You should cross the mountains like a brave man

Chapter 859 The Worst News

The first thing the Warriors felt was the strength of the 76ers' defense.

Limiting the speed of the Warriors begins with the frontcourt defense.

The difference between collar defense and pressing is that the former is mainly to control the speed of the opponent's half-court, while the latter is to prevent the opponent from passing the half-court as much as possible.

The Warriors' solution is to let Wall hold the ball, and Curry focuses on off the ball.

Wall is fast enough. If the lead defense is not smooth, he may be broken through and cause intermittent five-on-four frontcourt.

As a result, Wei Xia's assisted defense caused Wall to hit someone.

He hurriedly passed the ball to Green who cut in.Green failed to catch the ball and marched to score the ball.

The pass failed to reach the bottom corner, and Thompson opened his hand, but the ball was destroyed by Hayward and went out of bounds.

Gasol sold his boss's strength and jumped out to save the ball.

The seven-foot-tall man took the initiative to save the ball. This turn of events was beyond the expectations of the 76ers.None of them reacted and let Green pass the ball to Thompson.

Thompson caught the ball for a three-pointer.

While that was an opportunity, the intensity the Sixers have exerted since the start has not been in vain.

Thompson made a three-pointer.

Unlike the Warriors who advocate passing and cutting and outside offense, the 76ers know where their advantages lie.

Wei Xia counterattacked with the ball one-stop, attracting the attention of two or three Warriors players. He listened to six directions, looked in all directions, and deliberately slowed down to allow the big man behind him to catch up.

Cousins ​​valiantly caught up and caught Wei Xia's magic fake shot and made a pass without looking at people with both hands.

The Oracle Center was surprised: "Wish's Magic Move has appeared!"

The price of appearance is naturally expensive.

Cousins ​​dunks with both hands.

8 is better than 4
After 7 minutes, the Warriors only scored 4 points.

This is 2016, and this is the Warriors averaging 119 points per game!
Suddenly, Wall doesn't dribble.

Curry dribbles forward from the backcourt, and Wescia pulls away.

Curry is not a lightning guard who can pass him in one step, but his sense of rhythm and excellent dribbling ability have to be guarded.

This is what I said before, the difference between defending Westbrook and defending Curry.

To defend against Westbrook, Wei Xia doesn't have to worry about it, just look at his eyes, pay attention to the position, and basically know what the opponent is going to do.

Westbrook's offense is playing the obvious card, which is tyrannical. If you can defend it, you are awesome. If you can't defend it, then he is awesome.

Curry's style of play is different.

Wei Xia had a hard time guessing what he was going to do.

For example, in this round, he was dribbling, and at a distance of two meters from the left three-point line, Wei Xia opened up the space, and Curry pulled out without warning.

A single-action shot coupled with a dry pull and a sudden shot means that the defender can't react at all.

Wei Xia looked back at Curry's shot.

The arc is too high, and every high arc shot looks like a goal.

But this goal was not scored.

"boom!"

The defense implemented by the 76ers is playing a broad role.

Thompson missed an open three-pointer, and Curry, the super offensive machine responsible for initiating the rhythm of the Warriors this season, even missed his always confident chasing three-pointer.

"Stephen didn't throw it in!"

Matt Hewitz, a 16-year announcer at Oracle Center, coined a new term for Curry's great shooting performance this season.

The general shot is SHOT, but he has to use "throw" (Throw)

In terms of perception, Curry's shooting is indeed different from others.

Therefore, He Weici said as usual today that "Stephen didn't throw in." The fans didn't feel frustrated, but expected Curry to continue throwing.

Because it is in this way that he averaged five three-pointers per game.

Missed a three-pointer, Rondo slowly took possession of the ball, and said to Hayward, "Run well, Understand?"

"Understood!" Hayward said loudly.

The Warriors' empty defense against Rondo made it much more difficult for the 76ers to run, and the space was too tight.

Hayward failed to move, so he could only stand in the bottom corner to open up space, and the ball was given to Cousins, and Weixia stood in another corner to watch.

It's still Rondo's problem.

Cousins ​​wants the ball to play singles, one-on-one. Gasol's defense is certainly not vegetarian, and double-teaming is by no means necessary, but Wall does not want to waste his defense on a person who has little threat from the outside.

He went to double-team Cousins;
Cousins ​​made an outside pass;

The three-point line at the top of the arc is Rondo's sweet spot, and it is also his only threatening three-point point. Even if it is threatening, the shooting rate is not impressive.

Now that the ball is received, it is impossible for Rondo to miss the open space.

He throws the ball, to see how it feels.

No, his touch is still not excellent.

The 76ers are ready to play a defensive battle. It is a trivial matter not to make offensive shots. The strength of the defensive end must be sufficient.

Curry dribbles over again and he gets double-teamed.

Passing the ball to Wall, Wall streaked across the 76ers' defense like a meteor, and was blocked by Wei Xia from behind when he flew to the layup.

Gasol grabbed an offensive rebound to the outside line, and Green's three-pointer also missed the basket.

Wei Xia scored a long rebound and immediately launched a counterattack.

He is the most feared ball holder for the Warriors, especially when counterattacking, he is simply unstoppable.

Wall can keep up with the speed, and the size of 193 is considered outstanding among defenders.
His size is just a joke in front of Wei Xia. If he is forcibly blocked, he will be unstoppable, and it would not be worthwhile to pay for a foul.

After thinking twice, he decided to let Wei Xia go.

Wei Xia saw what he was thinking, drove straight in, and dunked and scored.

10 is better than 4
"Now the Warriors urgently need to find the touch."

"They get tired, it's normal because they've played six games in nine days and anyone gets tired."

"And that's the price of being at the top, you have to be outstanding all the time."

Whether it was fatigue, or not adapting to the 76ers' defense, or other reasons, the Warriors' performance in the first half of the quarter was reminiscent of the early years of the 21st century. The teams made a lot of fuss about defense, especially the Spurs and Pistons.

Despite these problems, they remained true to themselves.

Hit fast, hit three, until the end of the world.

It was another round of attack, and they abruptly turned the positional battle into a fast break and counterattack.

The ball flew from the backcourt to the frontcourt, and Wall hit the cliff at the top of the arc to rein in his horse.

Like Rondo, Wall's three-point sweet spot is also outside the arc top three-point line.

One thing, Wall and Rondo are different.

Wall is shooting 35 percent of his 50s in the sweet spot, which in theory is more valuable than [-] percent of his [-]s.

When the opportunity came to him, Wall also did not hesitate.

"Shh!"

The direct three-pointer made people think of a lot.

Curry's upgrade from a superstar to a top three superstar in the league is certainly an important reason for the Warriors' invincibility.

However, the joining of Marc Gasol and Wall's 34% shooting rate averaging 1.6 three-pointers per game are also reasons that cannot be ignored.

"John Wall's upgrade is the Warriors' winning code."

"That's right, he is the most indestructible wall around Stephen!"

7 is better than 10
The game will bite, and the Warriors will continue their play until it feels right.

And the 76ers also have to try whether this set can work. They want to fight the Warriors to the end in this way.

The 76ers continued to lead the defense, flank Curry, put enough pressure on them, switch defenses when encountering pick-and-rolls, and switch defenses infinitely.

This style of play is a test of the speed of movement inside. Cousins ​​​​is not a player suitable for unlimited defense changes.

As long as he's involved, the Warriors will use their small-to-big ability to take advantage of that.

After 1 minute, the 76ers failed to hit back a goal, while the Warriors took a step past Cousins ​​and scored a layup.

Wall, who can shoot from long distances and shoot inside, is greatly underestimated.

Wei Xia saw the problem.

This is an unsolvable problem.

Defending Curry cannot be done by one person, and Wei Xia can at least consume him off the ball.Once Curry holds the ball, the pick-and-roll is called and must be double-teamed.

A double-team must be empty.

In this case, the bet is the stability of the Warriors' open shots.

Wall was a person who could be short at any time before, so he should think about it now.

Green is shooting a career-best [-]-point percentage this season.

The only point that can be shorted is Gasol Jr.

But the Warriors' pick-and-roll tactics are generally executed by Curry and Green.

Therefore, counting on Green and Wall to miss three-pointers is the 76ers' hope of winning.

From the current point of view, even though Green, Curry and Thompson are unable to perform on the offensive end, Wall can still make three-pointers.

This is probably the worst news.

⑴ Wumao transliteration, table Tucao.

(End of this chapter)