NBA: Duncan feels uneasy coaching Warriors

Chapter 160 Let Curry Singles
Of course, Su Chen didn't intend to let Curry play the whole game.

When Curry was coaching, I felt that Curry was too fragrant, but when Curry became an opponent, we must always pay attention to him.

The biggest problem with defending against Curry alone is that this will give Curry a sense of touch. Even if Curry has no physical fitness, he can still play the gravitational effect of Curry even if he has a hand feeling.

"It's almost enough to consume a quarter of Curry."

Su Chen muttered to herself.

The biggest effect of infinite switching on the Warriors is actually to interrupt the rhythm of the Warriors' role players.

People like Barnes, Richard Jefferson, Brewer, etc., their three-pointers are not stable, and then the shooting time is very fragmented.

No one can connect the three-point feeling into a series.

And forcing Curry to play singles will also make Thompson feel cold at this point.

Although Thompson is very unreasonable when he is accurate, if he does not touch the ball for a long time, his hand will also feel cold.

As a shooter, you need a lot of ball power to feed your touch.

This is why the Warriors have no possession of the ball inside.

There are two historical-level shooters on the outside, and the two need a lot of possessions.

When they are inaccurate for three-pointers, they need to give them the ball and raise their hands.

When they are accurate three-pointers, there is no reason not to give them the ball. If they are so accurate, wouldn't it be easy to close the game?

Cole used Curry's singles method to break his infinite defense, which is acceptable to Su Chen.

It doesn't matter if you keep Curry's touch, Su Chen has already made up his mind to recruit the right one.

Unlimited defense is definitely a must.

It may not have appeared in the entire history of the league. Now the Timberwolves are more suitable for a lineup with unlimited defenses.

The reason why the Warriors have unlimited defenses was cracked by Cole, but this is not a problem with the system itself.

It is too difficult to get together the players in this system with unlimited rotations.

There is a very simple question. With the advent of the small ball era, forward players with defense and shooting are more expensive than each other.

For those outstanding strikers that Su Chen knows, such as Bridges and Anunoby, the transaction value is calculated according to the number of first rounds.

The salary of five such players is almost full, and then the defense is there, what about the offense?
There is no point guard and no center, which means that there must be a superstar who can solve the problem.

And one is not enough, what if people use Box-1 to defend against your superstar?
There is at least one second master with the ability to solve the ball.

At the same time, if there are substitutes who also make up according to this idea, then the salary space will not be enough to pay the luxury tax.

But Su Chen knew the potential of the current players, so he really put together this lineup. It would be a pity not to play.

Giannis Antetokounmpo is a strong reliever, Butler is a secondary attacker, and other positions like Iguodala and Luol Deng are not even ordinary role players, but have been selected as All-Stars.

Even if Giannis Antetokounmpo and Butler encounter a lot of defensive targets from each other, these former All-Stars who are still at the end of their peak can consume the ball.

With such confidence, even if the score is behind, Su Chen can sit on the sidelines without any impatience.

soon.

The second quarter started.

Minnesota lineup: Serge Ibaka (C), Giannis Antetokounmpo (PF), Josh Smith (SF), Khris Middleton (SG), Patrick Bev Lee (PG)

Warriors Lineup: Festus Ezeri (C), David Lee (PF), Richard Jefferson (SF), Klay Thompson (SG), Jordan Crawford (PG)

The Timberwolves made a large-scale substitution. Except for Giannis Antetokounmpo who was still on the court, everyone else Su Chen replaced them.

Although Butler's mental attributes are very strong, and he can fight with willpower even when he has no physical strength, but Su Chen still has no intention of using Butler too hard.

Giannis Antetokounmpo is different. Su Chen intends to let him play like the whole court. Anyway, the energy drink is for him.

The infinite defense system needs rest very much, because the physical exertion on the court is too great.

How many times the Warriors' running positions have returned without success, all because the Timberwolves players have spent more physical energy in exchange for it.

However, when Su Chen built this lineup, he built the team based on defense, and all the players he selected were defensively qualified or above.

Even if the number of rotations is increased, the Timberwolves' defensive intensity will not drop too much.

On the contrary, more rotation numbers make the players more physically active and their defensive strength is also improved.

The Warriors actually have a lot of rotations. When there are few, they will rotate with eight people, and when they are many, they can even rotate with nine people.

In contrast, the playoff rotations of other teams generally range from seven to eight.

The Timberwolves have the largest number of rotations, and Su Chen has played in the playoffs in the ten-man rotation.

The Warriors have the second-largest rotation.

Both Su Chen and Kerr's system require players to run frequently and increase their strength. It is actually necessary to increase the number of rotations.

Although the Warriors didn't get Iguodala this season, they have quite enough strikers.

Brewer was traded in the offseason and started the regular season.

Richard Jefferson, the starter who won the championship last season, was also retained by the Warriors. He was only considered as the number one substitute because of his age.

In addition, the Warriors themselves have a growing Barnes. In fact, the Warriors' rotation of eight players and nine players is not considered a decrease in intensity.

They also traded for Jordan Crawford from the Celtics.

Jordan Crawford is good at mid-range and long-range shots after receiving the ball. When he was with the Celtics this season, he still averaged 13.7 points per game.

But after the Warriors, he declined instead. Kerr wanted him to replace Curry or Thompson's firepower when he was off the court, but his three-point shooting percentage in this playoffs was less than 30%.

This made Cole disappointed in him.

But Curry is so tired now, Cole had to play him in order to ensure enough threats from the outside.

As for the Timberwolves still playing unlimited defenses, when David Lee went down in Curry, he barely held up his firepower to punish the Timberwolves inside.

But after the start of the second quarter, Su Chen didn't arrange to continue playing unlimited defenses.

Su Chen thought that Curry would rest in the second quarter, so he arranged the outside line in advance to defend around the screen.

Beverly went to bite Thompson. As for Jordan Crawford, Su Chen didn't treat him as a dish.

Don't look at the guy who seems to be averaging 13 points per game with the Celtics this season, but he showed his timidity as soon as he played in the playoffs.

After playing this season, he didn't find a contract in the NBA, and then went to play in the CBA.

This is true teammate CBA!

The Warriors' offensive effect still hasn't come out.

Thompson was surrounded by a lot of defensive resources, and Jordan Crawford had an opportunity, but it wasn't an open shot-level opportunity.

Middleton can still give him some trouble.

Jordan Crawford couldn't take over the Warriors' offensive banner at all. He was on the court and became a shortcoming.

At the same time, David Lee got some opportunities to cut inside, but Giannis Antetokounmpo and Ibaka showed what a top-level sweeping insider is.

Every time David Lee slipped in, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Serge Ibaka would help.

The two have also simulated this defensive system with simulation glasses, and they have a very good understanding. David Lee is either making a difficult shot or is forced to choose a bad shot.

The ball went out, but the Warriors' offensive time was consumed, and the Warriors' offensive organization and tactics were basically in vain.

On the contrary, with this lineup, the Timberwolves played more offensive routines.

Middleton's shooting ability makes Middleton the perimeter pinning point of the bullhorn tactics.

The Warriors' defense started from the first quarter, and they were guarding against the Timberwolves.

Now the Timberwolves are suddenly playing outside tactics, which makes the Warriors a little uncomfortable.

Play for more than three minutes.

Timberwolves 31:31 Warriors.

With Middleton hitting a three-pointer after a pick-and-roll, the Timberwolves tied the score.

The Timberwolves played a wave of 12:6 and tied the score all at once.

beep!
No way, Cole called a timeout again.

After the timeout came back, both sides lined up.

Minnesota lineup: Serge Ibaka (C), Giannis Antetokounmpo (PF), Josh Smith (SF), Khris Middleton (SG), Patrick Bev Lee (PG)

Warriors Lineup: Festus Ezeri (C), Draymond Green (PF), Corey Brewer (SF), Klay Thompson (SG), Stephen Curry ( PG)

Cole had no choice but to change Curry back.

At the same time, David Lee was also taken down.

When David Lee was on the court, he did not cause any trouble on the offensive end, and at the same time due to David Lee's weak defensive power.

Whether it's Giannis Antetokounmpo or Josh Smith, these two see David Lee like wolves see meat.

Whoever has the ball hits David Lee.

Kerr doesn't like to use David Lee not only because David Lee will occupy the Splash Brothers' possession, but also David Lee's weak defense.

It wasn't that obvious until last season, when the breaking rules weren't changed.

Under the new rules, a defense like David Lee's is basically an inside cash machine.

Although most of the points were scored by Middleton, it was because David Lee was always taken by the opponent casually, and his teammates knew what level of defense he had and could only help him shrink and make up for the inside.

That's how Middleton's three-point chance came about.

The Warriors changed their lineup, so did Su Chen.

Although the lineup returned from the timeout has not changed, Luol Deng, Iguodala and others have changed players and stood on the sidelines.

Cole was also speechless seeing this scene.

After a ball went out of bounds, the Timberwolves lineup became that set again.

Unlimited defenses began to torture Kerr again.

Seeing the situation on the court, Cole was so angry, but Cole didn't take the initiative to change it.

What Su Chen understood, Cole also understood.

Su Chen has coached Curry, and now Cole has also coached Curry. He understands Curry's ability very well.

Single defense is single defense.

Curry's touch is improved, and he alone is enough to defeat the Timberwolves.

Thinking of this, Cole is not in a hurry.

He believes that Curry has this ability, and when Curry feels good, he can directly ask the whole team to create opportunities for Curry and take away the game by force.

Both coaches seem to be on the same page at this point.

The game was carried out under such a tacit understanding.

The overall rhythm is still similar to the first quarter, let Curry go heads-up.

It's just that Su Chen designed a detail to protect Covington, although this detail will not prevent the Warriors from switching to Covington's matchup.

But it will make the Warriors' defense switching more cumbersome. Sometimes they haven't switched once or twice, and they have to be patient to switch to Covington's matchup.

In this way, Curry's physical energy consumption will be greater, and at the same time, Curry will not have so much time to attack, reducing the difficulty of Covington's defense.

Curry's touch in this section is neither good nor bad, it just makes do.

But the overall efficiency is lower than the Timberwolves.

Because of the Warriors' starting lineup, accumulative fouls started to increase, and they didn't dare to make too many moves when defending.

This makes the resistance of Giannis Antetokounmpo and Butler to the frame less.

The second quarter is over.

Timberwolves 57:52 Warriors.

After falling behind by six points in the first quarter, the Timberwolves lead by five points now that halftime is over.

In the second quarter, the Timberwolves chased back by 11 points.

Su Chen was very satisfied with the result.

But Cole was not very satisfied with this result, but it was within an acceptable range.

Cole is also now fighting with Su Chen.

Since Su Chen thinks that Curry can't beat the Timberwolves alone, let's see if Curry can beat the Timberwolves.

Halftime break.

The commentary stage was quite lively.

"After the Warriors won the championship last season, their whole team seems to have found a way to play. They are not even weaker than last season."

"In the first round of the Splash Brothers, the opponent has nothing to do with them. Almost every game they have has someone who can contribute 30+ points."

"But Su Chen's defensive strategy tonight provides a good idea."

Johnson spoke first.

He made his own summary of the first half of the game.

"Haha, after all, this system was created by Su Chen himself. Now Su Chen seems to be telling Cole."

"Hey man, you can use my tactics, my system, my players, but I'm telling you, since I created it, there is a way to break it."

At this time, O'Neill laughed and said.

His tone made people laugh out loud after hearing it.

"But the Timberwolves are not so stable, look at Giannis, he didn't rest in the first half."

"He doesn't have much physical strength. Although Curry consumed a lot, Curry showed his physical strength in the playoffs last season."

"Even when he's not physically strong, he can still make some shots. That's his talent."

Kenny Smith, at this time, is speaking for the Warriors.

"Just to remind you, Giannis has rested, please don't slander the great coach Su Chen."

O'Neill suddenly said solemnly.

But O'Neill's seriousness took less than two seconds before he couldn't hold back.

"Haha, Giannis went down to rest for a round and a half, a full 30 seconds!"

O'Neill laughed and said.

This also reflects how hard Giannis was in the first half.

Especially when talking about the great coach Su Chen, he has a weird expression.

(End of this chapter)