Basketball K God

Chapter 1054 Temporary Evolution
Beverly used the pick-and-roll to break through Harkless on the outside.

Harkless also rushed after receiving the ball, facing Gobert, and Zubac under the basket!
Zubac catches the hook -- no!
Ingles closed the board and handed it to Mitchell to dribble over.

Mitchell dribbled over, faced Xie Kai's defense, and used the pick-and-roll to split the right-wing Royce O'Neal.

O'Neill divided Ingles again.

Ingles made a fake shot and went to the penalty area to score Conley in the bottom corner.

Conley made a 3-pointer—none!

But Gobert grabbed the front board and forced himself up to cause a foul by Zubac.

Gobert's arms are really long. Xie Kai felt that if these arms were pressed on his body, they could touch the floor. It's really too long...

Gobert's free throws were also so-so, making one of two free throws.

Clippers offense.

Beverly dribbled to the frontcourt and gave the ball to Xie Kai.

Xie Kai received the ball and Zubac came out to pick and roll.

The Jazz's defensive strategy is the same as the previous game, that is, Harkless, who empties the outside line, defends more and defends less locally, flanks and opens, and restricts him to eat O'Neal or other Jazz players alone.

After Xie opened the pick-and-roll and encountered a flank attack, he calmly distributed the ball and transferred the ball to Harkless, who was open in the corner.

Harkless caught the ball and made a steady 3-pointer-iron.

Gobert closed the board and handed it to Conley to advance.

On the Jazz's side, Gobert and Mitchell took the air, Zubac protected the rebound and handed it to Beverly to advance.

The offensive state of both sides was not good at the beginning, the efficiency was very low, the iron was hit frequently, and neither of them scored in sports games.The game lasted 2 minutes, and both sides relied on free throws to score points.The Clippers at home lead the Jazz 2:1.

Wang Zixing said: "Teacher Su can't play on both sides of the offense. Do you think the Clippers need to make any adjustments?"

Su Qun said: "They played without a problem. The ball was transferred to the player who was emptied. This is the correct approach. They are all NBA players. Whether it is Harkless or Patterson, they are not unable to shoot. As long as If they can make the shot, the Jazz will not dare to attack Xie Kai so hard. The reason why they lost the last game is because the role players have been unable to grasp the opportunity."

Harkless's open 3-pointer is indeed inaccurate, and his self-confidence is not very good. You must know that when he was in the Trail Blazers, he and Aminu were often emptied by opponents, allowing their two guns Be flanked.

Of course, if Harkless's 3-pointers can stabilize, not to mention high, with a 35%, and then average 2 3-pointers per game, then he will become one of the most sought after wings in the league.At that time, he can flaunt himself as an excellent 3D player.

The Jazz's offense is not good either. With the Clippers having Xie Kai and Beverly in the backcourt, Conley and Mitchell played very hard.

The Jazz are essentially a defensive team. When Bogdanovic was unable to play this game, the offensive burden was completely on Mitchell and Conley in the backcourt.Their forward Ingles is mainly responsible for the organization, while O'Neal is a blue-collar worker, and Gobert is the core of the defense, but the offense is sometimes not very smooth.

The Clippers' starting offense relies heavily on Xie Kai. Neither Harkless nor Patterson are players who can create offensive opportunities with the ball.Beverly is a bulldog on the defensive end, but on the offensive end, apart from better offensive rebounds, the others are very mediocre.As for Zubac, he does have a little low-post footsteps, but if the opponent is Gobert, his footsteps can only be hated.

Why the Warriors lost before, the reason is still unwilling to flank Xie Kai.Let Xie Kai play singles, no one in this league can defend against it.

Coach Schneider of the Jazz learned his lesson and strengthened his flanking strategy in the last game.It's just that his flanking is not a mindless flanking attack. He has a good grasp of the rotation and timing of the flanking attack.They have Gobert at the basket who can support the sky with one pillar and can do 1 defense and 2 defenses, so they have the conditions to let the 4th position go out.

In the first quarter, the two forwards of the Clippers were in poor shooting condition. Xie Kai was flanked, and their offense seemed sluggish.Fortunately, the opponent's offense is not very good. This time really reflects the importance of defense. I can't score, and you can't score easily.

The game entered the rotation stage, and the offense on both sides was lively.On the Jazz side, Gobert is indeed a pillar of the sky at the basket, but with him, it is difficult for the team to switch and the offensive rhythm cannot be raised.Playing in the half-court position, he has no shooting ability, and he is also slow when moving down, which affects the offensive space.

The Clippers are similar here, Zubac's performance on the offensive end is far inferior to Harrell.Harrell doesn't have much shooting, but he is a beast down the line, and he is very good at grabbing 2 rebounds, and he is also good in face-to-face singles.As for Reed, his personal offensive ability is simply not comparable to Beverly.

The Clippers' second team has a good offense, but the defense has dropped a lot.There is no way, offense and defense cannot be balanced.Of course, for the second team, you just need to hold on to the time, and don't expect you to widen the score gap.

The two teams played back and forth in the first half, and the score has not been stretched to more than 5 points. The game looked a bit dull.

Xie Kai didn't deliberately attack reluctantly, and has been using his containment force to deliver shells for his teammates.

At the end of the half game, the Clippers at home were 47 points behind at 49:2.

Xie Kai scored 9 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal and 1 block in the half, filling the data column, but in terms of scoring, this is the first time he has not reached double digits in a half so far this season.

Intermission.

Wang Zixing asked: "Mr. Su, do you think Xie Kai is in a bad state? No matter how I see it, he didn't attack much?"

Su Qun replied: "He has no problem. You can see that he scored very low, but in fact he didn't make many shots! He has been playing for his teammates, don't worry, Xie Kai has too much experience in the game, he knows How to do it. The Clippers didn’t play well, and they still didn’t fall behind much. Let’s watch the second half, and it depends on when their outside line opens, otherwise the game will continue to be so anxious.”

At the beginning of the second half, the Clippers made adjustments to the starting lineup.This adjustment is that Lao Li followed the advice of assistant coach Tyronn Bass, and replaced the small forward Harkless, who felt cold in the first half and was not 3D, with young shooter Shamet.

Bass has always been a defensive assistant, but this guy likes offense very much. He is a coach who absolutely prioritizes offense.Otherwise, when the Cavaliers would not let a defensive weakness like Love play center, nor would they use a pure offensive lineup of "death 5 leaks".

(End of this chapter)