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In G1 of the Finals, the Warriors defeated the Bucks in an away game. This was definitely an upset.

And this game is not a small victory, but a super victory. This game can definitely bring great confidence to the Warriors.

Let's put it this way, most of the players in the Warriors team are young players, and the veterans are only a few players such as Chen Xiao and Clay.

Even veterans like Isiah Thomas Jr. are basically unable to play on the court due to injuries. As for Tucker, Anthony and other players, they have never played in such a big scene.

Therefore, for them, such a game can provide them with enough confidence.

Therefore, after the game, the atmosphere of the Warriors was visibly good.

Since they can beat the Bucks in an away game, why do we say that the Bucks are the biggest favorites in this year's finals?

At the same time, losing this game put tremendous pressure on the Bucks.

Ray Allen's face was visibly solemn at the post-game press conference.

This is actually understandable.

In this finals, the Bucks' preparations were aimed at Chen Xiao, but now they find that targeting Chen Xiao is useless. This is very embarrassing.

This means that all the homework the team did before the finals was invalid.

And losing a home game at the beginning means that the Bucks have lost their home court advantage in this finals.

And this is the scariest thing.

Just like Ray Allen and the Bucks thought of targeting Chen Xiao, in which Finals between the Warriors and Bucks did the Warriors not target Curry?

It is precisely because the Warriors are crazy about Curry that Ray Allen frantically developed the strategy of letting Curry play as a substitute.

In the past three years, Curry has not faced the Warriors in the finals, which made Curry feel much more comfortable in the finals. He even won the Finals MVP trophy with Durant last year.

Now we meet the Warriors again. In this game, Curry was so excited by Klay that he had an explosive state of mind. It has been three years, three full years since he has played in such a disgusting finals.

I think back then, being chased crazily by Clay on the offensive end and beaten crazily by the Marquette Three Eagles on the defensive end, it was as uncomfortable as it felt.

In this game, Cole has not yet targeted Curry's defense when he was attacking, but now he is only targeting Curry's offense.

Therefore, losing this game means that Cole has more room to play more wildly, that is, he is not afraid of collapse. Anyway, he has won a game, so he can attack and defend Curry together, and is not afraid of ending up like a hero. Deer such a crash.

In the worst case, if you fail and get defeated by the Bucks, this strategy will be adopted immediately.

And this is what Ray Allen is most worried about.

He and Cole have also been old rivals for many years. Both are among the top 20 head coaches in NBA history, and even Cole is a top five head coach.

Ray Allen absolutely did not believe that Cole would let go of such an opportunity.

Therefore, after G1 of the Finals, even many NBA experts and celebrities began to make suggestions for the Warriors.

Since the 40-year-old Chen Xiao still has stronger physical fitness than Durant Antetokounmpo and Curry, then for the Warriors, the problem is easily solved.

The Warriors' lineup is so thick, and Chen Xiao can fight with the Bucks' main force with the rotation. In this case, let's increase the intensity of the game and fight, and fight all the Bucks players. Got it!

Let’s put it this way, the Bucks’ five starters, the youngest Bobby Portis is 27 years old, Antetokounmpo is 28 years old, then Holiday is 32 years old, Durant is 33 years old, and Curry is 34 years old. Plus the 36-year-old Matthews and others on the bench.

Let's put it this way, the Bucks are much older than the Warriors!

Why did Bucks head coach Ray Allen not play well against the Warriors in the finals, but instead focused on Chen Xiao's physical fitness?

Because the two teams have played each other in the regular season and in the past few seasons, the two teams have similar styles of play. Each season they play against each other, there are wins and losses. The Warriors are really different from teams like the Heat, Cavaliers, and Lakers. If teams with similar styles and strengths compete against each other, they will definitely fight to the end.

When the time comes for the bayonet to see red, Ray Allen and the Bucks are not confident that they can defeat the young Warriors in the end.

Therefore, get rid of Chen Xiao first, and then the Warriors players will become a rabble without roots.

But now, if Chen Xiao can't be dealt with, it will be embarrassing for the Bucks. At the very least, everyone has seen Morant's performance in the last game. No one in the Bucks can stop him. he!

Of course, no one on the Warriors can stop the three-man offense of Durant, Antetokounmpo and Curry.

However, in terms of pure offense, the Warriors' offense is much stronger than that of the Lakers, Heat and Cavaliers.

When you play against the Lakers, the Heat, or the Cavaliers, you can really kill three monsters, but when you play against the Warriors, you may not be able to do it.

Don’t forget, when the Warriors played the Bucks, Chen Xiao scored 103 points in the Christmas game!

Therefore, this is why Ray Allen and the Bucks wanted to get rid of Chen Xiao in G1 of the Finals.

Now that Chen Xiao has not been able to get rid of him, it will definitely be a big bomb that will detonate at any time for the Bucks in the future.

Even this bomb will be detonated by Cole in G2 of the finals soon.

With an away victory as a base, Cole will definitely take the risk in G2 of the Finals to change the lineup to target Curry, and in turn target the age of the Bucks.

Therefore, before the game, it is very interesting that many experts are guessing how the Warriors will change their lineup.

To be honest, the Warriors' lineup is too thick, so this is really difficult to guess.

But time came to June 5, G2 of the Finals between the Bucks and Warriors. The Bucks continued to face the Warriors at the Golden Eagle Arena.

After the starting players of both teams took the field in this game, all speculations came to an end.

There is no change in the Bucks' starting lineup, which is still Curry, Holiday, Durant, Antetokounmpo and Portis.

But the Warriors' starting lineup is really a big change.

The Warriors' starting lineup for this game became center Chen Xiao, power forward Wiggins, small forward Klay, shooting guard Alexander, and point guard Morant.

Marvin Bagley, the Warriors' only orthodox power forward, was placed on the bench.

At the same time, the team's 3D player Herbert Jones also returned to the bench.

These two players are the team's most stable defensively, but there are indeed some problems with their independent offense.

Now the team's defense has been replaced by players with strong independent offensive capabilities. This meaning is already very obvious.

Just target Curry!

Even Durant and Antetokounmpo are targetable.

Antetokounmpo and Durant are so tall. If you let them face off against Morant and Alexander one-on-one, will this be very stressful?

Of course, Alexander's absolute talent is not that outstanding, so the main force of Curry and Durant Antetokounmpo in military training is still Morant, and Alexander is a support.

Since coming to the Warriors in 2018, Alexander has played in more than 60 playoff games in the past four years. His three-point shooting rate has been above 40% every season, and he even had two playoff seasons. His shooting percentage has reached over 50%. Alexander's ability to grasp opportunities in the playoffs is terrifying. Among the entire Warriors, only Chen Xiao and Klay are slightly better than him.

So Alexander and Clay were on the court, plus Chen Xiao. The three of them were there to prevent other Bucks players from coming to cause trouble when Morant named Curry.

At the same time, this also creates an opportunity for Morant to hit whoever he wants.

As long as Chen Xiao, Clay and Alexander are on the court, whoever Morant really wants to name will be the one he wants to name.

Therefore, seeing the Warriors' starting lineup completely giving up defense in this game, experts and celebrities outside were calling them crazy.

Curry on the court is under a lot of pressure.

From the Warriors' starting lineup, he knew that he would have to dream back to four years ago in this game.

After the game started, the Warriors' style of play did not disappoint Curry.

In tonight's jump ball, Wiggins lost to Portis. The Bucks attacked first. Durant, the head player of the Bucks, took the lead as soon as he came up. Between Marvin Bagley and Herbert Jones, After two of the three players who interfered with his defense the most went down.

Now the Warriors only have one and a half Wiggins and Klay left, who can still play a good defensive role for him.

So as long as he cooperates a little bit, he can really hit whoever he wants.

As soon as the game started, Durant ran in front of Alexander without the ball. After sitting in the corner on the right side of the free throw line, Alexander received Curry's drop ball, pushed back twice, adjusted, and directly hit Joe's backwards. , hit the mid-range shot, and played quite comfortably.

Alexander actually worked very hard on defense this time, but the height and weight gap was too big.

Alexander had followed Cole's request and fought desperately. If he couldn't fight, there was nothing he could do.

However, no matter what, Alexander and the Warriors players spared no effort in this game as long as they were on the court.

This is true even when Alexander defends Durant.

Anyway, don't worry about no one to replace you when you run out of energy. The Warriors have plenty of substitute players who can be rotated in.

When Alexander was defending Durant, Herbert Jones and P.J. Tucker below were actually ready.

Although the two of them are not as good as Alexander in terms of function, the defensive pressure on Durant and Antetokounmpo after the two come up will definitely be far stronger than Alexander's.

So, whether it's Durant or Antetokounmpo, you two can attack at will. As for Curry, leave it to Clay, and then Morant will use his speed to help Clay defend Curry at any time. inside.

As long as Curry gets rid of Clay, Morant will immediately delay Curry and let Clay catch up again.

Even someone else could do Morant's job.

Because after Bagley went down, although the Warriors' defense on the court has dropped, their speed has dropped.

When the defense is down, this is beneficial to Durant and Antetokounmpo, but when the speed comes up, this is very detrimental to Curry.

Therefore, Cole's idea in this game has been very clear, which is to take advantage of Curry to the extreme.

As for Durant and Antetokounmpo, although it cannot be said that they have been released, it is no different from them.

This is actually a gamble. If it weren't for the victory in the first game, Cole would definitely not dare to make such a gamble.

I didn’t even dare to try a similar method against Curry.

After all, the game is so intense, and gambling has costs. If you are not careful, it is easy to make mistakes step by step, and you will have to pay the price in the end.

And with the foundation of the first finals victory, Cole had a chance to make more adjustments.

Even if you lose this game, you can still learn from this game to adjust targeted tactics.

After Durant started strong and beat Alexander.

When he was on offense, Curry was so troubled by Clay. When he returned to the defensive end, at a glance, whether it was Chen Xiao, Wiggins, Clay, Alexander or Morant, they were all putting pressure on him. Very big.

He was able to defend in front of Herbert Jones last game.

But now, he can only stand in front of Clay and defend.

Well, Clay's singles ability really cannot be named Curry.

However, although Klay is not good in singles, he is strong in support.

If you stand in front of Clay, it means that when others pick and roll with Clay, you simply don't dare to double-team the person who is preparing to pick and roll Curry in singles.

Just this time, when Morant came over to pick and roll with Clay to play Curry alone, Clay pulled away, and Holiday could only watch Morant play Curry alone.

There is really no way around this. Who dares to release Klay outside the three-point line?

"With the Warriors starting tonight, we can see Morant's ultimate performance in this game!"

Morant scored 30 points in the last game. In this game, he may not be able to score 30 points.

The Bucks don't have a big center, and everyone outside is slower than him. Doesn't this mean he can just run around?

Therefore, as soon as the game started in the first quarter, Morant was on full fire. The first quarter became a one-on-one show for Durant, Antetokounmpo and Morant.

The last match was between Chen Xiaoyixiong and Sanying.

The first quarter of this game turned into a battle between Morant and two heroes.

I have to say that Durant and Antetokounmpo were in really good offensive shape in this game.

In the first quarter of the game, the Bucks temporarily led the Warriors by 4 points at home 37-33.

However, for Ray Allen, such a lead makes him unhappy.

In the first quarter, Chen Xiao didn’t attack very much yet!

In the first quarter, Morant used his speed to attack and pass by himself, leading four shooters to consume Antetokounmpo and Durant.

In the second quarter, when Chen Xiao stood on the court from the beginning.

…

If it was the first quarter, it was Morant who led the starting lineup with one star.

Then in the second quarter, Chen Xiao led the rotation with a star-studded performance.

Will Durant and Antetokounmpo have to play four consecutive quarters in this game?

This is definitely not possible.

In the second quarter, Curry and Holiday could only lead the team. Curry came down halfway through the first quarter.

but……

Can the Bucks, led by Curry and Holiday, maintain their advantage in the first quarter?

To be honest, Ray Allen is desperate.