NBA Building Cardinals

Chapter 204
In this game, there is another interesting statistic.

That is, the Bobcats are the team that likes to shoot three-pointers the most in the league so far, and the Spurs are the team that doesn't like to shoot three-pointers the least in the league.

Including Bowen and Barry's three-point shots, about 80% of them are shot when they are open.

There are still about 10% of shots when the time is running out, and only the last 10% are normal tactical three-point shots.

The middle distance on both sides is, on the contrary, the two points where the Spurs took the most shots this season.

Since the Bobcats are on the defensive end, the focus of the exercise is to switch defenses after facing pick-and-rolls, and to assist defense after using speed.

So the Spurs passed the ball several times, but failed to pass the right opportunity, and finally handed the ball to Duncan at a 45-degree angle. After all, the person defending Duncan was Gerald Wallace.

Facing Wallace's defense, Duncan has a very high height advantage, which Liu Rui also thought of before the game.

But if Wallace doesn't play against Duncan, neither Sampson nor Pachulia on the bench will work very well.

If it were to form the inside twin towers of Jefferson and Okafor, then Okafor's role on the court would be greatly downplayed.

After all, Jefferson is an insider who doesn't like passing.

So knowing that Wallace will definitely suffer when defending Duncan, Liu Rui still maintains the previous starting lineup.

Because the same thing is, even though Duncan's movement speed is at the top in the interior, but he faces Wallace's defensive counterattack, Duncan's speed cannot be compared with Wallace at all.

After all, the difference in height between the two is more than ten centimeters. If Duncan can run faster than Wallace with this body, then he is really No. 1 in NBA history.

Duncan took the ball and observed it, and found that Wallace was almost a head shorter than himself, holding the ball with his back and preparing for a singles, and shot near the basket.

Seeing that Duncan didn't choose a mid-range shot, but planned to hit the basket, Ariza from the bottom corner rushed up and was about to double-team.

Obviously, this was also Liu Rui's arrangement before the game. Seeing someone double-team, Duncan gave the ball to Bowen in the corner with a blank expression.

Martin moved directly to the bottom corner at a 45-degree angle from the three-point line, and Ariza filled Martin's position.

Taking advantage of the team's speed, a wave of quick defense changes was carried out, which well disrupted the Spurs' offense.

Bowen, who got the ball in the bottom corner, had no choice but to throw the ball back to Duncan inside.

Leaning on his back, Duncan directly chose a 45-degree angled rebound shot.

sigh~
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Even though Wallace has given Duncan enough interference, but with the advantages of height and arm length, and the stability of shooting, Duncan still scored the goal steadily.

After all, the 45-degree angle on both sides to wipe the board has always been Duncan's famous stunt.

Of course Liu Rui was aware of Duncan's move, and he had made preparations before the match, but it was just the beginning. After all, no one would throw Wang Zang right away, and it would only give the opponent a chance to solve it.

On the offensive end of the Bobcats, the three inside players of the Spurs have excellent defensive capabilities, but the defense of the two outsiders is really average.

Whether it is Parker or Barry, the defense of the two is really not good enough.

Especially Barry, although his shooting skills on the offensive end are very threatening, but it also continues the shortcomings of traditional shooters, that is, poor physical confrontation and weak defense.

Since the Bobcats traded Mo Williams and Kevin Martin, the team's offensive focus has gradually shifted to the outside double guns.

So in this game, the Spurs also chose to let Bowen defend Martin and let Barry defend Ariza, who has a relatively simple offensive method.

Regarding this point, Liu Rui had already predicted it before the game.

Signal Mo Williams directly from the sidelines as the team's first offensive option.

Wallace and Okafor, as the team's second and third options, cooperated and responded.

The two sides fought back and forth in the first quarter.

Even the Spurs, who have always been known for their defense, have no good way to deal with the Bobcats' shooting tactics.

After all, the strength of the Spurs is that it shortens the offensive rounds of each game.

Thus having Duncan can make the Spurs' penalty area defense rank among the top in the league.

But the defensive ability of the perimeter can be said to be fully supported by Bowen alone.

In this game, except for Okafor, the starting five of the Bobcats, the main offensive means of the remaining four are all three-pointers through pick-and-rolls and running positions as the end.

Seize the defect that the Spurs are not good at defending three-pointers, make full use of their strengths and avoid weaknesses, and reduce the number of times they hit the penalty area.

The flaw of this style of play is also obvious, that is, it is too dependent on the shooting percentage of the players on the court.

After all, even if you are a professional shooter, it is impossible to guarantee that your three-point shooting percentage will remain the same in every game.

After all, people are not machines, and they are not able to keep working at this frequency after entering a code.

However, it is clear that the Bobcats' game is not bad. With Liu Rui's tactic of drawing salary from the bottom of the pot, at the end of the first quarter, the Bobcats played in the away game with:
23:22
Instead, they led the Spurs by one point and ended the first quarter.

For the Spurs, they lost 23 points in a single quarter, which is already much higher than the season average.

In previous games, the Spurs have encountered tactical arrangements that want to use three-pointers to break the Spurs' defense.

But I have never encountered a situation where more than 75% of the team's shots in the first quarter were distributed outside the three-point line.

In this era, it is considered a lot for a team to have two shooters, and it is rare to have more than three.

What's more, a team like the Bobcats with three-pointers is simply considered an outlier.

Starting the small ball whirlwind in advance, facing the traditional team must have advantages, but there are also disadvantages.

Therefore, after successive transactions, Liu Ruicai kept the big buffalo White on the team's bench, because he was afraid of encountering a team with traditional centers like O'Neal and Yao Ming.

Although the small ball tactics are extremely refreshing on the offensive end, the weakness of the defensive end against the dominant center is still unresolved.

So no matter how much Liu Rui likes to play small ball, there must be a big buffalo in the team.

This is also one of the main reasons why White, whose average playing time per game is not high, has been able to stay in the Bobcats.

After all, White's second-heaviest weight in the league is simply a natural candidate for a tank center.

In normal times, the reason why Liu Rui gave him low playing time was because he was incompatible with small ball tactics.

It is also hoped that through this method, the big buffalo White can be protected as much as possible, so that he will be free from injuries in this life.

When the team needed him most, he was able to stand up...

(End of this chapter)