NBA: Duncan feels uneasy coaching Warriors

Chapter 107 Love, the Bulls Have Been Fooled
In the NBA team, there is a restraint in the style of play.

Just like the Mavericks in front of him, he was basically perfectly restrained by the Timberwolves' current lineup.

The Timberwolves' current system, when the strikers are on the field, will pay great attention to the sharing of the ball to achieve an opportunity to play misplaced inside.

If the opposing center puts Giannis Antetokounmpo in the hole, with the current direction of Su Chen's training for him, he can use floaters or close-range shots.

On the bench, an offensive system has also been developed.

That is to use Josh Smith as the ball-holding point, and a shooter like McCollum or Curry can use Gobert to pick and roll without the ball. Josh Smith can choose to pass or break through.

The other is that Josh Smith and Gobert play pick-and-roll cooperation with the ball, so as to find Josh Smith's own throwing opportunities, or pass to Gobert with his height and vision.

McCollum, Josh Smith, and Gobert serve as the core of the inside line.

These people are actually half-baked, or they all have their own shortcomings. Instead of letting them take the path of omnipotence, it is better to let them specialize in one field.

Josh Smith should make good use of throwing shots or inside breakthroughs, as well as his own advantages of organizing passes, and don't think about his broken shots and singles.

The same goes for Gobert, he just focused on the way of pick-and-roll and high-throw eating cakes, avoiding his shortcomings of insufficient core strength.

As for Gobert's training direction, Su Chen also found the answer in this game.

Gobert's lack of core strength made him unstable in the game, and he couldn't stand still to eat cakes or grab some rebounds that required strength.

But look at it from another angle.

It is precisely because Gobert did not force himself to practice confrontation that his running and jumping ability can complete the actions of blocking shots and high throws to eat cakes.

Gobert's pick-and-roll ability is excellent, covering a large area, which has nothing to do with his confrontation ability. His body is large.

Su Chen also felt that it was difficult to change the problems that Gobert himself hadn't solved for so many years, so he might as well just focus on Gobert's strengths.

If you don't have the ability to attack independently, don't attack independently. If you don't have the ability to receive ordinary passes, pass the ball less to him.

Gobert was selected in the 20th pick, and it's not cheap, and he wouldn't have a temper if he was asked to do these things when he didn't show his worth.

As for McCollum.

His shooting ability is very strong. Unlike ordinary shooters who need the team to create an environment for him, he can create a three-point environment by himself with the ball.

With Gobert's high-quality screen, when McCollum feels good, he can punish the squatting center who switches defenses.

But his shortcomings are also obvious. The first one is the defense that has been mentioned many times.

Another point is breakthrough.

McCollum's movements are very clean, which makes it difficult for him to be explosive whether he is shooting or breaking through.

To put it bluntly, he doesn't know how to lie, unlike a man who has been memorizing the rules since the early morning, even if he only hits a few dozen shots, he can still score [-] or [-] points.

When McCollum has a touch, he can shoot as much as he can, but when McCollum doesn't have a touch, he is a representative figure who can't attack and defend.

So now Su Chen's training for McCollum is that he can't break through and foul, and he can't score with his physical talent, so don't waste the opportunity to break through.

It's good to be Irving without a breakthrough.

Su Chen sat on the bench and took these notes.

Compared to Carlisle, who has been standing on the opposite side and commanding, Su Chen entered the rest mode early, and even regarded this game as a tactical training game.

The Mavericks' offensive firepower is not bad.

But the problem is that the Timberwolves took the lead at the beginning of the game. The premise of chasing points is that they need to be able to defend against the opponent and then score by themselves.

Everyone strikes iron one after another when there is a shortage of points.

Once the Mavericks started to gain momentum, Su Chen called a timeout, giving the Mavericks strength and using a safe tactic to attack the Mavericks inside was almost impossible to break.

After the whole game, the Mavericks did not organize any decent counterattack.

Timberwolves 118:106 Mavericks.

There is not much difference between the two sides, but only the audience who watched this game realized that the Mavericks were held by the Timberwolves almost the entire game.

The Timberwolves have won six consecutive victories since the start of the game!
The current record of the Timberwolves is: 6 wins and 0 losses.

Giannis Antetokounmpo performed brilliantly in this game, scoring 27 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists.

Others scored, Butler only scored 11 points, but the defensive effect was very good.

约什-史密斯拿下了8分9篮板8助攻的数据，戈贝尔拿下了15分11篮板的标准两双，麦科勒姆拿到了18分。

Although Josh Smith's statistics don't look explosive, it perfectly meets Su Chen's requirements for him.

It is already very good to be able to play the effect of Li Kaier on the bench.

At the same time, Josh Smith on the defensive end, because of his better athletic ability, can play no matter whether he plays unlimited defense or any system.

This is the purpose of Su Chen's trade for Josh Smith.

Maverick side.

Nowitzki scored 23 points, Monta - Ellis scored 25 points, Calderon scored 16 points.

The statistics of several people are good, but they just can't win the game.

Su Chen wasn't proud of winning this match, so he responded to the reporters' questions with some official answers.

The current team atmosphere is good.

People including Luol Deng, Iguodala, Josh Smith, who were still a little dissatisfied, were also happy.

Winning can resolve dissatisfaction and conflict.

These three players who started the game with the intention of collecting some statistics or dawdling in their lives, now also obeyed their own positioning arrangements.

If the team is a fishing team, not many players are willing to be blue-collar.

But it's different if it's a strong team.

Although the current Timberwolves are not yet a strong team, but the team is winning streak, the momentum is strong.

Originally, Su Chen wanted the team to take a short break, and the next back-to-back road trip was going to be. After playing against the Lakers, they would soon be playing against the Clippers.

But looking at the current atmosphere of the team, Su Chen also thought, let the team work harder.

The team has just been rebuilt now, and it needs victory to confirm its confidence, and then it will play better and better.

"Why don't you just give up the chance to win the lottery for 20 consecutive victories?"

But that's just thinking.

The opening 20-game winning streak is still relatively far-fetched, and now we can only try to extend the team's winning streak for a little longer.

Let the team play with confidence and let everyone adapt to their positions.

"Then there will be no rest, anyway, the Clippers and the Lakers both use the same arena."

After thinking about it, Su Chen finalized the plan.

The back-to-back between the Clippers and the Lakers should be the easiest back-to-back trip in the league. It's not that their strength is poor, the main thing is that they don't have to travel.

Los Angeles.

In the Staples Center, the Timberwolves challenged the Lakers away.

The Timberwolves have not had any rotations so far, and all wolves challenge the Lakers.

On the contrary, the Lakers are played by some role players.

This season, the Lakers have basically entered the rebuilding process, and their record will also rank second to last in the Western Conference. The team has no plans to win.

Basically, whoever gets the ball will swing it. The players also know that the Lakers don't want to go to the playoffs this season.

The morale of all the wolves is now high, and facing a group of role players, the Lakers can easily win.

Timberwolves 102:86 Lakers.

The Timberwolves have won seven consecutive victories this season, and they have not lost the season so far.

After winning the Lakers, the Timberwolves returned to the hotel to rest.

Tomorrow they will face the strong enemy Clippers.

This back-to-back road trip will not be too exhausting for the Timberwolves.

The next day.

The Timberwolves' recent outstanding performance has once again attracted attention in the league.

"The Timberwolves defeated the Lakers and won seven consecutive victories!" "

"Su Chen: The players performed very well, and we will be a member of the playoffs. "

"Real Team Attack!Timberwolves become wolves! "

Nowadays, the media's criticism of the Timberwolves is not all unfavorable at the beginning.

Although there is no gold content in defeating the Lakers, the Mavericks can be regarded as a good team. The Timberwolves' winning streak has made people realize that they are no longer a fishing team.

It was only now that people finally began to face up to what Su Chen said earlier, and the gambling agreement that they signed.

After this incident was exposed, everyone unanimously ridiculed Timberwolves and Su Chen. Everyone thought it was just a joke.

But now, the Timberwolves have shown a youthful storm at the start of the game, winning seven consecutive victories all the way.

This has to make people pay attention to them.

And the most core person discussed was Su Chen, of course.

"Listen, Su Chen is not kidding at all, he is serious!"

"Looking at the Timberwolves and then the Warriors, I have to admit that Su Chen's coaching ability is historical."

"Although Cole seems to have continued the Warriors' system, after carefully analyzing the last game against the Timberwolves, it is not difficult to see that Cole's passing and cutting were basically guessed by Su Chen and he couldn't make it out."

"Giannis Antetokounmpo's draft report, the scouts are not optimistic about him, they all think he will be in the top [-] or [-] positions, but Su Chen just dared to win it with the eighth pick."

"Although there are reasons for the revision of the league rules, I have to admit that Butler has already surpassed Luol Deng's performance."

"The Bulls are at a loss. After Rose came back, Love did not play the dominance of the Timberwolves at all. On the contrary, they lost Butler and Luol Deng."

"If Butler continues such a strong performance, it can be determined that the Bulls have really lost money."

Su Chen's own ability, as well as the deals he made, are now being discussed by people.

Giannis Antetokounmpo's topic is slightly less, because he has not yet reached his peak, and more often he relies on tactics to design many comfortable offensive methods for him.

And now someone has re-examined Su Chen's transaction.

After the Bulls traded for Love, with Rose's comeback, they are considered to be a team that can hit the championship level.

But in fact, since the start of the game, the Bulls have frequently lost to weak teams, and the current winning percentage has not exceeded 50%.

Love, known as a double-double machine, now seems to be not what he imagined.

Love also got the right to play in the low post at the start of the season.

But when Love's low post faces a strong defender, his efficiency is not very good, and sometimes it is not as good as Boozer.

Rose's breakthrough needs space, but Love can open up space.

But when Love opened up the space, he became awkward again. On the offensive end, Love could only stand on the three-point line, but Love's defense was relatively poor.

Love is actually not a brush. Love's second team was actually played by him.

Love at that time was heavy, and his inside offense was a giant.

But the excessive weight caused some harm to Love, so Love lost weight, especially this season.

Before Love lost weight, he couldn't defend against fast ones, but because of his weight, he could defend pure insiders. .

Especially now that we have entered the small ball era ahead of schedule. Although the general environment of the league has not changed, for Love, the defense has plummeted.

Today's Love, even his rebounding ability has declined due to the weakened confrontation.

Now Love's style of play in the Bulls is basically to attack as a high fort to open up space, and the defensive end becomes a defender below the passing line.

Some Bulls fans who can sit still think that they should watch it first.

But some impatient Bulls fans have already started to scold, saying that they have been fooled.

Luol Deng can do the work that Love is doing now, and he can do it better than Love.

At least Luol Deng's defensive ability is still recognized, and at the same time, he is also competent only as a three-pointer.

It feels like a loss for a single exchange, but at the same time, they also caught up with Butler, who is playing better and better now.

The anger of the Bulls fans not only caused them to complain about their own team management, but also against Su Chen for robbing them.

Su Chen must have seen that Le Fu's condition was not right, so he sold Le Fu at this price.

But the deal is done.

The anger of the Bulls fans was nothing but incompetent rage.

But it's hard to say whether the Timberwolves are really making money now.

Some media still think so.

The reason why the Timberwolves entered the game ahead of schedule was that other teams hadn't adjusted well at the start of the game. This kind of situation has not happened in the past seasons.

Many media believe that the Timberwolves are now slowly being studied by other teams.

The next game against the Clippers, one of the league's championship-level teams, will be the moment for the Timberwolves to show their true colors.

The young team of the Timberwolves also has many shortcomings.

Giannis Antetokounmpo, who looks strong, actually has obvious weaknesses. Even if he is fast, he can't break through the three-point line from the three-point threat.

Giannis Antetokounmpo is likely to hit his rookie wall in the next game against Lob City, with Griffin and Jordan taking care of him.

At the same time, the Timberwolves do not have a real traditional point guard, which is also a problem.

In the history of basketball development, there are two irreplaceable positions, that is, center and point guard.

Without a center, there are no rebounds and rim protection. Without a point guard, players will be in a mess when the coach's tactics fail.

Originally, the Timberwolves still had Rubio, but because they competed with the Warriors for Iguodala, they were robbed by the Nuggets in vain.

The Clippers are such a strong team with insiders and point guards.

On the surface, the Clippers are almost the perfect team to restrain the Timberwolves.

As the league's top point guard, Paul will teach the Timberwolves, who have no point guards, a good lesson.

Let the Timberwolves feel the charm of a traditional point guard.

(End of this chapter)