I’m Really Playing Basketball

In the first three games of the Western Conference Finals, the Warriors players were not in the rhythm.

The offense of the starting players, which is the most important thing for the Warriors in this series, has not been effective in the three games. At the same time, in the first three games, Chen Xiao, as the Warriors' head player, has not been able to produce explosive offensive efficiency.

I have to say that these three games are really far from the games the Warriors imagined.

Under such circumstances, the Warriors still won a game at home in G2 with the explosion of the bench led by Morant. This was really not easy, and it was satisfying enough.

According to the Warriors' estimates before the start of the series, if the Warriors' offense in the three games looks like this, then the Warriors will fall behind 0-3, and the series will probably be settled.

0 to 3 and 1 to 2 are really completely different.

In G4, the Western Conference Finals between the Warriors and the Lakers continued at Staples. Before the start of the game, the media was overwhelmingly optimistic about the Lakers.

In the first three games, the Warriors' offense played like shit amid the Lakers' tireless defense.

Chen Xiao's shooting percentage has not exceeded 50% in three games. This is the first time in Chen Xiao's career.

And this is already the Warriors' best starting offensive player.

The other Warriors players played even worse offensively, and the worse these players played, the greater the defensive pressure Chen Xiao faced.

In this case, the Warriors have fallen into a vicious cycle.

Therefore, many experts suggest that the Warriors change their formation.

Put Morant and Alexander into the starting lineup to replace Klay and Herbert Jones.

Alexander and Morant can play in isolation, regardless of whether they can play in isolation against players such as Leonard, Siakam, Paul George and Lowe, who are the best defensive players. At the very least, they can play in isolation and can share the offensive pressure on Chen Xiao. .

At least, Chen Xiao's offense can be slightly easier.

This is actually a suggestion that seems feasible.

However, it only seems possible.

Let the Warriors' team tactics with Chen Xiao as the core become the same singles tactics as the Lakers. In the end, Chen Xiao led Wiggins, Morant and Alexander to fight in singles with the Lakers. This actually fell into the rhythm of the Lakers. .

Moreover, as for the defense of Morant and Alexander, two relative defensive holes are on the court. This is to let Leonard and Paul George catch them and beat them.

Moreover, even if Morant and Alexander can play in isolation, can they relieve Chen Xiao's defensive pressure? This is too naive. If these two people really fall into singles and reduce the Warriors' offensive rhythm, then obviously the Lakers' defense can rotate more calmly, and the Lakers players will consume less defensive energy.

Therefore, even under such tremendous pressure, Cole never wavered in the Warriors' style of play.

Although they were behind 1-2 in the first three games, there was no problem with the Warriors' style of play when they were able to win one game in such an offensive state.

In G4, the Warriors still insisted on this style of play, and the Lakers players, under the praise of such public opinion, seemed to be on stimulants, still running and defending airtight.

Therefore, except for Chen Xiao, the Warriors' starting players in this game still did not play well enough.

For example, Herbert Jones went 0-for-2 in this game and played for 28 minutes with almost no shot opportunities.

For example, Marvin Bagley, who shot 1-for-8 in the game, also had no chance. He is not enough to be a star and has the power to force the shot. However, facing a player of the best defensive player level like Rowe, Marvin Bagley The strong attack looked extremely bad.

but……

Relatively speaking, although Clay and Wiggins are still not good enough, they are much better than the previous three games.

For example, Clay, in this game, made 6 of 18, 6 of 16 three-pointers, and scored 18 points in the game. All of Clay's receiving offenses in this game were strong attacks. In this game, he was able to shoot such three-pointers. The shooting percentage is really a small drop from the Buddha.

Although Klay's shooting percentage in this game was not high, the three-pointers he hit one after another made the Lakers dare not relax a little bit on him throughout the game, which greatly reduced Chen Xiao and other Warriors. The defensive pressure on the team's players, and his physical running without the ball, can indeed greatly restrain the Lakers' defensive energy and create opportunities for teammates.

In this game, the most surprising thing is definitely Wiggins.

After being beaten by Leonard in the previous three games, Wiggins really dared to fight in this game. On the offensive end, he used his talent to crazyly attack Leonard and the Lakers' defensive players. Although his shooting percentage was only 7 of 18, but if you dare to play, you can share Chen Xiao's offensive pressure. Wiggins dared to single out the Lakers' defensive players in this game, which is much better than letting Alexander and Morant come up. Because of Wiggins' defense, Much stronger than them.

The most commendable thing about this game is Wiggins' defense. Wiggins grabbed 16 rebounds in the whole game, which was everywhere. This is so amazing. This game was because of Wiggins' hard work. Performance, the Warriors actually grabbed 55 rebounds in the game, 10 more than the Lakers.

You know, every time the Warriors protect a backcourt rebound, the Lakers' starting lineup will lose one second offensive opportunity.

Therefore, the Lakers' starting offense did not explode in this game.

Under the stranglehold of Wiggins and P.J. Tucker, the Lakers' outside attack Leonard made 10 of 25 in this game. The total score of 30 points was not low, but the efficiency was very average.

Under Clay's defense, Paul George made 9 of 20 and played very average.

In addition, Jokic, who was entangled by Chen Xiao, shot 7 of 17 in this game, and his shooting rate was not high.

In this case, the Lakers need Siakam and Rowe to grab offensive rebounds, but the Lakers had fewer rebounds than the Warriors in this game.

In the end, the Lakers, who had the dominant starting lineup, actually lost their starting lineup in this game.

Of course, the most important reason why the Lakers lost the starting lineup was, of course, Chen Xiao's game. After the previous three games were average, this game finally exploded.

In this game, Chen Xiao made 14 of 26, 10 of 18 three-pointers, and 4 of 4 free throws. He scored 42 points in the game!

In this game, Chen Xiao's performance of 42 points, 14 rebounds and 7 assists was the key to the Warriors defeating the Lakers on the road.

In the end, under the disbelieving eyes of all the Lakers fans present, the Warriors almost changed their fate and won a key game at the Lakers' home court.

The final score of this game was 116 to 107. The Warriors actually didn't win that much in the end.

It can be said that this G4 was really a game that was extremely torturous for the players of both teams. Both sides desperately wanted to win, and both sides almost maximized their intensity.

As far as the Lakers are concerned, Leonard played 44 minutes in this game, and Paul George and Jokic also played 41 minutes.

For the Warriors, Chen Xiao and Wiggins all played more than 40 minutes, including 43 minutes for Chen Xiao and 40 minutes for Wiggins.

Of course, for both sides, the first four games were actually extremely intense.

It's just obvious that the Warriors, with a thicker lineup and a younger team, have an advantage in such a meat grinder-like competition.

So after losing in G4, even if it was just a big score of 2 to 2, Lakers head coach Kevin Ko looked very ugly after the game.

For the Lakers, this game was a game that accomplished everything in one game. After working so hard and not being able to win this game, it was a huge blow to the Lakers, not only mentally but also physically.

The Lakers did not win this game, so for the Lakers, they need to work harder in the next game.

In G5, sure enough, the Lakers must work harder, because in this game, the Lakers' stars Leonard and Paul George both played 44 minutes, Jokic also played 40 minutes, Siakam and Rowe also played Both played 33 minutes.

At the end of the game, blind fans could see that the legs of the Lakers players were filled with lead.

On the contrary, the Warriors players have been very brave in this game.

Especially Wiggins, who performed extremely well on both the offensive and defensive ends in the last game.

In this game, Wiggins still dared to fight and fight hard offensively, and he still worked hard defensively.

In this game, the Warriors' best player was Wiggins. In this game, the matchup between him and Leonard, who was already somewhat weak, was actually a 50-50 draw.

In this game, Leonard made 11 of 22 shots, 4 of 8 three-pointers, and 5 of 6 free throws. He scored 31 points, 11 rebounds, and 5 assists in the game.

Wiggins, in this game, made 13 of 24, 1 of 6 three-pointers, and 4 of 4 free throws. He also scored 31 points in the game.

In this game, Wiggins even replaced Chen Xiao and took up the banner of the team's singles attack.

Instead, it was Chen Xiao who became the shooter next to Wiggins and the assistant who moved the ball. Moreover, Chen Xiao, who was a pure shooter in this game, had a very average shooting percentage, 7 of 20 in the game and 3 of 13 three-pointers. He made 3 of 3 free throws and only scored 20 points. However, Chen Xiao provided 11 assists in this game.

In fact, Chen Xiao's shooting rate is understandable. As a pure shooter, Chen Xiao plays singles without dribbling. The defender in front of him is very high every time, and there is no chance to adjust. Almost every time, there is interference and no rhythm to force the shot. , in the case of poor hand feel, it is actually quite good to be able to achieve this efficiency after receiving Wiggins' single pass.

As for Wiggins's singles in this game, most people would take the blame and face defensive players of the Lakers' level. It would be considered good to score 5, but Chen Xiao scored 7.

Of course, his offensive efficiency is not high enough, but this still cannot stop Chen Xiao from being happy.

In this game, Wiggins finally found his confidence.

This series, Wiggins finally found his confidence.

After the wolfberry soaking stage during the Timberwolves period, he finally gave up basketball for health after coming to the Warriors.

Although he threw down the Wolfberry Cup this time, perhaps just for the next big contract, he still made a great contribution to the Warriors.

"Many people were surprised by Wiggins' performance in these two games, but I have never doubted his ability and talent. Everyone on our team knows how powerful he is. Don't forget, he was once invincible. The chosen one, his talent ranks among the top five in the entire NBA, and in these two games, he just showed his talent and reached the height of people's expectations for him."

After the game, Chen Xiao was really full of praise for Wiggins.

Even Brother Ko was full of praise for Wiggins: "In this game, Wiggins proved that he was once one of the most talented players in the United States."

Yes, talent.

In the NBA, talent is really, really important in a game where the bayonet is red.

When others start to miss their shots, you can use your speed, burst and bounce to tear apart the tired opponent's defense again and again. That feeling is incredible.

As the Lakers players became increasingly tired, Wiggins finally used his talent to open a gap for the Warriors to break through.

After the Warriors defeated the Lakers 113-103 at home in this game, the big score reached 3-2. At this time, the situation of this series is actually very clear.

After G3 ended, everyone said that this series was over and the Lakers were going to advance.

But who would have thought that after G5 was played, everyone began to think that the Warriors would definitely advance.

The Lakers players are certainly under great pressure for such changes in public opinion.

But the players on the Warriors side were not affected by such remarks.

After all, the presence of Chen Xiao, the strongest leader in NBA history, can indeed hold the Warriors back.

The more they are about to succeed, the more the Warriors need players like Chen Xiao.

On May 28th, in G6 between the Warriors and the Lakers, the Lakers played very hard from the beginning, but the effect was very bad. Paul George, who played extremely poorly in the last game, this time The game was still not played well, with only 6 of 20 in the game. When the Lakers needed someone to stand up next to Leonard at the critical moment, Paul George stretched his hips again at the critical moment.

This can't help but remind people of last year's finals.

There is definitely no problem with Paul George's strength, but when he was with the Heat, next to Yao Ming and Wade, Paul George had the problem of suddenly stretching his hips at critical moments.

In this case, even though Leonard made 12 of 23 in the game, 6 of 12 three-pointers, and 8 of 8 free throws, he still lost to the Warriors despite scoring 38 points desperately.

After all, Paul George was undercover for the Big Three Lakers in singles, and Jokic was pestered by Chen Xiao and made 6 of 9 in the game. His shooting percentage was not low but he had no singles opportunity. He only scored 16 points. In this case, The Lakers basically have no capital to compete offensively with the Warriors.

In the end, the Lakers lost to the Warriors 96-107 at their home court.

By the way, Wiggins made 7 of 18 in this game. Although he was blown away by Leonard, it could only be regarded as a small blow.

Chen Xiao made 12 of 22, 6 of 12 three-pointers, and 6 of 6 free throws, scoring 36 points.

As for the Warriors' worst performance in this game, of course it was Klay. Klay scored 12 points on 5 of 20 shots in this game.

If it weren't for Klay, the Lakers' game might have collapsed at halftime.

It can only be said that Klay really competed with Paul George in this series.

However, for the Warriors, Clay can beat George, this is definitely a bloody gain!

Therefore, the Warriors advanced, and they advanced 4-2, which Cole never expected.

I thought it would be at least seven games.

Western Conference Champion.

Finals tickets.

"After three years, God once again led the team to the finals!"

"After God won the championship for the tenth time, he said that he thought it would not be the last one. Now, he has reached the finals for the eleventh time!"

Eleven times!

This is a shocking number.

"But will this be the eleventh time to win the championship or the first time to fail?"

Without letting the Warriors and Chen Xiaoduo wait, the showdown between the Heat and Bucks in the Eastern Conference Finals ended the next day.

4 to 2!

The Bucks eliminated their opponents in three consecutive series with a score of 4 to 2!