Chapter 936 It's all God's will
The Warriors' original advantage was defeated by Wei Xia, and they were forced to exchange for the main players such as Steve Curry.
The two sides fought again.
In the last few minutes of the first half, Cousins, who was replaced on the court, made an extraordinary performance.
He didn't get much ball on the offensive end, and every time he attacked, he was near the paint area, using his little tricks to score.
When he stood at a high position, he took the initiative to use his body to create more opportunities and bring good opportunities to his teammates.
In the first half of the second quarter, Wei Xia supported the scene.
As for the second half, it was the perfect chemistry between Cousins and the team.
The Warriors were not fooled on the spot, they were in their best condition like the 76ers.
Great competitions always require such objective conditions.
Both sides are in a well-off position, in excellent condition, and give their all without any reservation.
Both sides fought to the end of the first half with a strong momentum, 50 to 49, and the Warriors led by only 76ers by one point.
This one-point advantage was obtained only when the 76ers replaced Wei Xia in the last 40 seconds of the first half.
In the whole first half, Wei Xia played 23 minutes and 20 seconds, scoring 22 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists, scoring close to half of the team's total score, with more rebounds than Cousins, and the contribution on the defensive end is difficult to use data to feedback, and the impact on the situation is not reflected in any data.
Jeff Van Gundy simply said: "Look at the playing time of wish, look at his efficiency, look at the score on the field, and who is the best halftime."
With this, Mark Jackson teased his partner, "Jeff, I bet you must like coaching players like wish!"
"Brother, as a head coach, the greatest luck you can have is coaching wish." Van Gundy blew Weisha to the sky in a wave. "He is not as domineering as Michael Jordan, not as paranoid as Kobe Bryant, not as lazy as Shake O'Neal, he is the kind of pillar that can tie with Tim Duncan and Bill Russell."
"But, compared with wish, TD and Bill have more or less problems on both offense and defense, but wish has done the best in both aspects." Van Gundy's famous saying of Wei Xia was born, "He is the best core player ever!"
Jackson smiled and didn't respond, and Mike Brynn echoed, "Who said no!"
Wei Xia's face was rosy, and it was obvious that he had consumed a lot of money in the first half.
The reporter asked: "Does the 23 minutes and 20 seconds of halftime play make you tired?"
"Not at all," he said this before his breath had calmed down, "Not at all."
The reporter did not expose him, "The Warriors tonight are obviously different from the past few games. Are you ready for the next step?"
"It means that the strength we give to our opponents is not enough. We must work harder, focus more, and be tougher-" Weisha paused, "and more eager for victory."
After saying that, the reporter let him go.
The Chinese in the Oracle Arena will boo him.
Everyone was making a voice to try to get Wei Xia's attention.
Wei Xia didn't even look at them - many people thought Wei Xia would be a hero of Asian Americans, but in fact he was not - since the political incorrect incident in 2008, he has gradually moved away from the Asian community, just like no Asians spoke for him at that time, and he never spoke for Asians.
Asians have a complicated feeling about him. They like him to succeed, which can improve the stereotype of American society that Asians, especially Chinese, are nerds, and do not want him to be too successful because he does not regard himself as a member of them.
Which successful Asian American would give up his American nationality and be naturalized by China?
Let’s take a look at Jeremy Lin, aren’t both sides better?
Wei Xia and this group of people were destined to have no common language. He returned to the locker room and took a few deep breaths outside the door.
He can show fatigue outside, but not in the locker room, so he needs to cheer up.
“Hu~Hu~Hu~Hu~”
He adjusted for more than ten seconds before he walked in.
After coming in, you don’t need to speak, and your refreshed look will naturally tell your teammates that so much playing time will not have much impact on him.
His spirit is better than all chicken soup.
Jay Wright arranged his strategy for the second half with peace of mind.
Needless to say, Curry resolutely adopted unlimited defense exchanges, and there were also those who were pressing their outside line to the death and forcing them to attack the basket.
The last one is the strategy Wright endured until the second half.
"Wish, DeMarcus, in the second half I need you to stay in the frontcourt to grab offensive rebounds more. Kenneth, you don't need to grab offensive rebounds. I want you to retreat as soon as possible before the end of each attack. Once we fail to control the offensive rebounds, you have to stop the Warriors' counterattack in the backcourt!"
What is ultimate hand-to-hand combat? It is very simple to say it.
Fight against offensive rebounds, crush the opponent's number of rounds, control the opponent's counterattack, and fight to the death.
The 76ers' lineup is not as deep as the Warriors, and it is difficult to hold on to the end of the game, but this is their only way to win.
They can only compete with the warriors for fighting spirit, body, and desire to win, which is the so-called battle of will.
All other regular plays that fans can understand are not suitable for games where weak hits the strong.
Second half
Wei Xia's start-up attack for Holiday's pick-and-roll shocked the Warriors.
They didn't expect this to happen, and Holiday took the opportunity to break through.
Although Wei Xia's pick-and-roll quality is not as good as the inside, it is more than enough to hang a Wall.
Holiday accidentally broke the Warriors' defense and passed by Cousins, who was in the hand holding the throw outside the paint area.
51 to 50
"The 76ers made a comeback in the score!"
As soon as the Warriors' offense started, the ball-holder passed halfway, the pressure given by the 76ers was brought to the audience from their panic transfer.
Wall's speed encountered a rough collision, which was difficult to exert.
Unbelievable, the 76ers let go of the game from the first second of the second half.
This is the first defensive round of the second half with the intensity of the last round.
The most embarrassing person was not Wall, but Curry who was trying to support Wall.
Although he asked for a cover and barely threw away Wei Xia's half position, Wei Xia's follow-up speed exceeded his imagination. When Wall passed the ball to him, he did not notice that the ghost behind him was running to him with a much more than expected momentum. He stretched out his long arm, broke the pass, turned around and raised his hips, pushing his body out of bounds.
Wei Xia spontaneously launched a counterattack. As soon as the 76ers completed high-intensity defense, they immediately swept the frontcourt at the fastest speed.
The Warriors passively pursue it, which tests the players' will.
If the second half is played at this intensity, who can hold on?
Wei Xia accurately found Hayward's position and passed the ball back to the ball. He raised his hand and three-pointer. Although he missed the shot, the offensive rebound belonged to Cousins.
Cousins grabbed the offensive rebound and made a fake move to pass the ball to Wei Xia.
The ball quotient can be seen from his fake move. He knows that Wei Xia is the Warriors' g-point. Even if he just pointed the ball to that position symbolically, the Warriors' defense will loosen.
Once their defense was loose, Cousins immediately hooked and scored.
53 to 50
The pressure was put on a lot of pressure. The 76ers were tough in defense, neat and moderate in offense, able to organize the outside, and smart in the inside, and completely unlike the opponent had severely consumed in the first half.
Curry took the initiative to ask the ball to shoulder the responsibility on his shoulders, and he had to take Wei Xia's defense away from the front.
It was a bit difficult to do this with his personal ability alone. He mainly used variation dribbling to shake people. Wei Xia defended Steve Nash, who had historically variable dribbling in the playoffs as soon as she debuted.
He is the least defensive player in history who is not obsessed with offensive rhythm.
To break his defense, it is very simple, it is to be taller than him (Durant), taller and stronger (James), faster (Wal) or simply not even the reasoning, what if you shoot in front of you (Kobe).
Curry is very close to Kobe's form, but he is not Kobe after all.
Even Kobe cannot win the series by using strong defensive shots.
What's more, Curry's overlord's way of taking the bow is not as good as Kobe, so he has to call a pick-and-roll.
Marc Gasol cleverly used the league's benefits to the 74-win team - legally moving the pick-and-roll to catch Wei Xia's entanglement, forcing Cousins to come to Curry to defend.
Cousins had no other choice, and had to block the breakthrough line and wait for his teammates to attack.
Gasol did not have the ability to make three-pointers, so Wei Xia decisively let him go. Just as he was about to hit Curry, he saw this bastard pulling the ball from his left hand into his crotch and catch it with his right hand and then throwing it.
A three-pointer from the center's front defense against the center was undoubtedly in a position, but the ball was hollow!
53 to 53
Curry slowly retreated, spitting his braces to his mouth and biting them, and his little head swayed left and right, making him feel unsatisfied.
Cousins frowned in wonder.
"I don't blame you." Wei Xia said.
Cousins said depressedly: "I just think I shouldn't interfere with his shooting. The more he interferes, the more he can make."
"I feel even more unhappy with his reaction after he hit the ball after trying my best to defend," Wei Xia said with a smile, "I see that my fists are hard."
The teammates behind him are already serving and pushing forward, and these two are still communicating their feelings about defending Curry.
"Boss, we must win with dignity!"
"I'm so proud that you can think so." Wei Xia ran to the front with a smile. I don't know what went wrong with the Warriors' defense, but Curry actually made him face Wei Xia.
Since the other party brought the meat to his mouth, Wei Xia would be sorry for the Warriors to give it to him if he didn't bite him.
At about the free throw line, Wei Xia suddenly supported Curry with one hand and asked for the ball with the other.
Cousins passed the ball, and Wei Xia immediately hit the ball with her back, hitting hard, making Curry unconscious, and suddenly turned sideways and wanted to turn over and throw him to jump.
Curry was indeed fooled, but Wei Xia pressed his side against his jumping body. It was not until his serious invasion of the cylinder was fouled by the referee, and he pulled out a graceful hook with his left hand.
This is not a heavenly hook, strictly speaking, it is not a standard hook.
This is Dave Coins' specialty, irregular hooks. Because his figure looks petite compared to the centers of the same era, the Red Giant's hooks are almost uneven in every move. Long-distance hooks are his unique skill. Wei Xia suspects that he may develop a three-point hook in the three-point line era.
As Havlicek and him have been teammates for several years, Wei Xia never picks when he learns the moves. Now he uses Curry, by chance.
"Bang!"
“and one!”
Chapter completed!