NBA: Duncan feels uneasy coaching Warriors

Chapter 21 Both Coaches Are Satisfied
Curry attracted a lot of defense, resulting in little defensive investment on Thompson.

Coupled with Richard Jefferson's three-pointer, it can't be emptied, and people must watch him.

With a sudden movement, Thompson walked directly past Draymond Green and came to catch the ball with a handoff.

After receiving the ball, Thompson leaped high from the middle distance at the top of the arc, shot quickly, and completed this mid-range shot.

brush!
Spurs 63:73 Warriors.

Very good!
The atmosphere on the field has undergone subtle changes.

For the small ball era, as long as the momentum starts, 10 points can be tied quickly.

But even if the score has improved in this era, compared with the era of data explosion, it is still very stretched.

Not to mention, the current Spurs are good at attacking the basket steadily and steadily.

Leonard's current role is more reflected on the defensive end. On the offensive end, he is now averaging [-]-[-] points per game, and he is a supporting role next to GDP.

Leonard's offense relied more on hard training later on. Among his offensive talents, only the static talent is excellent, and the others are average or even poor. Otherwise, he would not have been selected by the [-]th overall pick.

Danny Green's three-pointer is not bad, but Popovich's current arsenal will not have the team's tactics around three-pointers.

As long as the Warriors lead by more than ten points, and then maintain efficiency and the Spurs slowly grind, it is even possible to control the game in the third quarter.

Popovich's mentality has also changed a little now.

Popovich could only call a timeout again, and at the same time increase the defensive intensity again.

After Popovich's timeout, the Spurs increased their defensive intensity, and the Warriors also increased their defensive intensity.

The intensity of the game has increased again.

The two sides even had a scene where neither team scored within 2 minutes.

In particular, the Warriors' offensive efficiency has dropped a lot.

Leonard put all his energy on the defensive end in the third quarter, and now he will do his best to defend Thompson.

Even James would find it troublesome to defend with all his strength, let alone Thompson.

If it weren't for Curry to attract the defense, it would be difficult for Thompson to even connect the ball, and even the shot would be a difficult shot.

However, Su Chen did not adjust his strategy and continued to let Thompson take the shot.

Although Thompson's difficult three-pointer shot is not high, it is enough to hit it. After all, the Spurs' offensive efficiency is also low.

His purpose in this section is actually to give Thompson his touch, especially the difficult three-pointer.

Although Thompson made shots in the first half, Curry took up too many shots, and the shooter still needs to shoot more to find the touch.

With 3 minutes left in the third quarter, Su Chen finally let Curry go down to rest.

But Su Chen didn't go to Jarrett Jack, but went to Barnes.

Jarrett Jack played in the 2 minutes of the second quarter, and was basically dnp at other times.

And according to Su Chen's plan, Jarrett Jack has no plan to play in the final quarter.

Su Chen felt that he was too extravagant to dnp the main scorer who averaged 17 points per game in the playoffs, but Jarrett Jack was really not suitable for playing.

Facing Ginobili and Parker's dual-handling breakthrough lineup, Jarrett Jack is the cash machine.

And even if it is the opponent's substitute, Popovich has a tactical approach to target Jarrett Jack.

There is also David Lee, a star player who entered the All-Star this season and averaged 18+11 per game, and he didn't play a few minutes in the game.

Because David Lee's blue-collar attributes are poor, especially defense, he is a big colander.

In these 3 minutes, without Ku's gravity to attract the defense, Thompson's efficiency was further reduced.

But because of Curry, Thompson, Barnes' backcourt, Draymond Green and Richard Jefferson's front line, and Bogut's inside frame were placed.

This defensive strength matches the Spurs' offense.

In the small ball era, pure forward teams generally performed poorly, such as the Raptors after Leonard ran away.

But it is undeniable that the defense of the forward line is strong.

With the defense, although the points were pulled closer, they still maintained the lead.

The third quarter ends.

Spurs 75:82 Warriors.

The Warriors maintained a 7-point advantage, which meant that there was no winner in the third quarter.

If you don't play Curry, you may lead with a little more than 10 points, but that is too much.

He's not an evil capitalist, he can't just treat Curry as a child laborer, and it's Su Chen's kindness to let Curry rest for 3 minutes.

Facing a 7-point lead, Su Chen felt that he could accept it.

"Let Curry take a break later, and use energy drinks on Curry."

Su Chen took a look at his virtual warehouse.

[Reusable stamina drink (medium bottle): After using it on a player, it can restore a certain amount of stamina. It can be used once in a normal game. After the next game starts, it will automatically complete the charge. 】

"It can be reused every game, which is really cool."

Su Chen looked at the drinks in the warehouse and smiled.

This is why he can use Curry as a bullshit. Although the effect is not yet known, he will definitely recover his physical strength after using it.

Su Chen is very satisfied with the 7-point lead, and Popovich on the other side is also very satisfied with this point difference.

Thompson was able to make a big reversal in the last game because of inaccurate understanding of Thompson. Before Mark Jackson just let Thompson be used as a 3D shooter.

Suddenly changing the core style of play caught the Spurs by surprise.

However, through rigorous analysis in the past few days, it has been seen that Thompson's difficult shooting ability is indeed good, but his shortcomings have also been analyzed.

Unlike Curry, Thompson's three-point shooting ability with the ball has not yet been developed.

More is to rely on tactical movement, and then shoot the ball.

But such a single attack method is destined to be easy to defend.

In the third quarter, Thompson made shots because he had to guard against Curry. Curry didn't simply squat on the three-pointer, he had a running position.

Almost the first half was played, and most of the third quarter was played. Curry's physical strength has basically bottomed out now.

Without the threat of Curry, just defending against Thompson, Popovich has absolute confidence!

In short, for such a score, the coaches of both sides are very satisfied.

(End of this chapter)