NBA: Duncan feels uneasy coaching Warriors

Chapter 190 Sipo's Helplessness

Su Chen sat on the sidelines.

Instead of standing on the sidelines watching nervously like Erik Spoelstra, he sat on a chair.

Su Chen, who was sitting on the bench, flipped through the documents in his hands, and at the same time took a sip of the drink handed over by the staff.

But Su Chen didn't drink the sponsor's sports drink, it was unpalatable.

He's not a player, so he doesn't have to worry about that much.

Milosevic walked over, glanced at the information in Su Chen's hand, and found that it was the basic information of some Heat players.

Shouldn't these materials have been read long ago?

Su Chen hasn't watched it yet, has he?
But thinking about Su Chen as the coach of the championship, his business ability should be top-notch, it shouldn't be like this.

Su Chen must be a little nervous.

When the coaches are nervous, they like to make some chewing gum, drink water, or just look for something like Su Chen.

There is nothing to say about this. Although Su Chen has won the championship honor, he is still in the hands of the Timberwolves.

But after all, Su Chen is still a relatively young marshal.

But the current Su Chen really didn't rummage through the documents because of nervousness.

The players of the Heat have done their homework early in the past few days, and his current status is not so amateurish.

And even if you don't do your homework, as a time traveler, Su Chen actually has a general understanding of players like the Heat.

It's just that he is looking through the information, combined with the atmosphere of the scene, to recall which of the Heat's players is more attractive.

The comparison between Eric Spoelstra and Su Chen was also captured by the camera.

Eric Spoelstra stood on the sidelines and looked at the players on the field, while Su Chen sat drinking water and flipping through files.

This comparison is quite interesting.

This contrast also appeared on the big screen.

"Su Chen is still looking through the data. It can't be that he is playing 2K simulation games these days."

Barkley laughed and said after seeing it.

"I think Su Chen is more calm than last season. Coach Spoelstra hasn't changed much from last season."

Johnson said.

Johnson's remarks also reminded people of some scenes from last season's finals.

At that time, Su Chen and Erik Spoelstra were also the coaches of the two sides.

It's just that this season, both of them are quite different from last season.

The Heat in the hands of Eric Spoelstra has suppressed contradictions this season, and at the same time, the Heat's role players have declined one by one.

Not just a role player, Wade played frequently with injuries in previous seasons, Wade still played with injuries this season but his decline in state is also obvious.

If it is said that Wade was still at the superstar level before, in Wade's current state, his strength is probably between the All-Star and ordinary superstar.

Even in the Eastern Conference Finals, Wade's performance was outmatched by Paul George.

As for Bosh, throughout the career of the Heat's Big Three, he has been hacked into waves.

If he wants to play a role, he still needs to use his low post back when he was in the Raptors, but with James holding the ball, he often pulls out from the outside.

Having not used these techniques for so many years, it is still a bit rusty for Bosh to use them now.

If James wants to run this season, then Bosh can get back his back through the offseason.

The current Heat is still that James except James, and the Heat are no longer the Heat of last season.

The Heat led by Erik Spoelstra have dropped a lot from last season.

Don't look at the 4-2 elimination of the Pacers in the Eastern Conference Finals. It seems that they have improved compared to last season's tie-break with the Pacers, but in fact the Pacers have slipped even more.

Last season, Hibbert was overwhelmed in the interior. This season, Hibbert has become a [-]-point center. The Heat have played six games against the Pacers led by George, which is a real decline.

Of course, Eric Spoelstra's opponent Su Chen, the team he led directly changed.

From last season, the Warriors, who had a gorgeous offense and matched their defense, have become the Timberwolves with weak defense.

Standing on the sidelines, Eric Spoelstra knows exactly what kind of team the Timberwolves are this season.

Eric Spoelstra couldn't help but glanced at Su Chen from the Timberwolves camp.

"You are so good at attacking and defending, let me see you differently."

Eric - Spoelstra eyes also have a strong fighting spirit.

Leading the Heat's Big Three last season was won by the Warriors led by Su Chen, which made Eric Spoelstra very concerned about this matter throughout the offseason.

Originally, Eric Spoelstra wanted to study hard against the Warriors led by Su Chen during the offseason.

But the Warriors studied it, but Su Chen ran away.

After Su Chen ran to the Timberwolves, even if Eric Spoelstra wanted to study Su Chen, he didn't think it was necessary.

He asked his teacher Riley's opinion at that time, and Riley also told him that Su Chen didn't need to think about him anymore when he arrived in the Timberwolves.

Eric Spoelstra felt a little disappointed that he couldn't get back what he lost from Su Chen, but he didn't think too much about it, and focused more on studying other opponents this season.

The Heat are paddling in the regular season, not just the Big Three needing more rounds to prepare for the playoffs.

At the same time, for the Heat's coaching staff, they also need to work harder to do data research on those mainstream competitors.

After all, for the Heat, if they can't win the championship this season, the Heat team is equivalent to being broken up.

James directly refused to talk about the contract extension. If he can't win the championship, it is not certain whether James can still be in the Heat.

The Heat's team is built according to James. If James runs away, then the Heat's lineup will become a bunch of supports.

But without studying Su Chen, Su Chen reached the finals again, which made Eric Spoelstra feel very helpless.

Today, most of the Heat's research on the Timberwolves still stays on data.

It can be seen from the data that the current Timberwolves are a team that is more defensive than offensive. The key to whether they can win depends on his defense.

The two core Giannis-Antetokounmpo and Butler that the Timberwolves have established since the regular season have low offensive efficiency, and other Timberwolves players do not have superstar-level players.

In other words, including the two young players of the Timberwolves, there is no real superstar player in the entire Timberwolves.

But Eric Spoelstra also analyzed the reason why the Timberwolves can advance to the finals.

Many people in the outside world who are not optimistic about the Timberwolves say that the Timberwolves have made it to the finals all the way.

The Blazers are too weak, the Warriors are too familiar, and the Spurs are too old.

It is true that prejudice is a mountain.

Those who were prejudiced against the Timberwolves or Su Chen from the beginning, even if Su Chen and his Timberwolves won the game, they would find reasons of one kind or another.

But Erik Spoelstra doesn't think like these people do.

The current Eric Spoelstra already has great respect and a strong fighting spirit for Su Chen.

Even Eric Spoelstra is a person who is confident in himself. If he studies the Warriors lineup carefully, he may not be unable to reach the finals.

But this Timberwolves, Eric - Spoelstra really does not have much confidence.

Maybe the young man named Butler is more mature, and the one named Giannis Antetokounmpo can grow again. He still has confidence in these two people who have really grown up.

But Butler is only in the third grade now.

Giannis Antetokounmpo is even a rookie. Before the draft, he was not selected as a lottery pick by major managers, but was forcibly selected by Su Chen in the front position.

Giannis Antetokounmpo's talent isn't all that high either.

But after an offseason, Giannis Antetokounmpo's strength has increased significantly, and his skills have also improved.

And the strength shown by Giannis Antetokounmpo at the beginning is still relatively immature.

But after Su Chen signed in with a fixed ability value, Giannis Antetokounmpo's strength has really improved a lot.

But in the eyes of Erik Spoelstra, Giannis Antetokounmpo's growth rate is simply amazing.

And this time.

The game is about to start.

Su Chen got up from the bench and walked towards Eric Spoelstra.

Eric Spoelstra was still thinking about something, and his reaction was a little slow, and he walked over quickly after the assistant coach reminded him.

"Coach Spoelstra thought a lot about it."

Su Chen looked at Eric Spoelstra and couldn't help but smile.

"You should too."

Eric Spoelstra knew that Su Chen had seen his actions just now.

But for Su Chen's actions just now, Eric Spoelstra also saw it in his eyes and replied to Su Chen.

The two are still opponents, and Erik Spoelstra didn't answer much. He has to focus on the game now.

The starting players of both sides also walked to the field at this time.

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

Heat starting lineup: Chris Bosh (C), Rashard Lewis (PF), LeBron James (SF), Dwyane Wade (SG), Mario Chalmers (PG)

For the Timberwolves, they continued the most commonly used starting lineup before.

Two young Timberwolves main attackers, and three All-Star players.

Although Ibaka has not made the All-Star, but Ibaka has also averaged 15.1 points + 8.8 rebounds per game.

At the same time, he entered the defense for a while and won the block leader again and again. Such a player did not make the All-Star, but he also stepped into the All-Star threshold.

Roy Hibbert was also selected as an All-Star this season. His data for being an All-Star this season is 10.8 points and 6.6 rebounds.

It's not just that the data is not an All-Star level, after all, some players' data cannot reflect his help to the team.

But in fact, Roy Hibbert is not in that rank, and even his stats do not reflect his damage to the team.

His rim protection in the paint dropped, rebounding dropped, and he took up space for the team.

Defensive All-Star center, but can't defend.

There is also Tyson Chandler, who was selected as an All-Star in the past few seasons. He was only 10+10 that season.

He does have the feeling that the data can't reflect his effect, but in fact, he is not much stronger than the data, and his strength is relatively limited.

As an All-Star, the data is somewhat underwhelming.

Compared with these two, Ibaka is obviously more qualified.

But the Thunder already have two MVP-level players, and Westbrook and Durant are regulars in the All-Stars. In this way, the Thunder is not a super strong team and cannot give them three All-Star selections.

Later, when Ibaka left from the Thunder, he had already played closed, and Ibaka naturally failed to be selected as an All-Star.

But the peak Ibaka, the All-Star level is still no exaggeration.

The starting lineup of the Timberwolves is actually a bit like a lineup of five All-Stars.

But there are no high-level star players, no superstar players, a bunch of low-profile All-Stars.

Luol Deng is a low-profile All-Star, and Iguodala is capable, but he is not at the high-level All-Star level.

Although Ibaka has All-Star strength, he is still a low-profile All-Star.

The third-year Butler probably has the strength of an average All-Star.

Giannis Antetokounmpo still looks a little immature now, although he has passed the offseason training and a lot of ball possession training in the regular season.

Even adding that the ability value is fixed at 80% of the peak level, but Giannis Antetokounmpo's own strength is still far from the peak level, and 80% of the attributes cannot really exert 80% of the effect.

At the same time, as a rookie, even though he has experienced a lot of ball training, his experience is still lacking compared to those old fritters.

However, with the addition of [Strikeman Bonds], it is not an exaggeration to say that the starting strength of the five All-Stars.

For this lineup, Su Chen is still very confident.

The source of this confidence is not only his system ability and player strength, but also the current lineup problem of the Heat.

In the last season, Haslem can also serve as the team's starting center, making the Heat look like a team with insiders.

In any case, Haslem and Bosh's insider combination is somewhat deterrent.

However, as Haslem's age further increases, Haslem now has no ability to start the team.

Erik Spoelstra used a small lineup, but this small lineup was forced to use, not what he wanted to use.

In addition to Haslem, Battier could still be used as a power forward, but Battier has fallen too much now.

This makes Eric - Spoelstra can only use Lewis to play the starting power forward.

Lewis has spent his entire career as a shooter rather than a strong power forward role, which will be a challenge for the Heat's interior defense.

The combination of Lewis and Bosh's inner frame protection looks like noodles and has no deterrent effect.

(End of this chapter)