In the first quarter, the battle between the two sides was fierce, with both the Warriors and Cavaliers playing very hard.
By the second quarter, both sides replaced their respective substitutes.
For the Warriors, Zhao Feiyang, Andre Iguodala and others appeared on the scene, as well as newcomer Dennis Grant. The team almost replaced most of the players in the second team.
For the Cavaliers, JR Smith did not come off the game. After Kyrie Irving went off, he temporarily stayed on the court as a scorer.
Also present were substitutes like Tristan Thompson and Joe Harris.
call out.
The referee whistle sounded.
Dennis Grant carried the ball across half court.
As soon as the half passed, JR. Smith stared at him. The two met at the top of the arc. JR. Smith kept reaching out to interfere with Dennis Grant.
Dennis Grant planned to break through with the ball. He waved to Andre Iguodala, who was closest to him on the wing, but Andre Iguodala ignored him at all.
The reason is not complicated. Dennis Grant has a good relationship with Draymond Green, but Andre Iguodala is not on good terms with the latter.
Helpless, Dennis Grant had no choice but to force a breakthrough to the basket.
Unexpectedly, as soon as they entered the two divisions, they encountered an inside double-team from the Cavaliers.
Snapped.
Dennis Grant had no choice but to transfer the ball away.
He could have passed the ball directly to Zhao Feiyang, but instead of doing so, he gave it to his teammate David Li, who was not in a good position.
David Lee was being stared at by Tristan Thompson at this time and was not given a chance to play singles at all. When he saw Dennis Grant passing the ball to him, he was so frightened that he threw the ball as soon as he took over.
Snapped.
The basketball was given to Zhao Feiyang, who had already run into the bottom corner.
Zhao Feiyang raised the basketball and shot directly.
Uh-huh.
A three-pointer fell steadily into the basket.
Although it was an away game, there was no shortage of Asian fans in the Quicken Loans Center Arena. When these people saw Zhao Feiyang score, they did not hesitate to applaud and shout.
Soon it was time for the Cavaliers to counterattack.
JR. Smith held the ball for a fast break. After halftime, he passed the ball to Tristan Thompson. The latter pretended to get under the basket and hit hard, but in fact, he suddenly threw the ball to JR. Smith who was following up. JR. Smith caught it in mid-air. The ball was scored directly with a dunk.
The ball went in.
Quicken Loans Center cheered.
In the first half of the second quarter, the substitute lineups of both sides played back and forth, and there was not a big difference in points.
However, in the second half, especially after Warriors head coach Steve Kerr replaced newcomer Dennis Grant, Zhao Feiyang finally hit his form.
After his teammates dribbled the ball through the half, Zhao Feiyang raised the basketball and hit three-pointers one after another. He made two three-pointers in just two minutes.
Under the opponent's guard, he also scored a two-plus-one on a fast break layup.
Almost in the blink of an eye, the score between the two sides was widened. When the game entered the end of the second quarter, the score difference was widened to double digits.
call out.
The referee whistle sounded.
60 to 49.
A difference of 11 points.
The Warriors took the lead.
The first half lead made the Warriors happy, especially head coach Steve Kerr. After everyone entered the locker room, he was still emphasizing the team's tactics, urging the players to defend well and not to stick to the ball too much.
Soon, the second half started.
The main players of both sides appeared again.
Because the point difference was widened, the Cavaliers directly sent the Big Three. It was their turn to serve, and this time head coach David Blatt made a simple adjustment, letting JR Smith serve as the point guard and Kyrie Irving playing the second position as the scorer.
However, problems soon arose.
Just after JR Smith passed halftime, LeBron James and Kyrie Irving came up to ask for the ball at the same time. One stood on the left and the other on the right, both reaching out to say hello to JR Smith at the same time.
This put JR. Smith in a difficult position for a while.
"JR, give me the ball, what are you hesitating about?"
Kyrie Irving shouted at JR Smith dissatisfied.
LeBron James on the side had a slightly better attitude, "JR, brother, give me the ball, I'm in a better position here..."
After hesitating for a moment, "Knife Guard" JR Smith finally passed the ball to Cleveland's true "King" LeBron James.
Snapped.
The basketball falls into the hands of LeBron James.
Kyrie Irving on the side immediately lowered his face, his eyes were cold, and he stood there and shrugged self-deprecatingly. He didn't move anymore, but stood there indifferently.
After LeBron James on the other side got the ball, he first gestured twice with Draymond Green, who was marking him, and then suddenly sprinted towards the basket with the ball.
His breakthrough attracted a double-team from the Warriors inside. At this time, Kyrie Irving had every opportunity to rush inside and cooperate.
But Kyrie Irving didn't move, and LeBron James didn't expect that he didn't move. When LeBron James broke through to the inside and planned to pass the ball, he found that there was no one on the other side of the vacated inside.
"Kelly?"
boom.
In desperation, LeBron James forcibly threw the ball. However, due to interference from Draymond Green, the basketball failed to score and bounced off the rim.
Andrew Bogut quickly picked up the rebound under the basket.
Snapped.
A long pass was thrown into the hands of Stephen Curry.
Stephen Curry rushed across half court under the double-team of two Cavaliers players. In the chaos, he first dribbled the ball behind his back and then took advantage of the opponent's surprise to take a three-pointer.
In everyone's opinion, such a hasty shot was impossible to score, but the next second, Stephen Curry's three-pointer fell into the basket "unreasonably".
Uh-huh.
A crisp three-pointer caused a cry of exclamation from the Warriors bench.
Even Zhao Feiyang couldn't help but stand up and sigh.
"Damn...this three-pointer is somewhat unreasonable..."
In addition to lamenting Stephen Curry's three-pointers, Zhao Feiyang also keenly captured the situation of the Cavaliers on the court.
Judging from the performance of the ball just now, LeBron James, the core of the team, and Kyrie Irving, the other core, don't seem to be able to deal with each other very well.
At least, they are not as harmonious as it seems to the outside world.
Otherwise, this situation would not have occurred because of a ball possession issue.
Zhao Feiyang's guess was correct. In the following time, the "lack of cooperation" between Kyrie Irving and LeBron James caused the Cavaliers to continue to have problems.
Although their respective isolations are effective, the Warriors, under the guidance of coach Steve Kerr, have raised their defense to a higher level, which is completely different from last season.
It also makes the Cavaliers' isolation play less effective.
Beep.
The game ends when the timer stops.
The Cavaliers eventually lost to the Warriors 119-128.
After the game, Kyrie Irving looked very unhappy. He walked straight into the player tunnel without communicating with anyone.
LeBron James's face doesn't look much better either!
After greeting the Warriors players, he also left in the direction of the players' tunnel.
Judging from this point alone, the Cavaliers' road to the Big Three is not as smooth as imagined.
For the Warriors, the joy brought by winning can cover up many problems. Even some minor conflicts between players will be temporarily hidden because of winning.
As long as we keep winning, such problems can even remain hidden.
Zhao Feiyang played 17 minutes in this game and scored 19 points. He was the best performer in the second team, even higher than Klay Thompson's score.
As a rookie, Dennis Grant played 21 minutes, but only scored 13 points and made two undue mistakes.
The best performer is undoubtedly the engine of the team, that is Stephen Curry, who is the core of the team's tactics. He played a total of 24 minutes, scored 26 points, and also sent 7 assists and 1 steal.
The overall performance was the best in the team.
After winning the first game, everyone in the Golden State Warriors was very happy. Although the players still didn't agree with the lineup arrangement, under the mediation of head coach Steve Kerr, everything was temporarily moving in a good direction. .
Soon, the Golden State Warriors have another game.
This time their opponent is the San Antonio Spurs.
The Spurs were the championship last season, and it is not easy to face them.
In order to defeat this powerful opponent, the Golden State Warriors have done enough homework. Head coach Steve Kerr also constantly emphasized the opponent's weaknesses before the game and gave various instructions to the players.
As a result, when the game officially started, only the first half was relatively stable. In the second half, the Spurs were directly defeated.
Warriors players were surprised to find that the Spurs' tactics were different from the past. Now the entire team system is built around Kawhi Leonard.
Kawhi Leonard is of course an excellent player, but the Spurs have a more important problem, and that is that veterans like GDP are too old.
Among them, Tim Duncan is 39 years old, Manu Ginobili is 38 years old, and Tony Parker is the youngest, but he is also 33 years old. Such age has severely reduced the physical fitness of this team. Whether it is offensive or defensive end, the Spurs are No longer comparable to the younger Warriors.
Therefore, under the indiscriminate bombardment of the Warriors, the Spurs were completely unable to resist in the second half, especially when GDP was on the court. As long as the Warriors played a fast break, the Spurs' defense would inevitably have problems.
Beep.
When the sound of the game timer stopped sounded, the game between the two sides finally ended, and the score was 120 to 113.
7 points difference.
The Warriors once again won a game.
This win also greatly increased the Warriors' confidence.
Before, they were very afraid of these super strong teams, but now that they are actually fighting against each other, they realize that the era of super strong teams seems to have passed!
In other words, they have also become a super team invisibly.
