NBA: Duncan feels uneasy coaching Warriors

Chapter 175 The defense stopped the Spurs

Only Leonard barely followed Giannis Antetokounmpo.

Giannis Antetokounmpo is striding forward, even Leonard has a hard time catching up, and even if he catches up, it's hard to do anything about Giannis Antetokounmpo.

The impact after the speed rises, and with the height and wingspan of Giannis Antetokounmpo, it will be difficult for Leonard to prevent it if he does not foul.

Leonard just jumped up, tried to block the shot, and headed for the ball.

It's easy to give Giannis Antetokounmpo a 2+1 with this thug.

Leonard has gradually become a top defender not only because of his physical talent, but also because of his defensive judgment, which also allows him to reduce foul trouble.

boom!
Giannis Antetokounmpo made a strong dunk, Leonard didn't take the risk but didn't go to the thug either.

Spurs 2:2 Timberwolves.

"Is this a defense?"

O'Neill asked with some doubts.

"This is a mistake by the Spurs. Why did they double-team Duncan and let the Timberwolves defend?"

Kenny Smith also exclaimed.

In people's minds, Duncan is good at handling such double-teams.

Duncan's post-up ability is very strong, but he is not just a post-up attacker.

There are many excellent post-up attackers, such as Al Jefferson, David Lee and Aldridge.

But the difference between Duncan and them is that Duncan not only integrates offense and defense, but also has full organizational ability.

His ability to handle double-teams is top notch as is his offense and defense.

The success of a round of defense actually did not make it difficult for everyone at the commentary stand to accept, they were just a little surprised.

After all, although the Spurs' offense is very strong, it is not successful every round.

It's just that the Timberwolves consumed the Spurs' offensive time so that Parker could only make a hasty shot, which is relatively rare.

"Hurry up and hit the ball!"

Popovich yelled at the Spurs from the sidelines.

Not only the people on the commentary stand, but even Popovich felt that it was not so easy for Su Chen to find a strategy to block the Spurs' offense.

In Popovich's view, the ball just now was because the Spurs were not focused enough, so the Timberwolves were blocked.

Duncan also patted his chest, saying that the ball just now belonged to him, and he didn't blame his teammates.

Although Su Chen on the other side didn't yell at the sidelines, he still applauded from the sidelines, telling the players to keep going.

Maybe the outside world thinks this is unbelievable, but what Su Chen really thinks about is the speed of switching defenses with the Spurs.

As we all know, the ball is faster than people on the basketball court.

Popovich is also based on this principle. The team has a lot of conduction balls, and it is impossible for people to follow the ball.

But changing defense is not about people chasing the ball, but about starting to look for your new defender half a beat in advance.

This is a test of the player's tacit understanding, not only the tacit understanding, but also the trust in teammates.

When a player gives up his defender, that defender is directly handed over to his teammates.

If a teammate can't make up, then this person will be left open, and the defense this time will be considered a failure.

The same is true for the next team member, he goes to help his teammates to make up, and then his people must be unconditionally trusted to the next team member.

This defensive method is a defensive strategy often used by teams in the small ball era.

However, in teams using this defensive strategy, two people often fail to explain the defensive handover, and two people run to defend one person.

Such a situation even appeared in some strong teams in the playoffs.

The personnel changes are relatively large, and the players do not have enough trust. In fact, the use of such a defensive strategy is a test for the team.

After all, there are trades in the NBA, or personnel changes of one kind or another. The starters of many teams may not be able to play one-third of the games together in a season.

The degree of tacit understanding is simply not enough.

Su Chen dared to use it because he had simulated it a thousand times with the simulation glasses, so don't worry too much about the proficiency.

And I don't know if there is an attribute in the B-level tactical notes that increases the atmosphere of the team. A good atmosphere makes players trust their teammates more decisively.

Of course, it is also possible that yesterday's team building played a role.

In addition, there is another reason, and the fetters of strikers have increased all attributes, so that their offense and defense have been improved in all aspects.

Because Iguodala does not have 2 meters to get the bonus of this fetter, Su Chen didn't even let Iguodala, who performed super well in the last round of the series, start. Fortunately, Iguodala has no emotion about it.

For Iguodala, as long as the team is winning, he has nothing to say as a substitute.

He is no longer the Iguodala of the 76ers.

At the same time, going to Covington can not only enjoy the attribute bonus of the striker's fetters, but also Covington's own top defense ability can also make this defensive rotation more rapid and agile.

At this time, the Spurs are attacking.

The Timberwolves still continued the strategy of quickly double-teaming and then quickly switching defenses. The Spurs, a team that is good at sharing the ball, failed to find a chance again.

The ball was back in Duncan's hands, but the shot clock was scarce, and Duncan had no room to re-seat Ibaka.

When the basket was strong, he was directly interfered by Ibaka.

Ibaka can't defend against the back, but if you want to hit him face-to-face, it would be too contemptuous of him.

For frontal defense, Ibaka is a top-level ability.

beep!
It was not a foul, but because the ball was interfered by Ibaka and did not touch the frame, and the offense exceeded 24 seconds.

Timberwolves what kind of defense is this?
Can the Spurs defend against an offensive violation for 24 seconds?
The Timberwolves have the ball.

Butler didn't make a mid-range shot in the first round, and this time the Spurs missed another mid-range shot. Butler looked like he was about to make a mid-range shot.

Green rushed over at this time and wanted to block the shot. After all, he couldn't keep shooting for Butler.

But Butler just clicked the ball.

When Green had already flown onto Butler, Butler shot.

beep!
The ball was successfully whistled by the referee.

brush!
But Butler actually made a mid-range shot against Green.

2+1!

Popovich was furious from the sidelines.

It's not a secret that the Spurs let the distance go. He hasn't changed the team's strategy yet, and Popovich is very dissatisfied with Green's arbitrariness.

Green, a young man, sometimes has some ideas of his own, although these ideas often meet Popovich's angrily.

After Butler touched the foul, he gave Green a strange look, which seemed a bit provocative.

Butler walked to the free throw line and made the free throw steadily.

Spurs 2:5 Timberwolves.

beep!
Popovich couldn't bear it anymore and called a timeout directly.

Popovich's face was full of anger, obviously he was extremely dissatisfied with the team's opening offense.

This is the Western Conference Finals, and Popovich doesn't want to let such emotions spread in the Spurs for a moment.

After stopping the Spurs, Butler appeared extremely arrogant, and his perverse character was vividly displayed.

Of course, this is not that Butler is really gone, but a kind of strategic arrogance.

The purpose is to irritate the opponent and make the opponent lose their minds when they play.

Of course, it can also drive a wave of team atmosphere by the way.

Just like now, the momentum of the Timberwolves is very high.

The invincible Spurs, they now feel, are nothing more than that.

Not some invincible enemy.

"It's just crazy, the Spurs got stopped at the beginning by the Timberwolves."

"I thought the Timberwolves would be stopped first."

Johnson said with some helplessness.

At this time, their screens were also returning to defend the Timberwolves' defensive round, and the defensive speed was slowed down.

"Keeping up, I know the Timberwolves' rotation defense is fast, but is it close to this level?"

"Whoa, man, that's the Spurs, they're keeping up with the Spurs' defense."

"You can see that their defense is crossing positions, but they don't collide. How much of this kind of training does the Timberwolves usually do outside the game?"

After watching the video of the Timberwolves returning to defense, several people were shocked.

The most powerful thing about the Spurs is the speed of passing the ball. Among them, O'Neal has played the most against the peak Spurs. He knows exactly what the Spurs' ability to pass the ball is.

Even though GDP is old now, their coach is still Popovich, and the Spurs' conduction ball will not be too weak even if it is weakened a little.

But the league's best ball passer met the team that may be the fastest defensive rotation in the league now, and it was like meeting an opponent all of a sudden.

The Timberwolves' rotation defensive speed, in fact, they have not seen it before.

In the first and second rounds, the Timberwolves eliminated the Trail Blazers and Warriors, largely relying on the speed of their rotation defense.

But most people in the outside world agree that this rotational defensive speed is useless to the Spurs.

The Timberwolves are fast, but the Spurs can slow down the pace, and speed alone is useless in positional warfare.

Although the Timberwolves traded for Ibaka, the ability to protect the frame inside has increased.

But in the past games, Ibaka has proved that he can't guard against players like Duncan.

Giannis Antetokounmpo is also too immature, and single defense is not Duncan's opponent.

But looking at it now, does this look like speed is useless?
It's just so useful.

Unexpectedly, the Timberwolves' speed is so fast that they can double-team Duncan on the inside and at the same time allow the outside to make up defenses.

"Look at how Popovich adjusts, will he choose to let Duncan continue to attack the inside line, and then make fine-tuning on the outside line?"

After watching the video, Johnson thought for a while and said.

"If you change to another team, maybe you still won't give up Duncan's attacking point immediately. It's only a few rounds, but Popovich called a timeout and it might not be that simple."

After hearing this, O'Neill frowned and said.

Popovich called this timeout, indicating that Popovich had seen something and felt that an adjustment had to be made.

They can see it so quickly because the on-site staff showed them the return defense, and it was a double-speed slowed down version.

Popovich has been on the sidelines, and the assistant coach didn't step forward to remind him, so Popovich called this timeout.

If it's just fine-tuning, with Popovich's long coaching career in the Spurs, fine-tuning can be done through gestures.

There is no need to call a timeout and make adjustments.

"In fact, analyzing the advantages of the Spurs against the Timberwolves before the game, there is more than one way Duncan plays inside. Duncan and Parker's high and low pick-and-roll is also a big move."

Kenny Smith said at this time.

Kenny Smith's words also caused everyone to nod in agreement.

This is indeed a point where the Spurs have an advantage over the Timberwolves.

"Su Chen solved the first problem, so let's count it as a solution. After all, Popovich hasn't come up with any new tricks yet."

"Now the test for Su Chen is a bigger challenge."

Barkley said at this time.

Duncan directly played singles, and the Timberwolves can also make some formulaic moves to complete the rotation defense by laying out in advance.

But once the Spurs use the high and low tactics of Parker and Duncan, it is not easy for the Timberwolves to make up defenses in advance.

First of all, the Timberwolves are the only players on the field. After Parker and Duncan's pick-and-roll, it is difficult to have a perfect single-defense candidate for the first time.

It can be said that the test for the Timberwolves has just begun.

This basic pick-and-roll cannot be defended, so the Spurs can then make tactics around this pick-and-roll.

With the Spurs' rich tactical system and the pick-and-roll as the core, the Timberwolves' defense is likely to be disrupted directly.

But when Popovich arranged tactics.

Su Chen has already activated [Eagle Eye].

From the beginning, Su Chen had already marked Popovich's tactical board, and now is the time to play.

Unlike Warriors.

When facing the Warriors, Su Chen tried his best to use the Hawkeye skill later.

Because it is not easy to hold down the Warriors directly from the beginning.

The mentality of the leading side is different from that of the trailing side. When the Warriors are behind, it seems that there is a passive three-point bonus for all members.

Of course, the Warriors have no cheats, mainly because the Warriors who are behind will play more resolutely.

On the contrary, for the Timberwolves, leading the Warriors by a large score from the beginning, these young players will inevitably relax their minds.

If you relax your mind, it will be easy for the Warriors to seize the opportunity and chase the score back in one wave.

But facing the Spurs is different.

Playing the Spurs is to open the game. If the Spurs lead at the start, they have rich experience in dealing with them and can maintain the point difference.

On the contrary, if the Spurs keep falling behind, the Spurs will be in a hurry.

Because the Spurs are not a strong offensive team, their balls are piled up one by one by two-pointers.

If the Spurs keep falling behind, they will give Ginobili and Green more authority to fight.

A strong Spur is a disciplined Spur, while the NANTA version of the Spur is relatively weak.

Su Chen also has accumulated skills, so she will use them at the beginning of the game.

And this is still the home court of the Spurs. If the Spurs are allowed to lead, the momentum of the Spurs will become stronger and stronger.

"It turned out to be like this, as expected of you, Popovich."

After seeing Popovich's tactical board, Su Chen also smiled with satisfaction.

After that, without saying much, he directly took the tactical board from Milosevic's hands.

"Beverly, you will play in a while, and then Parker should go to find opportunities through Duncan's pick-and-roll. You have to pay attention to Parker's passing routes."

Su Chen drew a strategy on the tactical board, looked at Beverly and said.

(End of this chapter)