Foreword
Back in the summer of 2018, when the Warriors had just swept the Cavaliers led by James, completed the achievement of three crowns in four years, and created a Warriors dynasty, at this time, the arrival of a transfer period news made fans blow up, Cousins chose to join the Warriors with a contract of 5.3 million for 1 year, and the Warriors formed the Big Five, and everyone talked about whether the Warriors want to win the championship to the 20s? However, it didn't take long for the Athletics to break the news that the Spurs had reached an agreement with the Raptors, and Xiaoka was about to go to the Toronto Raptors.
In the 2019 playoffs, the Warriors with the Big Five encountered ** annoyance in the first round, facing the Clippers without superstars, the Warriors were tortured enough by Lowe and Beverley, that is, in this round of the series, the Warriors should not have consumed too much, but they dragged the game to the sixth game, which also left Durant with hidden injuries. Then in the second round against the Harden-led Rockets, the Warriors defeated their old rival 4-2 and advanced to the Western Conference Finals, which turned out to be the easiest round series for the Warriors in the West. Without Durant, the Warriors swept the Trail Blazers, rushed out of the West, and advanced to the Finals, but Durant, who was injured in the second round, was temporarily unable to play in the Finals.
The Raptors were led by Xiaoka and played a phenomenal performance, and Xiaoka was also called "contemporary Jordan". The first round of the 4-1 gentleman swept the Magic, and in the second round of the series, the small card and the 76ers led by the "Double Emperor" and Butler fought to tie seven, and contributed the only whistle kill in the NBA history of the seven-tiebreaker, which directly beat Embiid to tears, and the small card in this round of the series averaged 34 per game7 points, 99 rebounds, 4 assists of luxury data, led the team to advance to the Eastern Conference finals, facing the Bucks led by Brother Alphabet in the Eastern Finals, although Brother Alphabet is tall and long, but don't underestimate the defensive ability of Xiaoka, this is the man who has defended James in the finals, Xiaoka is very uncomfortable with Brother Alphabet, and he can only get an average of 22 per game7 points, completely devoid of the style of the regular season. In this way, the Raptors crossed the Bucks 4-2 and advanced to the Finals.
In the first few games of the Finals, Durant was affected by injuries and was temporarily unable to play. The Warriors also first saw if the situation could be stabilized without Durant, so they temporarily let Durant recuperate from his injury and did not let him force a comeback. In the first game of the finals, the Raptors launched a rapid offensive, Siakam broke out, and the whole Raptors team also actively played for him, he was also very competitive, slashing 32 points, 8 rebounds and 5 assists in the whole game, and the small card was willing to be a green leaf, scoring 23 points in the game, Gasol and VanVleet also played very brightly, scoring 20 and 15 points respectively, and the Raptors were more flowering, with three people scoring 20 points and five people scoring doubles, unstoppable.
On the other hand, on the Warriors' side, without Durant, there is one less big scoring point, Curry struggled to support, slashed 34 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists, 4 of 9 three-pointers, and the three-point shooting rate reached 44%, Thompson, who is an important scoring point of the team, scored 21 points in the game, 3 of 6 three-pointers, and played well, Green got a triple-double of 10 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists, and the performance of the Iron Triangle is still stable, but no one scores double-doubles except for them, not as good as the Raptors' multi-point play, and the Warriors also lost the first game.
The Warriors, who lost the first game, did not panic at this time, after all, this is a team with three championships in four years, and the team's championship is still there, in the second game, the Warriors finally warmed up, Thompson scored 4 of 6 three-pointers from the outside, and scored 25 points in the game, Cook as a substitute, 3 of 5 three-pointers, to a certain extent, helped the team relieve offensive pressure.
Although Curry didn't feel good in this game, shooting 6-of-17 from the field and shooting just 353%, but the Warriors collectively recovered and still won G2, in this game, Leonard seemed to be alone, slashing 34 points and 14 rebounds in the whole game, but the team's overall shooting rate was not high, and was equalized by the Warriors.
In the subsequent game, they returned to the Warriors' home court, and the Warriors fans thought that the home court could easily win and get the lead, but the Raptors attacked the Warriors' home court in a row, which made the Warriors completely panicked, what is going on? In Game 3, the Raptors played the ultimate team game, mainly in the seven-man rotation, and all seven of them performed extremely well. Xiaoka got 30 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists, Lowry connected the whole game, 9 assists were the first in the game, Sika 18 points and 9 rebounds, and in this game, the Raptors scored as many as 6 double-doubles.
And what about the Warriors? With Klein out due to injury, the Warriors lost the team's second-highest scoring point, Curry scored 47 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists, the next highest scorer was Green with 17 points and Iguodala scored 11 points, and no one scored in double figures. The Warriors also lost G3 because of this, at this time everyone thinks that it was just Klay who didn't lose because he didn't play, the fourth game Tang God returned, fans hoped that the Warriors could equalize, but the Warriors stood on the edge of the cliff, Klay and Curry scored 28 and 27 points respectively in this game, Green also contributed 10 points, 9 rebounds and 12 assists of quasi-triple-double data, it stands to reason that it shouldn't have lost, but the Raptors played too well, Leonard slashed 36 points and 12 rebounds, Ibaka scored 20 points to blow up the Warriors' interior, Siakam also scored 19 points. At this point, the Warriors were already down 3-1 and there was no way back.
What about Durant? Why didn't he go on? "After the first four games, the outside world shook the sky, hoping that Durant could play with an injury, the veteran Iguodala had advised him to take a good look at his body, don't do anything that he regrets, but Durant is a sensitive person, he doesn't want to be condemned by **, so in the case of the calf is not completely **, he forcibly chose to come back, Durant's comeback has encouraged the Warriors, the Warriors have blossomed more, Curry and Thompson scored 31 and 26 points respectively, The Raptors lost the game by 26 points, and the Warriors rewrote the score to 2-3. But the price of this victory was severe. Durant only played 12 minutes in the whole game, but he was injured again and ruptured his Achilles tendon, and he gave an explanation to the Warriors with one leg like this, which was too tragic.
The game came to Game 6, which made too many people desperate, the Raptors scored 20 points, the small card scored 22 points, the Warriors Klay and Curry scored 30 and 21 points respectively, but Klay, his dunk in the last minute fell unsteadily, seriously injured, and the team lost an arm. Curry also smashed the ball in despair and slumped on the ground. In the end, the Warriors lost to the Raptors 2-4 and lost the championship.
The 2019 Finals is a turning point for the Warriors from prosperity to decline, Xiaoka led the Raptors to break down the Warriors' defense, although Curry averaged 30+6+5 per game, Thompson could also contribute 26+2+4 performance, but the Warriors that year, with constant injuries, were destined to miss the championship.