Soul of the Golden State

Chapter 777 Change Tactics
"If you want to limit the offense of the Suns, you must limit Charles and Tim. If you don't limit them, it's all empty talk!"

"We shouldn't play at the pace of the Suns. Our advantage is offense. We didn't play well in the second quarter. We should start from this aspect!"

"Yes, there is indeed a problem with our offense. The opponent's rotation speed is very fast, and it is difficult for us to have open opportunities..."

In the locker room of the Warriors, the players are having a heated discussion, not only about replaying the first half, but also expressing their opinions on how to play in the second half.

Nelson has always encouraged players to discuss. This kind of collision of ideas between players can sometimes inspire him.

"Since the opponent's defensive center of gravity has shifted outward, we can start from the inside!" At this moment, Li Weisi said suddenly.

After hearing Li Weisi's voice, everyone stopped discussing immediately, and all looked at Li Weisi, not understanding what Li Weisi meant by starting from the inside.

The Warriors have always been a team that mainly focuses on the perimeter. Although there was Malone before and Divac now, although they all have offensive threats, they are more often used as an auxiliary point with a rich tactical level. .

Therefore, limited by habits, everyone did not immediately understand what Li Weisi meant, even Divac himself.

"What I mean is: I hope Verratti will increase the chances of low isolation in the second half. In my opinion, whether it is Cline or Green, they can't guard Verratti. As long as Verratti can punish them in the paint, Their defense will never be as tight as it was in the first half."

Hearing Li Weisi's proposal, everyone fell into deep thought and began to think about the feasibility of this proposal. At this moment, Nelson, who had been silent all along, finally spoke: "West is right, we don't need to confront the sun head-on, since They take the initiative to play small, then we will play big, it is rare to meet a team where we can bully their insiders, we must take advantage of this opportunity!"

Hearing what Nelson said, everyone laughed out loud.

As Nelson said, as an era when the four major centers dominate the league, in addition to these four all-round star centers, there are also many excellent centers such as Mourning, Mutombo, and Doherty. It can be said that although Divac of the Warriors has also been selected as an All-Star, the Warriors are often at a disadvantage in terms of center forwards.

It is rare to encounter a team that is not as good as their own at the center position this time. It is really unreasonable not to let Divac perform well.

Sure enough, after the start of the second half, the Warriors hit the ball inside first.

On weekdays, Divac usually chooses to catch the ball in a high position, and then helps the team attack through his long-range threat and organizational skills.

But this time, Divac took the initiative to drop low, ready to hit Green with his back.

In fact, today's Divac has very comprehensive skills. Not only is his long shot and passing excellent, but his back hit and small hook are also good, just because of the team's tactical needs and the opponent's defense. The strength is so strong that Divac rarely has the opportunity to perform.

And like tonight, there are even fewer tactics specially made for him.

Because they took advantage of the first half, the Suns continued their small lineup in the second half, with AC Green playing five and Barkley playing four.

Green is indeed an iron man. He entered the NBA in 85, and it has been 10 years now. He has only missed 3 games in total, and these 3 games all happened in 86, and it was not because of injuries, but because of Pat Riley didn't send him.

Moreover, this data will continue, even in the original time and space, because of the team change in the 96-97 season, he played 83 games that season.

And this iron man, now also in 93 with the collapse of the dynasty Lakers, was invited to join the Suns.

In fact, at that time, Li Weisi wanted Green to join, not for anything else, but to admire his character and accomplish what he wanted to do but failed.

It's a pity that Green really can't pass this hurdle in his heart, and he is unwilling to face the Warrior who broke up his own Lakers. Moreover, in terms of Green's technical characteristics and abilities, he cannot be reused by the Warriors at all.

After all, the team has Rodman who has technical characteristics that surround him in addition to scoring!

When it comes to the Suns, he is more often used as a firefighter, wherever he needs to go, as a substitute for Barkley, sometimes as a starter, and even as a center like he is now.

Although Green is only a blue-collar, his defensive ability is worthy of recognition. It's just that he is 206cm tall, and it is obviously too difficult to really defend the 216cm Divac.

While dribbling the ball, Divac used his body to test, and after confirming Green's defensive center of gravity, he was relieved to prepare for action.

Due to the offensive threat of the Warriors from the outside line, when Divac was in singles, the rest of the Suns could not assist in the defense at all, and could only watch Green being beaten.

Green has worked hard to defend, but Divac has more than just his body.

After probing on the left side, Divac immediately turned to the right, and Green immediately rushed to the right, and jumped up immediately after Divac made a shooting action.

However, Divac was just a fake move. He didn't move his pivot foot, stepped forward with his left foot, and threw the originally recovered ball from behind Green.

Since the basket was close at hand, the ball went in without any suspense.

After the goal was scored, it was just a simple goal for the two teams on the field, but Westphal, the head coach of the Suns outside the field, frowned slightly when he saw this scene, because he found The sense of the game that he made a great contribution in the first half began to sound the alarm for him again.

Things seem to be getting dangerous again?But should Klein be replaced?

Westphal was a little tangled, because even if he traded Klein back, there was no guarantee that Divac would be able to defend. The key was whether the Suns' offense could be maintained, after all, in the first round of the second half. Among them, the Suns still scored.

It was precisely because of this situation that Westphal decided to wait and see, but he didn't expect that after such a wait, he would wait for something to happen.

In the following games, although the Suns still maintained good offensive firepower, the Warriors' offensive efficiency has risen to a new level, scoring almost every round.

The disadvantage of the inside made them very passive, and there was no way to provide an effective method on the defensive end. Moreover, due to the recovery of the Warriors' touch, the point difference began to be recovered.

Finally, after Divac's inside back to attract double-teams, Mullin hit a three-pointer, and the Warriors successfully achieved a lead with 68:67.

(End of this chapter)