You should cross the mountains like a brave man

Chapter 901 Like a Mad Dog

"Boge, aren't you sleeping?"

On the first day of June, the opening day of the Finals, the 76ers set off from Philadelphia to Golden State.

For the first time since 2014, they did not have home-court advantage in the playoffs.

Not afraid of not having home court advantage, Wei Xia is very optimistic about this.

As long as you win one of the Warriors' first two home games, wouldn't the advantage come?
Before getting off the plane, Wei Xia specifically called Cousins.

Cousins ​​cheered up: "How can I sleep!"

"I won the game, you will sleep with me tonight!" Seeing that he was in good spirits, Wei Xia took him off the plane.

Outside the airport, a large number of media are waiting for interviews.

As the core insider of the 76ers, Cousins ​​received less attention than Wei Xia, but because Wei Xia had to face a hundred microphones wherever he went, those reporters who could not join 1/100 had to find another interviewee.

Cousins ​​is naturally the best candidate besides Wei Xia.

Obviously, the finals are about to be played, and the reporter seems to be still alive in the division finals. Someone asked Cousins: "What does it mean to you to miss Game [-] of the Eastern Conference Finals?"

For Cousins ​​himself, he needs a voice.

Since the reporter asked, he naturally had to answer: "It means a lot. I am very guilty and blame myself, but I am also very proud."

The three extraordinary performances of Cousins ​​made the reporters' eyes shine.

"I didn't step up when the team needed it. If we were dragged to the tiebreaker, I would suffer because everyone knew that the Cavaliers didn't have the strength to fight us in the tiebreaker."

Fortunately, there were no journalists and media from the Cleveland area present, otherwise they would be so angry that their nostrils would smoke.

"In the eyes of many people, I am a child who can't grow up. I don't want to respond, whatever." Cousins' eyes seemed to freeze, "I will prove everything with actions."

The interview outside the airport was delayed for more than ten minutes.

It is thanks to Jay Wright that Wei Xia escaped from the siege of the media, otherwise he would have to continue to consume.

"It's too exaggerated, these guys." Carey Oubre was shocked by the phenomenon that Wesha was surrounded by a group of people wherever he went. "It's like the Beatles!"

Rondo sarcastically said, "Say it like you've seen a Beatle."

"Imagination is endless," Oubre said.

"Believe me, one day you will know how rough this kind of thing is. You'd better pray that you can only become a mediocre player in the future, so that life will be much calmer." Rondo glanced at Wei Xia, who was showing fatigue, "That guy didn't enjoy a second."

From the bus to the hotel, settle down, and then prepare for the training session in the afternoon.

Before the start of the finals, the 76ers had to avoid all possible accidents, so the training ground was just a small fight, and shooting training was the most important thing. As long as they can maintain the touch, it is not a waste of training time.

Night, Oracle Arena.

The players of the 76ers saw many novelty things.

The Warriors' well-intentioned pre-game show at home, a man in armor defeated a bloated king, symbolized the breaking of the old order, and the new order will be established in an orderly manner under the leadership of the new king in gold and blue armor.

"It's too much, they think we are fat!" Hayward yelled, "Aside from DeMarcus, do we have a body fat rate of more than 15%?"

Everyone laughed.

Cousins, who was thrown out by Hayward as a burden, said, "Sooner or later, you will use the fat in my body!"

"There will be a day when the biochemical crisis breaks out in Philadelphia, and I will personally throw you into the mouth of the zombies."

They said there was nothing, and the pre-match show was over.

The atmosphere in the Oracle Arena is much warmer than that of the Quicken Loans Center. The game has not yet started. From the pre-game show to Curry's usual aisle shooting, waves of sound came from the field.

At least from the preparation and deployment of the opening, the Warriors are far better than the 76ers.

When the core players of the two sides met, Draymond Green said arrogantly: "Don't think that you have a chance of winning if you beat us in the regular season. To tell you the truth, we lost that game on purpose!"

"Good job, let's deliberately lose to us another four games. In this way, we can achieve three consecutive championships, and you still have a bright future. You shouldn't refuse the best of both worlds, right?" Wei Xia shook Green's hand, but what he said was unacceptable to the other party.

Green said loudly, "Dream it!"

Wei Xia said meaningfully: "I haven't had a dream for almost 20 years, so what if I do it once in a while?"

As soon as the game started, the Warriors put out what is recognized as the strongest 41 lineup in the league-Wall, Curry, Thompson, Green, and Marc Gasol.

The only fly in the ointment of this lineup is that Gasol has not yet practiced a fixed-point three-pointer that can pick and roll outside shots.

The 76ers' lineup is more direct, they didn't play tricks.

Holiday, Wescia, Hayward, Faried, Cousins.

Rondo, who started for the 76ers for three consecutive seasons, sat on the bench.

As long as Rondo doesn't start, it shows that the 76ers don't want to face the Warriors with the most powerful offensive posture. Holiday's start can explain some problems even more.

The 76ers decided to focus on defense.

Opening jump ball, Gasol easily allocated the ball to Wall.

The Warriors attacked decisively, Curry faced Weisha, Hayward ran into Thompson, and Holiday defended Wall.

Wall first hit a pick-and-roll burst, Hayward's off-ball defense lost his position, and Thompson caught the ball from the right-wing three-point line.

"Shh!"

3 is better than 0
Wall's defensive ability is good. He was selected to the second team last season. This season, due to the large number of defensive talents on the back line and the fierce competition, he was not selected.

He has the top body among point guards, has strong agility, and it can be said that he is full of all the talents that are conducive to defense.

Holiday couldn't get rid of his position for a long time, so he could only pass to Wei Xia on the left.

As long as the Warriors continue to play a dual-control lineup, Wei Xia is the most difficult point for them to deal with.

They let Thompson guard Wecha, which means Curry or Wall needs to guard Hayward.

If Hayward hadn't been far away from the ball at the moment, Wei Xia would have misplaced the ball for him.

Wei Xia played Thompson in singles with the ball, shaking him away only by rhythm changes, and pulled up two steps from the three-point line to shoot.

2 is better than 3
The Warriors played the tempo very fast.

Gasol picked up the ball and sent it to Green.

Green is a power forward, but he dribbled the ball forward from the backcourt and quickly rushed to the frontcourt, causing chaos in the position.

Thompson took the opportunity to give Curry an off-ball screen, but Wei Xia's pursuit was like an excited mad dog, squeezing the screen, and the moment Curry caught the ball at the speed of light, his blocking hand flew towards Curry's face.

"boom!"

"Oh my God!"

Mike Breen marvels: "Wish has become a huge shadow that Stephen Curry has to keep an eye on!"

Curry missed an offense, and Holiday took the ball and chased him.

It's not that the 76ers don't want to play fast with the Warriors, they don't want to follow the Warriors' rhythm.

Once the warriors strike too much iron, they will fight back when they should fight back.

Holiday charged at full speed, he is the kind of guy who can't see his teammates as long as he makes an attack.

This kind of player is very common, and not everyone is like James who can pay attention to the position of his teammates while attacking.

Holiday's fast break was unsuccessful, and the layup was interfered by the opponent and slipped out of the basket.

However, just as the ball slid out, Wei Xia, who was closely behind him, jumped up with all his strength and forced the ball from Gasol's head to behind him.

"The rebound was taken by the 76ers!"

"Look at this group of people, their desire is too strong!"

Hayward, who took the rebound, didn't move, and even threw the ball into the air with both hands.

Wei Xia under the basket jumped up in place.

The terrible vertical take-off height and bullet speed are beyond the dreams of many players-he caught the pass in front of Gasol, and forced his lower body against the Spaniard's chest to dunk.

Boom!

The two sides have formed considerable physical contact, but tonight's referee Nick Butchert does not think it constitutes a foul.

4 is better than 3
Wei Xia scored 4 points in the opening game, and the audience at Oracle Arena was a little overwhelmed.

Whose home is this?

Why can they play so aggressively?

The Warriors changed to another person to advance with the ball.

Not Wall, not Curry, not Green, but Thompson.

He dribbled over with a posture, looking harmless to humans and animals, but Cousins ​​​​read the desire to shoot from his eyes. He knew what it meant for him to leave the basket, but he firmly didn't want the Warriors to make a sneak attack.

Cousins ​​​​predicted that Thompson would not fall to the ground and chase him. Therefore, he ran to the top of the arc ahead of time, which brought enough defensive interference to the opponent who made a sudden shot.

For three consecutive rounds, three consecutive three-pointers.

Thompson missed a three-pointer at the top of the arc, and Cousins, who had just run to the top of the arc, turned around and grabbed the long rebound that popped out, and then passed it to Hayward.

Hayward dribbled to the frontcourt and scored a jumper from the free throw line.

6 is better than 3
Mark Jackson was very dissatisfied with the performance of this group of veterans: "I saw the arrogance of the Warriors from these few attacks. They thought they were invincible, and they didn't pay attention to the fighting spirit of the defending champion. They scored three consecutive three-pointers for three consecutive rounds without any tactics. Are they playing in the finals?"

Curry continued to run without the ball, and Wei Xia chased from behind. Finally, Green's off-ball screen attracted Wei Xia like a magnet.

Curry seemed to have a chance to get rid of the defense and show off his world-shocking three-pointer, but at the moment Wesha lost his position, Faried turned his target to catch up, and Cousins ​​also turned sideways to cover. It was obvious that he didn't have the ball in his hand, but the 76ers confronted with an inhumane body, and Bouchert, who advocated hand-to-hand combat, blew his whistle.

"They put Stephen Curry on the floor!"

It was Faried who was called for a foul. He didn't treat Curry as a human being at all, and raised his hand indifferently after a rough foul.

"Damn it, he elbowed me, referee!" Curry had just been bullied, and Green complained loudly that when Wei Xia bumped into his arms, he paid high-profile tribute to Kobe and led Green to elbow into science.

(End of this chapter)