When Green was suppressed, the Warriors' five players lost their power.
The absence of Green means that James must take on more support work, and Kevin Durant will have greater pressure on the defensive end.
If the Warriors choose Bogut as the center, they will lose a space point in the offense. The Clippers can ignore Bogut, or have someone inside to watch over him.
If Speights is allowed to play inside, even though he has the ability to shoot in space, Speights will be hoisted up by Anthony Davis in the three-second zone. He will not be able to match up with any Clippers post on the defensive end.
Green's role may be more important than Cole himself thinks - although he single-handedly promoted Green and allowed him to assume an important position and role in the five primary schools.
After the start of the fourth quarter, the Warriors launched a counterattack, and James and Durant started their personal attack mode.
At such a critical moment in a crucial game, they no longer have to think too much about tactics. Score, score, and score. Winning this game is the most important thing.
No matter what method they use to fight for victory, they will be the ultimate winners, successfully overturning the Clippers dynasty and establishing an era belonging to the Warriors.
Just like in the tiebreaker of the 2010 Finals, when the Celtics played the Lakers, who cares about the triangle offense? Who wants to think about tactics?
At the end of the game, you have to fight hard, fight for personal ability, and fight for willpower. In most cases, tactics are ineffective. Everyone fights on the court with tacit understanding and feeling.
The two may have accumulated too much desire for victory. When they were 8 points behind, they led the Warriors to blow the horn for counterattack.
James' three-pointer, which has never been very clever, suddenly opened up. He hit two consecutive three-pointers from the outside, and Kevin Durant also hit a mid-range jumper.
As soon as the fourth quarter started, they beat the Clippers 8-0, and the score difference was immediately tied.
Only 2 minutes passed, and the advantage the Clippers had finally established was exhausted.
Sitting in front of the TV in the hotel room, Min Congda was extremely nervous. He pressed the remote control and turned off the TV.
"Why don't you watch it?"
"I can't see it. The advantage that was so easy to establish was gone in 2 minutes."
"You have to trust them and they will adjust."
"Now it's time for me to adjust. Wait for a while. I'll turn on the TV again after a while."
Min Congda waited for about two minutes, praying in his heart, hoping that when the TV was turned on, the Clippers would not fall behind.
"90:84."
Fortunately, this is a live TV broadcast in 2015. If 20 years ago, the live TV broadcast did not show the score in real time, you would turn on the TV in the middle of the game to watch the game and you would not know the score.
After being beaten 8:0 by the Warriors, the Clippers immediately responded with an 8:2 counterattack by the Warriors within two minutes, re-opening the lead to 6 points.
At this high-intensity fighting moment, the core players' ability to attack with the ball becomes particularly important.
Curry withstood tremendous pressure and hit two difficult three-pointers.
At the same time, Leonard broke through and scored two points.
Kevin Durant wants the ball at the waist, and no pass or cut will work at this time.
Nothing is more effective than an unpretentious midfielder asking for the ball in singles.
PJ Tucker has been pestering Durant for the entire series, and to be honest, it doesn't have very good results.
During the regular season, Durant was troubled by leg injuries, and the Warriors gave Durant ample rest time.
Durant only played 60 games in the regular season. He was just preparing for the playoffs and the Western Conference Finals.
Durant caught the ball, turned around and shot a jumper, hitting two points steadily.
But immediately, Harden gave the ball to Leonard, and Leonard also hit a mid-range jumper with his back turned!
At the most intense moment of the game, the mid-range is still the most lethal weapon on the field.
The two sides went back and forth until there were 3 minutes left before the end of the game.
As physical fitness declined, the shooting percentages of both sides began to decline sharply, and both sides began to miss.
Cole called a timeout at this time. The score between the two sides was 95:90, and the Clippers still led by 5 points.
At the end of the timeout, Cole replaced Green on the court. He needed five small efficiency points to help the team chase points.
As for defense? Cole didn't believe that Jokic, a fat first-year kid, could still suppress Green's output!
Seeing Green's appearance, Tyronn Lue also made personnel substitutions, replacing Curry with Jimmy Butler.
Curry played the entire third quarter and has not had a break in the fourth quarter. He needs to take a breath.
Harden serves as the Clippers' core point guard and is also responsible for facing off against Lillard on the court.
The Warriors sent a sideline ball, and the Clippers suddenly used a zone defense from the outside.
This change on the defensive end is quite clever and unexpected.
Min Congda was stunned when he saw this defensive change and thought: "Taylen Lue is very brave, he suddenly used a zone defense."
Facts have proved that Tyronn Lue's sudden zone defense was effective. The Warriors were not prepared to deal with it, and there was a slight stagnation in the outside offensive passing.
James, who had hit three-pointers in a row before, had a chance to shoot at 45 degrees on the right side. He hesitated and raised his hand to make a three-pointer, but he missed the shot this time.
Jokic grabbed the backboard and made a super long pass to the frontcourt. Jimmy Butler received the ball and made an easy layup!
"pretty!"
"Damn it!"
Min Congda and Cole had completely opposite sighs in their hearts.
This offense was quite critical for the Clippers, making Cole's timeout in vain.
At the same time, the score difference came to a relatively safe 7 points.
After successfully using a zone defense, the Clippers immediately switched back to man-to-man defense.
The attack just now was unexpected and had a very good effect at the critical moment.
Lillard holds the ball from the outside, and after a high pick-and-roll, distributes the ball to Durant in the corner.
Durant shot away PJ Tucker with a fake shot and broke into the basket from the baseline, attracting the Clippers to double-team.
The ball went to the outside, and Thompson caught the ball and hit a three-pointer!
The Warriors' offense is smooth and fluid, and the Warriors' offensive threat at every point is so great.
The score difference suddenly narrowed to 4 points.
Every offensive possession becomes extremely critical.
Jokic came up again to set up a pick-and-roll for Harden.
But this time the pick-and-roll coordination was not good.
Green used his precise interception to intercept Harden's pass to Jokic!
Warriors fight back!
LeBron James is almost a guarantee of scoring during fast breaks.
He rushed to the basket and dunked with both hands!
If the Clippers hadn't just started a fast break, the two sides would have been tied.
Tyronn Lue immediately called a timeout, and Min Congda's heart was pounding.
It's a really uncomfortable feeling to leave the fate of the team to someone else.
But there is no way, in order to boost the team's morale, he must do this.
At this time, he can only believe in his players and Tyronn Lue.
After all, Lu is indeed coaching a championship coach.
This guy is not very useful in the regular season, but in the playoffs, the more critical the moment, the more trustworthy this guy is.
Otherwise, Min Congda would not have given him the power of command.
Because at the critical moment, Min Congda knew that Tyronn Lue did not believe in tactics, but chose to believe in the players.
He knows that the players are decisive on the court at this time, and the coach's role is to give the players confidence and decision-making power.
After the timeout, there were 41 seconds left before the end of the game. The Clippers led the Warriors by 2 points at 97:95.
This offense is extremely critical and may determine the outcome of the entire series.
Curry, who had rested for a while, reappeared and replaced James Harden.
The Clippers did not deploy any sideline ball tactics, but gave the ball to Curry and then pulled it all apart.
Curry holds the ball, one-on-one against Lillard, dribbles, breaks through, makes emergency stops, retreats, and shoots mid-range jumpers from the top of the arc.
Two point hit!
Curry's key two-pointer puts the Clippers ahead by 4 points!
Min Congda shouted in the room, but he immediately controlled his emotions.
Because he knew that the game was not over yet and the Warriors still had enough time to counterattack.
Ada held Min Congda's hand tightly. In her impression, Min Congda had never been so nervous for a competition.
The players, fans and commentators at the scene were also extremely nervous.
The key ball is when the player's ability is tested.
The attack configuration of the two teams must be one-on-one defense.
No one can miss it.
It depends on who the Warriors give the key ball to.
Is it James or Durant?
Surprisingly, when the Warriors came back from a timeout, a key offensive ball was given to Green!
Green caught the ball at the top of the arc and suddenly turned around and rushed into the basket.
The Clippers basket was empty, Jokic failed to keep up, and Green succeeded in a left-handed layup!
99:97, the Warriors caught up to 2 points.
They began to play full-court press defense.
There are 7 seconds left before the end of the game.
Curry caught the ball and made no mistakes.
The Warriors fouled and sent Curry to the free throw line.
At this time, the zone defense is protecting the opponent, and the goal scored on the fast break is particularly precious.
If the two sides draw, the situation will be completely different.
Stepping to the free throw line, Curry made his first free throw.
Then for the second free throw, he breathed a sigh of relief, but his shot missed slightly.
"Shet!"
Curry secretly thought something was wrong.
The ball really didn't go in!
100:97, the Warriors have a chance to equalize the score!
Cole immediately called a timeout. Within 5 seconds, the Warriors were in danger of dragging into overtime.
The two sides played 4 overtimes in the last game, will this one be overtime again?
At this time, at the decisive moment, the ball will of course go to the hands of the god of death, Durant.
The referee blew the whistle, James sent a sideline ball, and the Clippers used a half-court press.
PJ Tucker didn't stick to Durant, but let him go, giving him a space to catch the ball.
The moment Durant came out to catch the ball, Tucker suddenly stepped forward and launched a biting defense against Durant!
Tucker has been struggling with Durant for the entire series, studying him for five games.
Most of the time, Tucker has nothing to do with Durant.
However, in this flash of lightning, after being suppressed by Durant for five games, Tucker, who had played nearly 200 minutes, burst out with a magical hand on the defensive end!
The moment Durant caught the ball, held the ball, and put the ball to his side in a big loop, Tucker stretched out his hand and knocked the ball cleanly out of Durant's hand!
When Durant tried to accelerate by dribbling, he realized that the ball in his hand was gone...
He subconsciously looked at the referee, thinking that the ball was a foul, but Tucker intercepted the ball very cleanly and there was no foul at all.
Tucker, who succeeded in stealing the ball, rushed forward and held the ball in his arms. In order to prevent the ball from being lost, he did not even dribble toward the empty frontcourt.
Durant reacted at this time to foul, but Curry had already rushed forward, and Tucker threw the ball to Curry.
After Curry caught the ball, he dribbled the ball to avoid Lillard's pull and used up the last few seconds!
When the buzzer sounded, the game was over. 100:97, the Clippers won a thrilling away victory!
The Warriors players were all alone. Durant stood there with his hands on his hips, as if thinking about what happened with the ball just now.
The Clippers players cheered and hugged each other to celebrate this hard-won victory.
They formed a circle on the sidelines like college players, shouting, back to Los Angeles, to win and drag into the tiebreaker!
Tyronn Lue, Mike Malone and others all breathed a sigh of relief. Smart's sacrifice was not wasted after all, and the team still retains the spark of victory.
The fans in the stands left in disappointment. Adam Silva shook his head and wondered whether he should go to Los Angeles to watch Game 6?
Think about it or forget it, the game between the Hawks and the Wizards in the Eastern Conference Finals is also worth watching - the attention of this Eastern Conference Finals series is really too low.
Min Congda turned off the TV and breathed a sigh of relief. He finally won the game.
The Clippers not only won the game, but more importantly, they found a way to deal with the Warriors' style of play and re-established their confidence and determination to win.
As Min Congda said to the players after the first game, the series has just begun, and in Game 6, Min Congda believes it will not be the end.
(End of chapter)
