However, because of the All-Star Game, Lillard really wants to prove himself and has enough energy to show himself in the game.

But the Trail Blazers are playing back-to-back games after all. Lillard is not tired, but the teammates around him are actually still tired to a certain extent.

This feeling of fatigue is reflected in the game, which means that the players are in extremely poor playing condition.

Once again, Lillard relied on close defense to force Curry to miss a difficult shot. After the Warriors quickly returned to defense, the Blazers' counterattack fell into a positional battle.

One step ahead of the three-point line, Aldridge, who was holding the ball in the high post to provide support, did not choose to attack on his own under the defense of David Lee. Instead, he wanted a reverse lob to find Lillard, who was sliding over from the baseline.

However, Aldridge's strength control for this reverse lob was greatly deviated. The ball was neither high nor fast. Instead, Curry, who was chasing Lillard, formed the ball very easily.

intercept.

Curry quickly counterattacked and came to the frontcourt.

When Adelaide and Robin Lopez both opened up space in the high post in their previous offense and could quickly retreat to the basket, Curry's counterattack immediately reached the three-second zone from the front.

Choose to lean forward and take off, making a small throw to avoid going too deep and being blocked by the two Blazers insiders.

Perhaps the pair of shiny gold sneakers didn't fit my feet the first time I wore them, so the take-off height wasn't high enough. Curry's throw was just a little off, hitting the front edge of the basket and popping out.

Ade jumped on the spot and picked up the rebound without interference from other defenders.

After a big player grabs a rebound, he usually immediately raises the ball high to maintain the strength of his hands to prevent his opponent from snatching the basketball from his hands.

However, Aldridge was obviously a little "lazy" today. The ball was not raised high. Instead, after grabbing the rebound, he placed it in front of himself. He even lowered the ball slightly in order to lower his waist and catch his breath.

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Curry, who is nearby, actually has no shortage of motivation to prove himself in this game.

After all, for a pure shooter to replace those All-Star guards in the past and become the starter of this Western Conference All-Star, Curry will be subject to a lot of controversy.

Curry actively tried to cut the ball, but Aldridge's hand strength controlled the ball much less than Curry expected.

After a successful cut, before anyone could react, Curry directly picked up the basket with his right hand and found the board, scoring the first two points of the game.

As the core offensive point of the Blazers, Aldridge has always been the inside guarantee for the Blazers to score stably.

When Lillard handed the ball to Adelaide and the team opened up a certain space, facing David Lee, who was not good at defense, Adelaide only dribbled the ball twice before choosing to hand over the ball.

It really surprised opponents and teammates.

Fortunately, Matthews received the ball, and then without enough time, under the defense of Klay Thompson, he completed a difficult turnaround jumper and scored two points for the Trail Blazers again, but Ade's

This abnormal performance has been noticed by Warriors coach Mark Jackson off the court.

When the Warriors were serving, Mark Jackson kept loudly reminding the players on the sidelines to abandon defensive tactics No. 2 and 3.

Defensive tactics No. 2 and 3 are about double-teaming Ade and assisting in defense and interfering with Ade.

As the core of the Trail Blazers' interior offense, Aldridge, an All-Star-level interior player, can be said to be worthy of the Warriors spending a lot of defensive power to target him.

Moreover, David Lee himself is also a strong offensive and defensive player. Proper defense can also protect David Lee.

It's just that Aldridge's state today, judging from the attitude of the game revealed in the opening stage, is not the best. Then Mark Jackson will naturally make changes accordingly, giving the Blazers greater perimeter defensive pressure and allowing David

Li first tried to push it up.

Klay Thompson ran without the ball. After borrowing two pick-and-rolls, he came out at a 45-degree position on the right side. He caught the ball and hit a mid-range shot directly. This is also one of the most commonly used offensive tactics by the Warriors, bringing the score back to 4-4.

6.

Under normal conditions, the Trail Blazers sometimes always say that Lillard and Ade have conflicts, because both of them need to get the ball in order to exert their offensive abilities. In the game, in the same round, something may happen.

The fight for the ball.

Especially as Ade, after spending a lot of physical energy deep inside to gain position, when Lillard chooses not to pass the ball, there will naturally be a certain conflict.

But today, Aldridge's position never went deep into the paint. In the Blazers' offensive tactics, Aldridge himself stood at the penalty arc and had no intention of going deep into the key position.

On the contrary, Lillard could only focus on the offense on his own, but he encountered the Warriors' targeted defense and extremely fast defense.

Although a certain amount of space has been created in the middle, the only person Lillard can pass the ball to is Robin Lopez, who is least good at attacking in the Trail Blazers lineup.

After receiving the ball, Lopez Jr. went to the basket. Facing Bogut's defense, without taking advantage of his strength, he could only use a turn, turn outside, and then hit the board for a throw, but he did not score a goal.

The Warriors seized the opportunity to prevent counterattacks very well.

It was Iguodala's quick advance again, and then he passed the ball directly to Curry who was following up.

After Curry caught the ball, he jumped directly from the free throw arc and made a mid-range shot. The Warriors tied the score at 6-6.

As one of the smoothest offensive teams in the league, the Golden State Warriors are definitely at the top level in terms of speed and success rate in counterattacks.

The Trail Blazers' positional defense was actually quite good, but when their own offense was blocked, it gave the Warriors an opportunity to easily switch offense.

When the Trail Blazers urgently need to score, and Lillard cannot easily complete the offense under the influence of Curry's marking and the help of other personnel, handing the ball to Ade in the low post on the right again is the goal of the Blazers.

The most commonly used offensive tactic.

However, today's Ade played really "softly". Facing David Lee's defense, Ade was not as tough as he was when he played against the Thunder inside in the first two games.

Instead of using his weight and height to break through inside the three-second zone, Ade just tentatively leaned back twice before turning over and shooting a jumper.

It was just a successful strike that gave the Warriors a chance to counterattack quickly.

The Trail Blazers' retreat speed was not unsatisfactory, but the Warriors' counterattack was really unreasonable.

Instead of directly hitting the inside, Iguodala directly passed the ball to Klay Thompson who was running towards the bottom corner.

A three-point shot in the counterattack, the ball went in and the buzzer sounded, three plus one!

Matthews' forward attack did not have much impact. Instead, it gave Clay a chance to make a free throw. 9 to 6, there was also a chance for an extra penalty. When Clay hit a three-pointer, the Oracle Arena was boiling.

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Chapter completed!