Dwight Howard's three-pointer shocked everyone.
When the ball hit the basket, everyone on the Warriors team knew that the game was over. The fans were lamenting, the Warriors players looked frustrated, and even Curry and Durant were holding their heads and feeling helpless.
127 to 121.
There are only 1.9 seconds left.
The Warriors players did not choose to continue playing. Even if the ball was given to Curry, he did not dribble towards the half court with the ball.
Beep.
The end of live competition sound sounded.
In the end, the Golden State Warriors lost to the Minnesota Timberwolves by 6 points.
At the end of the game, there was a lonely sound in Oracle Arena. Oakland fans never expected that the once invincible Warriors would now be defeated by the Timberwolves, but this Timberwolves team was once defeated by them.
The Timberwolves players were overjoyed. Instead of celebrating at the Warriors' home court, a group of people turned around and returned to their locker room.
After everyone gathered in the locker room, Zach LaVine, Adrian Ennis and others cheered loudly. Although it was only the first victory, before the game everyone was completely unsure whether they could beat the Warriors.
Now that they have truly defeated their opponent in the first game, their expectations for the championship have become even more intense.
"we won!"
“Looks like the Warriors are no big deal!”
The Timberwolves locker room went crazy.
The result of this game also surprised many fans outside. Immediately after the game ended, relevant industry insiders commented on the game.
"It's not easy to win! But what's even more difficult is that Derek can perform at his peak! This is also one of the key factors for them to win..."
"As expected, Derek should be taken seriously in the next game... If the Warriors can get back a win, then they can continue to be on the same starting line... ."
"Losing a game at home is not good news for the Warriors..."
A few days later, Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals came.
This time the venue of the game is still at the Air Canada Center in Toronto. Compared with the last game, this time the Raptors appeared to be particularly cautious. The defeat in the first game made the fans very disappointed with them, and even external public opinion also affected the Raptors players.
For this reason, the Raptors players have practiced a lot in the past two days, waiting for the second game to come back and take the opportunity to get back in the game.
LeBron James took a truce in this game. Due to injury considerations, he did not appear on the sidelines.
His absence somewhat affected the Cavaliers' morale.
Beep.
The timer sounded and the starting lineups of both teams took to the court.
With LeBron absent for the Cavaliers, Larry Nance took his place at the third position. Additionally, neither team's lineup has changed.
Snapped.
The referee threw the ball high.
Tristan Thompson took the lead in shooting away the basketball, and the ball fell into the hands of JR Smith. JR didn't mess around this time. He handed the ball to Zhao Feiyang and let him advance with the ball.
Kyle Lowry was even more excited than before, seeing Zhao Feiyang dribbling the basketball and directly marking him.
The two met each other, and Zhao Feiyang suddenly accelerated and rushed out from the right side. Lowry tried to catch up and block him. Unexpectedly, Nance on the wing directly helped Zhao Feiyang to block it. Zhao Feiyang took advantage of the opportunity and entered the basket. Two Raptors players Make a lever movement under the interference.
Uh-huh.
The basketball board falls into the basket.
It was the Raptors' turn to fight back.
Lowry held the ball and pushed forward. Unexpectedly, Zhao Feiyang was more active than him. He stayed close to him early in the morning and kept reaching out to interfere. Lowry had to protect the ball while carrying it over. After reaching the half court, DeRozan from the wing ran up to respond. Lowry was about to pass the ball, but Zhao Feiyang saw through his idea and slapped him out to intercept the pass.
There was an uproar.
The basketball fell out, and Zhao Feiyang was the first to rush forward.
Lowry chased after him, planning to block the shot after he jumped up on a fast break. Zhao Feiyang was more experienced than Lowry. Faced with this situation, he suddenly slowed down at the last moment, used his body to resist Lowry to prevent him from rushing forward, and then made an underhand layup and threw the ball into the basket.
Snapped.
Basketball hits the boards steadily.
Seeing Zhao Feiyang score two goals in succession, the Raptors did not dare to relax any more. In the next attack, Lowry successfully transferred the ball to DeRozan. DeRozan held the ball and singled out JR. Under JR's one-on-one interference, DeRozan turned around and took a shot.
Uh-huh.
A precise two-pointer fell steadily into the basket.
As soon as they scored here, the Cavaliers immediately counterattacked.
Zhao Feiyang took the lead and rushed through the half court. Love, who was serving under the basket, threw a long pass directly. When Zhao Feiyang rushed into the penalty area, Lowry chased behind him and planned to stop him with a foul.
However, Zhao Feiyang had no intention of doing it himself. He threw the ball high to JR who was following up. JR, who was flying in the air, jumped up to catch the basketball and dunk the ball in.
boom.
The ball went in.
Although LeBron was missing, the Cavaliers' offense in the first quarter was still unstoppable to the Raptors.
Zhao Feiyang changed from his usual more healthy style of play and showed strong aggression from the beginning, surprising the Raptors on both the offensive and defensive ends.
Soon came the second quarter.
The Raptors thought the Cavaliers would replace Zhao Feiyang, but unexpectedly, head coach Tyronn Lue continued to send Zhao Feiyang to the court. In this regard, the Raptors did not dare to relax and continued to let Lowry face Zhao Feiyang on the court, while sending other players to double-team him.
This lineup arrangement quickly caused discussions among the hosts and commentators of the live broadcast.
"What is Lu planning to do? Doesn't he want Zhao to rest?"
"Is he going to continue his 'LeBron tactics'? Send out a core player to keep wearing out, so as to gain a chance to win the game?"
"Oh! If that's the case, I think the Raptors will completely suppress the Cavaliers in the second half..."
Not only the host questioned this, but fans outside were also dissatisfied with Tyronn Lue's tactics. In the past, he always liked to send LeBron to the court, but now that his ace is temporarily resting, he took out another ace of his.
Tyronn Lue's approach made many fans think that his tactic was to catch a superstar and kill him! On this point, he and Thibodeau are somewhat evenly matched.
However, this time the fans really misunderstood Tyronn Lue.
It was Zhao Feiyang himself who proposed to play in the second quarter! Not only that, he also hopes that he can play the whole game!
