Godfather of the NBA: Cutting Curry and creating a dynasty

In the battle of Tianwang Mountain, Yang Li formed a lineup of one big and four small for the first time.

Dayao is at the center position, and the other four are Paul George, Ginobili, Curry, and...

Livingston!

"Yang Li is really crazy!" Barkley in the TNT studio kept shaking his head.

"He must be kidding me, this lineup is committing suicide!"

"Perhaps he has lost his mind." Anderson also echoed.

"Is this lineup planning to give up defense?"

"I think it might be a good move to replace Millsap with Livingston." Kenny disagreed.

"Millsap has done a good job defensively in this round of the series, but his performance on the offensive end is mediocre. I am afraid that Livingston was replaced to seek some breakthroughs on the offensive end."

"Indeed." Barkley nodded in agreement.

"Millsap's autonomous offensive ability is average, and he can only shoot some open fixed-point shots. If he breaks through, the height limit is too big."

"Then Livingston, how is his autonomous attack ability?" Anderson still looked puzzled.

"You have to know that he has hardly played much this season. He averaged only 5 minutes of playing time per game, and only scored 2.3 points, 0.9 rebounds, and 0.7 assists."

"Today's game may give us the answer," Kenny said.

"We'll wait and see." Barkley also nodded.

At the beginning of the game, Dayao grabbed the ball and then came to the frontcourt to get a position.

Livingston took the ball to the frontcourt and stuffed the ball into Dayao's hands.

Let Dayao try his hands first, as long as Dayao can open it, half of today's game will be won.

Dayao got the ball, bumped Chandler twice, then jumped to the free throw line and made a mid-range shot.

The ball hit the back edge of the rim and fell into the net pocket.

The Clippers took the lead and scored two points.

Yang Li nodded, Dayao felt good today and gave the team a good start.

Turning around, the Mavericks attacked and saw that Pickle was defending Chandler, Kidd decisively lobbed the ball to Chandler.

Chandler played pickled peppers with his back and singles, but he failed to push him!

Ibaka looked at Pickled Pepper off the court and couldn't help touching his shoulder.

The one-on-one training he did the most this season was with Pickle.

According to coach Yang Li, it is to train pickled peppers to be able to stand up to No. 4 or even No. 5 players on the defensive end.

Chandler saw nothing wrong with the offense, so he had to return the ball to Kidd.

Kidd had no choice but to hand the ball to Nowitzki and let him play Dayao.

Today's Nowitzki still feels hot. He made a fake move in front of Dayao, then dribbled through and caught an emergency stop jumper.

He directly swayed Dayao's center of gravity and completed the shot.

The ball crashed into the net, and the driver returned two points to the Clippers.

The Clippers came to the offensive end again, and the ball was handed directly to Livingston on the wing.

Livingston directly withstood Barea, who was defending him, and began to play back singles.

The difference between the two is nearly 20 centimeters, but Barea's strength is much stronger than Livingston's.

But Livingston had no intention of confronting Barea head-on.

After two slaps, Livingston turned his back directly to create a shooting space for himself.

Immediately afterwards, the two healthy legs flew straight into the air, and the ball was raised high above the head with both hands.

Barea had just been knocked out of position by Livingston's back punch.

As soon as he regained his center of gravity, he hurriedly jumped up to block it.

But after all, he is only 1 meters, and in the end he can only be sealed to the position of Livingston's chin.

There was no other way but to watch Livingston pretending to be himself.

Swish!

The basketball went straight into the net, and the Clippers scored two more points.

Livingston's jump shot can be described as picturesque.

He should be the player in the league with the best-looking jumper posture after turning over except Kobe.

It was the Mavericks' turn to attack, and Nowitzki's mid-range shot was interfered by Yao and failed to hit.

After Pickle protected the backcourt rebound, he handed the ball to Livingston again.

Livingston unhurriedly dribbled the ball to the frontcourt and handed the ball to Curry.

Then he took Barea to the outside of the penalty area and began to ask for a position.

Again? !

Barea couldn't help being a little angry, did he treat me like a persimmon?

Livingston followed suit and made a turnaround jumper again.

This time, Barea was not so polite, he rushed forward directly.

The moment Livingston shot, Barea's hand also hit Livingston's elbow.

Livingston's shot has been completed, and despite the elbow being hit, the ball still enters the net.

beep!

The referee's whistle blows.

Two points are valid, and at the same time, Barea is signaled for a foul by the thug.

very good!

Yang Li nodded in satisfaction.

I was really confused a few days ago.

Watching "modern" basketball, I almost forgot that the NBA still has the traditional technique of post-up.

In the so-called modern basketball of later generations, not to mention guard players, even inside players rarely play back.

Digging in hard, you get two points.

How easy it is to shoot from outside, and it's 3 points if you score!

Of course, there is another reason for the decrease in backs, and that is that the proportion of frontal hits to the basket is more.

The reason for this change is the "Hibert Law" in 2014.

Hibbert has a nickname, I believe many people know it - "Black Dayao".

He also has a more famous nickname, but everyone who likes to watch football must know it-"Gao Yuanyuan".

These two nicknames represent the status of Hibbert in the first and second periods.

The node between the two periods is March 2014, 3.

On this day, the NBA promulgated the vertical take-off rules.

It is required that the inside defensive players can only go straight up and down when they jump up to block the shot, no mid-air turns are allowed, and their arms must be straight.

The reason why there is this rule is that it starts from a game 4 days ago.

The Indiana Pacers host the Miami Heat.

Hibbert played very well in this game. The reason is very simple. The Heat on the opposite side do not have a tall center who can restrain his performance.

Bosh couldn't stand Hibbert at all and was blown away.

And at that time, Hibbert's ability to protect the frame was the top in the league, especially restraining teams that are good at breaking through.

Although James still played well in this game, it has to be said that Hibbert's defense at the basket made James feel very uncomfortable.

It may be that seeing James' performance today is really good, and Hibbert has resentment in his heart.

Hibbert slammed his nose into James' elbow on a defense in the fourth quarter!

He slammed himself back into the locker room for treatment.

Then the league introduced the "Hibert Law" in order to protect James' elbow from being violated by tall centers.

As we all know, this is not the first time the league has protected James.

Speaking of the last time, it dates back to 2009.