The Godfather of Basketball

"We're going to find a way to put Cousins ​​on the floor, are we?"

"Yes, we will."

"sure?"

"Sure."

After the end of the first two games, the finals moved to Oakland to continue playing.

The Warriors are building a new arena in San Francisco. They are expected to move to San Francisco within five years, within the real Bay Area. In this case, they need to bring more glory to the team. The most important thing is Championship trophy.

After returning to the Bay Area, Cole once again gave a positive answer in front of the media.

Because of the lessons learned from the past, fans in the Bay Area don't know how credible Cole's words are this time.

But they can only choose to believe.

Tang Tian flew to Oakland with the Nets.

This will likely be his last visit to the city as a head coach, and in his retirement season, after taking a 2-0 lead, his natural hope is for the team to end the series early.

He didn't seem worried about Kerr's rhetoric and the Warriors' adjustment.

In the past, because of the slow rhythm and many tactical systems, Princeton and the Triangle were all talked about, but after entering the small ball era, because the fast-paced and complex tactics are difficult to run, they are basically simplified to pick-and-rolls and breakouts, or to use These two are the basis for building tactics too.

The approach of the Nets and the Warriors is the result of this.

In other words, before Cousins ​​loses weight and accelerates, no matter how the Warriors adjust, it is impossible to solve his problem on the defensive end.

The third game of the Finals was about to start, and Oakland fans carried out a lot of appeals on social media before the game. With the official announcement, the basketball fans in the Bay Area were completely mobilized.

In the unfavorable situation of being behind 0 to 2, they naturally hope that the home team can fight back.

If they are eliminated early with five stars, it's not just the team management, they should also have doubts about life.

On the night of the game, the Oracle Arena was crowded with fans holding up various signs in support of the home team.

It's bound to be a rough night.

Tang Tian did sufficient ideological mobilization before the match.

The Warriors will definitely play hard, maybe there will be some home calls, and even Cole's adjustments will work at the beginning like last game, but what he has been instilling in the players is: We are stronger , No matter what the process is, they will eventually win the game.

For the Nets, the mentality after the first two games is more important than anything else.

The opening ceremony before the game was overwhelming. If ordinary people played in such a place, they would really feel like they had a heavy heart. But fortunately, these players of the Nets have already been experienced masters.

Neither side has changed their starters. The Nets have one big and four small ones, and Cousins ​​​​on the Warriors' side still plays as a starter.

Before the start of the game, players from the two teams came on the field one after another, and Tang Tian also turned his head to look at the Warriors' bench.

Although the Warriors can't do much to deal with it, he is still curious about Cole's so-called adjustment.

Cole's expression was more dignified, and his white hair seemed to be much more than before.

Sitting on a five-star warrior and still trailing 0 to 2, the pressure on him is as great as a mountain.

The referee blew the whistle to start the game, Cousins ​​​​jumped Jokic again, and continued to get the first attack opportunity for the Warriors.

Curry holds the ball over the center line.

Cousins ​​didn't drop low, nor did he pull it out to pick and roll Curry, but went straight to the top of the ring.

After Curry took the ball to the frontcourt, he directly gave the ball to him.

This makes him a direct starting point for tactics.

Tang Tian was taken aback when he saw this, and then couldn't help but smile.

Cole moved the tactics of the Nets over and let Cousins ​​do the same job as Jokic.

This adjustment is really good.

The three superstars of the Warriors can play off the ball, coupled with Green's pick-and-roll and secondary transmission, they can really maximize the functions of each player.

Green and Thompson screened for Curry and Durant, and after the screen, one moved to the next position at a forty-five-degree angle.

Cousins ​​flicked the ball to Durant, and Durant made a jumper.

This is the Warriors' offensive approach, and the most important thing is that Cousins ​​​​is also in this system.

The Nets pushed to the frontcourt, Jokic held the ball at the top of the circle, George and Irving used the pick-and-roll to run back, Mitchell and Butler landed at the bottom corner and a forty-five-degree angle.

Almost mirror-like offense, George also scored a jumper after receiving the ball.

Curry dribbles upfield and continues to pass the ball to Cousins.

This time it was Curry, who came out of the outside to catch the ball and threw the iconic ultra-long three-pointer to Mitchell.

"boom!"

It's a pity the ball didn't go in.

There was a rebound scramble under the basket, butler caught Green and received the defensive rebound.

The Nets counterattacked, and the Warriors quickly retreated.

Butler took a look and then gave the ball to Irving. When Irving pushed the fast break to the frontcourt, the Warriors' defense was completely down.

Because Cousins ​​pulled Jokic beyond the three-point line, the rebounding competition has become a two-team striker. Durant and Green are very capable of rebounding, but Butler and George will be stuck to protect rebounds. , the speed of one-hand fast attack will naturally slow down.

And the biggest change is Cousins, because he was outside the three-point line from the beginning, and he can retreat to his own half as quickly as possible, which changed his disadvantage of being unable to retreat.

The Nets didn't score offensively, and they spared no effort back on the defensive end. The Warriors had no chance to attack. After holding the ball for a while, Cousins ​​saw that the offensive time was more than half, and directly broke through Jokic from the three-point line.

Jokic retreated to the penalty area while defending the border, and was finally called a thug foul by Cousins.

There were cheers everywhere, and the excited expressions of the fans were vividly displayed on the paper.

Cole's adjustment is really amazing.

Not only did this keep Cousins ​​on the court, but it also allowed him to perform at his best.

The Nets' adjustment to the Warriors' move obviously did not have a good way to deal with it.

The speed cannot be raised, and the defense is difficult.

If it weren't for Mitchell's performance at this stage of the bench, the Nets might collapse in this half.

In the end, the Warriors played like a rainbow at home, leading the Nets by 15 points 72 to 57 at halftime.

At halftime, the fans cheered for the home team.

Cole got up from the bench, a long-lost smile finally appeared on his solemn face, and he waved to the audience in the front row with a smile.

Just as Tang Tian speeding up and disabling Cousins ​​had an impact on the series, the effect of his adjustment also affected the entire series.

As long as Cousins ​​can play, the possibility of the Warriors turning around is not small at all, and they may even fall behind 0-2 and then sweep 4-0 like last year's Nets.

Tit for Tat.