NBA: Duncan feels uneasy coaching Warriors

Chapter 19 He wants to beat the Spurs in three quarters?

Su Chen was very satisfied, and Popovich was also very satisfied.

Six points behind is within Popovich's acceptable range.

But looking at Curry's appearance, even if he rests in the third quarter, he may not be able to recover much energy in the last quarter.

And without Curry, he deployed a strategy against Thompson and Draymond Green, confident that the Warriors would fall directly into a scoring drought.

Halftime break.

The commentary seat was not idle either.

"The ability that Curry showed in the first two quarters was indeed very strong, but when he got off the court just now, it could be seen that he was exhausted."

"The strong performance in the first half was actually the result of overdrafting physical strength, and Popovich deliberately did not adjust his strategy. It seems that he fell into Popovich's trap."

Barkley analyzed the situation on the field.

Barkley is nicknamed "Big Mouth". He is definitely not a neutral commentator. He will speak directly to anyone who is upset.

In fact, it's not just Barkley who doesn't like Curry, most of the audience also didn't like Curry much before Curry won the championship.

Because Curry is really special, or weird.

His three-point throw looks very casual, he doesn't need much space to shoot, and he will feel somewhat awkward before adapting to Curry's shooting motion.

What does it feel like for Curry to shoot a three-pointer off the dribble?
It was like picking up a stone from the ground, without any aiming or preparatory action, and suddenly threw it out.

It's not that the audience in this era doesn't like three-pointers. They like McGrady's chic and straight-up a lot, and they like Ray Allen's extremely beautiful textbook shots.

But Curry's random three-pointer looks like he is throwing wildly, which is quite different from everyone's previous impression of basketball.

"The Warriors' new coach made a mistake in his strategy. After all, he is still young."

Even Kenny Smith, who supported the Warriors before, couldn't help shaking his head.

He felt that Curry did have the ability, but in terms of physical arrangement, Su Chen made too many mistakes.

What's the use of forcing a six-point advantage?
Even James, the famous iron man in the active league, played almost the entire game, and he didn't say that he played with the ball like this throughout the first half.

James also needs to rest. This season, when Wade is attacking, James will rest on the court.

On the defensive end, because James usually shows a strong defensive impression and there is no team, he really deliberately picked James to play.

So James nominally played the whole game, but actually found a lot of rest time in both offensive and defensive rounds.

And what about Curry?

In the first quarter, Curry played a lot of pick-and-rolls with the ball. In the second quarter, Curry rested for 2 minutes, and at the same time played a lot of singles and pick-and-rolls.

In addition to the defensive end, he also accepted being named by Parker, and the defensive end could not rest.

Not to mention that Curry is definitely not as physically fit as James, even James himself, can't stand such a high-intensity game.

"Now we can only see if the rest of the Warriors can bear this pressure."

O'Neal pouted and said, "Although the Spurs will win, I still want to see a wonderful matchup, and don't let the last quarter become garbage time."

Half time passed quickly.

The third quarter officially started.

Originally, the commentators were still discussing the development of the second half, but when they saw the Warriors players on the field, they couldn't hold back all of a sudden.

"Did I read it wrong, the person on the court is Curry?"

Johnson froze.

"Did the new coach of the Warriors make a mistake? This is Stephen Curry, not LeBron Curry."

Barkley couldn't hold back for a while.

"Hahaha, it seems that the new coach is using Curry as a robot, look at Curry's expression."

O'Neill also said with a loud laugh.

The camera also matched O'Neal's words very well, and took a picture of Curry's expression.

Curry himself was also very depressed when he heard that he was going to play in the third quarter. He didn't want to play but was really tired.

So now Curry's expression is naturally not too excited, but also a little helpless.

Curry's expression made several people in the commentary stand laugh out loud.

Even Kenny Smith, who supported the Warriors, couldn't help but laughed.

As an opponent, Popovich overestimated Su Chen as much as possible.

But seeing Su Chen's operation, Popovich tried to overestimate Su Chen, but he didn't even think about what Su Chen wanted to do.

You really don't want to play the last quarter, do you?
Want to crush the Spurs in the third quarter?
Crazy, so crazy!
After Popovich figured it out, he called Leonard and Duncan, who were resting on the bench, to the sidelines and waited, preparing to replace them later.

Although with the Spurs' defense, it is not easy for the Warriors to defeat the Warriors in the third quarter.

But Popovich only felt that Su Chen was betting. Su Chen knew that winning the tiebreaker against the Spurs was not much of a chance, so he wanted to take advantage of the player's three-pointer feeling.

Thompson and Curry are both on the court at the same time now. If the two feel at the same time, the Spurs' bench lineup may really not be able to withstand it.

Anyway, the main players of the Spurs got a lot of rest before.

Withstood this quarter, Curry basically had no energy in the last quarter, and the Spurs basically won the game.

In the case of Thompson in the last game, Popovich has made sufficient preparations.

In the first two rounds of the game, there was a foul.

Both Leonard and Duncan were replaced.

All the Spurs were on board, facing the Warriors' starting lineup selected by Su Chen.

"En the game will be decided early in the third quarter."

Johnson said after discovering this.

Although the rest of them are usually funny and show effects, they are all people who have made great achievements in the basketball field, and they are quite professional in judging the situation on the court.

"I want to break the Spurs in three quarters, I can only say that the idea is very good."

O'Neal shook his head.

His career can also be regarded as one of the main opponents of the Spurs. He knows the resilience of the Spurs. If it is another team, there may still be a chance.

Three points is a very floating thing.

Before this season, there was no team in history that relied on three-pointers to win the championship.

Even for Jordan, it was a very solid mid-range shot, not a lot of three-pointers.

But the Warriors' offense did not look like everyone thought, the Warriors really wanted to fight for three points in this quarter.

Curry basically stood there, didn't even run, just stood there.

Draymond Green, holding the ball near the free-throw line, watching others run plays.

Facing Draymond Green, Duncan remembered Popovich's defensive strategy and took two steps back to prevent an inside cut.

With Duncan sitting at the basket, the rest of the team is more focused on defending off-ball three-pointers, so there is no need to consider cutting inside.

Under such a strategy, it is difficult for the Warriors' tactics to escape.

At this time, Draymond Green saw that Duncan didn't defend him, so he directly chose a throw.

(End of this chapter)