Under the leadership of Wang Zelin, the Trail Blazers defeated the Warriors 110:103 at home and took the lead in the Western Conference finals 1:0.
Although the Warriors lost the game, Curry, who had a fierce competition with Wang Zelin for MVP honors during the regular season, still performed well.
He played 39 minutes and scored 34 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists. If the Blazers hadn't started to defend Curry tightly in the last quarter, he would have probably scored 40+ tonight!
Klay Thompson made 10 of 23 shots, including 3 of 8 three-pointers, 2 of 3 free throws, and scored 25 points and 4 assists...
The Splash Brothers teamed up to score 59 points, which is quite impressive. If they met other teams, they might have already won.
But I'm sorry.
What they met tonight was the Trail Blazers, and they met Wang Zelin who absolutely dominated the penalty area. The light of the two of them was completely overshadowed by Wang Zelin alone.
Wang Zelin, who played for 40 minutes, relied on his continuous scoring in the second half to catch up with Curry and scored a game-high 35 points, plus 21 rebounds, 10 assists, 5 blocks and 1 steal!
In the first game of the Western Conference Finals, Wang Zelin scored a 30+20+10 quasi-triple-double. If those 5 blocks were included, this data would undoubtedly be more shocking and dazzling.
After the game, while the media highly praised Wang Zelin, they also criticized Draymond Green.
How could this guy be so arrogant before the game, but he ended up playing so badly during the game?
Green played 32 minutes tonight and received his 6th foul four minutes before the end of the game. He had to leave the game with 6 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists and 6 fouls. This also made Wang Zelin in the Warriors the last few minutes. The insiders are playing more and more recklessly.
With two minutes left before the end of the game, Warriors starting center Bert also received the last foul of the game. Following Green, he became the second main player to leave the game with a foul.
"Is this the league's top defensive team? I really don't know how the Warriors achieved the top three defensive efficiency in the league during the regular season!"
"No one can take the blame for the Warriors' loss, except Green, you big stupid dog, you have to take the blame yourself!"
"Where's your defense, Green? Why can't you guard even a brush!"
"I'm looking forward to that idiot's performance in the next game. No, no, no one will have to leave the game again!"
Green, who was reduced to a pulp by Wang Zelin, became the target of verbal criticism from the media and fans after the game.
Green will definitely not be able to swallow this breath. Every time he faced Wang Zelin, he never took any advantage.
I originally thought that working with BoGt would be able to restrain Wang Zelin. But he never expected that even with Harrison Barnes, he couldn't stop that guy's skyhook!
The two sides rested for a day before ushering in the second showdown.
On May 22, the two sides ushered in the second game, and the starting lineup remained unchanged.
After the game started, it was Bogut who guarded Wang Zelin, because he was already the best big man in the Warriors in terms of height, frame protection, and low post defense. Then Bogut or Barnes looked for opportunities to help defend. folder.
This is the only way Cole can think of to restrain Wang Delin now. He secretly prays in his heart: Wang Zelin's state in the last game must not continue to this one.
It's a pity that Bogt is really not good at it. He really can't guard it and can only let Wang Zelin score.
Fortunately, the Warriors also have absolute confidence in their offense.
Although Wang Zelin scored in a single in the paint and opened the scoring for the Trail Blazers, but looking back, Curry and Thompson cooperated in the pick-and-roll outside the three-point line. Curry used the screen to find an opportunity to shoot and hit a precise three-pointer.
3:2, the Warriors took the lead.
It's the Blazers' turn to attack.
In the low post, Wang Zelin got the chance to play with the ball. He took the ball and attacked hard. Before Green could double-team, he passed the ball straight to Aldridge who had an opportunity. Aldridge dunked the ball hard.
4:3, the score is overtaken.
Warriors attack.
After serving the baseline, Curry advanced the ball to half court without taking a shot immediately.
After drawing the defensive attention, Hengbian transferred the ball and used the screen to get an open space in the bottom corner of Thompson. The latter caught the ball and made a hit on his first outside attempt.
After the opening, the Warriors' three-point shooting was very hot, and they hit two consecutive three-pointers, doubling the pressure on the Trail Blazers' defense.
Wang Zelin was still unstoppable in the interior, holding the ball and beating Bogt in singles. Barnes came to defend in time but still couldn't stop him. He could only watch helplessly as he put the ball into the basket.
Offense and defense transition.
The Warriors played decisively offensively tonight, focusing on Curry and Thompson. Lillard, Matthews and Batum's perimeter defense encountered a great test.
They still failed to defend this round. Curry assisted Barnes. The latter was intimidated by Wang Zelin's protection at the basket and did not dare to break through. After receiving the ball, he took a shot from mid-range.
"Uh-huh!"
Barnes hit a jumper.
At 8:6, after the Warriors started the game, they firmly controlled the situation on the court.
In the next few minutes, the two sides played back and forth, but the lead remained in the hands of the Warriors.
On the one hand, it’s because the Warriors are really hot tonight; on the other hand, it’s because Lillard and others are really not online tonight. After receiving Wang Zelin’s pass, even if there were open opportunities, they failed to grasp several balls. live.
The Warriors' shots became smoother and smoother, and they completely played their own offensive rhythm. Various pick-and-rolls with and without the ball and quick passes and cuts in the half-court position made the offense more aggressive.
The Trail Blazers were completely led into their rhythm by their opponents. The whole court followed the Warriors but failed to prevent their offense. There was a problem with his own offense. If U Wang Zelin hadn't been holding on, I'm afraid the Warriors would have opened the score long ago.
After falling into the Warriors' Day in the second half of the first quarter, the Trail Blazers were forced to start a fast break against the Warriors.
As you can imagine, the Warriors suppressed the score at halftime.
Entering the second half, coach Terry, under Wang Zelin's suggestion, created the team's strongest defensive lineup, only allowing Beverley to replace Lillard at the No. 1 position and enter the main lineup.
However, for the Warriors, who are known as the "Brave Three Madnesses", this change of formation is a bit too late.
The game entered the third quarter. Curry quickly advanced after receiving the ball. The rest of the Warriors immediately followed suit. Green received the ball at the top of the arc and tried to break through the compressed defense.
At this time, Beverley was not paying attention and was blocked by Barnes when chasing. Curry used the pick and roll to receive Green's return pass at a 45-degree angle on the left wing. Before Batum's defense arrived, he quickly shot a three-pointer.
"Uh-huh!"
The fourth three-pointer hit in this game, 61:52, gave the Warriors a 9-point lead.
Trail Blazers offense.
Wang Zelin provided support from the high post, and Beverley, who was passing and cutting, was intercepted by Green, and the Warriors immediately counterattacked.
Green accelerated his breakthrough after stealing the ball, and the Trail Blazers retreated quickly. Beverley, Batum, and Wang Zelin formed a three-man encirclement, but the rest of the Warriors immediately followed up. Curry, Thompson, and Iguodala quickly converted the ball. Right, and Iguodala finally completed the layup.
At 63:52, the Warriors took an 11-point lead.
Seeing this, Coach Terry hurriedly called a timeout, hoping to suppress the crazy offensive momentum of the Warriors.
After returning from the timeout, Wang Zelin increased the frequency of his offensive shots in an attempt to turn the tide. He scored 15 points in the third quarter.
At the end of the three quarters, Wang Zelin's personal data had reached 36 points, 14 rebounds, 3 blocks and 3 assists, of which the total score in the three quarters had exceeded the total in the previous game.
However, the Warriors are the most powerful team in the league at hitting tailwinds. Once they gain an advantage, it can easily create a snowball effect.
With a flurry at the beginning of the third quarter, the score between the two sides reached 89:75. The Warriors, who entered the final quarter with a 14-point advantage, did not give the Trail Blazers a chance to come back.
Wang Zelin tried to turn the tide in the last quarter, scoring 10 points alone, but still failed to save the defeat.
In the end, 101:113, the Trail Blazers lost their second home game, allowing the Warriors to bring the total score of the Western Conference Finals series back to a 1:1 tie.
In this game, relying on their explosive touch from the outside, the Warriors defeated their opponents by 12 points on the road, which made countless Warriors fans breathe a sigh of relief, and at the same time, they also aroused strong expectations.
Because the Warriors will return to the Oracle Arena for the next two games. Taking advantage of the geographical advantage, if the Warriors can win two more games in a row, the total score in the series will become 3:1...
By then, the Warriors championship will be just around the corner.
The entire Warriors team thinks so too. They feel that it is very possible that after returning home, they can completely control the rhythm of the series in their own hands. It will no longer be difficult to defeat the defending champion and advance to the finals.
After the game, all the Warriors returned to California overnight. As the players fell asleep, the Warriors coaching staff headed by Cole began to analyze and study overnight.
Because Cole found that through tonight's game he seemed to have found the key to victory.
Ask yourself, the only person in the Trail Blazers who can cause trouble to the Warriors is actually Wang Zelin!
So, if they can restrict the other players of the Trail Blazers, can Wang Zelin alone be able to defeat the odds?
As a teammate of the former basketball god Michael Jordan, Cole knew better than anyone the terrifying firepower Jordan possessed on the offensive end.
But even the god of basketball, in the first few years of his career, before Pippen and other teammates had not grown up, he often fell at the feet of powerful players such as the Celtics and Pistons in the Eastern Conference.
Can Wang Zelin rival Jordan?
To be honest, when this question came to his mind, Cole was also shocked by his bold idea.
"What am I thinking? How can that Chinese boy be compared with Michael? I'm probably crazy about winning!"
He shook his head hurriedly to suppress this ridiculous idea.
However, this idea also gave him a reminder.
It would be difficult for a player as strong as Jordan to save the team by himself in the playoffs, not to mention Wang Zelin, who in his opinion, could not keep up with Jordan in terms of level and strength.
In the G2 game of the Western Conference Finals that just passed, Wang Zelin scored 48 points, 19 rebounds, 5 blocks and 4 assists. However, when other teammates were in poor condition, the Trail Blazers still lost the game.
Of course, Curry, who made 13 of 24 shots from the field and 6 of 11 three-pointers, scoring a team-high 35 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists, was the key to their victory.
But that’s just one of them!
There is another big reason because of the performance of other players on the Trail Blazers.
To be honest, the Warriors did not target the Trail Blazers' outside players too much on the defensive end in tonight's game. The reason why they were able to shoot about 35% from outside was purely because their hands were too smelly.
But this also gave Cole a certain amount of inspiration and inspiration.
So he simply decided that in the next game, the Warriors would turn from passive to active, and take advantage of the situation to limit the Trail Blazers' outside performance as the main defensive strategy of the series. On the offensive end, Wang Zelin would attack alone. He really wanted to see if that kid could do it. Earth-shaking.
However, this is Cole's opinion after all. The Warriors are a team after all, and he needs to inform the entire coaching staff of his ideas.
After all, this strategy of mine is somewhat risky. If the Warriors fail to deal with the Trail Blazers on the outside in the next game, and cannot withstand Wang Zelin's wanton rampage on the inside, then the Warriors are very likely to lose at home. Contest.
In this way, when the total score of the series becomes 1:2, the passive player will become a warrior.
In the end, after repeated deliberation with multiple assistant coaches, the entire Warriors team finally agreed to Cole's adjustments to the defensive strategy.
Don't forget, the Warriors are also a young team, with the core of the team only in their early twenties. Youth is their greatest asset, and it also gives them the courage to try and make mistakes.
At worst, if they lose the next game, the total score will only become 1:2, which does not mean that the Warriors will completely lose control of the series.
Just say it!
who is afraid of who?
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On the night of the 22nd, not only the Warriors coaching staff stayed up all night, but many people did too.
In Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals, the Warriors used a luxurious firepower output to cleanly win a victory at the Rose Garden Arena, home of the Trail Blazers.
The key is that the Warriors' shooters used their own three-pointers to once again refresh the outside world's perception of three-pointers.
It turns out that three-pointers can be so violent!
However, since the Trail Blazers are the defending champions after all, and Wang Zelin's 48-point performance in a single game has attracted a lot of fans to him and the team.
Considering that in the second game, the other players of the Trail Blazers except Wang Zelin felt really bad.
In the second game, the Trail Blazers did lose, but Wang Zelin definitely did not lose!
Wang Zelin's dominance and influence over the entire series is still the strongest among all players on both teams.
Therefore, everyone agrees that as long as the Trail Blazers' perimeter group can regain their touch in the third game, even if it is an away game, the Warriors will not be able to stop the Blazers' confidence that they will regain the rhythm of the series.
It’s only 1 to 1, the advantage is mine!
I don’t know who started it, but after losing the game, the Trail Blazers still had the upper hand in public opinion online. This caused many Trail Blazers fans to follow suit and shout championship slogans.
For those who didn’t know, I thought it was the Trail Blazers who won the second game!
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In this slightly weird atmosphere, the G3 game of the Western Conference Finals between the Trail Blazers and the Warriors was in full swing.
The Warriors, located in the Bay Area of California, also known as the San Francisco Bay Area, have been getting better and better every year in the regular season. This year, they have returned to the Western Conference Finals after decades. Combined with their gorgeous playing style, the Warriors have Their ability to attract fans in this part of California has skyrocketed.
On the night of May 24th.
Oracle Arena has attracted a large number of stars from all walks of life. The Oracle Arena is star-studded and full of big-name superstars, making the arena a huge world-class show venue.
It also includes a large group of domestic stars. Among them, Jay Chou and Jackie Chan have become regular guests in the Trail Blazers' Western Conference Finals over the years. They are not willing to miss this year's championship defense.
Before the game, both sides announced the starting lineup, which was the same as the previous two games.
The media made predictions about the outcome, and 60% of the media supported the Blazers. They believed that the Blazers, who have stronger cards, will still be unbeatable as long as they regain their touch.
Thirty percent of the media support the Warriors, and they are basically media from San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose and Los Angeles, which are affiliated with California.
The remaining 10% are neutral media that only focus on the game itself and hot topics without any special stance.
The two teams came out, and the visiting team came out first. In order to suppress the defending champion, the Warriors fans were not polite and immediately received huge boos.
Especially Wang Zelin, when he looked up and looked around, there were many Warriors fans approaching carrying words, animations, pictures, etc. that vilified themselves and the team.
This is a common practice for fans of the home team when playing away games. Wang Zelin was unmoved by this and stepped into the field with a cold face and his head held high.
Soon, Curry and his teammates also came out.
The main players from both sides came to the middle circle, and when they looked at each other, it was as if sparks were rubbing against each other in the air.
Beep~~~
The referee threw the ball into the air, and Game 3 of the Western Conference Finals officially began.
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Damn it, it’s too comfortable to stay at home. It’s been almost half a month, and I’ve only coded tens of thousands of words.
To overcome laziness, it starts with me, starting from today, the last 20 days of July~ Go, go, go! ! !
I will make some extra money this month and go to Gejiu next month. If it suits me, I plan to rent a house there to live for a while. Sometimes I really can’t find any motivation if I don’t push myself!
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