Chapter 803 Give the Ball to Curry

In the second quarter, the two sides scored 30:37, and the Warriors slowly chased the point difference to only 7 points.

The Thunder's playing is not bad, but Li Liang's assists, steals, and interference at the basket are still quite good.

The scoring did not stagnate, and the Warriors did not hit a wave of scoring climax.

But the Warriors are bit by bit eating away at the advantage the Thunder accumulated in the first quarter.

Moreover, the Warriors also did not play the main force, and Curry, Thompson and others were all sitting off the court.

Only the Warriors have such a thickness in the entire league, and they can't lose against a substitute like the Thunder.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the Warriors are still accumulating strength.

So far, Curry has only taken two shots in total.

This is definitely not Curry's normal state, but Cole did it on purpose.

Keep Curry's energy until it is needed more.

After Donovan called a timeout, he replaced Durant and Westbrook in advance, and the Big Three made their debut in advance.

But on the first ball back from the timeout, Durant made a mistake.

After cooperating with Li Liang's pick-and-roll, the ground pass was too casual and was intercepted by the Warriors.

The Warriors defend pick-and-rolls differently than other teams.

Other teams generally follow people, but the Warriors pay great attention to blocking the line of the ball while following people.

There are three people defending Durant and Li Liang in the pick-and-roll.

At this time, the Warriors' deep forward advantage was revealed.

Batum, Iguodala, and Barnes are all players with strong defensive expansion capabilities.

Being able to push and rob at the same time made Thunder's cooperation very uncomfortable.

The Warriors failed to counterattack, and Livingston sank to the low post to hit Westbrook with his back.

Li Liang missed another backcourt rebound when he turned over and missed a jumper.

Li Liang couldn't make three-pointers tonight, but he caught a lot of rebounds.

Li Liang saw that Robertson was going down quickly, so he chose a super long pass.

As a result, the pass was too big all of a sudden, and Robertson received it, but he almost flew out of the baseline, so he couldn't directly attack.

He can only pass the ball back to Kante.

Kanter turned around and passed the ball, but the ball flew out of the sideline.

mistake.

The Thunder's offensive rhythm is a bit of a problem.

The Warriors blocked the Thunder's passing line, making it difficult for the Thunder to run and screen.

Once the rhythm is not right, the offense will feel bad.

With Kanter passing out of bounds, Donovan replaced him with Adams.

Speights missed a mid-range jumper from outside, and Li Liang grabbed another backcourt rebound.

From the beginning of the game, the two sides faced each other, and gradually entered a slightly boring stalemate.

The main players of the Warriors still haven't all appeared on the stage. For the Warriors' second team, all they have to do is to delay the time.

Let Curry, Thompson and others have more rest time, and don't let the point difference be further widened in a short period of time.

Cole's heart is also very big, but if Li Liang's condition is better tonight, the point difference may be up to 15 points.

Cole could see that Li Liang didn't feel good today, so the second team boldly double-teamed and shrunk, making Thunder's mistakes.

Sure enough, Li Liang caught the ball and made a layup after the pick-and-roll cooperation between the high post and Westbrook.

As a result, Speights blocked Li Liang, and the two collided, Speights fell to the ground, and the referee called Li Liang an offensive foul.

It's really hard to drink cold water.

According to the replay of the live video, it can be seen that Speights' foot has moved, which is obviously a misjudgment.

At this time, Klay Thompson replaced Barbosa and returned to the court.

Curry continued to sit and rest off the court.

As soon as Thompson came up, he first caught and shot the ball and cooperated with it.

Li Liang picked up the rebound again.

And the Thunder finally scored.

Westbrook made a very simple single-block screen, and then drove the ball near the free throw line. Zombie hit a jumper and scored two points.

Breaking the scoring drought on the court.

Then, Iguodala threw another three-pointer from the outside, but still missed.

Li Liang had another chance to grab rebounds - how many rebounds have been grabbed.

But this time, Westbrook doesn't want to give up, this rebound is mine!

He jumped high and pocketed the rebound, and Li Liang even dodged for a while.

Then, Westbrook launched a counterattack and rushed in with his eyes closed.

When this kind of tactics on both sides cannot be opened, Westbrook's reckless energy is needed to open the situation.

He forced the basket and missed the layup.

But Adams, who followed, grabbed the rebound and made a tip-up, but still missed.

Li Liang rushed up and tapped the ball. He didn't tap the ball to the basket, but tapped it down to Westbrook under the basket.

Westbrook held the ball steadily, made a light layup with one hand, and hit the board.

The Thunder consolidated their advantage again.

But the goal was quite difficult.

At 30:41, the point difference came to 11 points, and the Warriors seemed to be in a critical situation.

Cole finally called a timeout at this time, a short timeout, the main purpose of which was to make substitutions.

Curry is coming back.

...

Curry has sat on the sidelines long enough.

Kerr hopes that he has sufficient rest time to ensure his efficient and stable touch.

The shooting touch of an outside player needs to be guaranteed by physical fitness, and it also needs to be maintained by shooting.

If the playing time is too long, the confrontation increases, the physical fitness declines, and the touch will plummet.

Too little playing time, too much time on the bench, the muscles get cold and the feel is lost.

Therefore, in order to allow Curry to achieve his best performance while protecting his somewhat fragile body, Cole has always had better control over his playing time.

Trailing by 11 points, it doesn't seem like a big deal to Kerr.

If Bruce Lee still maintains this tepid state on the court, the Warriors don't have to be afraid of the Thunder in this game.

Cole originally prepared two or three sets of strategies to deal with Li Liang, but it turned out that he didn't seem to use them.

During the short timeout, Cole only instilled one idea into the players: "Give the ball to Curry's hands and create mobile opportunities for him!"

For an NBA coach, if you can't make good use of your superstars and arrange the "give him the ball" tactic, you must not be a good NBA coach.

At least in this day and age, you are not.

Curry came on after the timeout, in his best form.

The Thunder's defense did not underestimate Curry, and Robertson reappeared. At this time, the Thunder is the strongest lineup.

The Warriors sent the ball to the sideline, and the ball was given to Bogut in the high post.

The Warriors started running tactics.

Livingston walked in after sending the sideline ball, while Thompson, who had originally run to the basket, ran out.

The Thunder's three-second zone was drawn into a small space, Curry ran in, and Westbrook followed in.

But Li Liang immediately reminded Westbrook, "Three-point line! Three-point line!"

Li Liang had foreseen that the ball was not going in, but pulled out.

Sure enough, Curry ran out one by one, and Livingston happened to come over and cover him, pushing Westbrook away.

Curry got an open chance at 45 degrees on the right side, Bogut passed the ball, Curry caught the ball and made a three-pointer and hit!

Westbrook has been chasing desperately, but it is still useless.

Curry's shot speed is very fast, with a high arc, and he hits a three-pointer steadily.

Then, Durant broke through from the outside to kill the basket and missed a layup.

The Warriors fought back.

Curry quickly crossed the half court with the ball, and the ball was given to Speights on the right.

Speights faced Li Liang and used his fat body to hold Li Liang back.

Then pass the ball hand-to-hand to Curry who ran to the right corner.

Speights topped two by himself, and stopped Westbrook by the way.

Li Liang generally yelled "Foul!" to signal the referee Speights to move to cover.

One of you is worth two, if you don’t move, can you stop it?

But the referee didn't blow it, and Curry seized a small gap again, and made a direct three-pointer from the bottom corner on the right!

Switching to other players, this is not an opportunity, because the space in the bottom corner is too small, and Li Liang and Westbrook both rushed forward.

As a result, Curry leaned over and threw the ball, and with a "swish", he hit it again!

He scored two three-pointers in a row.

36:41, only 5 points away.

Li Liang stood up at this time, received Westbrook's breakthrough ball, faked Iguodala, hit the basket with an emergency stop jumper and hit the board.

But the Warriors quickly served the ball from the backcourt and sent a super long pass to the frontcourt. After receiving the ball, Curry attracted all the defensive attention from outside the three-point line, and a cross pass to Thompson hit the ground.

Thompson made an easy layup, 38:43, still a 5-point difference.

The Warriors' offense began to be brought up by Curry and began to accelerate.

And the Thunder seemed to be stuck in the rhythm just now and didn't come out.

Li Haoyi easily recovered some feeling, but the ball couldn't reach him.

Westbrook rushed to the basket again without thinking, and lost the ball in a crowd.

The Warriors counterattacked, Curry dribbled left and right, and finally everyone pulled away, pulling Adams in front of him for a single.

Curry beat Adams a little bit. Although there is a lot of height difference, Adams' footsteps are a weakness.

Curry dribbled and adjusted, and suddenly made a strong three-pointer. Adams didn't even react, but just stretched out his hand.

As a result, the ball shell generally passed through the center of the Nets, and hit again!

The Warriors hit three three-pointers in a row and hit a 11:2 spurt.