In an instant, a roar of cheers erupted from the Energy Center. Lu Yao then turned around, trotted back to the backcourt, and raised his right hand to signal to the audience in the auditorium.
At this moment, the Thunder fans were going crazy. No one in the audience sat down. Lu Yao's opening performance was really exciting.
The entire Warriors team had dark faces, and Curry stared closely at Lu Yao, his eyes showing his desire for victory.
They will never let Lu Yao continue to score like this. Otherwise, the Warriors will face only a dead end.
The ball was exchanged to the Warriors, and Curry dribbled the ball slowly across half court. At the same time, Klay Thompson had also arrived outside the three-point line, preparing to cover or respond to Curry.
The Warriors' small ball tactics are still a bit difficult for the current Thunder defense to deal with. Just like this time, Curry directly penetrated the inside after passing the ball to Thompson.
Robertson, who was guarding Curry, quickly followed after seeing this. Did he ever think that the double ghost shots from Iguodala and Green directly blocked Robertson in front of the two people, and Curry had sufficient room for development.
He jogged all the way to the three-point line. At the same time, Klay Thompson broke into the inside, attracting the attention of other defenders. The moment Curry ran out of the corner, he passed the ball directly to Curry.
After Curry received the ball, he took a three-pointer without hesitation. After the ball drew a beautiful arc in the air, it fell steadily into the basket.
The Warriors scored their second goal of the game with Curry's three-pointer, which also announced that the counterattack trend from the Warriors was coming.
The entire Thunder team was filled with a tense atmosphere, except for Lu Yao, who had his hands on his hips and no trace of panic on his face.
This can't help but make everyone feel strange. Even if the basketball god Michael Jordan joins this game, he will feel nervous, but this is Lu Yao.
Only Thunder teammates know that Lu Yao has completely entered his own state. As long as he wants, he can do anything.
After all, now the entire Thunder team can only rely on Lu Yao, and they have no other way to go.
After the Warriors hit a three-pointer, the ball was transferred to the Thunder, and Lu Yao took the ball all the way to the frontcourt. At the top of the arc, the opponent guarding Lu Yao at this moment changed from Bogut to Iguodala.
The Warriors obviously also realized that Bogut alone could not restrain Lu Yao at all, so they sent out the Warriors' strongest single defense player, Andre Iguodala.
Although Iguodala's height is much smaller than Lu Yao's, Iguodala's strong physique, coupled with a pair of long arms and solid footsteps.
Moreover, Iguodala's stealing ability is one of the best in the league. If he wants to restrict Lu Yao, he can still produce some results.
After all, in the 2015 Finals, the Warriors relied on Iguodala to limit the opponent's Cavaliers star LeBron James, win the Finals, and win the first championship trophy in team history.
For this reason, Iguodala won the 2015 FMVP, which can be said to be the hero of the Warriors' ability to win the championship.
Lu Yao kept trying to break through. Although Iguodala still struggled to defend, compared with other defenders, Iguodala's defense obviously had an effect, allowing Lu Yao to choose to pass the ball.
West received the ball on the outside and faced Thompson's defense. He chose to catch the ball and suddenly stopped suddenly after taking two steps forward. Then he directly pulled up and took a mid-range shot.
Thompson did not give West any space. The moment West was about to take action, he had already predicted West's action and directly blocked West's shot.
The ball was slapped to the ground, and Green, who had quick eyes and quick hands, took the ball directly into his arms and immediately led the Warriors towards the frontcourt.
Curry ran all the way to the three-point line in the backcourt, received a pass from Green, and then took a three-point shot and hit it hollowly into the basket.
In the blink of an eye, he scored 6 points in a row! This is the scoring ability of peak Curry with a tailwind.
With the help of the Warriors system, Curry's three-point and off-ball abilities have been brought into full play. For Curry, the offense on the court is simply like a duck to water.
If you want to break this system, you need players with very strong hard-breaking ability, such as Durant and Kobe at their peak, and Black Jesus Jordan.
And Lu Yao is completely the peak Durant himself, and he is also an enhanced version of peak Durant. Therefore, the Warriors have been repeatedly defeated because of the emergence of the Thunder.
However, what the Warriors now face is the Thunder with only Lu Yao. This is undoubtedly very easy for the Warriors.
The absence of Durant and Westbrook has naturally greatly reduced the Thunder's offensive firepower. Lu Yao alone cannot match the ferocious offensive wave of the Warriors.
Unless he can score 50+ or even 60+ points in this game, there is no way he can win this game.
After Curry hit two three-pointers, the Warriors completely found their form and entered a realm unique to the Warriors.
In the next game, the Thunder was completely led by the Warriors, and was scratched by the Warriors' unsolvable pick-and-roll tactics. They could only rely on Lu Yao to barely hold on to the score, but Lu Yao's hard support was obviously a bit helpless. use.
In the blink of an eye, time has passed this quarter. Thunder's Donovan is sitting on a chair with a gloomy face, looking up at the scoreboard above his head.
The Thunder trailed the Warriors by 9 points with a score of 15 to 24. This was the most unfavorable start for the Thunder in their 19-game winning streak.
Donovan took a deep breath, stood up, and asked the referee for a timeout.
As the referee's whistle sounded, players from both sides returned to their own camps.
Lu Yao walked back to the bench, his expression as usual, showing no signs of any fluctuation. After sitting down, he drank water silently without speaking.
He had already scored 9 points in the first half of the quarter, barely helping the Thunder not to expand the score to more.
But the opponent's Curry's state in the first quarter was too abnormal. He hit 4 consecutive three-pointers in the first half of the quarter and scored 12 points.
At the same time, Thompson also hit 2 three-pointers. The Splash Brothers combined with Shi Jiaming to score 18 points in the first half of the quarter, helping the Warriors gain a large lead.
If the Thunder want to break the tie, they obviously need Lu Yao to step up.
However, the fans present were also very worried about the current situation. They believed that even if Lu Yao stepped forward, it might not help.
