Is Kerr strong defensively?

Actually, no, compared with Thibodeau, Popovich, Van Gundy and other defensive masters, Kerr's defensive coaching ability is much worse.

However, Kerr was able to fit the defense perfectly into the run-and-gun style of small-ball play.

It's not easy.

The so-called defensive ability is only relative to the current Wizards.

In the season when the Warriors went 73-9, they averaged 114.9 points per game, which ranks first in the league, while conceding 104.1 points per game, which is in the middle and lower reaches of the league.

If you want to say that the defense is strong, in fact, the Warriors have not been able to do it, and there are still many problems in this team's defense, such as the relative lack of defensive ability of point guard Curry, a serious lack of height on the inside, and poor rebounding protection......

However, the huge margin of 10.8 points per game is by no means negligible.

With a blistering offensive tempo, it's rare for the Warriors to be able to defend to this extent, and it's not so easy to break the 72-10 record set by Joe's invincible Bulls.

Wang Xiao doesn't know if Kerr, who was in '11, will be able to find the balance of improving defensive efficiency in the team's fast-paced games like he did in '14, but it's definitely worth a try.

Moreover, in the process, Wang Xiao will also provide some advice from the future Warriors.

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The preseason season is over, and the NBA2010-2011 regular season is just around the corner.

As in previous years, this year is also 82 games per team, and the schedule is still packed and tight.

The Wizards' first regular season game began on October 28 against the Orlando Magic, who were eliminated by the Wizards in last season's playoffs with a 2-4 run.

This game is the home of the Magic, and the game has attracted a lot of attention.

After all, in the summer, the Wizards and the Magic had 6 life-and-death battles, although they did not go to the seventh, but the process was quite intense.

Many Magic fans hope that the team can be disgraced in the new season and report the sorrow of being eliminated from the playoffs last season, and Wizards fans have rushed to Orlando to cheer for the Wizards.

As a result, the openers of these two teams have attracted a lot of attention, second only to the opening game of the new and old Big Three of the Heat Big Three vs Celtics Big Three, and the two openers of Lakers vs Rockets.

In the eyes of many, this game will be a battle for the dragon, although the Wizards in the playoffs last season after Curry was injured and still eliminated the Magic, but in the end it has a lot to do with luck, if the Magic Carter, Lewis and other outside shooters are not so bad, if Howard is not plagued by fouls in the third game, it may be another story.

Moreover, this season, the strength of the Wizards team is not advancing but declining, although rookies such as Curry and Harden will inevitably grow, but it is an indisputable fact that Butler and Jamison, the two main players of the team, are a year older, and more importantly, the team's interior pillar Haywood has also left the team, and now only Jordan Jr. and McGee are left in the interior to support, can they really fight against Howard?

With such suspense, people walked into the Magic's home arena and waited for the big battle to begin.

However......

"123:102, the Wizards easily defeated the Magic team on the road, I have to say, this is a game without suspense, compared to the energetic performance of the Wizards, the Magic team is like a horse carriage about to be scrapped, and the speed is not comparable to the opponent's Lamborghini......"

From the start, the game was completely one-sided.

After the preseason continuous change of starters, the starting lineup of the Wizards in the regular season has not changed much compared with last season, still point guard Curry, point guard Green, small forward Butler, big forward Jamison, only the starting center position has changed from Haywood to Jordan Jr.

But this lineup knocked the Magic team at the beginning.

It's still a very fast offensive and defensive transition, and it's still a frequent pick-and-roll and three-point shooting tactic from the outside after running, but the Wizards' scoring efficiency is amazingly high.

In the opening four attacks, he actually hit three three-pointers!

And these three three-pointers were all shot by Curry alone!

9 points in 3 minutes!

Curry's absence from last season's playoffs due to a sprain made Curry feel quite depressed, and he seems to want to put all his sulk out of this game.

The difference quickly widened to more than 10 points, and as time went on, it got even worse!

The audience was a little surprised, Curry's offensive ability does seem to have been further improved compared to last season, but it is not so much that the Magic team has no power to fight back!

However, the more knowledgeable people, including the coaches on the field, understand what is going on.

Van Gundy sighed helplessly.

The start of the new season means that Carter, Lewis and others are a year older......

Carter is about to turn 34, and Lewis is almost 32.

Although there are many people who can still play peak statistics at this age, such as Jordan, who can still score an average of 28.7 points per game at the age of 36.

But Carter and Lewis are clearly not Jordans, and after they are over 30 years old, their fitness has declined quite a bit because of injuries at a young age.

In the face of the Wizards' fast-paced offensive and defensive transitions, they were able to keep up with the pace at first, but as the game went on, it gradually became difficult to keep up with the average Wizards players.

In fact, the Wizards also have such a situation, and Jamison is a year older than Carter.

However, when Jamison is out of fitness, the Wizards can always replace him as soon as possible, and put Butler at the power forward position or directly to the rookie rookie Paul. George on top.

As a result, the Magic team fell into passivity.

In this process, the most aggrieved is undoubtedly Howard.

In the storm of small balls with frequent changes between attack and defense, the most helpless is a traditional center like him.

constantly running back and forth, many times there is no chance to even touch the ball, like a blue-collar who grabs rebounds and defends.

In fact, the Wizards' center Jordan Jr. also does this, but how can Howard, who has already taken the title of the league's No. 1 center, be compared to a rookie center who has just started the team?

Howard originally wanted to rely on his excellent rebounding ability to grab rebounds on the inside of the Wizards for a second offense.

But this little Jordan's ability to card and grab rebounds is unexpectedly good, not losing to Haywood in the playoffs last season, or even better.

While Howard still has the upper hand most of the time, he can't crush the rebound.