Chapter 888 The eleventh finals!(1/2)
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The first three games of the Western Conference Finals were not on the pace of the Warriors players.
The most important starting player in this series is not played in three games. At the same time, Chen Xiao, who is the leader of the Warriors, was unable to achieve explosive offensive efficiency in the first three games.
I have to say that these three games are really far from the games the Warriors imagined.
In this case, the Warriors won a game with the explosion of the substitute lineup led by Morant at home in G2. This is really very, very difficult and satisfactory enough.
According to the Warriors' estimate before the start of the series, if the Warriors' offense in three games looks like this, the Warriors will be 0-3 behind, and the series will probably have to be explained.
0 to 3 and 1 to 2, that's really completely different.
g4, the Western Conference Finals between the Warriors and the Lakers continued to start at Staples. Before the game began, the media was optimistic about the Lakers.
In the first three games, the Warriors' offense was really as feces as the Lakers' tireless defense.
Chen Xiao's shooting percentage in three games has not exceeded 50%, which is the first time in Chen Xiao's career.
And this is already the Warriors' best starting offensive player.
The other Warriors players' offenses were worse, and the worse these guys played, the greater the defensive pressure Chen Xiao faced.
In this case, the Warriors fell into a vicious cycle.
Therefore, many experts suggest that the Warriors change their teams.
Morant and Alexander were brought to the start and replaced Klein and Herbert Jones.
Alexander and Morant can play singles, no matter whether they can play singles against Leonard, Siakam, Paul George and Rowe, the best defensive player level players. At least, they can play singles and share the offensive pressure on Chen Xiao.
At least, Chen Xiao's offense is a little easier.
This is actually a seemingly feasible suggestion.
However, it just seems feasible.
The Warriors' team tactics with Chen Xiao as the core turned into the Lakers-like singles tactics. In the end, Chen Xiao led Wiggins, Morant and Alexander to play singles with the Lakers, which was actually caught in the rhythm of the Lakers.
Moreover, with the defense of Morant and Alexander, two relative defensive loopholes on the court, Leonard and Paul George are trying to catch them and beat them up.
Moreover, even if Morant and Alexander can play singles, can they free Chen Xiao’s defensive pressure? This is too naive. If these two people really fall into singles and reduce the Warriors’ offensive rhythm, then it is obvious that the Lakers’ defense can rotate more calmly, and the Lakers’ players’ defensive consumption will be even less.
Therefore, even under such a huge pressure, Cole never wavered the Warriors' style of playing.
Although I was 1-2 behind in the first three games, I was able to win one game under an offensive state like the Warriors. There was no problem with the Warriors' style of playing.
g4, the Warriors are still sticking to this style of play, and the Lakers players are like doping, still running, and are not airtight.
Therefore, the Warriors' starting players in this game were not good enough except for Chen Xiao.
For example, Herbert Jones, who made 0 of 2 games in this game and played for 28 minutes, almost no chance of making a phone call.
For example, Marvin Bagley, who was 1 of 8 games in the whole game, also had no chance. He was not enough to be a star and had the right to force his attack. However, facing a player of the best defensive player level like Rowe, Marvin Bagley's strong attack seemed extremely bad.
but……
Relatively speaking, although Klai and Wiggins are still not good enough, they are much better than the previous three games.
For example, Kelai made 6 of 18 in this game, 6 of 16 three-pointers, and scored 18 points in the whole game.
Kelai's catch and attack in this game were all strong attacks. In this game, being able to shoot such a three-point shooting percentage really came to Buddha.
Although Kelai's shooting percentage in this game was not high, the three-pointers at the fairy ball level made the Lakers not dare to relax against him in the whole game, greatly reducing the defensive pressure on Chen Xiao and other Warriors players. Moreover, his physical strength running without the ball can indeed greatly restrain the Lakers' defensive energy and create opportunities for his teammates.
And the most surprising thing in this game is definitely Wiggins.
After being beaten by Leonard in the first three games, Wiggins really dared to fight and used his talent to attack Leonard and the Lakers' defensive players on the offensive end. Although his shooting percentage was only 7 of 18 shots, if he dared to play, he could share Chen Xiao's offensive pressure. Wiggins dared to single against the Lakers' defensive players in this game, which was much better than Alexander and Morant, because Wiggins' defense was much better than them.
In this game, the most commendable thing was Wiggins' defense. Wiggins grabbed 16 rebounds in the whole game, which was simply everywhere. This is so amazing. Because of Wiggins' hard work in this game, the Warriors actually grabbed 55 rebounds in the whole game, 10 more than the Lakers.
You know, every time the Warriors protect a backcourt rebound, they can reduce the chance of a second offense for the Lakers starting.
Therefore, the Lakers' starting offense did not explode in this game.
Under the strangle of Wiggins and PJ Tucker, the Lakers' main attacker Leonard made 10 of 25 shots in this game, and the score of 30 points in the game was not low, but the efficiency was very average.
Paul George, under Kelai's defense, made 9 of 20 and played very average.
In addition, Jokic, who was entangled by Chen Xiao, made 7 of 17 shots in this game, and his shooting percentage was not high.
In this case, the Lakers need Siakam and Rowe to grab the frontcourt rebounds, but in this game the Lakers have fewer rebounds than the Warriors.
In the end, the Lakers, who had the advantage in the starting lineup, actually lost the start in this game.
Of course, the most important reason why the Lakers lost the starter was of course that Chen Xiao's game finally broke out after the first three games.
In this game, Chen Xiao made 14 of 26, 10 of 18 three-pointers, and 4 of 4 free throws. He scored 42 points in the whole game!
In this game, Chen Xiao's performance of 42 points, 14 rebounds and 7 assists was the key to the Warriors' away game to collapse the Lakers in the end.
In the end, under the incredible gaze of all Lakers fans on the scene, the Warriors almost changed their fate and won a key game at the Lakers' home court.
The final score of this game was 116 to 107, and the Warriors didn't win that much in the end.
It can be said that this g4 is really a game that is extremely torture to both teams. Both sides tried their best to win, and both sides almost pulled the intensity to the maximum.
As for the Lakers, Leonard played 44 minutes in this game, and Paul George and Jokic also played 41 minutes.
On the Warriors, Chen Xiao and Wiggins all played for more than 40 minutes, including Chen Xiao and Wiggins.
Of course, for both sides, the intensity of the first four games is actually extremely high.
It's just obvious that the lineup is thicker and younger Warriors are more dominant in such a meat grinder-like competition.
So after losing the game in G4, even if it was only a big score of 2-2, the Lakers' head coach Ke Lao Da looked very ugly after the game.
This game is a game that has been a result of one goal for the Lakers. After fighting so much in this game, it has been a big blow to the Lakers, not only psychologically but also physically.
The Lakers did not win this game, so for the Lakers, the next game needs to be more competitive.
g5, Sure enough, the Lakers must work harder, because in this game, the Lakers' star Leonard and Paul George both played for 44 minutes, Jokic also played for 40 minutes, and Siakam and Rowe also played for 33 minutes.
At the end of the game, even if the fans are blind, they can see that the Lakers players' legs are filled with lead.
On the contrary, the Warriors players have always been very brave in this game.
Especially Wiggins, who performed extremely strongly on both offense and defensive ends in the last game.
In this game, Wiggins still dared to fight and fight on the offense, and his defense was still working hard.
In this game, the Warriors' best player was Wiggins. In this game, his duel with Leonard, who was already in a low-health, actually played a 50-5 run.
In this game, Leonard made 11 of 22 shots, 4 of 8 three-pointers, and 5 of 6 free throws. He scored 31 points, 11 rebounds and 5 assists in the whole game.
Wiggins made 13 of 24 shots, 1 of 6 three-pointers and 4 of 4 free throws, and also scored 31 points in the whole game.
In this game, Wiggins even replaced Chen Xiao and took on the banner of the team's main singles attack.
On the contrary, Chen Xiao became the shooter and assistant to transfer the ball next to Wiggins. Moreover, Chen Xiao, who was a pure shooter in this game, had a very average shooting percentage, making 7 of 20 shots, 3 of 13 three-pointers, and 3 of 3 free throws, only scored 20 points, but Chen Xiao gave 11 assists in this game.
In fact, Chen Xiao’s hit rate is understandable. He plays a pure shooter, and Chen Xiao does not dribble and plays singles. Every time the defender in front is very high, and there is no chance of adjustment. Almost every time he interferes with and has forced attacks without rhythm. In the case of poor feel, it is actually good to be able to play this efficiency by taking the singles of Wiggins.
For Wiggins' singles in this game, most people take the blame against defensive players of the Lakers level, it is estimated that it would be great if they can score 5, but Chen Xiao scored 7.
Of course, my offensive efficiency is not high enough, which still cannot stop Chen Xiao from being happy.
In this game, Wiggins finally found confidence.
This series, Wiggins, finally found confidence.
After the Timberwolves soaking wolfberry stage and coming to the Warriors, he finally gave up health basketball.
Although he threw down the wolfberry cup this time, maybe just for the next big contract, he still made great contributions to the Warriors.
"Many people were surprised by Wiggins' performance in these two games, but I never doubted his ability and talent. Everyone in our team knows his strength. Don't forget that he was once the chosen son of the invincible talent. His talent can rank in the top five in the entire NBA. In these two games, he just showed his talent and reached the height that people expected of him."
After the game, Chen Xiao really praised Wiggins.
Even Boss Ke praised Wiggins: "This game Wiggins proved that he was once one of the most talented players in the United States."
Yes, talent.
In the NBA, the game where the bayonet is successful is really, very important.
When others start to miss the shot, you can use your speed, burst and bounce to tear open the defense line of your tired opponent again and again. That feeling is incredible.
As Lakers players became more and more tired, Wiggins finally used his talent to open a gap for the Warriors to break through the siege.
After the Warriors defeated the Lakers 113-103 at home in this game, the score came to 3-2. At this time, the situation in this round of the series was actually very clear.
After the end of g3, everyone said that the series was over and the Lakers were about to advance.
But who would have thought that after the final g5 game, everyone began to think that the Warriors would definitely advance.
Of course, Lakers players are under great pressure for such changes in public opinion.
But the players on the Warriors were not affected by such remarks.
After all, Chen Xiao, the strongest leader in NBA history, can indeed support the Warriors.
The more successful the Warriors need players like Chen Xiao.
On May 28, the Warriors and the Lakers played very hard in this game, but the effect was very bad. Paul George, who played extremely badly in the last game, still played poorly in this game, and only made 6 of 20 shots in the whole game. When the Lakers needed someone to stand up next to Leonard at a critical moment, Paul George once again got a bad time at the critical moment.
To be continued...