Donchi Singularity Kuri, Dot Poole, Warriors Kuri, Tibetan Poole. Staring, joint defense, hide-and-seek. Green's defense picked up and his defensive dominance returned, while Kléber was 0 of 5 and Bullock was 0 of 10. The Lone Ranger relied on the three major ball-holding cores to make unlimited singles, dragging the suspense of the game to the moment when Poole hit the left bottom corner, but except for the connection section at the beginning of the second quarter, the Lone Ranger did not really see the chance to win in any time. As long as the Lone Ranger can't hit three consecutive points, the rhythm is to enter one by himself and return to one on the opposite side. The Warriors have mastered a more reliable means of scoring, the Lone Ranger has a few rounds that can't continue, and in the blink of an eye, the 10-point gap, and 10 points become an insurmountable gap. Just like in the fourth quarter of G2, Doncic was frantically outputting, and the Warriors did not stop for a moment.
The first three games of the Western Conference finals have to start with the pairing of Wiggins and Doncic. No one can completely snuff out Doncic, but Wiggins can take back some points from Doncic' hands, talent is a thing, not convinced.
At the other end of the pitch, the focus is also in this group. Kerr should have stressed to Wiggins before the G1 game that Doncic must pay some price, the mouth brother understands the spirit, the middle shot is hard, and the key to scoring points is crucial. But the Warriors are not satisfied with this way, they want aggression, want physical contact to Doncic consumption, so G2 Wiggins is bloodthirsty 50%, catch the ball and rush, rush in to want to buckle, can't stand the dream Looney double inside the blocked inside, the idea is in place, the objective environment does not allow. In the second half of G2, the Warriors' strategy shifted, making a fuss about Looney's cover and finishing, only to turn the game over. The opening strategy of G3 is actually a continuation of G2.
Will the Warriors be willing?
No. Cole wants a Wiggins who plays on the rim, so why doesn't Wiggins want everyone here to re-recognize himself? For the Grizzlies series, Wiggins turned the river under the basket, and the wolfberry brother who was not interested in rebounding, averaged 3.3 front boards per game in the series - Jokic played the Warriors and averaged 3.4 per game - this is very critical, the Warriors won the G6 of the Grizzlies, relying on the ancient level of rebounding numbers, and before the start of the playoffs, who could have thought that the Warriors had such a violent side?
One of the golden state warriors' past characteristics — lack of offensive violence — was one of the reasons why opponents dared to use defensive changes against the Splash Brothers and dared to expand their forces to the three-point line. To change this situation, you can't expect to chase dreams. Grandpa Lu's front board evolved to a new level, which is gratifying and congratulatory, but with the use of chasing dreams, there are other offensive problems. When there is no second inner line outside the dream, who will provide violence?
Back two years ago, you wouldn't have thought that the answer would be Wiggins, and even if he had such conditions, the Warriors had such expectations of him, but the habits of players would not change easily. Wiggins's shortcomings in operation and control technology and the lack of fierceness in his personality have led him to another path in the evolution of the Warriors. In the two and a half seasons of the Warriors, Wiggins's three-point shooting rate is 33.9%, 38% and 39.3%, respectively, and this year's playoffs have been 39.7%, and the fixed-point grasp is far more reliable than expected, coupled with the huge value of the strong point of the collar defense, which is the league's top 3D forward.
But the Warriors won't settle for that — Wiggins has such a continuous jumping ability, why don't you want to take advantage of it?
The Warriors didn't forget Wiggins' talent, they wanted to activate the point too much, and Wiggins rewarded them.
G3 is Wiggins' best playoff game, not about how many points or rebounds, but because he blends talent with the Warriors system. The Warriors want Curry's huge containment to translate into scoring in various ways, with the first choice being to score points from the basket. Thereupon:
We see the empty-cut consciousness of Wiggins' progress;
Saw Wiggins' alert sense of smell;
Also saw Wiggins' determination to shock;
27 points, 6 front boards, no mistakes. Talent doesn't lie, it depends on how you use it.
The Warriors need a "heavy hammer" that can punish the opponent's defense for expanding, this role is sometimes Looney, sometimes Wiggins, but whoever plays this "heavy hammer", the person who picks the hammer, it has to be Curry.
In The three-round series of Brother Tea, each round showed a decreasing state trend, and the opponent gradually became familiar with his ball path, and the defense gradually improved. The same is true of the Western Conference Finals G3, the Lone Ranger tried to change defenses more, and Doncic even prevented Pooler from breaking through for two consecutive rounds, which is accidental, but it is true that Poole did not play well in the whole game.
Another reason for Poole's upset is that the Warriors' transitions are messy. Potter's injury had an impact on the game plan, Anderson came up and only passed without shooting, Poole looked for Tang Shen to block and replace the electric fan for himself, and Moody failed to respond several times in the first half, which was somewhat regrettable.
Moody played ok in the whole game, did not score goals and did not add to the chaos, was caught by Dinwiddie, Bronson is not a good defense, in addition to a change of defense error, basically strictly adhere to the principle of not losing position, less aggressive, so Kerr let him chase Doncic in 1 staring 4 leagues, but also look at people to be old and spicy.
However, the connection section still lost points, and the two crises in the first and second half were after Curry came down, and the two breaks were also relied on Curry. How did the Warriors get back in the chaos in the first half?
Curry sent a shot:
Holding the ball to find Doncic, throwing three-pointers without the ball, doing the second launch, running back to grasp the bottom corner of the three points, blocking and dismantling to attract the pinch, feeding the soup god, feeding the mouth brother, feeding Looney, understatement. At halftime, the Warriors actually led by one point.
Potter is injured, Pultang is depressed, chasing dreams, Juan is forced to play, and DEBUFF is stacked. As a result, as soon as Curry came out, read a soul trick, the negative state of the team was all clear, and just now there were some confused Warriors fans realized, OK, this is the Western Conference Finals, we have Curry on our side, everything may not be too bad.
Trail Blazers fans say that this year's Western Conference Finals are like the one in 19 years, Curry is working hard, and he will turn it over. In fact, flipping the game is not so simple, the superstar is not Dr. Manhattan, can not modify reality with a single thought. But like the series with the Blazers, Curry also has a similar means of modifying reality this round - in the 19-year Western Conference Finals, whenever the Warriors encountered a crisis, Curry called a block, guaranteed two points, and normally took three points. This round is a similar story.
In the second half, how did the score open?
Divided into two waves, one wave at the beginning of the third quarter, and one wave at the end of the first quarter, the plot is similar:
Squat pit? Three-point shot;
Defensive line up? Classic Kuchailu connection;
Change of guard? Over the top. Curry is cool-headed and knows that Bertans does not have a basket, as long as he has a little patience, he can find Grandpa Lu;
Of course, Curry is not cool-headed, and the consequences may be more serious.
The 19 West Final Curry replica is like saving a huge amount of money in the opponent's bank, which can be taken directly when you want to use it.
This is also why the Warriors in the fourth quarter of this round look so stable. The Lone Ranger scored 32 points in the whole quarter, and he couldn't catch up with those 10 points. Even if Doncic made a Pooler offensive foul, turning back to Bertans fixed point to break through Tang Shen to complete the dunk, 83-89, the atmosphere of the American Airlines center that had been silent for most of the game was ignited, and the momentum of the Lone Ranger seemed to have returned.
However, the man also came back, he got up from the bench and then called cover to play Kleber two steps outside the three-point line to force the score - blocking from a very high position can guarantee that he will pass, and as long as he gets rid of the upper defense, the Lone Ranger has no basket at all. In the next round, Wiggins contributed the Golden State Warriors' best dunk of the season, completely stabilizing the momentum of the game on the Golden State side again — how did this opportunity come about?
Curry just did the same, once again blocking the outside of the three-point line, tearing apart the Lone Ranger's line defense.
In the fourth quarter of 1 minute and 58 seconds, Curry served at the top of the arc, Tang Shen borrowed Wiggins cover to pocket out, Poole borrowed Green cover to pocket from the other side, and finally Green completed the empty cut to the basket. For Curry, it's a happy game picture, the Warriors can have the luxury of making him a dealer, and two guys who can change the defense with no-ball containment. Curry enjoys an unprecedented space environment, and has a forward line that can shoot three-pointers, dunk, and rebound, which allows him to switch between possession, no ball and control.
It can be said that Curry is lucky, and everything he has around him is praiseworthy and enviable. But Curry also deserves the luck, his patience has paid off, and he has muscled up in the waiting, so that the "no one wants to touch us" declaration can be fulfilled in the most extreme way. He is the beginning of the story, at least so far, and it is still the premise of the continuation of the story, no matter how much we praise the colorfulness around him, this should not be forgotten.