NBA: Duncan feels uneasy coaching Warriors

Chapter 143 The All-Stars Begin
Coach Monty stood on the sidelines and supervised the battle. He also looked very serious and applauded the players from time to time.

The Pelicans are a relatively young team.

And the Pelicans' lineup structure is somewhat similar to the Timberwolves.

The core of the team is all rookies, and at the same time they are all in the position of power forward. There are also some experienced and powerful players who have played for several seasons in the lineup.

It's just that the record difference between the Pelicans and the Timberwolves is too far.

The Timberwolves are now No. [-] in the West and the leader of the league. The coach is also the champion coach of last season.

The Pelicans are now lingering in the eleventh and twelveth place in the West.

However, before the game, Monty mobilized the emotions of the whole team and made the whole team work hard for the game.

For such a young and immature team, on the eve of the All-Star Game, it is quite encouraging to win a victory against the No. [-] team in the Western Conference.

Although the Pelicans are outside the top ten in the West, they are indeed not bad.

Now the Pelicans are in the stage of cultivating young people, they need to cultivate young people, and the team also needs a winning culture.

Compared with other strong teams in the Western Conference, the Timberwolves are a relatively easy-to-pin soft persimmon.

Like them, they are rebuilding teams, and although they are number one in the Western Conference, they lost to the Lakers not long ago.

In this game, the Timberwolves are back to back again, and they have a good chance.

Brother Nongmei also showed his hard work in the face of the recent strong rise of rookie, Giannis Antetokounmpo.

However, the hard work of the Pelicans has really achieved results.

The first quarter is over.

Pelicans 26:21 Timberwolves.

After the first quarter, the Pelicans gained a five-point advantage.

The thick-browed brother Davis kept a close eye on Giannis Antetokounmpo.

In the past, Giannis Antetokounmpo faced opponents who were stronger than him but not as fast as him, and those who were faster than him were not as strong as him, and there was always a sense of dislocation.

But facing Big Eyebrows, Giannis Antetokounmpo didn't take advantage of the misplacement.

Brother Nongmei's speed can be compared to the average defender, his physical fitness is very strong, and he is not inferior to the current Giannis Antetokounmpo in terms of physical strength.

This allowed Giannis Antetokounmpo to meet a player with similar speed and strength for the first time.

In the first quarter, Giannis Antetokounmpo faced Big Eyebrows and failed to score several times.

Even Su Chen was a little surprised.

In the last game against the Pelicans, Monty didn't use his thick eyebrows to face Giannis Antetokounmpo, so the last game against the Pelicans was very easy.

It seems that Monty has carefully studied this game, and his desire to win the Timberwolves is very strong.

Originally, Su Chen wasn't serious about this, but this time he cheered Su Chen up.

"If you are not serious, it seems that it is really difficult to win this match."

Su Chen didn't stay idle either, picked up the strategy board and rearranged the strategy.

The Timberwolves' bench lineup in the second quarter, after playing the first 3 minutes, Su Chen immediately called a timeout and switched back to the main force.

Monty is also interesting.

He didn't change players by the clock. When he saw Su Chen changing the main force, he also changed the main force.

It can be seen that Monty really wants to win the Timberwolves and boost the morale of the team.

After all, after the All-Star Game, it's time for the brutal playoff sprint.

For a team with a great record advantage like the Timberwolves, there is no need to worry too much.

But for a fringe playoff team like the Pelicans, they need morale to motivate them. Winning the Timberwolves, the No. [-] in the Western Conference, is a very good incentive.

Monty's idea is good, but Su Chen doesn't want to take advantage of his beauty.

In fact, Monty's defensive strategy is also very simple. He wants to use thick eyebrows to defend against Giannis-Antetokounmpo alone, so as to stagnate the Timberwolves' offense.

Because after a brief study of the Timberwolves, Monty found that the Timberwolves' offense often relied on Giannis Antetokounmpo to launch tactics.

Giannis Antetokounmpo's one-on-one offensive efficiency stretched the opponent's entire defense, making other players have to double-team or delay Giannis Antetokounmpo.

Thick eyebrows can defend Giannis-Antetokounmpo alone, but in fact, they have already defended more than half of the Timberwolves.

But the next round.

The Timberwolves' offense began to focus on Butler and Middleton, and Giannis Antetokounmpo and Muscala both mentioned the top of the arc for double pick-and-roll.

As an organizational point, Butler can make many choices.

Middleton's off-the-ball three-pointer, Giannis Antetokounmpo's inside cut, Muscala's outside three-pointer or a low-post big hit or small misplacement opportunity.

If the opponent is strictly guarding against other positions, Butler can pass the screen and directly lead half a body to break through the basket.

At the same time, Butler can also choose to stop the ball inside the free throw line and finish the retreat shot.

This tactic still requires relatively high player proficiency, and there are many tacit requirements, as well as the awareness of their own running positions.

But Su Chen has [simulated glasses], which directly solved the problem of running-in.

At the same time, it also increased the team's organizational ability by 20%, which greatly reduced the turnover rate of passing balls.

Seeing the smooth attack on the court, Su Chen also smiled slightly.

At the same time, he raised the rimless glasses on the bridge of his nose.

After drawing so many prizes, Su Chen still thinks that the analog glasses are the most practical and strongest.

From a simple and crude point of view, it seems more practical to increase attributes such as stamina drinks and striker bonds.

But in fact, it is a very long process for NBA players to get familiar with a system.

Although some systems seem simple, they require a lot of practice to implement well.

Every tactic has changes, and when to run and what changes, you must be very familiar with these.

There are too many players who are talented, but because of their lack of understanding of tactics, they gradually fade out of the league in the league.

For example, Kwame Brown, the champion of parallel imports, has many reasons for his parallel imports, but his inability to understand tactics is also a very important part.

There is also JR, he is actually very talented, but his understanding of tactics is still not deep enough.

So in many cases, he is arranged by the coach as the sixth man on the bench, and he is rarely allowed to start.

Not to mention these players with low golf quotients.

Players with a passing level of golf quotient can't remember too many tactical systems.

In addition, the team's personnel are not always the same, and the players often change, which is why the tank team will take a long time once it starts to play.

Players are all mobile, just getting familiar with the system, and then being traded away.

Few teams can maintain a core lineup for so many years like the Spurs.

Even if there is a transaction, it is still a minor repair.

The Spurs can still maintain their dominance in such a season when the team is so old, and the proficiency of the tactical system is also a very important reason.

The existence of [simulated glasses] saved Su Chen from this very long process.

Even if it is simulated a thousand times in an instant, the fixed number of a thousand times is not comparable to the Spurs' tactic of playing tens of thousands of games.

But the Spurs have not played every tactic tens of thousands of times.

The Spurs' tactics are very complex and changeable. There are eight tactical systems, such as zipper tactics, traversal tactics, and barrier tactics.

Does complexity have to be great?
Actually not necessarily.

Complicated and changeable tactical opponents are indeed difficult to deal with, but players want to be familiar with these tactics, and also play low-turnover cooperation.

Actually quite difficult.

After GDP slowly withdrew from the Spurs stage, the Spurs' lineup is actually not bad. Leonard, Aldridge, DeRozan and many other stars have joined the Spurs.

But it hasn't been very good.

Sometimes simple tactics are more effective.

Although James' winning percentage in the finals is not high and there are more runners-up, it is not difficult for him to break out of the division.

Because James has his own system, the tactics other players need to be familiar with are James' simple system.

Even a player like JR with a low IQ can perform well with James.

He doesn't need to do too many complicated tactics. He shoots when he gets the ball when he has a chance. If he doesn't have a chance, he can either play alone or pass it out.

[Simulation Glasses] The most powerful thing is that Su Chen can come up with a set of tactics on the spot, which has hardly been used before.

In this new tactical system of the Timberwolves, Monty has few options.

Monty also briefly studied the Timberwolves before, but he has basically never seen this tactical system.

Thick eyebrows' single-point defense against Giannis Antetokounmpo is indeed very good, but the Timberwolves do not fight Giannis Antetokounmpo's single-point offense to contain it.

The Pelicans can really match up with the Timberwolves, or the point where they have an advantage is actually a thick eyebrow.

When the thick eyebrows can't play the biggest role, they can only run around with Giannis Antetokounmpo, helping to defend and changing defenses.

The gap between the overall strength of the Pelicans and the Timberwolves also came out.

Although Gordon's offense is okay, facing the overall defense of the Timberwolves, Gordon's offense can't do much.

At the same time, it was replaced with Ibaka.

The thick eyebrow's offense in the interior has also been greatly restricted.

Ibaka may not be very good at dealing with low positions like Duncan Nowitzki. The current low position of the thick eyebrow is still very average, and he is playing with his athletic ability.

The two's sweeping defense in the interior made it difficult for the thick eyebrows to eat cakes without the ball, and it was also difficult to attack with the ball.

Re-build the whole.

Su Chen also taught the Pelicans a good lesson.

Why the Timberwolves are No. 12 in the West and the Pelicans are No.[-] in the West.

Although Monty didn't give up until the last quarter, he still couldn't catch up with the Timberwolves.

The game is over.

Pelicans 98:105 Timberwolves.

Facing the Timberwolves in the second back-to-back game, the Pelicans still failed to win this victory.

After winning the Pelicans back-to-back, the Timberwolves' record came: 36 wins and 10 losses.

After the match, Monty shook hands with Su Chen, also looking very helpless.

It can be seen that Monty is still very unwilling.

Perhaps in Monty's eyes, they were almost able to win the Timberwolves.

But a player like Brother Nongmei is indeed very strong.

There are still three games away from the All-Star and Timberwolves schedule.

Two consecutive home games against the Trail Blazers and Rockets.

Another away opponent is the Nuggets.

After returning to the home court, all Timberwolves played.

In the last game against the Trail Blazers, Lillard felt overwhelmed and lost to the Trail Blazers in consecutive away games.

In this game, all the wolves waited for work at home, and once again faced the Blazers and won easily.

Timberwolves 112:103 Trail Blazers.

And after winning this game, the Spurs lost again.

This means that in the next two games, as long as the Timberwolves win any game, they can stabilize the No. [-] ranking in the Western Conference before the All-Stars.

But the Timberwolves are simply playing with Dugou as a toy.

When everyone felt that the Timberwolves had secured No. [-] in the Western Conference.

Facing the challenge of the Rockets at home, I have never played the Rockets.

In this game, Harden has a call when he breaks through the inside line, and he is also very stable for three-pointers with a step back. Facing a defensive team like the Timberwolves, he actually scored 33 points.

At the same time, Chandler Parsons didn't get money in this game-he was afraid of something, and became Harden's biggest helper in this game, scoring 23 points.

However, Lin Crazy restricted it very well, only allowing him to score 8 points.

Timberwolves 108:113 Rockets.

Facing the Trail Blazers and Rockets with one win and one loss, the Timberwolves' record became: 37 wins and 11 losses.

The Timberwolves dealt a lot of torture damage to the Doodles.

And the Spurs won again a day later.

The next game against the Nuggets will determine whether the Timberwolves can keep the No. [-] in the West.

Originally playing the rebuilding team of the Nuggets, it stands to reason that the Timberwolves have no suspense.

But the recent performance of the Timberwolves team is simply unbelievable.

When you think the Timberwolves are doing well, he will show you every minute.

When you think the Timberwolves are not good enough, he showed the performance of a strong team every minute, treating his opponent as a toy.

Even espn, which likes to make predictions the most, did not participate in predicting whether the Timberwolves can maintain the No. [-] record in the Western Conference this time.

Was slapped in the face by the Timberwolves and numb.

ESPN is also one of them. If you guess the Timberwolves lose, the Timberwolves will win. If you guess the Timberwolves win, the Timberwolves will lose. This time, they directly said that they would not guess.

And the Nuggets team is really hard to say.

Regardless of the Nuggets' record, their home court has a plateau advantage.

It is not surprising that the Timberwolves player was pulled by altitude sickness.

But this time the Timberwolves faced the Nuggets and won very steadily.

Nuggets 85:97 Timberwolves.

The plateau home court also did not allow the Nuggets to win across the gap in strength.

Brian Shaw also just took up the Nuggets this season as a rookie coach. As a rebuilding coach, he is not very proficient in building the team system.

Not all rookie coaches have [simulation glasses] like Su Chen.

After winning the Nuggets game, the Timberwolves' record came: 38 wins and 11 losses.

The record of the Timberwolves still maintains the No. [-] in the Western Conference.

At the same time, Su Chen automatically became the head coach of the Western All-Star team.

After the game, Su Chen was also asked how he felt about becoming the Western All-Star coach.

"This is an honor for our team. Our players have played the best performance in the league. This is our recognition."

When it comes to this honor, Su Chen said that it is the hard work of the players.

Although it is an official answer, the pattern is still open.

2014 2 Month 15 Day.

After three days of rest, Su Chen took the Timberwolves to New Orleans.

In fact, the participation of the Timberwolves team is quite high.

Not to mention that Su Chen was elected as the All-Star Western Conference coach, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Butler were selected for the All-Star.

At the same time, many people entered the Timberwolves rookie game.

Covington, and Giannis Antetokounmpo, Muscala entered the first grade.

Middleton entered his sophomore year.

Traded out by the Timberwolves, Gobert, McCollum, and Curry all entered the first-year lineup.

In addition, Middleton was selected to participate in the three-point contest.

In Su Chen's memory, Middleton was Marco Belinelli who replaced the Spurs.

Originally, the Spurs belonged to the No. [-] team in the Western Conference. If the people from the No. [-] team in the division sign up, the league still has to give them places.

But now that the Timberwolves are number one in the league, the Spurs' spot is given to the Timberwolves.

Marinelli himself is not a well-known shooter.

In terms of the dunk contest, the Timberwolves have no one to participate.

There are quite a lot of people in the team who can dunk, Josh Smith, Giannis Antetokounmpo, and Iguodala are all able to dunk.

But Josh has won the slam dunk championship, and he is not interested in participating now.

Giannis Antetokounmpo is a practical dunker. He participated in the dunk contest and did not perform enough.

Iguodala is even less interested. He is tired enough to play. He just wants to rest during the All-Star weekend.

Not to mention Ibaka and Butler, especially Butler's wingspan is not enough, so it's a bit funny to let him perform.

Although Su Chen, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Butler are the only ones who have the weight to be selected, but the team has more players participating in this All-Star, and other players will naturally come to support.

Besides, the meaning of the All-Star Weekend itself is to let the players play.

Su Chen didn't know many people.

The more familiar one is the Warriors.

Curry, Thompson and others came over to say hello.

As for the coach, Cole didn't come over to say hello to him, but the old Warriors assistant coach Ron Adams came over to say hello to him.

"I knew you could do it, you already have a place in the league now."

Ron Adams congratulated Su Chen.

"I miss the time we worked together."

Su Chen nodded to express his gratitude, and said to the old assistant with a smile.

But for this, the old assistant coach Ron Adams also smiled helplessly.

He has been an assistant coach in the Warriors for many years. Although he has a good impression of Su Chen, it is unlikely that he will change jobs to find Su Chen.

Su Chen just joked casually, and didn't expect the old assistant coach to come to the Timberwolves.

As for the coaches, both Popovich and Spoelche greeted him.

Although everyone is an opponent, after the series, they have become more admired opponents.

In fact, compared to Popovich, Su Chen also admires Spoelstra.

This has allowed Riley to trust him for more than ten years. He led a group of second-round picks with the Heat to the finals many times.

It is also worthy of Su Chen's respect.

Spoelstra is a coach who can really play players, he is not the type of Rivers.

Rivers is a 70-point coach. If you give him a bunch of spicy chicken cards, he can play 70 points. If you give him a bunch of ace cards, he can also play 70 points.

And Spoelstra can score 80 or 90 points with a bunch of spicy chicken cards.

Ace can hit 99 points.

The Heat's Big Three champion has a lot to do with Spoelstra.

The reason why it can't continue is also because of the discord with James, and then the Heat rarely get ace-level players.

However, such a relatively simple interpersonal circle also made it less troublesome for Su Chen.

He and Milosevic found their place as spectators.

As for the players, they all play together. As a coach, Su Chen also needs to give the players their own space.

It started with the Masters.

It's just that some famous people gather together to play an exhibition match, and the level is just like an amateur.

Su Chen didn't have any interest at all. If it wasn't for the fact that there were too many cameras around, he would have wanted to play with his mobile phone.

In terms of the rookie competition, this year's first-year rookie competition is particularly strong.

McCollum vented all his grievances in the rookie game.

Giannis Antetokounmpo didn't go out of his way to fight for the ball, it was just a rookie game.

For Giannis Antetokounmpo, who was selected as an All-Star in his rookie season, there is no need to compete with McCollum anymore.

McCollum's crazy performance became the MVP of the rookie game.

That's all for the first day of the All-Stars.

the next day.

Today's content, with the Timberwolves participating, is Middleton's three-point contest.

Timberwolves players did not participate in the skill contest and dunk contest.

Su Chen casually took a look at the skill contest, and waited for the three-point contest to start.

Lillard defeated all the contestants and won the championship trophy of the skills competition.

For this link, Su Chen directly skipped it.

Soon, the three-point contest began.

The contestants in the three-point contest entered the court one by one.

A total of eight people: Aaron Afflalo, Bradley Beal, Kyrie Irving, Joe Johnson, Khris Middleton, Stephen Curry, Damian Lillard, James- Harden.

Su Chen is looking forward to this year's three-point contest.

Although Belinelli is not very famous, but this year's three-point contest champion is Belinelli.

Middleton replaced the champion directly.

"Look who's the champion."

Su Chen watched expectantly.

It would be interesting if Middleton replaced the championship and won the championship himself.

At the same time, another change is that Love could participate in this three-point contest in the West, but he did not squeeze into the three-point contest after arriving in the East.

Love's performance in the Bulls this season is not good, and he is not in the mood to participate in the three-point contest.

The league didn't invite him either.

This vacancy in the West was filled by James Harden.

Harden, who came to participate in the three-point contest for the first time, took the lead in the game, but he seemed a little reluctant to let go. He only scored 16 points in the first game.

He hits a lot of balls, but misses too many key balls.

The second player to play is Lillard.

This season is Lillard's mature season. He is very talented in three-pointers, just in time to catch up with the advantages of the small ball version.

Lillard seemed more relaxed.

But Lillard, who was relaxed, pulled in the fifth group and scored the same 18 points as Harden.

Then the audience burst into applause.

The third player to play is Stephen Curry.

After Curry won the championship last season, his popularity has risen rapidly, and his three-pointers left a deep impression on people.

This year's three-point champion, Curry is also the biggest favorite.

But Curry did not perform well.

After making the shot, he only scored 16 points, two points less than Harden and Lillard.

This made Curry shake his head and laugh after he voted himself.

(End of this chapter)