Chapter 905 It’s Not Shameful to Kneel to the God of Basketball!

"This G5, judging from the state of the two teams, should be won by the Bucks. I have played more than a thousand regular season games and hundreds of playoff games in the NBA. I have seen too many There are too many such situations. Logically speaking, this is the case. However, in this game, there is an existence that cannot be explained by common sense, an existence that truly stands at the pinnacle of basketball.

The God of our NBA, the God of our basketball world!

While he was still fighting, no one could predict the final outcome! "

At the Golden Eagle Arena, TNT's live commentator became excited after Chen Xiaoqiang's three-pointer against Antetokounmpo at the beginning of the second half.

The Milwaukee fans at the scene were also amazed with happiness and trouble at the same time.

How can it not be shocking that a 40-year-old veteran is still so powerful?

Even Antetokounmpo is so embarrassed in front of him. Let me ask, how many people in the entire NBA can do better than Antetokounmpo in front of him?

Durant said, if you fail to defeat God in the finals, you will never be the best in the league.

At this moment, everyone understands how valuable and real Durant's persistence has been in recent years.

On the court, Chen Xiao's single at the beginning of the second half had a considerable impact.

In this game, the Warriors were somewhat suppressed by the Bucks.

If the game continues to be suppressed like this and the frog is boiled in warm water, it is estimated that the Warriors will surrender after three quarters.

Therefore, the rhythm brought by Curry in this game must be interrupted.

At the very least, there needs to be some excitement for the Warriors players.

Obviously, Chen Xiao's offense this time greatly stimulated the players on both sides.

Not to mention the players on the Warriors side.

Just talk about the players on the Bucks.

Except for Antetokounmpo who was teased by Chen Xiao.

Durant and Curry looked at Chen Xiao at this time. In addition to the respect hidden in their eyes, what they showed most was their fighting spirit to defeat Chen Xiao and their fear of Chen Xiao.

They know what kind of player they want to beat.

Since they were children, they have witnessed the magical things that Chen Xiao did against the Lakers OK team in the finals.

Even when they were children, both of them imitated Chen Xiao's incredible and magical moments.

They know Chen Xiao's power better than anyone else.

20 years ago, they never thought that their strongest opponent in their career would be the idol on TV who climbed to the top with OK Group.

Yes, they never thought that the biggest opponent in their basketball career would be the god-like existence in their minds.

They never thought that this existence would remain the same for twenty years. Although it was twenty years older, it was still powerful.

Even now, he is still worthy of the title of God.

And are they qualified to challenge this god like OK did back then?

"God! God!! God!!!"

Listen to the fans cheering for Chen Xiao.

Durant and Curry looked at each other, and they both knew that from now on, they were about to have the 'last battle' and 'the strongest battle' of their careers.

Yes, challenging the God they thought they had twenty years ago.

On the stage of the finals, in the highest palace of basketball, they challenge the gods in their hearts and the gods of the basketball world. They only have this one chance!

The game continued and the Bucks attacked. This time the Bucks' offense did not use Antetokounmpo's three-pointer tactic of holding the ball at the top of the arc. Instead, it used Curry and Durant's Dooku pick-and-roll.

Durant didn't block Curry and just split the ball. Facing Durant's behavior of ignoring the Warriors' pick-and-roll defense, the Warriors' defensive players Clay and Wiggins were actually a little helpless.

Because of Dooku's pick-and-roll, Durant really doesn't need to be so solid in blocking for Curry. If the two of them are quick-release, you have to change if you don't want to change. There is no way. A little hesitation may cause Durant or... Curry's open shot.

Therefore, Clay can only leave Curry to guard Durant.

And it must be posted immediately to Durant.

Because the Dooku pick-and-roll is not Curry's three-point shooting tactic, it may be Durant's three-point shooting tactic.

As the mirror team of the Bucks, Klay and the Warriors players are very aware of the offensive principles of Dooku's pick-and-roll.

After Curry and Durant pick and roll, Curry does not pass the ball, that is, a small sudden attack, a layup or a throw to the basket.

If Curry passes the ball, it will be Durant's single, either a mid-range shot with a sudden step, or a three-point pull-up with a step back.

The Dooku pick-and-roll is different from other pick-and-rolls.

For example, in the pick-and-roll between Malone and Stockton, Malone can really block people, so he can create open opportunities for his teammates.

But Dooku's pick-and-roll creates not open opportunities, but singles opportunities.

It can be compared to the pick-and-roll between Morant and Chen Xiao.

Chen Xiao is not that big, so it is actually difficult for him to completely create open opportunities for his teammates.

Therefore, the pick-and-roll between Morant and Chen Xiao also creates singles opportunities.

Historically, many Warriors fans complained about the Dooku pick-and-roll, and Durant's screen was not good. But when everyone talks about the Dooku pick-and-roll, they are invincible. This is not an impression flow, but the relationship between Durant and Curry. Very strong in one-on-one combat.

Therefore, Dooku's pick-and-roll does not need to create any open opportunities at all, as long as it creates one-on-one opportunities, it is completely fine.

Of course, one-on-one singles, no matter how powerful they are, will definitely consume a lot of energy. Therefore, although Dooku’s pick-and-roll is strong, Cole rarely uses it in regular situations. This is also to take care of the physical strength of Curry and Durant. .

This is also the reason why in this time and space, after Curry and Durant turned 30 years old, Ray Allen helped Antetokounmpo become the team's tactical core.

Try to protect the physical strength of Curry and Durant, and let the younger Antetokounmpo take on the team's heavier tasks.

Antetokounmpo has done very well in the past few seasons. If it weren't for Chen Xiao this season, Antetokounmpo would have been the MVP of the regular season.

But this time, after Chen Xiao hit Antetokounmpo hard, the Bucks directly sent out their own Dooku pick-and-roll at the bottom of the box.

After Curry asked Durant to take Clay away, facing Wiggins, he dribbled the ball on the spot twice in succession, turned and passed Wiggins, and went straight to the basket.

Curry's breakthrough rhythm is different from Morant's breakthrough that directly uses explosive power, so after Curry breaks through, the defender can continue to chase.

So we often see Curry being hit by a defensive player behind him when he goes for a layup, but the referee rarely calls a foul. In the eyes of the referee, this is not a foul, this is a deliberate foul. You deliberately committed a foul. Slowly drive towards the basket, and then touch the defender behind him.

Therefore, if a defensive player catches up from behind and knocks Curry away, he is rarely called for a foul.

Of course, when the speed is not fast, Curry's layup rate under the basket is still very good. This has to be said about Curry's layup and throwing abilities, which are really strong.

Many people pay attention to Curry's three-point shooting ability, but in fact, his breakthrough layup is also outstanding.

Curry has the same magic ball style as James Harden.

They all use rhythm to break through, and the breakthrough speed is not very fast. James Harden causes the defender in front of him to foul, while Curry easily makes the defender behind him commit a foul.

Of course, Wiggins did not hit Curry this time, because Chen Xiao blocked Curry's route to the basket early.

Facing Chen Xiao who was blocking the way in front, Curry threw the basketball in his hand. Antetokounmpo, who was guarded by Morant, pushed Morant away and rushed directly to the basket.

This time Curry broke through in singles, not for a layup or a throw, but to create an alley-oop opportunity for Antetokounmpo.

And it gives Antetokounmpo a direct opportunity to dunk Chen Xiao!

I have to say that Curry's move was really ruthless.

Thinking of the cute little Curry from twenty years ago, the old Curry who is now in his thirties and has a beard, his filial piety has deteriorated along with his face.

However, as an insider, Chen Xiao also serves as a background for other players, so if he really thinks that his help defense is being dunked by Antetokounmpo, it doesn't matter.

But, this time...

not too good.

He just started attacking Antetokounmpo.

Just when Chen Xiao was waiting under the basket to be dunked by Antetokounmpo.

Snap!

Wiggins flew up from behind Curry, and grabbed the basketball with his right hand and was about to dunk the basketball away from Antetokounmpo's hand!

It has to be said that Antetokounmpo's athletic ability is not bad, but Wiggins is definitely stronger. After all, Antetokounmpo's draft pick is so low.

After all, Wiggins is the No. 1 pick in the NBA, and he is still the kind of No. 1 pick who flies into the sky and escapes from the ground.

Don't think that because he usually plays basketball, he can't fly. In fact, he can still fly.

In this year's Western Conference Finals against the Lakers and in this year's Finals against the Bucks, Wiggins performed very well.

This time, Wiggins was already prepared to block Curry from behind, but after realizing that Curry was not attacking by himself, but passing the ball, Wiggins was a little regretful at first, but when he saw Curry push away Morant stabbed Antetokounmpo diagonally, but Wiggins jumped up subconsciously.

In the last shot, Wiggins didn't actually hit the ball, but hit Antetokounmpo's wrist.

This shows that the timing of his flight is still a little late.

So, the referee's whistle sounded, Wiggins fouled, and Antetokounmpo made two free throws.

Antetokounmpo, who originally wanted to dunk on Chen Xiao to regain his dignity and morale, gritted his teeth and made two free throws.

74 to 69!

Antetokounmpo's free throw shooting has improved a lot this season.

Facing the Lakers in the finals last season, Antetokounmpo's every free throw in the finals timed out, which was almost criticized by the fans.

Although he failed to score two points on Chen Xiao, he made two free throws and once again opened the point difference between the two sides to five points. This is definitely a more important thing for the Bucks.

All blind people in this game know that the third quarter is very important. In a sense, the third quarter is the decisive battle.

The Bucks want to open the point difference to more than five points in the third quarter, while the Warriors want to reduce the point difference to less than five points in the third quarter.

Even a blind person can see that in this game, the other Warriors players were in poor condition on the road after the trip. In this case, Chen Xiao can only rely on Chen Xiao to chase points.

If Chen Xiao chases points alone, then the Warriors' explosive power to chase points will definitely be insufficient.

It's impossible to happen like G3 where the whole team exploded in the fourth quarter under the leadership of Chen Xiao and beat the Bucks by 11 points.

Therefore, as long as the score difference between the two sides is more than five points before the start of the fourth quarter, it is really difficult for the Warriors to chase points with Chen Xiao alone.

Therefore, in the third quarter, for the two teams with a decisive battle mentality, the level of defense has really improved again, and both sides are defending at all costs.

This can be seen from the first offense of both teams.

The Warriors' first attack actually had no chance in the end. Chen Xiao relied on Antetokounmpo's single to get a three-point chance.

When the Bucks attacked the Warriors first, Wiggins spared no effort in throwing away the thermos cup and transformed into a flying bat. Let's put it this way, even Wiggins fans haven't seen Wiggins like this in a long time. Flying?

Therefore, for both teams, this third quarter will be the quarter with the strongest defensive intensity and confrontation in this finals.

In such a game, as long as you can score, it is more important than anything else!

It doesn’t require so much thinking and attention at all.

After the first attack and defense of both sides, this was clear to both sides.

So when it was the Warriors' turn to attack, Chen Xiao actually started running like Antetokounmpo.

Under the cover of Wiggins, Chen Xiao avoided Antetokounmpo who was chasing him, ran from the left to the right waist and leaned against Portis behind him to catch the ball.

Chen Xiao did not make a fuss on the outside this time. It can be seen from the first attack that there is not much chance outside now.

Facing the Bucks who do not have a big center, Chen Xiao has an advantage in strength against any Bucks player. Coupled with his offensive skills, although Chen Xiao's height is not an advantage, he can still play under the basket. of.

Just use the running position to replace Antetokounmpo with Portis. Relatively speaking, Portis is easier to play than Antetokounmpo.

After receiving a pass from Morant, Chen Xiao took two deep steps, followed by a fake outwards backward preparation movement to deceive Portis, and then turned inward to break through. With Tokunbo's help, he got a little under the basket and once again hit Antetokounmpo and dunked with both hands.

74 to 71!

"Watching God play singles like this under the basket, one has to marvel at the wisdom of basketball!"

In the third quarter, what kind of feeling did it give the audience when Chen Xiao singled out the Bucks inside the basket?

It can be compared to the history of Nowitzki's singles against the Thunder in the 2011 Western Conference Finals. Facing Ibaka, Durant and a group of young Thunder players, he used basketball wisdom to beat Ibaka and Durant to tears under the basket. That kind of thing.

That series gave all fans the feeling that basketball talent was worthless in the face of basketball wisdom.

In fact, in the history of the 2011 Finals, the driver successively killed Durant, Westbrook, James Harden, Ibaka, Wade, Chris Bosh, James, and Kobe, Roy and Al Derich.

These people can be said to be the most talented group of people in the NBA in the past two decades.

Even James, Durant, Westbrook, James Harden, plus Curry, who rose up "inexplicably", the five of them are the protagonists of the NBA in the 10 years after 2011.

It can be said that in 2011, Driver alone used his basketball wisdom to defeat ten years of talent in the NBA!

At this time, in this finals, Chen Xiao gave fans the feeling of a driver in 2011, or even an enhanced version of the driver.

When the Thunder and Cavaliers faced the driver, they had no players to match up with, and everyone was given away. This set up a stage for the driver to show off.

When the Bucks faced off against Chen Xiao, they also had no players to match up with, so whoever came up would be given away. This also set up a stage for Chen Xiao to show off.

Therefore, after the third quarter, the score on the court was 101 to 101!

Yes, at the last moment, facing Durant's defense, Chen Xiao made an independent fadeaway jumper under the basket and hit the buzzer-beating shot, tying the score!

7 of 8 in a single quarter, 1 of 1 three-pointers, 10 of 10 free throws, 25 points in a single quarter!

64 points in three quarters!

"There will be no G6 in this finals!"

At the end of the third quarter, what Chen Xiao said when he came off the court and high-fived Cole almost made Cole kneel down in excitement.

No, if it weren't for his status as one of the greatest head coaches in NBA history, Cole felt that when Chen Xiao came down, he would have wanted to kneel to him!

You know, during the halftime break, his strategy was that as long as the score difference was closed to about five points in the third quarter, there would still be room to play in the fourth quarter.

Although the arrangement was like this, he really didn't have that much confidence that the Warriors players could execute it.

This game was away from home, so the Warriors players were generally not in good enough shape.

After all, not everyone is a player of the level of Chen Xiao, Jordan, and Durant.

He really didn't expect that in the end, he would tie it!

Looking at Chen Xiao who had sat back on his chair and wiped his sweat...

Is it too late to kneel now?

There is no shame in kneeling to the God of Basketball!

Of course, Cole didn't kneel down in the end.

It's too late.

Because Chen Xiao was wiping his sweat down there, Cole hurriedly arranged the tactics for the fourth quarter, and Chen Xiao immediately led his teammates onto the court again.

I saw Chen Xiao appearing on the court again at the beginning of the fourth quarter.

At this time, I don’t know how many people had the same impulse to worship Chen Xiao as Cole did.