Pick Westbrook

Chapter 409 Chapter 4 Zero Long

on the field.

Curry was immediately double-teamed by Paul and Jordan the moment he circled the screen inside.

This is the first time Curry has encountered such a defense in his life.

More importantly, Jordan seems to have been prepared for a long time, waiting for Curry's cover, so when David Lee made a wall for him, he immediately stood on Curry's marching route in advance.

"Defending Curry and limiting his off-ball movement is important."

Barkley commented.

In fact, the reason why the Warriors have been able to rise strongly in the West this season is that Curry's off-ball running cuts the opponent's defense.

Kenny Smith said: "As Coach Li Lai said, Coach Steve Kerr's pass and cut tactics are better than what he designed for the Bucks back then."

But at this time, Curry's movement without the ball was limited, and the power of the Warriors' pass-and-cut tactics was greatly reduced or even unable to be successfully implemented. The Warriors' offensive system was directly damaged by half.

At this time, David Lee was very experienced in raising to the free throw line. Because Curry was double-teamed and entangled with Paul and Jordan in the interior, he formed a wide open.

David Lee's shooting ability is very strong, and Draymond Green also saw the opponent's foot movement intention for the first time, so he raised his hand and immediately prepared to pass the ball.

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"Fuck, where is Anthony Davis???"

Seeing this scene on the court, Draymond Green quickly collected the ball. The thick eyebrows who were defending him dared to abandon him and go directly to David Lee.

I think this is also the advance arrangement of the Pelicans before the game. When Paul and Jordan double-team Curry inside, Anthony Davis and Leonard will become help defense players.

And at this time, it is the thick eyebrows who are assisting in the defense.

Seeing no one two meters in front of him, Draymond Green took a deep breath and mustered up the courage to throw the ball at the sky.

The guy with the thick eyebrows also annoyed that he returned to defense at this time, and stretched out his long arms to interfere.

Duang!

The three-pointer hit the iron without any surprise.

Kenny Smith covered his face and couldn't help but glanced at Draymond Green's data this season.

"During the regular season, he averaged 20% of his three-pointers per game. In the first round of the playoffs against the Rockets, his three-pointers rebounded to 22%."

Barkley couldn't help complaining, "It's useless."

"With the offensive efficiency of the Warriors team, the bombing ability of Durant and Curry, even if Draymond Green's three-point shooting percentage increased to 30%, it would be regarded as a failure to hinder the team. this?"

Jordan grabbed the rebound and the Pelicans made a fast break.

Durant chased Leonard and Jimmy Butler, defended two in the frontcourt, Jimmy Butler went to the basket and was directly covered by Durant's long arms and height, he wanted to pass the ball to the other side Leonard has no chance at all.

"Durant used one defense against two and succeeded!"

On the CCTV commentary station, Yu Jia said very excitedly.

Su Qun nodded repeatedly. This season, James has been considered the No.1 in the league by more and more media and commentators, and Durant has been discussing the second player in the league.

Although Durant has never won a regular season MVP, has never won a championship, has no FMVP or regular season MVP, but his ability has been recognized by most people.

Especially scoring ability.

In the Thunder, Durant has successively evolved off-ball ability, ball-handling ability, singles ability, zone defense ability and passing ability. After coming to the Warriors, this team is obviously not bad at attacking players, so Durant Te has evolved defensive capabilities.

Draymond Green is the Warriors' recognized dirty work, and outside of Draymond Green, Durant and Klay Thompson are the Warriors' best defensive players.

The Pelicans' fast break was blocked, and Jimmy Butler passed the ball back to Paul, who was down, signaling the opponent to reorganize the offense.

Paul raised his hand to slow down the rhythm, signaling his teammates to drop down, and asked for the ball again with thick eyebrows in a low position, still singles Draymond Green.

Receiving the ball with his back, turning left and making a fake shot, Draymond Green didn't hesitate, then raised his thick eyebrows and hit high, and made a stance shot.

Swish!
hit.

"I can't prevent it, I can't prevent it."

"It is undeniable that Draymond Green is indeed a very good defender in this rookie class. If the opponent only plays back, Draymond Green's defense may not necessarily suffer."

"But what he is afraid of is the kind of technical insiders, such as Yao Ming, who scored 30+ games in the last round, and Anthony Davis in this round."

Thick eyebrows who made the goal received a touch from the big brother Paul, and Jimmy Butler and Jordan also high-fived him respectively.

The Warriors' inside line is extremely weak, and the Pelicans were able to seize such an opportunity in the first few rounds of the first game, which will not only be of great help to tonight's game, but also to the next playoffs.

Warriors coach.

Cole frowned, slightly surprised by the result of the first quarter tonight.

The Pelicans double-teamed Curry on the inside and he couldn't fix him. Coach Li Lai is indeed recognized as the leader of the younger generation of coaches. He directly hit the goal of the Warriors' offensive system.

It's Curry.

"There are not many players in the league who can bring their own offensive system. Curry is one of them and the most special one."

"No one will give up Kuyou Gravity, just like no one will give up Magic Johnson, Shaquille O'Neal, Olajuwon and Garnett who have their own systems."

And what Curry comes with is an offensive system, the most extreme offensive system.

Now Li Lai cut off Curry's system as soon as he came, indirectly causing the entire offensive end of the Warriors to collapse directly.

"But Coach Li Lai, if you think that you can easily defeat the Warriors and win this series easily, then you underestimate me."

"Attack with the ball!"

Kerr yelled down the field.

Curry changed from off-ball offense to on-ball offense, holding the ball at the top of the arc, while David Lee and Draymond Green put up double screens on both sides.

Curry used the screen to shoot directly.

Swish!
The three-pointer was hit steadily.

"This shot speed is really fast!"

Du Feng couldn't help but exclaimed.

When he was looking at Curry's game highlights and videos before, he already felt that this player's three-pointers were already very fast.

But when I got to the scene and saw the playoff-level Curry shooting with my own eyes, I really lamented that the opponent's three-point shot speed was really similar to the blink of an eye.

In the blink of an eye, Curry has already completed the shot.

It's that fast.

"Not only fast, but also accurate."

Stevens looked at Li Lai, and really wanted to ask what kind of monster the other party had cultivated. Such an attack method and method were simply unprecedented.

Li Lai did not stop praising Curry at this time. He continued: "There are not many players who can change the sport of basketball."

"George Mikan is one, Chamberlain is one, O'Neal is one, and Curry is a player at the same level as them. He is stronger than Jordan and Kobe in this regard."

Hearing this, Stevens and Du Feng were surprised at the same time, because besides Curry, the characters Li Lai mentioned were all ancient gods and historical superstars.

Is such a small Curry really so powerful?

on the field.

The Warriors' offense resumed after Curry held the ball.

Li Lai did not arrange for Curry to double-team when he has the ball, because he has always been afraid of Klay Thompson ambushing outside the three-point line.

If one were to find the best three-point shooter in the league other than Curry, Li Lai would choose Klay Thompson without hesitation.

In fact, in terms of fixed-point shooting, Klay Thompson is a player who is more accurate and terrifying than Curry. He is also the player with the highest percentage and number of fixed-point shooting three-pointers in the league this season.

Because Klay Thompson's three-point shooting posture is very standard and he is extremely stable when shooting, so his shooting will be more stable when there is no interference.

Swish!
Draymond Green still found a chance and passed the ball to Klay Thompson in the bottom corner, who made a steady three-pointer.

"This season, Curry averaged 45% of his three-pointers per game, and he averaged 3.5 per game."

"Klay Thompson averaged 43% of his three-pointers per game and averaged 2.8 per game."

"The two are the best perimeter three-point duo in the league."

Kenny Smith reminded.

Barkley added: "There is also Durant. This season, he averaged 42% of his three-pointers per game and averaged 1.8 per game."

"This is the Dooku soup combination that swept the league this season!"

Because of Curry and Klay Thompson's sudden three-pointer, the Warriors, who were originally behind, overtook the score at the last moment and took a 30:28 lead.

"The Warriors deserve to be the most explosive offensive team in the league, and the three-pointer is also worthy of being the strongest weapon for chasing points and opening up the score."

"The Pelicans have been playing against the Warriors throughout the quarter, but with just two or three three-pointers, the score was immediately overtaken."

CCTV commentary, Yu Jia commented.

Su Qun said: "The sudden outbreak of the Warriors was unexpected but also reasonable. After all, they often did such things throughout the regular season, so the fans have already seen it."

"However, the Warriors still have to be careful. The Pelicans' bench lineup is the strongest offense in the league's bench lineup."

"How to defend them at this time is not a small problem for the Warriors."

After a short intermission, the second quarter started quickly.

Pelicans regular rotation lineup, Beverly, JR Smith, Vince Carter, Diaw and Oden.

Warriors rotation, point guard Scott Machado, shooting guard T-Bazemore, small forward Durant, power forward Richard Jefferson and center Festus Ezeri .

"Durant is still on the court." Du Feng reminded.

As early as the last 2 minutes of the first quarter, after Durant left the field early, Li Lai had already predicted in advance that Durant would lead the team in the second quarter.

In fact, as long as Cole is not a stunned young coach who doesn't understand anything, he will definitely let Durant lead the team in the second quarter.

Curry's strength is that his own library has gravity to help his teammates get comfortable offensive opportunities, and his role is more obvious when his teammates are stronger.

But when the overall strength of teammates is weak or even difficult to end the offense, Curry's ability will be greatly reduced.

That's why the Warriors took Durant instead of Curry at this point in the regular season and most of the playoffs.

It is because Durant's personal singles ability is extremely outstanding, at least the top three in the league.

So no matter what the level of his teammates is, he has the ability to face the storm alone at this time.

Suddenly, the entire New Orleans Arena burst into applause, fans screaming and whistling.

Neither Kenny Smith nor Barkley had a reaction to what had happened until they saw Beverley walking towards Durant.

"No, it's Mad Dog Beverly defending Durant again?"

Bev used his chest to push Durant strong, but found that his height could only be at the position of the opponent's chin, so he talked trash instead.

"Hey Kevin, let's play a father-son game tonight. As long as you score more than 20 points, I will recognize you as my son."

Durant was preparing to meet Beverly's challenge, but soon realized that this sentence was wrong, and said.

"Hey, did you say something wrong? It should be that as long as my score exceeds 20 points, I will be your father."

Beverly frowned and turned back, "What is it?"

Durant spread his hands and said, "Father."

"Hey, what a good son." Beverly said with a smile.

Fuck!Was tricked.

Durant was angry and wanted to teach Beverly a lesson, but Beverly secretly gave him an elbow and broke away early.

Warriors attack.

Scott Machado was an undrafted pick in 2012. He played in the Development League before. The Rockets gave Lowry a 10-day short contract because of the trade, but unfortunately his ability was mediocre.

At the beginning of the season, the Warriors almost overdrawn most of the team's assets in order to get Durant and Curry, and they did not have extra salary to sign a strong backup point guard in the free market.

Moreover, most powerful veterans are skeptical of the new Warriors team. Even with Durant and Curry, they are still unwilling to join the Warriors with a veteran's basic salary.

So the Warriors had to expand the roster in the undrafted draft, and Scott Machado was lucky enough to be able to join.

But this season Scott Machado averaged only 2 points and 1 assist per game, and his efficiency was extremely mediocre.

Beverley guarded Durant, so JR Smith was moved down to guard Scott Machado.

JR Smith's defense has improved significantly compared to the previous two years. He was very aggressive against undrafted Scott Machado and almost caused the opponent's mistakes.

Durant quickly raised his hand to signal for the ball. Before Scott Machado could pass the ball, he saw Mad Dog Beverly stalking Durant all the way, exhausting his energy.

"It's very difficult for Durant to connect the ball with this defense."

Scott Machado had to pass the ball back to the experienced Richard Jefferson.

To get the Durant-Curry deal, the Warriors had to settle for Richard Jefferson's two-year, $2500 million rubbish contract.

Although Richard Jefferson's strength is not as good as back then, and he only averaged 3 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist per game this season, he has very rich experience and is not easy to lose his position on the defensive end.

The Warriors are not considered a money-losing business. Richard Jefferson is just paid a little higher. Like Lewis of the Pelicans, he has his own characteristics and abilities and can help the team at critical moments .

Richard Jefferson was not in a hurry after holding the ball. He signaled Durant to drop low.

"This gesture has the feeling of a veteran's experience."

"Richard Jefferson has noticed Durant's difficulty in getting the ball, so he signaled the opponent to ask for the ball in a low position. Beverly can't stop Durant from receiving the ball in that position."

(End of this chapter)