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Before the finals started, the Warriors, as the favorites to win the championship, were certainly the most promising team.

Before the finals started, no one would have thought that the Warriors would fall behind the Bucks 2-3 in the first five games.

Even people like O'Neal who like to cause trouble and watch the excitement predict that the Warriors can sweep the Bucks and win the championship in order to achieve a single-season playoff victory.

However, no one thought that the finals between the Warriors and Bucks would be so thrilling.

The Bucks actually took a 3-2 lead despite being at a disadvantage.

This situation seems like a repeat of last year's finals.

In last year's finals, the Bucks finally won the championship by the Warriors when they had the upper hand.

So, will this year's championship be the Bucks?

After the G5 game between the Warriors and Bucks, experts, celebrities, reporters and media throughout the NBA were discussing this issue.

As for the parties involved, both the Bucks and the Warriors seemed unusually quiet.

The Warriors don't know what the situation is on the Bucks' side, but as far as the Warriors' own situation is concerned.

Losing G5 is indeed a very disappointing thing for Warriors players.

After all, the Warriors actually led in this G5 game all the time, even leading by 11 points at the highest point in the first half.

But in the end, Curry unexpectedly hit 5 three-pointers in the third quarter. Durant scored 19 points in the fourth quarter when other Bucks players could not score. In the end, he bit the score and then gave Curry hit the last amazing three-pointer in the circle.

In the end, the Bucks defeated the Warriors 121-119.

Curry and Durant scored 46 points and 42 points respectively, and the two scored 88 points together. Apart from these two, only Antetokounmpo scored 12 points in the Bucks team and scored in double figures. Everyone's scores were in single digits, and none even exceeded 5 points.

It can be said that this game is completely a game between Curry and Durant and Kerry.

Compared with the Bucks, 6 players from the Warriors scored in double figures. Chen Xiao, Wade and Luo Ge all scored 25 points. It can be said that in terms of the health of the team in the game, the Warriors were better in this game. The performance of the game was undoubtedly the healthier team.

However, he lost in the end.

This can only be said to be that sometimes miracles do happen in NBA games.

Of course, on the bright side, although the Warriors finally lost in G5, it was not without gain.

At least, the finals schedule is 232, and the Warriors will play all the remaining two games at home.

At the same time, in the G5 game, the Warriors tested the Bucks' limits.

From the scoring data of other Bucks players in G5, we can see that the Warriors have done a very good job of restricting other Bucks players.

In the end, all the burden of the Bucks' game was placed on Durant and Curry by the Warriors. The two men who were guarded by the Warriors had to bear almost all of the Bucks' offense.

This is an extremely heavy burden for Durant and Curry.

In the last game, G5, Curry and Durant both played 48 minutes.

Undoubtedly, this is very beneficial to the Warriors.

After all, Sun Tzu said that if you know yourself and your enemy, you will win in any battle. Now the Warriors already know all the depths of the Bucks, but the Bucks have not yet tried out all the depths of the Warriors.

In this finals, Chen Xiao never exerted his strength.

This is not only the reason why the Warriors' tactical play is to consume Curry, so Durant and Luo Ge are the main attackers, but it is also due to Chen Xiao's own selfish reasons.

In short, when the Warriors are really in dire straits, the Warriors still have room to spare.

On June 12, 2017, after a two-day truce in the finals, the game continued at the Oracle Center in Oakland, Golden State.

Because the Bucks are currently leading by a big score, and the Bucks have already got the match point, so even though they know that the Warriors are stronger.

But for Warriors fans, this game still makes them very nervous.

Especially at the beginning of this game, the away Bucks played very fiercely.

In the first quarter of the game, the away Bucks scored 39 points in a single quarter, leading the Warriors by 7 points 39 to 32 in the first quarter!

As soon as the game started, the two leading players of the Bucks, Durant and Curry, were on fire.

Durant made 4 of 8 in the first quarter, 2 of 4 three-pointers, and 5 of 5 free throws, scoring 15 points in a single quarter.

And Curry made 7 of 10 in a single quarter, 4 of 6 three-pointers, and scored 18 points in a single quarter.

The two men's terrifying firepower of 33 points in a single quarter also made the Warriors fans at the scene feel suffocated.

And with the offensive performance of Durant and Curry in the first quarter, more than just the Warriors fans at the scene were suffocated.

Even many neutral fans in front of the TV felt suffocated.

"It's too strong. This Bucks team is indeed strong!"

"The Bucks' control is not as good as the Warriors, and their overall strength is not as good as the Warriors, but their offense is unstoppable!"

After all, they are two offensive S-level players.

Chen Xiao has long known that Durant is an S-level player. Durant's overall level is S-level and Curry is A+. But obviously, there is no doubt about the offensive levels of Durant and Curry. S level.

And these two people are so compatible.

In this season's finals, after Ray Allen asked Dream Green to be Curry's bodyguard, he completely unleashed Curry's offense.

Although many Warriors fans said that Green's mobile screens in the finals were fouls every time, the referee just didn't call it a call.

This is true.

However, every time Curry was knocked down outside the three-point line, it seemed like a foul every time, and the referee also didn't call it a blow.

Obviously, the referee is looking for the scale of the whistle.

The referee tolerated Green's moving screen. In contrast, the referee also acquiesced in the cylinder where Curry did not shoot.

Otherwise, Dream Green's mobile screen will be defaulted, and Curry's cylinder will also be available, so the defensive players will not be able to defend.

It can only be said that for the enjoyment of the game, tolerating Dream Green's mobile screen and not giving Curry a cylinder is the best choice for the enjoyment of the game.

So it's hard to say whether this is good or bad for the Bucks' offense.

Of course, for the Warriors, Curry is indeed very difficult to defend with a bodyguard who can move and cover, but at the same time, the referee allows Curry to have no cylinder, which means that the Warriors can increase their defense against Curry. Intensity, when you can catch Curry, use force, force and force, as long as you don't kill him.

But even so, Curry's influence on the offensive end of the court and beyond the three-point line is still visible to the naked eye at a historical level. Many people say that Curry's influence on three-pointers has now surpassed that of Ray Allen.

After all, in order to defend Curry harder, the Warriors' defensive strength is really piling up crazily towards Curry. It seems that Curry has mobilized the entire Warriors' perimeter defense.

Therefore, in this finals, there is Curry who can mobilize the entire Warriors team's perimeter defense, and there is Durant, a super stand-up singles player who can blast anyone in 1-on-1.

These two people are indeed invincible as long as they appear on the court at the same time.

Therefore, judging from the invincibility of these two people in these games, Chen Xiao and Cole have been crazy about Curry and consuming Curry since G1. This strategy is extremely correct.

Take this G6 as an example. As soon as the first quarter started, Durant and Curry were on full fire. They didn't rest in the second quarter. It seemed that the Bucks were going to treat this game as their last. The game started again.

This is understandable. For the Bucks, if they lose this game, there is really no need to play the seventh game.

Therefore, it is indeed understandable that the Bucks will play this game in Game 7. Curry and Durant still have to play for 48 minutes like the previous game.

However, it is obvious that Durant and Curry's offensive status in the second quarter dropped a lot compared to the first quarter.

In the second quarter, Durant made 4 of 7 shots and scored 10 points. Durant was still very stable.

As for Curry, in the second quarter, he made 5 of 12 in a single quarter, 4 of 11 three-pointers, and scored 14 points in a single quarter. Compared with his data in the first quarter, this data is definitely a bit underwhelming.

Of course, for Curry, after halftime, he scored a crazy 32 points. This is indeed very shocking.

The Bucks scored a total of 68 points in the half. Curry scored 32 points in the half, Durant scored 25 points in the half, and the two scored 57 points in the half. This ratio can almost be said to be the highest in the entire first half. The Warriors are competing against Durant and Curry.

With the terrifying performance of Durant and Curry in the first half, the away Bucks led the Warriors by 4 points 68-64 entering the second half.

Although the Warriors are still lagging behind at this time, Warriors fans already seem more stable than before the game.

There is no way, anyone who is not blind can see how tired Curry and Durant were at the end of the first half.

Especially Curry, Curry is not a high-shooting player, because almost every time he takes a shot, he has to go around the screen and pull with the defensive player, which is very energy-consuming.

But in the first half, Curry took 22 shots!

This almost means that Curry took as many shots in half a game as he did in an entire game in previous games.

The offensive consumption in half a game is equivalent to a normal game.

At the same time, they had to face the crazy attacks of Wade and Ron Howard in the first half of the game.

Wade and Ron Howard scored 18 points and 16 points in the first half of this game. The two of them were very aggressive in the first half of this game.

Let's put it this way, Curry played half of this game and was basically overdrawn.

Therefore, the Warriors fans at the scene knew very well that according to this situation, the Warriors would overtake the score sooner or later.

The Bucks are very dangerous at this time.

If Curry can't survive in the second half, he can only rely on Durant to continue to support him alone. So, can he survive?

A 4-point lead is not safe.

The Bucks were able to catch up after falling behind by 11 points in the last game. That's because Curry went crazy in the third quarter, because Curry didn't actually attack that much in the first half of the last game.

Curry, who was obviously more tired in the first half of this game, still went crazy in the third quarter?

All questions were answered at the end of the third quarter.

In the third quarter, the Warriors beat the Bucks 31-24 at home. At the end of the third quarter, with Chen Xiao's last three-pointer at the buzzer, the Warriors ended up 95-92 against the Bucks. The team completed the lead.

Durant and Curry both worked hard in the third quarter.

Durant made 4 of 8, scored 10 points in a single quarter, and already scored 35 points in three quarters.

Curry made 3 of 11 in the third quarter, 3 of 10 three-pointers, and 2 of 3 free throws. He also scored 10 points in a single quarter. After three quarters, he had already scored a crazy 43 points.

The two of them had indeed gone all out.

However, in the end, the score was overtaken.

And this is almost desperate for the Bucks.

Because the whole world knows that they have no chance.

So much so that at the end of the third quarter, the venomous commentator Maizi stopped being venomous at this time, but felt sorry for the Bucks.

"Although the Warriors defend Durant and Curry very fiercely, especially Curry, the Warriors have actually always defended Curry and Durant alone. The Warriors' three perimeter defenders, Ron Howard, Wade and Klay are both very capable of moving without the ball. They can both guard Curry. When Curry runs to any area, they can switch defenses at any time. Therefore, although the Warriors' perimeter defense seems to be completely It was used, but there was actually no way to form a double-team, and other Bucks players couldn't benefit from Curry's defense."

"For the Warriors, as long as they hold Curry and Durant to lead their teammates and fight for isolations, although the Bucks are already one of the strongest in history, there is no doubt that the Warriors, who have the most efficient singles group in NBA history, are in isolation. It’s still stronger.”

"It can only be said that the most offensive duo met the most offensive trio!"

Maizi is worthy of being a three-time championship, and his understanding of the game is still very correct.

The Warriors, who tested the depth of the Bucks, found that they could win as long as they let Durant and Curry attack and strangle everyone else.

In fact, this is what the G5 Warriors did.

However, the Warriors' offense was average in that game, but Durant and Curry really exploded, especially Curry, who scored 46 points on 24 shots and made 12 of 16 three-pointers in a single game. How can this be correct?

In the end, we lost 3 points. I can only say that this strategy is effective.

Durant and Curry are so explosive, the Warriors usually only lose 3 points.

So why should the Warriors be panicking?

So after losing in G5, although the Warriors were unhappy, the whole team did not panic.

In this game, the Warriors players were in better shape.

Therefore, Durant, Curry and the Bucks have to finish their work in one battle. If the strategy of resolving the battle in the first half fails, then when the first half of the game ends, there will be no suspense in the game.

In the fourth quarter, the Bucks made 4 of 19 shots and scored 11 points.

Among them, Curry made 0 of 3 in a single quarter and scored 0 points.

Iguodala made 0 of 3 in a single quarter and scored 0 points.

Green went 0 for 2.

Antetokounmpo was 0 for 2.

Ariza was 0 for 2.

Durant made 4 of 7, 1 of 3 three-pointers, 2 of 2 free throws, and 11 points.

In the entire fourth quarter of the Bucks, Durant was the only one left who could score.

In the end, the Bucks lost to the Warriors 103-126 on the road after a strong start.

In this game, Curry, the two leading players of the Bucks, scored 42 points in three quarters and 42 points in the game.

Durant scored 46 points.

In this game, the scores of the two dropped from the previous game, but they still scored 88 points together.

However, the result of the game was very dismal.

The last game was a decisive victory, but this one was a disastrous defeat.

It can be seen that in this game, the Warriors are not only in better shape, but also more targeted against the Bucks.

The other Bucks players are either too old or too young, and most of the players in their playing years have inconsistent shooting.

In this case, the Warriors only need to play five forwards for single defense. In the end, the Bucks can only find Durant and Curry with the ball. The others really do not have such strong one-on-one and stable singles capabilities.

On the Bucks' side, Luo Ge made 13 of 23 shots and 9 of 9 free throws. He scored a high score of 35 points in the game.

Ron Howard was the same. Wade also made 13 of 23 from the field and 5 of 5 from the free throw line. He scored 31 points in the game.

Chen Xiao made 12 of 17 in this game, 5 of 7 three-pointers, and 2 of 2 free throws. He also scored 31 points in the game.

Luo Ge, Chen Xiao and Wade also became the first combination in NBA history to score 30+ points in the finals at the same time.

It is very easy for Chen Xiao to score 30 points in a game.

And Luo Ge and Wade.

It can only be said that Curry's defensive end in this game did drop off a cliff compared to the previous games.

I don't blame Curry for this. After all, he only has so much energy. He needs to allocate more energy to offense, and problems will inevitably arise on the defensive end.

It can only be said that the Warriors are so lucky to have Wade and Luo Ge, two efficient scorers who can suppress Curry in isolation.

The finals between Wade and Luo Ge can be said to have changed the trend of the entire finals.

Let's put it this way, if it weren't for the two of them, the Warriors led by Chen Xiao last season would definitely have to kneel down when facing this Buck.

Without a good five-forward defensive lineup, not only can the Warriors not be able to target Curry on the offensive end, but they also absolutely cannot defend that well on the defensive end.

In this finals, the Warriors were able to strangle Antetokounmpo, Ariza, and Iguodala, and Green's offense was really thanks to Wade, Luo Ge, Carter, and Jaylen Brown. .

All four are strong enough to defend the Bucks' forward one-on-one.

Especially Luo Ge and Wade.

These two bring defensive intensity to the Warriors.

Let's put it this way, this Bucks team with Luo Ge and Wade not only makes the Warriors the strongest singles team in history not only on the offensive end, but also against the strongest team by name.

At the same time, it also made the Warriors the strongest team on the defensive end.

So at the end of the G6 game, the vicious Maizi said: "That is, the Bucks use Durant and Curry. In the history of the league, any team without Chen Xiao will face the Warriors. It’s difficult to score 100 points in every game!”

This is a compliment to Durant and Curry, as well as a compliment to the Warriors.

G6, the Warriors won.

The big score is 3 to 3.

Everyone knows that the Warriors' Game 7 home game will be a huge celebration for the Warriors' coronation dynasty.

And the next game will be more than just a celebration of the Warriors' first team dynasty.

Chen Xiao will also usher in his second dynasty!

Of course, will the Bucks give up so easily?