"Damn it!"

"mine!"

"It's still mine!"

From the second half of the game, the 76ers' toughness dominated the Warriors who were invincible in the world.

They played eight-man rotation, resisted the small space where Rondo could not make a three-pointer, and put pressure on the Warriors to be a barbarian like them.

And in this epic hand-to-hand battle, the 76ers' unsung hero is DeMarcus Cousins.

Before the finals, Cousins ​​was such a center forward. He had the league's number one independent offensive ability. He could support himself but prefer personal offense. He was not good at defense or bad at defense. He often suffered losses due to his movement ability due to his extreme emotions and was easily possessed.

It is certainly no problem to put extreme adjectives like Angels and Demons on him.

However, in the first game of the finals, people saw Cousins ​​like this.

He took the initiative to fight in the penalty area; provided the best basket protection; rushed to the frontcourt rebounds; and fouled when he really couldn't do anything - just these things, there are not many insiders in the league that do better than him.

However: he has taken care of these dirty and tiring tasks, and if the team needs it, he can catch the ball and play singles. Drummond/Gasol/Green, no matter who he is, he has confidence; he can switch to high positions without limit, and his speed will be killed suddenly when he encounters the defender, but he believes in his teammates' assisting defense ability; he can play for more than 37 minutes after running with his teammates; always maintain a rare tension; allow the team to keep up with the rhythm and can oppress the opponent's penalty area.

In a word, if the 76ers want to defeat the Warriors in the finals, then Cousins ​​should have such performance and awareness.

Tonight, he performed like this.

Anyone who knows Cousins ​​knows that he is not such a player. He should not be keen on dirty and tiring work. He always wants to be the protagonist and he has the ability.

His changes and his perception of the situation surprised Wei Xia.

Perhaps, it was really the tenacity and tenacity shown by the 76ers in the sixth game of the Eastern Conference Finals that made him awaken?

Of course, a person's destiny depends on his own struggle, but it also takes into account the historical itinerary.

Cousins, a giant baby who never grows in Wei Xia's eyes, has always threatened the team as a time bomb of the 76ers for several years. How could he instantly become the kind of player they want most? He even suppressed Drummond and Gasol in the finals, which made the Warriors feel a headache?

His changes were so great that the Warriors were afraid and alert.

Therefore, in the fourth quarter, they specifically targeted Cousins' weakness in preventing pick-and-rolls and attacked continuously.

Cousins ​​still couldn't defend against the pick-and-roll. He would be eaten raw when encountering a small defender, but the 76ers already had a solution to this.

Farid's athletic ability, as well as Wei Xia's threat of protecting the basket in the inside, are both weapons that 76ers refuse to touch the restricted area.

Cousins ​​had no worries when he retreated, and was willing to fight with his body when he advanced.

Therefore, Wei Xia missed a three-pointer by himself, and Cousins ​​scored four attack rebounds in a row, scoring a 21 shot that allowed Drummond to leave the court with six fouls.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

"Don't be afraid, this is DeMarcus. We call him little kg behind his back!" Wei Xia Chong said Wall, who was shocked.

Wall was teammate with Cousins ​​when he was in college, and he knew this thing very well.

As soon as Wei Xia finished speaking, Hayward patted Cousins ​​on the back and said, "What little kg? Should it be said that kg is Little Demarcus. Look at the steel egg body, can kg be compared?"

Oubrey shouted from the outside: "It's not comparable!"

Kevin Garnett, who is outside countless cities, may have hit the steel plate with his head and never thought that he would be so entertained by everyone from the 76ers.

The Warriors had not realized how confident they had given the 76ers the suppression.

Before the start of the battle, the Warriors looked at the world with the invincible aura of 74 wins.

Everyone thinks that the finals are just a formality, and the Warriors will defeat the 76ers with a devastating momentum.

Even the Warriors themselves and some others in the 76ers team think so.

The so-called arrogant soldiers will be defeated, and the 76ers did not allow the warriors to fight peacefully for a few minutes.

Now, they have taken the initiative in the game with an 8-point lead over the Warriors.

Cousinsga scored 77 points, 9 points behind 68 and 9.

"So far, the Warriors' overall shooting percentage is below 40%. No one in the team has a shooting percentage of more than 50%. They have very few assists, and rebounds are dominated by 76ers..." Mike Brynn did not expect the Warriors' data to be so ugly before browsing the data. "But... the data of the 76ers is almost the same as them. The only part they have obvious advantages is rebounds."

Van Gundy knew that rebounding was the key: "When the game became a battle of attrition, rebounding was the line of life and death. Defensive rebounding can give the team more counterattack opportunities, and offensive rebounding can regain 24 seconds of offensive time. The benefits of these two are irreplaceable in the battle of attrition."

As soon as he finished speaking, Curry fought to the death and caused a foul, but he made one of two free throws.

This is rare for people with 90% free throw shooting percentage.

In high-intensity confrontation, the Warriors are not as comfortable as the 76ers, but they are still looking for a way to play that suits them.

Passing and cutting, transferring the ball, Curry switches back and forth without the ball and with the ball.

They made a lot of efforts and paid off when they were under the pressure.

Curry couldn't find the correct head on the outside, and he held the ball and went to the paint area with a risk of being knocked over, but he came in without hesitation and used his throw to break the deadlock.

Thompson also got opportunities in the off-ball run again and again, shooting three-pointers.

The Warriors' strategy is undoubtedly very successful. At the beginning of the fourth quarter, their hands were not good, but the players still worked hard to run tactics and create opportunities through their own running. Gradually, the offense began to improve. On the defensive end, they insisted on the strategy of unlimited switchover, using Thompson or Iguodala against Wei Xia. When Wei Xia played pick-and-roll with his teammates, they replaced the defense, narrowed the defense area, and blocked the passing route of the 76ers as much as possible.

Such a strategy once made the 76ers very uncomfortable. Rondo's existence and the 76ers' three-pointers tonight were not good. The 76ers' possession space was very small. If you want to transfer the ball, you must pass the Warriors' blockade line. Especially Wei Xia, the Warriors do not double-team him, but as long as he wants to pass the ball, nearby Warriors players will try every means to intercept his ball path.

Therefore, Wei Xia's turnovers exceeded the assists in this game.

Similarly, this is why Holiday made the Warriors crazy because of consecutive mistakes.

The Warriors' ability to destroy the passing route is invisible on the surface.

As the Warriors regain their offensive form again, they are ready to give a break to this game.

At the critical moment, Curry still believes in his three-point shooting ability.

Even if their team's three-point shooting percentage is less than 30% tonight.

Sometimes, the fortune on the court is so wonderful. If Curry had not recovered his form before, the 76ers would play against the Warriors until the end of the game. If Curry did not persistently shoot three-pointers when the Warriors were in full swing, but instead scored 2 points with the 76ers, then the suspense of the game would definitely last until the end.

But it's a pity that every superstar has his own pride.

Jordan during the dynasty period had developed the terrifying aura of "I am destiny", and he was invincible in the world; Duncan was the ultimate winner in the post-Jordan era and the best cornerstone player in modern basketball; Kobe and James believed in two completely different game philosophy - Curry, the elf who grasped the context of the times, his philosophy was three points.

In the finals game 1, when the Warriors started, he faced Wei Xia's defense and dribbled forward and pulled three-pointers in a row.

There are about 6 minutes left before the end of the game, and in the eyes of others, his goal does not determine the outcome.

But in fact, what determines the situation on the field is in those one or two goals.

He failed to hit the three-pointer, and since then, he handed the stage to the league's number one, and the overlord who has led the team to win the championship for two consecutive years will not miss the opportunity to harvest the game.

Wei Xia, who scored 25 points in the first half, played defense in the third quarter and scored only 6 points. With 31 points in the third quarter, he scored another 5 points in the first half of the fourth quarter.

At this time, Wei Xia, who had already scored 36 points, moved into offensive mode again and started his personal attack. There was no complicated dribbling and amazing running without the ball.

Wei Xia was completely mobilizing her instincts and potential.

Like Kobe, he was unreasonable and jump shot;

Like Havlicek, switch offensive layup;

Then it combines the styles of multiple superstars to form a back-to-body single;

The direct three-pointer after the three-pointer threatened.

For fans, every goal he scored during this period is not a good opportunity, but Wei Xia knows that even if the ball is passed, there will be no better chance. This is how he handles this game. Today he is facing the Warriors' single-defense wheel battle.

Unfortunately, the Warriors' wings are not enough to stop him.

So he scored points on the opponent's head again and again.

At the beginning, Curry, Thompson and Wall could still respond with three-pointers and breakthroughs, but in the later stage, he dominated the offense and led his teammates to block the Warriors' offense.

It is really unimaginable that a player's energy can spread the court with such intensity, intensity and durability.

106 to 98

In the whole game, the 76ers defeated the Warriors by 8 points.

Van Gundy said naturally that the big upset Bolling said - from the perspective of commitment and preparation, the 76ers won for granted and upright.

Wei Xia played for 47 minutes and 9 seconds.

His break during the game was only 51 seconds in the last quarter, and 15 minutes off.

Under such a load, he still had the strength to take over the game until the end. Curry, who was the main defense, scored an unqualified 22 points, not to mention his rotation, off-ball replacement, strength at the beginning, support when falling behind, offense and defense when stalemate and dominance in the fourth quarter - every 76ers started, he was there, and all the moments that laid the victory were brought by him.

"This is the best player of our time - and I believe that in the next 20 years, no better player than wish will appear!"

Wei Xia's performance was praised for being praised. He just hung a towel around his neck and told the reporters on the scene: "We won't be complacent. After all, this is just the first game of the finals."

However, from the perspective of probability, 76 people have reasons to be happy about this.
Chapter completed!