At the scene, amidst the already rolling golden waves at Oracle Arena, the starting lineup for both teams was immediately announced after the introduction ceremony.
Knight: Big Z, Gooden, James, Xiaomo, Snow.
Warriors: Brown, Qin Yue, Ah Tai, Richardson, Davis.
The fact that many players can play is indeed the biggest characteristic of this Knight team.
During the previous Eastern Conference Finals, Brown used two different lineups each night to maneuver against the Pistons.
And before the Finals began, the only winning scenario Brown could envision was this: using the allowed physical confrontations and defensive scale of this year's playoffs to lower the Warriors' outside shooting percentage and maintaining this defense through frequent rotations, finally praying for James to lead his King's Guard to repeatedly conquer the Warriors' battlefield...
On the court, after the jump ball, the game officially started.
The Warriors' first offensive possession.
