basketball court controller

Chapter 153 Trouble with the inside line

After winning the first game, there was one more thing in the eyes of the young Warriors players, and that was confidence.

To be honest, Zhang Chen also breathed a sigh of relief. After all, this was his first time leading a team in the playoffs. If something unexpected happened, he would probably be at a loss.

The team's defense gave him a big surprise. Only hard work will win. The attitude of defense is really very important, and the defensive attitude shown by the Warriors is what he hopes to see most.

In the second game of the playoffs, the main lineups of both sides remained unchanged.

At the beginning, I felt that there was no special change in the opponent's style of play.

This situation is also normal. In many cases, losing is not a problem of tactics, but a problem of the performance of the players on both sides.

But not long after the first quarter, the Mavericks replaced a substitute player who did not play.

The Warriors thought that the opponent was starting new players to increase the rotation, and didn't care so much, but the referee's whistle suddenly sounded. At this time, the Warriors had just dribbled the ball for halftime, and some players didn't even know what happened.

The referee pointed to the penalty spot for the Warriors players to realize that the Mavericks came up to attack Dampier. The opponent's defensive action was big before. Zhang Chen thought it was a signal to strengthen the defense. Unexpectedly, the opponent would use it in the first quarter. Hack tactics.

Dampier went to the free throw line and missed both free throws.

In the inside of the Warriors, both Dampier and Foyle's defense are not bad, but free throws are at the same level as O'Neal, maybe even worse.

When it was the Warriors' turn to attack again, the opponent scored again. This time Dampier made one of two free throws.

They thought the opponent would have some scruples after making a free throw, but they obviously didn't expect the determination of the opponent's head coach Don Nelson. The opponent didn't give the Warriors any chance to attack, it was just a cut.

Although the Mavericks lacked rotation, there were plenty of fouls.

The Warriors can only replace Dampier, Mark Jackson, who is good at free throws but not so strong in defense.

"Zhang Chen obviously didn't expect that his teammates would also be targeted. If O'Neill saw this scene, he would definitely gloat."

"You know, although Zhang Chen is the player who took the lead in doing that in the finals, coach Don Nelson has long been fond of using this trick when leading the team to compete with O'Neal."

"It doesn't matter. They did this at the beginning of the game. They were obviously afraid of our offense. This move cannot defeat us. Everyone should calm down and let them see the real defensive strength." Disrupted by the opponent and replaced In order, Zhang Chen soon felt relieved. Neither Dampier nor Foyle is an irreplaceable presence in the Warriors. Let them cut down and let them do less, and see what the Mavericks can do.

The Mavericks didn't want to win with this trick, they just wanted to disrupt the Warriors' rhythm and gain an advantage.

Dampier went down, the height of the Warriors dropped again, their rebounding advantage will be more obvious, and the help defense inside will drop a notch.

But on the other hand, this also allows the Warriors to put out the strongest offensive lineup in advance.

That being the case, let's attack. Zhang Chen got the ball from the guard. No wonder the Lakers hate the shark-slashing tactic so much. It really feels bad to be able to attack with the ball again. .

Facing Finley's defense, Zhang Chen turned his back and pushed in. In fact, Finley's strength is not bad. After sitting for two times, Zhang Chen suddenly turned around and jumped to squeeze past.

All the defenders in the opponent's eyes shot at him. Zhang Chen faced the defender who jumped out, and the ball went to the side. Mark Jackson is not a rough guy like Dampier. 2 points down.

"It doesn't matter, just come back from the attack, just keep entangled him and don't let him score easily." Don Nelson shouted to the players on the field. He didn't intend to completely defend the Warriors. His focus was still on offense, but He couldn't let Zhang Chen play comfortably.

The importance of Zhang Chen to the Warriors is self-evident. The Warriors took the initiative in the second half because they did not do enough in the last game. It should be said that Zhang Chen's attack and organization gave the Warriors an advantage.

Try to consume Zhang Chen's physical strength, and would rather let other Warriors players score than limit him. This is the Mavericks' defensive strategy in this game.

But for this kind of defense, Zhang Chen himself doesn't care very much. He is not that kind of touch player, and he doesn't care who is scoring. It's good that the Warriors score more than the opponent.

Besides, capable players cannot be restricted if they are restricted.

To score more than the opponent, there are generally two ways, one is to score more goals than the opponent, and the other is to prevent the opponent from scoring so many goals. The Warriors value both aspects.

Finley shot a lot in the last game, but his shooting percentage was not very good. This is why the Mavericks have been under pressure by the Warriors. Of course, the attacking team cannot gain an advantage if they cannot score.

In this game, they gave more balls to allow Nowitzki, who has a more stable shooting rate, to attack.

Zhang Chen is still the main defender of Nowitzki, because the height of the Warriors players is much shorter, Zhang Chen is a more reasonable choice to defend Nowitzki.

Zhang Chen's defense made the opponent feel what physical confrontation is like in the playoffs. This is also Zhang Chen's most beneficial weapon against tall pitchers. If too much energy is consumed in physical confrontation, it is impossible to be so accurate all the time. However, it is much more difficult to kill opponents in the playoffs than in the regular season.

"Dirk, it's better for you to give up. You should be exhausted in the second half like this."

"Zhang, I'm not afraid of physical confrontation. I can shoot all day without any problem."

"But you are under my defense, you will never last four quarters."

Nowitzki realized that it was meaningless to communicate with Zhang Chen on the field, so he immediately ran, and receiving the ball was a fake shot.

Zhang Chen didn't take off at all, and stood firmly in front of the opponent.

The height of the opponent, it is useless to take off easily to block the shooting route. It is enough to block the position so that the opponent cannot easily jump up. With the positions of the two sides, Nowitzki cannot make a shot as easily as a fake move. The reason why Zhang Chen is very calm.

The fake action didn't work, and Nowitzki quickly passed the ball. If facing an inside defensive player, he can still break through with the ball, but facing an outside defensive player, his trick is not easy to use.

As soon as he turned around and squeezed in, he immediately turned his back to Zhang Chen.

Nowitzki opened his hand again to ask for the ball, and Nash immediately lobbed the ball over.

Turning around and leaning back, the opponent's shooting action is very standard, but the crowded position has not reached the ideal depth, and the shot is short.

Nowitzki faced Zhang Chen's physical confrontation defense, and sometimes he was able to make a shot, but obviously he did not have the usual success rate. He could shoot without affecting his hand shape, but he was squeezed by Zhang Chen. The force will definitely be affected.

When Juwan Howard and him aren't on the floor at the same time, he's shooting better closer to the rim, and farther away from the rim like this suffers more.

Being able to shoot from the outside was originally one of his advantages, but now because of Zhang Chen's defense, his advantage has become a little awkward.

In the first quarter, the Warriors still had an advantage, but when Zhang Chen went down to rest, the Mavericks immediately overtook the score. The two muscles in the inner line were afraid that they would not be cut, which still affected the Warriors.

I don't think Zhang Chen has a high offensive efficiency on the field, but Zhang Chen's disadvantages are immediately highlighted after the rest.

There was no way, the break was not long and it was time to start again, the Mavericks' main lineup didn't dare to rest too much, and the two sides were ready to fight recklessly regardless of fatigue.

Fortunately, the big and tall Bradley couldn't play for so long. After the Mavericks went down, whether it was a backup center or Nowitzki returning to the inside, the Warriors didn't take advantage of their height.

And if the Warriors are not an orthodox center, Zhang Chen can defend inside, and his ability to help defend and rebound is not weaker than Dampier and Foyle, and it should be said that he has more advantages.

"Finley ran back and received a pass from Nash for a layup... Oh, Zhang Chen's block, his defensive ability in the interior is really amazing."

"The Mavericks quickly replaced Booth. Nowitzki really has no advantage in the center position. He is still not strong enough, and he does not have an advantage in the confrontation with Zhang Chen."

"Nash suddenly accelerated while dribbling and made a three-pointer."

"Nowitzki ran to the midfield to ask for the ball. Could it be that he was going to hit it head-on? He shot it one step away from the three-point line and scored...it was amazing."

"Zhang Chen passed directly from Blaylock's hands, followed the screen of his teammates and made a three-pointer, and he hit it."

"Jamison also shot a three-pointer, which missed a bit."

"Bradley, who played again, received a through ball from Nash and completed a dunk. As soon as he came up, the Warriors looked too short inside."

At the last moment of the first half, the Mavericks used their height to attack the inside line many times and played a 10:2 spurt.

At 50:59, at the end of the second quarter, the Warriors trailed by 9 points.

"They are so despicable that they even used the tactic of cutting people." After the game fell behind, the players were more excited.

Zhang Chen's forehead was a little sweaty, they had done this before, and no one else was to blame.

"Whether the tactics are despicable or not, do your own thing well, no matter what tactics the opponent uses, we must win the game."

"Yes, our defense in the first half still had loopholes. We need to squeeze their players out of the three-second zone." Seeing Zhang Chen speak, Larry Hughes also echoed.

The Warriors usually speak with Zhang Chen, and no one will disagree. Seeing his teammates care about the score, Zhang Chen also patted his chest and said: "Don't worry, everyone, I have a way to deal with them. Do you remember what happened in the second half of the last game? Be positive, their physical strength is no match for us..."

"We'll win if we get through the toughest moments."

(End of this chapter)