The five-year and four-year crown agreed, and the three successive championships great cause agreed suddenly became like a dream of paper paste, which was fragile.
Xinhua News Agency, Oakland, USA, June 8th question: Winter is coming to the critical situation of Warriors
Xinhua News Agency reporter Wang ji
1:3! The defending champion Golden State Warriors dug a huge pit for themselves!
The five years and four crowns agreed, and the three successive championships great achievements agreed suddenly became like a dream of paper paste, fragile.
Before the NBA finals this year, most of the media were optimistic about the defending of warriors, while the rival Toronto Raptors, as a new team in the finals, was to accompany the Prince to study at most. In the eyes of many people, the Raptors led by Leonard were almost compared with the Cleveland Cavaliers led by James.
However, it is this team with few people who have experience in the finals that has gradually encircled the Warriors into a dead corner with precise strikes and cold attacks, raptors are showing their claws!
It’s hard to explain why Warriors suddenly fall into crisis. Injuries seem to be the most ready-made reason. Durant, the most valuable player in the two-time finals, was injured at the critical moment of the playoffs. He hung the battle-free card high and could not return for a long time. The All-Star center kaoxins who was recruited this season was injured for a long time. After returning, he seemed embarrassed, it is difficult to integrate into the warrior’s combat system. The team’s marksman Thompson and the important substitute Luni were also troubled by injuries when they were employed, while the veteran igodala also fought with injuries and struggled to maintain.
Even so, the Warriors who didn’t have Durant and cosins still eliminated Houston Rockets and swept the Portland Trail Blazers in the West. At that time, there seemed to be a lot of cards that Warriors could play in their hands, and the depth of the bench also made up for the absence of “death” Durant. Compared with the Raptors who stumbled all the way in the east, Warriors also have plenty of time to recuperate. Before the opening of the Finals, Durant and Cushing’s recovery was also optimistic and could be supported by fire at any time. Coach Cole and general Curry often said that the champion of Warriors is in the background and has experienced countless storms. No matter how difficult it is, it can be overcome.
The Raptors encountered different degrees of difficulties in the first three rounds of the playoffs. The first round of Orlando Magic was 0:1 behind, and the semi-finals were 76 in Philadelphia. 1:2 behind, and the East round of Milwaukee Bucks was 0:2 backward, but the Raptors have been fighting monsters and upgrading all the way, and their fighting capacity has been continuously improved. When they finally reached the front of the Warriors, they have grown into a giant dragon.
Although the Warriors won the two away games in Toronto, in the second game of winning, the Raptors actually had a chance to turn over if it weren’t for the three points at the last minute of igodala. Back to the Oracle Arena in Auckland, Warriors expect to use the home court advantage to destroy the world and beat the Raptors into a worm, but the Raptors are completely unlike a Cainiao who first appeared in the finals. Facing the Devil atmosphere of the tsunami at home, the Raptors will be like earplugs, which will not be affected at all. They can hold up when they lead, and will not give up when they fall behind. They will attack Oracle Stadium twice within three days, the calm King’s tolerance has begun to show, which makes the fanatical fans of Warriors at home look cold. Warriors made too many mistakes at both ends of attack and defense. The shortage of major generals was certainly an objective reason, but panic and tension could also be seen. The reversal drama that had repeatedly appeared in the previous Western decision to fight the Blazers, it seems that it cannot be performed because of heart-qi deficiency.
Throughout the first four matches of the finals, Raptors are healthier and more prepared. I thought Leonard lacked help, but I didn’t expect everyone to be sharpshooters. Leonard was protected, but siacam appeared again. Siacam became dumb. Gasol and lorry stepped forward again. Danny Green’s three points also caused great harm to the Warriors, even if there are several people who are not in the state at the beginning, Van vlitt and Ibaka on the bench also make 20-point contributions frequently, which means to punch the old master to death in a bit of a mess. For Warriors, their problems on the defensive side are far greater than the problem of weak attack.
On the offensive side, the Warriors have few methods at present. They can only expect Durant to fall to heaven and turn the tide to fall. However, Durant’s return period is delayed, and whether he can play the fifth game is still unknown. Even if Durant played in the game, it was hard to say whether the Sickle of “death” could still be waved for a month.
When the finals were reached now, many people forgot that the Raptors had killed the Warriors in the regular season, and Durant scored 51 points and 30 points respectively in those two regular seasons, finally, the warrior lost the ball. During the whole season, the Raptors played a warrior 5:1, saying that the Raptors were warriors nemesis, which was a little bit too bad.
This year is the fifth consecutive time that Warriors have entered the finals. The 1:3 situation should be regarded as the most difficult situation faced by warriors in the five finals. In the championship finals in 2016, the Warriors led 3:1 at that time, but the Cleveland Cavaliers led by James pulled three games in a row, but this time the Warriors had to face 1:3 backward crisis.
The total score of 3:1 in the history of the American League basketball finals has appeared 34 times, most of which lead the team to solve the battle in five or six games, in addition, there were two leading teams winning through “grab seven”. Only one leading team was chased three times in a row and lost the championship, which was exactly the time when Warriors lost to Knights in 2016.
Warriors have also been chasing for three times. It was also in 2016 that the Warriors fell 1 to 3 behind in the Western games against Oklahoma City Thunder, and finally won three consecutive games in reverse. However, in those three games, the Warriors only needed to play one away game, but if the Raptors play the seventh game this time, the Warriors need to challenge their opponents twice away.
The Alliance has always been rumored that Durant may leave the Warriors this summer to seek greater development space. If the defending defeat, it will also accelerate this process. Can the Warriors dynasty continue to dominate the US league, it has also become unknown.
After defeating the Warriors in the fourth game, hundreds of Canadian fans gathered in a corner of the audience to celebrate for a long time, just like winning the championship, but the Raptors will always be cold and low-key, as Lowry said, four wins and three wins, but “so far, we are nothing”.