Chapter 224 The trend of the East and West(1/2)
The Warriors struggled to win the second match of the Western Conference Finals, and the total score of the series became 2-0.
Judging from the score alone, the Warriors' current advantage is very obvious.
To borrow the words of Mr. Masahira: "If you have another victory, the Warriors will get the match point. If you have another two victory, the Warriors will advance to the finals!"
Although it's all nonsense, you have to admit that he's right.
The Warriors won two games first, which is a huge advantage.
But putting aside these 2-0 advantages, between G1 and G2, the Warriors were gradually forced into a desperate situation by the Supersonics.
"The Warriors were able to win the first match of the Western Conference Finals because of Stadium's 44-point scoring performance;"
"In the second game, Stadium encountered the most stringent defensive encirclement in his career. Outside, Nate McMillan, member of the NBA's best defensive lineup, the frame guard of big center Elvin Johnson, and on the side, another best defensive lineup member Gary Payton, assisted defense and pinch attacks."
"With such a strict defense, he still scored 39 points in the Western Conference Finals..."
"Star scored two high scores in two games, and the Warriors won two games in a row, but this is the playoffs. G2 Star played to the end and had overdrawn himself."
"The battlefield will be transferred to Seattle next, and the Warriors will lose their home advantage, and Stamford's physical condition will become increasingly worrying."
"We boldly predict that next, the Supersonics are likely to win two consecutive games, and the Western Finals will become as anxious as the Eastern Finals."
NBC's post-match program is a little alarmist, but even Lin Xing admits that they are right.
After finishing the G2 in the West Finals, he did feel the difficulty of the game.
The Warriors are still the team that has the upper hand. With Lin Xing, they still have some advantages.
But the problem is that as the series moves to the home court of the Supersonics and Lin Xing’s overdraft.
How much of these advantages can be left or whether they can be left is unknown.
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The situation in the Western Conference Finals changed drastically, and the Eastern Conference Finals were still very anxious and very intense.
The G1 Bulls won the game with Danzi's final victory and took a 1-0 lead.
The magic battle in this G2 battle is back.
The Sharks' inside line is still unstoppable, and the Bulls' weak inside line is exposed completely.
In the first quarter, the Sharks made both Longley and Bill Winnington, who came on the bench, both fouled.
He raged the restricted area and scored 17 points in a single quarter.
Just this behavior made Lin Xing so excited.
Why do you ask Lin Xing why he is so excited? Because Lin Xing knows that if the Warriors reach the finals and encounter Magic, the championship will be a steadily start.
Because Lin Xing eats pennies alone, because the Warriors are the team that is best at chopping sharks.
The Bulls' shark-cutting tactics have never been effective. On the one hand, they have too few inside reserves.
Including Otis Thorpe and Buck Williams at the fourth position, plus Longley and Bill Winnington, the Bulls have only four inside players who are capable of making appearances in playoffs.
The second is the issue of rhythm. Langley was fouled by the Shark as soon as he got started.
Because the time to chop the sharks was not yet reached, Longli's defense suddenly became ruthless.
The sharks took the opportunity to rage the inside and kill all sides.
It was really time to chop sharks, and the two offenders Longli gritted the bullet and chopped up.
As a result, the sharks were in a hot state and free throws were hit one after another.
For the Bulls, they failed to chop the sharks and a group of insiders were in a foul crisis. There was basically no chance of winning this game.
So, the only question in this game is, where can the Bulls drag this game?
Danzi, who is at the peak of his condition, will not lose too much even if the Bulls lose.
The Sharks scored 17 points in the first quarter, Danzi followed and scored 14 points.
However, in the first quarter, the Magic still scored a 6-point lead.
Because the sharks ravaged the inside, the Bulls' perimeter defense collapsed.
Magic is full of firepower, but the Bull is Danzi's support, so the gap comes out directly.
Because he was 6 points behind in the first quarter, Danzi was forced to choose to make a series of appearances in the second quarter.
In this section, Danzi scored another 11 points.
Magic, as long as Penny doesn't touch Lin Xing, he will be a qualified star point guard.
He supported the time when the Sharks were absent, ensuring that the Magic remained ahead by the end of the half.
After that, there is the third quarter like a tug-of-war.
Danzi competed against the sharks on the court, and they were back and forth on both sides, and the score was tense until the end of the third quarter.
In the final quarter, Danzi was still very tough. He scored 11 points in this quarter with 37 points in three quarters.
He scored 48 points in the whole game, but lost the game.
The reason is that the Sharks are more outrageous than Danzi. The score of 42 points is 6 points less than Danzi, but the basic data of 16 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals, and 6 big hats is too effective.
Simply put, the Sharks defeated the Bulls' defensive system and led their teammates.
Although the Shark played against the will of heaven, he won 9 points in the end.
Danzi's performance against the will is the main reason, but it has to be admitted that the gap between these two teams is indeed very small.
"If you continue to fight like this, magic has a great chance..."
After watching this game, Old Nelson frowned. He was different from Lin Xing, with Magic and Bulls, and he was more willing to play Bulls.
It's not that Danzi is easier to solve than sharks, but—
At the beginning of this season, Old Nelson strongly advocated the use of the bug to replace Mo Ning.
The purpose of this deal is to get some inside advantage in the playoffs.
As a result, after three rounds of the playoffs, Mo Ning has not performed much at this point.
In the first round of the Mavericks, Mo Ning was not the turn of playing, and the Warriors' outside line solved the problem.
In the second round of the Jazz, Morning had an advantage over Felton Spencer, but Jerry Sloan cleverly used Malone to misplace Moon to defend Moon, and directly restricted Mooning to death.
Finally, this round of Supersonics was played, and Elvin Johnson could withstand Mourning.
Even if Mooning is raised to a high position, Kamp's flexibility is enough to solve Mooning.
In these three rounds of playoffs, Mo Ning played very few games.
He does have the performance of Big C, but basically, in his big C game, the Warriors also have the advantage in other positions.
To put it bluntly, in these three rounds of the playoffs, Mo Ning is at most a role that adds icing on the cake.
Although I won the game, it is enough to prove that Mo Ning has no problem with this point.
But for Old Nelson, the heavyweight signings that he had been looking forward to for a long time at the beginning of the season can only add icing on the cake in the playoffs, which is definitely a problem.
Not to mention anything else, Xiao Zhu in the playoffs last season played much more eye-catching than Mo Ning in the playoffs this season.
Therefore, Old Nelson hopes that the opponent in the finals is the Bulls.
Because of playing the Bulls, the Warriors can play their inside advantage.
If the fight was magic, the Warriors' inside line could only be passively beaten.
Unlike Lin Xing, Old Nelson's confidence is almost overwhelming.
The supersonics are coming in a fierce and aggressive manner, but he does not think that the supersonics can block the Warriors' pace of progress.
The so-called Supersonics are about to hold the home advantage, which is a joke in his opinion.
Because the Warriors are the first in the regular season, no matter what, the Warriors have more home court advantages.
As for Lin Xing's physical crisis, it's even more a joke.
Lin Xing has a physical condition in crisis, is the physical condition of supersonic speed good?
Not to mention anything else, in the G2 battle, Jose Hawkins and Sam Perkins were beaten by Lin Xing.
Supersonic rotation was stretched, and McMillan, Payton and Kemp all followed Lin Xing to play the whole game.
If Lin Xing has a physical crisis, the three main players of supersonics will be the same.
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Time flies, and May 24th is coming.
The Warriors vs. Supersonics' Western Conference Final G3 started in Seattle's Key Arena.
This game is really as the media predicted-
The Supersonics gained a home advantage, and the referee's whistle was very loose.
Payton and McMillan stretched out their hands all the time, but the referee just didn't brag.
This directly led to Lin Xing's encounter with the most oppressive defense in history. After the whole game, Lin Xing made 10 of 25 shots, and his shooting percentage reached 40%.
To be continued...