Basketball's best forward and guard

Chapter 70 70 [Silence in Oracle Arena]

Before Durant joined the Warriors, Stephen Curry was the undoubted offensive core of the Warriors, especially his three-pointers, which were the most reliable scoring weapon for the entire team.

But the three-pointer still depends on the feel after all. Except for the three-pointer, Curry's other offensive weapons can only be said to be average.

To a certain extent, this is also the reason why they have become the laughing stock of the runner-up with 73 wins.

Therefore, Durant, who is omnipotent on the offensive end, has come, and his arrival has indeed made up for the shortcomings of the Warriors' original lineup.

With the further running-in between him and the team, so far, Durant has replaced Curry and has become the new offensive core of the Warriors.

Although Warriors fans all over the world still believe that Curry is the leader of this Warriors team, the leader does not mean the core of the offense.

Give the damn ball to Kevin!

This is the most tactical instruction that Warriors coach Steve Kerr has said since this playoffs.

The same is true for the Western Conference finals with the Spurs. Before the game started, Cole made it clear in the locker room that Durant must take on more offensive responsibilities in this series.

Cole can see clearly that the Spurs almost have the best backcourt defensive lineup in the league, which means that it is difficult for the Splash Brothers to become the protagonist of this series.

But Durant is different. Although the Spurs also have Leonard, he firmly believes that Leonard cannot guard Durant.

.........

On the court, both sides had good shooting percentages in the opening stage. Often when the Spurs complete an offense, the Warriors immediately respond with one.

So until the official timeout of the first quarter, 13:13!

The difference between the two sides did not widen.

It's just a little bit unfavorable for the Spurs that Pau Gasol sprained his ankle and withdrew from the game early.

Against the Warriors, the inside line is the Spurs' advantage. Whether it is height or experience, the Spurs twin towers composed of Pau Gasol + LaMarcus Aldridge will have the upper hand.

However, with Pau Gasol's sudden injury, this advantage disappeared in an instant. Popovich must pray that the team's inside line will not be at a too great a disadvantage in the next game.

Frankly speaking, Pau Gasol's accidental injury made Jiang Hao a little angry. He hated this kind of loss of troops that was not due to factors of strength.

Therefore, the angry Jiang Hao suddenly changed his style of play on the field. If Jiang Hao tended to revitalize the team's offense before Pau Gasol was injured, then at this moment, he quickly strengthened his personal offense.

After returning from the official timeout of the first quarter, the Spurs' first attack, Jiang Hao handed the ball to Aldridge, who stepped forward to cover at the free throw line, and immediately bypassed Durant and quickly came to the basket.

People arrive at the ball!

Although high position support is not Aldridge's characteristic, he still found Jiang Hao at the basket immediately by virtue of his height and vision advantage.

The angry Spurs No. 35 did not choose a relatively safe light throw layup at the first moment of receiving the ball, but came a stunning back dunk layup.

Bang!
This is the second time the Spurs No. 35 made a shot tonight, but it was also the second time he scored through dunks tonight.

The atmosphere in the Oracle Arena was a bit quiet. Apart from boos, the home fans seemed to have a little helplessness in their eyes.

Looking at the team's entire lineup, it seems that there is no one who can sanction the Spurs' No. 35 player.

"Andre has played, maybe he will be an obstacle for China Jiang. Regarding Andre's defensive level, I don't think anyone will question him"

When Steve Kerr finally couldn't hold back and replaced Iguodala in charge of defending Jiang Hao, the entire arena erupted into loud applause. Obviously, the fans in this city recognized Iguodala very much. level.

As for Andre Iguodala suddenly becoming the new Warriors player against him, Jiang Hao remained calm as always.

He has played against Iguodala several times in the regular season this season. He is aware of Iguodala's ability on the defensive end, but at the same time, he also has a way to deal with it.

Although Iguodala has a strong defense, but a fact that cannot be ignored is that Iguodala is no longer the young "little al". Age and injuries have become his biggest enemies this season, which made him once able to play. Many defensive moves that were easily made can only shake his head helplessly.

As for speed, it has never been his advantage.

In this case, Jiang Hao decided to use his strengths to counter Iguodala's weaknesses.

The Spurs' possession of the ball, Iguodala blocked Jiang Hao from the moment he passed the center line. Iguodala is very smart. The method can at least cause serious consumption of Jiang Hao's physical strength. Iguodala believes that in the same way, after a few rounds, Jiang Hao's threat will gradually decrease.

However, what made Iguodala a little annoyed was that the Spurs No. 35 in front of him was too decisive. He didn't give himself a chance to entangle himself, and directly increased his speed to the extreme, quickly got rid of him, and rushed to the basket with the ball .

"Oh no!"

The Spurs' No. 35 succeeded again. He ate Iguodala raw with his speed, and he didn't give the latter a chance to consume his physical energy.

But it must be admitted that because of trust in Iguodala's defensive level, the Warriors' defensive attention was not very focused at this moment.

And writing happened to fulfill the Spurs No. 35!
3 of 3 shots!
Steve Kerr's face is getting ugly, even though he gave the Spurs' No. 35 enough attention before the game.

But judging from the current situation, the destructive power of this first-year rookie is even stronger than he imagined.

It's hard for Kerr to imagine how much trouble this first-year rookie will cause the Golden State Warriors after the entire series.

beep!
Relatively speaking, Cole was decisive, and he immediately requested a timeout.

"17:13! Steve Kerr took the lead in requesting a timeout, just as we predicted before the game, China Jiang is making himself the X factor in this series" Kenny Smith laughed, which was pretty much what he expected , then it depends on Cole's skill. If he can't solve the problem of China Jiang, then it will be really difficult for them to play in this series.

"That's it, use your momentum to tear apart the opponent's defense, don't worry too much, seize the opportunity and make a decisive move"

Compared with the gloomy clouds on the Warriors' bench, Popovich's face on the Spurs' bench is obviously much better.

The reason why Popovich looks good is of course related to Jiang Hao's outstanding performance. Just like Popovich thought, as long as Jiang Hao is in a normal state, the team will play very rhythmically.

(End of this chapter)