NBA: Duncan feels uneasy coaching Warriors

Chapter 159 Letting Curry Single Out
back on the field.

Su Chen took a look, David Lee was still sitting on the bench.

The Warriors' lineup has not been adjusted. It seems that the Warriors do not plan to punish the Timberwolves' insiders.

Su Chen couldn't help but smile, she could only say that it was Cole.

In his system, the inside line is blue-collar and should not take on more offensive work.

Speaking of this, I have to talk about a rookie named Wiseman.

Wiseman is famous for his void pick-and-roll in the Warriors. In fact, pick-and-roll is something like a professional player, but it's not impossible to practice it.

But Wiseman is very clear that if he really practiced the pick-and-roll, then his career in the Warriors will be stereotyped as a blue-collar.

In Cole's system, the inside doesn't have much role, even if there is an offensive opportunity, it is given to you by the outside players.

Although the Splash Brothers are not the style of playing and not passing, in many cases, their offense is greater than their organization.

The organizational power of the entire Warriors is relatively concentrated in the hands of Green.

Needless to say, Thompson is actually a pie eater. He will start off as soon as he gets the ball to control your chances inside.

Although Curry has organizational skills, the team's system requires him to attack. Many balls are not passed by Curry but because he serves as the tactical end point. Passing the ball at this time is actually throwing the pot away.

Even if Wiseman didn't understand this, his agent also understood it, and he would naturally tell Wiseman.

Wiseman's Warriors career is almost all about gaming.

The boss Lacob supported Wiseman, and Cole saw through Wiseman's mind and didn't want to reuse him.

But even Lacob, at Cole's insistence, traded his favorite general Wiseman.

"So fine."

Seeing Cole's persistence, Su Chen silently praised Cole in her heart.

Although Su Chen did not reuse David Lee in the playoffs of last season, David Lee's offensive ability cannot be denied.

David Lee has not declined. He was an All-Star and the All-NBA team last season. He just didn't have the ball anymore.

Originally this season, Mark Jackson was still coaching, and David Lee averaged 18 points per game.

This season, the Splash Brothers started to play. Curry averaged 24 points per game and Thompson averaged 18 points per game.

In terms of scoring, David Lee and Thompson are basically the same, but in terms of average shots per game, David Lee uses 1.3 fewer shots per game than Thompson.

But in the original timeline, in Kerr's first season as coach, David Lee averaged 7.9 points per game.

David Lee's offensive ability has always been online. This is the score he scored with almost 6 shots per game. It is still efficient without tactical status.

So in fact, if David Lee plays, Su Chen feels a little uncertain whether the unlimited defense can be used.

Except for Giannis Antetokounmpo who is sure of David Lee, it is still difficult for other players to displace David Lee.

Even Lol Deng, who is 2 meters tall, although his height and wingspan seems to be qualified to defend against David Lee, but David Lee is an all-round attacker inside, and his strength can hit the ball even against normal insiders. Enter.

Luol Deng was a bit reluctant to face David Lee, not to mention that other small defense bigs went to defend David Lee.

But if Cole doesn't use it, then Su Chen will have to switch defenses severely.

Warriors possession.

Curry came up and simply ran two screens, but found that there was always a defender in front of him.

The speed of the Timberwolves' unlimited defense is currently the fastest in the league. In order to pursue the ultimate speed, even Ibaka, who has excellent athletic ability, was not used.

The Warriors really want to rely on tactics to get out of position. It is very difficult to face the fastest defensive lineup in the league.

The biggest weakness of infinite switch defense is that it is easy to be punished inside.

Even if the Timberwolves' current striker size is large enough, they will still be beaten against a team that really has an offensive center.

For example, against the Spurs, you can't expect Covington to switch to the inside to guard Duncan.

But now that Cole has given up on this weakness, Cole will be uncomfortable.

But Cole is not without a little operation.

After Curry ran to cover, after replacing the opponent with Covington, the others directly pulled away to give Curry singles.

Covington stood ready.

After Curry made a continuous dribble, he suddenly made a breakthrough fake, and Covington swayed slightly.

Without hesitation, Curry used his signature Curry back luck, and then made a quick shot.

brush!
Timberwolves 2:3 Warriors.

After Curry scored a goal, he shook his head and celebrated, and the momentum of the entire Warriors was also improved.

Seeing the performance of this defensive round, Su Chen seemed a little helpless.

Although Cole did not make adjustments to punish the insiders, Cole did not do nothing. He caught the defensive weakness of the Timberwolves lineup.

The biggest weakness of this lineup is Covington.

Even if Covington is at his peak, he is not a top single-defense defender, he is a super help defender and supplementary defender.

During the Trail Blazers period, Covington defended the opponent's core almost every game, but he was blown up most of the time.

If Covington's defense assistance ability is S-level, then his single defense ability basically fluctuates from A to B+

Now that Covington is still a rookie and lacks defensive experience, he may not even be able to reach B+ in single defense.

It is an ordinary qualified level.

Cole still has something. While adhering to his system philosophy, he found the weakest point of the Timberwolves.

Su Chen on the sidelines touched his chin, but he didn't plan to make any adjustments, so he had to take a look first.

Mainly there is no good solution.

Middleton's single-defense ability is quite satisfactory, not even as good as Covington's. Covington's defense is top-notch.

Beverly's single defense ability is good enough, but his size is not enough to play unlimited defenses.

Letting Beverley play, even without David Lee, will allow the Warriors to find opportunities to easily punish the Timberwolves inside.

Replacing Ibaka is also not a good plan. Letting a big man like Ibaka play will slow down the defense speed.

The Warriors have two historical shooters, Curry and Thompson. Sometimes there is a little space, and they can complete efficient shots.

The reason why it is difficult for the Warriors to change defenses infinitely is because the efficiency is not enough.

Now is the pinnacle of Splash, Curry's super fast and efficient shots that can hardly see the shooting action, Thompson's top shooting ability that ignores the defense.

If you want to really limit this kind of splash movement, you need to have extreme speed.

Being singled out by Curry to score, Su Chen thought it was acceptable.

Covington is not really a defensive colander, his defensive level is still passable, and he also has an advantage over Curry in size.

Su Chen didn't call for a pause to adjust, and just kept going.

Throughout the first quarter, this rhythm was basically maintained.

On the offensive end of the Timberwolves, relying on the personal abilities of Giannis Antetokounmpo and Butler to attack the Warriors' inside line.

The Timberwolves don't have many whistles, but the Timberwolves' current offense is to make it clear that most of the rounds are forcibly rushing inside.

Butler and Giannis Antetokounmpo rushed in, and some balls were indeed fouled. It would be too much for the Timberwolves to give no whistle.

At the beginning of the game, the referee didn't give much.

As the Timberwolves gradually fell behind in the score, the Timberwolves still did not change their style of play, they just rushed.

This makes it difficult for the referee.

Come on, the Timberwolves are originally a small ball market that the league doesn't like, and the confrontation in the playoffs itself should also be scaled up.

But don't give it, the new breakthrough rule has been implemented for a season, and it may cause some bad effects if the penalty is still used in the past.

If this is an ordinary regular season for the Timberwolves, it will not be blown if it is not blown.

But the ratings of this round of the series are quite high, and the Timberwolves will not change their style of play. If there are too few whistles that frequently attack the Timberwolves, they will definitely be analyzed.

After Xiao Hua took office, the new rules promulgated by the league are no longer the confrontation of the previous NBA. The new rules are more biased towards three-pointers and breakthroughs.

The referee also felt that the pressure was a bit high, so some really foul contact was blown by the referee.

This prevented the Timberwolves' score from being continuously increased.

As for the Timberwolves' defensive end.

However, it still continues to switch defenses infinitely, and the Warriors want Curry to call Covington.

Although Curry scored two in a row at the beginning, Covington was not a fool, and changed his defensive strategy after being hit twice in a row.

Anyway, the Covington size is adequate.

And Covington changed to defending Curry to shoot three-pointers, and let Curry's breakthrough a little, which made Curry sometimes forced to score the ball.

As long as Curry breaks in, the Timberwolves will immediately be defended by someone.

Then Covington didn't chase Curry, but quickly read the defense on the field to find the missing point.

Covington's top defensive ability was once again demonstrated.

The Warriors once opened the point difference to 12 points, but after the Timberwolves gradually found a way to defend, they chased the score back.

The first quarter is over.

Timberwolves 19:25 Warriors.

Through active defense, the Timberwolves recovered from a maximum of 12 points to 6 points.

Su Chen was quite satisfied with this difference.

after all
Su Chen glanced at the Warriors' bench.

At this time, Curry sat on the bench to rest.

Holding a towel in one hand and Gatorade in the other, he looked very tired.

This is the first quarter.

But Curry's physical fitness has been put to a very strict test.

With Cole in the first quarter, Curry frequently called Covington. Curry spent a lot of energy on offense.

Although Covington's defense is not very strong, he can torture people.

Covington's stealing ability is not very good, but there are very frequent stealing fakes, which makes Curry deal with high intensity all the time.

Cole, who was on the court, actually discovered this scene.

But Cole didn't seem to have any good solutions at this time.

He found the weakest point of the Timberwolves lineup, but the Warriors only have Curry as a super single player.

Although Thompson also has a strong shooting ability, more often than not, Thompson needs tactical running positions for off-ball support.

Since it is off the ball, there is no ability to call names.

Even if it can be done, it is very cumbersome, and the opponent can find a way to resolve it.

Seeing the warrior's appearance like this, Su Chen was also satisfied.

Turning his head, he looked at Giannis Antetokounmpo and Butler, who were also very tired.

Milosevic next to him looked at the two of them.

"How about it, can you hold on?"

Seeing that the two were so tired, Milosevic couldn't help asking, to see if they needed a rest.

Giannis Antetokounmpo and Butler were already tired and out of breath, so the answer was naturally slow.

Before the two of them could speak, Su Chen rushed to answer in advance.

"Giannis and Butler are both young men with very rich physical fitness. They have played to this point in the game. What is this?"

Su Chen directly answered Milosevic's words first.

"Right?"

Afterwards, Su Chen looked at Giannis Antetokounmpo and Butler and asked.

Giannis Antetokounmpo and Butler were a little speechless. The head coach had already talked about this. If they answered no at this time, wouldn't that mean they were soft?

"no problem."

Butler replied firmly.

Giannis Antetokounmpo just nodded wearily.

"Cheer up, Curry is also tired, and then we will blow the horn of counterattack."

Su Chen also encouraged the team.

Milosevic was taken aback by all this.

(End of this chapter)