Under the Kings' three-tower strategy, the Warriors couldn't get any rebounds at all.
In particular, Wang Yi's judgment on the placement of rebounds today was terrible. Basically, wherever he went, the rebound would follow.
Just halfway through the third quarter, he had already grabbed 5 more rebounds.
Cole's scalp felt numb when he saw it.
Is there any heavenly principle?
Is there any royal law?
As a last resort, he could only grit his teeth and use his trump card, Death Five.
The scary thing about the Five Deaths is their biting ability.
When the opponent passes the ball outside, they can rush to the outside to defend the three-pointer.
And when the opponent intends to attack the inside, they can quickly shrink to cover the inside.
Like a pack of wolves tearing down a cow.
Offensively, as long as they get the ball, they will counterattack as soon as possible.
The counterattack speed of five small men is far beyond what the big men can keep up with.
It can be said that the Death Five played a crucial role in the few championships the Warriors won.
Taking out the Death Five at the anxious moment of the game, or even when there is a headwind, will often have miraculous effects.
However, today their death wish did not work.
The moment they took out the Death Five was the moment the Kings made a crazy counterattack.
Although the Death Five have strong attacking ability, the Kings' rebounding ability today is even more terrifying.
You bite me so I can't make a shot, but I have rebounds.
If you don't have rebounds and can't launch a counterattack, then the offensive ability of Death Five will be reduced by at least 30%.
And on the defensive end, you can't prevent the impact of our big men inside.
In particular, Wang Yi stepped up the pick-and-roll with TT today. This was something the Warriors did not expect before the game, so they did not make preparations.
As a result, tt transformed into the cake king.
I ate the cake until I felt like vomiting.
Wang Yi's assists increased sharply.
Halfway through the third quarter, he already had ten assists.
So with two minutes left in the third quarter, the Kings were already leading by 8 points.
The Warriors coach had to request a timeout again.
Although it seems that there are still two minutes left in the third quarter, they are only behind by 8 points, and the situation does not seem too bad.
But only he himself knew that the situation was already very critical.
Because facing the Kings' three towers, he couldn't think of any solution at all.
Let the Warriors lineup also rush for rebounds?
But it's obvious that they can't beat the Kings in terms of rebounding.
Especially Wang Yi of the Kings, he was like a rebounding idiot today.
There seems to be a passive thing on his body, which is to automatically attract rebounds.
Wherever he goes, the rebounder will follow him. How can he deal with this?
And what's even more terrible is that it should be time for Curry and Green to take a break.
Once these two players get off the court, they can no longer stand up to the Kings.
But there is no way, Curry must rest.
In such a high-intensity game, his physical energy consumption is also very huge.
So he had no choice but to replace Curry.
At the same time, in the Kings dugout, Walton patted Wang Yi heavily on the shoulder, with a touch of excitement on his face.
Thanks to Wang Yi for proposing the three-tower strategy.
Otherwise, he really doesn't know how to deal with it now.
But now the three towers also have to take turns to rest.
Wang Yi understood what the coach meant and said: "Don't worry, even if there are no three towers, as long as all five of us rush for rebounds, our rebounds will not lose to them."
The coach also saw that Wang Yi's rebounding ability seemed to have greatly improved today.
He nodded and said to all the players: "After going on the field, grab the rebounds in time. Everyone rushes to grab the rebounds. At the same time, pay attention to give Wang Yi a block. He can launch a fast break as soon as he gets the rebound."
After the timeout, the Warriors did let Curry rest, but they did not let Green rest.
Instead, let Klay and Curry rest together.
Because Cole thought that someone from the Kings' three towers must be off the court, now is a good time for them to work hard to regain the initiative on rebounds.
However, it is obvious that he still underestimated Wang Yi's rebounding ability.
On the first ball, everyone was rushing for the rebound.
It was an evenly matched opportunity, but Wang Yi rushed over from the side and jumped high into the air.
Shengsheng grabbed the rebound above everyone's head.
Even Green and Brother Zui were quite surprised.
For the second goal, Wang Yi used the cover of his teammates to once again take the rebound over Brother Zui's head.
This greatly undermined the Warriors' confidence in rebounding.
The most talented person on the Warriors is Brother Zui, but Wang Yi took two rebounds off his head. How could they not be shocked?
Although in the remaining two minutes, Zui Ge did perform well.
But Brother Zui’s performance has a fixed value.
Seeing that he had already scored 13 points, if he missed 5 points, he would reach 18, and he never performed again.
The game can be lost, but 18 points cannot be broken.
The Warriors' overall rebounding is really not as good as the Kings'.
At the end of the third quarter, the Warriors trailed by 6 points 82-88.
Due to the intense nature of the game, Curry did not rest off the court at the beginning of the fourth quarter.
Green and Brother Zui didn't even take a break - Brother Zui still hasn't broken a drop of sweat.
But what puzzled everyone was that Clay did not play.
Instead, he walked to the player tunnel accompanied by the team doctor.
All the spectators at the scene were heartbroken when they saw this.
In the Tencent NBA live broadcast room, Wang Meng was also surprised: "Yo, yo yo yo... what's going on? This is, Clay walked to the player tunnel accompanied by the team doctor. This is a bit sudden."
Yang Yi nodded: "It's really sudden, and I didn't see how he was injured. Is it because he's not feeling well somewhere in his body?"
Yao Ming judged based on his own game experience: "It is possible that he feels that his physical condition is not that good and needs to be checked. If there is no problem in the check, he will definitely return in an important game like the tiebreaker of the Western Conference Finals."
But if there are any health problems, I’m afraid I won’t be able to return to this game.”
"No matter what, I hope he is in good health. No one wants anyone to get hurt."
On the barrage, some viewers also prayed for Clay at this time.
"I hope Buddha is okay."
"Really, no one wants anyone to get hurt."
But at this moment Brother Xiang appeared again: "You are wrong. There is one person who hopes Wang Yi gets hurt."
The fans understood immediately.
"You're talking about Green, right?"
"Green plays really dirty."
Brother Xiang said: "Judging from the first three quarters of the game, Green deliberately stepped on Brother Yi at least three times, but when Brother Yi fell, he either fell to the ground to relieve his strength, or spread his legs to avoid Green's stepping. Some people think
Wash, after today’s game I will cut a collection of Green’s kicks from this game. I’ll see how you wash.”
Several commentators in the studio also saw these discussions on the barrage.
But as commentators, they can only see through things before they happen.
However, as a female anchor, Jiayi can bring her own personal emotions.
Said: "Green was indeed suspected of stepping on Brother Yi just now. Regarding stepping on your feet, the league has now issued a rule: regardless of whether you stepped on your feet intentionally or not, as long as it causes injury to the opponent, you will be whistled for a first-level criminal, and in serious cases, you will be directly punished at the second level.
The offender is ejected. However, this is only called when the opponent is injured, which is still a bit of hindsight."
Jiayi is the most professional and professional among all the beautiful anchors.
Chapter completed!