I’m Really Playing Basketball

On June 17, 2017, at the Oracle Center in Oakland, the NBA Finals tiebreaker between the Warriors and Bucks was about to begin.

The tiebreaker is arguably the most exciting and thrilling game in the NBA. It is difficult for any fan to face such a game easily before the game.

But the Warriors fans before this game seemed very relaxed.

Before the game even started, many Warriors fans at the scene had even come to celebrate the championship.

Many Warriors fans at the scene have already labeled the Warriors as another dynasty team in the NBA.

Celtics, Bulls, Lakers, Bobcats, Warriors.

If the Warriors can successfully win the tiebreaker tonight, then this team will become the fifth dynasty team in NBA history.

Of these five dynasty teams, two will be led by Chen Xiao.

Looking at the excited and happy Warriors fans at the scene, to be honest, as a guest attending this game, Jordan's mood was very complicated.

It is said that because the big score between the two sides in G5 is already 3 to 2, starting from G6, the championship may appear, so starting from G6, David Stern will bring the O'Brien Cup and guests such as Jordan and Russell. at the scene.

So Jordan was also there in the last game.

For Jordan, although he has a very good relationship with Chen Xiao, if you want to say who he hopes in his heart will win the championship this year, it must be the Bucks.

This does not mean that Chen Xiao does not want to complete his second dynasty.

But Durant, the head coach of the Bucks, is his apprentice.

Durant is about to turn 29 this year. He entered the NBA in 2007 and has been playing in the NBA for nine full years.

Let's put it this way, with Durant's strength and the strength of the Bucks, Durant would have won the championship in any previous era in NBA history.

Including his previous Bulls era, that Bull was no match for this Bucks team.

But it is a pity that in this era, Durant and the Bucks have never been able to bypass the big mountain of Chen Xiao.

Seeing that his third attempt at the championship this year is about to fail again, to be honest, Boss Qiao still can't bear it.

"Champions never need sympathy."

Seeing Jordan like this, Big Bird Bird next to him said with a smile.

By the way, Jordan would never have sympathized with Malone the way he sympathizes with Durant now.

In fact, this is indeed the case. After all, Malone is his opponent and Durant is his apprentice. There is a difference in closeness.

Of course, Mr. Qiao also knows that in the NBA, if you want a championship, sympathy is useless. You need to use strength, luck and means to snatch this prize that everyone dreams of.

Regardless of luck, means, or strength, since Durant still has no championship in his career, it means that in this era, he does still have something missing.

Jordan now only hopes that after this finals, Durant can still maintain his pure heart for basketball and not be blinded by other things.

Well, it can be seen from Jordan's thoughts at this time that before the game, no one was optimistic that the Bucks could win the championship.

At this time, on the court, the warm-up of the two teams had ended, and all the starting players of the two teams had appeared on the court.

There are no changes to the Warriors' starting players in this game, with Chen Xiao, Nong Mei, Wade, Clay and Luo Ge.

As for the Bucks, the starting players are also unchanged, including Dream Green, Antetokounmpo, Durant, Iguodala and Curry.

The Warriors don't need to change. This is the strongest and most suitable lineup to beat the Bucks.

As for the Bucks, there is really nothing they can do to change.

If we play against last season's Warriors, Curry can be put on the bench.

But it’s really impossible to play the Warriors this season, and they really can’t do without Curry.

Last season, the Warriors could not form a five-forward formation that could match the Bucks' five forwards, so the Bucks' five forwards could attack in mismatches and have good offensive efficiency.

But now, the Warriors' five forwards can match up with the Bucks' five forwards. In a five-forward formation, except for Durant, other Bucks players have no mismatch advantage.

Can't open the offense at all.

Therefore, ESPN has statistics. In this year's finals, when the Bucks had Curry, their offensive efficiency reached 118. However, without Curry, their offensive efficiency was less than 100, only 98.

This is the reality for the Bucks right now.

Even if they know that Curry, who is currently lacking in physical strength, will be beaten by Wade and Ron Howard on the defensive end on the court, because Curry is needed for the offense, Curry can only continue to start.

Because Curry is really the most important player on the Bucks' offense now.

With Curry, the Bucks still have hope.

Without Curry, the Bucks have no hope at all.

In the center of the court, Thick Eyebrow and Antetokounmpo jumped the ball. Antetokounmpo grabbed the first wave of the ball for the Bucks.

Curry, who the Bucks had high hopes for in this game, ended up trying to score a three-pointer for the first time after the game started.

The attack failed and the rebound was not grabbed. In order to prevent the Warriors from pushing the fast break, Dream Green chose to foul Chen Xiao who grabbed the rebound.

If Dream Green hadn't fouled, the Warriors would have really pushed out the fast break with this ball.

In the past two games, Curry scored 46 points and 42 points. It can be said that Curry is in excellent condition.

Under the circumstances, it's understandable that the game started with such a rush.

The attack can bring up the rhythm, and only then can his three-pointers rain up, and only then can the Warriors be defeated by the Bucks.

If the rhythm slows down and he falls into position, then Curry can only pick and roll, screen, and be consumed when attacking, and he can only be consumed by Wade and Luo Ge when defending.

Obviously, the Bucks hope that Curry's offense in this game can try not to fall into position and shoot whenever possible, no matter how far it is or whether his teammates or opponents are in position.

To be honest, Ray Allen's choice is very subtle. Of course, it will also be a great test for Curry.

On the court, it's the Warriors' turn to attack. Since the Bucks hope to pick up the pace and provide Curry with quick attack opportunities that don't require entanglement, the Warriors must press the pace.

If you don't control the rhythm, how can you name Curry on the defensive end?

The Warriors' first attack was when Luo Ge named Curry on his back, and Curry was directly fouled at the beginning.

Let’s not talk about Curry’s defensive ability, let’s not talk about whether his physical strength is no longer good, but Curry is really serious and really active when he defends.

Players are serious and active in defense. Is this a good thing?

Of course that's a good thing.

But defensive players are sometimes too aggressive, and you have to admit that this makes players more susceptible to injuries and fouls.

That's it this time.

And after Luo Ge hit two free throws, Dream Green was intercepted by Chen Xiao when he was dribbling the ball across half court. In order to prevent Wade from making a fast break, Curry worked hard to defend Wade personally, and then was pushed by Wade for a layup. , another foul was committed.

Less than a minute into the opening game, Curry, as the core of the Bucks' offense, committed two fouls.

This can mess up Bucks head coach Ray Allen on the sidelines.

To be honest, although Curry committed five fouls in almost every game in the first six games, the foul crisis never came so early.

"Stephen's defensive actions were somewhat deformed at the beginning of this game. He is very hesitant when defending now. He knows his responsibilities on the offensive end and hopes to put more energy into the offensive end, but he cannot ignore the defensive end, which puts him in a trap now. When faced with a dilemma, hesitation can easily lead to deformation of defensive actions. If Green's second mistake was an accident, then the first defensive foul was because of his hesitation."

Old Curry, the Bobcats assistant coach on the sidelines, also sighed.

Really, he could understand his eldest son's hesitation.

If it were you, you would also hesitate at this time.

After two fouls in the opening game, Ray Allen did not take Curry off the court, but continued to keep Curry on the court.

In a game like this, I really can’t care about that much.

After inadvertently dribbling the ball in the last round and cheating Curry, Dream Green almost cheated Curry again this time when he dribbled the ball halfway through the game.

In the last round, Zhui Meng was directly intercepted by Chen Xiao, but this time, Chen Xiao and Wade suddenly attacked Zhui Meng. Zhui Meng defended Chen Xiao, but was intercepted by Wade.

Fortunately, after Wade intercepted the ball from Dream Green, Curry intercepted it back.

It can be seen from the opening of this game that the Bucks played in a bit of a mess.

The Bucks were already under a lot of pressure in this game. Just now, Curry, the team's most important offensive player, committed two fouls in less than 1 minute, which put even more pressure on the Bucks.

However, sometimes it's a mistake.

Such steals and counter-steals gave Durant a chance. After receiving a pass from Curry, Durant got a chance to hit the basket. In the end, the thick eyebrows could only hold Durant down directly.

Durant made two free throws.

2 to 4!

The first six points of this tiebreaker were all free throws.

It can only be said that the start of this game was indeed not exciting enough.

In fact, this is indeed the case. After Chai Meng made two mistakes in a row, Nongmei also made a mistake when the Warriors attacked.

The thick eyebrows, who were just simply coming out to pick and roll, received the pass from Luo Ge. When Luo Ge suppressed Curry, he only needed to take advantage of the situation and sling the ball towards Luo Ge.

Thick eyebrows didn't even notice Iguodala coming from the side.

I have to say that Iguodala's chipping is really powerful. The thick eyebrow was cut by Iguodala after just a slight hesitation.

Immediately afterwards, the Bucks switched from defense to fast break.

It is very dangerous for inside players to lose the ball on the outside.

In the end, during the Bucks' offense, Curry received a pass from Iguodala and succeeded in a layup.

4 to 4!

The start of this game was indeed surprising.

"The Bucks' players are under a lot of pressure, while some players on the Warriors' side are a little unsteady. Both teams didn't play well enough at the beginning."

As the commentator, the poisonous tongue Maizi was a little dissatisfied with the start of this much-anticipated game.

Of course, Warriors head coach Kerr on the sidelines also noticed that his thick eyebrows were a little fluttery and he was not concentrating.

But Cole didn't immediately blow dry his thick eyebrows, but applauded from the sidelines.

To be honest, everyone said before the game that the Warriors game was just a formality.

In this case, it is normal for young players to be a little drifting.

As long as the game is going on, there is no need to give him a hair dryer when he makes a mistake with thick eyebrows. There is really no need.

What's more, although the Warriors' players are a little arrogant, the advantage is still so big. Curry committed two fouls, and the mentality of the Bucks players has obviously changed.

It was under this start that the Bucks and Warriors played 24-19 in the first quarter, with the Warriors leading by 5 points at home.

In the first quarter, the two teams' shooting percentages were extremely low.

The Bucks shot only 35% from the field, including 2 of 10 three-pointers, which is only 20%. Curry even shot 2 of 6 in the first quarter and 1 of 5 three-pointers.

The Warriors are not that good either, shooting only 32% from the field and a slightly higher 36% from three-point range.

Among them, the Bucks' best offense in the first quarter was Durant's 2 of 5, 1 of 4 three-pointers, 3 of 6 free throws, and 8 points. Well, Durant's best is also relative. Let's put it this way, Durant's offensive data in the first quarter clearly showed that his mentality was somewhat unbalanced.

As for the Warriors, Klay and Big Eyebrow both went 0-for-4 in the first quarter, and their performance was also very poor. These two were also the two players who played the best in the Warriors' first quarter.

Curry was looking for speed, and Clay also followed with a quick three-pointer.

Curry committed two fouls. Obviously, it is best to hit Luo Ge and Wade.

Because Chen Xiao and Wade didn't attack that much, they were disrupted by Big Eyebrow and Clay, and Luo Ge was the Warriors' best player in the first quarter.

Because Luo Ge had a three-pointer but Wade didn't, and because Curry had committed two fouls, he didn't dare to stick hard enough. So when Luo Ge was playing alone against Curry, he pulled him outside to shoot a three-pointer, and Curry could only watch helplessly.

Throughout the first quarter, Luo Ge scored 4 of 6, 3 of 4 three-pointers, and 3 of 3 free throws. He scored a game-high 14 points in a single quarter.

Chen Xiao and Wade both scored 1 of 2, scoring 5 and 4 points respectively.

Overall, the Warriors played poorly in the first quarter.

But to still lead by five points is so bad. It can only be said that the Bucks played even worse.

The Bucks were in terrible shape after the start of this game.

And it continued into the second quarter.

In the second quarter of the game, Durant and Curry, the two leading players of the Bucks, scored 2 of 4 and 2 of 5, both scoring only 5 points.

This performance is completely different from the previous game where the two scored wildly in the first half.

Both seemed disappointed.

However, there is one person on the Bucks who is very surprising.

"This is this kid's conspiracy!"

"Iguodala!"

In the second quarter of the game, the Bucks' Iguodala made 4 of 7 in a single quarter, 2 of 5 three-pointers, and 0 of 2 free throws. He scored 10 points in a single quarter. Both Durant and Curry were a little disappointed and sleepwalking. At that time, this player who was usually not very stable offensively actually stood up again on the offensive end.

If it weren't for his 10 points in a single quarter, the Bucks would have given up in the first half.

Of course, even with Iguodala's 10 points in a single quarter, the Bucks were still 11 points behind 44-55 on the road.

"After trailing by 11 points at halftime, the Bucks are finished."

On the court, Iguodala was encouraging his teammates, but many celebrities on the sidelines had already sentenced the Bucks to death.

However, the vicious-tongued Maizi in the commentary box was stunned for a moment when he looked at the half-time score.

"If I remember correctly, in G5, the Warriors also trailed by 11 points entering the second half, right?"

After the poisonous tongue Maizi finished speaking, Chris Webber next to him was also stunned for a moment.

Not only that, Durant and Curry suddenly broke out in the second half, and finally turned the Warriors around!

"This, this can't be a conspiracy!"

Chris Webber's whole person feels like it shouldn't be like this.

Ray Allen is not that dark, right?

When he first came up, he deliberately beat him into pieces, and then let his opponents peck each other with novices to create chaos.

Then, while preserving the physical strength of Curry and Durant, we entered the second half, thereby replicating the miracle of G5.

Chris Webber feels that Ray Allen shouldn't be able to do this, otherwise Ray Allen's acting skills would be too good.

On the other side, Jordan on the sidelines didn't think so at all.

In the tiebreaker of the Eastern Conference Finals, he was tricked by Ray Allen. He knew very well how evil this kid was.

You know, even the divine fortune teller never deceived him back then!

He was actually deceived by Ray Allen!