roccoschili Chapter 825 [Get serious, key rotation]
Chapter 825 [Get serious, key rotation]
Chapter 825 [Get serious, key rotation]
Curry showed his high ball intelligence, gave his teammates a signal, and started to play according to the second tactic arranged by Yang Rui.Chandler storms the basket, and as long as he attracts Cousins to make up defense, he will score Griffin on the bottom line.
Griffin is on the bottom line on the right, not going anywhere, not worrying that Chandler can't find it.If other people make up the defense in place, Griffin will take advantage of the opportunity to distribute the ball and also have a chance. He has a good sense of passing and can see where the gap is. When the time comes, the King's peripheral rotation will be tested. into three points.
Curry and Chandler played a pick-and-roll, attracting the two of them to double-team and finding a gap for Chandler in the middle.
Chandler rushed to the inside with the ball. Cousins dunked without covering him. Cousins chose to fill in, and Chandler gave Griffin to the bottom line.
Green stood outside the 70-degree three-point line. McLemore did not dare to defend Griffin. Before the game, the coach specially told him to follow Green closely. He listened to the coach's arrangement.
Mike Malone won't be in the King for long, and he will definitely leave. The King hopes that he can strengthen the team's defense, but in the current lineup, except for Barnes, who has some defensive potential, everyone else is strong on offense and weak on defense. Not good as a coach.
Griffin made an easy shot from a little outside the penalty area line and hollowed into the net. 9 to 4.
The Kings attacked, Cousins received the ball in the middle after the pick-and-roll, and rushed to the inside with the ball, attracting the two to double-team and split out.Thompson took aim at the open space on the left bottom line, missed the basket in the mid shot, and the rebound was grabbed by Griffin.
For Thompson's offense, Malone was helpless and could not improve.
Thompson later joined the Chinese CBA Shandong team and averaged less than 20 points per game in the CBA. He left China in only one season in 16-17.
The Clippers continued the same tactic. This time, Thompson switched to Curry a little slower, keeping his distance and trying to cut through Chandler.Curry got rid of Irving, took a big step laterally and made a three-pointer with a step back.
The ball bounced out of the basket, but the opportunity had already come out. Cousins protected the backcourt rebounds and made a long pass to find Irving who was going down quickly. The rough problem was committed again.
Cousins has been on the way to support the inside line. This season, he averaged a career high of 3.3 assists per game, but the number of turnovers also hit a career high of 3.6 per game.His idea of a long pass was right, but unfortunately he didn't have a good grasp of the strength. Owen ran at full speed and didn't catch the ball, so he passed the baseline directly.
The Clippers attacked, Curry and Chandler played a pick-and-roll, this time Irving was not out of position, Curry passed it directly to Griffin, who pulled to the right 70 degrees, one step away from the three-point line Surface box.
Chandler’s empty cut tactics couldn’t come out, Griffin adjusted spontaneously, took a step after catching the ball, Cousins kept his distance to prevent breakthroughs, Griffin suddenly pulled out his hand, Cousins didn’t jump, just reached out Slight disturbance.
Cousins has the physique to become an excellent defensive player, but his defense depends on his mood. He rarely jumps when defending the perimeter, and Griffin makes a clean hit. 11 to 4.
Griffin made three consecutive mid-range shots, and Mike Malone's head was big, but he had not figured out how to adjust it.
Yang Rui's practice of shooting with Griffin is still fruitful. Although he can't make three-pointers, the mid-range shot is already a conventional weapon, and even a stunt.
At the beginning of the season, there was a lot of speculation that Griffin would turn into a pitcher, like Aldridge for the Blazers, or even Nowitzki.At that time, Griffin denied such a statement, saying that he just wanted to become more comprehensive, but in terms of data, only 33.2% of Griffin's shots at the basket this season dropped to a 4-season low, while the proportion of mid-to-long-distance shots 42.3%, a career high.
Irving and Cousins played the pick-and-roll to get rid of Green, changed direction and broke past Griffin, attracting Chandler to make up the defense and scoring the ball. Thompson caught the ball from close range and played the board, and finally scored. 11 to 6.
After playing a few more rounds, Mike Malone requested a timeout. He found that the Clippers' offensive routine was different from that in the regular season.
In the regular season, Clippers players played very casually, especially Curry often forced shots against people.Today, Curry mainly made breakthroughs and points, and did not force a shot, while Griffin made a mid-range shot. The King was a little overwhelmed.
Malone saw that the key to the Clippers' upper hand lies in Chandler's empty cut. Once the blue-collar center's offensive end plays a role, the King can no longer partially attack Griffin and Curry, and the outside line is a three-point opportunity.If not double-teamed, the two Clippers stars can play singles calmly again, and the Kings lack defensive elites.
Malone realized one terrible thing was that many of the Clippers' regular-season games weren't serious.The fact is that when Yang Rui feels that his opponents are of average strength, he will let the players play freely as relaxation, so that he can have a better state to fight tough battles.
In the 82 regular season games, if the players strictly run tactics and concentrate in every game, let alone the young Clippers, even the Spurs can't do it, Popovich is useless to yell at the players.
Yang Rui has been able to lead the team to win 70+ games in the regular season many times, not only because of the strong lineup, but also because he will arrange a run-and-gun attack, allowing players and opponents to compete for talent instead of field-run tactics.Only in the running and shooting, many seemingly random shots can ensure high efficiency.
Malone is different. This is the first year of his career as a head coach. His tactics are very rigid, which is no different from the regular season. There are traces to follow.
After the timeout, Malone replaced Ilyasova with a ruthless intention to fight against the Clippers.
Yang Rui also immediately made a substitution, and Chandler Parsons replaced Griffin.In this way, the Clippers' 4 position has a longer range, and Parsons' defense will not become a loophole. Ilyasova has a similar style to him, floating outside and shooting.
The game continued, the king's strategy was to cooperate with the pick and roll, the three opened, and Cousins and Irving attacked.
Cousins stormed a few times and scored another 10, but his mood was getting impatient.Cousins made 73% of his free throws in the regular season, and he couldn't use the "shark slashing tactics" to deal with it, but the Clippers players completely obeyed Yang Rui's arrangement and fouled the ball that went deep into the basket.
Cousins made 6 free throws, and his anger has gradually risen.
The Clippers led 31-24 in the first quarter.
In the second quarter, Griffin, who had rested for half a quarter, came back to bring a substitute, and the other four were Faried, Parsons, Guy, and Livingston.
This lineup has two All-Stars, three great role players, and has no problem starting most teams.The Kings bench was completely suppressed.
The five kings are Isiah Thomas, Ray McCallum, John Salmons, Karl Landry, and Ilyasova.
They imitated the Clippers' small-ball tactics, pure offensive lineup, able to open shots on the inside and sharp breakthroughs from the outside.The Kings beat the Clippers on offense in the regular season.
In the regular season, Yang Rui did not let Griffin take the bench in the second quarter, and this crucial rotation overwhelmed the Kings defense.The two opened up and waited for a three-pointer. Livingston and Griffin played pick-and-rolls, and Faried was ready to cut and rush offensive rebounds.
Ilyasova switched to defending Livingston. Thomas was too short to stop Griffin's empty cut. Livingston only needed to find Griffin to pass the ball.Thomas can't even catch up and defend. After being blocked, he can't interfere with the shot. This is the sadness of his height of 175CM. He can only prevent breakthroughs.
Yang Rui arranged his tactics according to Livingston's style. He was inaccurate in mid-to-long-range shots, and he would break through after the pick-and-roll, even if the bottom line reached 45 degrees, so that even if Thomas caught up, he could use his height advantage to play singles, or give Low post Griffin lob.
Griffin's low singles Ilyasova also has a physical advantage. If he can't make a shot, Faried can also grab offensive rebounds.
The difference quickly opened up...
(End of this chapter)