Volume 5: Unrivaled

Volume 5: Unmatched — Chapter 761: A Completely Reversed Situation. Whenever Lopez got the ball, huge cheers erupted from the stands. He had completely won over the Warriors fans! When he played for the Lakers, his teammates would just take the ball and go one-on-one. No one ran plays, and no one knew how to run them. Even when Lopez got open, they could not see him, and even if they did, they might not pass him the ball. The Warriors' trademark was switching on defense. Should I try switching too? But I'm not good at that. I finally made two threes—if I get blown by every time after switching later, my debut will be humiliating... Curry quickly crossed half court, but the Thunder had already gotten back on defense, leaving them no choice but to run a half-court offense. This had become every team's standard approach to defending Curry. No one dared let Curry shoot. Whenever Curry ran a pick-and-roll, the defense would at least come up to hedge, and plenty of teams simply trapped him. Donovan made an immediate adjustment. Gobert stopped worrying about Lopez and collapsed into the paint to limit Antetokounmpo's and Wiggins's attacks on the rim, while everyone else rotated to cover. Curry also cut down on his three-point attempts, attacking the paint more often to exploit the Thunder's weak spots—the complete opposite of the previous two games. Anthony was already old. Though the Thunder were supposedly a Big Four, he was somewhat undeserving of the label. He could only hit spot-up threes and occasionally create with the ball, but he could not attack well-defended wings anymore. He was no longer the offensive Swiss Army knife he had once been. Before coming to the Warriors, Lopez had mentally prepared himself to switch, but over the