NBA: Duncan feels uneasy coaching Warriors

Chapter 225 Clarkson starts
Of the Clippers' Big Three originally planned, Lillard slumped again and Jokic hit the rookie wall.

George played quite well, but George, who was very good, obviously couldn't carry the team's banner.

At this time, Clarkson, who had continuously played 20+ points on the bench, also attracted the attention of the outside world.

Some outside media are already writing technical analysis and highlights about Clarkson.

Clarkson clearly attracted a lot of attention.

That's the good thing about being in a big market. If he starts hitting a good ball in a row, he will immediately attract attention.

This is what Su Chen wants to achieve.

At the same time, Su Chen lamented that the big football market is good.

Last season in the Timberwolves, if Gobert, CJ and others wanted to become famous, they had to start with a winning streak to attract attention.

It's not like the Clippers.

Just two good games and the team lost can attract so much attention.

Then the next step is for Clarkson to lead the team to win.

Memphis.

FedEx Arena.

The Clippers challenge the Grizzlies away from home.

Now the team has played seven games, and the schedule of seven games is still relatively intensive.

This just gives Su Chen an opportunity, that is, taking turns!
In Su Chen's view, Lillard, George and Jokic's three-man teamwork is already playing well. With S-level simulation glasses, there is no need to pay too much attention to the running-in time.

The top priority now is to strengthen the team's forward reserves.

Whether it is the small ball era or a lineup with Jokic as the core, the striker is extremely important.

Especially when Lillard's defensive ability is not as good as Murray's, switching to a faster forward can also help Lillard and Jokic deal with those attacks.

Often the little guys' success is accompanied by the rest of the team's core.

For example, when Lin was crazy, Anthony was injured and couldn't play, so there was enough stage for him.

In the same way, Lillard's presence on the court also hindered Clarkson's development.

The reason why Clarkson should be brushed first is purely because Clarkson is better than Dinwiddie, because Clarkson's scoring ability is relatively mature from the beginning.

Also based on 80% of their peak, Clarkson's pure offensive ability is stronger than Dinwiddie.

Dinwiddie is a more balanced number one position.

If Dinwiddie and Clarkson are to allocate 10 skill points, Dinwiddie may allocate 5 points to the scoring organization at the same time, while Clarkson will allocate 10 points to the scoring.

Dinwiddie Suchen also plans to brush him up, but before that, let Clarkson brush up first.

Lillard took a rest in this game, and Clarkson directly replaced Lillard and became the team's starting point guard.

Soon the game will start.

Grizzlies starting lineup: Marc Gasol (C), Zach Randolph (PF), Courtney Lee (SF), Tony Allen (SG), Mike Conley (PG)

Clippers starting lineup: Nikola Jokic (C), Nicolas Batum (PF), Paul George (SF), Reggie Jackson (SG), Jordan Clarkson (PG)

Su Chen naturally had his own considerations in choosing an opponent like the Grizzlies.

Clarkson currently has the data, but the teams lost in those two games. The loss of a team with good data can easily be regarded as a data brush.

You need to know about those small characters who make big plays. The reason why they create a sensation is not just because they produce beautiful statistics.

The key is still to win.

During those days when Lin was crazy, he had beautiful statistics and was still leading the team to a winning streak, which made people feel crazy.

If you want to replicate that kind of performance, just brushing the data won't do it.

As the opponent of the first victory, it is also more important. When talking about someone, they will mention who he started his winning streak from and then broke out.

Naturally, this opponent cannot be too weak, otherwise it will be unconvincing to fight against a fishing team.

Grizzly Bear is naturally a very suitable character for this position.

In the Grizzlies' backcourt, Conley and Allen have been on the All-Defensive Second Team and the All-Defensive First Team respectively, and are among the league's top defenders.

Although Courtney Lee has not been selected for the defensive team, he is positioned as a 3D striker, and he is naturally not bad at defending the guy he feeds.

There is also Gasol, the DPOY, guarding the inside. It can be said that the points scored against the Grizzlies are all real.

The Grizzlies have been a regular in the playoffs in recent seasons. Their weakness is that their offense prevents them from going further, but their defense has always been online.

The team building ideas of the Grizzlies are quite similar to that of the five champion Pistons. In addition, there is a successful example of the Spurs, so the Grizzlies also want to imitate.

But players like Duncan cannot be imitated, and the rules of modern basketball have changed, which is different from the era of the Pistons' Fab Five.

Seeing the Clippers put a rookie in the starting lineup surprised the Grizzlies.

In particular, before the game, Grizzlies head coach Jorge thought Reggie might be the starting point guard.

George has played SG in previous games, so Morris or Barnes may be put into the starting lineup.

As Joger, who was often eliminated by Su Chen in the past two seasons, he now knows a little bit about Su Chen's preferences, which is that he likes large lineups.

But having Clarkson start and partner Reggie in the backcourt makes Joerger a little strange.

But Su Chen has always been someone he couldn't see through.

And Clarkson performed well when he came off the bench in the first two games.

At this time the game started.

Jokic jumped to the ball for the Clippers, and now Jokic's jumping ball is getting better. After all, even those jumping male centers cannot jump to the ball every time.

After George got the ball, it was customary to hold the ball for Lillard or Jokic, so George took a look at Jokic first.

However, Suchen specifically increased Clarkson's possession of the ball this time. After George glanced at Jokic, he gave the ball to Clarkson.

This scene is also funny.

George is already regarded as the Mesozoic in this league. He has been selected to the All-Star twice, the All-NBA Team and the All-Defensive Team.

Logically speaking, George should be the boss of this team, and Lillard is not even comparable to him.

According to convention, the team leader usually has the right to take the lead in singles for the first ball.

But now that Lillard is taking a rest, George actually has to consider whether to give the ball to Jokic or Clarkson.

But there is nothing George can do about this situation. The coach's tactics are not forward tactics.

I originally thought that due to Butler and Giannis' status with the Timberwolves last season, he would improve after arriving with the Clippers and become the core of the tactics.

But now he has been reduced to a supporting role.

But no matter what, Su Chen is the coach of two consecutive championships. Let's wait and see how Su Chen arranges a season.

After Clarkson scored high scores in the previous two games, he had no stage fright in this game.Since the coach designed tactics for him, he boldly called tactics.

Clarkson directly called a Stack tactic specially tailored for him by Su Chen, which was the Spanish pick-and-roll.

To put it simply, while the two people in the bottom corner are opening up the space, the other three people quickly gather at the top of the arc.

There are many variations of this get together.

If there is no three-pointer from the center, they will basically run a pick-and-roll when they get together, and then immediately cut inside to the basket.

Of course, it will vary from person to person.

For example, a center with three-pointers like Jokic can not only choose to cut inside to the basket after getting together, but also choose to bounce three-pointers from outside.

This Spanish pick-and-roll change was specially designed by Suchen for Clarkson, and it is very suitable for his technical characteristics.

After Clarkson called the tactic, the rest of the team immediately understood the tactic.

Reggie and Batum stood directly in the bottom corners.

George and Jokic immediately came to the top of the arc and conducted a pick-and-roll without ball screen.

Since the Clippers had hardly used such tactics before, the Grizzlies were unprepared for the Clippers' tactics.

Jokic cut inside immediately after the pick-and-roll, but Conley's defense was still very sharp. He immediately directed Cornette Lee to follow Jokic, while he guarded George who shot out.

Cornette-Lee knew that there was a huge size difference between him and Jokic, so he always went forward to defend Jokic's ball instead of defending from behind.

At the same time, the Blazers' defenses on both sides were quietly shrinking in, ready to help Courtney Lee cut off the ball at any time.

Cornette-Lee chose the route to steal the ball very well. It is very difficult to give the ball to Jokic under such circumstances.

Not to mention Clarkson, even Lillard couldn't pass the ball.

Although Clarkson did not have the ability to pass the ball like this, in this tactic, Su Chen did not arrange for him to pass the ball inside.

At this time, a matchup between Clarkson and Gasol was formed.

Although Gasol was the DPOY, that was already the past two seasons. With the changes in the rules, Gasol actually never entered the defensive lineup again after that.

Because Gasol's weakness is speed, the two Grizzlies insiders are called the Black and White Bears, and Gasol, the big white bear, is indeed very impressive.

If you want to rely on the inside to attack him in the low post, then his stocky body like a big white bear will make the opponent eat hotpot.

But in this era, except for players like Jokic, insiders rarely dig in the low post.

Moreover, even Jokic has a good three-point shot and can even break through with the ball.

At this time, Gasol still kept a certain defensive distance when facing Clarkson. Obviously he had a clear understanding of his speed.

Watching Gasol shrink, Clarkson took two dribbles on the spot and then directly chose a pull-up three-pointer.

Although Gasol reached out when Clarkson took the shot, he was too far away and the actual interference effect was very small.

When a professional player faces this level of interference, it can be said that there is no interference.

However, from the visual effect, Clarkson's three-pointer was made with Gasol's hand in defense.

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Clarkson felt good tonight and made his first three-pointer with the ball.

Grizzlies 0:3 Clippers.

Clarkson looked very excited after getting the opening three points under the defense of the former DPOY.

At this time, Clarkson didn't even know that he was now at 80% of his peak ability value, and he simply thought that he had a smooth hand.

At the beginning, a first-year rookie like Clarkson made a three-pointer, which made Gasol a little embarrassed, and he was still a second-round pick.

Gasol patted his chest, indicating that the ball belonged to him.

The Grizzlies teammates and coaches didn't say anything. After all, Gasol is the DPOY, and they still have to trust their teammates.

Grizzlies offensive round.

The Grizzlies' offense is more team-oriented, but because of the positions of Randolph and Batum, Randolph felt that he had an advantage, so Randolph reached for the ball from the beginning.

Randolph is an orthodox low-heavy inside lineman with a soft mid-range touch.

Although Batum has performed relatively well in defending some league insiders in past games, there is still a huge gap in strength between Batum and Randolph.

As soon as Randolph caught the ball, Batum stepped forward to press him.

At the same time, George immediately shrank back, and the two double-teamed Randolph intensively.

Batum's sudden pressure made Randolph lose his grip on the ball, and then Jokic immediately covered it, which forced Randolph to release the ball immediately.

Randolph's low post attack ability does not need too much praise. Even the big-mouthed Klee called Randolph the best low post player in the active league. It is not easy to get such an evaluation from Barkley.

But the reason why the Grizzlies have been unable to go further for so many seasons is also because of Randolph.

The Grizzlies want to replicate the team basketball like the Spurs, but their most critical configuration has changed from Duncan to Randolph.

Randolph has a good offensive ability like Duncan, but he does not have the ability to break double teams like Duncan. His support ability is simply not enough to support a system.

Randolph wanted to pass the ball, but couldn't. The ball fell out of his hands and was snatched by Batum.

This ball was also grabbed by Batum. If it was grabbed by Jokic, Jokic could launch a fast break with this ball.

Seeing Randolph being trapped in a double team and losing the ball, everyone in the Grizzlies immediately defended.

They have seen scenes like this with Randolph quite often. Randolph is not good at dealing with double-teams. This is something everyone in the league knows.

With Randolph's low-post offensive ability, if he has Duncan's support and defensive abilities, he can take over as Duncan's current No. [-] power forward.

Batum didn't find an opportunity to launch a fast break, and Suchen also shouted loudly from the sidelines, indicating that the team should take position.

Batum saw this situation and put the ball back in Clarkson's hands.

Clarkson called a Stack tactic again.

This is the tactical right given to him by Su Chen. Clarkson was not polite at all. He had already shown confidence in the previous two games.

Scorers just need confidence, otherwise they won't be able to perform even at 80% of their peak strength.

Through this Stack tactic, Clarkson tapped Gasol's defense again.

This time Gasol paid more attention to Clarkson's three-pointer, and Clarkson obviously noticed this.

Clarkson did not use any fancy dribbling, but directly used a change of direction to accelerate, and broke through to the left side.

Gasol quickly retreated.

Near the free throw line, Clarkson suddenly stopped. Gasol was too slow and had too much inertia to stop.

After backing away from Gasol, Clarkson took a direct shot from mid-range.

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Grizzlies 0:5 Clippers.

(End of this chapter)