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Chapter 309 The famous elevator door tactics!

Wade also made a celebration gesture and stuck out his tongue at Thompson: "Three-pointer? I can do it too!"

In fact, as a defender, Wade's three-point shooting percentage can be described as better than nothing.

He has played in the NBA for more than ten years and his three-point shooting percentage is not even 30%! This is difficult for any defender to accept.

What's more, we are in the small ball era now. Even power forwards and centers are required to have three-point ability, and it is even more difficult for guards without three-pointers.

After joining the Lakers, Wade has been working hard on three-point shooting in order to reduce Lin Tian's pressure on the offensive end.

This season he averaged 3 three-pointers per game, with a shooting percentage of 35%, which is already the highest three-point shooting percentage in his career.

However, Wade was not proud for long, as Klay Thompson quickly responded with a three-pointer.

Wade and Thompson didn't have many singles opportunities.

What the fans at the scene were most concerned about was the matchup between Lin Tian and Durant.

Lin Tian still maintained the most efficient offensive efficiency, using all his offensive methods against Durant.

Whether it's a change of direction breakthrough, a step-back jumper, or a picturesque pull-up jumper, Durant is hard to guard against.

This season, Durant is very strong on the offensive end, but he actually puts a lot of his energy into the defensive end.

Durant is currently even ranked in the top five in the list of blocks! The threat on the defensive end is evident!

It can be said that when Durant came to the Warriors, although his scoring dropped, his overall strength has evolved and he has become more versatile!

There have been many wonderful shots of Durant blocking shots this season, and this is just a small microcosm.

The evolution on the defensive end made Durant think he could easily handle Lin Tian.

But after Lin Tian gained weight, his evolution was more obvious than that of Durant.

The simplest truth is that he can guard Durant, but Durant can't guard him!

Durant didn't believe in evil at first. It wasn't until Lin Tian scored more than 14 points in the first quarter that he called on Green to help defend.

The inside line began to become crowded, and Lin Tiancai increased his three-point shooting.

Throughout the first half, the two teams were on par with each other in terms of three-point shooting, and they took a lot of three-point shots.

The Warriors' three-pointers were ridiculously accurate. They shot 20 three-pointers in the first half and made 12 of them, with a shooting rate of over 50%!

The Lakers took 16 shots and only made 7, which is a level lower than the Warriors' three-point shooting percentage.

Because of this, the Warriors maintained a 13-point advantage entering the second half.

The half-time break allowed everyone to recover a lot of physical strength, and the defense became even harder.

The Warriors still insist on putting their defensive focus inside.

The Lakers are completely different from the Warriors. They mainly focus on defense on the outside.

Because the Warriors' offensive firepower inside is indeed not as good as outside.

Lin Tian guarded Durant very hard, so Durant's shooting percentage was not high today.

But Curry and Thompson are very difficult to deal with.

Under Cole's rather mature tactical system, Curry frequently took three-pointers against Dellavedova.

The big difference between him and other shooters is that many sharpshooters in the league hit three-pointers when they are open.

Curry's three-point shots rarely have open opportunities, but the shooting rate is still terrifyingly high.

And if Curry is allowed to have an open shot, it will simply be a loss of points for him.

Pachulia played 4 minutes in the third quarter and was replaced by Cole.

The all-powerful warrior Yin Geda enters the scene, and the real Death Five is here!

The Lakers made no substitutions, and still used five starters and five players who died head-on.

Durant changed from the third position to the fourth position, and the strong Ying Guodala guarded Lin Tian.

The Lakers had the ball at this time, and from the moment Howard passed the ball to Lin Tian from the baseline, Yingodala pressed for it.

He only left a little space for Lin Tian to dribble.

The rest of the Warriors, whether it was Curry or Durant, all followed their defender closely and did not dare to be careless for a second.

Lin Tian dribbled the ball past half-court, and you could clearly feel that the Warriors' defensive intensity had improved a lot.

He can only find Dellavedova to play pick-and-roll.

After Dellavedova gave him a screen, the Warriors chose to switch defense and let Curry guard Lin Tian.

At the same time, the Warriors quickly shrank their defense, with Green and Durant ready to wipe Curry's butt at any time.

In their lineup, Curry is the weakest on the defensive end, but Curry's defense is not bad either.

Lin Tian drove Curry inside.

Seeing that Curry couldn't stand it anymore, Dream Green could only move forward.

Lin Tian had quick eyes and hands and quickly passed the ball to PJ Tucker! PJ Tucker caught the ball in the open and quickly made a three-pointer.

After the Warriors served, Lin Tian followed Durant and kept loudly directing his teammates to move.

The biggest characteristic of the Death Five is that they are fast, accurate and ruthless. It is difficult for Tucker to guard Durant, so it is best for him to guard.

Curry had just passed half the circle, and several Warriors players quickly ran tactics for Curry.

I saw Green standing at the free throw line first, and Thompson started to run.

After Curry passed the ball to Thompson, he quickly passed between Thompson and Green and received Thompson's return pass.

Dellavedova, who was following Curry, also wanted to pass between Green and Thompson, but was blocked by their bodies, delaying the defensive opportunity.

Curry had already run outside the three-point line, and he shot the ball without much aim at the basket.

Whoosh!

Curry hit a three-pointer! Lakers fans were anxious to see it.

Lin Tian also smiled bitterly. He was a little surprised that the Warriors would use the once famous "elevator door tactic."

This tactic wasn't even developed by Steve Kerr, but by former Warriors coach Jackson.

In recent seasons, it has been rare to see the Warriors use this tactic.

This does not mean that the elevator door tactic is banned, but that the referee's whistleblowing standards have changed.

The elevator door tactic is suspected of being a moving screen and can easily lead to a foul, so the Warriors basically no longer use it.

But once they are used, as long as they are not blown away, they are basically unsolvable.

Using tactics they had long abandoned against the Lakers, it can be seen that the Warriors are determined to win this game today.

After the Lakers served, Lin Tian singled out Durant.

After he broke through in disguise, he stepped back for a three-pointer, catching Durant off guard and scoring the goal.

The ball is back in the hands of the Warriors again.

Curry passed the ball first this time, and then ran to the top of the arc.

After the elevator door tactic was over, when Curry received the ball at the top of the arc and was about to shoot, Lin Tian suddenly appeared!

Snapped!
Chapter completed!
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