Steve Kerr originally thought that Curry could be calmer as the team commander, so he did not call a timeout.
But the next moment, Wang Yi blocked the shot and counterattacked.
In desperation, he had to call a timeout.
It seems that Curry's calmness is not enough.
Just based on Wang Yi's defense this time, he already knew that it would be difficult for Curry to break through Wang Yi.
In the past, Wang Yi's strong defense was only reflected in his fast lateral movement speed.
But today's Wang Yi seems to be different from those in the game videos studied before.
Wang Yi not only has fast lateral movement speed, but also seems to be very strong and powerful.
Curry wants to use his body to squeeze out a little breakthrough space, but it is simply impossible.
In desperation, Cole had to reveal his weapon in advance-pass-cut cooperation.
The Warriors' pass-and-cut coordination is not the pass-and-cut coordination of one or two people, but the participation of all members.
They will have a lot of screens and cuts during their movement, making it difficult for their opponents to guard against them.
In the past when the Warriors were at their peak, the Splash Brothers' three-pointers were a highlight;
At the same time, their passing and cutting cooperation is another highlight.
Although their unity and cooperation this season are not as strong as before, people dare not take them lightly.
It's just that in the first two rounds of the playoffs, they didn't use pass-cut coordination much, which was surprising.
In fact, in the first two rounds, the opponents were relatively weak, and Curry and Thompson's three-pointers alone were enough to kill the opponents.
At the same time, they keep the pass-and-cut coordination as a hidden weapon, just to bring it out when the last resort comes.
Kill the enemy by surprise.
Warriors dugout.
"From now on we started to use a lot of passing and cutting. We won the game in one fell swoop."
Cole didn't say much, just said this sentence.
But just this sentence made the players very excited.
Before the playoffs started, they practiced pass-and-cut tactics extensively.
As a result, the first two rounds were useless, which made them frustrated, and now they can finally take it out.
Lakers, just wait, it will open your eyes later.
After the timeout, the Warriors' ball path suddenly changed.
Curry holds the ball at the top of the arc, while other teammates continue to cover and run.
From the audience seats, I could only see all the Warriors players doing a lot of running and covering, which was dizzying.
Curry took advantage of Green's drive to the inside and passed the ball in.
At the same time, the moment the ball was passed out, Curry also quickly ran inside.
Green drew the Lakers defense inside.
He didn't take a shot, but passed the ball back to Curry.
Curry easily hit the basket without any defense.
Lakers coach Vogel is also keenly aware of the changes in the Warriors.
But he didn't call a timeout, but frowned slightly, thinking about how to deal with it.
It's hard to defend the Warriors' pass-and-cut game.
If you shrink your defense, their Splash Brothers will not be a vegetarian in three-pointers.
If they don't shrink their defense, their passing and cutting cooperation will dazzle the Lakers, and naturally they will be unable to defend.
Faced with such unity and cooperation, the best way is to equip the inside with a big man who has strong mobility and can run and jump.
Such as thick eyebrows.
But the thick eyebrow is currently suffering from injuries, and Vogel is also a clever woman who cannot make a meal without rice.
Vogel believes that Cole used this passing and cutting style because he saw that the Lakers did not have a mobile big man.
Fortunately, looking back, the Lakers' James and Wang Yi are still unstoppable in the pick-and-roll.
And because Wang Yi's passing and dribbling abilities have suddenly improved, Wang Yi is basically controlling the ball now, with James covering for him.
In this way, James's cover quality is higher than Wang Yi's, so Wang Yi can easily get rid of the defense.
At the same time, James can save more energy when playing without the ball.
Kill two birds with one stone.
In the next round, the Warriors were still playing pass-and-cut coordination.
Green holds the ball at the top of the arc, while Thompson and other players continue to cover and cut.
Soon Green found Curry who was cutting through the air and passed the ball over.
Curry dribbled the ball inside and at the same time, Thompson also cut in from the baseline.
Curry passed the ball to Thompson on a base.
At the same time, Thompson attracted the defense of Drummond and Pope.
Green took the opportunity to cut in, Thompson threw the ball high, and Green dunked in an alley-oop.
Cheers immediately echoed throughout the audience.
This is the Warriors' pass-cut style.
There is no specific tactical positioning for this style of play.
There are no fixed routines.
In short, all the Warriors players on the court are constantly running.
The passing, cutting and coordination between all players are also improvised.
So it's hard for you to defend them.
This is like the Dugu Nine Swords where there are no moves to win but there are moves.
When I have a move or a routine, I do it strictly and with evidence to follow.
When the enemy wants to defend, it is easy to know how to target him.
But now I don’t even have any moves, all my moves are improvised and I can do whatever I want.
Sometimes I don’t know what the next step will be, so how do you defend?
This style of play suddenly appeared, and the Lakers' defense was a little confused for a while, and they had no way to defeat the Warriors.
At the same time, the Warriors had nothing to do with the Lakers' double-king pick-and-roll.
In this way, the score difference of about 5 points remained until the last 4 minutes of the third quarter.
At this time, James came off the court to rest.
The Warriors finally got their chance.
Cole ordered him to wave: "Double-team Wang Yi!"
James is off the court, and the Lakers only have Wang Yi as their strong point on the court.
Then the Warriors can safely double-team Wang Yi boldly.
And their double-teaming did have an effect. Within two minutes, the Lakers barely scored.
Wang Yi can pass the ball out, but his teammates can't score.
The Warriors took the opportunity to even the score difference.
The decibel level in the entire Chase Center suddenly tripled.
The fans were as excited as Christmas.
The morale of the Warriors was also greatly boosted, and every player was screaming as if they had been given a shot of blood.
Fortunately, the Lakers' Schroeder is in good condition today.
After the last minute of the third quarter, Xiao Hei's defense was relatively weak as Wang Yi attracted a double team.
So he broke through three times in a row and made three field goals in a row.
This will prevent the Lakers from falling behind at the end of the third quarter.
It seems that he has been stimulated by Wang Yi to practice hard these days, and it still has some effect.
Rest between sessions in the 3rd session.
The atmosphere in the Lakers dugout was a bit dull.
Because faced with the Warriors' passing and cutting style, Vogel couldn't think of any countermeasures.
If there is any way, it can only be confrontation.
Relying on Wang Yi and James' pick-and-roll, they competed with the Warriors' passing and cutting style.
Therefore, strong people all have similar ideas.
Cole couldn't defend the Lakers' pick-and-roll, so he could only attack;
Now Vogel can't guard against the Warriors' passing and cutting coordination, so he can only choose to attack.
Of course, he also emphasizes defense when attacking. After all, he is a coach who started out on defense.
"Cheer up and get excited, as long as we can keep up with them, their unity and cooperation will be ineffective."
Chapter completed!