One Guard

In the first game of the Western Conference Finals, Yiyang and Curry brought a shocking contest to everyone. Both guards dominated the offense in the fourth quarter and both scored gorgeous statistics. For them now, only victory can separate the two.

Curry's hand felt hot and he hit three-pointers unreasonably many times. Yiyang has a high desire to score. When this guy starts scoring mode, no one has ever been able to stop him.

In the last 1 minute and 34 seconds, the Warriors led 101 to 100. In the American Airlines Center Arena, not a single fan was sitting and watching the game. Some female fans even covered their eyes with their hands because they didn't even dare to watch the next minute or so of the game.

"For this game, we have assumed many situations in advance. To be honest, the score was still anxious until the last moment, which was easy to predict in advance. But when this moment really came, we found that we were not Not ready. I just don’t know if Curry and Yi are ready.” Mike Breen looked at Cole and Carlisle who were arranging tactics under the court. He could feel the suffocation just by looking at them. tense atmosphere. If Mike Breen were on the court now, he probably wouldn't be able to hold the ball firmly.

The loud electronic buzzer at the scene shocked everyone. Players from both sides stepped into the stadium one after another. The fans' blood pressure soared, and everyone's face turned red due to congestion.

But they did not forget their responsibilities. When Yiyang began to control the ball past halftime, fans throughout the American Airlines Center Arena were shouting "MVP". For a player, it is already a great success to be recognized by fans in this way.

Klay Thompson clapped his hands, not sure whether he was provoking Yiyang or encouraging himself. Today he has allowed Yiyang to score 40 points, which is unusual for Clay.

In fact, it's not that Thompson's defensive ability has become weaker, but that the Mavericks have more points where they can help Yiyang share the pressure. Once there are too many offensive points, the Warriors' layered assist defense and switching defense will be contained and destroyed. In this way, Yiyang will be able to get many one-on-one singles opportunities.

Being able to let the team's top star perform one-on-one singles is actually part of the strategy. Phil Jackson's triangle offense back then, to put it bluntly, didn't it also create singles opportunities for Jordan and Kobe?

And Thompson obviously couldn't restrain Yiyang in one-on-one situations. There are always a few stars in this league who cannot be restricted. You can often see some news saying that James scored "only" 32 points and that such-and-such defense successfully restricted him. However, is 32 points really low?

That's what superstars are, they tower over anyone's defense. Yiyang is also this type of player.

As soon as Yiyang reached the three-point line, everyone pulled him to the weak side.

The Warriors' defensive system was broken, and Thompson could only rely on himself.

Yiyang kept changing his hands, starting and stopping suddenly to confuse Thompson's center of gravity. Thompson took small steps back. He did not take the initiative to fight, but defended very passively.

Seeing Thompson defending himself like this, Yiyang simply made a pull-up jumper from the mid-to-long distance! Thompson was shocked. He didn't expect that Yiyang would choose to shoot to end the attack. In this case, wouldn't it be safer to break through?

Thompson left space for Yiyang, and he paid the price. Yiyang's long-distance two-pointer hit the net crisply. In less than ten seconds, the Mavericks took the lead!

"The 42nd point of the game! Klay is at a loss on the defensive end. The Warriors must help defend and even double-team! Otherwise, Yi's score will not be contained!"

"Retreat, retreat, retreat faster!" Yiyang did not celebrate after scoring the goal, but instead called on everyone to quickly return to defense. Transition offense is the strength of the Mavericks, and it is also the strength of the Warriors.

Under Yiyang's scolding, no one dared to show off. But Cole was not nervous. Although the Warriors' transition offense was very powerful, their positional offense was not weak either. In fact, no team that can reach the Western Conference Finals has any obvious weaknesses. Otherwise, they would have been killed in the first few rounds.

Thompson's interspersed movement was still followed by Mitchell. Durant leaned on Gay to ask for the ball in the low post, and Curry immediately sent the ball over.

Durant playing Guy on the back is definitely a sure deal. However, even so, the Mavericks would never dare to double-team. Durant's passing ability and passing vision are not bad. Once double-teamed, it will definitely be a three-pointer from the outside!

Durant sat back and then turned over and shot a jumper! But the No. 35 super scorer failed to hit the shot this time. Gay's fierceness on the defensive end made Durant even less happy.

"Guy is the most underestimated defender," Yiyang often says in front of the camera. People used to think that this was just flattery between Yiyang and his teammates, but now it seems that Yiyang is not flattering him when he says this.

Gobert withstood Green's collision and used his height to suppress everything to protect the rebound.

"This is a war between you and me, Stephen! Don't try to let others solve the problem!" Yiyang shouted at Curry, and then received a pass from Gobert to start a new round of offense.

That guy Yiyang has been beaten crazy.

In the subsequent attack, Yiyang did not continue the singles, but asked Guy to set a screen for him and went straight to the basket.

After the screen, Durant switched to guard Yiyang. This tall and long-armed "big spider" is definitely a nightmare for other defenders. With his hands raised like this, the opponent can't even see the basket.

If he fights hard, he will definitely be blocked by Durant. So Yiyang hugged the basket and jumped to the basket, then raised the basketball and took a feint shot. Durant and Green were both missed. They didn't expect Yiyang to use the jump step because Yiyang rarely uses this action to score.

After Durant and Green both took off, Yiyang still couldn't see the basket, but he had the opportunity to draw a foul.

Taking the initiative to lean on Durant, the referee's whistle sounded and it was a defensive foul!

"What the hell..." Durant said angrily. Being fouled was really unpleasant. But he and Curry are also the masters of intentional fouls. What is this called? This is called karma.

Standing on the free throw line, Yiyang remained calm and composed at the critical moment. There was no pressure on him in the key free throws. He made two steady hits and the Mavericks extended their lead to 3 points. At this time, there are still 58 seconds left before the end of the game!

It can be seen that Cole intends to use a more reliable method to score points and maintain the victory of the game. The safest way is to let Durant play in the low post. Thompson was defended to death by Mitchell today, and Curry couldn't score against the defense every time. Only Durant has an absolute advantage in the matchup between Kuzma and Gay.

So just now, Curry chose to pass the ball to Durant, not on a whim, but because of the tactical arrangement.

But this time, Gay didn't even want to give Durant a chance to connect the ball. He went directly around to defend and sat on Durant's knee. This is a trick people used to defend tall centers like O'Neal and Yao Ming more than a decade ago. But now, Gay has used this method to defend Durant! This shows how big a threat Durant is!

Curry raised the ball and was about to lob it, but found that the pass was too dangerous and Gay was likely to steal it directly. No, we must not make mistakes at the critical moment!

So Curry handed the ball to Iguodala, and then ran around to find an opening. As Yiyang said, this game has to be resolved by the two of them!

When he was with the Mavericks, Iguodala was the second playmaker on the court. If Yiyang wants to attack without the ball, then leave the ball to Iguodala.

After Iguodala joined the Warriors, Cole directly copied this tactic. Curry attacks without the ball, and Iguodala holds the ball. In this way, the basketball can be delivered to Curry who runs out of space at the first opportunity.

Yiyang bypassed the first layer of Clay's cover, and he was like a little squirrel running away from the hunter. But on the second level of cover, facing Green, Yiyang was not so lucky.

Green moved his position secretly, and Yiyang was tripped to the ground. This was originally an illegal cover, but the referee ignored it! I don’t know if the referee didn’t see it or deliberately ignored it. In short, from the beginning of the playoffs to now, the referee's whistle has been very towards the Warriors.

Yiyang didn't complain on the ground, but immediately got up and stretched out his hand to block Curry's shot!

"What a terrifying willpower!" Mike Brin and others were stunned. Even though he knew that he was just making up for it, Yiyang did not give up.

Although Curry still scored a nearly open three-pointer, everyone still applauded Yiyang!

"A great defender must have a strong heart! Stephen's three-pointer once again tied the score, but Yi's defense is still excellent!"

"Aren't you going to shoot me in the face? Hahahahaha! Idiot!" After Curry scored, Green smiled proudly. Seeing Yiyang suffer the consequences of being dumb, this guy couldn't be happier.

"Are you okay? That bastard is really..." Gobert came up and took a look at Yiyang's body. Fortunately, he was fine.

"It's just a clown, don't pay attention. Serve Rudy, don't waste time!"

Curry's three-pointer once again closed the gap. In the last 40 seconds, 104 to 104. Curry scored 41 points and Yiyang scored 44 points. Every second from now on will determine the final outcome of the game.

Yiyang deliberately asked Gobert to cover. He wanted to force Green to defend him. It's not that Yiyang wants to regain face for what happened just now, but facing Green, Yiyang has an absolute speed advantage. For Yiyang, playing Green is much more comfortable than playing Clay.

After changing defense, Yiyang did not rush to break through, but took a few steps back to give himself room to sprint. Green pressed outside the three-point line and stopped approaching. Green is the league's best in assisting and supplementing defense, but when facing Yiyang's single defense, Green may not be able to take advantage.

Yiyang accelerated with the ball. He first used a huge arc in front of his body to change direction and hit Green's left side. After Green reacted, Yiyang immediately pulled from behind, changed direction again, and easily swayed. Open Green and pass him!

"A beautiful breakthrough, Draymond Green was completely shaken and couldn't tell the north, south, east, and west!"

Two extremely fast and extreme changes of direction allowed Yiyang to successfully throw Green away. At this time, Durant was the only one left in the Warriors penalty area. Yiyang took a step to the left. When Durant was about to block the ball, he suddenly took a second step to the right. European step made a layup, shaking both of them. Yiyang stretched his body in the air and prepared for a layup.

Green, who was humiliated, naturally would not give up. He rushed back to the penalty area and flew towards Yiyang. Green has done a lot of things like chasing people and taking big risks!

But Yiyang, as if he had eyes in the back of his head, changed hands in the air, allowing Green to miss him, and the basketball went directly into the net!

Yiyang was knocked out of the baseline by Green. At the same time, the referee's whistle sounded, and Yiyang had to take an extra penalty!

"Boom!" At that moment, the camera couldn't even capture the court scene because it was completely blocked by the raised arms of Mavericks fans.

Although Yiyang fell heavily, he smiled at Green while sitting on the ground.

"You almost guarded me, man, just a little bit closer! Keep up the good work, and one day you will know that you are always just a little bit closer!"

"Holy shit!" Green usually criticizes others, but there is no reason why others can criticize him. Green stormed off, angrily rushing towards Yiyang, but was blocked by the tall Gobert.

"You will be 3 points behind soon. If you want to lose, I don't mind if you leave the game early." After Gobert said that, he turned around and pulled Yiyang up.

Green gritted his teeth in anger, but he couldn't do anything to Yiyang. If you take action now, suspension is inevitable.

Green had no choice but to endure it in frustration, then silently turned around and left. Looking at Green's face, which was so angry that it looked like a purple sweet potato, Yiyang felt extremely comfortable.

I asked you to pretend with me, and I’ll see if you can still talk trash.

In the last 30 seconds of the game, Yiyang had to take a free throw. All the pressure went to the Warriors.