With one more ball win, the Lakers and Warriors can meet in the Western Conference semifinals!
The G5 Lakers went to Memphis, where their big score was 3-1 Grizzlies. In the G5 game, some fans think that the Lakers will win, and some fans think that the Lakers may have to give up. There seems to be only one reason for giving up: to go back to the home stadium and sell tickets! Of course, having said that, the Lakers have not yet reached that terrifying strength, and teams like the Grizzlies definitely dare not release water like this, and if they have the strength to release water, they will not play the play-offs. G5 kicked in, and James played the worst playoff game of the season, with the Grizzlies beating the Lakers to make the Lakers 3-2 Grizzlies.
The Lakers of G5 can afford to lose, lead, and naturally have confidence. But what about the G5 warriors? Can't afford to lose, the battle of Tianwang Mountain, losing the warrior can only hope for the backwater battle of G6, the warrior has no way back, G5 can only fight. Then the Warriors had a team of 5 men of 20+, and they gnawed a victory in the Golden One Arena, and in the words inherent in the NBA playoffs: a playoff away win is the real beginning of a series.
With a 3-2 lead, who has the advantage between the Warriors and the Lakers?
The Warriors are sixth in the West and the Lakers are seventh in the West, and now the G6 of both teams will return to their home court, if they can advance with a bang, this is the best result, if they lose, then G7 will be a nightmare game.
The Warriors' G6 is different from the Lakers, and the Warriors have a psychological advantage. The G1 and G2 Warriors both lost to the Kings, and they were 2-0 down, but what about the Warriors? Let two chase three, and connect three cities. Three wins in three games, the first big score crushed, the second lady luck kicked Barnes, the third game was hard to fight, and the Warriors were G6 with consecutive wins. And the Kings have not won at the home of the Warriors so far, in terms of momentum, the Warriors are obviously more adequate than the Kings, and the Warriors know in their hearts that this round of the series is not a seven-game for them, and losing G6 means the end of the series, because both teams are too difficult to conquer at their respective home courts, and the G7 that can't win the G6 Warriors is the most difficult to play.
What about the Lakers? To be honest, it's a bit confusing. In the opening two away games, the Lakers won one and lost one. Their two home courts are also all guarded, especially G4, James fought hard for a desperate layup in the fourth quarter of regular time, and won the game, from what originally looked like a 2-2 tie, the Lakers were forced to drag it to 3-1. The defeat of the G5 Lakers can actually be expected that it is not that Sister Yuzu understands the Lakers, but that Sister Yuzu understands Lao Zhan. James of G5 has played too many series like this in his career, his favorite way is not to win the opponent directly in waves, his favorite way is to close the fight, like to end the series at home, so many years have formed this style.
But can the Lakers support it this time? The Grizzlies are a new force, Morant is like playing hormones every game, the field is a deadly style of play, and the biggest feature of the Grizzlies team is full of resilience, if you can't beat him with one hit, this team can get up and you infinitely. Unlike the Warriors, the Lakers' home court does not have so many buffs, and this G6 Lakers are not easy to play.
The four teams clashed, and both teams had played their hole cards.
The Lakers and the Grizzlies fight, the lead is the Lakers, but the passive is also the Lakers, because the Lakers have played everything they can. To win the Grizzlies' game, the Lakers relied almost entirely on three equal conditions: stability in James, defensive foothold, and key three-point shooting. After the Lakers made a big regular season trade, the whole style of play changed, from the least defensive team in the league to the most active team in defense, defense is the foundation of the Lakers in the playoffs, and it is also a key factor in this round of playoffs against the Grizzlies. And James and thick eyebrows are still basic plates, but this basically seems a little unstable in this round of the series, thick eyebrows up and down the play makes people a little uneasy, James is good at everything, but only lost the feeling of shooting, but fortunately the Lakers have Reeves, Hachimura Base, these players from time to time stable output. But if the Lakers want to gather these factors to play a good game, I'm afraid it's not that easy.
And fight with the Grizzlies, the Grizzlies are a team with vigor, in the face of this team you are not afraid of being able to blast out a wave of games, but afraid that this team will keep falling into an octagonal hand-to-hand combat with the Lakers, the Grizzlies are like a wild wolf in the prime of life, and the Lakers are like a lion in their twilight years, if the Lakers can't take it with one hit, then it is likely that the Lakers will eventually be dragged to death by this fight.
The Warriors and Kings are not quite the same, the two teams are extremely similar in style, and this set of matchups is the fastest offensive set of matchups played so far in the playoffs. Although Kerr is not Brown's teacher, both of them are coaches from the Spurs department, and they have a seven-seven-eight-eight heart for substitutions and tactical adjustments. What is a Warrior? is a clear card to play, Curry for the supercore, the team's tactics are around the outside, Kerr has nothing to rely on, that is, through the outside of the strong point radiation of the team, the Warriors' system is known and clear to the whole league, whether you can play the Warriors can only depend on whether you can prevent yourself.
And the king? The hole cards seem to have been played, and there are three strong points in the series: Monk, Sabonis, and Fox. After five playoff games, the Kings seem to have to achieve three elements to win the Warriors: One Fox is unstoppable; Two Monk and Sabonis Jr. played steadily; Three: Get three points. After Fox exploded two games, the Warriors seemed to be slowly restricting Fox, and Fox's performance was less explosive, and G5 scored 24 points on 25 shooting. And Sabonis this point is disappointing, in the face of the Warriors such defense and strategy, the series average of 20+10 per game can not talk about the passing line, he can not play 35+ per game data, the King's inside line is a disadvantage, because Rooney has to grab 14.4 rebounds a ball.
And whether Munch can play or not no one can say, this is a "nerve knife." "As for whether you can open three points? In fact, the answer can already be seen from Hult's body, he does not open the king's three points is equal to not open, when he opens the king when will he have three points, but the problem is that Hult's three points can not be opened.
So after G5, the Lakers are facing an unknown life and death battle, they don't know what the next Grizzlies will be, nor what they can play, everything can only be left to the scene. And the warrior is a life and death battle that knows the roots, the warrior has broken the king's three moves in a row, and now it is the king's turn to break the warrior's move. So under 3-2, the Warriors' position stood in front of the Lakers!