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After the Cavaliers experienced a first quarter that was bombarded by the Warriors, James continued to stay on the court to lead the team in the second quarter.

James, Scola, Korver, Jr. Smith, Spanoulis, this is the Cavaliers' rotation. James is ready to play the entire game on the court from G1 of the Finals.

And from the Cavaliers' rotation, it can be clearly seen that except for James, the Cavaliers' rotation is almost all offensive players. Basically, the defense relies entirely on James alone.

In the second quarter, the Warriors' rotation lineup was Lopez, Ibaka, Barnes, Livingston and Dragic. This is a full rotation lineup.

Seeing Xiao Zhan staying on the court at the beginning of the second quarter, Chen Xiao actually wanted to stay on the court.

But Cole refused to let him go. For the Warriors, one is that Chen Xiao is over 32 years old, and the other is that it is not necessary.

The Warriors had many advantages in the first quarter.

Before playing the Spurs, the Warriors and Cavaliers were still on the same level.

So after the baptism of the Spurs' seven battles, the current Warriors are indeed a team that you can clearly feel is better than the Cavaliers.

In this case, Chen Xiao can just harvest the game when the game is getting anxious. There is no need to dance with James and the Cavaliers.

During the second quarter rotation time, only James was left on the court among the ten starters from both sides.

In this case, no matter how strong the rotation players on both sides are, the excitement of the game will drop sharply.

In fact, during the rotation time in the second quarter, the substitute lineups on both sides played a little tight.

When Chen Xiao came on the court with 6 minutes left in the second quarter, at this time, the score of the two teams in the second quarter was 8 to 6. The two teams had not scored in double figures in the first half of the game.

It can only be said that for most of the rotation players of the Warriors and Cavaliers, playing in the finals for the first time is indeed a lot of pressure, and it is understandable that it is particularly tight.

Dragic and Ibaka, the two offensive cores of the Warriors' rotation, did not perform well, and Livingston also did not perform well. Although Lopez is experienced, he is facing James, and he is not good at it. He likes to attack, but Barnes has certain problems with his offensive ability.

Fortunately, the Warriors' rotation was a bit poor in the first finals, and the Cavaliers' players were even more like this.

Except for Xiao Zhan, everyone else, whether it's three-pointers or shooting, can't do it no matter how they shoot.

Of the Cavaliers' 6 points in the half quarter, 5 were scored by James, and the other 1 was Scola's free throw, making 1 of 2 free throws.

To be honest, after such an exciting first quarter, it is unexpected that the two sides rotated and played so eye-catchingly.

Fortunately, after Chen Xiao and the Warriors' starters, as well as the Cavaliers' starters, all returned, the game between the two teams became exciting, beautiful and intense again.

In the end, the Warriors ended the second quarter with a 3-point lead at 28-25 in the second quarter.

At the end of the half, the score between the Warriors and Cavaliers also became 63-55, with the Warriors leading by 8 points at halftime.

This lead is not big, and of course, it is not small either.

For the Cavaliers, if they want to win this game, they need to play well in the third quarter.

If they can't narrow the point difference in the third quarter, then this game may be difficult for them.

The halftime break ended and the third quarter started. The Cavaliers, who wanted to catch up quickly, played very fiercely at the beginning of the second half.

The Cavaliers players also have a high desire to attack.

But the effect is very limited.

Some played too hastily.

At the beginning, Matthews made a dribbling error on Clay in a single, Oden beat Jokic and made a mistake. After that, Conley and James made consecutive mistakes, and Danny Green and Matthews made a mistake one after another.

The third quarter lasted for 4 minutes, but the Cavaliers didn't score a single point.

It wasn't until 7 minutes and 50 seconds left in the third quarter that the Cavaliers broke the scoring panic with a pull-up three-pointer from beyond the three-point line by James.

It wouldn't be a surprise for the Cavaliers to see this happen.

The Cavaliers are a very traditional team, and everything the Cavaliers rely on is their own defense.

When they can't defend the Warriors, if they want to chase points, they can only change their previous style of steady and steady positional warfare.

Because if you can't guard against your opponent and play point by point slowly in positional battles, it's impossible to chase points.

Therefore, the Cavaliers changed their offensive rhythm in the third quarter, hoping to simplify the offensive process and make every Cavaliers player aggressive.

Such changes are indeed conducive to chasing points.

However, this also requires the Cavaliers players to be able to meet Carlisle's requirements well.

But obviously, the performance of the Cavaliers players in the first few minutes of the third quarter showed that they were not very good at this.

The third quarter was originally a quarter for the Cavaliers to chase points, but after the Cavaliers changed their offensive rhythm, not only did they not succeed in chasing points, but they were also beaten 33 to 20 by the Warriors in a single quarter. The Cavaliers fell behind by 13 points in a single quarter. .

After the first three quarters of the game, the Cavaliers were already 75-96, trailing by 21 points.

This point difference is embarrassing.

Originally, Xiao Zhan was planning to play the whole four quarters of this game. Unexpectedly, Chen Xiao felt so sorry for him that he was asked to leave work after the third quarter.

After the third quarter, James and Chen Xiao sat on the bench and watched their teammates finish the game.

In the end, in this much-anticipated G1 game, the Warriors defeated the Cavaliers 120-100.

In this game, the Warriors played at home and performed well. Chen Xiao played 30 minutes, making 14 of 24 shots, 3 of 6 three-pointers, 7 of 7 free throws, and scored 38 points, 7 rebounds, and 8 assists.

Klay, on the other hand, made 11 of 19 and 7 of 12 three-pointers. He scored 29 points efficiently in three quarters.

Except for Chen Xiao and Klay, no other Warriors player scored in double figures.

Jokic made 4 of 6 shots and scored 9 points, Bill made 3 of 10 shots and scored 9 points, and Big Eyebrow made 4 of 9 shots and scored 9 points.

It can be seen that the Cavaliers' starting players are slow in their individual defense capabilities. Unless the Warriors' tactics create gaps, other Warriors players will not have many opportunities.

However, on the other hand, because the Warriors' tactics are indeed powerful, in this game, opportunities appeared in Chen Xiao and Klay, the two most accurate players of the Warriors. This made the Cavaliers' defense outstanding. The players seem to have no role to play as heroes.

However, although the Warriors only had two players score in double figures, all 13 players the Warriors played in this game scored.

Even Ding Yanyuhang played 7 minutes in this game, made 1 of 2, and scored 2 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists.

This made the young man from China extremely happy.

All 13 players who played in the finals scored, which is considered an NBA record.

It can be seen that the current Warriors' offense is indeed very good.

On the Cavaliers side, the best performer in this game is of course Xiao Zhan. Xiao Zhan made 12 of 20 in this game, 3 of 7 three-pointers, 6 of 8 free throws, and scored 32 points, 10 rebounds and 5 rebounds in the three quarters. assists.

In addition, Oden is another Cavaliers player and the only player to score in double figures. He made 7 of 13 shots and 3 of 4 free throws. He scored 17 points, 12 rebounds and 3 blocks.

If you look at the performance of the players alone, Oden's personal performance is definitely better than his opponent Jokic, but if you look at the impact on the game, it is definitely Jokic.

Jokic is the reason why most of the Warriors' opportunities in this game came to Chen Xiao.

In the past, the Warriors played tactics with Chen Xiao as the core. Chen Xiao could only create opportunities for his teammates. It was basically impossible for him to have good scoring opportunities here, and the defense was attracted by Chen Xiao.

But now the Warriors can create good scoring opportunities for Chen Xiao when they play tactics with Jokic as the core.

Don't think this is simple, you have to think about it, this is Chen Xiao, will you let go of Chen Xiao's defense?

Even if the Cavaliers let anyone go, they won't let Chen Xiao go.

It can only be said that Jokic's organization, movement, and pick-and-roll screens are indeed two brushes. He can direct the Warriors to hit the opportunity ball to Chen Xiao.

Even if there are only 10 times in a game, for Chen Xiao, these 10 times are equal to giving away points.

Of course, for the Cavaliers, these 10 times, it must be very poisonous and nightmare.

In this game, Jokic's statistics were 9 points, 9 rebounds and 9 assists. The statistics are very strange and very crucial.

After G1 of the finals, many experts who thought the Warriors and Cavaliers were probably 50-50 before the game changed their minds after G1 of the finals.

Although G1 is just G1, some problems in G1 are enough to illustrate the problem.

The traditional team Cavaliers, their offensive potential is not enough!

Although the Warriors are a non-traditional team, this team's inside line is not as weak as the Bucks, and this team's confrontation is not as weak as the Bucks!

The Cavaliers can be very effective against the Bucks when they increase their intensity, but against the Warriors, it has almost no effect after increasing their intensity. Moreover, although the personal abilities of James and Oden's inside line are stronger than the inside combination of Jokic and Big Eyebrow, because of Danny Green's personal offense is not that good, and Chen Xiao has a lot of space to defend inside, so Oden and James' inside advantage is not that great.

In this case, the Cavaliers' disadvantages are almost all-round.

The Cavaliers are now extremely restrained by the Warriors!

Faced with such a visible situation, Cavaliers head coach Carlisle said after the game: "We will make changes to the game."

On June 9th, in G2 of the Finals, many people saw the changes in the Cavaliers.

That is, just like the Bucks, continue to increase the intensity!

Yes, this is not surprising. Since the intensity against the Bucks is not enough, then increase the measurement.

The player targeted was not Chen Xiao. Chen Xiao's confrontation was ranked among the best in the history of the entire league.

The player the Cavaliers are targeting is the Warriors' second shooter, Klay.

In the first quarter of G2, Clay made 1 of 4 three-pointers in a single quarter, and his shooting rate was very low. However, Clay got 10 free throw opportunities in a single quarter!

Do you think this tactical change by the Cavaliers is effective?

The effect was definitely there. Clay's shooting percentage dropped sharply, but the Cavaliers allowed Clay to score 15 points in a single quarter.

Judging from Clay's scoring data, it seems that the effect is not very good.

After all, you allowed your opponent's second-best player to score 15 points in a single quarter, and you allowed the opponent to score 40 points in a single quarter.

So, this is a bit embarrassing.

Even if the intensity is maxed out, it seems that the most it can do is this, and it cannot turn Klay Thompson into Curry.

Moreover, because a lot of defensive energy was spent on Klay, the defense of other Warriors players was a bit loose in this game, and these players' touch was also open in this game.

For example, Bill made 8 of 12 shots in this game, 4 of 6 three-pointers, and scored 23 points.

For example, Thick Eyebrow made 8 of 13 shots and 1 of 1 free throws in this game, scoring 17 points.

These two players, who have been tough for countless games, started this game.

In this game, the number of players scoring in double figures on the Warriors team also increased from two in the previous game to six in this game.

In the end, in this game where the Cavaliers had to find a way even if they couldn't win, the Warriors defeated the Cavaliers 138-116 at home.

And this is what leaves Carlisle and the Cavaliers speechless.

The more intense they get, the fiercer the Warriors' offense becomes!

This is actually not difficult to understand.

The Warriors' offensive organization, if Curry's physical fitness is strong enough, the Bucks can block the intensity of the Cavaliers, and they can also defeat the Cavaliers.

Iverson's defense is so aggressive, why is it so ineffective?

That's why.

Being aggressive and strong does not mean that the defense is effective.

Iverson's defense works well against Kiddji, but for others... it's unbearable.

The same goes for the knights in this game.

After the G2 game, the Cavaliers were really hurt. The Cavaliers used the Bucks' method to face the Warriors and were blown away.

You know, their method helped them finally complete the comeback from a 1-3 deficit. For the Cavaliers players, this method was their life-saving straw.

When they use life-saving straw, they end up just becoming a real loser.

It was like they were facing a big boss and pulled out the family sword. This sword had just exorcised demons for them. They swung it again with confidence, and the sword broke.

It turns out that this family heirloom sword has only 1 point of durability!

Now, holding the broken sword in their hands and looking at the menacing devil in front of them, what kind of mood will the Cavaliers players feel at this time?

Very sad, really sad.

Cavaliers head coach Carlisle saw this, but was helpless.

After the G2 game between the Warriors and the Cavaliers, Spurs head coach Popovich said in an interview: "Whether it's the Bucks or the Bobcats, standing in front of the Warriors, this finals will be very intense. It was exciting, but it was the Cavaliers who stood in front of the Warriors."

This was said very coolly.

However, it is true.

Warrior, you can really defeat this knight!