Vol 3 Chapter 311: Bad start

Although I have made enough preparations, when it comes to the game, everything becomes confusing.
Before the game started, the players on both sides were warming up on one side. An Luo felt that he was in a good state tonight. He made 30 consecutive goals from beyond the three-point line. The fans who watched the Oracle Arena booed in advance.
In this game, Cole adjusted his starting lineup. Iguodala returned to the bench and Pachulia returned to the post. They fully absorbed the experience of the previous few games and strengthened their protection against the penalty area. In comparison, Pachulia is more suitable for both breakthrough defense and rebounding ability.
Compared with the "Death Five", this lineup lacks some flexibility whether it is offensive or defensive. It can be seen that the Warriors are ready to stabilize the rhythm of the game and use a more solid defense to deal with the Thunder.
Donovan did not adjust his starting lineup. He believes in the abilities of these players. In this league, it is difficult to find another five people who are stronger than them together!
However, this game caused the Thunder to suffer a huge blow from the beginning! The Warriors continued the second half of the last game. Curry and Thompson made almost perfect shots from beyond the three-point line, and there was a Durant who was overwhelmed by the elbow zone and the basket. Although Anlow, Westbrook, Paul George and even Adams desperately to score, they still could not resist the firepower output of the "Tsunami Brothers".
"Curry made a super-long three-pointer, did you? Hey, missed the shot! But Green got a rebound! He went in, against Robertson, and seemed to hold up! He passed the ball out and went outside. In the hands of Thompson. An Luo slapped it on, spreading his hands, entwining the opponent and not giving Clay a chance to shoot."
More and more people are paying attention to this game. The commentary in the live broadcast room on the Internet is particularly excited now. He seems to have been completely affected by the game on the court.
"Durant is here for the pick-and-roll! The quality of this pick-and-roll is very high! An Luo got stuck directly behind him. Thompson walked on the right side of the situation and took a three-pointer before Paul George came up! Is there a shot? It feels like Anluo and Paul George hesitated when switching defenses! They didn't explain clearly. This is a small mistake, right?"
"The goal is scored! Thompson is really accurate today! If I remember correctly, this should be his fourth three-pointer in this quarter!"
"The third one! One was confiscated by the referee because of Green's foul at the basket!"
"That's incredible! The game only lasted 8 minutes! Where did Curry scored three three-pointers! The Warriors feel so hot in their hands. The Thunder is dangerous!"
An Luo looked at the ball that plunged into the basket and shook his head. He originally wanted to squeeze through, but Durant's knee was stuck, which delayed the best time. Of course, the reason An Luo shook his head was not because of the defensive problem this time. But the thing they worry about most happened in the first quarter! This made him very anxious. The same goes for others. Westbrook, Paul George, including Donovan, everyone considered this situation before the game, but when they really met, they still had some inadequate response.
After Thompson made this goal, the score became 32:20. After only 8 minutes of the game, the Warriors were already 12 points ahead! This was only 12 points behind when An Luo made three three-pointers. If An Luo feels a little bit worse, the Thunder will be far behind.
This game is like a replica of the previous one! But in the last game, the Warriors turned the situation around with crazy three-pointers from Curry and Thompson. Whether the Thunder can do what the Warriors do is really hard to say.
In the last few minutes, An Luo was on the court. Donovan gave him unlimited right to fire, and wanted to use his scoring ability to bring the score closer.
Kerr subsequently removed his starting player, but he dropped Durant. If it was before, he is likely to keep Thompson on the court. But in this game, he needs Thompson to have enough physical strength and energy to score. So he was fortunate to send Durant and An Luo to fight for scoring. Then let Thompson and Curry play together to maintain the strongest firepower output.
The effect of this arrangement is not bad! On the Warriors side, Durant took the final 8-pointer alone. He played very effortlessly, and after receiving the ball, he pulled up and shot. On his terms, neither Grant nor Brewer could interfere. However, relatively speaking, the Thunder played better than the Warriors. Similar to the Warriors, the offense on the Thunder side was almost all ended by An Luo alone. He or through other players' screens, find opportunities to shoot, and then throw the ball. Or you can hold the ball by yourself~EbookFREE.me~ to push Livingston into the free throw line, then turn over and shoot a jumper. In short, in the last 4 minutes, An Luo went crazy! His inside and outside blossoms helped the Thunder rewrite the score to 33:40 at the end of the first quarter.
Although the Thunder are still 7 points behind, but for the next three quarters, it is not a concern. What worries them is how long the other's hand will last.
"We have to put pressure on the other side! We need more frequent physical confrontations, stronger defensive moves! Guys, absolutely can't let them cast like that anymore!"
In fact, there is no need to say Donovan, everyone understands this truth. The Warriors are the kind of team that can easily take the game away when the momentum comes up. Therefore, the players are secretly cruel. It seems that it is time to fight!
At the beginning of the second quarter, Curry and others discovered that the Thunder had changed. They found that the defensive players in every position behaved very crazy. Especially Curry, Robertson almost never hugged him! Adams and Pachulia on the inside line had already been pinched together secretly. There are not many others. When Anlo was defending Thompson, his movements became frequent. In the past, he always responded to all changes with the unchanging, and kept the action of shooting at any time. But now, he moved. Whether it was a normal defensive action or a small secret action, he greeted the opponent.
In addition, the interaction of the players in all positions of the Thunder has also improved a lot. For the double-teaming of Curry, Thompson and Durant, as well as the supplementary defense after the double-teaming, they are very fast, and they can always appear where they are needed the first time.
This kind of defense brings a lot of trouble to the Warriors' offense. Donovan's arrangement from defense is a great success!