You should cross the mountains like a brave man

Chapter 926
The intensity of the defense that Curry encountered was unimaginable to the rest of the Warriors.

He was forced to defend by Wei Xia in the three-time DPOY. No defender has ever been treated like this-but the 76ers gave Curry a more advanced treatment. Wei Xia alone is not enough.

Wei Xia picked Curry's defense with a big hook. On the next ball, Curry wanted to fight back but was interfered by Wei Xia's defense and Holiday's flank.

His infinite defensive appeal provided John Wall with a chance to break through.

The ball was released, and Wall scored a layup with lightning.

56 is better than 55
Pay too much attention to Curry, and the rest of the Warriors will punish them with action.

In the next round, Hayward missed a three-pointer from the bottom corner.

Neither Wei Xia nor Cousins ​​rushed down the offensive rebound, and Faried retreated urgently behind him. His athletic ability is outstanding, and he has the mobility of one defense and two defenses in dangerous moments.

The Warriors counterattacked halfway and stopped.

Curry made Wei Xia stick to it, and he didn't even have a chance to get the ball. The Warriors made a classic Spurs weak-side pass and cut cooperation.

Give Thompson a chance to play Cousins ​​in a dislocation.

If the 76ers' plan is to seal Curry and choke off the Warriors' offensive system, then the Warriors' strategy is to make a breakthrough from Cousins.

But let Thompson play Cousins ​​with the ball?
The doubt lasted for a few seconds. When Thompson made a false breakthrough and then made an emergency stop to collect the ball like Curry and shot a three-pointer, the Oracle Arena was already boiling. It was the confidence of the shooter and the ultimate contempt for the opponent.

Thompson is a shooter like Reggie Miller. The arrow is about to be fired, and it is absolutely impossible to do extra things. If they do extra things, they will either be in a good state and go crazy, or they have to do it in an emergency, or they look down on you.

The Warriors are trying to make Cousins ​​feel looked down upon, in order to irritate him.

58 is better than 56
"Pretty good defense, that guy is lucky!" Hayward came up and patted Cousins ​​on the chest, "Keep it up, steel egg!"

No matter how many negative buffs there are, as long as the teammates are good, they can always be removed.

What's more, Cousins ​​has rarely lost control of his emotions since the start of the finals. He is no longer the bear boy who was instant at one point.

The 76ers hit the ball inside again.

Cousins ​​made a beautiful inside step, but unfortunately he turned and hooked a little bit of the wrong direction, and the ball turned out of the ring and fell to the ground.

Wei Xia jumped up and forced the ball that was about to fall into Green's hands to hit Gasol.

Gasol didn't react in time, the ball hit him and flew out of bounds. Cousins ​​couldn't catch up with the ball, but he was at the forefront, spreading his hands like wings and not giving a chance to save the ball.

"Beep!"

The referee blew the ball out of bounds, and the 76ers got another 24-second chance to attack.

"Okay Boge!" Vescia shouted.

Cousins ​​nodded humbly, picked up the ball and gave it to the referee.

He stood on the sidelines and gestured with his hands to tell his teammates what tactics to play, but the Warriors had played so many games with them, and they already knew most of the out-of-bounds tactics.

Wei Xia's attack was met by Green. In a small area, Green used his defensive ability to the best.

The moment Wei Xia took the ball, he felt terrible. With his extraordinary ability to adjust in the air, he found the possibility in the impossible, and the ball flew out of his palm with a violent spin.

His purpose is not to hit in the air, but to use the rotation of the ball to bounce back and forth on the basket and finally roll into the basket.

"Bang bang bang—swish!"

The control of the trajectory could not be more precise than this, and the basketball hit exactly as he planned.

After the ball passed, he shook his head at Green and said, "Can you even make a defense?"

Defense is the foundation of Green's standing in the team, and it is also the foundation of the reason why the Warriors' five juniors can abuse the league. Without a comprehensive and powerful defensive pocket insider, the five minors have no way to play.

Wei Xia's remarks are denying Green's fundamentals, and he will naturally be furious.

"You just stepped on shit and scored a goal!"

Wei Xia marveled at Green's self-defeating ability: "Then you have too much shit on your face, remember to wash your face more."

Wei Xia's yin and yang words are definitely the key factor to heat up the game.

If it was just a confrontation, the scene would not be so hot.

When Wei Xia's words hurt Green's self-esteem, his teammates will stand up for him, and he will turn his anger into strength and pour it into the game.

Judging from the scene, doing so is not good for the 76ers, but Wei Xia just likes the duel of the needle against the wheat.

The Warriors tried their best to attack and were defended by the 76ers.

When it was the 76ers' turn to attack, Green crazily swept the high post, and Gasol was like a pillar of the sky in the penalty area, causing Holiday to break through and miss a layup.

However, the offensive rebound was still lost.

Wei Xia's prediction was astoundingly accurate. He flew over the basket, grabbed the rebound from Cousins, Gasol, and Green with one hand, and passed it to Cousins ​​with one hand in the air before landing.

"He fooled the audience!"

It was a hand of God that Pete Maravich never did either.

Cousins ​​even lived up to Wei Xia's god-guided pass, taking off and dunking 2+1, making Oracle Arena wailing.

"AHHH!!!!!!!"

Cousins ​​beat his chest and roared violently, Wei Xia had seen this scene before.

That is the posture that is often seen in Kevin Garnett, like a crazy preacher, beating his chest to stir up blood, and roaring to trigger emotions, which makes everyone crazy like him.

It would be better if Cousins ​​didn't let his emotions affect his free throw.

It's a pity that things weren't so perfect. Cousins ​​missed a free throw, but the Warriors' defensive rebounds made the home fans frightened.

Wesha and Faried frantically snatch the ball out of bounds.

Wesha + Faried, Cousins ​​was making a free throw, and the two players, who were less than two meters tall, grabbed the rebound out of bounds behind Gasol and Green.

"The problem with the Warriors isn't their strength or their tactics, it's their heart."

"Do they really believe they can climb this rugged mountain?"

Rebounding is like defense. Talent is very important, and so is willingness. When the talents of both sides are similar, then willingness is what determines the ownership of rebounds.

The Warriors have Gasol and Green but let Weixia and Faried rush so embarrassingly, obviously they are not psychologically prepared enough.

They are in a time of peril and need leaders to step up.

The unanimous MVP waved his hand and let his teammates pass the ball.

Curry dribbled the ball, and Wei Xia knew from the height of his dribble that he would use a three-pointer to regain the momentum of the court.

Just about to press forward, Gasol's pick-and-roll stopped him.

Wei Xia had just squeezed through the Spaniard's meat wall, but he didn't expect another human wall in front of him.

It turned out to be a double pick and roll!

No matter how strong Wei Xia's ability to get rid of is, it is impossible to catch up with Curry in the face of two heavy walls.

The 76ers chose Cousins ​​on Green and Faried on Curry.

Curry swayed left and right, and dribbled the orc horizontally behind his back to the left. At the moment of shooting, the orc's bounce was better, and he touched Curry's hand—"beep!"—However, the ruthless three-point arrow smashed into the basket like a hailstone, as if it hit everyone on the 76ers team.

"And one!"

"Steph Curry stood up again! This is the strength of the unanimous MVP. He has proved that he is worthy of the honor he has, but he still wants more!"

The worse thing than Curry scoring 3+1 is: Faried's fourth personal foul!
The half-orc raised his hand unwillingly. Before halfway through the third quarter, he got four fouls, which was not good for the 76ers.

His athletic ability is the key for the 76ers to maintain the intensity they have. If he is not on the court, how can the current style of play continue?

Sure enough, Jay Wright requested a timeout.

This is a major problem.

"Our style of play remains the same!" Wright said boldly.

What he did was shocking, but not surprising.

Then, his gaze turned to Ryan Hollins: "Not only do I want you to do your best, I also want you to overdraw all your energy and wisdom to limit the Warriors' perimeter, especially Stephen Curry!"

Hollins got up without saying a word. He is not a person who likes to express his opinion. Actions are his language.

Wright decided to replace Holiday, Wechat played at the No. [-] position, Andre Robertson played, and Hayward formed the wing. In addition, Hollins played at the No. [-] position.

The 76ers replaced a lineup with no second position, no pure point guard, space with height but no speed, and inside defense is very problematic.

Robertson can provide better flank defense, and Hollins can bring space points on the outside, but the offense can only rely on the flashes of Weisha, Cousins, and Hayward.

Seeing the 76ers' lineup, Van Gundy immediately expressed his thoughts: "Isn't it better to let Gordon Hayward or Wish play the fourth position, and keep Jrue Holiday to increase the ball-handling point and the vitality of the wing?"

"Perhaps, this is an expedient measure for the 76ers. They plan to use this lineup to last until the fourth quarter, and then fight the Warriors!"

Curry's extra penalty made a steady shot.

62 is better than 60
Before halfway through the third quarter, he had already scored 24 points, 7 of 6 three-pointers, a crazy performance.

Wei Xia held the ball from the backcourt and crossed the half court. His right hand fingers were separated and raised high.

Hollins saw his gesture and was ready on the outside.

Wait for him to pass halftime, pick and roll on the spot.

Wei Xia accelerated the start, and the moment he passed Curry, Green's defense was already close.

Wei Xia knew how vicious violations he would encounter if he continued to break through, but there was no other way out in front of him, and the Warriors made a perfect team defense.

When Wei Xia grabbed the ball strongly, Green slammed him to the ground roughly under the cover of Gasol's body-the whistle sounded one second earlier, but it was not for Wei Xia.

From the outside line, everyone saw Curry lying on the ground, and Hollins sandwiched him like a sandwich biscuit.

Wei Xia, who was sitting on the ground, happened to see Curry howling in pain.

"#@#..."

Anger, dissatisfaction, and hisses like howling hyenas suddenly came from all sides.

The referee called Hollins a foul, but no one noticed that Wei Xia was severely violated by Green.

"This is the purpose of Coach Wright replacing Ryan Hollins!" Mark Jackson said dissatisfiedly, "I understand, but we must not support this approach!"

Green scolded angrily: "You are really a bunch of despicable cousins!"

"Is this your answer to my teammates covering your foul?" Wei Xia sarcastically said, "What a gentleman, I don't know how to let you know how nauseous I am."

From here, the Sixers and Warriors began to take the game to extremes.

This is the intensity played by the 76ers and Cavaliers in Game [-] of the Eastern Conference Finals.

Now it also appears in the finals, with different opponents, different venues, different grievances, and the same referee.

Neither side can score more than 2 minutes.

Wei Xia made Green's fourth foul at the cost of falling to the ground, and made one of two free throws at the free throw line.

61 is better than 62
The Warriors replaced Iguodala and Green, and put on a 41 lineup with faster speed but no fourth position.

Even if it was only 1 point, from the free throw line, Wei Xia broke through the steel-like defense line, and was the only player who scored points in this bone crusher-like 2-minute bloody battle.

Curry and Wei Xia are on the bar, he knows who is No.1 in the league, he knows who his goal is, and he knows that only by defeating Wei Xia can he officially take that position.

The pick-and-roll appeared, and Wei Xia disappeared in front of him.

When Hollins came to defend, he never put this big man in his eyes. The Warriors never made any special arrangements according to his characteristics.

Wei Xia and Iguodala had a fierce physical contact. When Curry's signature dribble with his left hand and his right hand pulled the back to create a three-point opportunity, Wei Xia, who rushed back to the penalty area at full speed to protect the defensive rebound, was hit hard by Gasol in the chest. He was like being knocked out of the road by a truck-the whistle sounded!
Who is the whistle for?

Wei Xia thought it was him!

When Curry hit a three-pointer, his foot fell on Hollins' body, and a setback caused his ankle to sprain 90 degrees, and he fell down on the spot.

"Shh!"

The sound of the goal followed by the referee's whistle.

Same down, same foul, same nasty, the biggest advantage you can get at home - the whistle goes off for Stephen Curry, of course!

Of course, this additional price is something the Warriors are unwilling to bear.

(End of this chapter)