Chapter Two Hundred and Three: The Warm Bay Area

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For the first time since the '93-94 season, the Warriors made the playoffs, much to the delight of the fans here.

Yang Di is like Chris Webber at that time, but the difference is that this big boy from the East leads the Warriors to gradually change into a style that suits him in a wild and fierce manner.

The arrival of Byron Davis is more of a stylistic addition.

With the playoffs approaching, the Warriors' hype is overwhelming.

In the downtown area of San Francisco, huge posters of the Warriors are hung above shopping malls, banners on walls, and around arenas, and Yang Di even has some individual giant posters, which slowly infiltrate his influence in this city.

He is a super-first-class Chinese superstar, and Chinese fans are proud.

On the street basketball courts in many areas of San Francisco, there are especially many fans wearing the Warriors' number eight, even surpassing Richardson's number 23 and Dunleavy's number 34.

As the sun sets, the scattered sunlight shines on the barbed wire stadium, and the fans gradually disperse.

"It's time to watch the game!"

On this day, the Spurs came to the Oakland Arena to challenge the Warriors away.

In the G3 game, the two sides already know each other very well, Montgomery is thinking about how to crack the Spurs' current changing lineup, and after Ginobili changed to the bench lineup, the Spurs seem to have become more tricky.

Before the start of the game, both sides were silent.

Unlike last year's game against the Hornets during the Heat, teams like the Spurs can't even spew trash talk.

The oil pipe at the scene hit a high pillar of flame, and in the stands, fans wearing special white jerseys filled the seats, the flags waved, and the enthusiasm was high.

The noise spread from the outside of the arena at night to the inside of the arena, and more than 50 media outlets were waiting at the scene.

The surface parking lot, the underground parking lot, and the parking spaces are all full, and there are still many fans outside the stadium who do not have tickets, watching the big screen outside the stadium, they gather to watch the game, in order to feel the atmosphere of cheering for their favorite team together.

In the taverns outside the arena, in the restaurants, and in the NBA's official flagship store, fans were glued to the televisions, waiting for the game to begin.

Fans lined up in long lines and drone flew over the roof of the arena to record the glamorous night view of Auckland.

In the arena, the game is about to start.

The more the game began, the players on both sides became more and more calm, and after several starters of the Warriors experienced the baptism of the previous two games, this game also calmed down a little, and waited for the referee to return with a more calm attitude.

Yang Di catches the ball and jumpers in the middle range, and jumps again and again.

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"The Bay Area was especially enthusiastic tonight."

The imperial court station sent Yu Jia and Cai Nan to do a live broadcast, and after more than a year, Cai Nan watched Yang Di's game on the spot again, and he was immediately excited.

"Coach Cai, I want to know, will the NBA have such a high decibel every night?" The two were still waiting for Beijing's signal to cut in, and they chatted casually before the broadcast began.

"It's the playoffs today, it's different! You think, the Warriors haven't made the playoffs for almost a decade, and fans have waited too long for this day! Cai Nan said, "And there are a lot of fans here, the population base here is very high, and the basketball atmosphere is strong." ”

"If the Warriors win this game against the Spurs, this series is really likely to win."

"It's entirely possible." Cai Nan said: "Although the last game lost to the Spurs, I think the Warriors have a problem on the offensive end, and now Davis has a chance to open up, if he can suppress the Spurs at this point and force the Spurs to help defend or pack, then other players will have a great chance to score." ”

"After Davis took control, the Warriors really added an engine and improved their strength a lot."

The two chatted, and when it was time to start the game immediately, they received a signal from Beijing, and then quickly put on the headphones, sat up straight, and began to return to their normal commentary state.

The two first introduced the starting line-ups of both sides.

Warriors: Byron Davis, Jason Richardson, Mike Dunleavy, Troy Murphy, Jandy.

Spurs: Tony Parker, Brent Barry, Bruce Bowen, Duncan, Muhammad.

On the inside line, Yang Di and Murphy changed defenses in a disposition, Yang Di mainly defended Duncan, and the Spurs also used Duncan to defend Yang Di, which means that although the two are claimed to be in different positions, they are actually directly opposed.

Duncan's single defense is too strong, Yang Di actually doesn't want to play against Duncan very much, and he doesn't use it much after learning his steps.

Duncan also doesn't like to play against Yang Di, Yang Di's speed, strength and bounce are too strong, the interior always wants to rush to grab the frontcourt rebounds, and the offensive means are surprisingly many, so he spends a lot of energy on top defense, and the help defense is relatively far behind.

Before the start of the game, the two looked at each other and stood in the center circle.

Jump balls, Warriors and Spurs players scattered.

This time on the jump ball, Duncan reacted a little faster than Yang Di, forced Yang Di to jump, and with his taller body and long arms, he dialed the ball to the ball controller behind him.

Parker drives forward with the ball.

The players on both sides were familiar with each other, and Davis didn't dare to lean too close to Parker for fear of being forced by Parker to start overtaking.

Outside the three-point line, the Spurs stood up in two or three, Duncan did a pick-and-roll for Parker, and Parker used Duncan's pick-and-roll to shake off Davis' defense.

At the top of the arc, Yang Di opened his arms to force Parker, and he lifted it very well.

Parker's dribbling posture is very low, his arms are vertically almost close to the ground, Yang Di can't break it, he can only follow Parker, and at the same time observe his teammate Davis's running position, hoping that he will come over to wrap Parker.

The two chose to let go of Duncan, and after Duncan went down, Yang Di raised his arm and interfered with Parker's pass, so he went down to defend.

Parker didn't dare to pass the ball through and chose to pass it to Barry on the wing.

Barry looked at the situation on the court, the Warriors' defense was particularly in place, and there was no special good opportunity, only to hang Duncan who asked for the ball inside.

Duncan receives the ball on the edge of the box and takes the ball and turns around.

"Bang!"

The two made physical contact, and they were both slightly shocked, Duncan's arm was raised high, and the hook hand of the half-volley basket was made.

"Bell!"

The hand of the shot was a little hard, and the basketball smashed on the inside edge of the basket and bounced, and Yang Di, who turned around, easily grabbed the rebound.

Muhammad rushed over and wanted to harass the broken ball, Yang Di grabbed the ball with one hand and lifted it up, dodged his stealing the ball, and subconsciously raised his elbows to set up a desperate posture of who took his ball and who was desperate.

Cheers rang out from the scene.

The Spurs just missed a wave of offense, as if they had missed the shootout.

The Bay Area fans erupted in a tsunami of cheers, the game had just begun, and the level of enthusiasm was already unusually high!