Warriors Rockets, Game 7: The fate of Adams and Van Vreett

Rockets defeated the Warriors and dragged out the seventh game.

Curry and Jimmy worked hard, but today, in addition to Shinkyung Amen Ethan Jabary, who were still in the past, there were Van Vreet and Adams who played their career masterpieces.

The Warriors were passive in the whole game. The only advantage is that Moody's lead by 2 points after a long shot in the first quarter.

At that time, the Warriors changed their starts at the beginning and failed; the dream-chasing attacked the ball holder, and Shin Kyung took the opportunity to make 4 of 5 shots, with two dunks in the quarter. The Warriors changed their formation and let down Hilde. Boger seemed to be in possession of Fisher to attack an offensive foul, and the Warriors took the lead.

But Van Vreet immediately assisted and scored 5 points in a row, allowing the Warriors' lead to disappear.

In fact, Van Vreet has been doing this today: the momentum of the Warriors.

Curry tied the score with a magnificent 11-0 in the second quarter, and Van Vritte fed Amen to dunk.

Jimmy scored a magical buzzer-beating score and penalty in the first half, and the momentum was very strong. Jimmy scored 8 points in 4 minutes in the first quarter and was about to reverse, VanVleet returned 8 points and assisted to stabilize the score difference.

Curry had to hit the buzzer in the third quarter and scored three free throws to catch up with the score, but Van Vreet opened the fourth quarter with a four-pointer. The game actually ended, and he was a three-pointer, and the Rockets led by 12 points.

But the key to the Warriors' passiveness in the whole game is not just Van Vreet.

In the first five games of this series, the Rockets scored 133 against 91 free throws and 230 against 197 rebounds. It's very clear: the tower group has the advantages of the inside.

In this series, Shin Kyung's on-off is a terrifying 30, but it is only ranked second in the Rockets: the highest on-off is Adams's 31. In the 98 minutes of this series, he has a total of +40.

Today Uduka gave Adams a playoff-high 31 minutes in five years, +15.

His existence was unshakable, forcing Cole to attack him with a shark-cutting tactic. In the third quarter, Dillon fouled four early, Uduka followed the situation and directly put Adams on the court - I suspect Uduka was waiting for Dillon to commit a foul, so he just made a legitimate move to set up the tower group.

Adams' details penetrate into all aspects of the Rockets.

Curry scored a brilliant 11 points in the second quarter: a strong three-pointer and an empty shot must reach Dillon's 2+1, and the Rockets' timeout - this is a typical Dr. J effect: When Dr. J dunks, the team's momentum and home atmosphere will burst out, and the opponent must pause to avoid his edge. Of course, in the future, we will say that "Curry scored three-pointers in a row to stop the opponent", which is the Curry effect - then the shot is shot without shoes and the foul, and the chase is three-pointer.

But the beauty of those rounds is all about defense and offense and long distance.

Even today's Jimmy's fairy ball, including the buzzer-beating airdrop at halftime, such as the 18-foot long throw in the third quarter, is mostly long distances.

Attack the basket? Moody tried it in the first quarter: breaking through Adams and was stopped.

The Warriors' final pursuit in the fourth quarter was ended by Adams. Jimmy chased points from free throws, and he had to avoid the small throws from Zhui Meng, "You always make a shot in this one." Jimmy had to avoid the basket when he made a layup by himself, but was blocked by Adams. Conversely, the Warriors had to show Curry to guard Jabary, Jimmy/Chasing Dreams to guard Shinkyung/Adams.

The three cores, looking up at the three towers.

Curry no longer could do whatever he wanted in the second half today. The Rockets locked the line and even allowed the Warriors to copy the backdoor: Curry and Jimmy both had the chance to cut in the bottom line, but it was difficult for the two of them to attack head-on in the second half. Zhu Meng tried to find an opportunity to cut the back door more than once, but he couldn't penetrate it.

In the second half of the fourth quarter, Zhu Meng Zhu Zuo Zhuan was robbed back by Curry. Hilder missed even a three-pointer in the corner of the big open position, adding another brick to his poor performance in this game. But the strangest thing about that round was: In order to restrict Curry from going online to catch the ball, the Rockets allowed him to go to the back door to the basket, "Even if he catches the ball, we'll just pile up people, and we won't let him get the ball at the three-point line!"

As for the damage caused by Curry's back door at the basket? The Rockets believe in Adams.

So even with Curry's 11-0 in the second quarter and Jimmy's 4 minutes and 8 minutes in the third quarter, the Rockets still maintained a stable lower limit.

Adams's existence shattered all the rhythm of the Warriors, forcing Cole to cut and kill tactics. However, the Warriors could not even keep the backcourt rebounds - Adams lost the free throw and was repeatedly made up by Shin Kyung. After Shin Kyoung scored the second goal in the fourth quarter, the Warriors assistant coach, Coach Stotts lowered his head and sighed: In 2014, he sent the Rockets away at the Trail Blazers, but at the end of today, he also knew that he could not win.

Today's New Zealander Adams, yesterday's Croatian Zubac (he was born in Bosnia and Herzegovina), and the Frenchman Gobert who eliminated the Lakers the day before yesterday, the glory of the giant.

Battle of Space. When everyone has a shooter to open up the space, it depends on the growth:

Yesterday, the Clippers used Old Batum to make up for their size to restrain the Nuggets, and the day before yesterday, the Timberwolves used Gobert to break the Lakers' small ball formation to expand their defense; Cavaliers' double towers, Thunder's double towers, and Celtics' double towers. The might of Jabbarry Smith and Adams in the series is a proof of the long space and the presence of the inside.

Curry and Jimmy worked hard, and they scored 56 points with 40 shots, but the rest of the Warriors were unable to overcome the Rockets' tower group defense.

Van Vreet lost his father at the age of five. He resolutely expressed when playing in high school: No matter who his teammates are, as long as they work hard and win impossible games, the coach will see it; all playing with weak teammates can even be an advantage.

As we all know, his fame was against the Warriors in 2019, and he was unyielding in the finals to chase Curry and win the championship.

Facing the Warriors today, the best game in their career, preventing the Warriors from advancing.

Adams entered the Thunder and played in the playoffs for the first time in 2016. He beat the Mavericks and the Spurs 67 times in a row, and once led 73 against the Warriors 3-1 - and was eliminated.

Since then, he has lost four first rounds in a row. The warrior is like his curse. In 2022, he finally passed the first round with the Grizzlies and lost again in the second round. Eliminate his opponent? warrior.

Today Adams played the best game since leaving the Thunder, forcing the seventh game: the opponent is still the Warriors.