NBA: Duncan feels uneasy coaching Warriors

Chapter 176 Timberwolves' Strategy
Beverly pricked up his ears to listen. When the coach said this last time, he pointed out the passing route on the opposite side.

Beverly is still a character who wants to be conspicuous, but most of the time he is on the defensive end, because he knows that he does not have that ability on the offensive end.

It's great to be able to play the role of such a hero again.

But Beverly was disappointed.

"Beverly, what you have to do is try to make it impossible for Parker to choose to pass in the direction of Duncan, and you have to force him to pass in other directions."

"Parker's pick-and-roll is directly double-teamed in advance. Beverly, you must be very fierce so that Parker has no chance to get the ball in the first place."

Su Chen continued talking to Beverly.

Hearing this, Beverly suddenly understood.

He just gave Parker a sense of oppression, not for him to steal.

Stealing is a relatively extreme defensive method. For a fringe player like him, if the coach does not allow it, he cannot make his own claims on a stage like the Western Conference Finals.

Although Su Chen usually has a good attitude towards players, but at the beginning of the season when Luol Deng and other veterans had objections, Su Chen directly took iron and blood measures to make several veterans dare not confront Su Chen.

If Su Chen doesn't let him do it, he can't take credit for it.

"Butler is optimistic about this position. If Parker can't pass to Duncan immediately, then you need to pay great attention to this position."

"Steal if you can steal it, and if you can't steal it, you have to destroy it and disrupt the Spurs' offense."

Su Chen turned her head and said to Butler.

"For the oppressive feeling of the ball holder, you must give enough. Since you have already double-teamed in advance, you should be more aggressive in the confrontation. You are not afraid of being blown by the referee. Just look for a measure."

Su Chen said to each team member.

Soon, the pause is over.

The two sides played again.

But the lineup on the field has changed.

Spurs lineup: Tim Duncan (C), Boris Diaw (PF), Kawhi Leonard (SF), Danny Green (SG), Tony Parker (PG)

Minnesota lineup: Serge Ibaka (C), Giannis Antetokounmpo (PF), Luol Deng (SF), Jimmy Butler (SG), Patrick Beverley ( PG)

Not only did the Spurs replace Diaw, but the Timberwolves also replaced Beverly.

The Spurs' substitutions are normal. After all, the Spurs are at a disadvantage. Popovich called this timeout to adjust his strategy.

But the Timberwolves belonged to the dominant side before the timeout. It stands to reason that there is no need for the Timberwolves to make substitutions.

According to the conventional process, it should be the Spurs called to suspend the adjustment. If the effect is good, the Timberwolves will be suspended and then adjusted.

If the effect is not good, then the Timberwolves don't need to use timeouts, but the Spurs have to continue to waste timeouts.

That's usually how coaches play in the league.

Therefore, the coach's on-the-spot ability is also very important. If the on-the-spot match is not met, the entire team will not be able to exert its strength due to the coach's problem.

"The adjustment of the Timberwolves is interesting. They obviously stopped the Spurs, but the Timberwolves made active strategic adjustments."

Kenny Smith was a little happy after watching it.

Although the round has not yet started, but they are professional commentators, this basic thing can still be seen.

The last round of the Timberwolves was a defensive rotation. Everyone on the field was the right size. Even if the weakest point was switched to the inside, it would be slightly delayed to wait for teammates to double-team support.

If you play Beverly and dare to use the defensive strategy, the Spurs' two insiders can directly use Beverly as a cash machine.

"This is actually Su Chen's characteristic. He likes to make some predictive adjustments. He is one of the most aggressive coaches."

Barkley replied.

Obviously Barkley also did some homework, and knew a lot about Su Chen's coaching style.

However, the impression Su Chen gave to the outside world was that not every prediction was successful. In the regular season, Su Chen also made some predictions without using Hawkeye.

On the one hand, it was purely for fun, and on the other hand, it was Su Chen's clumsiness, and I didn't want to make it too exaggerated.

At this time, Popovich also noticed the Timberwolves' substitutions.

Regarding Su Chen's predictive ability, Popovich personally experienced it last season.

In the last round of the game against the Warriors, Su Chen also showed this ability, making Cole almost autistic.

Now again?
However, Su Chen could guess this round, but Popovich was not incomprehensible.

Even the commentators know that the Timberwolves have two difficult plans to deal with the Spurs.

The first Timberwolves have figured out a way.

Then it is the second type.

Parker and Duncan's pick-and-roll tactic as the core is actually a bit of a bright card.

Popovich looked the same, without any change.

It's easy to guess, but with the Timberwolves' player configuration, it's hard to figure it out.

Popovich was on the sidelines, quietly watching.

Spurs offensive round.

Parker advanced with the ball, but before halftime, Beverly had already pressed him.

Beverly directly confronted Parker, and while resisting Parker, he continued to tentatively steal the ball.

As an experienced point guard, Parker naturally wouldn't give Beverly such an easy chance to steal the ball.

But Beverly didn't really want to steal, he just gave the body a confrontation, and then increased the sense of oppression through attempted steals.

Parker crossed half court while protecting the ball.

Parker, who is already a classic car, is a little bit struggling to face the passionate Beverly.

If when he was young, Beverly dared to stick close to him to steal, then he would directly protect the ball and accelerate to pass Beverly.

It's just that now facing the younger and stronger Beverly, Parker can only suffer from this dull loss.

After halftime, Parker felt that the opponent should stop.

But Beverly still didn't let him go, he still pressed his body against him vigorously, and kept digging with his little hands.

Beverly just made it clear that bullying Parker is not fast enough to get rid of him now, which seems a bit presumptuous.

Seeing this, Duncan immediately wanted to pick and roll Parker to relieve Parker's pressure.

In this way, Parker can save energy whether he blocked the shot opportunity or missed the opportunity but reached the three-point line more easily.

But before Duncan stepped forward to pick and roll, a figure ran over faster than him.

Duncan took a look, isn't that Ibaka?
Seeing this, Duncan didn't step forward, and directly raised his hands, signaling Parker to pass the ball to him.

When Parker saw that the opponent was double-teaming ahead of time, he also wanted to pass it to Duncan as soon as possible.

But Beverly took advantage of the referee's inattention, and secretly pushed Parker's ribs, making Parker unable to use his strength for the first time.

Parker, who didn't use his power to pass the ball at the first time, was about to put Beverly's hand on the basketball when he wanted to make the second pass.

Parker didn't dare to pass the ball to Duncan immediately, but protected the ball.

When Parker wanted to pass to Duncan again, he had no chance, and Ibaka's defense had already enveloped him.

When the pass could not be passed to Duncan, Parker subconsciously wanted to pass to Leonard, because Leonard is the supporting point and the second starting point in the tactics.

At this time Leonard also ran over to respond.

The pressure from Beverly and Ibaka was so great that Parker couldn't think about it and could only play the ball hastily.

But at this time Butler rushed out of the ambush.

Although Leonard is the luxury version of Butler, the pure strength competition between the two is comparable.

Butler's ball is rushed out, and it has an impact bonus.

And Butler also has a 10% bonus from the striker bond.

In such a confrontation, Butler was worthy of Leonard, but Leonard slipped and fell because of Butler's impact force because he was fighting for the ball with Butler.

The first defender to retreat, Leonard, fell to the ground, and Butler's fast break was naturally unstoppable.

Others wanted to chase, but Butler's speed was not slow, and he rushed directly to the Spurs' basket.

Facing an empty basket, Butler did not choose to dunk, but layup lightly and put it in.

It's not that he wants to keep a low profile, it's that dunking such an empty basket doesn't help the game much.

The task given to him by Su Chen tonight is quite heavy, because the Spurs' mid-range is a weak point. Not only does he have to shoot a lot of mid-range shots, but he also needs to be focused enough on the defensive end.

Spurs 2:7 Timberwolves.

The Timberwolves' sudden defensive change caught the Spurs by surprise.

Popovich's tactical assumption in the timeout arrangement is that the Timberwolves maintain their original defensive strategy, so the new defensive strategy of the Timberwolves made the Spurs unable to adapt at once.

However, Popovich is also experienced. For some on-the-spot things, Popovich does not need to call a timeout for every ball.

Popovich on the sidelines made a gesture.

Changed strategy without pausing.

This time the Spurs' offensive round, the Timberwolves continued the defensive strategy of the previous round.

But this time Duncan directly picked and rolled ahead of time, and Parker immediately gave the ball to Duncan.

After Duncan got the ball, he rushed in directly, attracting the Timberwolves' defense, and then directly gave the ball to Green on the outside.

The Timberwolves' defensive rotation has not stopped, and Green has not rushed to make a shot. After attracting the Timberwolves' defensive rotation, he gave the ball to Diaw in the bottom corner.

This time the Timberwolves completely missed the bottom corner, and Diaw made an easy three-pointer.

Spurs 5:7 Timberwolves.

"It seems that Popovich's tactics can only be seen for one round, and the second round can be changed by gestures."

Su Chen was a little helpless when he saw it.

In fact, last season's Spurs, or last season's Popovich, has not been able to achieve this level.

But Popovich obviously did his homework this season.

In order to cope with his pre-judgment, Popovich also made a lot of preparations, and was able to make effective adjustments so quickly without passing a timeout.

But Su Chen also had a backup plan.

Popovich can gesture on the sidelines, and so can Su Chen.

The two sides continued the offensive and defensive rounds.

The Timberwolves' offense is still a lot of offensive mid-range, and if Popovich is about to change the system, then he will not hit the mid-range.

However, Popovich has no intention of changing.

In the past so many seasons, the Spurs have been this defensive strategy.

Being able to be defeated by mid-range shots, Popovich is recognized.

He was blacked by the Grizzlies because of Randolph's mid-range shot. In that series, it was as if he had been guided by a laser, and he made a lot of progress.

At the same time, the Spurs, who were 4-1 with the Heat this season, were beaten to the tiebreaker by the eighth Mavericks in the first round, and they were almost black eight because of the CIC.

Monta Ellis, Nowitzki, these are all generals in the CIC.

This is the defensive system that the Spurs are best at, and Popovich will not let the team rebuild the defensive system that has been around for so many years, and play a new unfamiliar system.

Popovich would only tweak the strategy, not replace it.

In fact, if it is not a super-elite CIC, it is still very difficult to really rely on CIC to win the Spurs.

Su Chen also understood this.

But what he thinks is not winning by CIC, but winning by defense.

As for why the CIC is mainly used to attack, it is purely because the Spurs' CIC defense is not so strict, and it is easier to save energy by using the CIC to finish.

Last season, there was a historic backcourt combination like Curry and Thompson, so you can choose to attack the Spurs' three-pointers and then drive the inside cut.

Belong to the strongest offensive point, go to the strongest defensive point of the Spurs, and collide with each other.

And the inside offense of this Timberwolves is actually not top-notch.

Although Giannis Antetokounmpo is a future MVP-level attack monster, but now he is still a rookie, even if he uses skills to have 80% of his peak ability value, it is not enough.

80% of the ability value, without the physique of the peak Giannis Antetokounmpo, actually has to be discounted.

In addition, there is Leonard, a super defender whose defense has been formed.

Even the real peak Giannis Antetokounmpo did not get cheap in front of Leonard, let alone the current Giannis Antetokounmpo.

Even Leonard is also a rookie, but now Leonard is relatively mature, and he was already the FMVP in the original season.

The same is true for Butler. His real ability to attack the frame is still difficult in the face of this top-level high-end game.

Don't think too much about attacking the Spurs inside.

There is no need to take out the three-pointer to be ashamed.

It is to attack the middle distance, which is the easiest way for the Timberwolves.

If you want to win, it depends on the defense.

At this time, the Timberwolves had adjusted their defensive strategy.

Although some balls will still be missed, most of the time, they can cause a lot of interference to the Spurs.

There is no such situation where Parker and Duncan pick and roll, Duncan dunks as soon as he goes in, and Parker shoots as soon as he walks the pick and roll.

"Let's just leak a little bit. It's not bad to be able to prevent such an efficiency."

Seeing the situation on the field, Su Chen nodded.

At this time, the first quarter of the game has slowly passed.

Popovich and Su Chen, both of them called some timeouts to make adjustments.

But Su Chen has solved Duncan's low post, as well as the core problems of Parker and Duncan's pick-and-roll.

Even if Popovich's timeout had some effect, Su Chen's timeout could return the points.

And the Timberwolves also took advantage of the deep lineup. In the first quarter, Su Chen also replaced Iguodala and Middleton one after another.

In the first quarter, eight people have been rotated.

(End of this chapter)