Chapter 691: G2 IV
Montgomara definitely had an idea, and the referee was a little more biased in favor of the Warriors in the next decision, as he wished.
Yang Di hit the inside and hit consecutive free throws, and the Warriors recovered some points and recently chased only 10 points.
D'Antoni immediately called a timeout to adjust, and the hearts of Suns fans were in their throats, won't it be like the last game, chasing points in the third quarter, and being overturned in the fourth quarter, right?
"Strengthen the movement, keep the transfer, attack the inside of the Suns, we're doing well, keep it up!"
Montgomery encouraged the Warriors during the timeout, and Yang Di's hand was not very good, but he still scored 17 points quietly, and the full-court score ran for 30+.
For the current Yang Di, scoring up to 30 points seems to have become a very common thing.
Just like Kobe Bryant and Allen Iverson today, if Yang Di can't score 30 points in about 40 minutes of playing time, then it means that he is only in bad shape today.
In the middle of the third quarter, Yang Di received an aerial relay pass from Ray Allen and dunked.
Nash hit a three-pointer at the top of the arc to extend a double-digit lead for the Suns.
Ray Allen's hand recovered, and he also hit two three-pointers in the quarter, and the Warriors chased the points fiercely.
Nash, Barbossa, Marion and others each hit shots, and the Suns were on fire, and the two teams scored a total of 73 points in the quarter, including 39 points for the Warriors and 34 points for the Suns.
At the end of the third quarter, the Warriors were 83-93, exactly 10 points behind the Suns.
The Warriors still have the possibility of tying the score, so the whole team is still fighting, and after the start of the second half, Yang Di did not have a minute of rest and stayed on the court, with huge physical exertion.
Yang Di also clearly felt tired, and at the beginning of the fourth quarter, after the substitutes came on one after another, he just made a transfer and defensive firepower attraction point.
Yang Di slowly recovered his strength on the court, and the enthusiasm for participating in the attack was not high.
The Warriors were consistently stretched by the Suns by 12 to 15 points, and Montgomery called a timeout.
"Yang, it's time to attack with all your might, at this time, fight for a wave, if we chase it back, we still have hope of winning in the end, if we can't win, then forget it, go back to the home court and fight again, anyway, we already have a home advantage in the series first."
Montgomery and Yang Di said.
Yang Di nodded, then returned to the court and took the initiative to ask for the ball to attack.
At this time, it was Frenchman Burrece Dior who defended Yang Di.
Dior is known for his all-round skills, after entering the league in 03, he has grown steadily, and last year, Dior also won the Most Improved Player Award, throughout the season, Dior has scored in double digits in 61 games, has at least 5 rebounds in 61 games, and has at least 5 assists in 62 games, and can play multiple positions on the court, known as the "French magician".
But defense is really not his strong point, his figure is not a strong type, temporarily belongs to the thin and tall type, when Yang Di hit his back, his 2.08 meter body was completely hit by Yang Di, and then Yang Di turned around to attack the basket or a frontal low hand layup, he had no way to block.
also paid a lot of fouls, Yang Di scored 7 points in a row, and the Suns called a timeout.
"Please keep wrapping!"
D'Antoni exclaimed, "Youngdy is increasing his interior damage, we can't let him easily catch the basketball, and we can easily attack him, we force him to move before he gets into the paint." ”
"It's easy to say~" Dio snorted and muttered a few words.
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At the end of the timeout, Nash was back on the court.
The Suns are actually a 7-man rotation, and there are not too many changes in the lineup, after Nash comes on the court, that is, Nash with Barbosa and Marion to form an outside lineup, although Laga Bell is useful on the defensive end, but the problem is that the Warriors outside players do not have too many ball-holding offenses, and Byron Davis, who has too much ball-handling offense, is still healing! He defends Ray Allen, who mainly catches the ball and jumpers, and has very little time and number of times to attack with the ball.
D'Antoni's seven-man rotation is not a matter of one or two days, and it stands to reason that such a rotation is abnormal, but the Suns have a good record and he is very stubborn, so no one can care about him anymore.
For the Warriors, Nash is also difficult to defend, this time Nash came on, and it was Monta Ellis who deceived him to jump early, and then took the initiative to raise his arm to make a shooting foul.
Since the beginning of this season, the league has also strengthened the protection of the cylinder rules for basketball shooters, and the blowing penalty in this regard is relatively strict.
Thanks to this, Kevin Martin's average points per game this season has increased significantly, and even won the Most Improved Player Award, beating Delon, Monta and others.
Nash walked to the free throw line and hit both free throws steadily, shooting more than 90 percent of his free throw line in his career, the highest in history.
It's as if the Suns players have rediscovered their backbone, the players are relatively disorganized and methodical, and Nash is holding the pace and the clock is almost halfway through.
The Warriors trailed the Suns by 13 points 99-112, and the margin was not closed.
After that, Danny Granger, Yang Di and others hit the iron several times, and after Yang Di hit Stoudemire inside, he wanted to dunk and was pulled down by Marion who flew in, preferring Yang Di to the free throw line than let him score easily.
Yang Di continued to make free throws, which made it look like both teams were making similar free throws
Yang Di's physical exertion is huge, the destructive power of the restricted area has decreased, and the Suns' outside Nash, Marion and Barbosa have scored more than 20 points, and the Warriors are even more hopeless in chasing points.
In the end, the Warriors lost the game 109-125, and Yang Di went straight to the rest in the last two minutes, and Montgomery replaced Louis Williams, David Lee, Shannon Brown and other young players to go up and feel the atmosphere of the playoffs.
Youngdy shot just 9-of-23 from the field, but made 16 free throws, had 34 points, 13 rebounds and 4 blocks, and Ray Allen was the best player outside of Youngdy, with 29 points, 5 assists and 5 rebounds on 9-of-18 shooting from the field and 6-of-10 from the outside three-point range.
Nash scored a Suns-high 29 points, Barbosa 25 points, Marion scored 24 points, and Xiao Si continued to slump under Yang Di's defense, and only scored 14 points in a game, but he reduced his shots and didn't look unhappy to force a shot in front of Yang Di, but the efficiency was okay, 5 of 9 shots, much better than the previous game.
The Warriors ended their journey in Phoenix with the team returning to the San Francisco Bay Area.
Two wins and one loss are quite satisfying, but the second game was a little demoralized by the Suns, and the average loss of 122.5 points per game in the two games also made the media write about it.
The Warriors were praised for their good defense, but in front of the Suns, they didn't seem to show their proper defensive skills at all.
The Suns are on the outside, the mid-range and three-point line have become the hardest hit areas, and the restricted area is not much better, as soon as Yang Di leaves the restricted area, Tyson Chandler is difficult to support, and when defending small men, the effect is very poor.
Montgomery pondered deeply that the Suns would not have seen any impact without Stoudemire's play.
How can you limit the Suns' terrifying offense?