Three minutes later, the score was 12:6, and the Trail Blazers at home were 8 points behind.
The situation didn't look too bad, at least the point difference behind was not that big, but Coach Terry decisively called a timeout because he was afraid.
Who knows, why did the Warriors suddenly lose three points?
To be precise, it was Curry and Klay Thompson who started the three-pointer rain. In just the past three minutes, Curry hit three three-pointers in the beginning, while Klay hit one.
The two's four three-pointers accounted for all the Warriors' points on the field.
In the TNT live broadcast booth, Weber said:
"The game passed the opening stage, and the Warriors unexpectedly took the lead. Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson of the Warriors performed so well today! They are truly worthy of being splash brothers..."
"Now, the Trail Blazers have to solve their problems on the defensive end."
Webb turned his head, and there was NBA legendary shooter Reggie Miller sitting next to him. He asked:
"Reggie, can you briefly comment on the three-point shooting skills demonstrated by Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson?"
Reggie Miller smiled: "Do you still need to evaluate? Stephen and Klay have dominated all lists and records of three-point shooting data in the past two seasons. Facts have proved that they are the best three-pointers in the league. Great player!"
"What's even more terrible is that these two guys who are the best three-pointers are still playing on the same team." Weber added.
at this time.
In front of the Trail Blazers bench.
Coach Terry repeatedly warned: "Damien, be optimistic about your teammates. Others should also pay attention to assisting in defense. Wang, please cover the perimeter appropriately. We can't let the Warriors shoot like this anymore."
During the first timeout, Coach Terry did not make personnel adjustments, but asked the players to increase their investment in the defensive end.
Coach Terry knows that the reason why the Warriors have so many opportunities is largely because the team underestimated the Warriors.
As the defensive intensity increases, he does not believe that the Warriors' backcourt duo can still remain hot. As long as the Warriors can shoot from the outside, the Trail Blazers will be confident that they can quickly control the rhythm of the game.
Don’t forget, there is a truth in the basketball world: “The closer you are to the basket, the higher your shooting percentage.”
Once Wang Zelin takes advantage inside, the offense of other teammates will become easier, and chasing the wind will no longer be a problem.
The timeout ends and the game continues.
The head coaches of both sides made no personnel adjustments, and the lineup on the field remained unchanged.
Trail Blazers offense.
Lillard holds the ball and organizes the offense.
Steve Kerr, who was on the Warriors' bench, made a gesture, which Green and Bogt understood clearly, asking them to increase their defense against Wang Zelin.
Just like the Splash Brothers took all the points on the court for the Warriors, all 6 points on the court for the Trail Blazers at this time came from Wang Zelin.
Therefore, Cole and the Warriors have reason to believe that the trailing Trail Blazers will hand the ball to the most confident person on the court.
But soon, Lillard, who had the ball at the top of the arc, made a gesture, a gesture that surprised the Trail Blazers players and coaches.
"Damian Lillard motioned for his teammates to pull away. Is he going to go one-on-one?"
It was Curry who was still defending Lillard. He was quite surprised by Lillard's offensive choice, because Cole had been reminding many Warriors players: Always beware of Wang Zelin, he is the most dangerous player in the Trail Blazers. characters!
As for Lillard?
Feel sorry.
In this time and space, all the light of the younger generation of players is obscured by a rising sun.
Due to Wang Zelin's existence, Lillard has always been positioned by the outside world as a young defender with excellent three-point ability and the ability to control the court.
Although Lillard was selected as an All-Star last season, in the eyes of the outside world, it was more because of his two Chinese teammates.
However, in fact, the Trail Blazers coaching staff has always equipped Lillard with singles tactics, because neither the coaching staff nor his teammates have ever questioned Lillard's strength.
Especially Wang Zelin.
Thinking back to the trial training with the Trail Blazers in 2012, when he first met Lillard, he was shocked by the latter's ability rating of 81.
After two seasons of hard work, Lillard's ability rating has already broken through from a quasi-All-Star to an All-Star level. Currently, in the system survey, Lillard's overall rating is 86.
This shows that his teammate Damian Lillard is already an out-and-out All-Star player!
On the field.
The right wing three-point line is at a 45-degree angle.
Lillard saw that the inside line was empty and began to lower his center of gravity and dribble with his hips.
Curry was wary, but Lillard made a decisive breakthrough after taking a cross step. He stepped forward with his left foot to the right, made a quick and indirect step past the opponent, reached the right side of the free throw line, and suddenly connected with an emergency stop. cast.
"Uh-huh!"
The Rose Garden Arena was filled with excitement.
"Lillard's sudden one-on-one shot, a pull-up jumper, and the ball went in!"
Weber in the commentary box was a little surprised, because Lillard's singles are not common, not to mention that he played close.
"In the first two seasons, Lillard, who chose more pick-and-rolls and then broke through, suddenly came up with a single, directly eating Stephen Curry's defense 1-on-1. Now the score has become 8:12, and the Trail Blazers are still 4 points behind. "
Then came the Warriors' offensive round. With the coach's instructions, Batum and Matthews put away their pride as defending champions and stopped looking down on their opponents.
The Warriors started various pick-and-roll moves, and Batum finally switched to Curry.
Curry has continuously taken advantage of Lillard's defense, and he only needs to score one more goal to break double digits in this game.
Therefore, the wandering soul in Curry suddenly awakened and made a breakthrough to get past Batum.
Batum's winding defense has also started. He moves sideways to block Curry, then turns sideways, stretches out his long arms, and directly wants to steal the ball.
However, Curry, whose strength has exceeded the realm of superstars, has the best ball-handling memory in the league. At this moment, the right hand holding the ball suddenly made a backward movement, and then twisted his head, and Curry returned to the three-point line.
Breakthroughs are all fake, shooting three-pointers is Curry's real purpose!
"Defend! Defend..."
Coach Terry on the sidelines was so anxious that he jumped up. He knows that if Curry hits another three-pointer, it will be an almost devastating blow to the morale of the Trail Blazers.
At the critical moment, Batum stopped his retreat in time, then took a sudden step forward and jumped to block the shot.
Facing Batum's flying dive, Curry's eyelids jumped unconsciously, but with his unrivaled shooting speed, the three-pointer was still successfully shot.
"Can Stephen Curry score the 4 three-pointers he attempted in this game?"
Reggie Miller reacted quickly and yelled immediately.
"Bang!"
After all, Curry at this stage has not fully evolved into the daily version. Coupled with the pressure brought by Batum's height and wingspan advantages, this ball is finally forged.
"mine!"
At this time, Draymond Green's roar sounded from the basket, and he jumped up, trying to make up for the dunk.
"Yeah?"
Suddenly, a figure appeared behind Drummond Green and quickly enveloped her completely.
"ah!"
Hearing the familiar voice coming from behind, Green roared angrily, and then he found that a hand appeared on his head and knocked the ball away.
With a snap, Wang Zelin took off a second time after landing and put the rebound in his arms.
"Fight back!"
At the same time, he turned his head, locked the direction of Matthews, and threw the ball into the sky.
"No, get back to defense quickly!"
Curry ran towards his teammates.
"Counterattack! Counterattack! Counterattack..."
The fans in the audience roared and stared at the ball flying in the sky.
At this time, the Blazers' fast break had already started. It was Matthews who received the pass and rushed to the frontcourt. He did not pass the ball, but made a straight breakthrough, and then hit Ku, who was returning to defense. inside.
Fortunately, he glanced back, smiled, and handed the ball to the sky again.
"boom!"
Alley-oop two-handed slam dunk from Nicolas Batum!
"yeah!!!"
The whole place was thunderous.
10:12, only 2 points left.
Warriors attack.
"Defend! Defend!"
Wang Zelin, who ran near the center circle, retreated quickly, opened his arms, and began to boost morale.
"Defend! Defend! Defend!"
The calls continued at the Rose Garden Arena.
The familiar offensive rhythm is back.
Next, facing Lillard's defense, Curry never found a chance and could only pass a pass to Green.
Green caught the ball at the top of the arc, turning sideways to protect the ball while always paying attention to the Splash Brothers' movements.
After a while, Green discovered that Clay was cutting in from the baseline...
It's now!
He raised the ball with both hands and passed the ball inside.
Then……
There was just a snap, and Clay, who took off after receiving the ball, was knocked away by Wang Zelin who shot out from the wing with the ball.
"ah!!!"
The whole place was boiling again.
"Hahahaha! Wang Zelin's super blood cap appears again! Poor Klay Thompson, I don't know if he will have the courage to continue to challenge the basket defended by Wang Zelin in the future."
Weber began to scream strangely, and his emotions were successfully aroused by Wang Zelin's body-chasing hat.
"Nice try...but you seem to have forgotten that the basket is my territory!"
Under the Trail Blazers basket, the excited Wang Zelin showed two rows of big white teeth towards Klay Thompson.
"You bastard, you don't know how to strike lightly."
The chase just now sent Clay flying out of the baseline. It took several seconds before he stood up.
As a result, when he raised his head, he saw Wang Zelin's dismal smile, and he immediately felt itchy with hatred.
"Don't look at me like that. Your dunk is great, but I think he should be at the Karen Competition instead of here."
Wang Zelin shrugged, then turned around and looked for Bogt.
Sideline serve.
After Curry received the ball, he reorganized the offense.
There were only 4 seconds left on the clock. Curry couldn't help but think too much. When he saw Batum blocking Barnes, Green came up with a pick-and-roll. Curry used the screen to go to the left side of the top of the arc and made another three-pointer.
"Bang!"
This shot was a little hasty and missed.
Aldridge defended the defender's rebound, and the Warriors were already retreating on defense.
During the Trail Blazers' offensive round, Lillard called a pick-and-roll. After the pick-and-roll, he pretended to take a shot. After attracting Curry and Barnes to cover up, he passed the ball to Matthews, who was wide open. Matthews made a two-point jumper. , scored 2 points.
At 12:12, the Trail Blazers officially tied the score.
In front of the Warriors bench.
The expression on the team's new coach Steve Kerr's face was as calm as before. His right index finger kept tapping the empty space next to him, and the speed became faster and faster.
Cole wanted to call a timeout.
But in the end, he gave up the idea of calling a timeout.
Not to mention that the score on the field is currently tied, and let’s talk about his personal coaching philosophy. He has always tended to make the players on the field confident in making adjustments during the game.
He believes that Curry has this ability.
In the subsequent defensive round, Lillard continued to defend Curry, and Coach Terry also asked the wing to add a little help defense to Curry, and Barnes had an opportunity.
A direct breakthrough and easy layup helped the Warriors regain the lead.
This time, Wang Zelin focused on the Splash Brothers on one side and paid little attention to Barnes, but allowed the latter to find an opportunity.
However, in the next few rounds, with the help of home court advantage, Wang Zelin caused continuous damage at the basket and scored consecutively.
After one quarter, he made 5 of 5 shots, 4 of 4 free throws, and scored 14 points, 4 rebounds, 2 blocks, and 1 assist.
But even so, the Trail Blazers didn't take much of a lead.
At 29:25, the Trail Blazers led by 4 points at home.
During the break, in the TNT live broadcast booth, Weber suddenly said: "Reggie, the outside world seems to be looking down on the Warriors in the new season. What do you think?"
Regarding this issue, Reggie Miller said very carefully: "Judging from the first few games of the new season, the performance of the Warriors' backcourt duo on the offensive end is indeed stronger than last season! But..."
At this point, Reggie Miller stopped.
Next to him, Weber quickly added: "But I didn't expect that the Warriors could actually have a fierce battle with the defending champion Trail Blazers, and even took the lead at the beginning, right?"
"That's right," Reggie Miller nodded solemnly, "The Warriors team in front of us cannot be underestimated. Of course, this does not rule out the reason why the two Splashes feel so hot. Maybe they don't start every game in such a hot state. . But the problem is, if there is one, there are two. The Warriors did indeed seize the opening opportunity today, which shows that the Warriors' ability to seize and create opportunities on the court has increased!"
at the same time.
The strong teams that don't have a game today are basically watching the Trail Blazers live broadcast. Wang Zelin and the others are the defending champions. All teams that aspire to win the championship regard the Trail Blazers as their biggest potential enemies on the way to the championship.
One thing to say, although the game between the Trail Blazers and the Warriors only lasted the first quarter, all other teams were shocked by the strength the Warriors just showed.
Perhaps, as Weber said, this Warriors team must not be underestimated this season.
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