The invincible kryptonite of basketball

"Brogdon is not the first offensive option on the bench. If it is replaced by other rookies, I don't think anyone can do his good performance, and you can see that he is now starting on the stage of the Western Conference Finals. He's the best rookie ever."

Tang Tian's next words revealed his attitude, and he supported Brogdon.

At the beginning, he suggested that Demps chose Brogdon, because he was interested in the latter's immediate combat power, and now Brogdon's performance has met his expectations.

That night, the Uyong's Tianwangshan battle officially kicked off at the New Orleans Arena.

There are crowds of people inside and outside the arena, such an important key battle, fans will naturally not miss it.

In the locker room before the game, the Pelicans are making final preparations in the locker room.

"Thanks, Don, for what you said for me in front of the reporters."

Brogdon thanked Tang Tian.

"I was just telling the truth."

Tang Tian said very flatly.

Brogdon nodded, he could feel full trust from Tang Tian's words.

It's more important than anything.

"Kevin, we need to let go of our previous unhappiness. We all have reasons not to lose this year."

In the Warriors locker room, Green sat next to Durant and whispered.

The two haven't had any communication since the last match.

Durant glanced at Green, nodded in silence for a while.

He is indeed a little uncomfortable with Green, but what Green said is also very important.

He left the Thunder to come to the Warriors as a traitor, and he has more reasons not to lose than anyone else on the Warriors.

Seeing Durant's reaction, Green smiled and patted him on the shoulder.

With the same goal, the conflict between the two people temporarily subsided.

The game is about to start, and players from both sides have entered the court to warm up one after another.

During the warm-up, Tang Tian was shown on camera, and Tang Tian was interacting with people on the sidelines.

That was clearly Olsen and his two sons.

This crucial battle, they are coming again!

Seeing this scene, there were bursts of cheers.

They clearly remembered the effect of Tang Tian's son's presence, which would allow them to see a fighting Tang Tian.

After the warm-up, the award ceremony for the best rookie was held on the spot.

Brogdon took over the rookie of the year trophy from Tatum, which attracted constant cheers from the scene.

The Warriors had a bumper season, as did the Pelicans.

Moreover, it is quite rare for the defending champion to produce the best rookie.

Brogdon also delivered his acceptance speech afterwards.

He thanked many people, from his own parents to his college coaches to the Pelicans front office and teammates.

"When I was drafted by the Pelicans, people around me said I was screwed, I went to a championship team, I was going to spend the whole year on the bench, but the truth is the opposite, there are the best Team culture, best team leaders, best players, best fans, I love this team, I would like to play here forever."

At the end of the speech, Brogdon said a heartfelt speech, which also resonated with the fans on the scene, and the cheers continued for a long time.

After the opening ceremony, the two teams started to play one after another.

The two teams are still the previous five small starting lineups.

After the start of the game, Tang Tian quickly entered the state, and the Pelicans also swept away the downturn in the previous three games, and scored consecutively on the offensive end.

It seems that after Tang Tian led the team to reverse in the last game, Jordan's metaphysics has been broken.

But the Warriors are also in particularly good shape tonight.

In the last game, Green and Durant, who had conflicts, even played a wonderful cooperation. Durant's air-cut Green's pass staged a one-handed tomahawk dunk.

High-intensity confrontation, wonderful cooperation, and difficult goals, the two teams showed their best performance in the most critical battle of Tianwangshan.

The fans on the sidelines were hooked. This is definitely the most exciting game they have watched in this year's playoffs.

After the first quarter, the two teams tied at 30, and the two teams were evenly matched.

Entering the transition period of the second quarter, both teams have one main force with four substitutes.

The Warriors are led by Green, plus Pachulia, Iguodala, McCaw and Livingston.

The Pelicans are led by Brogdon, plus Louie Williams, Bojan, David West and Jokic.

The Warriors came up to attack first, Green organized at the top of the arc, Livingston used Pachulia to cover, cut the ball and layup.

This is the Warriors' iconic infinite cut tactic, Pachulia blocked it in place, and Livingston also cut beautifully.

But at the moment of Livingston's shot, Jokic flew to send a pegboard cap.

The scene cheered loudly.

Tang Tian was also taken aback for a while watching from the bench.

Jokic has never been a top defensive player, and blocking shots is his weakest point.

And this ball Livingston was very decisive from the ball to the layup.

Jokic's ability to block the ball shows that he is in pretty good shape tonight.

After Jokic blocked the shot, he also took advantage of the defensive rebound, turned around and made a long backcourt swing across the half court.

Brogdon had already rushed out, and after receiving the ball, he went flat and fast broke to the frontcourt to score a layup.

Looking back, McCaw missed a three-pointer with the ball, Jokic stuck Pachulia and then received a defensive rebound.

However, this time the Warriors retreated in time and did not give the Pelicans a chance to play a fast break.

Positional battle Brogdon's organization, his pick-and-roll with David West.

Just as the Warriors turned their attention to their side, Brogdon suddenly made a through ball to the basket.

The ball was sudden, but the ball was delivered steadily to Jokic under the basket.

Brogdon is most impressive for his three-pointers, but his playmaking ability is actually quite outstanding as well.

After receiving the ball, Jokic turned to the free throw line and shook Pachulia away, scoring with a light hook.

After the goal, Jokic pointed his finger at Brogdon, which was a good gesture for the latter to pass.

The cheers at the scene broke out again.

Jokic assisted Brogdon, and Brogdon immediately reciprocated Jokic.

There is a lot of calls between the two, this is the Buyue combination!

Chapter 9: Pachulia's Final Shot (First Update!)

These two rounds on the court are a microcosm of the transition between the two sides' substitutes in the second quarter.

Jokic continued his excellent form in the series, while Brogdon played extremely bravely under the halo of the best rookie.

The two played an 8-0 offensive in just over three minutes, opening the point difference to 8 points.

Cole held up his hand for a timeout.

"Kevin."

After calling the timeout, he turned around and called Durant up. The Warriors didn't do a good job on both offense and defense during this period. He needed Durant to play early to make changes.

When the players came down one after another, he quickly arranged new offensive tactics around Durant.

After the arrangement was finished, he suddenly had another idea and signaled to Clark that he was going to play a five-small lineup.

"Coach, I can do it."

But at this moment, Pachulia spoke.

Kerr glanced at Pachulia, who rarely spoke to him like that, especially when he was about to make a substitution.

But at this very moment, he saw something different in Pachulia's eyes.

It's not just a desire to play.

He nodded, motioning for Clark to sit back.

He should trust his players.

After the timeout came back, both teams had substitutions and adjustments.

Holiday replaced Williams on the Pelicans side, and Durant replaced Iguodala on the Warriors side.

On the first attack back from the timeout, Durant hit Bo Yang with his back.

Bo Yang defended very hard, but Durant still turned over and made a jumper to send the ball to the basket.

But looking back, Jokic showed his strength in the low post, hit Pachulia with his back, turned around and sent the ball into the basket.

Durant attacked again and was double-teamed. He scored the ball to McCaw, who scored 2 points for a layup.

After Durant came on the court, the Warriors' offensive performance improved significantly.

Williams missed the layup after the breakthrough, but Jokic got up and made up the ball to make up the ball!

His condition tonight is not so good!

Cole shook his head when he saw it.

He trusted Pachulia, that's why he kept him on the court, but now it seems that he has nothing to do with Jokic.

He got up and called Thompson up directly, ready to play in the five small lineups.

Durant's shot in the double-team failed to hit. Jokic grabbed the defensive rebound, threw it directly and then gave Brogdon a fast break.

However, the Warriors retreated quickly, and Brogdon had no chance to be defended by McCaw. He could only dribble the ball back to the three-point line to reorganize.

At this moment, Jokic was late, and he passed the ball directly.

Jokic received the ball from the three-point line and turned around and squeezed Green to the basket. His sense of rhythm is really good.

However, Green retreated quickly without the ball and retreated to the basket again.

Jokic saw that there was no direct chance to score, and turned around in the direction of the free throw line with big strides.

This time he took advantage of the size gap to sway Green, as long as the ball is shot, he will definitely score.

But at this moment, he caught a glimpse of a figure appearing beside him.

All his attention was on Green, and when he turned around, he realized that it was Pachulia who was rushing back, reaching out to block him.

He tried his best to collect the ball and dodge it, but the moment his right foot hit the ground, he felt that he stepped on something.

Although he reacted and quickly withdrew his strength, there was a sharp pain in his foot, and he lost his center of gravity and fell to the ground.

This came very suddenly, and after the referee blew the ball out of bounds, they noticed that Jokic fell to the ground with a painful expression.

The fans at the scene unconsciously hugged their heads. They didn't know what happened just now.

But what the naked eye can see is that Jokic is covering his ankle with his hands, and he should have been injured in the confrontation just now.

Jokic performed bravely during this period, but was suddenly injured. This is undoubtedly bad news for the Pelicans.

The team doctor came on the field quickly, and after communication, helped him back to the Pelicans bench.

The game entered a technical timeout, and the players of both sides returned to their respective halfs.

At this time, Jokic's injured back defense was shown on the large LED screen on the scene.

Jokic was injured by stepping on Pachulia's foot!

Much like Leonard's injury, Pachulia looked to block Jokic, but unfortunately his left foot was right where Jokic's right foot landed.

There were boos all over the place.

When Leonard was injured, they were more sorry and worried, but now that it happened to their own team, they were more angry.