In the second half, the Warriors launched wave after wave of offensives with a suffocating sense of dominance.

On the court, under the joint orchestrations of Qin Yue and Curry, the veteran Jamison, who was often left open by the Knicks, seized most of his chances as if he were aided by divine forces.

Throughout the third quarter, Jamison shot 7 out of 11 in total, including 4 out of 6 three-pointers, single-handedly scoring 18 points for the Warriors.

Regarding this, Barkley on TNT TV Station said, "How lucky is it to be teammates with Messiah and Stephen?

I think Antoine Jamison's performance in this game is the best answer to that question."

Beside him, O'Neal agreed, "In the NBA, knowing how to uplift teammates has always been a required course for superstars.

Just try to imagine if Messiah and Stephen hadn't stood up in the first half to lead the Warriors through that toughest time...

Then in the second half, role players like Antoine would face enormous game pressure."

As a former legendary role player, Smith nodded, "Moreover, it's precisely the brilliant play of Messiah and Stephen that forced the Knicks to shift their defensive focus towards them in the second half.

Honestly, most of what Antoine accomplished in the second half offensives felt as easy as in training."

In the NBA, the relationship between superstars and role players is like an engine and tires in a top-notch sports car.

Good tires can surely make the car run faster.

But only a truly top-class engine can let these quality tires unleash their full potential.

This night, Jamison's explosion in the second half was precisely due to the Knicks being so intimidated by the nuclear Qin nuclear Curry combo that they had to concentrate more resources to deal with Qin Yue and Curry defensively.

Additionally, as time went on, DAntoni's slave-driver usage tactics gradually revealed its fatal flaw.

That is, as long as they cannot establish a significant lead in the initiative phase...

The Knicks players, who are bound to hit their physical limits sooner than the Warriors who have better rotation, will easily collapse and become disorganized on the court.

That's right.

The reason why the Warriors could expand their lead to 20 points in the third quarter...

It's less about how well the Warriors played and more about the increasingly fatigued Knicks players' performance sharply contrasted with their first half.

At Oracle Arena, after three quarters, it's 81 to 102.

In this typical...

Because of a coaching gap, leading to a turnaround during which one side crushed the other in the game, the Warriors established their winning momentum in the third quarter and thoroughly stunned the Knicks players on the court.

Moreover, in the final quarter, the increasingly anxious Knicks players failed to catch up in score under Durant's lead; instead, due to changes in mentality, a certain player observing the game regained a long-lost joy.

At the end, it's 104 to 128.

The defending champions decisively defeated the defending runner-up at home, successfully achieving an opening victory in the Finals.

Post-game interview.

A rare moment of collective praise from the journalists for Mike Malone, who said, "Actually, during the game, I didn't make any special adjustments; the players just performed to their true abilities."

At this moment, the composed Malone seemed to be humbly accepting victory.

But compared to the defiant Malone...

This feigned modesty from Malone made the reporters at the press conference site feel physically uncomfortable.

"Mike, promise me, can you not be as insincere as today?"

"How am I insincere?"

"You're not insincere? Do you really think we don't know what you're thinking deep down is 'Look, the other coach was effortlessly manipulated by me in this game'?"

"..."

Malone didn't expect that his little scheme would be seen through by others so easily.

And the next day, in reports from various media outlets, the Warriors' probability of winning the championship also overshadowed the Knicks.

However...

On June 6, in the second Finals game between the Warriors and the Knicks, experts and journalists faced a slap in the face.

Because in the first Finals match where the Warriors heavily defeated the Knicks, the experts and journalists who overly focused on the match result seriously neglected the fact that it was essentially due to Qin Yue and Curry's explosive performances that the Warriors won the game's specific process.

In the second game, although the reaction came a bit late, it didn't mean DAntoni had no real substance. He changed the Knicks' six-man rotation to an eight-man rotation.

Additionally, in dealing with Qin Yue and restricting Curry, DAntoni also learned from the Lakers and sent Iguodala right from the start to death-grip Curry.

Although when forming one-on-one situations, Curry, who was shifting towards the future three-point god, could still utilize his personal ability to score in front of Iguodala.

But during the game, once trapped in a double-team or semi-double-team, Curry's currently unstable passing ability made him transform into a Knicks' mole in certain rounds.

Just in the first half, Curry made as many as 5 turnovers.

And this indirectly added to Qin Yue's workload during the game.

After the half, Qin Yue, with 21 shots and 13 hits, including free throws and three-pointers, scored a total of 35 points, 12 rebounds, 4 assists, and 2 blocks for the Warriors.

However, the scoreboard read that the Knicks were leading 68 to 59.

Love, Harden, Durant took turns to explode in the first half.

Additionally, Bill, with more bench time, scored 9 points for the team during the lineup connection...