NBA: Duncan feels uneasy coaching Warriors

Chapter 224: Whose problem is the losing streak?
The next two games are against the Jazz and Spurs.

Su Chen still continued the tactics of the previous three games in these two games, and Jokic's [Fixed Ability Value] can also be used continuously.

The Jazz were last in the Western Conference last season.

Hayward is the only star player on the team, and Hayward himself is not considered a superstar. His team leadership ability is basically that.

Beating the Jazz is easier than beating the King.

Hitting Spurs is a little more difficult.

But now the Spurs have also withdrawn from the ranks of top teams.

GDP has fallen below its peak, and even Duncan has not caught the tail of the peak. The entire Spurs' combat effectiveness is no longer at the same level as last season.

Although Leonard is still growing, Leonard has just reached the threshold of a star player and still needs to grow before becoming a true superstar.

Moreover, none of the young Spurs players can be a qualified helper for Leonard.

Although Danny Green is pretty good, he is still a 3D player after all, and he has not reached the elite level as a shooter.

What Leonard can really rely on is GDP and the old Spurs role players.

But as they regress, the Spurs' overall strength is clearly declining.

Originally, many people were looking forward to the match between Jokic and Duncan.

After all, the two play styles are somewhat similar. Duncan is also a pivot in the Spurs. Duncan's organization can support the entire Spurs system.

But now the old Duncan has obviously regressed. How can he beat Jokic, who has 80% of his peak ability value.

The Clippers won again in these two games.

Won a wave of opening five consecutive victories.

This allowed the Clippers to jump to first place in the league at the start of the season and secure their throne.

In the past five games, Jokic started all games and averaged a triple-double of 20+10+10 per game.

He is in a big market, ranked first in the league, and is still leading the team as a rookie.

That is to say, Jokic is an international player and an insider who prefers technical direction.

If there was a perimeter player with strong athletic talent, or a strong player in the paint, the league would probably use all its resources to support him at this time.

But even so, Jokic has become completely famous.

And this is a relatively inspiring story, because Jokic is a second-round pick.

What about being an undrafted pick and a second-round pick counterattacking? This is very consistent with the main line of the movie's story.

At the same time, he was also the player selected by the legendary coach Suchen, which made people praise Jokic even more.

What an inside magician, Hakeem Olajuwon in the small ball era, O'Neal on the floor?
A lot of random nicknames were given to Jokic.

Su Chen didn't feel much about the praise from outsiders.

No matter what, Jokic is still too young and is easily praised by these media.

After being praised, if you encounter any setbacks, these media will step on you mercilessly.

In an era where traffic is paramount, they don't care whether these will ruin a player.

Now there is no doubt about Jokic's tactical status in the team, so Su Chen also plans to change his focus.

"Get off the field and practice the value of other rookies."

Su Chen looked at the schedule.

At this time, Su Chen naturally planned to cancel the [Fixed Ability Value] skill used on Jokic.

The next opponent is the Warriors.

Speaking of teams like the Warriors, they are quite restrained by Jokic.

Because Jokic is difficult to guard. For a super shooter like Curry who can shoot with a little space, even if Jokic is given 80% of his ability, it will be difficult to guard him.

Moreover, Jokic is so highly praised by the outside world now. Instead of letting Jokic be hit and fall after being praised, it is better to let Jokic suffer some setbacks now.

At the same time, in order to strengthen the forward line, the small guards in the team who can be used must also be used quickly.

golden state.

At this time, the Clippers had just defeated last season's playoff powerhouse Spurs, winning five consecutive victories and ranking first in the league. The team's morale was at its peak.

But in fact, the Warriors are also undefeated this season. However, due to schedule reasons, they have played one less game than the Clippers, so they are 0.5 games behind the Clippers.

Thompson and Curry have reached their peak, and Cole's tactics have been implemented into the team.

It's just that the Clippers' momentum is too strong now, and it's rare for the outside world to be optimistic about the Clippers.

Before the game, many media were optimistic that the Clippers could defeat the Warriors and win six consecutive games.

Moreover, joining the Clippers as a coach also has advantages. Last season, Cole was like a toy in Suchen's hands.

In fact, the Warriors had an advantage over the Timberwolves' lineup, but Cole was seen through and was simply manipulated.

Cole also looked very serious in this game.

Obviously, Cole also felt a lot of pressure from Su Chen's suppression of him last season.

This game is obviously just a regular season game, but for Cole, it is played as a playoff game.

This offseason, Cole was scolded by the Warriors again.

Even Lacob, the boss who supported him, had some wavering on him. Cole is now under considerable pressure.

Cole cares about this game very much.

Moreover, the Clippers now have five consecutive victories and rank first in the league. The rise of Jokic, coupled with George and Lillard.

This Clippers already looks like a strong team in the playoffs. Even when the Clippers' lineup is better integrated, it is not an exaggeration to say that they are a championship candidate.

Cole, who was originally facing a formidable enemy, was very nervous from the beginning, and had a serious face even when shaking hands.

But as he continued to fight, Cole's expression became a little unbearable.

At the end of the third quarter.

Warriors 87:62 Clippers.

In the third quarter, Curry's wave of three-pointers broke out, leaving the Clippers helpless. At the end of the third quarter, they directly led the Clippers by 25 points.

In fact, the lead was quite large at halftime, but Cole was still very serious and always felt that Su Chen had some big tricks up his sleeve.

But in this third quarter, the game was ruined.

Cole couldn't help but look towards the Clippers. Seeing Su Chen's calm expression, Cole felt nervous again.

"Could it be said that even being 25 points behind was part of his calculation?"

Cole relaxed for a moment and then tensed up again.

Until the referee blew the whistle to end the game.

Warriors 117:88 Clippers.

The Warriors, sitting at home, defeated the Clippers by 29 points.

Cole was completely stunned.

Where was that Su Chen from last season? Why did it look like he was playing against a weak team?

The audience watching the live broadcast on TV could not hold back.Originally, many people were optimistic about the Clippers in this game.

After all, the Clippers carry the power of five consecutive victories, the rise of Jokic, plus Lillard and George, a complete Big Three configuration is rising.

But everyone came down.

The Clippers seemed to have no way to deal with the shooting of the Splash Brothers. Jokic couldn't defend him at all and relied entirely on the outside players to chase him.

At the same time, Jokic, who had never been able to attack inside before, was struggling in this game.

When Jokic himself cannot open up the situation, he cannot attract the defense. If he cannot mobilize the Warriors' defense, it will naturally be difficult for him to provide assists.

After all, the Warriors directly use man-to-man marking, one by one, and there are very few open spaces.

Lillard wants to respond to Curry, but his ability is still worse than Curry.

The two are the No. 1 and No. [-] player in the league in shooting three-pointers with the ball, but the gap is still quite big.

George transformed into Little Porter this time, constantly making three-point pull-ups with the ball, but without the restraint of his teammates, his shooting percentage was average.

The new Big Three combination suffered a defeat in front of the Warriors.

Jokic only scored 11 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists in this game, which was greatly reduced in all aspects.

George and Lillard no longer contributed a stable 20+ points. One of them scored 13 points, and the other of 16 points were both low-efficiency attacks.

But Clarkson on the bench broke out.

Clarkson came off the bench and scored 13 points on 23 shots.

This efficiency compares to even the starting lineup.

Clarkson's ability to achieve such a record was naturally due to Su Chen.

We designed tactics for Clarkson based on his characteristics, and also gave Clarkson the skill [Fixed Ability Value].

Clarkson, who is at 80% of his peak ability, and combined with his most comfortable offensive method, can easily rack up points while traveling with the Warriors' starters at staggered times.

Jokic didn't play this game because Su Chen canceled it for him with [Fixed Ability Value].

Jokic, who is already used to 80% of his peak ability value, still plays the same way as before, but some shots just don't go in no matter how he takes them.

"During this time, Jokic, just practice with weights."

Su Chen glanced at the somewhat depressed Jokic and couldn't help but smile in his heart.

Speaking of which, Su Chen's team was simply outrageous for Dugou.

When everyone thinks that Su Chen will lose, Su Chen will win for you.

Just when everyone thinks that Su Chen has won so much and should continue to win, Su Chen will immediately lose to you.

Pure torture of those toot dogs.

In the next game, I don’t know whether the Clippers are going to win or lose.

Losing a game and Jokic not playing well made many Clippers fans relatively tolerant.

In the last game, Jokic's offense was not very good.

At least in the past five games, Jokic has shown organizational talent, and that cannot be faked.

Even within the Clippers.

Neither Lillard nor George have much objection to Jokic.

After all, Jokic is still a rookie. Because of his rise to fame, he was studied by other teams. It is normal for him to hit the rookie wall early.

On the contrary, Lillard and George also encouraged Jokic.

Because in the past five games, they've seen Jokic's ceiling.

Both Lillard and George saw in Jokic an ability that they did not have, which was the ability to organize under high-intensity confrontations with double teams.

When the Warriors lost the game, it was not because Jokic was not well organized, but because the offense did not work.

And they didn't play well, so there's nothing to blame.

Moreover, in the last game, Clarkson performed well, which made them feel that the team's strength has been strengthened.

The Clippers have a back-to-back schedule. After playing in Golden State, they will immediately go to Oklahoma City to challenge the Thunder.

The outside world is relatively tolerant of the Clippers.

With Su Chen's reputation as a championship coach, and the talent Jokic has shown in the past five games, it is normal to occasionally fail to play well in a game.

It should be easy to beat the Thunder with Durant absent.

Westbrook leads the team, and here is the lineup of Jokic and George Lillard. Even if Jokic still performs poorly, there are George and Lillard who are not.

Such a Clippers will not lose to the Clippers, right?
Thunder fans feel that it may be difficult for their home team to defeat the opponent, after all, Durant is absent from the game.

But Westbrook obviously didn't accept being defeated by the Clippers.

Thunder 109:106 Clippers.

In this game, Westbrook showed the strength of the MVP Turtle, scoring a huge triple-double of 36 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists in the game.

Crawford, who was traded to the Thunder at the same time, also hit hard against his old club and scored 27 points.

The ball rights in Durant's absence were given to Crawford, and it was obvious that Crawford was responsible for this production.

Even when George personally defended Crawford, he was beaten into the background by Crawford and was scored 2+1 that entered the top five goal level.

Although George and Lillard deliberately improved their shots this time, and the two once again contributed 20+ points, Jokic continued to be sluggish.

If it weren't for Clarkson's support on the bench again, the Clippers might not even be able to reach the last offensive round with the Thunder.

Clarkson scored another high score of 25 points in this game. At the same time, his efficiency value was higher than that of Lillard and George. Although he traveled at a staggered time and came on the bench, he was still capable.

The Clippers, who were once ranked first, fell to third place in the Western Conference after two consecutive losses.

The Warriors sit firmly on top of the Western Conference.

At the same time, the Rockets, who were even less optimistic than the Clippers, overtook them in a corner and came to second place in the Western Conference. Harden ushered in an evolution this season.

The next day.

The outside world's evaluation of the Clippers has begun to decline.

When losing to the No. [-] Warriors in the Western Conference, Jokic did not play well. The media was more patient this time and did not start to step on him.

After all, the Warriors are now No. [-] in the Western Conference, and they haven't played well in just one game.

But losing to the Thunder without Durant is a bit abstract.

Moreover, this is Jokic's two consecutive poor performances. Such consecutive poor performances are almost hitting the rookie wall.

How harshly those media boasted about Jokic at the beginning, now these media are about to start trampling on Jokic.

And not only Jokic was stepped on, but Lillard and George were also stepped on.

There is no comparison between Lillard and Curry of the same type. At the same time, he was suppressed by Paul. Lillard is now very embarrassed.

After all, trading chips are expensive.

Just like Gobert later, after 1 for 10, he was basically scolded for any performance.

In fact, to be honest, his playing statistics are decent, but compared with his chips and wages, they are not as good as they should be, so naturally he will be scolded.

(End of this chapter)