The Warriors are completely popular, and so are the five small lineups.
After this game, everyone's understanding of basketball was completely covered.
It turns out that three-pointers can really kill games;
It turns out that basketball can be played like this without a center, without a big man sitting in the penalty area;
It turns out that the Portland Trail Blazers are not invincible!
The whole world was amazed by this sudden change of formation. Cole took a wrong approach, shattered people's doubts about him, and shocked countless people's glasses.
Immediately after the game ended, all the reporters present gathered around the Warriors players and Kerr, and countless people online were intensely discussing the possibility of the Warriors coming back to win.
On the other side, the Trail Blazers were rarely quiet.
After losing, the Trail Blazers players returned to the visiting team's locker room, and Wang Zelin was looking at all his teammates seriously. Even when he played in the finals in the first two seasons, he was never so serious.
Everyone knew that Wang Zelin had spoken, so the entire locker room was quiet, and the only sound that could be heard was the players' breathing.
"Guys, the real battle begins! From now on, let us forget the glory and glory of the past. After tonight, we will face challenges that are completely different from the past."
After the first three games, the Warriors tried their best to deny the Blazers the possibility of sweeping their opponents in three consecutive rounds to create a myth.
From now on, the probing round between the two sides has officially ended, and everyone has come up with the most deadly tricks.
The Western Conference Finals really begins tonight...
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The Warriors did it too!
After losing the last game and seemingly not being on the same level as the Trail Blazers, the Warriors exploded in the third game and beat the Trail Blazers by 7 points...
Ahem, considering that the Trail Blazers had never lost in the playoffs before, the Warriors won 125:118 by 7 points. Isn't it a wild victory?
Steve Kerr's death five-pointer shocked the whole world. He chose the death five-pointer when BoGt was completely unharmed, and played the game with five-pointers for almost the entire 48 minutes.
Even when substitute center Speights was replaced for two minutes to give Green a break, the Warriors were still a small lineup. After all, Speights is only 2.08 meters tall in shoes.
Cole introduced the concept of five small lineups to the world. This small lineup, which was more extreme than the "seven-second run and gun" of the Phoenix Suns, completely changed the pattern of the basketball world.
In the last game, the Trail Blazers stole 22 offensive rebounds at Oracle Arena, but they still could not prevent the Warriors from winning the final victory.
This is no longer just an ordinary playoff victory. If the Warriors can really defeat the Trail Blazers with a five-small lineup, then what they will change will be the development of the entire basketball game!
Overnight, the Warriors and Cole became the subject of intense discussion, including the coaching staff of the other 26 teams who had already begun their summer fishing and leisure life. They also took out the video of last night's game and repeatedly studied and scrutinized it.
At this moment, the media seemed to see the hope of sniping the Trail Blazers to establish a dynasty rekindled!
While the media was desperately starting a new round of hype, the Trail Blazers refused to be interviewed after the game and held a tactical meeting after the game.
Wang Zelin watched the coaching staff send out a detailed report of the game. He played 41 minutes, made 15 of 26 shots, scored 38 points, 20 rebounds, 6 assists, 5 blocks, and made 3 turnovers.
Lillard played 35 minutes and scored 16 points and 8 assists on 6 of 12 shots.
Aldridge played 24 minutes, made 4 of 10 shots, and scored 13 points and 6 rebounds.
Everyone else didn't do so well.
And the Warriors are there, Curry and Green each scored 30+, Green contributed a near triple-double, plus Livingston's 16 points, Iguodala's 13 points, Barnes and Barbosa each scored 10 points... Six players from the Warriors scored in double figures, two of whom scored 30+!
In such a game, even if Wang Zelin grabbed 12 offensive rebounds, he still couldn't help the Trail Blazers win the game. The opponent played too well.
Originally, the Warriors were not inferior to them in terms of strength. They were dominant on the inside, while the Warriors were dominant on the outside.
The Warriors led for most of the G1 game, but they did not expect Aldridge to find his touch in the last ten minutes or so. The Warriors were unexpected, and Aldridge also successfully completed his self-salvation.
In the G2 game, things took turns. Green suddenly stretched his hips, as if he was eager to occupy a fishing position. He hit the three-pointer and couldn't understand the cards dealt at the top of the arc, so he won smoothly.
But this time, Curry and Thompson exploded from the outside. Green fought desperately with Wang Zelin all night, and worked with his teammates to protect all the rebounds that should be protected; and the Trail Blazers were too confident, even though they were After adjusting after the break, Wang Zelin, together with Beverley, Button, Batum and Harrell, narrowed the point difference to 4 points in the third quarter.
But Harrell suffered from his lack of experience and continued to contribute mistakes and fouls. If it weren't for the fact that he was a rookie and the Blazers still led 2-1, many fans would have cursed after the game.
There wasn't much of a gap in strength, but when their opponents broke out and felt hot, they fell behind by 13 points at halftime. It was too difficult to catch up in the second half!
The opponent is the king of the small ball era, but he still can't float!
In fact, now that I think about it carefully, there was indeed a problem with the mentality of the Trail Blazers team in the last game. They always thought that they would hold 2-0 anyway. The next step should be to repeat the plot of the first two rounds, and then reach the finals and establish dynasty.
Confidence is certainly a good thing, but once it is overdone, a good thing may turn into a bad thing.
Confidence to a certain extent means arrogance. Facing a team that can win 73 games in the regular season, it is definitely not a good thing to be overconfident.
State of mind! This mentality must be stable.
However, I saw my teammates emerging from the confusion of losing, and they were all actively discussing what they didn’t do well tonight and what they didn’t do well on the offensive end...
Wang Zelin felt that it was not a bad thing to have one!
And this is more exciting for the Trail Blazers than after 3-0 when their opponents are struggling to win the next game.
Losing this game, for the Trail Blazers, it was as if they were extremely confident and even arrogant, and they could pour a bucket of ice water on them from beginning to end.
Feeling the completely different emotions towards us after tonight's game and after the previous two games, Wang Zelin felt that this seemed good!
This also makes him look forward to the next game even more.
Lu Xun once said: "The greatest harm to a person is not to turn around and leave, but to give him hope and then make him completely despair!"
Now, he can't wait to see the despair that fell from heaven to the abyss after the Warriors were eliminated by the Trail Blazers again in this series.
(End of chapter)
