NBA: Duncan feels uneasy coaching Warriors

Chapter 231 Full Power Ship

Facing the defending champion Timberwolves, the Clippers exerted strong suppression.

Why did the Timberwolves win the championship last season?
That's because of their excellent defensive ability in all positions. The Timberwolves can play unlimited defense changes against the Warriors, and they can quickly double-team and help defend against the Spurs.

It can be said that the Timberwolves' defensive capabilities at each position are very strong.

Although Giannis Antetokounmpo does not have the blessing of Su Chen's skills and has become a second-year rookie, his defense is still sufficient.

But after Rivers took charge, he did not choose to copy Su Chen's answer and use his own coaching method.

Although Rivers' tactical system is not without merit, the method used by Su Chen is the most suitable for this team.

Or it can be said that the personnel configuration of the entire team is actually matched according to Su Chen's tactical system.

Coupled with Su Chen's various skills, this team has become instantly familiar with the tactical system in the first season.

If Rivers is willing to learn Su Chen's tactical system, even if Rivers doesn't have tools to increase his proficiency, he will at least have a tacit understanding after playing for a season.

But Rivers wants to change the tactical system, which requires the Timberwolves to re-adjust.

Especially when Giannis Antetokounmpo regressed from superstar strength to less than an All-Star, the Timberwolves' offense can actually rely on Butler for stability.

Even though Iguodala seems to be the FMVP, his role is more on the defensive end and at the same time, he plays offensively at random.

It would be unreliable for him to attack by force.

Beverley and Ibaka's scoring is at the level of role players, and their abilities are reflected in defense.

But now Ibaka and Beverley are very embarrassed facing the Clippers' tactical system.

Since Lillard's pick-and-roll shooting with the ball is at an elite level, Lillard cannot be given a shooting angle when squeezing the pick-and-roll.

Although Lillard's shooting speed is not as fast as Curry's, it is not much worse.

Thanks to Lillard's strong control over shooting, Jokic also has more options.

When Jokic moves down the pick-and-roll, he basically faces people like Beverly Butler and Ibaka. Facing these people, he can easily beat them in the low post.

And when he saw Giannis Antetokounmpo blocking his inward route in advance, Jokic's superb golf intelligence also allowed him to make the most correct choice.

For example, suddenly changing the inside route and turning it into an outside three-pointer.

Jokic's offensive coverage is too wide, whether it is the three-point line or any area within the three-point line.

Jokic's soft touch can help him find an angle to take action.

At the same time, after double-teaming, Jokic's passing vision covers the entire court and can easily find open teammates from the gaps.

The Timberwolves' way to win has never been on offense, but on defense.

However, the Clippers' offensive system makes it difficult for the Timberwolves to defend, and Rivers has never seen such a tactical system.

Even Duncan of the Spurs didn't have three points.

The first quarter is over.

Timberwolves 19:31 Clippers.

As this game was broadcast live across the United States, it was natural to think that both sides would win.

But now in just the first quarter, the defending champion Timberwolves seemed to be defeated, falling behind by 12 points in a single quarter.

Rondo looked thoughtful off the court.

He remembered what Su Chen said to him before the game. It seemed that those words were not big words.

"Is this the Clippers at full strength?"

Rondo looked on and thought from the sidelines.

Rondo's golf IQ is extremely high, and he can also see that if he goes on the field to implement these tactics, he will definitely not be as good as Lillard.

Although he can provide more assists to Jokic, he can also provide more assists to other teammates.

But he found that Jokic's passing vision and skills were no worse than that of a traditional point guard.

Even if there is a slight technical gap, Jokic is taller and his passing vision is naturally wider than that of a group of point guards.

On to the second quarter.

Both sides have entered rotation time.

After all, this is not the playoffs. In the long regular season, both sides still make relatively standard substitutions.

Timberwolves lineup: Mike Muscala (C), Josh Smith (PF), Robert Covington (SF), Khris Middleton (SG), Jimmy Butler (PG)

Clippers lineup: Clint Capela (C), Jeff Green (PF), Kyle Anderson (SF), Jerami Grant (SG), Rajon Rondo (PG)

Rivers, who originally didn't like to use the forward to play point guard, made a change.

He also saw that facing the Clippers' lineup, Beverley couldn't guard him if his size didn't match up.

Su Chen's substitution lineup is actually the same as the starting lineup. The three positions from PF to SG are blurred to form a striker.

Originally, Sledgehammer Anderson was more suitable to play power forward, but Suchen wanted to see how Jeff Green performed at power forward, so he did not let Anderson play power forward.

Anderson's three-point shooting is actually relatively poor.

It can't be said that it's bad. If Anderson is really open, he can shoot.

But his three-point shooting speed is too slow. If there is not a big gap, he can only rely on time difference.

For example, Anderson raised his shot and his opponent jumped over to block the shot. Anderson just took the shot after the opponent had landed.

Otherwise, why would Anderson have the nickname Time Lord?

Even though Anderson has been playing for many years, there are still many players who cannot match Anderson's rhythm when playing against him.

After all, I usually fight against a group of fast people, and suddenly I fight against a group of slow people. It is not easy to adapt to it all of a sudden.

However, this substitute lineup is still a bit strange.

His three-point shooting ability is slightly lacking, but he has two organizational points.

However, by letting Anderson enter the rotation, I still think that Anderson can learn more from Rondo.

Anderson's learning talent is still very strong.

When Anderson went to the Timberwolves, at the beginning of the season it was supposed to be the water puller who passed the ball to Gobert, but the water puller was simply not up to the task.

After Sledgehammer watched the video of Ingles passing the ball to Gobert in the Jazz overnight, he learned it himself and became the most pie-feeder to Gobert during the season.

Anderson can learn from Rondo and can be said to be the best coach.

Among the point guards in the league, if we just talk about the two strongest passing and ball-handling players, they are Paul and Rondo.

Paul and Rondo are both top passing masters. It is really difficult to compare the two of them if they really want to win or lose in passing.

Although Paul has one more assists title than Rondo in terms of honor, the actual game effects are almost the same.

Anderson was also taken to the office by Suchen for a private conversation before the game.

Anyway, it’s still the same painting style.

Tell Anderson that he will be reused, that the team will have a place for him, and that he will let Rondo teach his passing ability.Not only on the court but also off the court, as long as Anderson studies hard, Su Chen gave Anderson a way to rotate his position.

This made Anderson very excited.

Anderson was still a rookie at this time, and he had been worried that he might not have much playing time with the Clippers.

Because his technical characteristics are not very consistent with Su Chen's usual tactical system.

But now Su Chen told him that as long as he studied hard, he could get a rotation position.

Moreover, Su Chen had personally asked Rondo to teach him. If he didn't study hard, he would offend both Rondo and Su Chen.

Anderson is still under a lot of pressure at this time, and now he just needs to watch and study hard.

It's not just Anderson who will benefit from having Rondo on the bench.

The biggest beneficiary is Capela.

For a player like Capela, it actually doesn't make much difference whether he is at his peak or not.

Anyway, it just relies on physical fitness, no skills, and no skills required.

In the summer training camp, Capela did not practice skills, but purely practiced physical fitness.

Physically, Capela is already quite mature.

What kind of performance Capela can perform, his upper limit purely depends on the upper limit of the pie.

Rondo's arrival made Capela very excited.

Whether it's a high-throwing alley-oop, Rondo's back pass that helps him attract the defense, or a ground-breaking pass that finds every opportunity.

This can give Capela a very comfortable ball.

At the same time, Jeff Green has been teammates with Rondo in the Celtics. Rondo can also detect Jeff Green's inward or outward three-pointers in time.

Muscala is just an ordinary space-based inside man. Facing a running and jumping man like Capela, it is difficult to keep up.

At the same time, without a point guard, the Timberwolves' offense was not playing smoothly.

Although Rondo is a small guard, he benefits from his long arms and wide hands.

Even if he faces Butler's offense, he will not become a colander.

Moreover, Rondo is not the main defender. Grant and Anderson are more likely to defend.

Although both are rookies, both have very good defensive foundations, and both have long arms and high mobility.

Although Anderson is slow when holding the ball, on the defensive end, he can defend defenders.

Even later facing Doncic, who had reached his peak, Anderson left a deep defensive impression.

Grant is now trained on a 3D route from the beginning, and their defense is good even for rookies.

The substitutes and starters were all playing against the Timberwolves, and Rivers was also standing on the sidelines, unable to think of any way to deal with it.

This game that originally attracted a lot of attention turned into a one-sided crushing by the Clippers.

competition is over.

Timberwolves 81:106 Clippers.

After winning against the Timberwolves, the Clippers' record also came to: 17 wins and 3 losses.

Continue to maintain the first record in the Western Conference.

After no longer needing to refresh the rookie's statistics, Su Chen stopped pretending and went straight to attack with all his strength.

This lineup lasted until the end of the season.

Although the wins and losses of teams in the regular season are normal, even the top team will lose to the fishing team.

But when the Clippers played such a crushing game against opponents of the same level, they didn't rely on some three-point burst to feel good. They basically played well.

This is the gap in strength.

Obviously, it is difficult to say that this Timberwolves are a team that can continue to defend the championship.

Of the two teams that Su Chen left, the Warriors were directly eliminated by Su Chen in the playoffs in their first defending season.

This second team, the Timberwolves, looks like it will be eliminated if it encounters Su Chen's current team in the playoffs.

And it's quite normal for the two teams to meet in the playoffs. The Timberwolves don't look like they can finish second and avoid the fight first, but Rivers' civilian genetic talent and the configuration of this Timberwolves don't look like they will fall out. What the playoffs look like.

"The Clippers have become stronger after the trade. The trade with Ainge was really profitable. They directly brought in two Celtics starters to serve as substitutes."

Johnson commented on the Clippers' performance in this game.

"Jokic has regained his playing form. He was confused before, but now he has found a way to play."

O'Neal praised Jokic.

O'Neal has two completely different attitudes towards the rookie Gobert who was played by Su Chen last season, and his current attitude towards Jokic.

For Gobert, even when he played 20+10, O'Neal didn't like Gobert very much.

But even when Jokic was in a sluggish game before, O'Neal did not criticize him, but made remarks to encourage Jokic to get out of the rookie wall.

Now seeing Jokic regaining his confidence, O'Neal is also very happy.

He admires skilled centers very much, and Jokic's ball-handling, passing and shooting methods are simply too suitable for his taste.

During the All-Star Game, O'Neal showed off his mid-range pull-up jumper skills, although he didn't touch them.

But O'Neal still thinks he is a technical center, so he is very optimistic about Jokic, who is also a technical center.

O'Neal is thinking that if he can handle the ball and shoot like Jokic, he won't let other teams use shark-cutting tactics to deal with him.

The next day.

After the trade, the Clippers also caused a lot of discussion after the first game.

"The Warriors, the Cavaliers, and now we have to add another team, the Clippers."

"The competition in the Western Conference is too fierce this season. Needless to say, the Warriors have also performed very strongly recently. The Trail Blazers have Paul Aldridge, and the defending champion Timberwolves. Now there is a player who is as obvious as the Warriors and is better than other teams. The Clippers are a better team."

"It's still better in the East. The Cavaliers' opponent in the East seems to be the only Hawks team, but the Hawks' stars are not good enough and it's hard to beat the Cavaliers in the playoffs."

This season, it has shown a clear pattern of strong west and weak east.

Especially many fans of Western Conference teams directly scolded Ange.

Just two rookies, two starters for nothing for the Clippers.

The Clippers' starters are already very competitive. Now the Celtics have given the Clippers two starters to play as substitutes for the Clippers. Now the Clippers' substitutes are so strong that they are on a par with other teams.

Especially for some reason, the Clippers' shortcoming is the lack of center ability.

But now it's okay to play Jokic. Capela's talent for eating cakes was also discovered after Rondo came.

Judging from the perception of the game, it is not even worse than the DeAndre Jordan traded by the Clippers.

(End of this chapter)