NBA: Duncan feels uneasy coaching Warriors

Chapter 228 Eight consecutive victories

"It seems that the Rockets still don't know the power of this little ball-carrying core."

Su Chen couldn't help but laugh on the sidelines.

The game continues.

Harden's defensive strategy still continues to make up for it inside, while Harden's defender turns to cut off Harden's connection with his teammates.

Harden also felt very uncomfortable when faced with such a defensive method.

In fact, if this strategy can really restrict Harden, it may not be possible.

Firstly, Harden's current skills have not yet reached the true peak, and he has not reached the ceiling of his left and right hand control skills. Whether it is George's defense against him or Barnes' defense against him, they both defend on one side and put the other on the other side.

Harden has no way to display his true strength. Whether it is touching the ball or controlling the ball, there is an awkward feeling.

Secondly, the Rockets' lineup is too weak now and cannot give Harden much support.

Yes, the Rockets have reached a very far position this season, but what was that lineup and what is it now?
Josh Smith, Happy Beast, Brewer, Jason Terry, Capela.

This is the part of the rotation that the Rockets will really have to go far in the playoffs.

Now in this Rockets, Ariza is one of the rotation members, and the others are all guys that the Rockets are ready to trade away.

Even when Su Chen targeted Harden like this, the Rockets did not seize the opportunity brought by Harden's attraction to the defense.

Of course, it's not that easy to catch it.

Next to the big ball-handling core, you still need to have a big ball-holding core of the same level or two small ball-holding cores, or a pure super singles player.

The closest Harden has come to a championship should be the 17th season.

Harden is a big ball-handling core, coupled with Paul's big ball-handling core, he beat the Universe with Durant to the tiebreaker.

After the Rockets did not have Paul in G6 and G7, they relied on Harden as a ball-handling core, and were immediately supported by Universe Yong to win two games in a row.

That year, whoever played against the Cavaliers would win the championship.

The Cavaliers that season were basically in the same situation as the Heat last season, or even worse than the Heat.

Wade played with an injury, Irving was unable to play, and the role players were a group of veterans.

Harden, who did not have the support of his teammates, still played very weakly after being targeted.

On the other hand, the Clippers.

Capela has unleashed his potential. Whether it is the quality of pick-and-rolls, the rebounds provided after passing down, or the scoring inside, he is better than Donatas Motiejunas.

However, it cannot be compared like this. Donatas Motiejunas is a player who can attack by himself with the ball, not a pie-eating type.

But the problem is that Harden is not very suitable for this kind of insider who wants to attack with the ball.

Lien Bied has to dye his hair a little yellow, let alone Donatas Motiejunas.

Dinwiddie, who plays with the ball and plays small core, is quite comfortable playing in the Clippers' lineup.

The Rockets simply couldn't target him.

Because George is still on the court, whether George has the ball or not, the Rockets have to pay attention to George when he is standing on the court.

This is the power of star players.

At the same time, Batum can serve as the team's transfer point. In addition to three-pointers and inside cuts, he also has some ball-handling ability, which makes the Rockets unable to target Dinwiddie at all.

The Rockets' offense became somewhat stuck.

Although the Clippers' offense is not particularly fierce, every move is precise and it makes sense to focus on one.

A reasonable ball hit rate, as long as the feel is not particularly bad, the efficiency is still passable.

In this game, the entire Clippers team was under the control of Dinwiddie, allowing Dinwiddie, a small core holding the ball, to experience the feeling of a big core holding the ball.

With the end of the game.

Rockets 87:90 Clippers.

The two sides did not score a big score in this game, and the Clippers won the victory on the road.

After winning against the Rockets, the Clippers' record also came to: 12 wins and 3 losses.

The team also ushered in a small three-game winning streak.

Although Harden's statistics in this game are still very good, scoring 31 points, Harden's plus-minus value is only -2 under Su Chen's attack.

Although Dinwiddie didn't score that high.

In the whole game, Dinwiddie scored a double-double with 25 points, 12 assists and 1 steal.

Under Dinwiddie's guidance, the team played in a orderly manner.

Originally, Rockets fans were thinking that without Lillard, Jokic and Clarkson as three starters, the Rockets could easily win this spot battle.

However, Dinwiddie's unexpected appearance caused the Rockets to lose the position battle and fall further away from second place in the Western Conference.

The next day.

The Clippers are firmly in second place in the Western Conference. Dinwiddie led the Clippers to a 25+12 victory over the Rockets, which immediately made headlines.

"Jokic, Clarkson, the Clippers' No. 3 super rookie appear!" 》

"Finding treasure in the second round!"Take stock of all the second-round picks Su Chen selected. 》

"The rest of Lillard and Clarkson gave them another competitor. The Clippers' backcourt competition is fierce! 》

Right now, the outside world is still paying a lot of attention to the Clippers.

Whether it's Ballmer, a super rich man, joining the team, or the Clippers, who are already in a big market, or Su Chen, who joined with a championship ring.

This makes the Clippers a hot topic.

Such a topic, let alone in Minnesota, Su Chen had never felt it so strongly even when he was in Golden State.

After all, the Golden State championship atmosphere had not yet been created at that time, and the team's record was not particularly good.

Regarding the ability of manager Su Chen, many people are now slowly changing their views.

At first, I felt that Su Chen just wanted to build the lineup he wanted to coach, but looking at it now, no matter what, Su Chen's draft vision is simply the top level in the industry.

One season may still be said to be a hit, but now it has been two consecutive seasons.

Even Gobert and others who were traded away by Su Chen last season are actually slowly making progress now, but they are not as smoothly integrated into the team as they were under Su Chen.

Now Su Chen's drafting ability is not only recognized by fans, but also by the industry after analysis, they are full of praise for Su Chen's drafting vision.

Even if Dinwiddie only played one good game, based on Su Chen's habits, he must be optimistic about Dinwiddie's talent to entrust him with such an important task.

But new problems have also emerged.

The Clippers' backcourt is too crowded.

Dinwiddie, Clarkson, and Reggie need to compete for the time available in the backcourt.

Lillard has been excluded. After all, Lillard has proven his star level. If Su Chen didn't recognize Lillard, he wouldn't trade Paul.

Lillard's playing time is very long, and it is obviously not enough for these three people to compete for the rest.

Defenders are no better than forwards. Defenders really need the ball to support themselves.

For an excellent defender, if the ball is often not given to him, his confidence in his ball sense will continue to decline.

It's not like you can have a bunch of forwards. Anyway, the demand for forwards is huge and they can be used whenever they play.

Without holding the ball, he mainly defends and shoots fixed-point three-pointers, plug and play.

In addition, since last season, Su Chen also made a move to trade rookies for immediate combat power.Combining this, it is not difficult to infer that Su Chen had plans to trade the backcourt, so managers of major teams in the league began to take notice of the Clippers.

The Clippers' guards, except for Dinwiddie, have yet to truly prove themselves, and they can all be played individually.

There are many teams in the league that need defenders.

For example, the Rockets, who just played a game against the Clippers, need a capable defender to share Harden's burden.

Especially in the last game, after Harden was targeted by Su Chen, the Rockets even more recognized the idea of ​​​​finding a secondary attacker for Harden.

They are even very interested in Dinwiddie, who has not proven himself in more games.

It would be pretty good to give the team one more ball-carrying core.

Many evaluation agencies are already preparing to conduct new evaluations for the Clippers after the transaction.

The Clippers' record is quite good, with 12 wins and 3 losses.

In addition, Su Chen has won the championship for two consecutive seasons. With this record and this configuration, the Clippers are qualified to enter the ranks of championship teams.

The reason why I was not optimistic about the Timberwolves last season is because the Timberwolves did not have a serious star player.

No matter what the Clippers say, Lillard and George are two true star players, although they are still far from superstars and a little star-less.

But there is after all.

The insiders who were originally not optimistic appeared Jokic and Capela, who was gradually showing his talent. At the same time, Batum's performance at power forward was also acceptable.

This has slowly increased the Clippers' reputation.

Of course, whether they can truly become a championship contender still depends on whether the Clippers will make a rookie swap for immediate combat effectiveness.

The Clippers faced the two favorite championship teams this season, the Cavaliers and Warriors, and both lost by huge margins.

It's hard to say now whether the Clippers can become a championship contender.

Su Chen doesn't care about the outside world's evaluation of the Clippers.

What he cares about is the outside world's evaluation of Dinwiddie and Clarkson. After all, these are the ones that can really sell good chips!
The Clippers game continues.

The opponents in the Clippers' next five games are.

Jazz, Knicks, Magic, Pelicans, Suns.

The Clippers' schedule at the beginning is quite good. In the last five games, the Pelicans can barely be considered a playoff-level team.

But in the original timeline, they were eighth in the Western Conference and were directly swept by the Warriors.

Moreover, in all the games that were swept, there was not a single game where the outcome was decided by a relatively large score.

In recent games, Su Chen naturally tried his best to win.

After all, this is a game for Dinwiddie and Clarkson.

Just brushing the data is not a skill. It is a skill to brush the data after winning the game.

Otherwise, it is inevitable that some people will gossip and say that they are data brushes, which will affect the trading market.

When you win, you brush up the data. Who dares to say that you are a data brusher? If you have the ability, you can brush up the data and lead the team to win at the same time?

Those who can use data to lead the team to win are not called data brushers, they are called MVPs!

Of course, there are some tricks in this.

After all, there are George and Lillard. Even if they stand on the court without touching the ball, the opponent dare not target the rookie who wants to improve his statistics.

And there is the assistance of Jokic and the high-quality pick-and-roll provided by Capela.

The most important thing is that Su Chen's various items and skills now assist them, allowing them to display extraordinary strength.

This environment for brushing data is called a comfortable one.

In these five games, Su Chen also showed his full strength and played very seriously in every game.

What about Hawkeye, reusable energy drink, explosive power moment, hot zone ignition, fixed ability value, pre-game training?
A bunch of supports are available for them.

At the same time, Lillard's shots were deliberately reduced, and Reggie was not even given playing time.

Even Lillard Suchen gives him an occasional break.

While winning all five games, Clarkson and Dinwiddie both posted good statistics.

One gets two pairs and the other gets points. The division of labor is quite clear.

Clarkson averages 25 per game, and Dinwiddie averages 18+10.

The playing time is enough, the tactical position is full, and the shooting rights are full.

Su Chen didn't pretend anymore. He made it clear that he was going to buy it, and it would depend on what price other managers in the league would give him.

Even if you can win anyway, you can't use data to lower the price, right?

After winning five games against the Jazz, Knicks, Magic, Pelicans, and Suns.

The Clippers' record is here: 16 wins and 3 losses.

At the same time, after winning against the Suns, the team also reached its eighth consecutive victory.

After the Clippers' eight-game winning streak, their record directly surpassed the Warriors' recent momentum and jumped to first place in the Western Conference.

And not only are they first in the Western Conference, but the Hawks, who have the best record in the Eastern Conference, are not as good as the Warriors, so the Clippers are now also first in the league.

The Clippers have been so strong recently, which has caused major companies to adjust the Clippers' odds, and they are almost the same as third place and second place.

Of course, major companies and institutions know that the Clippers have taken advantage of their record recently.

But if you want to reap the dividends, you must have your own strength.

The schedule is good, but they can't beat it. Isn't that the case with a lot of teams?

Many teams that are favored cannot be beaten by a tank team, and they are often overturned by the tank team.

At least from now on, the Clippers' abuse of food is still very stable and their attacks are relatively ruthless.

Moreover.

Analysts from professional institutions also know very well that although the Clippers' recent opponents are not strong, the Clippers are not using their full strength.

The Clippers started the game very strongly, relying on the three-core play of Jokic, Lillard and George.

Although Jokic has declined, Jokic has begun to slowly regain his feeling recently. The Clippers should be the strongest when they return to the three-core style.

But recently Su Chen has been vigorously training two rookies.

The tactical tilt was all towards the two rookie guards. With the two rookies getting data, the team still won.

It means that the Clippers had a good schedule, but they did not show their strongest form, and they won eight consecutive victories just by playing.

And according to the development of last season, Su Chen has not yet carried out the operation of replacing rookies with immediate combat power.

Let's quickly increase the odds now, and don't dare to wait for Su Chen to show his strength.

The Clippers played so well, which made Paul secretly resentful in Portland.

The Blazers' recent record has been relatively average.

Mainly due to the cooperation between the team's center Lopez Jr. and his pie-eating efficiency, it is simply not on the same level as Jordan.

And Aldridge is not as compatible with him as he thought.

(End of this chapter)