Chapter 765 : What is the odds?
In the playoffs of last season, the Warriors were eager to create another black eight miracle in the first round and reached the second round. However, the greatly improved Golden State Warriors had little strength to fight back in front of the league’s No. 1 Mavericks. They were cleared out by 4-0, and Mark Jackson was dismissed as a result.
Now, one year later, the Warriors have played 67 wins, and Curry and his teammates have also had a great season. The addition of Steve Kerr seemed to make the Warriors soar and locked a seat in the Western Conference Finals early. In the first round, facing the old Spurs, the Warriors passed easily. Facing the powerful Grizzlies in the second round, the Warriors relied on a bold small lineup to advance.
After a circle, the Warriors still circled in front of the Dallas Mavericks, and Curry will face Yiyang again. Curry thought that this season, the Warriors could fight to the end with the Mavericks! But the cruel result of today’s game broke the beautiful fantasy of Curry and all Warriors fans.
“Steven Curry, this may be the most struggling game he has played this season. Watching the Warriors defeat, he can’t do anything. I think this is why he was also elected as the regular season MVP with unanimous votes. Compare that. Curry, who ranked second, seems to be too much stronger!”
Looking down from the commentator, Mike Brin has no longer seen the Warriors fans. There are not many fans left in the entire Oracle Arena. Only a few reporters and Mavericks players were still present. They turned the Oracle Arena into a stage for their own performances.
Both Carlisle and Yiyang were very happy after the game. The victory in this game was not just as simple as changing the total score to 2-1.
Today, Yiyang and Carlisle proved that the Mavericks have the ability to contain the Warriors’ death. In other words, the Warriors’ killer feature is no longer useful for the Mavericks.
Unless the Mavericks players in the next game are injured or in a downturn, they will not lose any more games!
The complete suppression of tactics and confrontation leaves the Warriors without the slightest chance. Cole can only pray, pray that Yiyang or Wade will suddenly lose everything.
On the court at this time, the reporters asked a question that everyone was very concerned about. “Also, how do you limit Curry in the game?”
Well, Cole can only pray that Yiyang will be in poor condition. And Yiyang is the method of actually controlling the defense of Curry.
“Steven is a very difficult player. He has a range of shots throughout the half. So, there is only one way to defend him, and that is to put him under pressure and prevent him from gaining shooting space.”
Yiyang was very simple, he did not hide the secret of defending Curry. Because people all over the world know how to defend Curry, but they just can’t do it! If you want to block Curry’s shots in half of the field, apart from Yiyang, there is really no other person who can do it.
Defending Curry, the important thing is not the method, but who is going to defend.
The day after the game ended, the league announced the final regular season award this year, the result of the best team of the year.
In the best round, both Yiyang and Curry were on the list. Although the guards were also selected as the best team of the year, the outside world has agreed that Curry is still half a grade compared to Yiyang.
The playoffs are a place to test the true level of players. Whether it is gold or stone, it can be clearly distinguished after playing the playoffs. During the regular season, Yiyang and Curry’s various “fairy” performances made the topic of “who is the league’s first point guard” been debated by fans. But now, this topic is over. Because Yiyang has already won with a clear advantage.
The warm basketball atmosphere in the entire Bay Area has disappeared, and the fans are no longer enthusiastic. Although in the last round of the series, the Warriors were also 2-1 behind and then reversed. But the strength that the Mavericks demonstrated has made Warriors fans extremely desperate.
The two losses to the Grizzlies can be said to be the smallest difference, and you can win it back with a little effort. But this game lost to the Mavericks was really hurtful.
In order to ensure that fans have the ball to watch every day, the two finals of the NBA are played crosswise. In other words, the two teams now play a game every other day regardless of whether they need to change games.
One day is not enough for Cole to figure out a way to deal with the Mavericks. Just thinking about how to cope with Yiyang’s impact, Cole is just one head and two older. Perhaps this method requires the Warriors’ coaching staff to spend the entire summer looking for it.
But this is the case in the conference finals, whether you are ready or not, you will be pushed to the battlefield.
On the defensive end, Kerr has nothing to do. So today, he is desperate to fight the Mavericks! If Curry and Thompson voted, maybe the Warriors still have a chance.
So in Game 4 of the Western Conference Finals, less than five minutes into the first quarter, Cole replaced Bogut and made a small lineup.
The Mavericks did not react to death for the first five hours. When the reaction came back, he had already lost a point.
But now, Yiyang and his teammates have been handy for dealing with the Warriors’ small lineup. On the offensive end, Yiyang and Wade take turns attacking. On the defensive end, the Mavericks are not weak inside and outside.
Kerr still wanted to play against the Mavericks, but it was only after five minutes that the Warriors couldn’t attack. Curry needs four or five off-the-ball screens to get an open shot. However, even if he got a mobile phone meeting, Curry, who was already out of breath, couldn’t hit 100% of the three points.
With his incredible shooting touch, Curry can also score some incredible goals sporadically. But Thompson was not so lucky, he was completely lost.
Everyone was originally an offensive warrior, but only Curry could score by the Mavericks’ defense. The Mavericks’ suffocating defensive lineup makes even the Warriors, the league’s second best offensive player, helpless.
Maintain the flexibility and defense of the lineup, make unlimited defenses against the Warriors, try to defend one-on-one, avoid double-teams, cut off passes between players as much as possible, and force the Warriors to play singles. The method of defending the Warriors is not complicated, and every coach can think of it. But the problem is that this method does not apply to all teams. The Warriors can attack in all five positions, but not all other teams can defend in all five positions.
However, the five Mavericks have very good defensive capabilities. This almost abnormal line-up match allows the Warriors to swallow the defeat.
The year before last, when Cuban introduced Gobert, Iguodala and Tony Allen at the same time, the media once laughed at the Mavericks: So how should they score? How to win the game without scoring?
But now, those media should have got the answer.
As Yiyang said, he once again restricted Curry’s shots. The Warriors have also fallen behind the Mavericks 3-1.
In this year’s playoffs, the Rockets have just staged a 3-1 counterattack. But you should never expect this kind of thing to happen to the Mavericks.
The disastrous defeat in Game 4 left the Warriors players unwilling to fight. In the fifth game, the Mavericks had a 23-point lead in the first half of the game. Throughout the second half, the “Splash Brothers” played less than 10 minutes.
Sitting on the bench, Curry covered his head with a towel. No one knew what the baby-faced defender was like at this time.
Worked hard for a whole year and played an incredible season. The results of it? As a result, the Warriors only changed from 0 to 4 to 1 to 4.
“Just like Jordan, in the age of Yi, many great superstars are destined to return empty-handed.” Mike Brin put Yiyang and Jordan together without any shy this The two people’s dominance over the alliance can be said to be very close.
When the electronic buzzer sounded at the end of the game, the entire U.S. Route Center Arena was full of joy! The Dallas Mavericks won the Western Conference championship trophy for the second year in a row. With a terrifying record of 12 wins and 1 loss, the Dallas Mavericks easily beat the Western Conference and entered the finals!
Curry’s declining figure has become a frantic shot by reporters. A team like the Warriors is likely to win the O’Brien Cup in any previous season. But this year, they couldn’t even make it to the finals.
“Maybe the West will have a wave of grouping. Otherwise, no team will pass the Dallas Mavericks level!” Mike Brin looked at Yiyang who won the Western Conference championship trophy. He can guarantee that James will not. Will be the last star to fight Yiyang.
Next, the only obstacle between the Mavericks and the O’Brien Cup is the Cleveland Cavaliers. In yesterday’s game, the Cavaliers swept the Eagles 4-0 and reached the finals waiting for the Mavericks.
LeBron James left the Heat last summer for this moment and to compete with Yiyang! However, after regrouping, what chance can LeBron have?