When Luke Wharton heard this question, his face became solemn, how to defend Xie Chen, this is also a problem he has been studying all the time.

Luke Wharton is going to take over the Lakers' mess next season and officially become the head coach of a team, Wharton was a former Lakers player, and he is extremely eager to coach this team that has won numerous honors in the past, and Wharton's former superstar teammate Kobe Bryant predicted that Wharton would become a coach when they played together.

When the two played with the Lakers, Kobe often teased Walton and said that it was definitely better for him to be a coach than to play, but at that time, Walton was bent on becoming an excellent player, and he was not interested in Kobe's praise at all.

Although Luke Wharton has become the head coach of the Lakers, the Lakers owner now calls Walton once or twice a day at most, and for a short time, because Walton is still fully focused on the Warriors team, and assisting Kerr to win the championship seems to be more important than him planning his own team.

However, Wharton feels that he is doing the same thing, and now the Warriors' opponent is the Knicks, directly speaking, it is Xie Chen, and Wharton's coaching career has just begun, and Xie Chen's career has not been long in coming, if Wharton wants to lead the Lakers to win the championship in the future, then Xie Chen will be his biggest opponent, and it is of great significance to him and the future Lakers to study this terrifying opponent thoroughly as soon as possible.

Now that Kerr and he can't help Xie Chen, the important thing is that in a few years, when Walton's Lakers meet Xie Chen again, they must be able to restrain him.

Luke Wharton sighed and shook his head: "The New York Knicks can get to where they are today, it can be said that it is entirely thanks to thanks, the Toronto Raptors, Miami Heat, and the Cleveland Cavaliers." Including us, defending Xie, the defense that should be used has basically been used, I really can't think of any perfect strategy to prevent Xie, but I believe you must have a way. ”

Luke Wharton looked at Kerr with a pleading expression, and Coach Kerr smiled meaningfully. Then he said: "No strategy is perfect, Xie is a smart fellow, no matter what method we use, he can handle it." So we have to be selective and sacrificed, and in the next game, my plan is to let Xie score less than 30 points, strictly limit the amount of time he can hold the ball, and absolutely cut off the connection between him and his teammates, and not let him score. He also doesn't let his teammates score in tandem. ”

"But it's also clear from this game that his team-mates can beat us as well," Wharton said. ”

Kerr laughed: "I'd rather let them beat us, and besides, I don't agree with the other Knicks players other than Shea, do you think we can shoot 25 three-pointers in the next game like tonight?" ”

"I don't think that's likely," Wharton said. ”

Cole said: "Then how can you believe that they can continue tonight's game next time?" ”

Kerr was not intimidated by the Knicks' 23 three-pointers, everyone went crazy tonight, they all played at a super level, but the game will eventually return to normal. He couldn't see through Xie Chen's strength, but he was sure of the rest of the Knicks.

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Waiting for match day is a grueling process. In the past two days, the Warriors and the Knicks have carefully analyzed themselves and their opponents, and they have also withdrawn from the crazy mood of the last game, and they are relatively peaceful in their mentality, the Knicks do not attach too much importance to the one they are currently leading, and the Warriors do not have too much pressure because of a loss, after all. As is customary for them this season, the next game after a loss should be a win.

When is the Warriors the scariest? When is the team healthiest and feels the best? No, the Warriors after the loss are the most terrible! The Warriors after the loss. It can only be described in three words, I can't afford to provoke!

This season, the Warriors will always show extraordinary strength in the next game after losing, as long as the Warriors can average 121 points per game, 52 percent shooting percent, and 46 percent three-point shooting rate in the next game after losing, the Warriors have not lost a single consecutive game in the entire regular season.

However, this time against the Knicks, they lost in a row, since Xie Chen returned in the second game of the finals, the Warriors lost two games in a row, although the last game The Warriors scored more than the average score of 121 points, and the shooting percentage was up to standard, but they lost.

It is generally believed that the Warriors after losing one game cannot be provoked, and the Warriors after losing two games will be even more difficult to mess with! Game 4 will be even more challenging for the Knicks!

The Warriors' rebound after the loss has been the focus of everyone's attention, the Warriors are the team with 73 wins, and many pundits say that as long as the Warriors win the championship, they will be the best team in history.

Everyone in the Warriors wants to be a part of the "best team in history", and in the fourth game, the Warriors didn't have much amazing performance at the beginning, nor did they show the momentum that this game must win, but they handled every ball smoothly, but they always controlled the rhythm of the game, and the Warriors' various tactics were also used amazingly and admirably.

Curry and Green's blocking and dismantling has always been the most frequently used method by the Warriors, and for most teams, to deal with the blocking and dismantling of the two, they all take a direct change of defense, and the big one goes outside the three-point line, so the Warriors have upgraded this tactic, that is, "super high post blocking and dismantling".

Compared with ordinary high-post pick-and-roll, the position of the ultra-high block-and-roll is farther, almost one or two steps from the three-point line, and because of Curry's ultra-long three-point ability, the big man must be pushed out of the three-point line to defend, otherwise, Curry will directly shoot beyond the three-point line.

And once the big man chases outside the three-point line, then Curry will fiercely break through to the basket, don't care whether he gets in or not, which is a huge physical exertion for the big man, even if it is the youngest and most physical Caldons, who is currently the youngest and most energetic, can't hold up if he is tossed all the time, and if he plays like this, the defender will always be lax in defense, so as to give the opponent a chance.

Stephen Curry used this trick to constantly consume Lopez's physical strength, and his personal scoring continued to rise, either breaking into two points or three points outside, Curry always has a way to read the defense and score in the most appropriate way, after all, MVP, Curry is still quite threatening.

But Curry isn't alone in having a long range. Xie Chen can also shoot a step or two away from the three-point line, and the Knicks can also play super high blocking and attacking opponents, but the problem is that the Warriors and Knicks don't take the same defensive style.

The Warriors didn't let Xie Chen dribble at all.

Once Xie Chen becomes a threat, two Warriors players will immediately come up, which completely restricts Xie Chen. Go and let others go.

The Warriors exposed their defensive plan for tonight from the beginning, and Xie Chen, as usual, distributed the ball to his teammates, who occasionally scored, and the score remained deadlocked.

Kerr is not in a hurry about this, he believes that in the end, once the other Knicks players can no longer continue to help the team, the Warriors will completely crush the Knicks.

Coach Cole made a bet with himself in this game. What he gambled on was: The Knicks except for Xie Chen are a mediocre team, he not only looks down on the former superstar Anthony, looks down on the best rookie Porzingis, looks down on the veteran Ray Allen, and also looks down on the Knicks coach Fisher.

As it turns out, Cole is not arrogant and risky. Many seemingly risky approaches are often the ones that are most likely to win.

On the field, the team's tactics may not always work. Especially the kind of game where you go back and forth non-stop, gradually it will become an emotion-driven game. But it's different when there is a timeout, after the timeout, the players can always play according to the tactics arranged by the coach, and at that time it is a battle of wrists between the coaches of the two teams.

In the playoffs, game time is cut to pieces and physical contact increases. The intensity of the defense, the increase in fouls, the increase in the stagnation of the game, and the repeated timeouts and endless advertisements have led to the tactics after the foul. can fundamentally affect the course of a series.

The Warriors' 73-win run in the regular season has proven that Coach Kerr and assistant coach Wharton are masters of tactics, and weave is one of the Warriors' signature tactics.

Weave tactics refer to a series of tactics initiated by multiple people with continuous hand-to-hand passes, and when the tactical run, it will produce the visual effect of players shuttling back and forth on the field (weave), so it is called weave tactics.

Curry passes to Draymond Green, then to the bottom corner, after that, Green and Barnes do the first hand-to-hand cooperation on the right side, Barnes dribbles to the left, and then Klay Thompson does a second hand-to-hand cooperation, Thompson receives the ball, and then completes the last step of the weave strategy, blocks with Bogut, and then, Klay Thompson makes a three-point shot.

This tactic always starts with a hand-to-hand pass, with the arc top block as the end, which is essentially a arc top block and then Klay shoots a three-point tactic, the role of two consecutive hand-to-hand passes is to disrupt the defense, and the hand-to-hand coordination may cause the opponent's defense to be out of position, once the right opportunity arises, the Warriors can interrupt the original plan at any time and attack directly.

Of course, the Knicks also have their own tactics, but the tactical execution of the Knicks' five people is still far from that of the 73-win Warriors, including Fisher's tactical skills are also a lot worse than Kerr's, so after every timeout, the Warriors play better than the Knicks.

The Warriors' offense played well, and the defense of Xie Chen was also very successful, they didn't send two people to stare at Xie Chen from beginning to end, only when Xie Chen appeared in a row and the Knicks were going to get up, they would do so, in the past, Xie Chen could bring a wave of offensive high through crazy scoring. tide, thus putting pressure on the opponent, today he was forced to keep passing and passing, organizing the offense by others, scoring and shooting by others, at first it was fine, but again and again the burden of scoring was given to them, and their ability to sustain became a problem.

In this game, it was not Xie Chen who was tested, but Fisher and the other members of the Knicks.

Anthony hit three three-pointers in a row in the last game, and tonight, he was no longer so magical, but instead made three three-pointers in a row, all of which were iron, two of which were missed with little defensive pressure.

This made Anthony quite irritable, the more he couldn't shoot, the less confident he was to vote, and the result was naturally the more everyone wanted to rely on Xie Chen.

Fisher was beaten like this by Kerr's tactics, and he was quite unwilling, he knew that there was no way to liberate Xie Chen, unless the other four Knicks beat the Warriors and didn't dare to pinch Xie Chen again, Fisher also said again and again that if you want Xie Chen to stand up and score, first of all, you have to keep scoring, the Warriors' defense is already a very simple defense compared to the four of them, if you can't play in the face of this level of defense, it really only proves that they are a mediocre team.

Even Phil Jackson, who was sitting on the sidelines watching, frowned, Kerr is ruthless, if he is allowed to win in this way, it will be a blow to the confidence of the entire Knicks team.

Xie Chen can't continue to perform on the offensive end, on the offensive end, he expects more from his teammates' performances, and then he can only focus on defense, Xie Chen is not only strong in offense, but also excellent in defense.

Whether it is Xie Chen's awareness or ability to steal and block, he is the top in the league, and the defense of the Warriors is basically equivalent to Xie Chen's direct play against Coach Kerr, because the tactics are formulated by Kerr.

Xie Chen knows Kerr well about the entire Warriors team, not just Stephen Curry.

After the Warriors attacked and tactical, Klay Thompson shook Williams who came in a hurry after receiving the ball, pulled it up and shot three points, which was blocked by Xie Chen, and then, Xie Chen relied on his personal singles ability to score two points in the fast break, which is the situation that Xie Chen can easily score.

Xie Chen knows Klay Thompson very well, he shoots quickly and quite decisively, as long as it is a tactic formulated for him, his result must be a throw, a resolute throw, even if it is a strong throw, too firm people will not turn around, so Xie Chen gave up his defender to cover Thompson, and got the effect.

After this goal, Coach Kerr and Assistant Coach Wharton glanced at each other, and neither spoke to each other, but their eyes could be seen to be full of incomprehension and admiration for Xie Chen.

No, never, Coach Cole still has that self-esteem as the head coach of the year.

Cole secretly said in his heart: "Xie, I can accept that you use your body and talent to beat my players, but I must not accept that you can also find loopholes in tactics and recognize me, maybe you just know my players too well, but I will tell you that it is impossible for a player to fight with the coach, in the past, present, and future, it is impossible." (To be continued.) )