NBA: Duncan feels uneasy coaching Warriors

Chapter 162 Tactics Are Well Drawn

After Richard Jefferson came on the court, he whispered Cole's arrangement to Curry.

At this time, the referee has already urged Curry to come over and jump the ball.

Not using timeouts, discussing tactics with players, etc., are not allowed in the rules.

Cole made a small move, and the referee didn't see it, but Cole was arranging tactics with a player who was not on the court and then let that player come on the court to convey it.

Seeing that Richard Jefferson was still wrangling with Curry, the referee immediately became unhappy.

Curry nodded and walked towards the referee, ready to jump the ball with Beverley.

Curry is already tired, and his athletic ability actually has no advantage over Beverly.

In terms of physical fitness alone, Beverly can still complete such actions as supplementary dunks, while Curry is the king of reluctant dunks.

The gap in physical fitness and stamina between the two prevented Curry from skipping Beverly.

The Timberwolves have the ball.

The Timberwolves' offense played slowly. After Beverley dribbled the ball halfway, Giannis Antetokounmpo received the ball in the low post.

It is Green who defends Giannis Antetokounmpo. Cole can still see it from the Trail Blazers game for using the striker to defend Giannis Antetokounmpo.

In the first half, Cole was still using insiders like Azeri to defend Giannis Antetokounmpo at the beginning, but with the inside line, it was obvious that Giannis Antetokounmpo could not be guarded.

Kerr remembered how well Batum had defended Giannis Antetokounmpo and put Green on it.

Green's strength does not suffer, and his speed can also match Giannis Antetokounmpo.

It can be said that he is more suitable to defend Giannis Antetokounmpo than Batum.

Su Chen thought about this from the very beginning.

After Cole discovered this, Su Chen changed his strategy.

When Giannis Antetokounmpo got the ball in the post, Iguodala came running and played a hand-off play, which Giannis Antetokounmpo and Butler often play.

But without Butler, it was executed by Iguodala.

Generally speaking, after Butler takes this hand-to-hand, he will rush in towards the inside.

After reading the defense, Jefferson chose to block Iguodala's breakthrough route.

But Giannis Antetokounmpo's first pass was just a false pass. After this false pass, Iguodala ran back directly outside the three-point line.

At the same time, Giannis Antetokounmpo's pass was also passed to Iguodala.

After Iguodala received the ball, Jefferson left Iguodala open for a [-]-pointer due to his poor judgment.

brush!
Iguodala made a slight adjustment and hit a three-pointer.

Timberwolves 85:85 Warriors.

At the beginning, the Timberwolves tied the score.

Jefferson patted his chest, indicating that it was his fault.

Everyone knew Jefferson well enough to know he wasn't one to make mistakes and nobody blamed him.

Even Kerr didn't say anything from the sidelines.

This hand-to-hand tactic, just now Cole used to think that this ball will be a hand-to-hand inside cut tactic.

Because Butler's three-pointers are unstable, Butler rarely makes three-pointers, and Iguodala is the same in the habit of thinking.

Iguodala does not have a strong sense of presence, and he is not a main offensive player on the team.

But his strength is online.

Regardless of his three-point breakthrough defense, he still has the ability of an ordinary star, but he hides low-key in the team lineup most of the time.

Iguodala has no sense of presence when he doesn't make a shot. Basically, when the opponent is about to ignore him, he can do it.

The opponent has no special defense against Iguodala, so Iguodala's sudden cold arrow is very efficient.

Warriors possession.

Curry didn't hold the ball, and Beverly still started to consume Curry at halftime, so the ball was sent to veteran Jefferson.

What made Curry speechless was that he didn't even get the ball, and Beverly still pestered him.

Basically, Curry's forward route is occupied by Beverly, and he needs to get rid of the ball if he wants to catch the ball.

After Jefferson passed halftime, Curry passed hands directly and walked around behind Jefferson.

And Jefferson also immediately made a pick-and-roll action to block Beverly's pace.

But Jefferson is an outside line after all, his pick-and-roll cover is not so strict, and Beverly is still chasing Curry like a mad dog.

Covington also made up for it directly, but Curry was prepared and made a direct change.

Curry used a hand-to-hand cover, and suddenly accelerated to pass two people in a row.

Ibaka and Giannis-Antetokounmpo both came in at once, leaving only Iguodala to intercept the pass.

Curry found a position for the ball in the cracks.

Thompson was closely watched by Iguodala, Azeri didn't shoot, and only Green in the bottom corner was wide open.

This season, Green was asked by Cole to practice three-pointers. Although his three-point shooting percentage is not high, he should still shoot.

After Green received the ball, he aimed at the basket before shooting.

clang!
But it's broken.

Green didn't make this three-pointer, looking a little annoyed.

But now there is no time for Green to be upset. The Warriors were not firm enough to return to the defense. Azeri and Jefferson wanted to fight for the rebound.

But there happened to be Ibaka on their rush route, and Ibaka directly stuck both of them.

Iguodala and Covington both protected the rebounds inside.

After Iguodala accepted the rebound, without any hesitation, he directly chose to pass it to Giannis Antetokounmpo, who had already run to the midfield line.

After Giannis Antetokounmpo received the ball, he directly turned on the running mode.

Giannis Antetokounmpo pushes the fast break very fast. It is hard to imagine a person with the height of a center running faster than a guard.

With Giannis Antetokounmpo running at such a high speed, even though Thompson has successfully returned to defense, facing such a big guy rushing over quickly, Thompson is only a symbolic stop.

It's not that he didn't dare to confront Giannis Antetokounmpo. The main reason is that the two have a big gap in size. Thompson forced it up to defend and easily sent 2+1.

Even Thompson didn't dare to block it. Giannis Antetokounmpo also made great strides with this ball, and he opened the dunk directly!
boom!
A gliding dunk, dunking the ball very shockingly.

Timberwolves 87:85 Warriors.

This powerful dunk directly ignited the center of the target.

The aura of the entire Timberwolves became extremely strong, and the surrounding audience also made the loudest noise without hesitation.

Such a scene undoubtedly made the adrenaline of the Timberwolves players secrete, and everyone was very excited.

beep!
Cole didn't hesitate anymore, and called a timeout directly.

The opponent has already made a move, so even if there is no arrangement for this timeout, the timeout must be called to interrupt the opponent's move.

Not to mention, the Warriors are now playing too hard against the Timberwolves' BOX-1 defensive formation.

This pause is necessary.

Giannis Antetokounmpo was hailed like a hero. His explosive performance not only drove the audience but also his teammates.

The entire Timberwolves bench is very lively, everyone on the bench is high-fiving and hugging Giannis Antetokounmpo.

Even Butler, who was replaced, didn't have any complaints at this time, cheering for Giannis Antetokounmpo.

For Butler, who is eager to win, if the team can win, it is okay if he does not play.

Su Chen directly handed over the tactical board to Milosevic and asked him to assign the offensive tactics to the players.

Milosevic knew that this was a very strange habit of Su Chen since the beginning of last season. Last season, the old assistant coach Ron Adams was often used to help with offensive tactics.

After the offensive tactics are arranged, Su Chen will come over to arrange the defensive tactics.

In the regular season of this season, there are actually such situations, but it is relatively rare.

Milosevic didn't ask any more questions, just nodded, looked carefully at the tactical board and walked towards the players.

For Su Chen's behavior, the explanation that Milosevic could come up with was that Su Chen's on-the-spot reaction needed more time to think about defensive strategies.

Milosevic went to talk to the players about tactics.

Although it wasn't that Su Chen was talking about tactics that made the players a little uncomfortable, it was not something that had happened before, and the players were not surprised either.

Under such a high-intensity confrontation rhythm, everyone is not distracted by some irrelevant things, but is listening to the tactics.

At this time, Su Chen was among the crowd on the bench, but he was looking at the Warriors' bench.

[Eagle Eye] Mark Cole's tactical board and activate!
Immediately, Su Chen had a clear view of the tactics Cole drew.

"So it is."

After seeing Cole's tactical arrangement, Su Chen also closed [Hawkeye].

Then Su Chen came over, took the tactical board from Milosevic, and made defensive arrangements for the players.

"Beverly, if the opponent wants to play such a tactic, you hide in the cover group and then suddenly rush out to steal."

"Based on what I know about the Warriors, that's what their passing lanes are going to look like."

Su Chen said to Beverly.

At the same time, on the tactical board, the Warriors' passing routes were drawn.

These are what he just saw from Cole's tactical board.

For such a ball, Su Chen felt that it would be more appropriate for Beverly to execute it.

Beverly himself is more sensitive to passing routes, and sometimes he can make some tactical passing steals through his own judgment.

Now Su Chen has directly drawn the Warriors' route to Beverly. For Beverly, this is simply a ball given to him.

"I get it coach."

Although Beverly didn't know why Su Chen could guess the Warriors' tactics so confidently, but at this time he didn't need to think too much and just executed it.

He worked so hard on the court, not only for victory, but also for his worth.

As for the worth, it just depends on whether the coach will give him a chance. If the coach doesn't give him a chance, a fringe player like him will soon fade out of the league.

Regardless of whether Su Chen guessed right or wrong, he had to implement Su Chen's tactics, and he didn't have many other choices.

And if Su Chen really guessed right, then he would not only get the data of steals, but also launch fast breaks to get the data of points or assists.

Such a wonderful shot will also become the top ten ball of the day.

Pause time ends.

The two sides returned to the field.

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

Warriors Lineup: Jermaine O'Neal (C), Draymond Green (PF), Richard Jefferson (SF), Klay Thompson (SG), Stephen Curry (PG) .

The Timberwolves' lineup has not changed, but the Warriors' lineup has been adjusted with substitutions.

Aizeli, who played for a long time in this game, was replaced by O'Neal.

Jermaine O'Neal joined the Warriors with a basic salary this season. He just wanted to go to the Warriors to become a champion, as a former six-time All-Star player and second team and third team.

O'Neal still has a certain strength this season.

Cole's purpose of going to Jermaine O'Neal at this time is also obvious.

One is that Azeri did not perform very well tonight, and he also played for too long.

The second is that while O'Neal can complete the pick-and-roll task, his frame protection ability and offensive ability at the basket are still very important.

Although O'Neal's offensive ability is not as good as David Lee's now, he still has the ability to punish strikers for switching defenses.

This is also to prevent the Timberwolves from playing unlimited defenses again. After all, Cole's rearranged tactical system is based on Curry as the core to contain Clay.

Just doing pick-and-roll work, Jermaine O'Neal is not necessarily worse than Azeri.

Su Chen was not surprised by this substitution.

When he activated Hawkeye just now, he saw Cole pointing to O'Neal with a pen while drawing tactics.

Isn't it obvious that O'Neal is going to go to Jermaine O'Neal?

So Su Chen didn't plan to restart the infinite switch to disrupt the Warriors' deployment. After all, if Jermaine O'Neal switched to Covington inside, he would still have a good success rate to beat him.

Warriors round.

Curry first pretended to catch the ball, and then because of Beverly's entanglement, he still asked Jefferson to dribble the ball across the half.

In order not to make the Warriors vigilant, Su Chen still asked Beverly to continue to strengthen Curry, so that the entire Warriors team felt that they were following Cole's tactics.

After Jefferson got the ball, he didn't rush to give the ball to Curry, but chose to observe the defense.

Beverly still bit Curry tightly, not giving Curry a chance to catch the ball.

At this time, Green walked around.

Green made a screen pick-and-roll for Curry, and Curry circled around. Beverly still looked very tight and didn't catch the ball for Curry.

At this time, Jefferson saw that there was no chance to give Curry the ball, so he gave it to Green.

After giving the ball to Green, Jefferson went straight to the left.

There are only Green and Curry in the right half, and at this time, Curry also left the right half and ran towards the left half.

On the left half, the Warriors have already prepared a group of tactical screen pick-and-rolls.

Looks like it's for Curry.

But at this time, Curry just pretended to run the screen, but he was a screener.

Thompson jumped out of the cover group like a rocket, and his defender Iguodala was directly blocked.

This ball is a very good opportunity, Green thinks so.

Therefore, Green passed it unprepared.

But a black shadow suddenly rushed out from the passing route.

(End of this chapter)