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Chapter 638 Little Ball's Answer

At the end of the game, when the two teams shook hands, Nelson chatted with Yi Jianlian for a long time.

Although the chances of the Warriors trading Yi Jianlian are small or even non-existent, this does not stop the old Nelson from loving him.

Just like Popovich did to James in history, although he had no chance to cooperate, he couldn't stop him from saying in public more than once that he wanted to coach James.

But if you like it, you like it. Yi Jianlian will become the most troublesome problem for Nelson in the following games.

Two days later, G4 of the finals continued at the Oracle Arena.

Old Nelson's response to this game was that he slowed down!

Instead of competing with the Bulls for speed and transition, he lowered the tempo and turned the game into a positional battle.

This adjustment seems unexpected, but this is also the difference between the old Nelson now and the old Nelson in history.

The old Nelson in history was so obsessed with offense, so his team never had a defense.

But now, that has changed as far back as the Mavericks.

Otherwise, the Mavericks would not have won the championship in the end.

He is still an offensive coach, but he also has certain positional and defensive capabilities.

After the last game, he realized that the current Yi Jianlian has the ability to fully surround Ibaka.

If you continue to fight for small balls, the Warriors are likely to lose as they did in the previous game.

He dragged the game into position and used Landry as an opening.

So what you can see in the game is that Landry played singles with the ball in the low post more than once.

Peja, who is facing him, is a swinging forward, but a typical player with strong offense and weak defense is indeed at a disadvantage against Landry.

And although Ibaka is not as good as Yi Jianlian, the Warriors still have space on the court, and the Bulls are not easy to double-team.

This tactic worked very well in the beginning.

And Scott is the iconic arms crossed chest, dumbfounded.

With the background of his peers, the old Nelson is full of Zhuge Nelson's ability.

But soon, the effect of this tactic became completely smaller.

It's not that there is a problem with Landry's state, but that the Warriors are out of action on the defensive end!
Replace Oden, Oden can't get out.

With Ibaka, it's easy for Paul to score from the basket.

This is also the scene that many teams in history will appear in the face of the Warriors' death five.

Old Nelson was beaten by others with his own tactics and lost his temper...

He scolded Scott, a shameless person, in his heart.

But scolding is useless, and the Warriors finally lost G110 116-4.

The Bulls are in full bloom. Paul, Yi Jianlian and Hamilton all scored 20 points.

2 to 0, 2 to 2.

No one could have imagined this big score change.

And the change is completely visible.

Old Nelson offered a lineup without a center, and the Warriors had the upper hand;
The Bulls followed suit, because the lineup was more suitable for the old Nelson's tactics, and the Bulls had the upper hand again.

"Pseudo small ball lineup" filled the entire finals.

There is still a lot of suspense in the finals so far, but it is foreseeable that no matter who wins this year, Old Nelson will be on fire again.

Because he led the basketball trend again, and this time he was on a big stage like the Finals.

"What else can the Warriors do?"

In the latest episode of TNT's program, the Big Three commented on such a topic.

Although there is still suspense, it is completely different from before the start of the finals. Now it is obvious that the Bulls have the upper hand.

They really want to fulfill the expectations of the fans and make this season a legend.

But people are like this sometimes, you expect a person to win, but when that person really wants to win, you sometimes hope that the side that is at a disadvantage can turn the situation around.

This is the so-called "sympathy for the weak" psychology.

"They need Sun!"

Barkley still answered as always.

"Charles, it's not about one player, it's about a whole new concept of basketball."

This time Ernie Johnson took over without waiting for Kenny Smith.

Before this, they had never seen a situation where they would have an advantage without using a big center.

If O'Neal is still there, or if the Wizards enter the finals and Yao Ming is there, such a situation will not happen.

But now this assumption does not hold!
The reality they see is that the two teams will be at an absolute disadvantage no matter who uses the big center now.

Whether it's Chandler and Oden's lack of inside dominance, or the success of Nelson's crazy experiment, the reality is like this.

"I do have a suggestion."

Kenny Smith's expression was serious this time.

His mood also filled the curiosity of Bacchus and Johnson.

"Since it is a lineup without a center, I think the Warriors can do it more thoroughly and replace Carl Landry."

"What do you mean?"

Barkley didn't react at once.

"Let KD play the four."

Kenny Smith expressed his own understanding.

"Are you serious?"

Barkley's face was full of disbelief.

Smith's understanding can be said to be very bold.

Because although Durant is tall enough, it is impossible for him to play the fourth position at his current weight.

Even before Sun Hao came to the Warriors, he played shooting guard more often.

The range of position swing is a bit too big.

"I'm serious. We can't simply look at whether KD can play the [-]th position. We have to look at their opponents and tell me who is KD's player if he plays the [-]th position?"

Smith asked back.

"Peja Skjakovich."

Ernie Johnson answered for Barkley.

"So? So!"

Kenny Smith spread his hands and looked at Barkley.

Barkley thought for a while, then nodded.

In order to pursue the ultimate sense of space, the Bulls used Peja to play the fourth position.

But to be honest, Peja is also a small forward.

Although his size, including his weight, can play the [-]th position, but when he plays the [-]th position, his style of play has nothing in common with the traditional [-]th position.

In other words, the imaginary picture of Durant using his breastfeeding strength to top people in the low post will not appear.

The offense and defense of the two will be more concentrated on the outside and off the ball.

Looking at it this way, Durant has no problem playing the fourth position.

TNT's episode quickly attracted fans' heated discussions on social media.

It feels like, the Bulls have fans, but the Warriors have TNT!

The battle of Tianwangshan will continue to be played at the Oracle Arena in two days.

In the past two days, fans have been discussing on social media, and then when the Warriors were training, some reporters also mentioned this matter to Nelson.

"Have you seen the latest episode of TNT?"

Old Nelson nodded honestly.

"So you're going to play KD at the [-]?"

"perhaps."

Old Nelson's answer is very intriguing.

It is basically impossible for him to reveal the team's style of play in the next game before the game.

But his non-negative answer shows that he has indeed considered Smith's suggestion.

Durant appeared in the fourth position in the battle of Tianwangshan?

This kind of thing is not impossible!

Two days passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye, the battle of Tianwang Mountain was about to start at Oracle Arena.

Because of Smith's remarks, and because of the current situation in the finals, and because it is the battle of Tianwangshan itself, this game has attracted the highest attention since the finals.

Then, under the attention of fans around the world, Nelson once again made adjustments to the starting lineup.

Sun Hao, Curry, McGrady, Durant, Ibaka!

Old Nelson, really adopted Smith's suggestion, let Durant play the fourth position, and directly play the starter!
When this lineup came out, Scott was instantly confused.

But the fans at the scene were excited.

Let's not talk about the effect of Durant playing the fourth position, but this unprecedented thing itself is very exciting!

After the opening ceremony, the photographers on the scene have also been taking shots of Durant.

Durant seemed unstressed.

Soon, the match between the two sides officially started.

Ibaka jumped to win the ball for the Warriors.

Then, something very interesting happened.

The first attack after the Warriors advanced to the frontcourt was handed over to Durant to play in the low post!
Good guy, I didn't see the scene where Peja hit Durant on the back, but the one who hit Peja back on Durant came out first.

Moreover, this back shot is really professional, and Durant completely threw Peja away with his back shots after turning around continuously.

"Shh!"

Then, with a beautiful fadeaway, Durant sent the ball steadily into the basket!
This time, Oracle Arena was boiling.

From now on, the fourth position will belong to Durant!
But in fact, the scene in front of me is not surprising at all.

As mentioned before, among the top ten offensive methods announced by the NBA, although Durant is not yet proficient in all of them, he still has a degree of proficiency in all of them.

Durant can even be said to be proficient in the "low post play" just shown.

Because what many people may not know is that Durant actually played inside in college, and most of the time he played center!
Therefore, Smith's suggestion is not to embarrass Durant, but just to let him pick up what he lost before!

Then, the game turned into a confrontational battle.

One argument many fans have is that there was no defense in the small ball era.

This is actually wrong. Before Adam Mosaic relaxed the penalty scale for the so-called improvement of game viewing, the game in the small ball era was also very exciting.

For this point, refer to the battle of bravery in history.

The so-called lack of defensive feeling is just the visual sense caused by the fact that the offensive space on the field is too large, and many auxiliary defenses cannot rotate.

Now both sides have no good way to deal with this style of play of the dead five on the defensive end, and the game can easily become a confrontational battle.

Then, the Bulls were directly overwhelmed by talent...

And just like Yi Jianlian's advantage over Ibaka, the Warriors' advantage over the Bulls also made the Bulls lose their temper.

After all, the Warriors have the number one scorer in history, the top two shooters in history, and a T-mac!
The reason why McGrady is deliberately brought here is because McGrady made up for the biggest organizational problem of the Warriors' lineup.

In the history of the Warriors, this one belonged to Green, and now it belongs to McGrady.

Some people will say, isn't there Sun Hao?

This is different. The "James system" style of play consumes a lot of energy, especially in offensive games.

If Sun Hao wants to score as many points as possible, someone needs to help him share the organizational pressure.

McGrady's greatest value to the Warriors was also reflected in the most critical games.

On the other hand, on the Bulls side, Paul seems to be very tired playing at this time.

Because he needs to be caught by the offensive organization, even Iverson at the beginning, it is difficult to do these two things well at the same time.

Paul, of course, seems to have a feeling of "more energy than energy".

In the end, after four quarters of fierce fighting, the Warriors defeated the Bulls 126 to 113 and won the battle of Tianwangshan!
On the Bulls side, Paul scored 29 points and 12 assists in a large double-double, but he had no choice but to join the empty cut.

For the Warriors, Sun Hao scored a game-high 46 points. He only needs to focus on scoring, and he feels completely random on the court.

In addition, Durant also has a double-double of 21 points and 11 rebounds. This power forward plays very comfortably.

McGrady also had an outstanding performance of 13 points, 4 rebounds and 10 assists.

If he didn't perform well in the previous playoffs, then he has thoroughly proved his worth in this game.

3 to 2, won the crucial battle of Tianwangshan, and the Warriors' winning situation suddenly became better.

And the feeling of the fans after watching this game is that the Warriors' lineup in G5 is the answer to the old Nelson's tactical system!
And just like what Zhang Weiping teased before, the only thing they need to improve is to let Ibaka practice three-pointers!
Losing Tianwangshan, the Bulls were forced into a desperate situation.

The good news is that according to the current 2-3-2 finals format, the next game will return to the United Center.

Playing at home, they hope to tie the big score to 3 to 3, and then continue to play tie-break at home.

This is something that many Bulls fans expect.

So in the United Center in G6, the fans behaved like never before.

Even this kind of madness is a bit out of line.

In the hotel where the Warriors fans stayed, some Bulls fans made various noises outside the hotel late at night to disturb the Warriors players from resting.

Although the rioting fans were taken away by the police, they enjoyed being cheered "heroically" by other fans.

The very interesting thing is that Jordan and his Bulls also encountered similar or even more serious "poisoning incidents".

As a result, this kind of thing is now the turn of Bulls fans to do.

But it did have some effect. In the Game 6 the next day, the Warriors players obviously didn't sleep well.

Including Sun Hao, who couldn't help yawning a few times while sitting on the sidelines.

This also made the situation of the finals, which was relatively clear, become a bit confusing again.

(End of this chapter)