overlooking the pitch

Chapter 552 The Predicted Best Lineup

The Clippers came back with a certain advantage in the second quarter, which made Brad Stevens' decision almost have a sense of blind worship among some Clippers fans.They even feel that Brad Stevens has become the best head coach in the league.

However, Brad Stevens, who just made a stunning decision in the second quarter, overturned again in the third quarter!This time he still tried the three-point lineup just now, but the player who led the team was changed from Anson to Chris Paul.

Brad Stevens obviously didn't think of the difference between Anson and Chris Paul, two different players, for the opponent's inside lethality.Indeed, in terms of breakthroughs, Anson has an advantage over Chris Paul. This kind of alternative tactics has extremely high requirements for personal involvement, as well as good vision and passing ability. Anson and LeBron James can do it.

Of course, the start of the third quarter was uncomfortable, and the advantage that came back in the second quarter was directly beaten back. This is very uncomfortable for the Clippers fans. This lineup just ignited their hearts in the second quarter. In the third quarter, Anson was replaced by Chris Paul, and he was directly kicked into an unconscious start by the opponent.

This may be the best defensive game Russell Westbrook has played this season. His physical fitness is used more by him on offense. On the defensive end, there are too many mindless steals and passion Defense makes everyone think less of Russell Westbrook on the defensive end, and while he may have historic levels of physicality, it's his attitude that weighs on him.

This is a very realistic thing. The defensive end shows not only talent, but also attitude, and now Russell Westbrook, who has corrected his attitude, has a physical advantage against Chris Paul. The oppressive physical confrontation made it difficult for Chris Paul to make a smooth breakthrough in the offense, let alone pass the ball like Anson in the second quarter.

Fortunately, Anson returned to the court soon, but Chris Paul's performance made many people not optimistic about his signing this year. If we only look at the data this year, he averaged 16, 7 points and 9.6 assists per game. With him and Anthony Davis who averaged 25, 3 points and 11.7 rebounds per game, the latter is more like the second head of this league's first team, and now, few people will doubt the "double The impact of the "An" combination on the first striker in history.

The failure of the test lineup in the third quarter also led to the final loss of the Clippers for the entire game. In the fourth quarter, the Clippers without Anthony Davis was ugly in the paint. All fans understand the importance of Anthony Davis to the Clippers. In the few games where Chris Paul was absent, the Clippers were far from the ugly situation they are now.

The Clippers' famous third quarter was a 27:21 overtake because of the test lineup, and the final fourth quarter collapsed in the second half, 97:105, because of the offensive problems inside and the inaccuracy of the outside. It was the Clippers' first home defeat, but it wasn't shocking news for the league. Lacking a 20+10 second-in-command, the Clippers still played against the second-ranked Thunder in the Western Conference until the last 3 minutes , The unexpected lineup in the second quarter has made other teams more unpredictable about the Clippers' style of play.

The Clippers have already tacitly accepted this style of play internally. Before the All-Star break, they started all kinds of desperate attempts. All the five minors and the five majors appeared in the NBA arena. The only constant The point is the existence of Anson. No matter what kind of weird lineup Brad Stevens is experimenting with, as long as it is experimental, Anson will definitely be on the court.

This has almost become an eternal point. Anson adapts to almost any lineup. A big lineup can play at the fourth position. The important one player.

Similarly, in a small lineup, Anson can serve as a point guard to hold the ball, and can be used as a shooting guard to play off the ball, and such a lineup test is full of 5 two meters for Heat general manager Pat Riley. Athletic players playing together is the future trend of basketball.Now Anson seems to be confirming the correctness of this trend.

Interestingly, among ESPN's best lineup predictions, this time they chose a lineup of 4 small forwards with a power forward, Anson, LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Paul George, Anthony davis.

"There is no doubt that the current best lineup should be both offensive and defensive. Ann and LeBron are extremely explosive on both ends of the offense and defense. It's all been a huge part of that with Paul growing up at the end."

"Sure, on the defensive end, they can guard every position. As far as possession and passing, I don't think you should ask questions when you see Ayn and LeBron in this list. Rebounding? Anthony is not enough What about 4 players with 6+ rebounds per game? Anson and LeBron's offensive rebounds per game are close to 2."

"Ann is the strongest because only he puts into practice what we think."

Of course, in this best lineup, there are constantly changing positions. Only An Sheng has played from 1 to 5. Other teams are not as rich as the Clippers. They got 17 at the beginning. The winning streak has accumulated a lot of wealth to defeat them, and they don't have such a strong lineup and bench depth to experiment with.

The Heat's Dwyane Wade's state has declined sharply this year, averaging only 16.7 points per game.The huge gap between the Pacers and Thunder's starters and substitutes completely prevented them from thinking about it.

As long as the Clippers, in the last 7 games before the All-Star, they scored 5 wins and 2 losses. They have no hope of breaking the record, but they still firmly occupy the first place in the league.For the Clippers, the regular season is no longer their goal, but in order to compete for the championship, they still absolutely cannot give up their home court advantage in the playoffs.

(End of this chapter)