Chapter 887 Tang Tian’s Pippen (Second Update!)

"God, this is the best game of the year!"

In the commentary box, Kenny Smith, who had always made a deal, couldn't help but exclaimed.

The two teams fought with real swords and guns on the field, it was so exciting to watch!

"Yes, there will be more and more games like this, and the NBA will get better and better."

O'Neill also sighed with emotion.

As the strongest center at the beginning of the century, the confrontation on the court now gave him the original desire to watch the ball, instead of imitating Barkley's pretentious expressions like before.

About 10 minutes into the first quarter, both sides began to rotate.

At this time, the score on the court was 26 to 16, and the Pelicans had a 10-point lead.

Both teams played absolutely high-quality offense and defense, but under high-intensity confrontation, the Warriors' offensive efficiency was obviously low.

This is also reasonable. The Splash Brothers and the Warriors themselves are products of the small ball era.

The penalty scale has changed. After the confrontation, the game relies more on the star's personal offensive ability, and the Warriors are slightly inferior.

And after the tide receded, Tang Tian's personal scoring ability was fully demonstrated.

In this quarter, he scored 12 points under high-intensity double-team defense, the highest in the game.

The Warriors fell behind by 10 points before the end of the quarter, and the situation was not good for them.

The only good news is that Durant also scored 8 points in a single quarter. He did not shrink back like he did in the Olympics, but carried the team on his shoulders.

The game entered a rotation, and both teams rotated with eight players.

For the Pelicans, Holiday and Davis stayed on the court and replaced Brogdon, Bojan and David West.

For the Warriors, Curry and Green stayed on the court and replaced Livingston, Iguodala and Marlis Speights.

After Durant came off the court, Curry became the main point of attack. He moved without the ball to receive a pass from Livingston. He waited a moment before Brogdon took the shot, causing the latter to commit a three-point foul.

Curry's three-pointer was off target under strong competition, but he was very smart and used his experience to cause damage, and also taught Broger a lesson.

You are a mature rookie, but in the end you are still a rookie, and there will always be a process of accumulating experience.

Curry made three solid free throws, and the Warriors narrowed the point difference to 7 points.

Looking back, Davis held the ball in the low post and hit from behind.

Bojan made a pick-and-roll without the ball on the weak side. West and Speights collided and they turned upside down. He ran hard and got the chance.

Davis passed the ball in a timely manner, but unfortunately his shot went astray and hit the basket and bounced high. The rebound was protected by Green.

Under high-intensity confrontation, not only the defense encountered at the moment of shooting, but also the previous confrontation will affect the final shooting result.

This is why in the small ball era everyone was a marksman with a high shooting percentage, but at the beginning of the century even the top three-point shooters only had a shooting percentage of just over 40%.

For catch-and-scorers like Bojan and Thompson, they need to work hard to adapt.

Green took the rebound and then took two steps forward. He threw it to Curry from the backcourt. Curry squeezed Holiday's defense for a layup, and reversed the layup with a lever in the air.

The ball was very difficult, but Curry's ability was demonstrated, and the difficult reverse layup was still an improvement!

Curry personally launched a 5-0 offensive, narrowing the point difference to 5 points.

Stevens walked to the sidelines and looked up at the time. The quarter was over in just over a minute, so calling a timeout was meaningless.

He shouted onto the field and made new tactical gestures.

After Holiday came to the frontcourt and signaled to open up, he directly gave the ball to Davis for a low single.

Basketball at the beginning of this century, the stage for superstars, depends on whether Davis has grown up in the past four years.

Green's center of gravity is very low behind his back, which is also one of his defensive characteristics, and he is stable at the bottom.

Davis didn't go hard. After turning around continuously, he chose to hit the board.

The ball didn't get away from Green. Green's hand interfered, and the basketball hit the frame!

But before Green could get the defensive rebound, Davis was one step ahead of him and put the ball into the basket with one hand!

Height, wingspan, and overwhelming talent!

Davis, when he took the first shot, he planned to tip it in!

With two crucial points, the Pelicans broke their scoring drought!

Curry ran continuously without the ball in the frontcourt. Although he staggered against his lower body, he still used his excellent mobility to get the opportunity to go straight to the basket.

Green hit the ball through the defense with a beautiful ball, and Curry caught the ball and threw it from close range.

But the moment he took the shot, Davis jumped up and slapped Curry's shot directly onto the backboard!

Nailboard hat!

Davis also got a defensive rebound!

There was a burst of cheers at the scene.

Davis's performance on offense and defense was quite impressive!

Although his strength is not as strong as Tang Tian's, he is not bad!

In the last attack of the first quarter, Holiday reduced the time to about 10 seconds.

He was about to call Davis for a pick-and-roll to launch an attack. When he looked up and saw that it was Speights defending, he lobbed the ball directly to Davis.

Davis caught the ball and saw that Green was about to double-team him. He forced Green back with a fake pass, and then used force to directly knock Speights away and go to the basket.

Speights was very tough and pulled Davis down directly.

This foul was very thorough, and the bottom line referee blew the whistle quickly.

But Davis still completed the shot with a fold in the air after the whistle.

A high-impact shot, the ball bounced off the backboard and into the net!

2+1!

His second 2+1 of this quarter!

There are only 2 seconds left before the end of this quarter!

The cheers at the scene erupted again.

At this time, Tang Tian also stood up from the bench and waved his fist in the direction of Davis.

The cute little boy three years ago, the boy who cried because he was eliminated by the Grizzlies two years ago, and the person who was full of unwillingness because he was eliminated by the Warriors a year ago.

Davis has been through this journey and finally grown up to be able to stand on his own!

His Pippen is finally growing up!

Davis adjusted his breathing and added free throws to make steady hits. He personally launched a 5-0 offensive, once again helping the Pelicans widen the point difference to 10 points!

Curry's last long three-pointer was destroyed by Holiday.

At the end of the first quarter, the Pelicans continued to lead the Warriors by 10 points, 31-21.

When Davis came off the court, Tang Tian went over to bump fists with him, hugged him, and then reached out to touch his hair.

"Your mohawk looks cool."

After touching it, Tang Tian smiled and said.

Duncan also said this to him at the beginning, but he didn't say the words after Duncan, which was a bit useless.

Davis smiled and nodded, not knowing why it felt so good to be touched on the head this time.

In the second quarter, the two sides took a closer turn. Holiday was replaced by Stephenson on the Pelicans side, and Curry was also replaced by McCaw on the Warriors side.

But in addition to McCaw, there is another substitution on the Warriors side.

Cole replaced Pachulia, who had just rested for two minutes, on the court again.