Guoshu basketball

Chapter 254 Defensive Problem
After understanding the plan of the Spurs, Li Du stopped passing the ball indiscriminately.Popovich asked Jefferson and Ginobili to double-team Li Du. In fact, it also has a deep meaning. Curry is the underdog, and his three-point ability has been recognized by everyone. Born in the street court, he is skilled in shaking people and breaking through, but outside the three-point line, he is still less threatening than Curry. It is better to let him shoot than to let Curry shoot.

"Do you really think we're settled?" Li Du laughed disdainfully in his heart. He was covering the basketball with both hands, and at the same time he was looking at the other teammates. Jefferson returned to defense.

As soon as Crawford opened the distance, Li Du's pass arrived. After receiving the ball, Crawford took off on the spot and shot a three-pointer.

It's a pity that Crawford missed the open three-pointer, the rebound was accepted by McDyess, and the Spurs attacked.

Crawford returned to defense and said to Li Du: "I'm sorry, boss, I failed your trust!"

Li Du laughed and patted him, "Jamal, it's just a ball, what are you doing? I'll pass it to you next time. Since they dare to let you go, let them pay the price!"

"En!" Crawford looked at Li Du gratefully, and said, "Don't worry, Boss, I will definitely make them pay the price!"

The Spurs always bypassed Li and Du in offense, and Duncan always pulled Yao Ming out of the three-second zone. Ginobili's unpredictable pass was aimed at McDyess and Jefferson. In, the difference between the two teams is only one point!
When the Warriors were attacking, Curry wanted to pass the ball to Li Du, but Li Du waved his hand slightly and let Curry play by himself.

So Curry and Crawford made high screens. Of course, the quality of their screens was not good, and they were easily snatched by Parker.

Curry didn't care about the quality of the screen either. He dribbled the ball facing Parker, then suddenly flicked the basketball to the right and passed it to Li-Du.As soon as Li Du got the ball, Ginobili immediately rushed up to meet him, and Jefferson on the other side of the court also rushed over to continue double-teaming.

Li Du stood there, waiting for them to double-team.After Ginobili and Jefferson surrounded him, Li Du put Ginobili on one shoulder, grabbed the ball with one hand, swung it over his head, and the basketball was quickly passed to Crawford.

This time, Crawford made a high pick-and-roll with Curry. He is now on the left side of the court. When he received a pass from Li Du, there was no one around him!Crawford even had time to adjust his breathing, and then took a calm shot and hit a three-pointer!
The Spurs didn't panic. This was originally their plan. It was better to let others take action than Li Du.Crawford's three-point shooting rate is not bad, only 34.7%, but Li Du's shooting rate has never been lower than 55%!

The Spurs once again narrowed the point difference through teamwork. When the Warriors attacked again, Yao Ming walked up to Li Du, gently pulled Li Du, and said, "Xiao Du, don't let the Spurs always think that they have the wisdom in their hands. Right! I guess they will have other changes!"

"Well, I understand." Li Du nodded slightly, and then ran forward with Yao Ming.This time he ran directly to the corner three-point line, clearly not wanting to catch the ball.

Curry understood Li Du's intention at a glance, so he directly confronted Parker.

While watching Curry directing others to run tactics alone, Li Du smiled and glanced at Ginobili, and said, "Manu, you don't think that your strategy of choosing one of two bottles of poison to drink will be enough. Stump me?"

Ginobili stared closely at Li Du and said, "That depends on how you deal with it! If I remember correctly, you and Yao haven't touched the basketball for seven or eight consecutive rounds, right?"

Li Du nodded and said: "Yes, it's true that I haven't made a move for a long time. Thank you for your reminder. As a leader, I can't be so lazy!"

After finishing speaking, Li Du moved and ran towards the inside of the Spurs.Ginobili pursued closely, and they ran around inside. Ginobili was blocked by Yao Ming's tall body, so he had no choice but to signal the others to switch defenses.

At this moment, Li Du's running figure suddenly flashed, and he saved the three-point line in one step.Curry has been watching Li Du, and at the moment Ginobili was blocked by Yao Ming, he had already passed the ball.Li Dugang made a save from the outside line, and the basketball was just in place!
After receiving the basketball, Li Dugang's feet once again exerted strength on the ground, and he swung his right hand quickly. Jefferson, who switched defenses, ran halfway, and the basketball had already flown to the basket.

"Shua", Li Du hit a three-pointer again, widening the score gap to 5 points.At the same time, it seems to be announcing to the Spurs that this double-team defense is useless to him!

Popovich looked at Li Du gloomily, and sighed secretly. This is why he thought Li Du was a perfect player. Compared with superstars such as Kobe and LeBron, Li Du's scoring ability was not inferior to them at all. No need to hold the ball!
To deal with superstars such as Kobe and LeBron, Popovich took advantage of the fact that they need to play with the ball to be effective, and tightly double-teamed them, or even played three if two of them failed!But for Li Du, who can play without holding the ball, there are not many ways.

At the end of the first half, the Spurs were still 5 points behind the Warriors. This is because they felt very good in the first half and made some dribble shots.As long as their hand feeling drops a little, I'm afraid they won't be behind by 5 points in the first half, but by 15 points!

In the Spurs locker room, everyone was silent, even Duncan, who usually likes to entertain everyone in the locker room, didn't speak.Everyone understands that although the Spurs are only 5 points behind now, if they can't find a way to deal with the Warriors, this point difference can become 15 points, 25 points at any time!
At the end, Ginobili suggested to Popovich: "Greg, since we can't defend against the Warriors, why don't we fight against them! Even Li Du, it's impossible to make every ball! They His tactics are mainly three-pointers, except for Li Du, as long as the three-pointers of the others are slightly affected, the shooting rate will be greatly reduced!"

Just as Popovich was about to object, his heart suddenly moved. After thinking for a while, he clapped his hands again and again: "Okay! Yes, I should have thought of this just now! Manu, you will control the offense in the second half."

Then he turned to other people and said: "We will continue to play man-to-man, and we will not double-team Lee. Only Yao will double-team him when he gets the ball inside and force him to pass the ball. Others are chasing the Warriors. Every time, give them a little room to shoot!"

After finishing the order, Popovich finally smiled, "Li, you actually have weaknesses!"

(End of this chapter)