NBA: Duncan feels uneasy coaching Warriors

Chapter 161 Su Chenzang's Move

"The number of rotations between the two sides seems to be relatively large, but in fact the core of the two teams did not get any rest time. This is a physical battle between Curry and Giannis."

"In fact, in comparison, the Warriors still have some advantages. Butler's rest time is obviously much less than that of Thompson."

"When the physical fitness of the two leading stars declines, the performance of these two secondary attackers can really control the trend of the game."

Johnson brought the subject back to the point.

"I'm not optimistic about the Timberwolves continuing to adopt this defensive strategy. Curry will take over the game."

Kenny Smith expressed his opinion.

Since last season's playoffs, Kenny Smith has been very concerned about this Warriors team. In this season's regular season, Kenny Smith also watched almost every game.

He already knows Curry very well, which makes Curry feel comfortable, and Curry can really play a team alone.

Although Curry's athletic ability does not seem to explode, in fact Curry's physical reserve is quite deep.

When the Warriors needed a record for the playoffs, Curry showed his super physical fitness. Many times you felt that he was exhausted, but he could still hit some difficult shots.

This is Curry's personal ability.

"Are you so confident?"

Barkley looked at Kenny Smith, frowned and asked.

"I don't want to list some of Curry's stats at critical moments, but I want to say that the Timberwolves seem to make the Warriors' passing system impossible, but they underestimated Curry."

"Su Chen should be very aware of Curry's ability, but I don't know why, he would choose this way."

Kenny Smith expressed his doubts.

"Anyway, the passing and cutting system that the Warriors are most familiar with won't work. I don't think Su Chen's strategy is necessarily wrong."

Buckley countered.

Unknowingly, the two started fighting again.

The two argued and couldn't come to any conclusion, it still depends on the performance of the game.

Soon, the third quarter began.

The Timberwolves still maintain an unlimited defense system. Only when Curry is off the court to rest, the Timberwolves will come up with other defensive methods.

The scores of the two teams have always been close.

But in the last minute of the third quarter, Curry suddenly made three consecutive three-pointers, directly overtaking the Timberwolves.

Allowing Curry to develop his touch still allowed Curry to find his touch during the long game.

Due to Curry's shooting rate, many times Curry is not actually fighting against the defender, but is fighting against his own touch.

But fortunately, the time in the third quarter is over, and the Timberwolves don't have to make immediate adjustments to deal with it.

With the end of the third quarter.

Timberwolves 82:85 Warriors.

The Warriors, who were originally behind, also overtook the Timberwolves by three points.

This point difference is not a problem, it is a point difference within one round.

But the key is that Curry's touch has improved.

Cutting off the connection between Curry and his teammates, and then letting Curry single out, is really not very stable.

For some stars, you can let him fall into infinite singles, because most of them are two-point two-point play.

Unless the hit rate is particularly high, such as O'Neal's, hit one and one.

The kind that can't let him play singles.

Most of the singles, two-point two-point play, is actually difficult to take over the game.

But Curry's singles will take up a lot of three-pointers, and three-pointers and three-pointers are different.

In addition, under the new rules, three-pointers and breakthroughs are the version answers, and the rules will be more biased towards the offensive side of three-pointers and breakthroughs.

The last quarter of the game is the moment of victory and defeat for the two teams.

Su Chen frowned when he saw Curry scoring three consecutive three-pointers with the defense on his back, but he didn't panic.

I have been letting Curry feel good, and I can't really expect Curry to not find the feel throughout the game.

He chose to defend Curry alone, and he has already considered this issue.

Although they only lead by three points, the atmosphere of the Warriors is very exciting now, and everyone knows Curry's ability.

Curry's three-pointer feels good, and it will be difficult to defend against it.

Cole also smiled slightly, feeling that the victory of the game was assured.

The Timberwolves should be adjusted next, but Curry feels it, and that is the moment to show that Curry has gravity.

When the Timberwolves need to deploy too many defenders on the outside to defend against Curry, then the entire Warriors' passing system can completely teach the Timberwolves how to behave.

"Curry has found his hand. Su Chen's strategy is wrong. Their chances of winning this game are getting smaller."

Kenny Smith also said unceremoniously.

Although the other commentators wanted to say something, but just now Curry scored three unreasonable three-pointers in a row, all of which were shot opportunities found by single-handed defenders.

The shooting space is very small, and it can be said that he is shooting against the defender.

One can be said to be fooled, and two can be said to be fooled, but three in a row really has to admit that this is strength.

The Warriors also believe in Curry very much.

The Timberwolves fans at the Target Center are also a little weaker.

When they learned that Su Chen became the Timberwolves coach, they had already looked for many videos of Su Chen coaching the Warriors. Many Wolves fans had seen Curry's three-point power.

There were also a few Warriors fans from Golden State who got up and celebrated arrogantly.

But now the entire Timberwolves team had to trust Su Chen.

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

Minnesota lineup: Serge Ibaka (C), Giannis Antetokounmpo (PF), Robert Covington (SF), Andre Iguodala (SG), Patrick - Beverly (PG)

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

The scores of the two teams are so tense, it can be said that this is the moment to decide the outcome.

But the lineup of the Timberwolves is a bit incomprehensible.

Don't say that the fans and commentators couldn't understand, even Cole, who was on the opposite side, didn't understand Su Chen's lineup.

What's happening here?
He is already on the main lineup, and the Timberwolves are still using the rotation lineup?
Although Butler's three-pointer was a bit short, but Butler, as the team's second offensive player, really doesn't need to use it at this time?

"Don't both Luol Deng and Butler need to be involved?"

When Buckley saw this servant, he was paralyzed.

Although Luol Deng's position has declined in the Timberwolves, his strength has not declined much. He is a very reliable point when he needs to make a shot.

"I want to say that Luol Deng performed well in this game. As an All-Star player, he can share the offensive pressure of Giannis Antetokounmpo and Butler."

O'Neill also expressed affirmation to Luol Deng.

At such a moment of winning and losing, O'Neill would not understand without Luol Deng.

"Share Butler's offensive pressure? Butler's offensive pressure on the bench, hahaha."

Kenny Smith laughed and said.

The two who can be the team's second and third offensive players didn't play, whether it is Timberwolves fans can't understand.

"Covington's defense against Curry is average, Su Chen can't see it, and Beverly didn't play 10 minutes in total in this game."

"Beverly didn't have any outstanding performance in playing time. Why did Beverly become the point guard at the moment of victory and defeat?"

Johnson shook his head.

Because of this game, the Timberwolves played unlimited defenses most of the time, which left the undersized Beverly with little playing time.

And this season has been going on for so long, everyone basically knows what kind of player Beverly is.

A standard small 3D, except for his presence on the defensive end, his other performances are very ordinary.

As a point guard, Beverly's organization and pass control is simply a failing level, which makes Beverly's worth not too high.

The evaluation of Beverly is generally very low now, because Beverly is a player who seems to be difficult to get along in the league, otherwise the Rockets would not lose it to the Timberwolves so cheaply.

Although his defensive ability is OK, because of his poor pass control, this means that if he wants to start, he will have to play shooting guard.

However, due to its small size, it is difficult for him to defend if others cut into the penalty area. The presence of double guards on the field will reduce the overall team height.

When playing as a substitute, this kind of small point guard is very embarrassing because he has no ability to grab points.

That is, the Timberwolves, the overall height is sufficient, and there are two striker cores holding the ball on the offensive end to make Beverly look useful.

Even Timberwolves fans, after seeing Beverly playing, looked with some doubts.

If this is a Knicks fan, if they can't perform well for such an employer, they will be ready to boo them.

However, Beverly did not receive too much outside influence at this time. From the beginning of the game, his eyes were fixed on Curry.

It seemed that he was going to bite Curry with his eyes.

Game start.

Players from both sides re-enter the field.

Green walked to the sideline. Curry was just about to catch the ball on the sideline when he saw Beverly coming over.

After Beverly came over, he didn't talk nonsense, and went directly to Kakuri to catch the ball.

This made Curry have to make a move to get rid of the ball before receiving the ball.

Throughout the halftime dribble, Beverly looked at Curry and retreated.

Give some confrontation from time to time, and then reach out to try to steal the ball, but the action is more conservative to avoid being passed by Curry.

It took Curry six seconds to pass halftime.

Beverly didn't have much playing time throughout the game, and finally got playing time, and it was still at such a winning moment.

Beverly also spared no effort.

Beverley has never demanded himself by his own performance on the defensive end, and he has to devote all his energy to it every round.

After Curry passed halftime, Beverly did not retreat, still clinging to Curry.

This is to make it clear that there is no chance to give Curry a three-pointer.

Curry was also not polite, since Beverly did not prevent the shot from breaking, then he broke through directly.

Since Curry has been entangled by Beverly, this made Curry a little irritable, and he didn't read the opponent's defensive formation.

After the breakthrough passed, Covington came out of nowhere.

Covington's top defense awareness played a role. He accurately blocked Curry's breakthrough route, and he stopped ahead of time.

Curry also quickly stopped his speed, and the opponent had already stopped. If he rushed over, it would probably be an offensive foul.

After Curry stopped, Beverley immediately pestered him.

Beverly cooperated with Covington and locked Curry directly.

Curry looked up to find the passing route, but at this time, Beverly directly and fiercely grabbed the ball in Curry's hand.

As the two fought, both fell to the ground.

Curry hugged the ball tightly, but Beverly's hands were also on the ball to grab it.

beep!
The referee blows his whistle.

Scrimmage!

Suddenly, there was a burst of cheers in the target center.

Curry was also pulled up from the ground by his teammates.

And Beverly, who made this defense, stood up excitedly before even waiting for his teammates to pull him.

Compared to Curry, Beverley looks like a wild beast.

"It's a BOX-1 tactic. At this critical moment, Su Chen gave up unlimited defenses and used BOX-1 to target Curry!"

exclaimed Johnson.

If BOX-1 is used, then it is easy to understand why Su Chen wants to go to Beverly and Covington.

The energetic Beverly consumes Curry on a single defense, and at the same time puts Covington, who has excellent defensive ability, on the court. The defensive line of these two makes most players in the league daunting.

What's more, with the BOX-1 tactic, even if it breaks through the defensive line of the two, there are still people who can make up for it.

"It turns out that this is the case. Su Chen's feeling of raising Curry with such confidence has already been calculated!"

Barkley also said in surprise.

Barkley was very upset with Su Chen last season, but he was slapped in the face by Su Chen, and now he is also convinced by Su Chen.

Although Barkley is a bit big-mouthed, he is willing to gamble and admit defeat, and he fulfilled what Dayao did at the beginning.

Besides, to be more precise, Barkley didn't hate Su Chen, but the Warriors' three-point system.

Su Chen doesn't play the three-point system now, so there is no barrier between him and Su Chen. Instead, he is forced to support Su Chen because Su Chen beats the Warriors.

It can be said that how aggrieved he was when he was slapped in the face by Su Chen last season, how happy Barkley is now.

Looking at the expression on Kenny Smith who supported the Warriors, Barkley was even happier.

No matter how good Curry's physical reserves are, they are not made of iron.

Cole's original face of confidence has become ugly now.

He thought that Curry would be able to win the game if he got better at it, but Su Chen hid such a move and directly stunned him.

The intensity of Beverly's confrontation will still have a considerable impact on Curry's physical fitness.

Although Beverly himself will pay more physical energy consumption, but Beverly only played a few minutes in this game, it is thanks to Curry and him for exchanging physical fitness.

At the same time, after the BOX-1 tactic was taken out, Curry had just developed a good touch, but it didn't have much effect.

"I have to change tactics to Clay immediately."

But Cole is still sober, and he is thinking of a way to break this BOX-1 tactic.

Breaking Klay Thompson is one way.

But Cole didn't call a timeout right away, but before Curry jumped the ball, while the referee was still discussing some disputes.

Call Richard Jefferson from the bench and let him play.

At the same time, tell Richard Jefferson how to deal with it, and ask him to tell Curry to pass the ball first to find opportunities.

At this time, the veteran who helped the team win the championship last season came into play.

(End of this chapter)