NBA: Duncan feels uneasy coaching Warriors

Chapter 167 Adjustment of Strategy

When walking out of the player tunnel, the Warriors shouted at Su Chen.

"You made a mistake leaving the Warriors!"

"We're going to show you what a tough team the Warriors are."

"Su, this is a gift for you."

There are not many people who say these things, just a few people.

Most Warriors fans are actually quite rational. After all, Su Chen is the man who brought this city a championship. Those fans who shouted at Su Chen are relatively extreme.

Lacob conveyed the meaning of Su Chen's departure through the media as a betrayal. Some Warriors fans listened to Lacob's words.

However, most Warriors fans still know what's going on, it's nothing more than the distribution of power.

It's just that although these Warriors fans didn't mock Su Chen, they didn't speak up for Su Chen either.

In any case, Su Chen's deliberate looting of Iguodala during the offseason is considered to be a bridge with the Warriors.

Moreover, the two sides are now in a hostile state when the series is in progress, and there is no reason to help the opponent.

"Su, don't take these people's words to heart. They don't even know what you did for the championship last season."

Milosevic said to Su Chen.

"They are free to speak, but the result of the game will speak for me."

Su Chen smiled indifferently.

Su Chen didn't care too much about what these fans said.

The direction of the fans' speeches is like a turn-based system, and each has the upper hand for a while, but this time the Timberwolves lost, but at least they still lead by a big score.

At the post-match press conference, Su Chen was also the subject of intensive questions from reporters.

"The Warriors caused a lot of trouble to the Timberwolves tonight with a three-pointer. Does Coach Su Chen have any plans?"

The reporter asked Su Chen a question.

"When Curry and Thompson shoot at the same time, it's basically hard to lose, you know I know that."

"Do a good job of defending the three-pointer so that the Warriors can't shoot the three-pointer. This is what we need to do."

Su Chen replied to the reporter.

"Does the Timberwolves' offense rely too much on the inside to draw fouls? When they can't draw fouls in this game, the Timberwolves seem to be unable to play?"

another reporter asked.

"Giannis is tall and long, and when he gets into the paint he's going to cause a lot of trouble, and I'm going to say, it's not an intentional foul, it's a foul."

Su Chen replied calmly.

"Coach Su Chen, what do you think of the conflict between Green and Giannis, and what do you think of their malicious foul actions?"

At this time, there were finally reporters who put the question on tonight's conflict.

"Giannis was fouled maliciously by Green. Green has already mastered martial arts. What else can I say?"

No matter what, Su Chen still wants to speak for his players.

Although Green has also coached Su Chen, that is already in the past tense. Now if he speaks for Green, the morale of the entire Timberwolves team will be low and they will not dare to make moves on the defensive end.

"The action of Giannis, yes, I'm talking about stepping, is unsportsmanlike. What do you think of Coach Su Chen?"

The reporter who asked the question saw that Su Chen didn't answer what he wanted, so he continued to ask aggressively.

However, Su Chen did not answer this question directly.

Anyway, it's just the wheels turning and turning.

As the head coach of the team, he can't blame Giannis for his behavior. It's not a question of whether he wants to or not, but he can't!

Different positions speak different words.

If he is a fan, then he can joke about Antetokounmpo and the like.

But as a coach, Giannis is defending the team no matter what.

In the Spurs dynasty, the villain Bowen is indispensable, but will Popovich take the initiative to say in front of the media that Bowen is intentionally hurting people?
In fact, many teams, even the Dynasty team, have such a villain role.

But most of these villains are role players, and Giannis is one of the rare core players who can do these things by himself.

For those championship teams, the villains alone bear these curses, and then the team bosses and coaches enjoy the reputation of superstars and famous coaches.

The Timberwolves are now a team that has always relied on defense. If they rely on a very clean defense, it would be unrealistic to not have any small moves.

It's impossible for others to face-off, Su Chen also asked the team members not to fight back, just hit others casually.

I can't say that I took the initiative to talk about my own players, but Su Chen didn't go too far to wash them.

Like what Durant said to Pachulia: I don't think Zaza will actively try to hurt others, he is just a little clumsy.

That sentence made Durant hacked for a long time.

Su Chen didn't want to defend this matter too much.

In short, this is just a small incident. Although there were many conflicts today, there were no real fights.

Both sides are very clear that if such a game is suspended, the opposing team will be the happy side.

The next day.

Regarding the game between the Timberwolves and the Warriors yesterday, it also aroused a lot of discussion among fans on the hot search news.

"Giannis is too dirty, I strongly urge the league to investigate and suspend him!"

"Man, didn't Green pinch his feet first and then hug Giannis, Giannis can step on his feet?"

"The league hasn't issued a penalty notice so far, so I guess they don't care much about it. Green hasn't been injured enough to miss the next game."

"In the final analysis, it was Green who did it first, and Giannis counterattacked, and the two were suspended together if they were to be suspended."

"Suspending the game together is more troublesome for the Timberwolves. Giannis is the core of their team. Although Green is important, he is not the most important point for the Warriors."

"The Warriors have shown their strength, and the Warriors will continue to comeback!"

"As a neutral fan, I just want to say that this whistle is really outrageous. Is the league manipulating the game?"

"The configuration of the Warriors is much better than that of the Timberwolves. It is purely a problem with the coach. Cole's performance in the last game depends on how he ends up."

Regarding yesterday's game, many fans were having very heated discussions.

Not only because this series is more interesting, but also Green of the two teams yesterday also increased a lot of topicality.

But some old fans still saw it.

The league's whistle was a bit off in the last game.

It is not uncommon for the league to manipulate the game before.

It's just that in the previous games, it was usually only in the more critical series, such as the East and West finals or the finals.

For example, in the Heat championship series between Wade and O'Neal, Wade scored a large number of free throws, which Mavericks fans still remember.

But most of the time, even if the league wants to control the game, it is relatively subtle.

But in the last game, there was a little bit of obvious meaning.

The Timberwolves, as an inside-attacking team, have already changed the whistle-blowing rules for inside breakthroughs this season.

But in the last game, when both sides rushed inside, no whistle sounded.

The most obvious thing is that Giannis and Green fought because the inside whistle was too loose.

Then the whistleblowing of the pick-and-roll is relatively loose.

The most obvious thing is the three-point whistle, which is stricter. The Warriors not only felt good in the last game, but also got three free throws many times.

As soon as Xiao Huacai took office, he showed an impatient side.

Although the essence of this alliance is a commercial alliance, it used to be a little bit of camouflage, but now Xiao Hua doesn't even seem to want to pay attention to the camouflage.

Whether the Timberwolves can still win the series is not easy to say now.

Oakland.

Oracle Arena.

The game between the two sides soon started again.

This game is very critical.

If the Timberwolves win, they will lead [-] to [-] and grasp the match point of this series.

But if the Warriors win, then it will be a two-to-two tie, and the two sides will be ready to grab Tianwangshan.

If the Warriors can win, the suspense of this series will remain.

Regarding the speculation of this game, many people guessed that the Warriors would win, and even some professional institutions opened the market for the Warriors.

Because the league has already made it clear in the last game that they don't want to lose suspense so early in the series, so the league's whistle is probably still biased towards the Warriors.

Besides, this is the home of the Warriors.

The home whistle has never been a secret, it's all on the surface.

Therefore, there is a lot of room for the alliance to operate.

After Su Chen entered the arena, boos were everywhere.

Because what Su Chen said after the game in the last game directly accused Green, but instead defended Giannis.

From the perspective of Warriors fans, Su Chen didn't show any affection at all.

After all, Su Chen has coached the Warriors and also coached Green. How can Su Chen say that kind of double standard?
And Su Chen's tactical strategy is also a very important part of the game.

The Warriors fans tried to use such boos to interfere with Su Chen's thinking ability.

However, Su Chen ignored the boos, and stood on the sidelines with a blank face, holding a tactical board in his hand.

In the last game, if you lose, you lose.

This time, Su Chen is sure to win.

[Fixed ability value] Su Chen gave Giannis Antetokounmpo this skill from the very beginning.

I gave this skill to Middleton before, and there is an improvement, but Giannis Antetokounmpo has become too blue-collar.

This game needs Giannis Antetokounmpo to play.

Middleton is not Curry Thompson, no matter how accurate he is, he is an ordinary elite shooter, and he is not comparable to an epic shooter like Curry Thompson.

For this kind of game that must be won, without an epic shooter, Su Chen didn't want to put the outcome on the outside three-pointer.

This time we have to be firm on the inside line!

Soon, the game will begin.

Su Chen and Cole shook hands casually without any communication, and went back separately.

For Cole, this game must also be won.

If you win, you still have to fight. If you don't win, it will be difficult for the Warriors to fight.

Both lineups played.

Warriors starting lineup: Festus Ezeri (C), Draymond Green (PF), Richard Jefferson (SF), Klay Thompson (SG), Stephen Curry ( PG)

Timberwolves starting lineup: Serge Ibaka (C), Giannis Antetokounmpo (PF), Luol Deng (SF), Andre Iguodala (SG), Jimmy Butt Le (PG)

In this game, the Warriors' starting lineup has not been adjusted.

Jefferson has completely replaced Brewer as the team's starter, and Brewer's strength is still difficult to serve as the Warriors' starter.

The Timberwolves made substitutions.

I had to play the ultimate unlimited defense before, so Giannis Antetokounmpo has always been the team's center.

In this game, Su Chen took Ibaka up again and maintained the strongest paper lineup of the Timberwolves.

Although Covington's ability to assist in defense is very strong, his single defense ability is still easy to be targeted by the Warriors.

The Warriors have an indiscriminate heads-up player like Curry, and at the same time Thompson's tactical running position is also capable of top shots.

Covington's single defense ability faces the Splash Brothers, and sometimes he is single-pointed.

After Ibaka came on the court, although the infinite defense was not so extreme, it was the strongest set on paper.

Ibaka has top speed inside and a very strong defensive awareness, which is enough for Ibaka to perform a perfect sweep inside most of the time.

At the same time, in this starting lineup, all five players are capable of attacking.

Although Giannis Antetokounmpo will have a little difficulty playing Green alone, but all five members of the team can attack, which is actually a blow to the Warriors.

At this time, the two sides jumped the ball.

Giannis Antetokounmpo jumped to possession for the Timberwolves.

Butler got the ball, dribbled it to Iguodala after half court, and then he went to the corner by himself.

Because of Butler's inconsistent [-]-pointers, when Butler and Giannis Antetokounmpo are on the court together, it's usually the two of them attacking.

But Butler came up to hand over the ball, and then went to the bottom corner by himself. This action made Cole stunned for a moment.

Thompson hesitated, should he let Butler go?

Because of Butler's defense, the Warriors' tactics are usually to let Butler go.

Is Butler going to be released at the beginning?
Cole yelled at Thompson at this time, telling Thompson to defend.

Thompson just reached the bottom corner and chased Butler.

Although Cole wanted to let Butler take a three-pointer, it didn't seem appropriate to let it go at the beginning.

So Kerr still asked Thompson to follow.

At this time, Curry is defending against Iguodala, and Iguodala is directly accelerating when facing Curry.

Green is still following Giannis Antetokounmpo at this time, because Giannis Antetokounmpo is going to play a pick and roll, but Giannis Antetokounmpo has not yet mentioned Iguoda Pull and rush.

This rush was purely relying on physical conditions to attack Curry.

Although Curry is not as physically strong as Iguodala, he is still struggling to defend.

But Iguodala is someone who can beat even James. He relies on his body to forcefully beat Curry, which also has a great advantage.

On this ball, Iguodala also forcibly played against Curry.

Although Azeri came to assist in the defense, his pace was slow and did not cause substantial interference to Iguodala.

Warriors 0:2 Timberwolves.

Seeing this round, Su Chen nodded.

In this game, he just wants to make a roll call. Whether it is Curry or Thompson, as long as the Timberwolves have the advantage of size and size, they will play immediately.

(End of this chapter)