Chapter 900 The Final Struggle!

The Bucks failed to widen the point gap with the Warriors in the first quarter of G2 of the Finals. After the Warriors arranged an extremely risky starting lineup, the Bucks still failed to break down the Warriors' defense.

It should be said that although the Bucks' offense played very well, the Warriors' defense did not collapse.

Generally speaking, if a team's defense collapses, then the team's offense will also collapse.

Since the Warriors' offense is still good, the defense itself has not collapsed. After all, a collapsed defense will lead to a collapse of the offense.

In the first quarter, Morant played very well with Chen Xiao, Alexander Wiggins and Klay's one-star shooting.

Therefore, before the start of the second quarter, Chen Xiao deliberately encouraged Morant when he came on to lead the second team.

Morant's performance in the first quarter was very good and very hard. However, hard work is hard work, but Morant really didn't feel tired.

One is young, and the other is on a big stage like the finals. Chen Xiao is really willing to help him!

In the first finals game, he scored 30+ points. In the first quarter of this game, he scored 15 points and 4 assists in a single quarter. It can be said that in these two games, he took his characteristics to the extreme.

And in order to give full play to his characteristics, Chen Xiao is really willing to help him.

What is the perfect team boss? This is the perfect boss!

No wonder so many players, whether talented or not, are willing to be teammates with Chen Xiao.

After playing beside Chen Xiao for so many years, Morant can experience the feelings of previous players such as James and Rose in this year's playoffs.

Chen Xiao's praise of Morant was truly from the heart.

Morant's performance in the first quarter indeed laid a very good foundation for the Warriors' game.

In the second quarter, Chen Xiao felt that as long as the Bucks let Durant and Antetokounmpo rest during the rotation stage, any rotation would be ravaged to death in front of the team he led.

In fact, after the rotation started in the second quarter, everyone saw how huge the Bucks were at a disadvantage.

Chen Xiao, Marvin Bagley, Michael Porter Jr., Herbert Jones, Clay.

As far as the Warriors' rotation is concerned, let's just say that none of the Bucks' starting lineup is that easy to play.

Therefore, seeing the Warriors' thick rotation, you can understand why Ray Allen is desperate.

Even Anthony, who performed well in the last game, is still on standby, waiting to play at any time.

Therefore, in the second quarter, when you saw the Bucks on the court, led by Curry and Holiday, and the Warriors' rotation led by Chen Xiao, you can really understand how uncomfortable Ray Allen was. .

So just like the previous game, the rotation in the second quarter of this game lasted only two minutes. When the Warriors took the lead, Ray Allen once again replaced the main force like G1.

There is really no way around this.

And what about the Warriors on the other side?

After the Bucks all started, the Warriors didn't even change their lineup.

Just like G1, the rotation lineup led by Chen Xiao is still inextricable from the main force of the Bucks.

Let's put it this way, if the combat effectiveness of the entire main force of the Bucks is 99, and the combat effectiveness of the entire main force of the Warriors is 98, then the combat effectiveness of the teams led by Chen Xiao and Morant will definitely be 95.

The Bucks' 99% combat effectiveness is undoubtedly the strongest, but it is difficult to maintain it for a whole game.

The Warriors, on the other hand, were able to maintain a high intensity of over 95 points in 48 minutes.

And this is also the biggest problem for the Bucks.

The only way Ray Allen can solve this problem now is to let the three superstars of the Bucks play more games and play more games.

This is really ironic.

Before the finals started, everyone saw that the Bucks wanted to attack Chen Xiao's physical strength and create a physical crisis for Chen Xiao.

But who would have thought that in the end the Bucks would be put into a physical crisis by the Warriors.

In this game, the Bucks' Big Three, in addition to Curry, Antetokounmpo and Durant, once again played 22 minutes.

This is not just 22 minutes of paddling on the court, but 22 minutes that require almost all of the team's offensive tasks and a large number of defensive tasks.

Therefore, after the first half, when Durant and Antetokounmpo came off the court, they were really short of breath visible to the naked eye.

Putting aside the issue of physical strength, this game was really tiring.

"Who would have thought that the Bucks' biggest advantage against us was the Big Three, and now their biggest weakness has become that they only have the Big Three."

Heat coach Spoelstra looked at Cole with envy and couldn't help but sigh.

However, thinking about the fact that the Warriors' imaginary opponent has always been the Bucks over the years, for this reason, they even threw away their traditional power center. This directly led to the fact that they have been unable to beat the Lakers and missed the Finals in the past three years.

In order to target the Bucks, the Warriors really paid a huge price.

Many times people are like this and rarely take into account the efforts behind other people's success.

Now, it can only be said that the Warriors' efforts over the past four years have been worth it.

In G2 of this finals, at the end of halftime, the Bucks led 68 to 67 by 1 point at home. It seemed that the Bucks were still the leading team, but even blind fans could feel it. Got it, how awkward the Bucks played in this game.

Your 1-point lead was gained at the expense of Durant and Antetokounmpo.

This 1-point lead consumes the Bucks' potential in future games.

For the Warriors, they were able to maintain the intensity of the first half in the second half.

So what about the Bucks? As the Big Three's physical strength continues to decline, can the Bucks maintain the same intensity?

This is really something that everyone can guess.

Therefore, during the halftime break, the TNT studio team was making suggestions for the Bucks. Now everyone feels the weakness of the Bucks. It is really difficult for the Bucks to find good players at this time. Method.

"I still think the Bucks have the strongest combination of superstars and the strongest starting lineup in the NBA, but the variability of their lineup is too low. The whole world knows what they rely on, and the world has the strongest support for them. None of the Big Three can do anything, and neither can the Warriors, but the Warriors are different from other teams. They have the same level of offensive strength as the Bucks. They can use their own offense to hold the Bucks back. Now , it is impossible for the Bucks to change their formation, because the prerequisite for them to have the same offensive capabilities as the Warriors is that they have the Big Three!"

This is what Barkley said, and it is actually quite correct.

The Warriors' offense relies on the team, while the Bucks' offense has increasingly relied on the Big Three in recent years.

The Warriors can constantly make substitutions in their offense. Chen Xiao and Morant are capable of shooting stars and have extremely strong combat effectiveness.

But if the Bucks want to have complete combat effectiveness, they can only rely on the Big Three, and the others are useless.

The Warriors can be said to be using one team to consume the Bucks' Big Three.

The premise for the Warriors to be able to do this is that their offense can withstand the Big Three.

Like the Heat, Cavaliers, and Lakers, their offense cannot withstand the Big Three of the Bucks, and it is naturally impossible to consume the Big Three, because after the Bucks take a large lead, it doesn't matter that the three of them can take turns to rest.

But when playing against the Warriors, it is impossible for the three of them to take turns to rest.

As long as the three of them take turns to rest, they simply cannot withstand the Warriors' attacks every minute and every second.

Therefore, after the start of the third quarter, the TNT team was waiting for any changes in Cole's style of play.

But they were disappointed. The Bucks did not change their style of play after the third quarter.

Just like Barkley said during the halftime break, the Bucks are only as strong as the Big Three, and the crux is also the Big Three. Therefore, the Bucks have no room for change at all. No matter how strong Ray Allen is, he will not be as strong as the Big Three in league history. The big head coach has no choice.

It's hard for a clever woman to make a meal without rice.

However, although the Bucks have no way to be innovative in their tactical play.

But after the start of the second half, Durant, Antetokounmpo and the Big Three of Curry played really fiercely.

Again, the Bucks were indeed forced into physical problems by the Warriors.

But as Barkley said, the Bucks still have the strongest starting lineup in the entire league.

When the Big Three are desperate to win this game, it's really ferocious.

Let's put it this way, if the Bucks want to win the championship in this game, they must not lose at home again.

In the 22111 format, losing the first two home games in a row means that there is no possibility of competing for the championship.

Therefore, it is impossible for the Bucks to lose this game again no matter what.

Therefore, after the start of the third quarter, when the Bucks fans and the audience in front of the TV saw Antetokounmpo, Durant, and Curry gritting their teeth, they frantically launched towards the Warriors' tidal wave of offense. When it comes to impact, to be honest, even as an audience, it is very shocking.

It can only be said that the Bucks players really want to defeat Chen Xiao and really want to win.

"I didn't expect that I actually saw the Bucks' Big Three at full strength..."

On the sidelines, Heat coach Spoelster has been struggling with the Bucks' lack of effort after the Eastern Conference finals.

As the head coach of the Heat, Spoelstra blames himself for not being able to force the strongest Bucks.

But now that he saw the Bucks finally showing their full strength in the second half of this game, Spoelstra was relieved.

To be honest, if possible, Ray Allen and the Bucks would definitely not be willing to use their full strength.

Because this is really too dangerous, not only for the opponent, but also for the Bucks themselves.

The Bucks’ Big Three, Durant 33, Curry 34. If the Big Three are really forced to go all out in every game, then if one of them is really injured, it will definitely be impossible for the Bucks. Bear the weight.

For the Bucks, Durant and Curry are the two legs of the team. If one is missing due to going all out, the legs will really be broken.

So, if possible, the Bucks actually don't like to have any all-out mode.

But for Durant and Curry, they will definitely not allow the team to lose like this.

Therefore, even if the team and head coach don't want the Bucks to have such a model, the two will go all out.

When you see Durant's shooting touch starting to decline due to reduced physical strength and starting to rush towards the basket crazily, even as an opponent, Cole will sweat for Durant.

Although Durant is a disciple of Chen Xiao and Jordan and has extremely strong breakthrough ability, Durant is different from Jordan and Chen Xiao.

Durant is close to 2.11 meters. For such a tall player, such a breakthrough and such an impact are very powerful, but the risk is greater.

Especially when Durant is already very tired.

But there is no way, even if Ray Allen doesn't let Durant play like this, Durant will not agree.

For this year's finals, Durant is willing to give everything, because the person standing opposite is not James, Rose, Leonard and Jokic.

The person standing in front of him now is his teacher, the only person in the entire NBA who needs to look up to him.

Facing this opponent, Durant is willing to give everything he has to defeat him!

Facing Durant's strong belief, Chen Xiao felt very tragic.

It's really very tragic.

Under the madness of Durant and Antetokounmpo and Curry.

At the end of the third quarter, the Warriors were still lagging behind.

At the end of the fourth quarter of this game, the score of the entire game was 130 to 126. The Bucks held on to win the game with great difficulty at home.

In this crazy G2 of the finals, Durant played 46 minutes in the game. He made 19 of 30 shots, 5 of 11 three-pointers, and 9 of 11 free throws. He scored a crazy 52 points!

At the same time, the other two giants of the Bucks in this game, Antetokounmpo made 11 of 20 shots and scored 32 points in the game, while Curry made 7 of 19 shots and scored 23 points in the game.

In this game, the Bucks' Big Three scored 107 points!

During the regular season, the Bucks' Big Three averaged close to 85 points per game, accounting for almost 70% of the team's total points.

In this game, the Big Three accounted for an astonishing 80% of the team's total points.

In the entire game, the Bucks scored 130 points, but the next 23 points were scored by other players.

This data is really too scary.

As for the Warriors, Chen Xiao and Morant scored the most in this game. They scored 36 points and 38 points respectively. However, except for the two, the others scored very evenly.

It can be said that the Warriors play real team basketball, while the Bucks really rely on the Big Three to continue their life crazily.

This game was finally saved thanks to Durant's madness and the life extension of the Big Three.

So the question is, what about the next game?

So, something surprising happened. In G2, the Bucks obviously won, but the betting companies around the world greatly increased the Warriors' probability of winning the championship!

The Bucks' victory in this game seemed like the Bucks' last struggle!

The most powerful, but also the weakest and most helpless struggle!