Chapter 1156 Basketball is a confrontational sport (2)
That night, the Oracle Center Arena was full.
Although the situation of falling behind 0-2 is not optimistic, Bay Area fans' support for the Warriors has not diminished.
They look forward to the Warriors being able to break the Pelicans' unbeaten golden body at home and turn the adverse situation in the series.
It is worth mentioning that Xiao Hua, who had never dared to show up before, also appeared in the VIP box.
His appearance was abrupt, which added a hint of uncertainty to the game.
However, for Bay Area fans, when the camera was given to Xiao Hua, their eyes were more excited.
Do they know that Xiao Hua has always supported the Warriors.
In such a critical game, this is their "heart-boosting agent".
When Tang Tian saw Xiao Hua, he frowned first and then laughed.
Xiao Hua really couldn't sit still, but it was also very interesting to be able to make him completely desperate in front of him.
After the opening ceremony, the two teams appeared one after another.
Both sides used the lineup from the previous two games.
Davis put the ball back to the Pelicans' half and officially kicked off the third game of the Western Conference Finals.
Tang Tian came up and broke through with the ball, jumped up and made a layup, Durant's weak side assisted defense blocked.
He moved in the air, pulled the ball to his waist, and stuffed the ball to Davis who cut into the right side in the crack.
Davis took the ball and took a step, dunked with both hands to score the Pelicans' first record.
In the Warriors' offense, Durant and Thompson pulled the wings apart, Iguodala was at the bottom, and Curry then put the ball in.
Cole made tactical adjustments, and several super giants of the team gave up the ball, allowing Iguodala to force Walker to take this point.
Walker failed to hold on for a few strokes. Iguodala turned around and forced Walker to win, and the basket after the battle scored the first record for the Warriors.
This tactical adjustment from Cole is very useful.
Stevens got up and went to the sidelines and shouted a few words to Walker and Dedmon.
The Pelicans attacked the frontcourt, and Tang Tian's emergency stop after breaking through continued scoring for the team.
Looking back, the Warriors used their old tricks again.
However, Walker chose to defend the front this time.
Moreover, Dedmon's defensive position is very different from the previous round. He stands at the free throw line, which is a position where he can assist in the basket at any time.
Curry gave the ball to Green, and Dedmont's defensive position was too low, which was Green's three-pointer opportunity.
Green took the ball and glanced at the basket, then dribbled the ball and turned it over.
He didn't dare to shoot. In the past two years, his ability to escape from the mouth has been improving, but his three-point shooting ability has continued to decline.
Compared to shooting, he now prefers to the arc top ball holding organization.
Curry ran over and re-received the ball and shot three-pointers.
But Tang Tian bypassed the defense and flew to interfere.
"Bang!"
Curry's three-pointer hit the box.
Dedmon recovered defensive rebounds under protection, and the Warriors' offense failed.
Walker advanced to the frontcourt with the ball, played a pick-and-roll with Davis, and made a breakthrough layup to cause Durant to make a defensive foul.
He scored 6-2 on the field.
The Pelicans scored in three consecutive rounds.
Although I went from New Orleans to Oakland, the team is still in full swing.
Curry dribbled to the frontcourt and wanted to give the ball to Iguodala, but Walker continued to go around and Dedmond continued to stand on the free throw line.
He didn't try twice in a row, so Curry had to give up.
Stevens responded too quickly, and Cole's tactical adjustment was only made once and he was forced to give up.
The game has returned to the pace of the past two games.
But the good news is that Durant's form is better than the previous two games.
After the first quarter, the score on the field was 33 to 22, with the Pelicans leading the way.
This score is acceptable to the fans on site, after all, this is the smallest point difference in the first quarter of this series.
In the second quarter, Cole used normal rotation, and Green and Thompson led the team on the court.
However, Stevens made another adjustment on the Pelicans, allowing Tang Tian to bring four substitutes alone.
Ross, Brogdon, Siakam and Harrell.
His adjustment is not unreasonable.
The Pelicans' offense was smooth in the first quarter, and Tang Tian did not attack much.
In terms of physical fitness, he is still very abundant.
Stevens knew that after Tang Tian said that, sweeping the Warriors was something that he had to do, and he had no intention of reservation at all.
In the first attack in the second quarter, Tang Tian passed Thompson with the ball through the butterfly step. After accelerating, he smashed the ball into the basket through Green, who was assisting in defense.
The Pelicans' bench was boiling, and the Oracle Arena was restless.
Tang Tian is really cruel to play basketball now.
Green looked unhappy when he was locked up, but after looking at Tang Tian, he felt a chill under his crotch and didn't dare to say anything.
Thompson's three-pointer was disturbed by Tang Tian.
The Pelicans played a defensive counterattack, and Tang Tian made a long pass from Rose to the backcourt, and the latter flew on the layup and scored another 2 points.
Thompson was killed by Tang Tian and had no chance to catch the ball. Livingston hit Rose with a low post, and his signature turn and lean back were also misplaced by Tang Tianxie's defense.
Turning back, Tang Tian broke into the inside and scored the ball with McGee's assisted defense.
39 to 22.
The Pelicans played a 6-0 offensive as soon as they came in the second quarter, widening the gap to 17 points.
Stevens' judgment was really accurate. Tang Tian was physically capable, and he completely dominated both offense and defense in this period.
Cole was forced to call for a pause.
"Draymond, do what you should do!"
After a pause, Cole yelled at Green.
It seems that he is very dissatisfied with Green's performance tonight.
The Warriors players looked at each other. This was the first time they saw Cole get so angry when facing Green.
However, after Cole finished yelling, Green nodded silently.
This is a pun.
After the timeout, the Warriors made a substitution adjustment, and Durant replaced Thompson.
Durant continued his outstanding form tonight and made a jump shot to break the scoring drought for the Warriors.
The difference between the score of 15 points is still a dozen.
Tang Tian continued to hold the ball in the frontcourt, and at this time the person who was guarding him changed from Thompson to Livingston.
However, his offensive thinking did not change. A step that narrowed and farthered in the flower butterfly directly knocked Livingston down.
Amid the uproar among the fans at the scene, he broke into the inside line, saw Green assisting in defense, and flew up in the air to prepare to block it again.
But shortly after he jumped up, he felt something coming straight into his eyes.
Because the incident happened suddenly, he had only time to turn his head. He only felt a pain in the corner of his eyes, and then a burning pain in his right eye.
"Bang!"
But he closed his eyes and threw the ball into the basket.
The Pelicans' bench was in full swing.
This is the second time Tang Tian dunks Green in this game!
If you really dare to come, I dare not detain your mother.
However, Stevens ran to the technical desk and called a timeout, and waved strongly at the team doctor behind him to signal him to play.
After seeing Tang Tian dunk land, he covered his eyes with his right hand and squatted there for a long time without getting up.
Chapter completed!