Chapter 894 The last struggle!(1/2)
The Bucks failed to widen the gap with the Warriors in the first quarter of the finals G2. After the Warriors lined up an extremely risky starting lineup, the Bucks still failed to defeat the Warriors' defense.
It should be said that although the Bucks' offense was excellent, the Warriors' defense did not collapse.
Generally speaking, if a team's defense collapses, then the team's offense will also collapse.
Since the Warriors' offense is still OK, then the defense itself has not collapsed. After all, a collapsed defense will lead to a collapsed attack.
In the first quarter, Morant brought Chen Xiao, Alexander Wiggins and Clay's one-star shots were very good.
Therefore, before the second quarter, Chen Xiao specially encouraged Morant when he came on the court to lead the second team.
Morant performed very well in the first quarter and was very hard, but it was hard to work hard, but Morant really didn't feel tired.
One is young and the other is on a big stage like the finals. Chen Xiao is really willing to help him!
In the first finals, he scored 30+. In the first quarter of this game, he scored 15 points and 4 assists in a single quarter. It can be said that in these two games, he brought his characteristics to the extreme.
In order to show his characteristics, Chen Xiao is really willing to take action for him.
What is the perfect team boss? This is the perfect team boss!
No wonder so many players, whether they are talented or not, are willing to be teammates with Chen Xiao.
After playing around Chen Xiao for so many years, Morant can only experience the feelings of James, Ross and other players in this year's playoffs.
Chen Xiao’s praise for Morant is really from the heart.
Morant's performance in the first quarter indeed laid a very good foundation for the Warriors in this game.
In the second quarter, Chen Xiao felt that during the rotation stage, the Bucks would have to rest as long as Durant and Antetokounmpo rested, any rotation would be ravaged to death in front of the team he led.
In fact, after the rotation time in the second quarter began, everyone saw how huge the Bucks' disadvantage was.
Chen Xiao, Marvin Bagley, Michael Porter Jr., Herbert Jones, Clay.
Just put it this way, the Bucks are not that easy to play in the starting lineup.
So, seeing the Warriors' thick rotation lineup, you can understand why Ray Allen was desperate.
Even Anthony, who performed well in the last game, was still on standby and was always waiting to play.
So, in the second quarter, seeing the Bucks on the court led by Curry and Holiday, the Warriors' rotation lineup led by Chen Xiao, you can really understand how uncomfortable Ray Allen is.
So like the last game, in the second quarter of this game, it only took two minutes to rotate in the second quarter. When the Warriors overturned the score, Ray Allen once again replaced the entire main force like G1.
There is really nothing we can do about this.
And what about the Warriors on the opposite side?
After the Bucks' full main players, the Warriors' lineup has not even changed.
Like G1, Chen Xiao's rotation lineup is still hard to match with all the main players of the Bucks.
Let's put it that way, if the combat power of the Bucks' full main force is 99 and the combat power of the Warriors' full main force is 98, then the team led by Chen Xiao and Morant will definitely have a combat power of 95.
The Bucks' main 99s are undoubtedly the strongest in combat, but it is difficult to maintain the entire game.
However, the Warriors can maintain a high intensity of more than 95 points in 48 minutes of the entire game.
And this is also the biggest problem for the Bucks.
And if you want to solve this problem, Ray Allen's only way is to let the three superstars of the Bucks play more games and play more.
This is really ironic.
Before the finals began, everyone saw that the Bucks wanted to attack Chen Xiao's physical strength and create a physical crisis.
But who would have thought that the Bucks were eventually hit by the Warriors in a physical crisis.
In this game, except for Curry, Antetokounmpo and Durant played for 22 minutes again.
This is not the 22 minutes of paddling on the court, but the 22 minutes of taking on almost all the team's offensive tasks and a large number of defensive tasks.
So, after the first half, Durant and Antetokounmpo who went down from the court were really short of breath that could be seen with naked eyes.
Not to mention the physical strength issue, this game is really tiring.
"Who would have thought that the Bucks' biggest advantage in playing against us is the Big Three, and now the biggest weakness has become, and they only have Big Three."
Heat head coach Spoelstra looked at Cole enviously and sighed.
However, thinking about the Warriors' team building over the years, they imagined that the Bucks have always been the Bucks. For this, they even threw away their traditional big centers, which directly led to the fact that they could not beat the Lakers in the past three years and missed the finals.
The Warriors really paid a huge price to target the Bucks.
Many times people are like this, and they rarely consider the efforts they put in behind the glory of others.
Now, it can only be said that the Warriors' efforts over the past four years are worth it.
In the G2 of this finals, at the end of the half, the Bucks led by 1 point 68 to 67 at home. It seems that the Bucks are still the leading team, but even blind fans can feel how awkward the Bucks played in this game.
Your 1-point lead is exchanged for the consumption of Durant and Antetokounmpo.
This one-point lead consumes the Bucks' potential for future games.
For the Warriors, they can still maintain the intensity of the first half in the second half.
So what about the Bucks? As the Big Three's physical strength continues to decline, can they maintain the same intensity?
This is something that everyone can guess.
So, during the halftime break, TNT's studio team was giving advice to the Bucks. Now everyone feels the weakness of the Bucks. It is really difficult for the Bucks to find a good solution at this time.
"I still think that the Bucks have the strongest superstar combination in the NBA and the strongest starting lineup, but the variability of their lineup is too low. The whole world knows what they rely on. The world has no way to deal with their strongest Big Three, and the Warriors have no way to do it, but the Warriors are different from other teams. They have offensive strength at the same level as the Bucks. They can use their own offensive attacks to hold the Bucks tightly. Now, the Bucks cannot change the formation because the premise for them to have the same offensive ability as the Warriors is that they have the Big Three!"
This is what Barkley said, but it is actually very correct.
The Warriors' offense depends on the team, while the Bucks' offense has relied more and more on the Big Three in recent years.
The Warriors' offense can be replaced continuously. Chen Xiao and Morant have a one-star shooting, both of which have extremely strong combat power.
However, if the Bucks want to have complete combat power, they can only rely on the Big Three, and others are not worth it.
The Warriors can be said to be the Big Three that consumed the Bucks with one team.
The premise for the Warriors to do this is that their offense can withstand the Big Three.
Like the Heat, the Cavaliers, and the Lakers, their attacks cannot withstand the Big Three of the Bucks, so it is naturally impossible to consume the Big Three, because the Bucks lead a lot, it doesn't matter that the three of them can take turns to rest.
But when fighting the Warriors, it was impossible for the three of them to take turns to rest.
Any time the three of them took turns to rest, they could not withstand the Warriors' attacks like a tide every minute and every second.
So, after the third quarter started, TNT's team was waiting for Cole to change his playing style.
But let them down, the Bucks did not change their playing style after the third quarter.
As Barkley said at the midnight break, the Bucks are strong and the Big Three are also strong, and the crux of the Big Three is also strong. Therefore, the Bucks have no room for change at all. No matter how strong Ray Allen is, or the top 20 head coaches in the league history, there is no way.
A good cook cannot cook without rice.
However, although the Bucks cannot innovate in tactical play.
But after the second half began, Durant, Antetokounmpo and Curry played really fiercely.
The same thing is true, the Bucks were indeed forced into physical problems by the Warriors.
But as Barkley said, the Bucks still have the strongest starting lineup in the entire league.
When the Big Three do whatever it takes to win this game, it is really fierce.
Let's just say that if the Bucks want to win the championship in this game, they will never lose to home games.
In the 22111 match system, losing the first two home games in a row means there is no possibility of competing for the championship.
So, in this game, the Bucks will never lose any more.
So, after the third quarter began, when the Bucks fans and the audience in front of the TV saw Antetokounmpo, Durant and Curry gritting their teeth and launching a crazily attack on the Warriors' tide of attack, to be honest, even as the audience, it was very shocking.
I can only say that the Bucks players really want to defeat Chen Xiao and really want to win.
"I didn't expect that I actually saw the Bucks Big Three when the firepower was fully launched..."
Spoelster, the head coach of the sidelines, has been struggling with the Bucks not doing his best since the Eastern Conference Finals.
As the head coach of the Heat, Spoelstra is very guilty of not being able to force out the strongest Bucks.
But now seeing that the Bucks finally showed all their strength in the second half of this game, Spoelstra felt relieved.
To be honest, if possible, Ray Allen and the Bucks are definitely unwilling to show their full strength.
Because, this is really dangerous, not only for the opponent, but also for the Bucks themselves.
The Bucks' Big Three, Durant 33, Curry 34, if the Big Three are really forced to do their best in every game, then if one of them is really hurt, it will definitely be a burden that the Bucks can't bear.
For the Bucks, Durant and Curry are the two legs of the team. If one is missing because of all efforts, they will really break their legs.
So, if you can, the Bucks actually don't like their all-out mode.
But for Durant and Curry, they definitely do not allow the team to lose like this.
Therefore, even if the team and the head coach do not want the Bucks to have such a model, the two will do their best.
When you see Durant's shooting feel begin to decline due to his physical strength and his shooting feel begin to fall and he starts to rush to the basket wildly, even as an opponent, Cole will be worried about Durant.
To be continued...