Basketball striker

Chapter 691: Not in the state

"Boy, you've entered the finals again." Garnett's laughing voice made Yang Shuai feel a little proud in his heart. He has played in the finals three of the four years he has been in the league. How can he be so good?

"Hey, old guy, are you too busy? Why not come to the Warriors next season? You can still stay on the court even in June." Yang Shuai said seductively.

Garnett on the other end of the phone felt a slight movement in his heart, then grinned and said, "Boy, let's win the championship this year. Maybe I can consider it."

Yang Shuai raised the corner of his mouth slightly and said confidently: "Don't worry, old guy, the championship will be mine, I can't run away." [

"Let me remind you, the Heat are not easy to deal with." There was a hint of schadenfreude in Garnett's tone.

"Old guy, the Lakers and Spurs are not easy to deal with either."

"Okay, boy, I didn't wish you the final victory last year, but now I wish you had the last laugh."

After hanging up the phone, Garnett spread his hands and leaned on the sofa. Garnett was right, the Heat were not easy to deal with, and they were probably more difficult to deal with than the Lakers and Spurs.

The Lakers' biggest advantage is their inside line, and in this series their inside advantage was not fully utilized. It is precisely because of this that the Warriors won, although it was not too easy, but it was not too difficult either.

The strength of the Spurs lies in their overall basketball. Under the guidance of Popovich, the Spurs are like a sophisticated instrument. They perform their own duties. Even role players can play their important role, whether it is offense or defense. And rightly so.

It was the Spurs' offense that caused the Warriors a lot of trouble, and the Warriors' final promotion was also very difficult.

The Heat's strength lies in both offense and defense. The Heat's defense is stronger than any team the Warriors have encountered in the Western Conference. Their offense does not seem to be better than the Spurs, but it has great variables.

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The Spurs' offense relies on the team's overall tactical coordination, while the Heat's offense relies more on the individual abilities of the stars. It seems that the Heat's offense is lagging behind, but it is precisely because of this characteristic that they

There is uncertainty. If the Heat's stars take action, their offensive capabilities will be terrifying.

In addition to the stars, the Heat are undoubtedly more impactful than these two teams. Whether facing the Lakers or the Spurs, the Warriors rely on their own impact to make the opponent suffer, but they no longer have this advantage against the Heat.

Yes, the combination of James and Wade is no less impactful than the combination of Yang Shuai and Evans.

While thinking about the strength of the Heat, Yang Shuai is also thinking about what style of play he should use in the finals. In the regular season and the first two rounds of the playoffs, Yang Shuai often gets triple-doubles, but in

In the series against the Spurs, Yang Shuai only had one triple-double.

In the Spurs series, because the opponent was very successful in restricting other players except Li, the Warriors lost three of the first five games. This also made Yang Shuai choose to attack more on his own in the last two games.

Then he scored 50 points and 67 points respectively.

"Let's take a look at the opponent's defensive strategy first." Yang Shuai raised his lips, then stood up from the sofa and walked out of the house.

There was no home court advantage against the Lakers or Spurs. When it came to the Finals, the Warriors had the home court advantage. The Warriors' record in the regular season was 62 wins and 20 losses, while the Heat's record was 58 wins and 24 losses.

The format of the finals is slightly different from that of the playoffs. It adopts a 2-3-2 format. The first two games are held at the Warriors' home court, while the next three games will be played at the Heat's home court.

Driving from home to the arena, Yang Shuai could feel the strong atmosphere of the Finals, with billboards, slogans, flags, street lights, T-shirts on fans... almost everything about the Finals could be seen along the way.

The whole city has only one theme, the finals!

The NBA Finals attracted the attention of basketball fans around the world, and naturally also attracted many media reporters. Yang Shuai's car was surrounded by a group of reporters just as it drove outside the arena. Of course, he would not get out of the car to talk to reporters at this time.

After too much entanglement, I drove directly into the parking lot to avoid the harassment of reporters.

Because it was the finals, players from both teams came to the arena early to warm up, and after they re-entered the locker room, fans also entered the arena earlier than usual.

"The finals have begun, and we are once again standing on this battlefield with the goal of defending the title. Do you have confidence?"

"Yes!" After hearing Nelson's question, all the Warriors players roared loudly.[

Without doing much mobilization, Nelson waved for all the players to come out, and at this time, deafening shouts were heard in the arena.

"Welcome our King of Warriors... Yang!!!" When J shouted such a voice, the fans' shouts almost overturned the entire arena, and all kinds of screams challenged people's psychological endurance limits.

This is Yang Shuai's first home appearance after defeating the Spurs. All fans are still in the excitement of Yang Shuai scoring 67 points.

"Hey, Charles, even though I know you're going to predict the Warriors to win, I still want to hear your thoughts." Kenny Smith asked Barkley.

"Yes, Kenny, you are right. I am a staunch supporter of the Warriors. If it is against other teams, my support may not be so firm, but against the Heat, I will definitely support the Warriors. LeBron will not be Yang's

opponent."

Kenny Smith turned his head and thought for a long time, but he couldn't remember when Barkley had not given firm support. For the Lakers and Spurs, when had Barkley not already said for sure that the Warriors could win before the game even started?

"But the Heat still have Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh." Kenny Smith reminded.

Barkley nodded heavily and said, "Of course I know, but the Warriors have Yang!"

"You..." For a fanatical supporter like Barkley, Kenny Smith didn't know what else to say. Can Yang Shuai rule the world with you?

While Smith and Barkley were discussing, commentators from other major TV stations that were broadcasting the finals were also discussing that the number of TV stations broadcasting this year's finals once again reached a new high, which made David Stern and other NBA executives very happy.

David Sturt has been looking forward to 23vs24 for several years but has never been able to get it. Now another of his expectations has finally come true, s6, a duel between the two strongest small forwards in the league, Yang Shuai and James, who have been in constant conversation in recent years.

The duel between them, every time the two meet in the regular season, attracts the attention of many people, let alone this time in the finals?

In the words of the media, this is an opportunity for LeBron James to clear his name.

"Beep!" Amid the anticipation and discussion of many people, the referee blew the whistle to start the game.

"Hey, why did the Heat pick up the pace instead?" Barkley shouted in confusion four minutes into the game.

At the beginning of the game, the Heat took the lead in picking up the tempo, which puzzled many people. Although the Heat's impact is not weak, most teams will not choose to pick up the tempo when facing a team like the Warriors.

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However, as the game progressed, people saw the clue. In such a fast attack and defense, the Heat actually performed better, while the Warriors seemed out of shape.

The Warriors were inferior to the Heat in terms of their enthusiasm during offense and concentration on defense, which also destined the Warriors to be on the back foot in the first quarter.

The impact of the seven-game battle with the Spurs finally emerged. The Warriors, who had only rested for one day, were obviously weak. The most intuitive manifestation was on the defensive end. They were completely unable to keep up with the Heat's offensive pace.

At 32:23, after the first quarter, the Warriors fell behind by 9 points. None of the Warriors players, including Yang Shuai, were in great shape, and this situation did not change much in the second quarter.

At 28:22, in the second quarter, the Warriors once again trailed their opponents by 6 points in a single quarter. As a result, they were already 15 points behind their opponents after halftime.

Trailing the Heat by 15 points at halftime, Warriors fans were not satisfied, but they still maintained their expectations. After all, they reversed the Spurs by 19 points on the road last season.

As Warriors fans expected, the Warriors seemed to have finally found their form after adapting in the first half of the game. After the start of the third quarter, they launched fierce attacks again and again, and the point difference began to slowly narrow.

Seven minutes into the third quarter, Yang Shuai hit the first three-pointer of the game to narrow the point difference to 6 points, which also completely plunged the scene into jubilation.[

However, this also became the smallest point difference between the two teams in this quarter. Then the Heat used their strength on the defensive end to force the Warriors to attack continuously, and played a 9:0 wave to widen the point difference to 15 again. And this period of suppression seemed to make

The touch that the Warriors had just picked up was lost again. Even though the Heat struck again and again, the Warriors did not seize the opportunity to close the score. It was not until Morrow's three-pointer near the end of the third quarter that the point difference between the two teams stayed at

10.

Yang Shuai missed a pull-up jump shot, Evans missed a layup, Jamison missed a hard hit under the basket, and Hinrich missed a three-point shot... The Warriors' touch fell to its lowest in the fourth quarter, with 19 points in a single quarter.

They were unable to complete the reversal, and the game lost suspense as it entered the final minutes.

At 107:90, the final score difference stayed at 17 points. In the first game of the Finals, the Warriors lost to the Heat at their home court.

There is no doubt that this game made Heat fans very excited. Being able to win at the Warriors' home court and a big victory gave them full confidence in the team's strength. Many fans even clamored to defeat the Warriors within five games.

However, the local media in Oakland obviously did not think so. Everyone saw that the Warriors were not in good shape in this game. Yang Shuai only scored 25 points, 4 assists and 7 rebounds. Such statistics are not normal for Yang Shuai. He was

James limits? All Yang Shuai fans laughed when they heard such remarks. Who else can limit Yang Shuai except Yang Shuai himself?