Chapter 326: Korver's Three Points
The Suns' small-ball tactics are still relatively conservative because of personnel ability, and even rely on Nash's personal organization and ability many times, but the Knicks' small-ball tactics have two ball-handling cores to control the situation from the beginning, not to mention, the five people on the court have strong three-point ability.
Before Korver can play every time, Mill gives him a task, what the Knicks need is his three-pointer, as long as he doesn't lose his position on the defender defensively, and Korver's defensive target is generally the opponent's outside shooter, the group who can't attack with the ball.
That's not much, but the real thing is to give Korver a 40 percent shooting percentage, and once Korver misses three consecutive shots, Mill made it clear that he won't give him a fourth chance.
"Don't blame me for being so cruel to you! If the Knicks only have you as a shooter, I will definitely give you more opportunities, but when there are sharpshooters like Gong Feng and Allen on the team, compared to a second-round shooter like you, you have to make concessions for it, and letting you play is just a tactical choice, but when you don't have three-point ability, your danger level to the opponent drops to the lowest! Three times is the maximum...... Kyle, all I can say is to explode in a limited amount of time! ”
Korver remembers that at the beginning of the regular season, Mill talked to him and gave him a separate 'explanation' and explanation, after which the Knicks began to treat everyone on the team differently, and it was after this that Korver had emphasized his future direction.
Korver is grateful to the Knicks for leading him to glory, and he is fortunate to have practiced for a long time with some of the league's leading shooters like Allen and Bow Peak, but Korver knows how rare every opportunity he has now.
Korver, who cherished his playing time in the regular season, didn't have to say anything more after coming to the playoffs, and as for being a point that kept scoring in the Finals, Kyle even knew that when he didn't score his second three-pointer, he didn't have a chance to play again in this game.
Some shooters will be completely crushed under pressure, while some shooters will be more focused on self-expression as the scene is grander and the more the opponent despises them. After Korver made this clear, his performance in the Eastern Conference Finals has shown that Korver's three-point ability is now at its peak.
The Spurs' defense is targeted, and it is impossible to cover everything, and a player with a wide range of movement like Korver directly hit the gaps in the Spurs' defense.
After the Knicks' main team saw Duncan continue to play in the second quarter, several people looked at each other and immediately bet on Duncan, Korver didn't have to care about anything as long as he defended Horry, and as for the other three's three-pointers, even Ginobili could put it ...... If Ginobili had made a lot of offensive and defensive three-pointers, Gong Feng and the others would have happily let the game go on like this.
Popovich frowned as Duncan was forced to pass out of the basketball after being packed, Bowen was not given up, Ginobili did not give up, and Yudri was given the most three-point opportunities at the bottom of his feet, but Yudri was not a three-point shooter who could be trusted by a championship team.
Watching Dio clumsily exert all his strength, putting pressure on Duncan from the beginning of his run, regardless of defending the video passed to Duncan, watching Ginobili have to deal with the Knicks' defense in a single way.
If that's the case, at least the Spurs can still organize an effective offense, but when the Knicks grabbed the rebound and started to run, plus Dio raised and Hill to block, the Knicks followed a wave of organization and offense, but Popovich could only call a timeout.
The Knicks can consume and fight hard like this, but the Spurs can't!
The Spurs' bench players have characteristics, and they are more outstanding than some of the Knicks' role players, but in the final analysis, the Knicks are much stronger than the Spurs in terms of player background, that is, players like Battier and Jay, together with other main players, are enough to make the Spurs unable to play what they want.
Coupled with the Knicks' luxurious outside trio, they haven't been forced to play, just Korver's solo has already made the difference between the Spurs and the Knicks a 7-point gap, you must know that Duncan has not rested until now, and still let the Knicks lead by 7 points at this time!
Popovich made it difficult at this time, it was very easy to suppress Korver's three points, but the price to pay for it could not be easily decided, the Knicks had a strong offensive ability, the Spurs knew it, but the Knicks, who deliberately played in the regular season, did not show such toughness.
Come to think of it, Hill's average points per game in the regular season this season has dropped to 12 points, Yao Ming's playing time has dropped to 24 minutes, and his average points per game have dropped to 15 points, while Gong Feng's 14 points and Allen's 20 points have not changed in the slightest, the Knicks can still get the first place in the East, but it's not just Jay whose score has risen to 19.5 points to explain everything clearly.
In the playoffs, the Knicks played the first three rounds with skill, and did not force to increase the players' playing time, and Yao Ming also averaged 28 minutes per game in the first round to 34 minutes in the second round, and then to 38 minutes in the Eastern Conference finals.
But in the playoffs, everything the Knicks should have shown has been shown, but the tricky thing for the Spurs is that you can suppress Hill and Yao Ming, but you can't continue to suppress Jay and Bosh, who are also quite good.
It's the same on the bench, and if you hold down Korver, you give up a certain amount of defense against the main core, and for that kind of defense, Hill alone is enough to make the Spurs pay dearly.
Now all the Spurs can do is to score points with the Knicks, or bet that Korver's three-point shooting will not be so accurate, or bet that the Knicks' main play is not very good.
Bobo, who thought of this, immediately asked Muhammad to come on the court to replace Duncan to control the rebound, let Bowen then go on the court to limit and serve as a defensive deterrent, let Horry and Parker then go on the court to make full use of Parker's assault ability, plus Yudri to control the pace of the game, and use such a lineup to last until the end of the second quarter, and also let Duncan rest enough this time and not play again in the second half.
Duncan is the stabilizer of the Spurs, as long as Duncan is on the court, the difficulties faced by the Spurs are not difficult, when there is really no way to score on their own, when there are 7 seconds left in the 24-second offensive time, it is enough to hand him the ball!
It's a pity that Horry is no longer the one who can be trusted by the team, Korver can start to run without the ball after he gets on the field, but Horry can only rely on some experience and small actions to give Korver some obstacles, but it is unlikely that he will continue to defend, and the three top scorers who continue to block and dismantle and constantly run irregularly.
In the positional battle, it was Hill who held the ball, and the three players who were considered the top scorers in the league kept running, coupled with the 'evil nature' of Dior's running, and constantly mobilized the Spurs' defense.
In the transition between offense and defense, it is the rhythm that Gong Feng likes to control the most, looking at the passing of the whole court, the rapid acceleration of feeding the ball between the marches, and the slowness of a certain player of the Spurs to create scoring opportunities, these are the control methods that Gong Feng is best at.
In the case that Duncan did not play, the Knicks' defense did a better job, Parker's speed is good, but it is not top-level, maybe relying on some tactical arrangements, and can also get some scoring space, but Ray Allen personally defends with all his strength, which is definitely not what Parker wants to encounter.
Others don't have much ability to score, and while the Knicks block Parker with all the members, the Knicks themselves have the strongest rotation ability.
Even if Udri slowly controlled the tempo with the ball and made his side's attack time 24 seconds each time, there was no way to make the score difference according to the Spurs' real idea, and then Popovich had to replace Ginobili to form a balance on the court.
In other words, if Ginobili plays 40 minutes per game, the league will inevitably have one more superstar, but in terms of his physical fitness, how long can this explosiveness last? (To be continued.) )