basketball kingdom

Chapter 542
In order to cover the voices of the fans, Steve Kerr had to work hard to raise the volume, which caused his voice to be a little hoarse: "Guys, we haven't established a [-]-point advantage yet, don't play like it's garbage time. If we keep playing like this, the game will end in a loss."

Gary Vitti helped Xu Tian check his finger, and found it very incredible to see that it was basically recovered.Xu Tian's metabolism is really fast enough, and he has already got rid of the injury in such a short time.

Scott simply arranged the tactics and asked Xu Tian to be responsible for opening the defense when he was flanked.If the Warriors choose single defense, they will let the players play the ball for Xu Tian and let him play singles.

Steve Kerr emphasized his attitude, and it was too late to adjust his tactics, allowing the players to continue the defense of the previous games, and use double-teaming strategies to limit Xu Tian.This tactic has been successful in the first few games, and he doesn't want to change it easily.

Xu Tian was defended by Iguodala, Klay Thompson assisted in the defense, and Draymond Green would cooperate with the two in defense if necessary.It was this kind of defense that made Xu Tian, ​​who played strong in the previous round, very uncomfortable, but they ignored one point.

Xu Tian suffered injuries in the first and third games, and in the second game, the Warriors won the final victory through Klay Thompson's lore. The 3-0 score made them ignore this point, but it was almost fatal in a duel between masters.

George threw away the burden in his heart and attacked with all his strength, showing the demeanor of the core leadership during the Pacers period, and made the Warriors' defensive system that was not focused on him full of holes.

At the end of the first quarter, the Lakers led the Warriors by 32 points with a score of 21-11.

Warriors fans believe in the explosive scoring power of the Splash Brothers, and are not worried about such a score. They sit firmly on the Diaoyutai and wait to see the next development of the game.

Xu Tian scored 3 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists in the first quarter. Compared with the previous games, his performance seemed a bit mediocre.

Steve Kerr is a coach with a very flexible mind. He quickly realized that Xu Tian's performance was not because he was in a bad state, but because he was saving energy for the second half.Thinking of this, he couldn't help frowning, and quickly changed his tactics to let the players consume Xu Tian as much as possible.

The physical energy consumption on the field comes from both offensive and defensive ends, but Xu Tian basically does not attack, and his physical energy consumption is almost zero.On the defensive end, since Xu Tian stole Curry twice in a row, the Warriors have avoided him, and they have not caused him much trouble.

Luke Wharton also noticed this, saying: "Xu seems to be accumulating energy and pulling the defense, which is not a good sign."

Steve Kerr hurriedly said to the players: "Change defensive tactics, strengthen the defense against the rest of the Lakers, let Xu Tian play alone for a while. Andre Iguodala, the defensive task can only be entrusted to you gone."

Iguodala has spent most of the last three games defending Xu Tian. Except for Xu Tian being poked in the eye in the first game, every matchup feels extremely uncomfortable.He was not very confident about defending against Xu Tian alone.

The timeout is over and the game continues!
Seeing that only Iguodala came to the backcourt, Xu Tian immediately understood that the Warriors changed their defense, received the serve from Nance Jr., and dribbled the ball slowly to the frontcourt.He needs to watch the Warriors' defense to see if his thinking is correct.

The Warriors adopted a one-on-one defensive tactic to weaken the defensive strength against Xu Tian and block the Lakers' overall offense.

Xu Tian bent over to dribble at the top of the arc, and made a fake dribble with his left hand to trick Iguodala into the defensive center of gravity. He jumped to the right and raised his hand to score a three-pointer!
BANG!

35-21!

Steve Kerr saw Xu Tian scored a three-pointer, and after the cheers that almost overturned the roof of the Staples Center stopped, he asked Luke Wharton sitting next to him, "Luke, what do you think?" Is it a good tactic for Andre to defend Xu alone?"

Luke Wharton shook his head and said, "It's not a good tactic, but there is no other way but to try."

The Lakers emptied Draymond Green on the defensive end, gave him offensive space, and tried to cut off the connection between him and his teammates.

Curry encountered the strict defense of the Lakers, but his running route and awareness were outstanding, and he still found an open opportunity.

Draymond Green's passing intention was too obvious, Xu Tian predicted it, shot out horizontally, and intercepted the basketball halfway.This is the defensive style he is good at, and it is easy to succeed.

The Warriors' defensive attention was much stronger than in the first quarter, and they used their flexibility to retreat quickly and did not give the Lakers a chance to defend and counterattack.

Iguodala once again lowered his center of gravity at the top of the arc, facing Xu Tian who was holding the ball, and focused on defending.

Xu Tian changed direction slightly in front of his body twice, slightly shaking Iguodala's center of gravity, broke through to the left, and rushed straight to the three-point line.

Iguodala really didn't know whether Xu Tian wanted to take a step back or really wanted to break through. He couldn't chase and defend perfectly while hesitating, so he gave him a certain space.

Xu Tian made an emergency stop with one step inside the three-point line, took off quickly, and confidently ignored everything in the middle distance!
The basketball draws a beautiful arc and hits the net with precision!
An understatement!

37-21!

Seeing that Xu Tian singled Iguodala too easily, Steve Kerr quickly called a timeout and let the players continue to double-team Xu Tian.He finally saw what kind of singles player Xu Tian was, and he didn't dare to play offensive singles anymore.

Since the Warriors want to double-team Xu Tian, ​​the remaining three players need a faster rotation speed, so Steve Kerr replaced Bogut with Harrison Barnes, sacrificing part of the ability to protect the basket, Increased defense against Lakers open players.

Scott was very relieved of Xu Tian's maintenance of his touch, and continued the previous strategy.If the Warriors double-team the defense, let Xu Tian be responsible for pulling the defense, and if they don't double-team the defense, they will continue to let Xu Tian complete the offense in singles.

There are not many teams in the history of the league that have completed three consecutive championships. The Bulls and Lakers have three consecutive championships, and each team has an indiscriminate single player-Jordan and Kobe.

The routines of the playoffs will eventually be seen through by opponents and corresponding solutions will be found.But the superstar has no solution, which is the easiest way to solve the game.

Steve Kerr also has two aces, and decided to increase the proportion of the two on the offensive end, and the Splash Brothers played against Xu Tian.He really didn't believe that Xu Tian could handle two talented shooters by himself.

Xu Tian's focus was not in the first half. Seeing that the Warriors were still defending with double-team tactics, he decisively moved to the right side of the court to help his teammates open up the offensive space.

Nick Young's dribbling ability is more solid than George's. He singles Curry with the ball and wants to prove his offensive ability.It's just that he ignored that Curry's defense was very good, and he didn't dribble well during the rush to break through, causing the basketball to hit his foot and quickly rolled out of the baseline.

(End of this chapter)