After winning three games in a row, the Warriors had the chance to win G6 at home and advance to the next round. Moreover, as the defending champion, their performance at home has always been very good. If the king is eliminated, it will not be surprising. However, the reality was beyond many people’s expectation that the king not only defeated the Warriors, but also defeated the opponents 118-99 in the end. This victory also helped the King return to the home court to compete with the Warriors in the seventh World War.

For the Warriors, the G7 is the last battle, not only because of their poor performance on the road this season, but also because Sacramento has enthusiastic fans, which will help the King to perform better. If Curry, dream chasing and clay break the halberd in the first round, this will be the first time that the three of them will be eliminated before entering the finals. People will also question whether the dynasty of Warriors has ended.

The champion King’s robbery 7 is likely to become the most watched game in the near future. Before that, there are three highlights that need to be paid attention.

Mike Brown’s rotation of attacking players

Harvest coach Brown of the year helped the King build an offensive performance at the historical level this season, but he did not devote himself to strengthening the defense to limit the Warriors. The first reaction of this measure is that it can attack warriors? But thinking carefully, the king has the fastest number of rounds in the league and one of the fastest players in the league. Why should he slow down to play against a Warrior team with an average age of 30 +? Moreover, warriors are the worst in the league in terms of control mistakes. Isn’t playing fast beneficial to the King?

Brown seems to have found this problem in G6. He reduced the time for the substitute defender little Mitchell and the substitute center Ryan, both of whom are good at defense, at the same time, the time of Terence Davis and the space-type inner line Lyles has been increased. In addition, the playing time of Schult and rookie Kegan Murray has been increased, greatly reducing the time of Barnes, which gives the king more space in the lineup on the court, which means that there will be many more opportunities outside, it will also lead to an increase in the chances of breakthrough and passing. This change made Warriors have to catch up with downtown to defend.

In some rounds, the king would make the Warriors defensive players dizzy. They shot out the most three points (17) in this series. The faster pace of the game makes them not rely on All-Star center little Sabonis as before, which is usually used as the center point of attack. But Xiao Sa did not perform well in most of the series.

If Poole continues to struggle, how much playing time can he get?

Speaking of players with poor performance, it is hard not to ignore Poole in this round of series, and his performance is really not ideal. So far, only 33.8 percent have been field goal percentage in the playoffs, and the three-point goal is as low as 24 percent, including the poor performance in the three-point 11 shot 2 in G6. The most puzzling thing was that Poole had two or three chances to catch the ball in the last round of saving the ball, but somehow his body lost control. He stumbled out of the boundary, 25 feet away from his starting position, and as a result, the ball right belonged to the King. In this round, he did nothing but contribute material to O’Neal’s five major fans.

In view of Poole’s struggle at the offensive end, coach Cole must decide as soon as possible how many opportunities to give the young defender in the most critical match. Since Green was banned in the third game, Poole has been the first game. Cole thinks that Poole’s projection and Roni match can provide more space for the team than chasing dreams. But at the same time, Poole has no sense of presence at the defensive end, whether it is half-court defense or conversion attack defense. Therefore, if Poole’s offensive end continues to pull across, it is necessary for Cole to change into dream chasing, Peyton and even Moody, the second grade flank in time.

There is only one day off, and the Warriors have to play away.

After the G6 Game, Malik Monk spoke bluntly about the adjustment made by King Coach Brown, which was to use a smaller and more dynamic lineup.

“We talked about making efforts from the beginning, seizing the opportunity to run and making Warriors tired. Because we know that they only have one day off, and they have two days off in the past few games. We know that we can take advantage of this to keep them running on the defensive side. They will feel tired and we are younger than them.” Monk said.

As monk said, seize every opportunity to run, even after the Warriors scored, they did not slack off at all. G6 is the fastest pace in this round of series, with 108 rounds in total. In the second half, the King played fast attack before the Warriors were ready for defense. This strategy made kings with less experience in the playoffs twice as many as warriors in fast attack scores-18 to 9.

In addition, the rest time mentioned by monk is not without reason. In the regular season, the King achieved a record of 32 wins and 17 losses with only one day off, which was the fourth best result in the league. The Warriors were 25 wins and 23 losses. For the 7th battle on Sunday, it was held at 12:30 local time, with even fewer intervals.

However, despite all these factors-offensive tempo, rest duration and so on, for the Warriors, they only achieved a record of 11 wins and 30 losses in the regular season. Although their core players have won four championships, such away performances are not like potential champions at all.

In any case, the G7 is a life-and-death battle for both sides. If the Warriors can defeat the Kings from Northern California, they will face the Lakers in the next round. However, if the Warriors want to prove that they still have the strength to go further, there are still many tests waiting for them in the playoffs.

Author: Chris Herring

Compilation: Fontaine

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