Chapter 952: Sense of Repression
The Warriors started off pretty well, and it can be seen that the whole team is in good shape.
As you can see from the passing, the players are very focused.
The Kings still tried to play Cousins in the offense, but Cousins forced Pachulia against her back, squeezed to the basket and failed to make a layup.
Cousins still did not show enough dominance at the low post under the intensity of the playoffs.
His explosive power has always been his weakness, and his strength is his delicate feel and strong body, this contradictory combination.
James used the ball to counterattack again. This time he quickly cut in the middle and attracted the Kings to defend, a low-handed pass to Green who was empty-cut.
Green avoided Cousins' defense, made a backhand layup, and made two points.
The Kings use swarm defense, but James's shots are fast and his landing points are stable, making it difficult to interfere with him.
Moreover, the Warriors' offensive running is very sharp, and they cooperate with tacit understanding. The bee colony is tickling in front of them, which is useless.
After two rounds of attempts, Li Liang gave up asking the team to use the Bees and switched to one-on-one to increase intensity.
Of course, the king's top priority now is to attack and score goals.
Cousins failed twice in offense, and Li Liang tried to break through and kill the basket himself.
But the Warriors' defensive contraction is very good. Before the game, Cole positioned James very simply - organization in offense and dealing with Li Liang in defense, and the final result was made at a critical moment.
Thompson, James, Iguodala, Green, and the Warriors have the most luxurious front defense.
Li Liang didn't make a breakthrough, and followed the Warriors to fight back, and the king who turned one-on-one-gauge to withstand the Warriors' counterattack.
Both sides ran back and forth for two or three rounds, and neither scored a goal.
Both sides are competing for the pace. The king hopes to move slowly and take action quickly, while the Warriors hope to move quickly and take action quickly.
The king wanted to slow down the pace and not give them the chance to thread needles.
The Warriors wanted to bring the king up and disrupt their offensive arrangements.
The defense intensity of both sides was very strong, and the attacks were somewhat deformed.
Curry made a three-pointer from the outside, but under the interference of Rondo, he actually had a three-pointer.
But Green grabbed the frontcourt rebound at the basket and forced the ball to hit the ball.
After three minutes of the game, the Kings actually didn't score.
The Warriors lead the Kings 7:0.
Kings players need to adapt to the intensity of the Western Conference Finals.
Of course, the Warriors are also adapting to the strength of the king.
Both sides are not top defensive teams, but in order to win, the players tried their best from the first minute.
The Warriors' offense was obviously smoother, and the king was still waiting for Li Liang to open.
Li Liang failed to hit two three-pointers from the outside.
But he made Curry in defense and James made one foul each.
This is his old job.
Still no points were scored, Li Liang used the ball from the outside to kill the basket, but was surrounded by four Warriors!
Li Liang passed the ball to Cousins who reached the bottom line. Cousins got stronger after receiving the ball, but the man got up and the ball was gone.
The ball was knocked off by James!
Scoring suddenly becomes very difficult.
The whole game seems to be back to a 10 years ago, when every goal scored in the playoffs was extremely difficult.
It was not that easy for the Warriors to score. The King turned around and defended the Warriors for 24 seconds.
Curry finally made a forced move but failed to hit, and Li Liang caught the backcourt rebound.
Li Liang wanted to advance quickly, but Green and Thompson came up to join the ball, and Li Liang could only pass the ball to Gordon.
Gordon himself broke through in the middle with the ball, made a layup at the basket, and shouted!
The ball didn't go in...
No matter whether Gordon enters the ball or not, he will definitely yell at the basket.
In this way, the referee heard that he was so yelling, and maybe he would give him a foul and a free throw, and try his luck.
Obviously, the referee tonight put the scale of the game very much.
The two sides had a lot of physical contact, fell to the ground, pushed, and the referee did not call a foul.
It seems that the league just hopes that this game will be more intense and cruel.
Otherwise, there would be no audience to watch the game.
In 4 minutes, the king did not score.
Then, Curry got the rebound and counterattacked quickly, Green ran back and entered the basket, and caught the ball and made a layup.
Then, Li Liang was double-teamed by three people on the line and was given to Rondo, but the three-pointer in the open position failed to hit.
During the counterattack, Curry passed the ball to James who was following him. James took the ball and took a three-pointer from the outside and hit it!
12:0!
Under the high-intensity defense, the Warriors finally seized the opportunity of the king's loss of consciousness, tore open the gaps in their defense, and gave the king a heavy blow.
The Oracle Arena was full of joy, with a 12:0 start, and the Kings couldn't move forward.
Li Liang made a gesture to the referee and asked for a pause.
During the suspension, Li Liang calmed down the players' emotions and told everyone not to look at the scores, but to focus on the game itself.
Instead of saying "Give me the ball", Li Liang carefully arranged the tactics and asked Cousins to go to a higher position to cover and support, rather than blocking the low post.
It turns out that Cousins is not enough to pose a threat to the Warriors at a low post.
After the timeout, Li Liang held the ball and knew that the team needed to score.
So, with the pick-and-roll cover from Cousins at the high position, Li Liang accelerated to the basket!
Opened the [Rain Man's Umbrella]!
Cost 500 points of anger, Green, who assisted in defense through the inside, was a dunk!
Li Liang's ball was really shocking, and Green couldn't stop it at all.
This button was really brutal, and Green flew out.
He was still asking the referee for a foul with a confused look on his face, but the referee told him that he didn't call you a defensive foul, which was considered good.
This goal broke the Kings' scoring deadlock and relaxed the Kings players' hungry hearts.
Then, Li Liang made a steal in the midfield [Death Entanglement] and assisted Gordon to make a quick break layup.
Seeing this, Cole immediately called a timeout, not giving the king a chance to take power.
Obviously, Cole was very cautious.
If you are not careful with a player like Li Liang, you will die miserably.
The Warriors have such a dream start, so they must be well grasped.
The rest of the Kings obviously did not adapt to the intensity and atmosphere of the Western Conference Finals, and Li Liang needed to bring them out little by little.
But there is one person who is the exception - that is Rajon Rondo.
After the timeout, the Kings' defense intensity was up to the next level and began to make unlimited defense swaps.
Facing the Warriors, Iguodala was replaced early, Li Liang also replaced Cousins and Barnes, small to small.
On the King's side, any point can deal with every player of the Warriors.
By constantly changing defenses, the Warriors' passing space is compressed and the Warriors are forced to fall into a one-on-one single.
The Warriors were in a mess for a while and the ball could not run.
James finally received the ball and made a strong shot but failed to hit.
Li Liang got a backcourt rebound, was double-teamed at a high position and passed the ball to Rondo.
Rondo directly entered the basket, pinched the ball with one hand, and faced Green's high throw shot and hit the board!
To be honest, Rondo's throwing shots are really not very good.
But in such competitions, he, who has rich experience, dares to take action and can hit it.
After Cole got off Pachulia, the Warriors' inside height suddenly went down.
Therefore, the King began to try more inside breakthroughs to bombard the Warriors' three-second zone.
However, the Warriors inside with Green and James is not that easy to break into.
James was at the Heat, but because the Heat lacked the interior, he often rushed to the 4th and 5th positions as a defensive center.
Now in the Warriors' small lineup, James is a panacea.
King Gordon and Barnes hit the basket several times, but failed.
Instead, the Warriors took the opportunity to counterattack and scored continuously again.
In the first quarter, the scene was extremely motivating and the intensity was very high.
The Warriors still rely on their more tacit understanding, smooth cooperation, and stronger player personal abilities to gain a leading advantage.
26:15, the Warriors led the Kings 11 points at the start.
This was a pretty fantastic start for the Warriors.
You know, Li Liang only scored 4 points in the first quarter, and this is really another person with Li Liang, who scored 20 points in the first round, in the first quarter.
The king's attack became fragmented and was not driven at all.
More importantly, the warriors seemed to feel suppressed against the king.
Chapter completed!