NBA: Duncan feels uneasy coaching Warriors

Chapter 158 The Power of Unlimited Switching Defenses

For this lineup of the Timberwolves, Cole fell into contemplation.

At first, Cole thought it was a smokescreen.

But remembering Ron Adams' evaluation of Su Chen, Cole couldn't help but glance at Su Chen, and found that Su Chen's expression was calm and there was no tension or anxiety.

"Are you so confident?"

Cole frowned, and looked at the field seriously.

It's not that the Timberwolves don't have center reserves. Both Ibaka and Muscala are candidates for the Timberwolves to play center, especially Ibaka uses more chips from the Timberwolves.

So after Ibaka came to the Timberwolves, Giannis Antetokounmpo basically didn't play center anymore.

Even before Ibaka came, Giannis Antetokounmpo also didn't play a center. At most, he played a center transition during the rotation.

The Timberwolves changed a starter, which will have an impact on the system.

"Are you going to use a tactical system that has not been used on the official field, then you look down on me too much."

Cole looked serious.

What Cole can think of is that Su Chen changed tactics, so he used this lineup. It is more important to use the previous tactical system Ibaka.

At this time, the two sides had a jump ball.

Giannis Antetokounmpo beat Azeri to the ball for the Timberwolves.

Iguodala holds the ball and gestures to the court.

Then Butler ran behind Ibaka, passed the ball with a handoff, and transitioned the ball into Butler's hands.

With Giannis Antetokounmpo already in the pick-and-roll position.

After Butler borrowed two pick-and-rolls, he shot in the middle distance.

However, the ball was disturbed a little. Butler's mid-range shot jumped out of the frame.

So easy?
Originally, Cole was ready for the battle. Look at the confident Su Chen, what kind of tactical system is he going to play with the sudden change of lineup.

But this is a simple hand-to-hand tactic without any technical content.

Azeri protected the rebound.

The overall speed of the Timberwolves is very fast. Originally, the Timberwolves could play rush shots, but Su Chen didn't plan to grab the front board at all.

As the former coach of the Warriors, Su Chen naturally knew how fast the Warriors counterattacked, so he immediately chose to retreat.

There was no chance of a fast break for this ball, so he played tactics.

Curry took the ball to the frontcourt, called a tactic, and then gave the ball to Thompson.

This is a relatively simple ATO tactic. Curry first ran to the basket and waited for his teammates to make confusing moves.

Then he made a direct off-the-ball run, continuously took Draymond Green and Brewer's pick-and-roll near the free throw line, and ran directly towards the top three-point position of the arc.

Butler, who was defending Curry, was blocked by the pick-and-roll. It stands to reason that Curry's ball should be a chance to directly get an open space.

But Giannis Antetokounmpo, who walked in from the outside and followed Green, had already chased directly towards Curry.

The whole tactic ran down, and as soon as Curry was about to make a shot, he saw Giannis Antetokounmpo's defensive area covered all day.

Misplaced!
Curry also has a high quotient. When he saw Giannis Antetokounmpo by his side, he immediately thought that the inside line was dislocated.

Curry immediately passed the ball to Green inside.

Before Green got the ball, he checked the time, and the current time no longer supports the Warriors making another tactical move.

He faced Butler, and he had to play if he didn't play, and the ball was in his hands.

Green wants to rely on his own strength to eat Butler alone.

But Butler was right in the face of Green, and directly pushed back with all his strength.

Today's Butler has gradually entered his peak period, and at the same time, he still has a full bonus of 10% striker fetters. He is not worthy of Green's beating him.

Green's height has no advantage over Butler.

Green's strength is on the offensive end, and he doesn't have the feeling of a bulldozer, otherwise it would be easy for him to get 20+30+ in his career.

Green bumped Butler twice but didn't push Butler. It was almost three seconds to attack. Green had no choice but to hit Butler and then used a hook.

But Butler was also counting the time, thinking that if Green didn't make a shot, it would be timed out. When Green hooked the hook, he didn't suspect that it was a fake move and jumped directly.

The hook was taken off.

Green still wanted to pick up the ball, but the 24-second buzzer had already sounded, and Green had no choice but to throw the ball he picked up on the ground.

For the Warriors' running positions, the Timberwolves followed closely.

Basically, whoever is caught in the pick-and-roll does not need to communicate much, and they switch defenses tacitly.

The Timberwolves haven't played many unlimited defenses this season, but the tacit understanding seems to have played many times.

For this point, of course, it is the credit of [Simulation Glasses]. This defense switching system has been simulated thousands of times.

When Giannis Antetokounmpo saw that Butler was blocked in front of him, he already judged in his heart that this was a choice that required a defense change, and he performed the defense very smoothly.

At the same time, when the Warriors run other confusing pick-and-roll screens, the Timberwolves have always done a good job switching.

The Warriors' pick-and-roll basically has no chance.

To name an opportunity is also an opportunity to misplace.

But Green's punishment of Butler was unsuccessful.

Then the Timberwolves made another attack.

The Timberwolves' offense was very simple again. Butler and Giannis Antetokounmpo played a two-person turn directly.

Butler sprints in to attract a double-team, then passes the ball to Giannis Antetokounmpo near the free throw line.

The open Giannis Antetokounmpo chose a mid-range shot.

But still didn't hit.

But he missed the shot, and when Giannis Antetokounmpo threw the ball, he returned to the defense himself.

At the same time, the rest of the Timberwolves also returned to defense immediately when Giannis Antetokounmpo made a throw.

Although the Timberwolves didn't score consecutively, Su Chen on the sidelines was very calm.

He didn't even yell at the crowd.

It's as if it's not the Timberwolves who are attacking the iron, but the Warriors.

In fact, the Warriors' offense was blocked again this round.

Whether it's all the Warriors' pick-and-rolls or screens, as long as the Timberwolves' players look like they are going to be hooked, they will switch defenses immediately.

This time it was Azeri who was misplaced to play Iguodala.

But it didn't score again.

The 2-meter Azeri was not afraid of Iguodala, but the ball fed to him was not the kind of comfortable cake-eating ball.

It is necessary for him to take a step to get to the bottom of the basket.

But Iguodala is physically strong and confronts him without fear, making him unable to turn after receiving the ball with his back.

Aizeli is not a back-up insider, and his back-up level is relatively rough. It's not that he wants to forcibly turn around with his skills to catch the ball.

The ball had to be poked off by Iguodala.

In an extremely uncomfortable position, Ai Zeli's shot hit the iron.

Originally, when the Timberwolves didn't have a center, they were easily punished inside, and then the Timberwolves played unlimited defenses.

This is even easier to be punished inside.

But Green and Ezeri each tried one, but they failed to punish the Timberwolves for the switch, which made the Timberwolves switch even more recklessly.

In the next offensive and defensive round, the two teams failed to score again.

The Timberwolves' offense is relatively casual, that is, Butler and Giannis Antetokounmpo carry out some simple cooperation to move in and out.

On the defensive end, the Timberwolves are like tireless, and everyone is invested in a tense defense system.

Not only physically, but also mentally.

The Warriors' tactical system has very frequent screen pick-and-rolls. Sometimes, the Timberwolves even have to switch defenses six or seven times in a round.

With such frequent defense changes, it can still maintain stability, which consumes a lot of defensive players.

After playing for a while at the beginning, the score between the two sides was still 0-0!

It's hard to imagine, is this still the warrior with fierce firepower?

Su Chen, who was on the field, folded his hands on his chest and looked at the field with a calm expression.

Everything that happened on the field was arranged by Su Chen, and Su Chen was quite satisfied seeing things going in the direction he arranged.

Despite the cooperation of Butler and Giannis Antetokounmpo, the front offense did not score.

But the choices are reasonable.

This Su Chen intends to keep the offensive end as simple as possible, or let the ball's end point be concentrated in the area near the basket.

The CIC only casts occasionally, and this time it is the inside line of the Warriors.

Su Chen has not forgotten that he has a new skill, Moment of Explosive Power!
When one of the main players of the Warriors has accumulated 4 fouls, Su Chen plans to directly use the explosive power moment to hit him to 5 fouls in an instant and even graduate directly.

The advantage of simplifying the offense is that the defense can devote more energy.

Although Giannis Antetokounmpo and Butler will be more tired, Butler's mental attributes are strong, and he can hold on even if he has no energy and replaces him later.

Giannis Antetokounmpo directly used energy drinks to make them tired on the offensive end.

Unlimited defenses still require sufficient physical strength.

Like the season when the Pistons won the championship, the strategy adopted by Larry Brown also simplified the offense.

Let the physical fitness of the five Pistons invest more on the defensive end.

Although the age is different now, Su Chen is still sure.

Just when Su Chen was thinking about this.

beep!
Butler's punching frame finally had an effect.

Thompson raised his hand. He did foul the ball, and he also raised his hand to signal.

Butler walks to the free throw line.

Made both free throws.

Timberwolves 2:0 Warriors.

beep!
Cole picked up the tactical board and walked into the field.

Although they only lost two points, the way the Warriors chose to punish them inside was obviously ineffective.

Not because Kerr was cautious, but because the timeout had to be called.

"Warriors' inside line can't punish Timberwolves' outside line after changing defense. Green can't punish it. Azeri, you are so tall and you can't beat Iguodala!"

Kenny Smith, with an incomprehensible expression.

"Hahaha, I told you earlier that the Warriors, a team that relies on the outside to attack, are not a threat at all inside."

"David Lee was an All-Star insider in the regular season last season. He became a blue-collar player in the playoffs, and he became a blue-collar player with the third choice in the hands of Kerr."

Barkley grinned and said with some complacency.

"If I'm still in the league, even at my current age, Su Chen wouldn't dare to switch on me in this way."

O'Neill boasted about himself.

But I have to say that even the current O'Neal, Butler and Iguodala may not be able to withstand his basket.

Of course, it's just based on his size at the basket. Now O'Neal's age still can't keep up with the current offensive and defensive rhythm.

"The Warriors' interior is really blue-collar. They usually don't have a tactical position at the basket. They don't know how to feed the ball fed to them from the outside."

Johnson said next to him.

On the field, Su Chen looked at Cole who was arranging tactics in the distance.

After thinking about it, I still didn't use [Eagle Eye] to see what Cole was drawing.

The Warriors team needs to charge him up at a critical time.

As a super three-point team, it chose to start the game and directly hit the Warriors with a seemingly large point difference.

In fact, it is not so stable.

The Warriors chased points too quickly.

So Su Chen thought about it, but still didn't use [Eagle Eye] to look at it, and saved this opportunity for a critical time to look at it.

And now Cole's plan is nothing more than that, and Su Chen can probably guess it.

One is to give Curry a lot of ball rights, whether with the ball or without the ball, if Curry plays Curry with gravity, the Warriors' offense will be very smooth.

The second is to let David Lee play, and let David Lee, who is better at inside offense, punish the Timberwolves' defense system.

Mainly these two options.

Others may have some changes, but the core tactics still revolve around this strategy.

As for the Timberwolves' offensive response, Cole probably didn't think much about it.

Now the Timberwolves' offensive efficiency is quite low.

(End of this chapter)