The way of the center

Chapter 380 Level of Playoffs
Pick-and-roll coordination in a very small range, even Jordan and Griffin, cannot complete such tactics.

Both of these guys have an obvious shortcoming, range.Although Griffin practiced shooting hard last summer and made great progress in the mid-range, the mid-range shot still cannot become Griffin's main scoring method.

Because of their technical limitations, Griffin and Jordan's tactical changes on the offensive end are far less than Anjie and Aldridge.Therefore, it is difficult for Griffin and Jordan to make this kind of exquisite cooperation between insiders and insiders.

Pooh DeNagro has already begun to think, if he waits until Anjie and Aldridge are fully opened before trying to find a solution, it may be too late.

After that, Griffin tried to play one-on-one with Aldridge in the paint.But when he went inside, he found that An Jie could always complete the double-team in time.

No way, DeAndre Jordan, a guy with almost no shooting ability, can't help Griffin open up space at all.Anjie can safely put him far away, and then defend the basket wholeheartedly!
On the other hand, Aldridge, although he is much thinner than Griffin, but in individual singles, Aldridge has the advantage.

Griffin's embarrassing wingspan made it impossible for him to interfere with Aldridge's dribble.And Aldridge's turnaround jumper also deflated the inexperienced Griffin.

In the regular season, Griffin was thousands of times more dazzling than Aldridge.But in the playoffs, Griffin realized that there are still too many areas for improvement.
In the following games, the Trail Blazers gradually took control of the situation.It wasn't until the second teams of both sides made their debut that the Clippers finally got back a victory.

Like the Trail Blazers, the Clippers also have a sixth man who is not easy to mess with. He is Nick Young, who was urgently recruited by the Clippers in the second half of the season!
In the Wizards this season, Nick Young averaged 16.6 points per game. For a substitute player, this is definitely a stat that can be called "super".

After joining the Clippers, Nick Young's performance is still good.This guy will never be able to affect his performance because of different systems, because in his world, he himself is a system!
This guy is more of a solo player than Jamal Crawford, and it's hard to get an assist from him once a season.But the scary thing is that this guy can really perform well!
Today, Jamal Crawford's performance is obviously slightly inferior.Courtney Lee's touch is also very average, only hitting 3 goal in 1 shots.

As a result, the Clippers slowly narrowed the point difference under the leadership of Nick Young.Until the end of the first quarter, the score became 25 to 20. Without Nick Young, the point difference would have been eight or nine points.

Nick's outstanding performance really made the Clippers fans breathe a sigh of relief.However, Pooh De Nagro was not at all happy with Nick Young's performance.

Why?No matter how powerful Nick Young is, he is still alone.It is impossible for a team to rely on only one person or a substitute to defeat the opponent.To win, De Nagro must make the Clippers' starting lineup efficient.Nick Young alone is not enough for the Clippers to drag the Blazers into the water.

"Your double-team selection on Griffin in the first quarter was great, but you have to pay attention to DeAndre Jordan's cutting inside. Just give him a little space, and he can force a dunk. Griffin's kid's skills It's not rough, and it's not difficult to send an alley-oop to Jordan!" During the break, the performance of the Blazers in the first quarter was enough to satisfy Ricard.So compared to the despondent De Nagro, what Ricard has to do is to check for gaps and make up for gaps.

"Jamal, next I want you to defend more seriously. You have given Nick Young too many easy shots. I don't want to see this guy score higher than you!" Afterwards, Rickard De said a few words to Crawford alone.

This guy Crawford may be very aggressive in offense, but his absent-minded defense can always drive Ricard half to death.If Nick Young scored very high points today, then Jamal Crawford's efficiency on the field would be completely negative.

Crawford just nodded casually, God knows if this guy listened.I hope the playoffs will allow this person who fights purely for money to put in more effort.
"Griffin, use your body to fight against Aldridge! Strongly hit the basket, even if An is there to guard, you will continue to execute the offense for me! Even if you can't score, there is a high chance that you can make a foul! "De Nagro knows that he doesn't have to worry about Paul, but the young Griffin, the key to the Clippers' success, especially needs correct guidance.

And now, De Nagro believes that Griffin's body is definitely strong enough to deal with Angie and Aldridge's entanglement.Facing double-teams in the first quarter, Griffin either chose to pass or hook.This way of fighting, the efficiency will naturally not be improved.What if he uses his body to hit the basket?An Jie is indeed very hard, but don't forget, Griffin is also not soft!
So at the beginning of the second quarter, Aldridge felt that his defense was not as easy as it was in the first quarter.Before receiving the pass from Paul, Griffin began to use his body to keep squeezing inside.

Griffin only needs to worry about whether he can get to a comfortable position, because no matter where you are on the court, Paul can guarantee to deliver the ball!

Griffin is very deep with this ball, as long as he takes a small step in, he will enter the three-second zone.

In order to prevent the non-stop running Jordan from cutting inside, An Jie's help defense range is not as large as it was in the first quarter.Now, everything is ready, just waiting for Paul to feed the ball in!
Paul swayed a bit of space through his extremely fast dribble, and then he passed the ball, and the target was Blake Griffin, who now has grown palms.

Seeing the basketball fly out of Paul's hands, De Nagro stood up from the bench. He wanted to take a closer look to see if his new arrangement would work.

However.
"It's Ann! Ann appeared on the passing line! He intercepted the basketball halfway, my God, Ann actually made a guy like Chris Paul make a mistake!" Mike Brin exclaimed loudly, and the guard intercepted the center They have seen too many dramas.However, it is really rare for a center to steal a defender!

Even Chris Paul himself couldn't believe his eyes.As a point guard, there are more turnovers than players in other positions, which is a normal thing.After all, their task is to organize the team's offense, and organizing the team's offense requires a lot of passing.A large number of passes represents more risks than others.Therefore, one or two missed passes per game is normal for Paul.

But being intercepted by a center forward who suddenly jumped out, Paul couldn't imagine that he would make a mistake because of this method!
For this ball, An Jie had expected that Griffin would be the final point of attack. If not, Griffin would definitely not have worked so hard to fight for the position.

Since your defensive range cannot reach the basket, the easiest way to stop the offense is to keep the ball out of Griffin's hands!
So Anjie ran with Jordan while observing all of Paul's movements.Finally, when Paul was about to pass the ball, Anjie saw the timing, stretched out his long arms, and successfully carried out the long-planned plan!
After the steal, if Felton and Matthews were not advancing too slowly, Angie would definitely use his precise long pass to make the Blazers play a fast break.

It's a pity that the two defenders around him are guys who are more suitable for positional warfare, but not good at switching offenses.If Westbrook was still beside Anjie, the Clippers would have lost two points because of this mistake.

But slowly grinding the ground does not mean that the Trail Blazers will not be able to seize the opportunity of Paul's mistake this time.It's just that they spend more time than fast break.

Felton knew that he was not the kind of impact defender.In fact, Felton's first step is not slow, but after the breakthrough, his passing and finishing ability are not too strong.Rather than a blind breakthrough without a plan, patiently and slowly organize, this is a more suitable style of play for him.

Anjie and Aldridge's interspersed moves made Jordan and Griffin puzzled.Today, Ricard decided to beat the Clippers in an unconventional way!
In the past, Anjie either held the ball in the high post or played singles in the low post.But today, he and Aldridge are like two guards, constantly running to tear apart the Clippers' defense.

Jordan and Griffin have excellent athletic ability, and it is not difficult for them to keep up with these two.But the difficulty is that Anjie and Aldridge's interspersed running positions usually cause them to defend one and completely miss the other.

This time, Aldridge and Anjie passed by again. This kind of movement effect between insiders and insiders can't be checked much with a pick-and-roll!

But this time, when An Jie passed by Aldridge, he suddenly ran back. Griffin thought that Jordan would continue to follow up, so he stuck to Aldridge.And what about Jordan?He thought that Griffin should switch defenses with himself, so facing Anjie's escape, Jordan didn't respond.

"Fuck!" Griffin and Jordan stared at each other, and then turned their heads back in unison.It's just that at this time, Felton's ball had already been thrown into the air, and An Jie had already soared into the air, received the basketball, and completed a powerful alley-oop!
The two insiders who are best at alley-oops are now defeated again by Anjie with all-oops!
"Beautiful cooperation, coach Rickard's tactical arrangement is simply exquisite. Of course, Ann's execution ability is also very superb. DeAndre Jordan and Blake Griffin used their extremely strong sports in the regular season. The ability has provided the fans with wonderful goals. But they must understand that this is not the regular season. The playoffs are not a place to talk about bouncing!" Kenny Smith can see it, Germany Andrew Jordan and Griffin are the real "regular season players".

In the following games, Griffin and Jordan could not keep up with the offensive and defensive rhythm of Aldridge and Anjie. Even if the athletic ability of these two people is the top existence in the league, they are still defeated by Anjie, who has playoff experience. Playing around with Aldridge.

Jordan did complete a block, but it was also against the breakthrough Jamal Crawford.Facing Anjie, it was very difficult for Jordan to stop him from scoring, let alone block.

Afterwards, Nick Young was as divine as ever.He fired consecutively from beyond the three-point line and hit consecutively.Faced with this kind of ball, Anjie and Aldridge can't do anything.

It was precisely because of Nick Young that the suspense was maintained in this match.If it weren't for someone on the bench who could stand up, the Clippers, who were defended in a panic, couldn't hold the score at all.

In the end, the Trail Blazers won a temporary halftime victory with a score of 58 to 49.

Although he was not far behind, Denagro felt a little desperate in his heart.Because so far, he still can't come up with a decent solution.

Let the clippers pray that nick young can save them a few more times
(End of this chapter)