After losing the first game of the Western Conference Finals with the Spurs, the Warriors head coach Steve Cole took the initiative to take the blame, allowing the team's other role players who did not perform well were protected to the maximum extent.

Although it is definitely not a good time to lose in the first game of the Western Conference Finals, it is better than being scolded when losing.

On May 21, 2013, after a day off, the Warriors and the Spurs continued to play at the Spurs' home court.

In the last game, Cole wanted to use three-pointers to speed up the pace and failed because Clay and Bill felt cold.

And tonight, Cole did not intend to change his playing style.

Because this is the Warriors' almost the only chance to pass the Spurs.

The Spurs are both strong inside and outside, and are experienced inside and outside, especially their outside line has very large restrictions on the Warriors.

And the current Warriors are the outside splash trio of Chen Xiao, Clay and Bill.

If Chen Xiao is the only one who can open the trio, even if Chen Xiao scored 49 points efficiently in the last game, he still has no way to win.

Therefore, if the Warriors want to win, at least they need two of the three to perform well, and the other one can at least not drag their backs to defeat the Spurs.

And this requires the Warriors to master their own game rhythm and bring up the rhythm.

With the rhythm raised, the Spurs could not land on the position to defend, and Chen Xiao, Bill and Clay could make three-pointers in the fast break.

Although it is not easy to shoot in the fast break, it is at least easier to defend against Leonard, Maizi and Luo Ge in positional defense.

So, before the game started, Kerr shouted to all the Warriors players: "Rhythm! Rhythm! Rhythm!"

In order to play the rhythm the Warriors wanted, the Warriors no longer stick to the three outside players of the Warriors throwing three points in this game.

As the team's two inside lines, Lopez and Thomas are also asked to shoot more outside shots, preferably when they catch the ball from the outside and shoot decisively.

In fact, Lopez and Thick Brows rarely make three-pointers.

Of course, both of them have good shooting skills.

In the last game, the two faced Duncan and Al Jefferson, a pair of extremely experienced and tough inside teams, and they played a bit restrained.

It doesn't matter whether they can hit too many shots. What's important is that they need to create some inside threats so that Maizi, Luo Ge and Leonard can't keep staring outside.

This is not to reduce pressure for Chen Xiao. No matter how Chen Xiao does it, the pressure will not be reduced. It is mainly to reduce pressure for Bill and Clay.

You want to say whether Cole's playing style is successful.

Tonight, Cole's playing style was indeed successful.

Although the Warriors lost 127 to 136 away in this game.

But Bill and Clay did play.

In this game, Bill made 9 of 16, 0 of 5 three-pointers, and 3 of 3 free throws, scoring 21 points in the whole game. This performance is not a little better than the previous game. Although the three-pointer was still blocked by Luo Ge, Luo Ge’s three-pointer was too dead, giving him the opportunity to have two points from a long distance after a breakthrough step. Bill’s shooting rate was very good tonight, and the rhythm slowly increased.

Clay made 8 of 14 shots, 3 of 6 three-pointers, no free throws, and scored 19 points in the game. Clay was also very efficient in this game.

As for Chen Xiao, Chen Xiao faced Leonard with all the defense, making 18 of 34 shots, 7 of 15 three-pointers, and 3 of 3 free throws, scoring the highest 46 points and 12 rebounds.

In this game, Chen Xiao was still quite explosive. Although Leonard's defense was single defense, those who watched the game knew that Leonard's single defense was already extremely extreme, but he still couldn't stop Chen Xiao's attack.

Of course, one thing Leonard did very well is that his defense is really clean!

So much so that Chen Xiao has few free throw opportunities in these two games.

It is indeed incredible to be able to give such excellent defensive effects while defending so cleanly.

However, although Kerr's strategy was successful in this game, the three brothers of Shuihua scored 89 points in one game, but Xiao He succeeded and lost.

Than Brows and Lopez shot a lot in this game, but their shooting percentage was not high enough.

Thick Brows made 5 of 15 shots in the game, while Lopez made 6 of 15 shots in the game. At the same time, the two had to play fast with the pace, and there were many mistakes, one made 6 mistakes and the other made 5 mistakes. The Warriors made 21 mistakes in the game, while the Spurs had only 14.

By the way, substitute power forward Ibaka performed very well in this game. He actually made 4 of 5 shots and scored 8 points, 6 rebounds and 3 blocks. You know, he only took 20 minutes.

Extremely efficient.

Dragic and Barnes are relatively uncomfortable with the Spurs' rotation lineup. It can be said that they have already scored two games.

In this game, the Warriors lost in the rotation.

The Spurs' rotation, to be honest, is undoubtedly the first in the league.

Parker, Ginobili's rotation lineup is really strong!

So, the Warriors saw this game.

When the Spurs perform normally or well, if the Warriors want to win, Chen Xiao, Bill and Clay are not good enough to perform well, and Than Brows and Lopez also need to perform extremely well.

In this game, the Greater Lopez and Thick Eyebrow should have a better feel than Ibaka, so the Warriors might win.

Well, this is really not easy.

By the way, in this game, Roger made 13 of 26, 6 of 6 free throws, and scored 32 points, Duncan made 6 of 15, 7 of 8 free throws, and scored 19 points, Maizi made 7 of 11, 1 of 1 of 3-pointers, 3 of 5 free throws, and scored 18 points, and Leonard made 6 of 10, 2 of 2 of 2 of 2 of 2 of 2 of 2 of 2 of 16 points.

Ginobili, who came on the bench, made 8 of 14 shots, 6 of 9 three-pointers, played for 27 minutes, and scored 22 points!

From the data, it can be seen that the Spurs' performance is very average and is also extremely reliable.

In fact, this season, the Spurs are definitely the most stable team in the entire league.

Whether it is Maizi, Leonard, Duncan, Roggo, Ginobili, Parker, or even Al Jefferson, they rarely have abnormalities.

Of course, Ginobili must have exploded in this game, and his three-pointers were not so accurate.

So, after this game, many people say that the Spurs are a team that only has the championship.

In fact, this is indeed the case.

Chen Xiao has been in the NBA for so many years, and he can see that the Spurs this season are very strong!

Roggo and Leonard have stable mid-range singles, while Duncan and Al Jefferson have super strong singles and shots at the basket.

The arrival of Maizi provides the Spurs with an invincible singles that are not defended.

Perhaps the worst thing the Spurs have is their three-pointers.

However, Garlin, Ginobili, and even Zhu Fangyu on the bench can provide excellent three-point shooting ability.

Although Leonard and Luo Ge don’t have that many shots, their shooting percentages are about 40%.

Not to mention Maizi ignored the defense's three-pointer.

You can say that the Spurs are not as good as the Warriors' three-pointer ability, but you can't say that the Spurs do not have excellent three-point ability, and you can't say that three-pointer is the Spurs' shortcomings.

Facing such a team that has no shortcomings, cooperates with you and plays a position with you, can defend you by no more than a hundred, fights quickly with you, and scores 130 points with you.

To be honest, for the current Warriors, it is actually quite desperate.

Just like the Spurs encountered by the Big Three Heat in history.

And the current Spurs are much stronger than the Spurs that the gentleman swept the Heat in history, and much stronger.

After the dynasty of defending champion Bobcats ended because of Chen Xiao's departure, the current NBA has truly entered a great battle.

The Spurs in the West, as well as the Heat and Bucks, who are now playing in the division finals in the East, are now the biggest contenders for the championship.

Of course, compared to the Spurs who seem to be able to reach the Finals easily, the series between the Heat and the Bucks does not seem that easy.

After the two teams played the first three games, the two teams played from 1-1 to 2-1, and the Bucks were temporarily leading.

The away game lost two games in a row, which was indeed a big blow to the Warriors.

This blow is not only due to the score, but also because the Spurs have shown strength in these two games so much that people don’t know how to play.

It is hard to say that you can maintain a calm mind if you can stand in front of you, a team that can only be defeated by everyone.

Especially when most of the teams are young.

On May 22, the Warriors returned to the first training session of Golden State. Faced with the low morale at this time, they were shrouded in the dark clouds and could not even win a game. After the training, Chen Xiao smiled and anxiously said.

"In my career, I have experienced success and failure. I know that there are no immortals in this world. Heroes are not eternal victory, but never giving up any hope. I have never been unbeaten. The Spurs will not be. As long as we are ourselves, we can find that fleeting opportunity."

"Guys, in my career, no matter whether my team is strong or weak, I have never been swept in the playoffs, and that's the secret to how I can do it, do my best and never give up, and the result may not be the best, but it will definitely not be the best."

After Chen Xiao's speech, the Warriors players slightly walked out of that extremely decadent mood.

Indeed, in the last game, the Spurs could defeat the Warriors even if they played quickly, which really made them scary.

Cole said that as long as the rhythm is in their hands, they can win.

But you see, the rhythm is in our hands, and we lose, and it is the kind of loss that is not as powerful as fighting back.

It is hard not to make these young people doubt their lives.

To be honest, in the face of these young warriors who doubt their lives, Cole himself doesn't know how to adjust their mentality.

So, seeing Chen Xiao use his career experience to comfort these young people and comfort them, Cole breathed a sigh of relief.

"If there is any NBA player in this world who has the most convincing career, there is no doubt that it is him!"

“Our god!”

A yellow man who is most looked down upon in the basketball world has become the god of the basketball world!

If you don’t accept such a person, you can’t accept it!

On May 25, the Warriors and Spurs' g3 continued to play in Golden State. When they were behind 0-2, if the Warriors did not want to sweep this series and did not want to fight for honor after this series, then they could not lose this game.
To be continued...