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Chapter 672 The Warriors' Weaknesses (Fourth Update!)
Barkley said angrily at the commentary booth, completely forgetting that he himself was also a big mouth.
Green had said before that he would sweep the Pelicans, but the Pelicans immediately won a game. He said that he would finish the series in five games, but now the Pelicans are leading by more than 10 points!
Originally, whether his mouth was poisonous or not had little to do with him, but the problem was that he had bet with O'Neal.
So now he really couldn't help but start spraying.
O'Neal laughed loudly beside him.
Barkley was obviously anxious.
But there was no way, who told this guy to never believe in bad luck and keep betting with him on Tang Tian.
It is said that a fall into the pit, a gain in your wit, but Barkley's wit decreases with every fall!
The game on the court continued, with Davis taking over the offense, allowing Tang Tian to fully devote himself to defending Curry.
The Warriors tried hard to play their rhythm, but with Curry shut down, the entire Warriors' offense was half-paralyzed.
After three quarters, the Pelicans still maintained a double-digit lead.
The Oracle Arena was thunderous at the beginning, but by this time, it was a bit silent.
And in the fourth quarter, Gordon's state was also very good, and the score on the court was deadlocked until the main players of both sides returned.
With 8 minutes left in the game, the Pelicans led the Warriors 101 to 90!
They were very hopeful of winning the game!
In the final 8-minute showdown, Curry was still defended by Tang Tian when he received the ball.
However, this time he threw it three steps away from the three-point line, and the ball was almost near the logo.
"Swish!"
The basketball went straight through the net!
If Tang Tian defends well enough, then Curry must not be shooting far enough!
Curry directly opened the Ritian (sky-piercing) mode!
After Curry scored, Green shouted at him, a move that brought the Warriors' momentum up.
Davis played against Green in the frontcourt, and Green's defense was very aggressive.
Davis turned and shot, but his wrist was touched by Green and he missed, and the referee didn't blow the whistle.
Green let out a roar after grabbing the defensive rebound, and then gave the ball to Curry.
Curry continued to run off the ball in the frontcourt, and again received the ball near the logo, but this time he faked a shot and broke through.
Tang Tian didn't fall for it, he guarded Curry to the three-point line.
Curry directly forced a shot.
Tang Tian pounced out at the first time, almost blocking it.
Curry pulled the ball back in the air to avoid it.
This was an extremely difficult shot.
"Swish!"
But the ball still went into the net cleanly!
Curry was feeling it, completely ignoring the defense!
The difference was only 5 points in the blink of an eye.
For the Warriors, a ten-point difference really couldn't be considered a difference!
The Pelicans called a timeout.
Williams was a little helpless, and was just pumping motivational words during the timeout.
Tang Tian greeted Williams and took the tactical board.
When the timeout returned, there were adjustments to the Pelicans' tactics after they attacked the frontcourt.
Jokic was still outside the three-point line, but Ariza and Davis both sank to the baseline, while Holiday was doing an off-ball screen for Tang Tian.
After the screen, Holiday also cut to the basket.
Tang Tian was mismatched against Curry.
Basketball has a concept called "zone". People who enter this state can exert 100% or even 120% of their strength.
The first person to make this word born was the basketball god Michael Jordan.
Kobe also dabbled in this field later.
Even the Japanese manga "Kuroko's Basketball" uses this as the ultimate skill in the setting.
Now, Curry's two three-pointers show that he has touched this field. I don't know how long he can last, but this defense is useless to him.
Considering Curry's passing, doubling down would put the Pelicans in even bigger trouble.
Another way to get him out of this state is to speed up the consumption of his energy. When he runs out of energy, he will naturally fall out of this state.
Moreover, Curry himself is the weak point of the Warriors' defense, only the small lineup has covered it up.
This time Thompson didn't come to double-team, and Tang Tian got a one-on-one chance to play Curry.
Barnes at the top of the arc was ready to come over to double-team. Tang Tian accelerated with a step to the right, threw off Curry, and then stopped suddenly.
Curry's speed can keep up with Tang Tian, but his interference with Tang Tian's shot is very limited.
He is neither a defensive悍将 (han jiang, valiant general), nor a jumping man.
"Swish!"
Tang Tian steadily shot a pull-up jumper in the face of Curry.
The Pelicans' bench erupted in excitement.
Although it was only 2 points, these 2 points were crucial to the situation on the court!
The Warriors relied on a wave of offense to chase points, but Tang Tian forcibly interrupted this wave!
Curry ran off the ball in the frontcourt, the third time he shot in the face of Tang Tian's defense.
"Swish!"
Still in!
The fans at the scene went crazy. The Curry they were familiar with, was so unreasonable!
The difference was only 4 points!
Tang Tian held the ball in the frontcourt, signaling his teammates to run their plays. His expression was calm, and it was another mismatched opportunity against Curry.
This time Tang Tian didn't break through directly, but used his back to fight Curry constantly.
When Barnes' double-team was about to come over, he turned to the baseline and faded away.
Curry tried his best to pounce out and hit Tang Tian's hand, and was called for a foul.
Tang Tian got two free throw opportunities.
When Tang Tian was taking free throws, Curry was gasping for breath with his hands on his knees outside the three-point line.
He frequently ran off the ball on the offensive end to get rid of Tang Tian, and was also being hit hard by Tang Tian on the defensive end, his stamina was declining very badly.
Tang Tian made two free throws steadily, and once again widened the point difference to 6 points!
Curry came out of the frontcourt and took his fourth three-point shot against Tang Tian.
"Clang!"
The basketball slammed out of the rim, and Davis jumped high to protect the defensive rebound.
The Pelicans' tactics worked, Curry fell out of the zone state!
After all, the current Curry is not the super Curry during the 73-win season. He only touched the edge just now, so he quickly fell out of it because of his physical strength.
The Pelicans' chance!
Tang Tian still found Curry in the frontcourt, this was to single out Curry indefinitely!
But this time Thompson came over to double-team directly.
Tang Tian passed the ball to Holiday, who took the ball and broke into the paint.
Under the basket, Davis held Green firmly, and Holiday flew to the basket and scored 2 points.
Curry took another three-point shot in the frontcourt.
"Clang!"
Still not in!
And it was obvious that it hit the front edge of the basket.
His stamina was obviously not enough.
Jokic grabbed the defensive rebound, the Pelicans played a fast break, and Holiday received the ball and scored again!
The point difference came to 10 points again!
There was a commotion on the sidelines.
"Beautiful defense, beautiful score!"
O'Neal was as happy as a three-hundred-pound child in the commentary booth.
Barkley wanted to get under the commentary booth again.
This time his Sir Barkley was going to be embarrassed.
In 2002, he was able to steal the beams and exchange pillars by relying on the donkey's butt, but this time O'Neal made it clear before the bet that he couldn't do that.
He glanced at Smith's upturned buttocks, and his stomach churned.
Why did he make this bet with O'Neal!