Chapter 938
Chapter 938
Chapter 938
The Thunder's defensive strategy against Towns is to let Patterson defend once he goes to the outside pick-and-roll, mainly to let his 3-pointers.When it comes to the inside, Duck is in charge of defense.
Once Towns and the guard pick and roll, the Thunder's strategy is not to switch directly like the Warriors, but to choose to go around the screen or squeeze through the screen, because neither Teague nor ** who hold the ball for the pick-and-roll are very good at holding the ball. ability.
In the playoffs, there is a lot of emphasis on matchup and targeting. If you have weaknesses, people will target you, such as the 3-pointers of ** and Teague.
Towns actually has a chance to shoot a 3-pointer. This is the Thunder's challenge to him. They don't give him a wide open, but allow him to shoot some 3-pointers to test his touch.His 3-point shooting percentage in the regular season this season is as high as 42.1%, and his average production of 1.5 3-pointers per game is not bad.But it will still be tested, the reason is that the production is still not enough, and in many cases the opponent gives him a chance to open up, and the hit rate is a bit low.
So why do you say that Lu Yizhong and Rondo’s 3-point shooting rate may not be much different from that of some stars, but they are still ruthlessly missed? Simple reference hit rate.In addition, it also involves the issue of production.There are many people in the league than Curry Zhun, but why is he the scariest?Because his 3-point defensive intensity is the highest, and his output is several times that of ordinary shooters when the shooting rate is guaranteed.
Towns was tested in this game. I don't know if it was the first time in his career that he played in the playoffs. His state was not adjusted well. Anyway, his shooting was not on point, and he didn't dare to shoot later.
Another No. [-] pick of the Timberwolves, Wolfberry Wiggins, also played poorly on the offensive end. Not to mention his low shooting percentage, his participation was not high enough, and he made many mistakes. He was ruled to death by his big brother Paul George.
In 2015, some experts predicted Wiggins. This forecast report indicated that in 2020, Goji Wiggins will become the second player in the league, second only to the Pelicans' thick eyebrow brother Anthony Davis. .
However, judging from the current 2018, let alone No. 2 in the league, whether he can rank in No. 20 in the league is a big question mark.
No matter how talented you are, no matter how good your skills are, if you have a bad attitude and can't cash in, it's useless.It's like saying that my family is very rich and the richest man in the local area, but my family's money cannot be paid out, and I am trapped like a bear market in stocks, that is soft and egg.
The Thunder suppressed their opponents from the very beginning of the game. The two No. [-] picks of the Timberwolves were unable to open, and the ball returned to the hands of ** and Teague.
Teague faced the opponent's temptation for 3 points. He took a few shots and felt bad, so he took fewer shots and tried to break through; **Faced with Xie Kai, the effect of strong play is not good. If the pick-and-roll is played, the opponent delays and goes around the screen. Yes, tempted him to shoot, made him unhappy.
**Very comprehensive, he doesn't have 3 points at all, of course he can shoot 3 points, but he just doesn't stand out.He can attack with the ball, can instigate offense, can cover without the ball, can do everything, works hard on the defensive end, has good physical fitness, and has burst team attributes. He is a very good second-in-command.
It's a pity that in the Timberwolves, there is no qualified master, so ** cannot fully release his comprehensive body.His backcourt partner Teague is worse than him in 3 points, and can dribble for 18-20 seconds with the ball. The adaptability of the two is extremely poor.If he is in the team's long-term plan, the team really shouldn't find a guard like Teague to partner with him.
A No. 3 with no stable 2-point ability, if paired with a Rondo-like No. 1 and a No. 3 who needs to hold the ball like Anthony, the opponent will be sorry for your awesome lineup if they don’t shrink...
So Towns is not saying that he likes to shoot 3-pointers so much, but that there are too many insiders, Gibson does not have 3-pointers, and the CIC is also so-so. Although it is not like TT blocking space, there is no space point. What does it matter.
The biggest problem on the offensive end of the Timberwolves is that there are too many ball-holding points, and the tasks of holding/off the ball are not fully divided.This is of course the fault of the coaching staff, but even if Thibodeau's offensive training is terrible, he is also a professional coach, and he really doesn't know that everyone holds the ball. One player playing four players is a wonderful tactic.
But what can he do?Wolfberry is the best off-the-ball spot on the outside, but he is the future of the team. He is a superstar to be cultivated in the same way as Kobe Durant. You let him stand in the bottom corner to open up space and be a 3D?
Let your own son be 3D?Do you still want to do it?
No wing who plays off the ball can become a superstar. Some people say that Ray Allen mainly plays off the ball. Then you haven’t seen Ray Allen during the period of the Bucks’ three musketeers, and you haven’t seen him play with Lewis in Seattle. Ray Allen, who is crazy about attacking.When he arrived in the Celtics and Miami, Ray was already completely off the ball in the latter part of his career.
Why is it difficult for an outside player who plays without the ball to become a superstar, because without enough possessions, there is not enough data. Without data, you can’t make it to the All-Star. If you are not an All-Star, will you be a superstar?And as an outside star, the ball is in the hands of others at critical moments, and you can't control the team's offense. It is difficult for you to have the opportunity to dominate the game. The word superstar has nothing to do with you.
Brother Gouqi is just too smart. If you watch his game carefully, he is not incompetent.His physical fitness is at the T0 level, and he is durable. Both static and dynamic are very good, but he is very small on the defensive end. He basically just put on a show, and the physical loss is small.On the offensive end, he seldom runs without the ball. If he has no chance to score, he will pay great attention to conserving energy, and will choose to roam, screen without the ball, block positions and so on. This kind of work has nothing to do with him.
When there is a chance to score, he will work hard, occasionally showing a dunk or something, but the aggressiveness is still not continuous enough.
That's why netizens ridiculed him that he can fight until he is 50 years old.He didn't have any blood and energy of a young man, and the team's victory or defeat seemed to have nothing to do with him.You can say that the team has been doing poorly and he has lost his will to win, but now that the team is playing in the playoffs, he is still like this, what else can you say?
The Thunder fans at the scene enjoyed this game very much.Although there were no twists and turns in the game, the home team has always been leading and abused the opponent, which is a different flavor.
There is a big gap between the Timberwolves' bench and main strength, mainly not offense, but defense.The backcourt combination of Rose and Jamal Crawford has a smooth offense, comparable to an All-Star backcourt, but the defense...is not much better than a cash machine.The two came up, and the points they scored were about the same as the points they lost, so the win-loss value was not much better than that of the starters.
Moreover, facing the backcourt defensive duo composed of Xie Kai and Robertson, it is also difficult for them to play crazy offense.Another problem with these two is that they both need to have the ball in their hands, and the power of the person without the ball will be greatly reduced, which is really similar to the starting backcourt duo.
(End of this chapter)
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