NBA: Duncan feels uneasy coaching Warriors

Chapter 242 Is there such a way?

At this time the game is about to start.

The starting players from both sides entered the court.

Warriors starting lineup: Tyson Chandler (C), Draymond Green (PF), Corey Brewer (SF), Klay Thompson (SG), Stephen Curry (PG)

Clippers starting lineup: Nikola Jokic (C), Nicolas Batum (PF), Jeff Green (SF), Paul George (SG), Rajon Rondo (PG)

The Clippers' change of starting lineup surprised Warriors fans.

Some old fans immediately thought that the Clippers wanted Rondo to chase Curry forcefully, which made Warriors fans not worried at all.

The Warriors' current pick-and-roll level ranks among the top in the league.

Especially after Chandler joined, his experienced pick-and-roll experience and wide and powerful body have made the Warriors' pick-and-roll power even higher.

Even if Rondo is a mid-level defender, he still thinks too much if he wants to lock in Curry, who is now at his peak.

Even Curry, opposite Rondo, couldn't help but bite his teeth and smile when he saw that it was not Lillard but Curry.

"It seems that the Su teacher is still looking at me at the same level as two years ago."

Curry gritted his teeth and thought with a smile.

Now that he has adjusted his shot rate to be faster, and his touch can support his operation this season, Curry is now confident that he can beat all kinds of defenders at the same position.

jump ball.

Chandler relied on his excellent jumping ball ability to easily get the first ball for the Warriors.

Curry retracted his braces, his eyes became serious, and he entered the state of holding the ball.

But when Curry held the ball across half court, he discovered that the person guarding him was not Rondo but George.

Curry took a curious look and found that Rondo had no intention of guarding him, but was staring at his teammate Thompson.

What does it mean?
But Curry didn't think much about it. Even if it was George, he thought it was nothing.

But when Chandler stepped forward to pick and roll, he found that Jeff Green was running faster than him and rushed directly towards Curry.

Curry was two steps away from the three-point line when he was suddenly double-teamed.

George's confrontation was very intense from the beginning. Not only did the confrontation prevent Curry from dribbling smoothly, he also kept using his arms to try to steal.

Jeff Green is also very physical as a brutal swingman.

Two strong men were directly two steps away from the three-point line, sandwiching Curry in the middle.

Chandler originally wanted to take over, but seeing how the Clippers were guarding Curry, he knew not to let Curry pick and roll and just went down.

Curry's body shape limited his passing vision, especially when George received instructions from Suchen and specifically blocked Curry's vision with his hands.

Of course, there is still a certain distance, at least a little further than Battier's blind defense.

Since Cole never thought about it before the game, Suchen played like this as soon as he came up.

Therefore, there is no arrangement for such defensive tactics, and the players can only handle it by themselves.

This ball was also made by Brewer with a shot that was not open and had some interference.

The ball missed.

In the first round, the Clippers achieved defensive strategic success.

This move is naturally a box-one that has not appeared in the league for a long time.

He has used this trick before, but when he was coaching the Timberwolves, he rarely used it.

The main reason is that the Timberwolves' defensive resources are so abundant that there is no need to use extreme tactics like box-one. They can only be used occasionally for fun.

The Clippers played very smoothly in the regular season this season, and there is no need to use box-one defense.

Even in the playoffs, neither the Spurs nor the Timberwolves were able to target the Clippers' three-pointers, so this trick has never been used.

And Su Chen had some idea of ​​hiding his moves. After all, the Warriors, as the Clippers' biggest opponent, are difficult to score three-pointers.

Hiding this move first will at least prevent Cole from having a long time to think about how to target the defense with this move.

At least judging from the Warriors' panic in the first round, Cole obviously did not expect that he would use box-one.

After all, the current Warriors still have Thompson. As one of the top three shooters in the league, Thompson needs to be defended just like Curry.

Using box-one to defend Curry is simply not taking Thompson seriously.

"It turns out that Rondo didn't play to defend Curry at all, but to defend Thompson."

Barkley said in surprise after seeing the situation on the court.

"Is this the plan to use box-one defense directly against Curry, and use two strikers to defend, limiting Curry's passing vision?"

"It seems to make sense why Rondo was selected instead of Jokic. If two forwards are required to use box-one, then other players' individual defense capabilities must first pass."

After Johnson thought for a moment, he analyzed.

"Su Chen has only used box-one in recent years. Su Chen has basically never used it in the past two seasons. He has forgotten that he still has this skill."

O'Neill patted his bald head and said with a smile.

"But there is still a problem. Cole can react immediately and use Thompson's tactics. The box-one will be self-defeating."

Kenny Smith said at this time.

Hearing Kenny Smith's words, the others also nodded.

After Su Chen used box-one before and achieved good results, other coaches also tried to use it.

I found that under the current rules of the small ball era, we can only use this trick to bully some single-core teams, and at the same time, the single-core team must not be too good in organizational skills.

Otherwise, the effect of this move is to provide assists to others.

There are still very few coaches in the league who use this trick, so they can only be used to bully tank teams, but key tank teams can be bullied without using it.

Therefore, box-one tactics are still not popular.

The Warriors are obviously not one of the teams that are bullied by box-one tactics.

First of all, Curry has top-notch organizational skills and can handle most double-teams.

Secondly, the Warriors are not a single-core team with Curry. Thompson is now the top three shooters in the league and can be regarded as the current version of the hero.

If you want to really hold the Warriors down, just targeting Curry is not enough. Thompson also has Curry-level explosive scoring ability.

On the other hand, Su Chen on the sidelines looked calm and unhurried.

How to deal with peak Curry?

Not to mention that Jokic is not good at guarding out, even if he changes to an insider who is good at guarding out, Curry will still catch the little chance.

At the peak of his game, Curry had to come up with some strange moves if he wanted to target Curry because his shooting speed was too fast and his accuracy was very high.

Since Curry's shots are difficult to interfere with, then simply don't let Curry take shots.

At least judging from the fact that the Raptors defeated the Warriors and won the championship, box-one facing the Warriors is not a meaningless tactic.

At the same time, it also proves that even a powerful lock like Leonard at his peak is very difficult to defend Curry alone.

Curry at his peak is not a player who can defend alone.

As for Thompson, of course he is also very capable of scoring points, so Suchen sent Rondo to chase Thompson.

Rondo's ability is almost as good as Curry's, but he can still be somewhat limited in his ability to catch up with Thompson.Thompson is a good shooter at a historical level, but he is not as undefensible as Curry at his peak.

Thompson still needs to use some off-ball movement to catch and shoot, and dribble independently to create shooting opportunities. His three-pointers with the ball are basically pure overhead shots.

Although Thompson's pure top shot is also very efficient when his touch explodes, it is not that simple to have an explosion of touch.

With Jokic, box-one is a very good choice.

And this time.

There has been a transition between offense and defense on the court.

After Jokic collected the rebound, he looked for a long pass opportunity to launch a fast break, but failed to find it at the first opportunity.

According to Jokic's usual playing habit, at this time, he can choose to hold the ball and dribble through half the court.

However, Jokic did not dribble the ball through half court himself, but gave the ball to Rondo.

After Rondo came on the court, he called a tactic.

Jokic did not go to the point guard to play a two-man turn. Instead, he went to the 45° three-point line and set a pick-and-roll, giving George an option for a three-pointer without the ball.

Cole had already analyzed Jokic's offensive ability before the game and made many defensive arrangements for Jokic.

But the arrangement that Cole did the most was when Jokic launched an attack in the low post.

At this time, Jokic was covering from outside the three-point line, and the Warriors' inside line did not dare to continue to shrink and had to release it quickly.

Both Jokic and George have a large number of three-pointers in the Clippers team. They use pick-and-rolls, and both of them can become three-point finishers.

At this time, George passed Jokic's pick-and-roll and ran into a three-point position without the ball.

Rondo directly made a one-handed pass.

The Warriors players subconsciously intercepted the pass, but the next second, Rondo's long arm made a change of direction.

Curry's attention was still on the pass. After Rondo's fake pass, he changed direction and accelerated directly through Curry's defense.

Seeing Curry being breached, Thompson immediately came to help defend.

At this time, Rondo passed the ball behind his back without looking at anyone, and the ball passed smoothly to Jeff Green's hands.

Jeff Green has been able to go from being a substitute to being a regular starter for the Clippers this season, which is naturally because his three-point shooting percentage is pretty good.

When Jeff Green is wide open, he can also adjust his shooting posture.

brush!
A three-pointer was scored.

Warriors 0:3 Clippers.

Seeing this cooperation, Su Chen on the sidelines smiled.

Suchen even took the time to look at Cole's expression.

At this time, Cole's expression was obviously stunned.

Su Chen didn't even have to guess. Before the game, a lot of people were analyzing how many ways the Warriors could target Jokic.

Draymond Green and Chandler are both good defenders in the low post, and Jokic can be left to them.

Su Chen wanted to say something to these people.

The weak point of the Warriors' starting lineup is Curry, so why should he first think about breaking the Warriors' inside defense? Isn't it better to let the outside lead the inside?
"So that's what Rondo does!"

Johnson on the court also understood.

"So this is ah!"

Kenny Smith also looked like he was suddenly enlightened.

They had all entered into a misunderstanding before.

Because in the past games, the Clippers have determined a center-centered play style, and their record is dazzling.

So the habitual thinking is to think about the internal competition between the Clippers and the Warriors.

But they forgot that the Warriors' starting defensive weakness is Curry, just like the Clippers' starting defensive weakness is Jokic.

These are the leaders of both sides and cannot be replaced easily.

At the same time, they also forgot that Rondo has proven in the past season that his passing ability is also top-notch in breakthrough ability.

The Clippers have played too many three-pointers and cuts in the past, especially at the point guard position. Lillard took a lot of shots from outside the three-point line.

So they didn't even think about it, is Lillard really better than Rondo on the offensive end?
The Clippers' lineup is a starting lineup that all has three-pointers. If Rondo's style of play becomes the core, then it will be a ball-holding core.

Rondo's micromanagement of breaking through the paint and passing the ball simply left Lillard a few blocks behind.

When the lineup is suitable for Rondo, and when the Warriors' weakness is the point guard, Rondo is not necessarily weaker than Lillard on the offensive end.

Most of Lillard's offenses are three-pointers. If he wants to effectively punish Curry for this point, he must have a smooth hand.

If Lillard doesn't feel good, this opportunity against Curry will be wasted.

In this specific situation, Lillard doesn't seem to be much better than Rondo on the offensive end, but the gap between the two on the defensive end makes the gap between the two clear.

"Looking at it this way, it seems quite right for Rondo to replace Lillard in the starting lineup."

O'Neill touched his head and said a little strangely.

After listening to it, the other people didn't have anything to refute.

But it's embarrassing for them to talk about it.

Because just before the game started, after seeing the starting list, they kept criticizing how unreasonable it was to replace Rondo in the starting lineup.

They all agreed that replacing Rondo would not solve the Clippers' defense.

What really needs to be replaced is Jokic.

If you can't replace Jokic, you might as well bring in Lillard and compete with the Warriors.

But judging from the Clippers' current strategy.

While maintaining defense, he even became stronger on the offensive end to a certain extent.

How embarrassing.

The game continued.

Due to Cole's arrangement before the game, he never thought that Su Chen would use this method, so the Warriors suddenly played a bit messy.

Cole didn't guess Suchen's arrangement, but Suchen was very familiar with the Warriors' style of play.

The Warriors' start was suddenly beaten 3-10.

beep!
Cole saw that this was not going to work, and at the same time he thought for a while and came up with a countermeasure.

So I quickly called a timeout.

Seeing that the Warriors were stopped, the Clippers' morale rose rapidly.

Rondo clapped his hands and encouraged his teammates.

The players on and off the field were very excited. During the timeout, the bench also came up to welcome the main players.

Even Lillard, who was assigned as a substitute tonight, stepped forward and high-fived his teammates when he saw the team's performance.

(End of this chapter)