NBA: Duncan feels uneasy coaching Warriors

Chapter 119 Operation of the Alliance

At this time, players from both sides have already entered the field.

Eric Spoelstra also walked towards the technical table at this time.

Before coming here, Erik Spoelstra was actually watching Su Chen. The defeat he suffered under Su Chen last season was still fresh in his memory.

Su Chen and Eric Spoelstra briefly shook hands, and then returned to their respective camps.

Eric Spoelstra also had a more serious expression today, obviously not wanting to lose to him, which made Su Chen frown slightly.

It seems that it is not very realistic to expect the opponent to let it go.

However, Su Chen was not afraid, and his face remained calm as usual.

Competitive sports is what you want to win on your own. The victory that you see in other people's faces is also a shameful victory for the other party.

The players on both sides also took their positions.

Timberwolves starting lineup: Giannis Antetokounmpo (C), Luol Deng (PF), Andre Iguodala (SF), Robert Covington (SG), Jimmy Butler ( PG)

Heat starting lineup: Chris Bosh (C), Shane Battier (PF), LeBron James (SF), Dwyane Wade (SG), Mario Chalmers (PG)

Su Chen had considered the layout of this lineup.

The Heat's strength has actually dropped a lot this season. Haslem and Birdman Anderson are too old, and they have fallen sharply since the beginning of the new season.

This makes it difficult for Eric Spoelstra to line up a lineup with an orthodox center. According to the original statistics, Battier has played the team's starting power forward in 73 of 56 games this season. .

The impact of the Heat's role players getting older on the Heat is really not just for fun. This should affect the Heat's normal formation.

Bosh's tactical status is not high, and Giannis Antetokounmpo's defense to defend against Bosh's low post will not suffer.

And the lineup that Su Chen sent was not a man-to-man defense.

The two top defenders of Covington and Antetokounmpo can perfectly support any defensive system of the Timberwolves.

As for Gobert McCollum, who were supposed to swipe the data, Su Chen didn't care about them this time.

McCollum is a defensive colander, and it is difficult for the team to help him defend, especially for a super offensive team like the Heat.

As for Gobert, although he has a certain ability to protect the frame, if Gobert is on, probably the only way to defend the zone is to let Gobert defend the basket.

The defense is all betting on the opponent's three-pointer. Today is the key 20-game winning streak lottery. Su Chen doesn't want to gamble.

The Heat have shots on the whole team, including James and Wade, they can also shoot.

James's three-pointer is still very scary, because it is impossible for James to defend against James. If James' three-pointer is opened, it is basically impossible to defend.

Although Wade's three-point shooting rate is relatively low, Wade's mid-range is very accurate. If Gobert dares not to come out of the basket, Wade can use mid-range shots to educate Gobert.

At the same time, there is Ray Allen, a key shooter, on the Heat's bench, and Gobert is still on it.

In this game, Su Chen is going to use defense to fight. Don't even try to play if the defense is poor, and it doesn't affect the game with no chips.

At this point Giannis Antetokounmpo jumped to possession.

The ball was in Butler's hands, and the Timberwolves didn't have a tradition of letting the team boss play one at the beginning. The first ball was a bull-horn tactic.

Giannis Antetokounmpo and Iguodala Butler are three to implement this horn tactic.

After running through the pick-and-roll, Giannis Antetokounmpo cut directly towards the inside, but the Heat's siege quickly blocked Giannis Antetokounmpo directly at the free throw line.

Upon seeing this, Giannis Antetokounmpo directly gave the ball to Iguodala who made a three-pointer at a 45° angle on the right.

Iguodala made an open three-pointer, but the touch was a bit poor and he didn't score.

The opportunity for this goal came out but it was not scored.

It seems that Iguodala, who has just returned from injury, has not entered the state so quickly.

Su Chen was not as calm as usual today.

"Retreat, retreat quickly!"

When Iguodala shot, Su Chen was already on the sidelines, shouting loudly into the court.

This startled Eric Spoelstra who was on the sidelines. He wanted to shout some tactics, but was stunned by Su Chen's scream.

Eric Spoelstra looked at Su Chen strangely. Even when they played against each other in the finals, Su Chen didn't look so crazy at the time.

How to play this regular season, Su Chen's state is almost as if he is playing in the tiebreaker of the finals?
It was already clear that this game was mainly about retreating and defending, so there were no Timberwolves players to grab offensive rebounds.

The Heat's rebounding ability is relatively poor today, because there is no big center problem, so Eric Spoelstra has to let more players participate in the guarding of defensive rebounds.

Originally, the Heat were a defensive counterattack team. With the aging of the role players, now the Heat have to make a balance between rebounding and fast break.

The Heat's current fast break is not that fast, and the Timberwolves are also going all out to defend, not looking at the rebounds at all.

So the Heat did not find a fast break opportunity.

The Timberwolves don't have the habit of letting the team boss play one at the beginning, but the Heat do.

Although Eric Spoelstra has already said, it is best to play tactics at the beginning, and then let James play with the ball himself.

But now for the Heat, Eric Spoelstra doesn't have much say, and most of the Heat's role players act on James' orders.

So this ball was also played by James at the beginning.

It was Iguodala who defended James.

As a player who won FMVP by defending James, Iguodala's FMVP honor has always been questioned.

伊戈达拉和詹姆斯的总体在季后赛交手25次的战绩里，詹姆斯能拿到场均30.7分11.6板8.6助的数据，同时命中率为47.3%。

然后再看詹姆斯在伊戈达拉fmvp的赛季中的数据，场均35.8分13.3板8.8助1.3断，同时命中率为39.8%。

Just looking at James' finals data, it seems that there is indeed an illusion that Iguodala can guard James, but looking at the playoffs of the two careers, you can feel that this is not the case.

In fact, defending James does not rely on a certain person, but on the consumption of James' wheels, including Green and others, who have taken turns to consume James.

It's just that Iguodala is leading the defense most of the time. As the main body of this defensive strategy, he won the fmvp award.

It's no wonder that some people later referred to this award as the Iguodala Award.

But for Su Chen.

Iguodala is still the focus of defending James. As for other defenses that consume James' resources, the Timberwolves are also worthy.

Giannis Antetokounmpo, Luol Deng, Josh, Butler, and Covington can all consume James.

There is some difference in tonnage between Covington and Butler, but they mainly want to consume James severely when they pass by James.

It mainly depends on Giannis Antetokounmpo and Josh, who are the same size, to mainly defend.

Covington can assist in defense at any time.

The Timberwolves' defensive resources can be said to be far behind the Warriors. The Warriors can limit James with that strategy, so the Timberwolves' use of the same strategy will only cause more trouble for James.

The ball James dribbled twice outside the three-point line.

Seeing that Iguodala didn't intend to let him shoot, James accelerated directly and rushed in.

Iguodala remembered Su Chen's words, even if James scored, it would cost James.

Iguodala also carried James with his body, and at the same time dragged James with his arms, giving James the greatest confrontation.

James also exploded in physical fitness, and he was still able to rush in with Iguodala on his shoulders.

At this time, Covington also quickly defended over.

James was about to start at this time, and Covington's defense was to allow James to reach a deep enough position, so that James had no time to react and did not attack in advance.

At this point in time when Covington assisted in defense, James felt a little uncomfortable.

It's like it's about to be deducted, but someone tells you not to deduct it, and James doesn't care so much and forces it.

Both Iguodala and Covington gave James a confrontation. Even if James is strong enough, Iguodala is not weak.

It is very difficult to forcibly detain two people under such circumstances.

James changed the dunk to a layup.

Under the attack of the two, James still scored the ball.

Timberwolves 0:2 Heat.

After scoring, James did not do any celebrations such as showing off his muscles. Instead, he patted his arm and signaled to the referee that Iguodah had pulled his arm just now.

Indicates that this should be a 2+1!

But the referee ignored James' complaints.

If it was placed before Xiao Hua took office and James was still the darling of the league, even if the referee's angle was not very clear for this layup, he would give the whistle because he was James.

Speaking of which, there is such a deed.

"I didn't see the ball just now, but I believe what you said, because you are LeBron."

This is what an old referee said to James.

But now is different.

The reason is that last season, after Su Chen let the Warriors win the championship early, the wind direction has changed after Xiao Hua took office this season.

James still has a whistle, after all, he is a superstar-level influence.

But the grade of the whistle has dropped.

"It seems that the whistle is relatively loose in this game."

Su Chen, who was on the sidelines, saw that James' complaint had no effect, and he also saw clearly the scale of the referee's whistleblowing.

It was Su Chen's request to make some tough defensive moves, in order to understand the referee's whistle-blowing scale from the very beginning.

If the whistle is looser, you can make some bigger defensive moves, which is beneficial to stop James.

Timberwolves offensive round.

The corner position in the last round was open. Su Chen didn't let the team change and continued to play the corner position.

With this ball, the Heat have absorbed the defensive experience just now, coupled with the size of the coach on the sidelines, this time the Heat did not miss Iguodala's vacancy.

When Iguodala receives the ball, the defense switches back earlier.

But at this time, Iguodala immediately hit the ground and passed the ball.

Butler, who went down, received a pass from Iguodala and scored directly against Wade's defense.

Timberwolves 2:2 Heat.

Butler was also suspected of being fouled on this ball, but the referee didn't blow it.

Obviously they didn't call a foul on James' move just now, so they didn't call a foul on Butler.

This game is broadcast live across the United States. You can play loose or strict, but you can't double standard.

Heat offensive round.

James, who just played Iguodala, continues to ask for the ball, and he will continue to play Iguodala.

Iguodala naturally continued to confront James.

James didn't care so much, he bulged his muscles and rushed in. This ball Iguodala's foul was bigger than the previous round.

Covington pretended to be an assisting defense, but the one who lied to James didn't really assist in the defense.

But Covington made a mistake. James has to carry the ball, even if he goes to help defend.

With this ball, Iguodala directly grabbed James' arm, which made James' hand for a layup suddenly dull, and the ball was not scored.

No whistle.

James wanted to run away, and the Heat team was also very dissatisfied.

beep!
But at this moment, the referee blew his whistle.

After the whistle, the Heat's anger calmed down.

"It turned out to be a late whistle, has this been carried out in advance?"

Su Chen is very familiar with what this operation is.

Later, the alliance often carried out the operation of delaying the whistle, and the whistle was sounded very late, and the whistle was not sounded until the round was finished.

In fact, it is the referee who is looking at whether the goal is scored or not.

The whistle is not blown when the ball is scored, and the whistle is sounded when the ball is not scored.

That's why there is a late whistle.

"It seems that that person has already had some ideas in advance."

Su Chen thought to himself.

What is the purpose of doing this? Su Chen doesn't have any evidence to talk about it. Anyway, I can guess for myself.

But overall, the scale of this game is still loose.

Being able to blow the whistle late proves that if James had scored the ball just now, the whistle would not have sounded.

Iguodala made an obvious foul just now. Even if Su Chen and Iguodala are on the same team, it must be admitted that Iguodala did commit a foul and it was an obvious foul.

Maybe it was because of the more ruthless foul just now, which made James a little out of rhythm.

Free throws are only one of two.

Timberwolves 2:3 Heat.

Timberwolves offensive round.

Since the Heat had some countermeasures against the corner position, Su Chen didn't have a tactic to fight hard.

Butler and Giannis Antetokounmpo did a high pick-and-roll with the ball, and then formed a dislocation, allowing Giannis Antetokounmpo to face Wade.

Giannis Antetokounmpo and Wade's stature gap, directly rushed in.

The Heat saw this matchup and were forced to close in.

At this time, Giannis Antetokounmpo found the vacancy of Luol Deng on the outside and passed it directly.

The Timberwolves did not waste this opportunity to open.

Three point shot!

Timberwolves 5:3 Heat.

(End of this chapter)