Chapter 305: Spur Cliff

In the passionate G3 battle, in the huge cheering, the Warriors once again completed the counterattack against the Spurs. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

No one thought that the No. 7 seed would be able to force the No. 2 seed to such a point, and the Warriors led 2-1 in the series, which really surprised countless experts.

What's even more embarrassing is that the Rockets, who led the Mavericks 2-0 away, looked like they wanted to sweep the Mavericks, but after returning to their home court, they lost the crucial G3 game, also leading 2-1.

Both the Rockets and the Warriors have become unpredictable, and no one knows exactly how these two teams will be able to play.

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At the same time, the NBA completed the lottery for the '05 draft.

The Milwaukee Bucks drew the No. 1 pick, the Atlanta Hawks drew the No. 1 pick, and the Utah Jazz drew the No. 1 pick.

To the regret of the Warriors' uniform team, the first-round pick from the Lakers was picked with a 10th pick this year, and such a high-pick draft pick was traded to the Hornets in a trade involving Byron Davis.

But at the end of the day, it's the Lakers who are the most heart-wrenching.

The traded Yang Di became an All-Star, and although the traded Speidy Claxton can still have a good performance of 13+6, the appearance rate is too low, and he has played a total of 44 games this season, and according to his 27-year-old age, it is difficult to become a big deal.

The Warriors are still able to have three draft picks in this year's draft.

They were his first-round pick, then his second-round pick and a second-round pick from the 76ers that involved a trade for Salmons.

The playoffs are still going on, and in the absence of particularly strong reinforcement changes, the Warriors' uniform team has sent some scouts accordingly to begin to follow the rookies to scout the major training camps, in order to be able to pan for gold in the sand at the draft.

General Manager Chris Mullin personally traveled to Chicago for a special look at the joint trial.

"This season, the Warriors' starting lineup is already complete, and it is imperative to look for the playmaker and offensive initiator of the second team."

Montgomery once spoke to Mullin about the Warriors' roster, and Mullin knew it.

He was accompanied by Garcia, assistant to the general manager, a top graduate of Stanford University in San Francisco and an expert in data analysis.

Garcia sorted out the scouting report and said: "Among the college students who participated in the draft this year, there are not many independent offenses that are more prominent, on the contrary, there are a lot of high-quality point guards in the first round, and they are traditional, pass-oriented point guards. ”

"Our draft pick is estimated to be between 15 and 20, plus two picks in the second round, so we can pick a little bit more and then a little bit more potential."

"The main thing is." Mu Lin said with a smile: "To be able to cooperate with Yang Di, Yang Di's core of the future warrior." ”

Garcia's glasses glowed with surprise.

Mullin continued: "You've seen Yang Di's performance, the Warriors are two completely different teams with him and without him, and now Byron Davis has been traded to the team, and the team's basic lineup is finalized, if nothing else, this main team, we will play for two to three years. ”

"And then see if there's any progress?"

"It's clear that Yang Di has been improving, and as long as the others don't regress, then the team will definitely improve." Chris Mullin has a lot of trust in Yang Di.

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The G4 battle has not yet begun, and the spurs with one foot on the edge of the cliff look particularly dangerous.

This is a game that the Spurs can't lose, and if they still lose this game to the Warriors, they will fall behind 1-3, and there are very few teams in the history of the playoffs who have come back from 1-3 down.

Before the start of the game, the Rockets and Mavericks in the Texas Civil War drew 2-2 and led 2-0 away, but they lost two more games at home, and the Mavericks pulled the series back to the same running line, which was also a big surprise.

The first round of chaos this year fell out, and basically there was no sign of victory or defeat.

Only the Suns, who are the first in the West, and the Heat, who are the first in the East, are currently leading their opponents 3-0, and they are very likely to sweep their opponents in this round.

"The Warriors played unbelievably well, and they definitely didn't have the strength to finish seventh in the West."

After taking a 2-1 lead, the limelight also turned around with TV commentators such as Barkley and Smith, and some people felt that the Spurs might really be planted in the hands of the Warriors, and it was not a mouthful of poisoned milk.

In the Warriors' locker room, the atmosphere of the entire Spurs team was a little dignified.

Popovich said in a deep voice: "We underestimated the Warriors, and the first game had a good chance, but the Warriors turned the tables. ”

"In the last game, we were completely caught in the rhythm of the Warriors. This is the home court of the Warriors, and the referee's blowing scale will also be biased in favor of the Warriors, if we are always in a state of chasing points, it will be difficult to overtake and beat the Warriors at the last moment, so this game, the start is very important. ”

"Yang Di's defense, first and foremost, is the card position, his strength is too strong, if he is not stuck in the position, it is easy to be in a favorable position."

Popovich said as he looked at Duncan.

Duncan nodded, sighing slightly in his heart, Yang Di's frontcourt rebounds were too fierce.

He has played in the league for so many seasons, and he has never seen an interior player who is so obsessed with grabbing rebounds, and he has such terrifying power at such a young age, if he is stronger in two years, who can control him. If you have to think of someone who can be comparable to Yang Di, it may be Rodman from before.

Rodman doesn't have such a strong strength, but Rodman's rebounding skills are higher than Yang Di's, and he has reached the point where he can judge the landing point by feeling, and his skills are amazing.

And Yang Di is only in the second stage, with excellent card position and strength to grab rebounds.

Just like the three stages of Da Meng's footsteps, Yang Di has only completed the second stage of practice after training, and he is not particularly proficient, if he can master the third stage, Yang Di's interior attack will become incomprehensible.

"Byron Davis."

Popovich muttered the name of the point guard, and suddenly felt tricky.

"A power-type point guard who is good at breaking and playmaking." Popovich said Davis's specialty again, "It can only be a defense but not a shot, Davis's three-point ability is average, and he won't always choose three-point shots, Tony, if you really can't prevent it, you let him shoot three points, only block the breakthrough." ”

Popovich arranged Parker's adventurous defense, in the first few games, Davis was not good at this point, the key is that he has no one to rotate, Parker must solve it himself, otherwise after the misalignment, everyone else has a significant height and weight advantage over Parker.

"As for Richardson and Dunleavy, their post-playoff performances have been tepid, and the focus can be appropriately shifted to these two."

Popovich can see that the Warriors are playing the double rotation of Yang Di and Davis, and they can't kill these two people, and the Spurs defense is always very passive.