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Chapter 290 What is needed is scoring!superior

After the start of the first quarter, all members of the Spurs, who have home court advantage, quickly entered the game state.The Warriors, which lack veterans, obviously haven't adapted to the rhythm and atmosphere of the playoffs, and they played chaotically for a while.

This made the Spurs, who were blooming more at the beginning, quickly gain a score advantage.Faced with this situation, Mark Jackson had to call the first timeout of the game.

"The current score is 2:8, and the Spurs are temporarily leading."

As a competent commentator, even for a short timeout, Marv Albert would not let the air in the live broadcast room suddenly become quiet. He turned to look at Cole, "Steve, what do you think about the Warriors so far?" What do you think of the performance so far?"

Cole replied directly: "Unexpectedly bad."

Albert nodded unsurprisingly, and then asked, "Steve, if you were the head coach of the Warriors, how would you adjust now?"

Cole analyzed seriously: "I will replace Dorell and Mitch. Both of them have obvious technical shortcomings. From the perspective of just a few rounds, the old man basically targeted this, so they Staying on the court will only open up the Warriors."

Mark Jackson is the head coach of the Warriors. He knows the team's players better than Cole.

In fact, Mark Jackson knew very well that Dorell and Mitch were not strong enough to be the starters at all, and they were only qualified rotation players at best.

But suffering from extensive injuries and the big deal in March, Mark Jackson couldn't find better players to replace them.

"Defense, I need you to step up."

Standing in the center of the players, Mark Jackson didn't draw any tactics, just scratched his throat, emphasizing defensive discipline over and over again.

Although Mark Jackson knew in his heart that this would not have any effect, after all, he could not improve the player's strength instantly, but he still had to do it,
Before the timeout ended, Mark Jackson told Curry alone: ​​"Stephen, you can no longer think about organizing, you have to play more selfishly. After playing, play high pick-and-roll with David Lee more. What the team needs now is to score!"

"Understood, coach."

Curry nodded solemnly.

The game restarted, and after Curry took the ball across the midfield, he stopped directly.Stopping to look at Leonard standing on the three-point line, Curry knew very well that once he advanced a few steps, Leonard would entangle him like a ghost.

Raising his hand to make a gesture, David Lee on the inside ran out to cover him, and Curry took the opportunity to dribble to the top of the arc on the other side.

In view of Curry's quick three-point threat and Popovich's tactical arrangement before the game, Leonard and Splitter directly switched defenses.

Looking at Split, who was closely following him a step away, Curry had a rough judgment of the situation on the court.Leonard did not catch up. He stayed beside David Lee to prevent the latter from catching the ball.

Given that David Lee (2.06) and Leonard (2.01) are about the same height, Curry is not going to pass the ball back to David Lee, and he plans to single out Splitter himself.

Bang!Bang!
Curry speeded up the rhythm of dribbling, first leaning on Splitter to break forward, after two steps, Curry suddenly withdrew his footsteps, and his body withdrew from the three-point line.

Splitter, who had been preventing Curry from rushing in, was completely caught off guard by this, although after he reacted, he quickly reached out to block it.

However, Curry's shot was significantly faster. Before Splitter stretched his arm, his three-pointer had already been shot.

"Shh!"

Accompanied by a pleasant sound, the basketball went into the net hollow.

"Curry shot...the ball went in!"

The three-pointer made Marv Albert so excited that he yelled, "Beautiful three-pointer! From Stephen Curry!"

Cole smiled and clapped his hands: "I like this guy!"

On the court, Yang Ke, who was running to the frontcourt, sighed quite a lot. He thought that Curry would play singles by himself, but he didn't expect that Curry would choose such a showy operation when he was playing big with a small player!

Offensive and defensive transition, the Spurs' offense this round is still organized by Mills.

I don't know if it was because I was woken up by the coach during the timeout, or because I was encouraged by Curry's three-pointer just now, the Warriors' overall defense this round did a good job.

Mills tried several times, but failed to find a suitable opportunity. In desperation, he could only pass the ball to Yang Ke. At the same time, he and other players opened up space, allowing Yang Ke to finally handle this round of offense. .

Still a little bit worse!
Popovich, who had been sitting firmly on the bench off the court, couldn't help shaking his head when he saw this situation.From his perspective, the Warriors' defensive formation is not without flaws.

However, considering that this lineup and style of play have only been running in for a short time, Popovich can accept this effect.Anyway, in this round of the series with the Warriors, the team can also slowly hone and adjust.

The reason why Popovich wants to hand over the team's tactical organization tasks to others is to avoid Yang Ke's lack of energy and physical crisis in the playoffs.

The second is to allow Yang Ke to adapt to the atmosphere and rhythm of the playoffs better and faster as an ordinary role player at the beginning without too much pressure.

"Hoo! Hoo!"

Yang Ke stood outside the 45-degree three-point line on the right. His breathing was very steady. This was his first attack with the ball tonight.In the first few rounds, he was running back and forth, and the tension had already eased along with the running.

Yang Ke held the basketball in his waist and faced Thompson with a standard three-threat action.He always pays attention to the attack time, and there are 13 seconds left, so there is no need to worry too much.

Yang Ke took a tentative step with his right foot. In view of his three-point threat, Thompson subconsciously followed Yang Ke's movement, raising his center of gravity and taking a step forward.

It's now!

Seizing the opportunity, Yang Ke immediately accelerated his breakthrough and cut into the penalty area from the right side against Thompson's body.

Yang Ke's speed is very fast, coupled with his pre-emptive strike, so he passed Thompson in one step.Seeing that Yang Ke got rid of Thompson's defense, David Lee, who was on the inside, chose to go to make up the defense.

As an insider, David Lee's footsteps are not slow. He rushed over quickly and crossed Yang Ke's way forward.

Faced with David Lee, who was like a barrier, Yang Ke did not choose to go up by himself, but slowed down a little while holding the ball with his left hand.
Yang Ke intends to send the basketball to the open Spurs behind David Lee by hitting the ground and passing the ball, so that the latter can easily end the attack.

Then just when the basketball was out of Yang Ke's control.
"Snapped!"

　So sleepy, I fell asleep ('-ω)
　　
　
(End of this chapter)