Pick Westbrook

Chapter 435 Super Gliding Split Buckle
In the Western Conference Finals.

Everyone is talking about the Pelicans and the Warriors, who will get the first loss in the playoffs this year, and which player can play extremely well in this round of the series.

After all, the Pelicans and Warriors alone have gathered star players such as Paul, Leonard, Jimmy Butler, Anthony Davis, Durant and Curry.

new orleans.

Game [-] between the Pelicans and the Warriors.

Durant took the initiative to attack as soon as he came up, and Curry's back-running from the bottom line took away the defensive attention of Leonard and Jimmy Butler.

In this way, Anthony Davis had to switch from the inside to Durant.

Warriors coach.

Steve Kerr, with his hands on his hips and chewing bubble gum, stared at the court with burning eyes.

This is the Warriors' invincible tactic in this year's regular season and playoffs.

Curry's running will inevitably attract countless defensive attentions. After all, he is a three-pointer that even Cole is afraid of.

In this way, Durant on the weak side will inevitably get extremely comfortable singles opportunities.

Whether it's big defense against small or small defense against big, or no double-teaming or assisting defense, the singles space on one side is completely cleared.

As long as Durant is given a chance, he can single anyone in the league.

"This is why Durant was able to win the regular season MVP from James, Paul, and Leonard this season."

"His offensive talent is historic."

Steve Kerr's mind is still on last season's playoffs.

At that time, the Warriors were also invincible. It was the first time they played against Li Lai in the playoffs, and Cole was also very confident.

But the trend of the subsequent series was indeed that Li Lai pressed Cole's confidence to the ground and rubbed and ravaged it over and over again. Cole's proud death five and offensive system were completely abused in front of the Pelicans.

Kerr still remembers the stigma, which is why he pressed the Warriors front office for a strong wing during the offseason.

Kerr wants to prove that when he has players who fit his system perfectly, he is a legendary head coach who can rival Li Lai.

No, to be precise, he is an even better head coach than Li Lai!

on the field.

Anthony Davis focused on defending Durant. The latter made a breakthrough with the ball after a three-threat, and Anthony Davis kept up.

Durant frowned slightly in surprise, and immediately took the sharp change in front of him.

Regardless of Durant's height of 208cm, his dribbling flexibility and direction change can even be comparable to defenders.

With such a tall height and wingspan, and such a perverted ability to dribble and control the ball, this is why Durant can single-handedly beat anyone without distinction.

boom!
The sound of muscle collision on the court sounded, Anthony Davis stepped back to keep up with Durant's dribbling range, and then immediately stepped forward to defend closely, and used a lot of physical confrontation in defense.

"Anthony Davis was very smart to block Durant with his body!"

Barkley couldn't help but praise.

As early as the first round of the series, Anthony Davis beat the white monster Griffin. At that time, Barkley already thought that Anthony Davis was stronger than Griffin.

And in the round just now, Anthony Davis also showed flexibility far beyond his position and height, he was even able to switch against Durant!

This made Barkley couldn't help but feel scared for a while.

"A Leonard and Jimmy Butler are already scary enough on the defensive end, and now there is Anthony Davis."

"The Pelicans' defense reminds me of the Big Three of the Pistons and Celtics."

Barkley also believes that Anthony Davis has shown the role that Garnett, the wolf king, played for the Celtics.

"He has grown into a player with his own defensive system!"

Durant turned back and singled, then took a step laterally and shot back.

Anthony Davis followed and took off, although he was a step slower, he still interfered with his long arms.

Swish!
hit!

"You can get in here!"

Steve Kerr on the side was sweating nervously. To be honest, Anthony Davis had already defended very well just now, but Durant just made it!

That's why he won the MVP this season.

"However, the consumption of Durant in this way is too great, and it is extremely difficult to guarantee the hit rate."

Barkley saw the problem at a glance.

This is the playoffs not the regular season, this is a 48-minute game not a round.

Even if Durant is against the sky, can he guarantee to score under a defense like Anthony Davis every time?
boom!
In the next round, Durant's shot was slapped directly off the court by Anthony Davis.

The Pelicans counterattacked defensively, Paul made a long pass at halftime, and Leonard scored with an empty dunk.

Curry immediately stepped up to take over the game, Durant restrained the defensive attention on the weak side, and the Warriors hit an elevator on the strong side to close the door.

But this tactic was played badly by Li Lai. Before Fucking Green and Slag Pachulia closed the door, the Pelicans made substitutions and adjustments in advance.

Anthony Davis jumped to the outside line, and Jordan took a step back to the inside line.

This is equivalent to giving the fucker Green and Slag Pachulia the opportunity to hit the basket and shoot from the mid-range.

But neither of these two skills are good at the two, and the purpose of Jordan's contraction of the basket is to prevent the two from rushing to the basket, which further reduces their offensive options.

Snapped!
The Warriors' pass was shot directly by Anthony Davis.

In front of him, Curry has some difficulty even connecting the ball.

"This is the tactical end is completely contained!"

The on-site photographer was very sensible. At this time, he first pointed the camera at Li Lai, who was sitting on the coach bench of the Pelicans, with a calm face, and then moved the camera to near the midfield with his hands on his hips and scratched his head angrily. Steve Kerr.

First quarter.

Neither Durant nor Curry of the Warriors had a very impressive performance. Curry even made 3 of 1 shots from beyond the three-point line and performed poorly.

The Pelicans led 32-27.

The second game.

The Pelicans took the lineup of Devin Harris, JJ Redick, Vince Carter, Antetokounmpo and Oden.

At first, Steve Kerr didn't realize the intention of the Pelicans at this time, and Kenny Smith on the commentary desk was even extremely puzzled.

"As early as the regular season, the Pelicans did not have a stable ball-holding point under this rotation lineup, which caused their second team to perform poorly. That's why Chris Paul's early exit, and Diaw and Jimmy Butt Le leads the game in this time period."

"The Pelicans have learned this lesson throughout the regular season, but why would they make such an obvious mistake in such a crucial playoffs?"

"Devin Harris is a good scorer, but he is not a good ball handler. Doesn't the Pelicans understand that enough?"

Su Qun from the CCTV commentary station also had such doubts, but he knew Li Lai very well.

"But it will never be a substitution mistake made by coach Li Lai!"

on the field.

The answer appeared immediately.

Antetokounmpo, nicknamed Antetokounmpo, began to hold the ball.

This change stunned everyone in the entire New Orleans Arena.

Only Stevens and Du Feng, who were sitting on the coaching bench of the Pelicans, had no surprises at all.

Du Feng looked at Antetokounmpo, who had gained 10kg this season and had extremely clear muscle lines, and thought of all the hard work the opponent had put in this season.

he thought to himself.

"Coach Li Lai said that Anthony Davis is a player who has the qualifications to challenge Duncan's history as the number one power forward."

"And Antetokounmpo, he is a player who is qualified to challenge Anthony Davis."

"Both of them are fucking our Pelicans!"

Stevens also looks forward to the court.

In the last month of the regular season, the Pelicans have been trying to let Antetokounmpo lead the second team to play games.

In a previous game, Li Lai secretly asked Antetokounmpo to let go, to see if the opponent had the ability to hold the ball in the playoffs after a season of growth.

In that game, Antetokounmpo successfully scored 20+10 data, which also made Barkley pay the price for his wild words.

But afterwards, neither Antetokounmpo nor Li Lai cared about continuing to pursue this matter.

Many people think that this is the generosity of the two, and they did not continue to embarrass the NBA legend Barkley, but in fact only the coaching staff of the Pelicans know.

They never cared about whether Barkley eats or not. What they care about is whether Antetokounmpo can complete his transformation this season.

"I can!"

boom! ! !
On the court, Antetokounmpo suddenly made a big breakthrough after holding the ball, and took off from the free throw line with one-handed battle ax to dunk!
The defensive slag-Pachulia was directly dunked and surrounded. He glanced at the position where Antetokounmpo took off, and then looked back at the basket above his head.

"Such a long distance. Are you a monster!"

On-site commentary desk.

Barkley couldn't help but shook his head and said, "It's really a monster, a New Orleans monster, a Greek monster!"

Subsequently, the performance of the Greek monster Antetokounmpo continued. He hit the basket with the ball again and again, and the Warriors' already weak inside line was riddled with holes under his breakthrough.

Cole even arranged a double-team strategy to limit Antetokounmpo. As a result, the opponent buckled against the brutal defense of the two.

"This is the champion Antetokounmpo!"

"In terms of physical talent alone, he is the strongest rookie in this class!"

"No, even if it is pushed forward for a few years, his physical talent should be extremely abnormal."

Antetokounmpo, who dunked consecutively, took a deep breath and pursed his lips, not very excited.

Because in the Pelicans' team training game, he has done this many times. As long as he strides into the penalty area, even his teammate Anthony Davis can't guard it, and Jordan can't guard it either. live!

"I'm Coach's Greek monster!"

The Pelicans led 64:55.

Everyone was looking forward to the Pelicans and Warriors battle like sparks hitting the earth. It is amazing that Durant and Curry encountered great defensive restrictions. Antetokounmpo's X factor is even more extraordinary. Everyone's surprise.

People suddenly remembered that Antetokounmpo is the f*cking No. [-] pick this year!

In the third quarter of the game, Curry continued to encounter the Pelicans' unlimited defenses and targets. Durant also wanted to use his offense to open the situation for the team.

Leonard and Jimmy Butler ran away at the same time, directly expanding the score to double digits with a total of 17 of 10 shots from the mid-range.

Finally, at the end of the game, the Pelicans defeated the Warriors 112:104, maintaining their undefeated record in the playoffs, and at the same time gave the Warriors their first playoff defeat.

after the game.

Antetokounmpo hit the national headlines straight away, and the world was talking about his super-gliding dunk from the free throw line.

O'Neal even used Superman to describe Antetokounmpo on social media after the game.

(End of this chapter)