Not for Kevin Durant, but in his years with the Warriors, the so-called "Hampton Five", while tough, was not original.
After all, at that time, he and Curry and Klay were too anti-heavenly, the three people with the most excellent shooting ability in the NBA got together, you said that they were "Tsunami Brothers" or "Trident of Death", whether they played five or not, it didn't really make much difference.
Their talent and strength have crushed all teams, and they can even ignore some flaws in the lineup, relying purely on Duku's unsolvable firepower and Durant's hard solution talent to get through the difficulties.
Especially in the 2018-19 season, Durant has increasingly become the team's offensive reliance, and finally accumulated and fell on the finals stage.
The warriors of that year actually changed their taste.
The real death of the five small, but also depends on the 2015-16 two years of "no du" warriors.
How they centered on the one-of-a-kind Curry, Klay as a wingman, with a tactical philosophy that was ahead of the league. He eventually defeated LeBron in cavaliers ii and made an unprecedented 73 wins the following year.
They have shortcomings in barnes, but they maximize the power of the "death five small".
I. 2015-16 edition - forced helpless? It's even more fateful!
In the 2014 offseason, Golden State Warriors management made a surprising move, hiring Steve Kerr, who had never had coaching experience for five years and $25 million, to succeed former coach Mark Jackson.
Since retiring from the Spurs in 2003, Kerr has worked as a TNT commentator and sun general manager as a famous god pitcher in history, but has never shown his talent in coaching.
The only reason that makes sense is probably that as a god pitcher, Cole may be able to free Stephen Curry to the maximum extent and take his career a step further.
Before Cole arrived, Curry was already an All-Star starter. In the 2013-14 season, he scored 24.0 points, 8.5 assists and 4.3 rebounds, was selected as an All-Star and was also the second team of the league, and won the "perverted quasi" ya number with the league's first three-pointer.
But in the playoffs, they faced the old Paul and the Clippers, and were eliminated in the first round.
In those days, Paul's style was the orthodoxy of point guards, and Curry, who loved to shoot three points, was still out of the ordinary.
But Cole also really tailored a system for Curry.
The first step was to put the original substitute inner line chaser Dream Green to the start, replacing the All-Star front, "two double machine" David Lee.
Curry has an ultra-long range? Then give you a high barrier wall.
Curry is easy to get caught? Then find you a second setter who can share the pressure of the organization.
Curry defense is easy to target? Then I also have to consider having a golden oil that can help you defend and make up for the position.
If these three functions can be combined in one, it is undoubtedly the best choice.
So The dream chaser, who is less than two meters tall but has good defense, passing and blocking, has become Curry's best personal bodyguard.
Coupled with another sharpshooter, Klay Thompson, who is extremely turbulent and feels equally explosive, the iron triangle of the first generation of warriors has taken shape.
The second step is to persuade the team to play the sixth man, Iguodala, who was signed with a high salary just a year ago.
The 32-year-old Iguodala, known as the "Little AI", has partnered with Iverson, played All-Star, worked as a 76er Nugget boss, and has never played a substitute in the first decade of his career.
But Kerr hopes to turn 31 and become a leader on the bench, giving the team the backbone and competitiveness at any stage of the game.
Then there was the Warriors' take-off, 67 wins and 15 losses, the best record in team history.
That year in the regular season they were second in offense (after Paul's Clippers) and first in defense. Not only did the team win the first place in the regular season, Curry also got the first MVP.
In the Western Conference playoffs, neither the Pelicans, the Grizzlies nor the Rockets could stop their progress and reach the Finals.
The opponent is LeBron James, james who just turned 30.
Even in the first three games, even if Irving was injured and Love was absent, they still fell behind 1-2 and let LeBron alone bomb 124 points.
Seeing that he was about to reach the edge of the cliff, maybe Cole suddenly had a flash of inspiration between G3 and G4, maybe it was suddenly pointed out by someone, maybe he remembered the bits and pieces of the bulls following Jordan to win three consecutive championships in the player era.
The bulls of the last three crowns, really in the occasion of the victory and defeat, often put out Jordan Pippen Rodman Kukoc Cole (Harper).
The inside fight relied on 2.01 meters rodman, and the tallest Kukoc (2.11 meters) actually did the work of a striker.
Such as the immortals caressing the top, such as shou ren ge bamboo, such as the great enlightenment.
In the fourth game, Iguodala replaced Bogut and Green played the starting center.
The "Death Five" that has influenced the history of the NBA has emerged.
Then there is the destruction of the decay, three consecutive wrenches.
They are not only speeding up, the defensive end formation is extremely contractive, and they can also make up for the outside line while encircling James.
Splash, Igo, Barnes, and Green can all fire on the outside, making the already overstretched knight even more confused.
Iguodala's appearance allowed opposing T.T. and Mozgov to get lost between crouching under the basket and expanding the outside line.
Even though LeBron's 35.8 points, 13.3 boards and 8.8 assists are close to god, the Cavaliers still fell under this unheard of sharp play.
In the 2015-16 season, the champions of the Warriors believed more in their "five small" system, starting with 24 consecutive wins, losing only 4 games before the All-Star Game, and 73 wins and 9 losses in the season.
Stephen Curry scored 403 three-pointers and was unanimously elected MVP.
At that time, the NBA was not so much overwhelmed by the Warriors and Curry's three-point attack, but rather far behind the Warriors in terms of tactical concept.
Second, the 2021-22 version - is it a helpless move, or is it blue out of blue?
Compared with six years ago, it is really difficult to say whether today's Warriors are still suitable for the "five small".
In the 2020 draft, they skipped three goals, Topping, Avdia, which are more in line with their own system, and chose Wiseman, who is still a piece of jade, which already shows that they want to change their way of life.
After all, the core of the existence of the "Death Five" was Stephen Curry, who was 32 years old at the time.
But Curry proved last season that his ability and form are still at the top of the league, and as long as he is matched with the right lineup, he still has a chance to attack the championship.
So this season, with Klay's comeback, Poole's maturity, Iago's return, and management in the player market to find a number of new signings that adapt to the team's concept of play, the Warriors took off again.
After a season of polishing, Cole also officially pulled out a new version of the "Death Five" in the playoffs.
The Iron Triangle remained unchanged, Barnes was replaced by the more talented Wiggins, and Iguodala's position was replaced by the fast-moving Poole.
The lineup's first-round series played a total of 38.5 minutes on the field, and the offensive efficiency reached a terrifying 141.2, surpassing the firepower of any of the previous five small series.
On the offensive end, the function of Wiggins + Poole is different from that of Iguodala + Barnes.
Poole has a similar transfer ball to Iago and is the team's second possession point today, on par with Clay.
Iago's all-pervasive cut-in that year was responsible for Wiggins. At the same time, "Goji Mamba" also assumed the final role of Barnes' bottom corner three-point and offensive and defensive conversion.
Compared with the previous generation of five young, these two new members are younger and more capable of projection.
But the problem that comes with it is that the Warriors' defensive ability is not the same as it was six years ago.
Not only is it because the Iron Triangle is six years older, but Wiggins and Poole are much worse defensively and experienced than Barnes and Iguodala.
Therefore, their five-man group also lost 119.4 points per 100 rounds, which is typical of the confrontation with the opponent.
It is completely different from the "Death Five" that can rule the alliance at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends.
This is the biggest flaw in the Warriors today.
It is also why the Nuggets, who injured half of the team this year, are still scared,
Why, at the end of the fifth game, Cole resolutely put Peyton Jr. on the field.
Today's five small is much easier to deal with than it was then.
Three, flaws - six years ago the Cavaliers, Thunder can catch, now the Grizzlies, solar energy can do it?
In 2016, the Warriors' success was not so much that the physical strength of the seven consecutive rounds was exhausted, but rather that the ills in the system were thoroughly explored by the opponent, and they fell on the finish line under the repeated impact of the two super-giant combinations of Westbrook + Addu, Irving + LeBron.
In the 2015-16 regular season, the Warriors completed sweeps against the Thunder (3-0) and cavaliers (2-0).
But in the first game of the Western Conference Finals, the home stadium was overturned by the Thunder.
Adu scored just 26 points on 10-of-30 shooting, but the raw Wei Shao had 27 points, 6 boards and 12 assists, and a terrifying 7 steals.
Although the Warriors pulled back one game 118-91 in the second game, they lost 52 points (105-133, 94-118) in two games to Oklahoma.
The 1-3, 73-win Warriors were thrown off a cliff by the Thunder, and the whole league waited to see their jokes.
In fact, Thunder head coach Billy Donovan's idea is very simple, hand-to-hand combat, pinch, short rotation. Using an almost unlimited physical confrontation greatly reduces the warrior's passing and projection.
That Thunder not only had the aggressive Wei Shao and the calm as ice Adu, but also the league's most prominent single defense ability at that time, Robertson, and the inside line was Adams and Ibaka, two big men with both physical strength and speed.
Coupled with the unsparing Wits, the Thunder is using an exaggerated six-man rotation to fight the Warriors.
Without Clay's 11 three-pointers in the sixth game, the Thunder might have chopped the Warriors in a single blow.
If it weren't for the Thunder in the seventh game, and young master Wei shot a 21-of-7, maybe the Warriors would have overturned the ship at home in advance.
But when they crossed the Thunder, they faced the LeBron and Cleveland Cavaliers who killed the Raptors early and rested four days more than them.
The story of the 2016 Finals goes without saying, full of too much controversy, bickering and controversy.
LeBron's hurdles, Bogut's injury, Green's impulsiveness, Curry's soft hands and a series of stories that have been debated to this day.
But one thing is for sure, they played too badly in the last two games.
But the reason behind it is that Tyrone Lue also began to fight bayonets with the Warriors.
Trailing 1:3 in the fifth game, he played a seven-man rotation, and the 2m 06 T.T played 42 minutes, and Mozkov was almost scrapped. The Warriors, who forced Bogut to be injured and without Green, fought with him with the "Death Five".
Game Six was more brutal in Cleveland, with Love playing just 12 minutes. James almost played the whole game with Irving, J.R. Smith, Shumpert and T.T., using the "Cleveland Five" to force the Warriors to fight with them.
At that time, the Warriors had played thirteen consecutive ultra-high-intensity playoff games.
The essence of the five small is space, in order to get more favorable offensive opportunities, you must pay more running than the opponent,
The weakness of the five small ones lies in strength and height, and the folding of the inner gate Bogut means that they need to spend more energy on hand-to-hand combat with their opponents' card slots.
The seventh game in history. The Cavaliers are James, Irving and the other 4 teammates, with a crazy rhythm so that the Warriors have to use the "death five small" to fight for 35 minutes, the rest of the players only Livingston and Azeli played double digits.
If it was the Warriors who were online at the time, they would not have given the Cavaliers a chance to drag to LeBron's amazing hat and Irving's "three points of the century".
The five small flaws in death are that they are not suitable for long-term dealing with opponents as basic tactics. Instead, as a "means of customs clearance", it gives the opponent a fatal blow and a wave of taking away at a critical moment.
If it is used as a regular system for the playoffs, it consumes the physical strength and health of the core players, giving opponents the opportunity to take advantage.
The five small at the peak are still like this, and today's five small ones have shortcomings to be found.
Taking yesterday's fifth game against the Nuggets as an example, although the Warriors finally won 102-98, the Nuggets' only core Jokic played the inside line, taking 52 points in the Warriors' box, plus 20 points from the free throw, which was equivalent to bombing 72 points under the basket.
If their 6-of-29 three-pointer is a little more accurate, if one of Murray and Porter can play, the game is really hard to say.
Whether the Warriors meet the Grizzlies or Timberwolves in the next round, it will be a huge test of their existing tactical system.
Both teams are young and talented, keen on confrontation and full-court assault. Grizzlies, in particular, are even more dangerous opponents than the sun.
Morant's performance this season need not be said, in addition to the world's first waist basket finish, lightning speed and stable three-pointers, he is a more reliable organizer than Westbrook and Rose.
More importantly, the youngest Grizzlies in the playoffs has far more physical strength than the combination of old, middle-aged and young, but the core trio is already 32 years old. Their endless consumption, even if they can't defeat the Warriors head-on, will make Curry and Clay expend too much physical strength in the confrontation, leaving hidden dangers for the subsequent games.
After eliminating the Nuggets, the Warriors did not show too much joy, and perhaps they themselves knew that the test would only be more severe.
"Death Five" is a beautiful inheritance of past glory, but it is not equivalent to the championship