964: The first player in 5X5 data in the playoffs (3/5)
In the Federal Express Arena, every fan was cheering.
Everyone, men, women, young and old, released their passion completely.
Because until the fourth quarter of the game, the Grizzlies have firmly controlled the initiative.
The Grizzlies have not given the Warriors any chance until now. The Warriors neither played the league-first offense nor did they take out the defense they were proud of.
Since the first quarter, the Grizzlies have been stabilizing the situation until now. During this period, Curry and Thompson have tried to take over the game many times.
But the successive blacksmiths and unsuccessful goals made them unable to close the gap.
Both sides' scores are not high today, but the Grizzlies can always keep the lead.
The Grizzlies' excellent defense and the Warriors' poor shooting percentage are on the one hand, but on the other hand, the reason why the Warriors are unable to take the lead is because Link has shown a real MVP-level performance!
At this time, it was the Warriors' offensive round, and "Brazil Lightning" Leonder Barbosa was taking the ball forward.
In the previous round, Barbosa used his speed to hit the basket and made a layup, narrowing the gap to 11 points.
If this goal is scored again, he can help the Warriors narrow the gap to single digits before the main lineup comes back!
Barbosa is full of confidence in this. Although Whiteside, who is guarding the Grizzlies' inside, is tall, Barbosa believes that as long as it is fast enough, it can avoid the blockade of the giant beast!
The long-standing Brazilian waved his hand and called Spetz to come for cover.
As a center with shooting ability, Whiteside dared not let him go even if he took a step. When he was with the Grizzlies, Spetz's shooting ability was already very good.
Now that he joins the Warriors, which focuses on shooting, Spetz's shooting stability has been further improved.
In the third quarter that just ended, he had already made two and a half shots due to Whiteside's negligence. Therefore, Whiteside dared not give Spetz another chance to start the shot.
Whiteside was transferred from the penalty area, and for Barbosa, everything was much simpler!
He pretended to break through to the side without cover. After Delavidova moved the center of gravity, the Brazilian used an extremely fast forward change and whizzed past Spez!
Although he is no longer young, Barbosa's speed is still amazing.
Seeing that he was shaken away, Delavidova simply bypassed the cover from behind Spetz, intending to directly make up for defense to the basket to prevent Barbosa from making a layup.
I have to say that Delavidova is still somewhat brave but not resourceful. He is indeed active enough, but his thinking on the defensive end is not so delicate.
Seeing that Delavidova actually let him go for such a long distance, Barbosa did not hesitate and chose to stop and jump shot!
Barbosa has always been a defender with reliable shooting, and at his peak he averaged 44% of his three-point shooting percentage! It is no problem for him to make an emergency mid-stop shooting.
Delavidova knew he had made a big mistake, but it was too late to block it. Unless he was as fast as lightning, it would be impossible to pass Barbosa's shot faster.
Steve Cole off the court has already waved his fist in advance. As long as Barbosa can narrow the gap to single digits, the Warriors will not be able to turn defeat into victory after sending the main lineup!
Delavidova is indeed not as fast as lightning, but there are others in the Grizzlies who can.
Barbosa made a calm shot and his shooting felt very good. He had a premonition that this ball could enter the net firmly!
But as soon as the basketball flew into the air, the Brazilian saw a black shadow jumping from the side. In the air, he slapped the basketball he had just thrown out in a volleyball game!
"Bang!"
The basketball made a muffled sound in the air, and was ejected into the stands like a shell.
Then, the guy who had finished the seal landed steadily and squatted to the ground due to buffering.
The moment the man landed, Barbosa seemed to feel the wooden floor under her feet vibrate.
The Brazilian was completely shocked, he would never forget the number printed on the Grizzlies' jersey, that 0...
"Link, it's him again. He once again stopped the Warriors from trying to narrow the gap to single digits! Oh my God, he is really everywhere today. Barbosa has clearly shook away Delavidova completely, and he did get a shot opportunity. But who would have thought that Link could catch up at the first time! The fifth block was the fifth block that Link gave today, and at the same time, it also means..."
Speaking of this, Mike Bring paused and glanced at the information in his hand. After confirming that, he continued to yell at the microphone.
"This also means that Link became the first player in NBA history to contribute 5x5 data in the playoffs!"
After the yell, Mike Bryn swallowed his saliva himself. Link did not lie. He "satisfied" the Warriors fans in this game and showed off beautiful data.
Not just beautiful data, Link simply broke a data record in the playoffs at all! And it was a very difficult record to break!
5x5 data means that a player's five statistics, including score, rebound, assist, steal and block, each of which reaches 5 or more times.
At first glance, this seems nothing great.
Scoring, rebounding and assists exceed 5, which is not difficult to fans. Although it is difficult to score more than 5 steals and blocks in a single game, people who have done it are also a lot of people.
But if a player wants to meet five statistics at the same time, it will be very harsh.
In fact, since the league officially introduced detailed data statistics in the 1985-86 season, NBA has only seen players playing 5x5 data in a total of 15 times!
Don't get me wrong. This has happened 15 times in history, which does not mean that 15 players have done this.
Because the Rockets legendary center Hakeem Olajuwon accounted for 6 of them alone, in addition to him, there were other players who scored 5x5 data more than once.
In other words, there are only 8 players who can do this in history!
From the 85-86 season to the current 14-15 season, over the years, so many outstanding players, only 8 people can get 5x5 data.
Among these 8 people, there are not many great superstars such as Jordan, James, Kobe, Duncan, Iverson, O'Neal, Barkley, etc.
From this we can see that if you want to score 5x5 data in a game, the difficulty coefficient is very high.
All the stars who scored 5x5 data before achieved this achievement in the regular season.
In the history of the playoffs, no one has ever been able to do such a thing. Even Olajuwon, who has scored 5x5 data six times, has never shown such an exaggerated performance in the playoffs.
Wade scored 36 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 steals and 3 blocks in the 2006 Finals.
Howard also scored 17 points, 17 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 steals and 4 blocks in the second game of the finals against the Lakers that year.
But whether it is Wade or Howard, they are at most just close to this record.
But today, Link filled all his five statistics to 5, becoming the first player in the playoffs to score 5x5 data in a single game!
It was precisely because this incident was incredible that Mike Bryn paused just now and dared to yell after confirming it was correct.
Even he couldn't believe that Link actually broke this record! In the playoffs, and in the fierce Western Conference Finals, he scored 5x5 data...
Link really satisfies everyone's appetite.
Steve Cole saw Barbosa's shot being shot, and his fist that he was about to wave fell down again.
Link blocked Barbosa's almost certain shot, preventing the Warriors from narrowing the gap to single digits, and also breaking the playoff record...
It's really killing people.
Cole waved his hand in the loss and signaled the main player to take advantage of this dead ball opportunity to appear.
But at this time, he no longer had any expectations for a reversal victory.
Seeing Green and Bogut appear, Link pointed at them at the big screen on the scene.
The two looked up and saw only a string of numbers.
28 points, 8 rebounds, 9 assists, 5 steals and 5 fresh blocks... This string of numbers made the Warriors feel desperate.
Looking at Green and Bogut's frustrated expressions, Link walked up with his waist and laughed at them.
"I have warned me so, don't be so confident."
Bogut and Green did not respond this time, and they both knew that they were unable to turn the situation around today.
Chapter completed!