But Lu Yao was like a big mountain, unmoved by it at all.
The corners of Curry's mouth raised slightly, and he gradually felt that the power forward in front of him became more and more interesting.
Suddenly, Curry took a step back and directly distanced himself from Lu Yao. Before Lu Yao could pounce on him, Curry had already made a three-pointer.
The ball drew an arc in the air and hit the target!
In just one minute, Curry had already scored 6 points!
At 3:6, the Warriors once again took the lead with the help of Curry.
Lu Yao looked at the ball that fell into the basket and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, it was indeed Curry.
This season, Curry won his first MVP trophy in the original universe.
Curry, who was in his peak MVP season, was even better at three-point shooting. Even with high shots, he could still maintain extremely high efficiency.
This makes his three-point shooting method very unsolvable, often giving his opponents a huge headache.
There is almost no one in the league who can guard Curry. The only ones who can guard him are double-teaming and assisting defense.
But Lu Yao's appearance will change everything.
Immediately afterwards, Lu Yao received a pass from Ibaka on the baseline, came to the backcourt, faced Green's defense, and shot directly from the three-point line.
Lu Yao's decisive move left Green unable to react.
Although I have observed Lu Yao's game, I understand that Lu Yao is a player who is proficient in both internal and external offense.
But at the moment when he faced Lu Yao, Green subconsciously chose to let go for a moment. Did he ever think that this move directly gave Lu Yao a chance.
Without exception, the three-pointer hit the net!
There was no joy at all on Lu Yao's face, as if he had everything under control.
The Energy Center suddenly burst into cheers that could lift the ceiling!
6:6, Lu Yao once again helped the Thunder recover the score.
At present, in the first two minutes, Lu Yao and Curry each scored 6 points, and all the eyes of the audience were focused on them.
In the commentary box, Kenny Smith excitedly explained the game.
"Lu Yao quickly dribbled the ball across half court. Facing Green's defense, how should he make a decision? Should he choose a breakthrough or something else?"
"He directly chose to shoot, raised his hand and hit a pull-up three-pointer, which hit the net! This is Lu Yao's outside shooting ability!"
Barkley raised his hands in the air, celebrating the moment.
"Nice! As expected of Lu Yao, the moment he took this shot, I believed he could hit it!"
At this moment, Barkley once again became the number one mainland fan, almost making Kenny Smith, who was commenting excitedly on the side, laugh.
Focusing back on the court, at this moment, the ball is handed over to the Warriors.
Curry cut inside and received a pass from Thompson on the outside. Needless to say, the cooperation between the Splash Brothers, Curry met Ibaka with a beautiful little throw and scored.
6:8, the Warriors lead by 2 points.
No one on the current Thunder defense can limit Curry's three-pointers and off-ball movements.
But similarly, in Lu Yao's eyes, the Warriors' defense is nothing more than a thin piece of paper that can be broken through with just a poke.
Westbrook launched a fast break and led the Thunder players to attack the basket in the frontcourt. Lu Yao was beside Westbrook.
The two exchanged glances and naturally understood what the other meant!
Lu Yao started to accelerate and ran in front of Westbrook.
Suddenly, Westbrook paused and pretended to continue to break through after a pause, but in fact he passed the ball in his hand to Lu Yao, who had already broken into the paint.
Lu Yao received the pass, jumped up without hesitation, and made a violent dunk towards the basket!
8:8, the Thunder won’t give up a point! Once again, the score was recovered.
The entire first quarter seemed to be a performance by Curry and Lu Yao.
After the first quarter, the two sides were tied at 27:27.
Curry scored 17 points and Lu Yao scored 16 points. The first quarter completely became a battle between Curry and Lu Yao.
What's more, the shooting percentages of both of them were a terrifying 100%, and they didn't even miss a single goal!
However, on the defensive end, Lu Yao sent two blocks and a steal, which gave him the upper hand in the first quarter.
It can be seen that both of them have excellent touch in this game, and they are going to compete in this game to see who will be the winner of the MVP tonight!
