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Chapter 293 The Dilemma of the Warriors

Splitter's screen quality was high, but the pick-and-roll didn't create a dislocation.

Faced with the most common cooperation between inside players and guards in this league, Curry chose to go around and chase Mills, and the Warriors' backup center Andris Biedrins also followed out, causing Split to It was empty for a while.

The unguarded Splitter took the opportunity to go down, and in the process of going down, received a lob pass from Mills.

After reaching the basket in two steps, Split kicked off the ground and jumped high, easily picking the ball into the basket.

This round the Spurs' tactical coordination went very smoothly. Yang Ke just ran near the top of the arc, and the offense was over.

Although he didn't participate in this attack, Yang Ke didn't care.He looked at Thompson, who was following him just half a step away, smiled, and then retreated towards the defensive half.

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Thompson frowned slightly. He was very worried now, afraid that in the next round, Yang Ke would continue to run without the ball like this round.

Thompson didn't dare to let Yang Ke open, so once Yang Ke started running without the ball, he had to follow.But the problem is that if you continue to follow like this, Thompson, who was originally depleting his physical fitness, may encounter a physical crisis in the following games.

Can't keep being passive!
Thompson was thinking about the countermeasures in his mind, but his body had already run to the bottom corner on the right side of the frontcourt.

Offensive and defensive transition, Curry pushed the ball to the frontcourt.He stopped far away from the three-point line, did not rush to attack, but observed the situation on the court while maintaining the rhythm of patting the basketball.

"Curry slowed down the offensive tempo, which is a very correct choice."

Seeing this situation, Steve Kerr on the commentary stage couldn't help but praise, "The Spurs have now replaced the main force. Judging from the performance in the first quarter, the five Spurs players have done a good job on the field. very good."

"If you continue to speed up the pace, let alone the effect, the Warriors will not be able to bear the physical energy consumption."

Curry wants to slow down the pace, but Leonard, who has just been replaced and is full of energy, will naturally not make him happy.

Noticing that Curry didn't mean to get close to the three-point line, Leonard, who guessed his intention, leaned over without hesitation.

Looking at Leonard who was gradually sticking up, Curry moved cautiously.

Staring at Leonard intently, Curry was dribbling the ball with both hands in front of his body. He didn't do too fancy moves, just a simple left-handed dribble.

Curry's reaction made Leonard stop expressionlessly. He knew very well that once he got closer, Curry might rush straight up.

You can try this distance.
Although the original goal was to make Curry rush, but now after reading Curry's defense, Leonard has other plans in mind.

The left-handed dribble that Curry now uses is really convenient for offensive selection and sudden attacks, but there will be a space where the ball is not within the player's control.

In this way, in the face-to-face situation with the defensive player, an opportunity may be found to steal.

Curry and Leonard naturally understood a little bit, so they kept a little distance in a tacit understanding.The former thinks that he can react to this distance, while the latter thinks that he can steal from this distance.

A few seconds later, Curry, who was responsible for the organization of the team, had to pay attention to observe the situation in other places on the court.

And at this moment, Leonard found the right opportunity, reached out decisively when the ball was sliding, and finally touched the ball, which made the basketball get rid of the V-shaped direction.

Leonard's arms are long and his palms are large enough that his center of gravity barely shifts when he reaches out to touch the ball.

Under the action of external force, the basketball broke away from Curry's original track of dribbling in front of his body, and bounced to the middle circle.

Leonard moved instantly, ran past Curry, and quickly chased after the basketball.

Curry only reacted at this time, his face changed slightly, he turned around quickly, and accelerated to chase Leonard.

"Beautiful! Leonard steals!"

The commentator and the audience did not miss the sudden change in the situation on the court, and Cole reacted quickly, explaining directly and excitedly, "Leonard did not stop and stabilize the rhythm, he chose fast break. Curry's speed Soon, he will catch up. The ball is scored, a beautiful steal and fast break!"

During the fast break, Curry, who had a speed advantage, finally caught up with Leonard.He wanted to make a tactical foul, after all, at the time, Leonard hadn't received the ball and started.

But Curry underestimated Leonard's strength. During the collision, he was directly pushed away by Leonard, and the latter made an easy layup.

Amidst the cheers of the Spurs home fans, the Warriors' assistant coach suggested to Mark Jackson: "Kawhi is very difficult, and Stephen may not be able to deal with it in a short time. Why don't we replace David Lee and let him and Curry Come and play pick-and-roll coordination, maybe it will have a good effect."

Jackson looked back at the assistant coach, knowing that he was considering the outcome of the game.But Jackson did not reply positively, but instead asked: "Do you think we have a chance to win this season?"

"To be honest, no."

The assistant coach shook his head sincerely. He knew very well that even if the traded Bogut was not injured, with the current lineup configuration of the Warriors, not to mention winning the championship, it is estimated that they would not be able to make it to the Western Conference Finals.

Nodding his head, Jackson said directly: "So, anyway, they are all here to learn from experience, why not let Stephen and the others adjust themselves and find out how to deal with it? It is impossible to change the style of play when encountering obstacles, right?"

The assistant coach understood what Jackson meant, but at the same time he was a little confused, so he asked: "Since our starting point is to come to the playoffs to learn experience, then coach, why did you come to the press conference before the game, the team's The locker room says we're going to beat the Spurs and our goal is a championship?"

"That's because I don't want them to lose their backbone. I need them to keep their desire to win and their struggle to win."

Looking at the dignified Curry and Thompson on the court, Jackson said slowly, "For a team, it's not terrible to be weak, but it's afraid of losing its backbone and becoming a habit of losing!"

On the court, when it was the Spurs' turn to attack, it was still Mills who organized the offense. Yang Ke kept running as soon as he got to the frontcourt. Thompson had no choice but to follow him.

Mills didn't stand there waiting for Yang Ke to run out of space, he still carried out conventional tactics in an orderly manner.

Pass the ball to Leonard on the sideline, and Mills immediately leans in to Leonard again and sets him an inside screen.

At the same time, Dior also took a step up, which is equivalent to giving Leonard a double ball-holding screen.

With the help of a screen, Leonard dribbled the ball along the inside of the three-point line, took a few steps to the top of the arc, and planned to break through from here.

(End of this chapter)