super heavy artillery

Chapter 480 Unfavorable Start
Although I had made enough preparations, when I actually arrived on the field, everything became confusing.

Before the start of the game, players from both sides warmed up on one side.An Luo felt that he was in a good state tonight. He made 30 consecutive shots from beyond the three-point line, and the fans at the Oracle Arena booed him in advance.

In this game, Cole adjusted his starting lineup.Iguodala returned to the bench and Pachulia was back on the bench.They have fully absorbed the experience of the previous games and strengthened the protection of the penalty area.In comparison, Pachulia is more suitable whether it is the defense of breakthroughs or rebounding ability.

Compared with the "Death Five", this lineup lacks some flexibility in both offense and defense.It can be seen that the Warriors are preparing to stabilize the rhythm of the game and use a more solid defense to deal with the Thunder.

Donovan did not adjust his starting lineup.He believes in the abilities of these few players. In this league, it is difficult to find another five people who are stronger than them together!

However, this game dealt a huge blow to the Thunder from the very beginning!The Warriors continued their state in the second half of the previous game.Curry and Thompson have almost never missed the three-point line, and there is also a Durant tossing the elbow and the basket.Although An Luo, Westbrook, Paul George and even Adams tried their best to score, they still couldn't resist the firepower output of the "Tsunami Brothers".

"Curry made a super long three-pointer, did you? Hey, missed the shot! But Green grabbed the rebound! Hit it in, against Robertson, it seems to be unstoppable! Pass the ball to the outside Thompson's hand. An Luo stuck it up, with his hands open, entangled with the opponent to prevent Clay from taking a shot."

More and more people are paying attention to this game.The commentary in the online live broadcast room is very excited now, he seems to have been completely affected by the game on the court.

"Durant came to the pick-and-roll! The quality of this pick-and-roll is very high! An Luo was stuck directly behind him. Thompson took the opportunity to go to the right, and before Paul George posted it, he made a three-pointer! Is the ball there? ? It feels like An Luo and Paul George hesitated when switching defenses! It seems like they didn't explain clearly. This is a small mistake!"

"The goal is scored! Thompson is really accurate today! If I remember correctly, this should be his fourth three-pointer in this quarter!"

"The third one! One was confiscated by the referee because of Green's foul at the basket!"

"That's incredible! The game only lasted 8 minutes! How could Curry have scored three three-pointers! The Warriors feel too hot. The Thunder is dangerous!"

An Luo shook his head as he watched the ball plunge into the basket.He originally wanted to squeeze through, but Durant's knee stuck, which delayed the best time.Of course, the reason why An Luo shook his head was not because of the defensive problem this time.But what they were most worried about happened in the first quarter!This made him very anxious.The same goes for everyone else.Westbrook, Paul George, including Donovan, everyone considered this situation before the game, but when it really happened, there were still some inadequate responses.

After Thompson's goal, the score became 32:20.Only 8 minutes into the game, the Warriors have already led by 12 points!This is only 12 points behind when An Luo made three three-pointers.If An Luo felt a little worse, the Thunder would fall far behind.

This game is like a replica of the last one!But in the last game, the Warriors turned the situation around in one fell swoop with the crazy three-pointers of Curry and Thompson.It's really hard to say whether the Thunder can do what the Warriors did.

In the last few minutes, An Luo was on the field.Donovan gave him the right to fire unlimitedly, trying to use his scoring ability to get the score closer.

Cole then also removed his starter, but he took Durant down.If it was before, he is likely to keep Thompson on the court.But in this game, he needs Thompson to have enough physical strength and energy to score.So fortunately he sent Durant and An Luo to score against each other.Then let Thompson and Curry play together to maintain the strongest firepower output.

The effect of this arrangement is not bad!For the Warriors, Durant scored the last 8 points alone.He played very effortlessly, and after catching the ball, he pulled up and shot.On his terms, neither Grant nor Brewer could interfere.However, relatively speaking, the Thunder played better than the Warriors.Similar to the Warriors, the Thunder's offense was almost all terminated by An Luo alone.He either finds an opportunity to shoot through the screen of other players, and then throws the ball.Or hold the ball by yourself, push Livingston to the free throw line in a post-up single, and then turn over and make a jumper.In short, in the last 4 minutes, An Luo went crazy!He blossomed inside and out, helping the Thunder rewrite the score to 33:40 at the end of the first quarter.

Although the Thunder is still 7 points behind, but for the next three quarters, there is nothing to worry about.What worries them is how long the opponent's touch will last.

"We have to put pressure on the opponent! We need more physical confrontation and stronger defensive moves! Guys, we must not let them shoot like that anymore!"

In fact, Donovan does not need to say, everyone understands this truth.The Warriors are the kind of team that can easily take the game away as soon as the momentum comes up.Therefore, the players were secretly ruthless.It seems that it is time to fight!

At the beginning of the second quarter, Curry and others discovered the change of the Thunder.They found that the defensive players in every position were acting crazy.Especially Curry, Robertson almost didn't hug him!Adams and Pachulia on the inside have already secretly pinched together.Others are also less than not much.When An Luo was defending Thompson, his movements became more frequent.In the past, he used to remain unchanged to respond to all changes, maintaining the movement of shooting at any time.But now, he moved.Whether it was a normal defensive move or a small secret move, he greeted the opponent.

In addition, the linkage of players in various positions of the Thunder has also improved a lot.For the double-teaming of Curry, Thompson and Durant, and the supplementary defense after the double-teaming, they are very quick, and they can always appear where they are needed in the first place.

This kind of defense has brought a lot of trouble to the Warriors' offense.Donovan's arrangement starting with defense was a great success!
(End of this chapter)