34, Danny Green's Retribution!
On June 14, the 2018-19 NBA Finals continued, and the Golden State Warriors ushered in the sixth game of the series against the Toronto Raptors at home.
Before the game, Deng Fang had announced Durant's season reimbursement, which is great news for the Raptors.
Someone privately advised Deng Fang not to disclose Durant's injury, because there may be two games to play in the next round. Even if Durant is reimbursed for the season, if the exact news is not given, the Raptors will still be suspicious, which will definitely have an impact on them.
But Deng Fang ignored these suggestions because he wanted to win the game openly!
Deng Fang knew that there would be a fierce battle today, but even so, he wanted to win the game with dignity!
Because Durant was injured and Cousins was not effective in starting the game, so Deng Fang ranked Looney as the starting game.
Looney also suffered injuries and had a fractured rib.
Looney was injured in the second game. He was knocked to the ground by the latter when defending Leonard. Looney fell heavily on the floor. He then covered his left chest in pain. The team doctor also used an ice pack for ice. Looney left the court early for treatment because the clavicle injury would not return.
After undergoing nuclear magnetic resonance and CT scans, Looney was diagnosed with a non-displaced first-cosal cartilage fracture and will be absent indefinitely.
Looney's offensive methods are much worse than Cousins, but his defensive role is quite large, which makes him less of a great impact on the Warriors' defense.
But Looney is very manly enough. He returned from the front line in the fourth game and returned with injuries.
Looney's return is still very helpful to the Warriors' defense, and he is not in the way of offense. Overall, it is much easier to use than Cousins.
Starting lineups of both sides:
Raptors: Leonard, Siakam, Gasol Jr., Danny Green, Lowry.
Warriors: Iguodala, Drummond Green, Looney, Klay Thompson, Curry.
The score was 2:3 behind, and this game was a game that the Warriors could not lose.
In the first quarter, Lowry felt a lot. He made a layup and made three consecutive three-pointers, winning 11 points by himself, quickly helping the Raptors lead.
I have to say that Lowry is really powerful, and his role is not even smaller than Leonard!
Lowry has a tough defense and is organized with three points, which is extremely important to the Raptors.
The Warriors were not panicked, and the two role players, Looney and Iguodala, took turns to score points to stop the bleeding for the team. In the middle of this quarter, Tang Shen found the feel and scored 10 points in a row, narrowing the gap to 2 points.
However, the Raptors' touch continued, Siakam and Leonard made their efforts one after another, and Van Vleet and Lowry continued to enter the net with three-pointers.
Curry made a foul and made two free throws. After the single quarter, the Warriors temporarily lagged behind 32-33.
In the second quarter, the two sides were in a long tug-of-war. Curry made a throw, Iguodala made a jump shot, and the home team once overtook.
Ibaka stood up on the Raptors, used his hook hand and dunked three times to stop the bleeding for the visiting team.
In the later part of this quarter, Lowry shot into the net, and the Raptors overtook the score again.
After that, Xiao Ka also found a good opportunity to score a layup in the inside.
But the Warriors were not vague. Tang Shen made fouls on the outside and made three free throws. As Lowry made another layup, the Raptors continued to lead 60-57 after the half.
After the change of sides, Leonard began to exert force. Not only did he kill the inside and continue to score, but he also found a touch of three-pointers from the outside.
As Xiao Ka calmly scored 2+1, the Raptors led by 6 points.
But the Warriors were still fighting tenaciously. In the middle of this quarter, Splash Brothers and Iguodala shot three-pointers one after another, and the score difference was smoothed out.
At the end of the third quarter, Tang Shen made another three-pointer, helping the Warriors overtake.
The Raptors called for a pause.
During the suspension period, Deng Fang didn't say anything, but called Clay to a corner and whispered a few words.
After hearing Deng Fang's words, Clay looked a little surprised, but nodded.
Deng Fang's status in the Warriors is unparalleled. Although Deng Fang's instructions are a bit unreasonable, Clay has no intention of refuting them.
Soon, the game started.
With more than two minutes left in the third quarter, the Warriors led by 3 points.
The Raptors' ball rights, Lowry broke through to the basket and fell to the ground with the Warriors player, but the referee did not say that the Warriors got the ball rights and launched a fast attack.
Raptors head coach Nass has jumped up and complained to the referee, but no one cares about him.
To be honest, Lowry did have physical contact with the Warriors before he fell to the ground. If the punishment is strict, he can indeed call the Warriors a foul.
But this is the finals, the confrontation is very fierce, and this level of physical contact generally does not whistle.
Moreover, there is often a principle when referees whistle, that is, they depend on whether your shot is reasonable.
You play reasonably, trick the opponent's empty basket or find an open teammate. In this case, the person who comes to the defense will whistle if he makes a little move.
But your playing is unreasonable. There are a few people in the inside that have to rush in. The defender has stood in position and covered you, but you have to force a shot or break through. In this case, even if there is some physical contact, it will not whistle.
Lowry's breakthrough made it difficult to fall to the ground. Drummond Green defended him. There were other people in the penalty area and his physical contact was not obvious, so there was no problem with the referee not blowing the whistle.
The Warriors got the ball, Curry advanced quickly, Cousins ran back in the middle line, and Clay advanced from the left, surpassing Cousins.
Curry passed the ball to Clay at the first time. Clay took the lead and broke into the basket. The Raptors had no defense in the penalty area. Clay was about to dunk with just one step.
At this moment, Danny Green, who was chasing over from the right, flew up and rushed straight towards Clay.
It was obvious that Danny Green had no intention of retracting force. He did not consider the risk of injuring Clay at all. He was completely heading for Clay.
If Clay dunks, he will inevitably be injured without any precautions!
This is true in history:
At that time, Clay made a fast break layup, Danny Green blocked from behind and encountered Clay, causing Clay to fall from the air, and his left leg hit the ground first, but failed to stand firm and fell to the ground.
Clay struggled and climbed a short distance on the ground, then turned over and lay on the ground in pain.
The team doctor and staff gathered around.
Curry in the backcourt did not go up to comfort Clay. Looking at Clay's movements and painful expressions, he already understood what was going on.
Curry sat alone on the ground in the backcourt, gritting his braces, silently...
Because Curry knew that Clay was injured and could not play in this game, the outcome would probably be very difficult.
With Clay, the Raptors also use box-1 to attack Curry. If Clay is gone, the Warriors' offense will make it worse. Curry won't even have a chance to take action!
Not to mention that Clay still has both offense and defense, and has a very strong defensive end effect!
Fortunately, that was the situation in history, and it is different now. Deng Fang is sitting in the coaching seat of the Warriors!
Clay took off and dunked with a step-by-step move, but he didn't really jump up!
Danny Green didn't expect Clay to take this move. He flew in the air and lost the place to leverage his power and rushed towards Clay horizontally.
Clay ignored this. He glanced at Danny Green, stood firm with both feet, and one sideways and hit the ball from the right and put it into the basket.
Danny Green lost in the air and wanted to pull Clay to find support, but Clay avoided it. As a result, his abdomen hit Clay's left shoulder and his body directly hit the floor!
After a "bang", Danny Green screamed in pain on the ground, his body twitching constantly!
Chapter completed!