NBA: Duncan feels uneasy coaching Warriors

Chapter 165 2 to 0, Lacob is numb
It's just that the Warriors' passing system is very dependent on Curry.

It is very difficult for Cole to solve Su Chen's system targeting in a non-Curry way.

In the normal rhythm of the game, the team will choose to focus on the inside, and then make a three-pointer after the inside has played a containment force.

When the Warriors started playing this system last season, the reason why there were so many voices of opposition was because the Warriors' system violated this rule.

But in fact, the Warriors did not violate this law, on the contrary, the Warriors implemented this law very well.

The team opened up the inside line first, but actually relied on some stars to impact the inside line.

For example, an insider like O'Neal, or a breakthrough player from the outside.

To put it bluntly, the so-called relying on the inside to open, and then using the inside to make three-pointers from the outside can be put another way, that is, relying on the star's containment, and then shooting outside three-pointers.

The Warriors' system last season actually followed this rule, but the Warriors' star star was Curry.

Relying on his personal ability, Curry restrained the opponent's defense, and then gave the Warriors more opportunities in the three-point position.

It looks like the Warriors are shooting threes all the time, but there is a difference.

This is commonly known as the library has gravity.

Cole didn't follow this rule this time, and Curry went to play Thompson ahead of time before he could exert his restraint.

It cannot be said that such a strategy is wrong, but it is obviously invincible against Su Chen's targeting system.

Although the Warriors have Green who can contain Giannis Antetokounmpo, but this time, Su Chen did not let Giannis Antetokounmpo play the main game.

Create mismatches for Giannis Antetokounmpo, but don't let Giannis Antetokounmpo play, but let him play defense.

After reading the Warriors' defensive strategy, Su Chen directly replaced Middleton.

At the same time, the [fixed ability value] was not given to Giannis Antetokounmpo, but to Middleton.

Middleton's current ability is still far from 80% of the peak, but the improvement is not too big, and there is still some improvement.

Su Chen directly found an opportunity and used [Hot Zone Ignition] on Middleton.

Middleton didn't have many hotspots, so Su Chen's tactics were fixed on Middleton's hotspots, and Cole didn't react to a wave of sneak attacks.

Originally, the Warriors' defensive strategy revolved around Giannis Antetokounmpo.

But Giannis Antetokounmpo directly became a blue-collar player and assisted Middleton.

Moreover, Su Chen's arrangement of the three in the horn position took Butler down and replaced him with Iguodala.

With Giannis Antetokounmpo, Middleton and Iguodala, the outside threat is still not small. As long as the three-pointers of these two people are not too much interference, they are sure.

brush!
With Middleton's three-pointer in the half.

Timberwolves 66:51 Warriors.

In the first half, the Timberwolves played a very dominant offensive and defensive round.

Even during shooting moments, Josh, Ibaka and Giannis Antetokounmpo are on the court at the same time.

The fetters of the striker are directly full!
Relying on the fetters of the striker and the ability to suppress rebounds on the court, this time Su Chen directly arranged to play a shooting tactic.

Middleton and Iguodala's three-pointers were not accurate enough, but they couldn't hold up the offensive rebounds.

Originally, the Warriors' fast break was very strong, but because they lost too many rebounds, Cole didn't dare to arrange too many people to play fast break.

Carry out collective protection rebounds.

But this kind of strategy is to make the Warriors have fewer rebounds than the Timberwolves, and at the same time, the fast break is not played.

Cole wanted to have both ends, but neither side caught on.

in the second half.

Facing the still high-intensity defense of the Timberwolves, the Warriors' offense seemed a bit chaotic.

The main thing is that they didn't find their hand feeling. After Su Chen once again predicted Cole's two timeout tactics through [Eagle Eye], Cole also seemed a little confused.

When the entire Warriors felt lost in the second half, Cole didn't come up with any tricks, which made the Warriors have no momentum to chase points at all.

Under such a rhythm, the Warriors still did not catch up with the score.

With the full game whistle sounded.

Timberwolves 123:108 Warriors.

The Warriors received a big defeat in the away game.

At the same time, the big score in the series between the two sides became: Timberwolves 2-0 Warriors.

In this game, the Timberwolves played a game where all the people were soldiers.

Giannis Antetokounmpo took the position of the green leaf in this game. He scored 13 points, 11 rebounds and 9 assists, basically his worst data in the series.

But after watching the game, at least Giannis Antetokounmpo's performance is still relatively important to the team.

Iguodala scored 19 points in this field, and Middleton scored 20 points. The high scores of these two cannot do without the assistance of Giannis Antetokounmpo.

At the same time, Josh, Ibaka, Butler and others also scored in double figures.

For the Warriors, Curry scored 29 points and Thompson scored 33 points.

The Splash Brothers scored 62 points together, but it was difficult for others to score under the infinite defense system.

Su Chen cleverly separated the Splash Brothers from the rest of the Warriors. If these two can't explode.

Then it will be difficult for the Warriors' other role players to help the team.

This was the defensive effect Su Chen wanted to achieve.

The Splash Brothers can score, but not unlimited.

Then other role players directly lost the help of the Splash Brothers. Cole wanted to play the pass and cut system, but he couldn't play it at all.

Maybe Kerr will crack such a defensive strategy, but not yet.

In this game, Timberwolves owner Taylor watched from the sidelines.

At this time, the little old man was also very excited, and sometimes stood up and punched something.

For Taylor, letting Su Chen take over the team, he also endured a lot.

People say that the Timberwolves are ruined, and Su Chen ruined the future of the Timberwolves. The Timberwolves have no draft picks and have no present.

But what about the facts?

Now the Timberwolves have not only entered the long-lost playoffs, but also entered the second round, facing the defending champion Warriors with a score of 2-0.

Besides, what if the Timberwolves don't have a draft pick?

The two young supernovas Giannis and Butler, the draft picks of the Timberwolves, are probably worthless.

Those teams that trade draft picks with the Timberwolves are at a loss at this time.

At that time, they thought that the Timberwolves' record would be terrible, and the Timberwolves' draft pick would be very high. The value of the Timberwolves' draft picks basically defaulted to a high-ranked pick during the offseason.

Moreover, in order to make the draft pick look more valuable, Su Chen directly gave up the first few protections, not even the number one pick!
After the game, Taylor also walked to the field excitedly and hugged Su Chen.

"I knew you could do it, you can do it."

Taylor spoke to Su Chen excitedly.

"We're only in the second round. You don't need to be so excited now. Let's talk about it when we get higher results."

Su Chen didn't expect Taylor to rush in so excitedly, and said helplessly.

From Su Chen's point of view, beating the Warriors in the second round is not a difficult task. When he built this lineup, he built a team that aimed at the Warriors.

If the team built for the Warriors was eliminated by the Warriors, wouldn't he be too embarrassed?

It is said that it is aimed at the Warriors, but it is actually aimed at the situation that under the league rules, small balls have an advantage.

There will be more and more teams imitating the Warriors, and they are not targeting the Warriors. With the current strength of the Warriors, it is really difficult.

If you want to rebuild the team next season, you also need to consider the problem of small balls.

press conference.

"Excuse me, Coach Su Chen, your team seems to face the Warriors very easily, is there any preparation?"

A reporter asked Su Chen a question.

"Are you ready, of course, they are the defending champion team."

"Their three-pointers are very powerful. I know them very well. We need to stay focused on the court and give them every three-point pressure."

Su Chen first answered as a joke, and then went on to talk about defense.

However, these are just some words, and he is not interested in explaining his strategy in front of the media.

Although there will be professionals who will conduct tactical analysis and dismantling, Su Chen will not take the initiative to talk about it.

Then there are some immobilization issues.

"Curry is a very good player. His three-pointer can change this era. We can't take him lightly."

"I don't think Giannis is in a slump. I always tell the players, as long as you do a good job on the defensive and offensive end, it depends on whether the basket gives you face."

"Middleton I always knew he had that ability, he worked very hard, I'm proud of his game tonight."

Su Chen also used some official answers to answer all these questions.

However, Su Chen also sincerely said something.

Although it is 2-0 now, but facing the Warriors, it still needs to be taken seriously.

But you can't say that you are already thinking about your opponent in the next round.

The next day.

The East and West semifinals have already played two games.

Western Conference semifinals.

The game between the Timberwolves and the Warriors is currently 2-0, which is a very surprising score.

Before the game, many people thought that the Warriors were the one leading 2-0, and they would at least make it 1-1.

After all, from the perspective of optimism, the Warriors are only less optimistic than the Heat and Spurs this season, and the Heat belong to the East.

Then the Warriors can be said to be the second most powerful in the West.

The Warriors were scored 2-0, which is confusing.

But what is more confusing is not the score, but the process of the two games.

If you want to say how the Timberwolves feel delicious dumplings and won two games against the Warriors, there is something else to say.

But after two games, it can be seen that the Timberwolves played against the Warriors in both games.

The Warriors are basically on the chasing side.

Chasing points in one game is not a problem, but chasing points in two consecutive games is probably due to lack of strength.

The configuration of the Warriors is obviously stronger than that of the Timberwolves.

This season, the Warriors' Splash Brothers have both entered the All-Stars, and even Green almost got votes into the All-Stars.

At the same time, the rules of this season have changed, and the three-point and breakthrough play is enhanced.

It stands to reason that the Warriors will only be stronger than last season.

But now that it's like this, the Warriors have to find a reason.

After much deliberation, the team configuration has not changed much, not only has there been no loss of rotation players, but Brewer has been added.

Although Iguodala was not added, Baijia's Brewer is not bad, and there is also O'Neal with a basic salary.

Since it is not the player's problem, it can only be caused by Cole.

Many analysis videos and articles, after analyzing the video of the two games, found that Cole's tactical convenience was purely crushed.

Not only the conventional tactics, but also the tactics arranged after the timeout, which were directly guessed.

Although many people said at the beginning that Beverly's own defensive awareness was good, but from a frame-by-frame analysis, Beverly didn't choose Curry's position at all.

If it's one or two times, it's fine. Beverly made many choices and acted rashly without looking at Curry's position.

But usually Beverly doesn't have that habit at all.

And if you have this defensive habit, you will always make mistakes, but Beverly doesn't have these mistakes.

That can only explain that it was arranged by the coach.

Ordinary players don't dare to make these defensive choices without authorization. Considering Beverly's team status, he is even more afraid to make such rash choices.

In other words, Su Chen's suppression of Cole is not only the usual tactical system.

During the paused round, Cole was also pre-judged and guessed, directly allowing Cole's tactics to be guessed.

This is what surprised everyone.

At the same time, everyone has a clearer understanding of the level of Cole and Su Chen.

Especially for Warriors fans.

Originally thought that Su Chen's departure would not cause any loss to the Warriors.

The newcomer Kerr and the team got in quickly, and the Warriors once had a very impressive record, and the sprint in the second half of the schedule was also impressive.

Many people even think that Cole is not necessarily weaker than Su Chen, or even stronger than Su Chen.

Su Chen just developed this system, and Cole is the one who really carried forward this system.

Otherwise, why didn't Su Chen play such a tactical system in the new team this season?
But when the two sides meet, the gap is too obvious.

The Timberwolves are a team that is not optimistic at all. The team configuration is also some people who are ready to give up from other teams, as well as some rookies or rookies.

Such a configuration is obviously weaker than the Warriors.

Cole held a big deck of cards and went to play Su Chen's not-so-good deck, and was overwhelmed by Su Chen.

This disappointed many Warriors fans.

There have even been Warriors fans who have scolded Warriors owner Lacob on Twitter.

"Hot chicken, what did you find for Su Chen after you let go?"

"These two games were fun for me. Cole played badly. I can only say that Su Chen is the real champion coach of this Warriors team."

"So what about letting Su Chen run the team? Look at the Timberwolves, a team that can't make it to the playoffs, and now they are overwhelming us."

"Quickly open a high-paying contract and invite Su Chen back!"

"Su Chen's draft level is really good. Lacob, don't you know what your own operational level is? Why don't you delegate power to Su Chen?"

"Disappointing team, disappointing coach, disappointing owner."

"I really feel upset for Stephen Clay and the others. They obviously have strength, but they can't show it because of tactical reasons."

Many Warriors fans are also very true to Lacob's remarks.

(End of this chapter)