In Game 2 of the series, the Warriors' move was to put Jagin in the starting XI and Rooney on the bench. Of course, the Warriors said before the game that Rooney went to the bench because he was sick, and whether Rooney was sick or not, Kerr made Jaglin's meaning obvious.
Jagin played only seven minutes in the second quarter in the last game, and did not play the remaining three quarters, scoring six points on 2-of-4 three-point shooting. He didn't play in the second half because his role on the defensive end was so limited. But his spatial attributes make it impossible for Thick Eyebrows to completely ignore him, as long as Thick Eyebrows stand out of the box to defend, the Warriors' strategy is achieved.
When the score was 14-12, Kerr replaced Jagin and then replaced him with a dream-chasing five, without Wiggins' tiny lineup. Then the small lineup played a few rounds and brought Rooney up again.
Kerr changed formations and became casual, and the Lakers played casually today, and neither team seemed to have the urgency of the first game. When the Warriors replaced the small lineup of Rooney + four guards, the Lakers played quite easily.
The Lakers shot 5-of-8 from three-point range in the first quarter, with James two, Van der Biao one and Hachimura two. Found what didn't? All five three-pointers come from the line, and these small guards of the Warriors simply can't effectively interfere with the Lakers' forward shooting. James scored six goals in the first quarter with 14 points, with only one coming from under the basket.
The Lakers led by seven points in the first quarter, and then the Warriors began a quick run of 8-0 in the second quarter. During this period, the Warriors' lineup was Wayne Rooney, Wiggins and Splash Divin, the size was comparable to the Lakers, and the defensive end was not so bad.
The Lakers shot 8-of-17 three-pointers in the first half, but the Lakers trailed by 11 points. Shooting too many threes is not a good thing for the Lakers, whose advantage lies in the inside, and the Lakers in the first half obviously did not play to their advantage.
With 1:03 in the second quarter, the Lakers took the first free throw of the game. When the Lakers and Warriors start to rush for three points, those two Lakers may not be the Warriors' opponents, and the game will definitely fall into the rhythm of the Warriors.
In the second half, the Warriors kept pushing and switching, and the Lakers' defensive intensity never reached the level of the first game. The Warriors quickly widened the gap to more than 20 points, and that was it.
As it turned out, Jagreen's start was just a smoke bomb, and Kerr's real intention was to keep Klay, Dream and Wiggins on the court longer to match the size of the Lakers. Today Cole cut Poole's time directly, stretched Wiggins and Chase Dream's time, and only played a few rounds of back four.
Coupled with the fact that the thick eyebrows are completely out of state today, and they have been loose since the beginning, the Lakers' retreat has not been able to lift the momentum throughout the game, and it is not surprising that the Warriors won the Lakers at home.
The Lakers rarely take the initiative to kill the basket in positional battles today, and the most active of the whole team to rush to the frame may be Hachimura? This is obviously not the right way for the Lakers to open, in short, the overall pace of the Lakers' game today is very weird. You can say that they relaxed after winning a game, or you can say that they have a physical problem with thick eyebrows.
How low is the probability of a series winning two cities in a row? According to statistics, the last 15 rounds of the series in which teams with home advantage were 0-1 down at home, and the second game was won by the home team, and today is the 16th round.
In the series with the Grizzlies, the Lakers also fought in the first game, and the second game was very wrong. But the Warriors are no better than the Grizzlies, and if you give the Warriors a chance, they will seize it firmly and then magnify infinitely.
To be honest, today's Lakers Warriors' semifinals were far less intense than last night's CBA Zhejiang and Shenzhen semifinals. Toward the end of the third quarter, the Lakers trailed by 26 points, and Hamm smiled kindly at James, and it's hard to explain what he was laughing at.
The third game, which returns to the Lakers' home court two days later, may be the game that really determines the trend of the semifinals. The Lakers forced a little change of Kerr today, two away wins, and the Lakers can go home satisfied.