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In the first round of last season's playoffs, the Warriors were eager to achieve another black eight miracle and reach the second round. However, the Golden State Warriors, who had made great progress, had little ability to fight back against the Mavericks, the league's No. 1 team. They were eliminated 4-0, and Mark Jackson was dismissed sadly.

One year later, the Warriors have won 67 games, and Curry and his teammates are having a great season. The addition of Steve Kerr seems to have made the Warriors soar, locking a spot in the Western Conference Finals early. Facing the veteran Spurs in the first round, the Warriors easily passed. Facing the powerful Grizzlies in the second round, the Warriors relied on a bold lineup of small men to reverse and advance.

After going around in a circle, the Warriors still went around to face the Dallas Mavericks, and Curry will face Yiyang again. Curry thought that this season, the Warriors could fight the Mavericks to the end! But the cruel result of today's game broke the beautiful illusions of Curry and all Warriors fans.

"Stephen Curry, this may be the game he struggled the most this season. Watching the Warriors lose, he was helpless. I think this is why he was unanimously elected as the regular season MVP. Compared to The second-place Curry also seems to be much stronger!"

Looking down from the commentary table, Mike Breen could no longer see the shadow of Warriors fans. There were not many fans left in the entire Oracle Arena. Only a few reporters and Mavericks players were still present, and they turned the Oracle Arena into a stage for their own performance.

Carlisle and Yiyang were very happy after the game. The victory in this game was not just as simple as turning the total score into 2-1.

Today, Yiyang and Carlisle proved that the Mavericks have the ability to contain the Warriors' five-death performance. In other words, the Warriors' trump card no longer works for the Mavericks.

Unless the Mavericks players are injured or in a downturn in subsequent games, they will not lose any more games!

Complete suppression of tactics and positioning gave the Warriors no chance. Cole could only pray that Yiyang or Wade would suddenly lose their status.

At this time, reporters on the court asked a question that everyone was very concerned about. "Also, how do you limit Curry during the game?"

Well, Cole can only pray that Yiyang will be in poor condition. Yiyang, on the other hand, actually controls the method of defending Curry.

"Stephen is a very difficult player. His shooting range covers the entire half. Therefore, there is only one way to defend him, and that is to press him physically and prevent him from getting space to shoot."

Yiyang was very straightforward. He did not hide the secret of defending Curry. Because people all over the world know how to defend Curry like this, but they just can't do it! If you want to cover half of the court to block Curry's shot, except for Yiyang, there is really no other person who can do it.

To defend Curry, what matters is not the method, but who defends him.

The day after the game, the league announced the results of this year's last regular season award, the All-NBA Team.

In the best team, Yiyang and Curry are both impressive. Although both guards were selected into the best team of the year, the outside world unanimously believes that Curry is still half a grade behind Yiyang.

The playoffs are a place to test the true level of a player. Whether it is gold or stone, you can clearly tell after playing in the playoffs. During the regular season, Yiyang and Curry's various "immortal" performances have caused the topic of "who is the league's number one point guard" to be debated endlessly by fans. But now, this topic is over. Because Yiyang has already won gorgeously with a clear advantage.

The enthusiastic basketball atmosphere in the entire Bay Area has disappeared, and the fans are no longer enthusiastic. Although in the last round of the series, the Warriors also fell behind 2-1 and then came back. But the strength displayed by the Mavericks made Warriors fans extremely desperate.

The two losses to the Grizzlies can be said to be narrowly missed, and they can be won back with just a little effort. But the loss to the Mavericks in this game was really hurtful.

In order to ensure that fans have something to watch every day, the NBA's Eastern and Western Finals are held in parallel. In other words, the two teams now have to play a game every other day regardless of whether they need to change venues or not.

One day was not enough for Cole to figure out a way to deal with the Mavericks, one big and four small. Just thinking about how to deal with Yiyang's impact made Cole feel twice as big as his head. Perhaps this solution will require the Warriors coaching staff to spend an entire summer looking for it.

But that's what happens in the conference finals. Whether you're ready or not, you're going to be pushed into the field.

On the defensive end, Cole has nothing to do for the time being. So today, he made a desperate move to fight against the Mavericks! If Curry and Thompson shoot away, maybe the Warriors still have a glimmer of hope.

So in Game 4 of the Western Conference Finals, less than five minutes into the first quarter, Cole replaced Bogut and put him in a smaller lineup.

Five hours after encountering death for the first time, the Mavericks really didn't react. By the time he reacted, he was already defeated by a single point.

But now, Yiyang and his teammates are comfortable dealing with the Warriors' small lineup. On the offensive end, Yiyang and Wade took turns attacking. On the defensive end, the Mavericks are not weak both inside and outside.

Cole still wanted to play against the Mavericks, but it was only after he was five years old that he realized that the Warriors couldn't attack at all. Curry needs to go through four or five off-ball screens before he can get an open shot. However, even if he gets the chance to take a shot, Curry, who is already running out of breath, cannot hit a 100% three-pointer.

Curry relies on his incredible shooting touch to score some incredible goals sporadically. But Thompson was not so lucky, and he completely sunk.

Originally, everyone was a warrior at the offensive point, but the Mavericks' defense forced Curry to score. The Mavericks' suffocating defensive lineup is helpless even to the Warriors, who rank second in the league in offensive efficiency.

Maintain the flexibility and defense of the lineup, carry out unlimited defense changes against the Warriors, try to defend one-on-one, avoid double teams, cut off passes between players as much as possible, and force the Warriors to play in isolation. The method of defending the Warriors is not complicated at all, every head coach can figure it out. The problem is, this method doesn't work for all teams. The Warriors can attack in all five positions, but other teams are not able to defend in all five positions.

However, all five members of the Mavericks team have very good defensive abilities. This almost abnormal lineup combination makes the Warriors have no choice but to suffer defeat.

The year before last, when Cuban introduced Gobert, Iguodala and Tony Allen at the same time, the media once laughed at the Mavericks: So how should they score? How can you win a game without scoring?

But now, those media should have the answer.

As Yiyang said, he once again restricted Curry's shooting. The Warriors are already trailing the Mavericks 3-1.

In this year's playoffs, the Rockets have just staged a 3-1 counterattack. But you never expect that to happen to the Mavericks.

The disastrous defeat in Game 4 made the Warriors players no longer interested in playing. By the fifth game, the Mavericks had a 23-point lead at half-time. In the entire second half, the "Splash Brothers" played less than 10 minutes.

Sitting on the bench, Curry covered his head with a towel. No one knew what the baby-faced guard looked like at this time.

Worked hard all year and had an incredible season. The results of it? As a result, the Warriors only went from 0 to 4 to 1 to 4.

"Just like Jordan, many great superstars in Yiyang's era are destined to return empty-handed." Mike Breen did not shy away from putting Yiyang and Jordan together. The two men's dominance of the league The power can be said to be very similar.

When the electronic buzzer sounded at the end of the game, the entire American Airlines Center Arena was filled with joy! The Dallas Mavericks won the Western Conference Championship trophy for the second consecutive year. With a terrifying record of 12 wins and 1 loss, they easily made it out of the Western Conference and entered the Finals!

Curry's declining figure became the scene that reporters frantically photographed. A team like the Warriors would have been very likely to win the O'Brien Trophy in any previous season. But this year, they couldn't even make it to the finals.

"Maybe there will be a wave of unity in the Western Conference. Otherwise, no team will get past the Dallas Mavericks!" Mike Breen looked at Yiyang who won the Western Conference championship trophy. He can guarantee that James will not He will be the last star to team up to deal with Yiyang.

Next, the only obstacle standing between the Mavericks and the O'Brien Cup is the Cleveland Cavaliers. In yesterday's game, the Cavaliers swept the Hawks 4-0 and entered the finals to wait for the Mavericks.

LeBron James left the Heat last summer just for this moment, just to compete with Yiyang! However, after reuniting, what chance does LeBron have of winning?