Chapter 166: Unexpected
The Warriors have always been one of the strongest offensive teams in the league, their tactics are in the same vein as the Suns' running and bombing, and they all pursue an extremely fast, two dual-energy positions, Curry, Ellis are the kind of guards with strong offensive ability, and David Lee in the big forward position is one of the 20+10 powerful power forwards in the league now.
Originally, the Clippers' lineup was not inferior to the Warriors, after all, Paul's suppression of Curry on the outside was not a big problem, and Ellis was difficult to do anything after being targeted by Wang Cannon.
With the trade-off, the Clippers should be able to gain the upper hand in the game.
However, the basketball game cannot be measured by the strength of the stars alone, and the cooperation and tactics of the players on the court are the more important factors.
Negro had been preparing to let the Clippers play a positional battle with the main offense and defense, but when facing a team like the Warriors, who were almost crazy about attacking, he was helpless to find that his team could not defend the opponent at all.
It is said that what the bombardment team is most afraid of is the kind of team that plays positional warfare slowly and unhurriedly, such as the Spurs, but the positional battle defense of the Clippers does not have much binding force on the Warriors.
The main reason for this is not that the players' defensive ability is not good, but because the team's defensive tactics are set up problematically!
The player's defense is not in place, or he always makes a mistake in the defense, and he defends those who should not be defended, and the person who has no chance to attack has the opportunity to attack.
In Negro's vision, the team that was supposed to defend very tough, in the whole competition, the defense was scum to the extreme. Even if a small number of players have strong defensive ability, they are unable to play in this system, such as Wang Cannon.
From the very beginning of the game, Wang Cannon was very depressed, and his defensive target was Monta. Ellis, a nerve knife player. The shot is punctual and inaccurate, and when it is not accurate, it can hit the iron more than a dozen times and cannot be thrown, and even if the whole line of sight of the eyes is covered when it is on time, it can also throw the ball in.
Under the defense of Wang Cannon, Ellis successfully incarnated into the former, and Wang Cannon's defense was not something that Ellis could easily break, especially when his hand was not yet fully hot.
But when Wang Cannon stared at Ellis, the other points of the Warriors blossomed across the board and kept scoring.
Wang Cannon couldn't stand it, and took the initiative to make up for it. But he didn't expect that the supplementary defense not only had no effect, but also revived Ellis, who had been locked by him, from the beginning.
With a few open shooting opportunities from his teammates, Ellis also found a little touch, so Ellis, who had the courage to try, tried to score three points in front of Wang Cannon, and he really let him get in.
"Holy! No way! No way! Wang Dacang kept scolding in his heart, and the qiē in front of him was completely contrary to what he imagined.
The Clippers' defense is like a beggar's sock, with holes everywhere. There can be attacked, Wang Cannon sees it. But there is no way, first of all, the Clippers players are not bad on defense, this is the first game of the season for the Clippers, no one will take this game lightly, including Griffin, who has always disliked defense, is extraordinarily the defensive end. But even so, the Clippers' defense is still so vulnerable.
"Why the hell is that?" Wang Cannon can't figure it out, it stands to reason that his defensive ability is definitely something that the league can't find a second one, why can't he help the Clippers play a role in stabilizing the defensive end when he arrives?
Of course, Wang Cannon can't figure it out, he's just a player. It's not the coach, it's something that the coaches need to think about, it's not about the players.
But that's it, the Clippers with a new lineup were bullied by the Warriors, one of the weak teams in the West, in their first home game at home.
At 113:96, the difference in the score made many Clippers fans feel unacceptable.
originally thought that the Clippers should be in good shape with the formation of the Big Three, but I didn't expect that this was the first game, and cold water was poured on the head.
The players of the Clippers are very good, especially the big three led by Paul, Wang Cannon, and Griffin, among which Paul cut a double-double of 21 points and 10 assists, and Griffin also got 18 points and 13 rebounds, and Wang Cannon is because the Warriors do not have strong forward defenders, shooting 7 three-pointers in the game, and because of grabbing offensive rebounds on the inside, the score is as high as 27 points, which is the highest in the game, not only that, Wang Cannon also grabbed the most 16 rebounds in the game.
The Clippers' Big Three all have double-doubles, and the three combined have 66 points, 10 assists, 29 rebounds, eight blocks and nine steals.
But with such a super record, the Clippers could only swallow the first defeat of the regular season, which really made everyone fall through the glasses.
"Could it be that the Clippers' Big Three are not as strong as they think?"
For a time, similar words spread widely in the alliance.
Also, not to mention the chemistry of these three people, among these three people alone, the real ones who can be called giants are only Paul and Wang Cannon, who have proven themselves in the playoffs. Griffin didn't play in the playoffs and didn't prove himself in the playoffs.
Not to mention Griffin, even Wang Cannon, who had an excellent performance in the finals and won the Finals MVP with Wade, is also questioned at this time.
After all, Wang Cannon was playing next to the Big Three, and when any team faces the Heat, the first key defensive object will be the Big Three, not Wang Cannon, who is one of those players who are ignored by opponents many times in the team.
Therefore, many people began to discuss, what is the strength of Wang Cannon? Is it really the same as the one you see, or is it just a papier-mâché tiger that will shatter when you tear it?
At least in the two preseason games and the loss of this regular season, people did not see how Wang contributed to the team's victory, and although the number of games won in the game was beautiful, as long as he lost, it became complicated.
"Is the idea of the Clippers replacing the Lakers' Los Angeles leader just a dream? The Clippers simply don't have the zài Big Three! ”
The Lakers' famous Magic Johnson made it clear in an interview that the Clippers' players are a group of very talented players, and Paul, Wang Cannon, and Griffin are also among the best stars in the league.
However, this does not mean that the Clippers can become the top team in the league with them, the Celtics, and the Heat's successful model is not something that any team can emulate, and the Lakers, who have a lot of championship background, are not something that any team can replace if they say they can be replaced.
As if to correct Johnson's words, the Clippers lost both of the next two games.
On December 29, the Clippers challenged the Spurs away, and on December 31, the Clippers hosted the Bulls.
In both games, the Clippers faced last season's Western Conference regular season champion and the second-place regular season in the East, and there was no doubt that the Clippers lost both.
Facing the Spurs, the Clippers, who wanted to play a positional battle with the Spurs, were slashed by 13 points in the first quarter, and Duncan taught Griffin as a junior well, and this league is not the world of young people like Griffin.
In the second game against the Bulls, the Clippers held on for a while, because the Bulls' offensive ability was worse than that of the Spurs, but despite this, the Bulls' defensive ability was stronger than the Spurs.
After losing to the Bulls, the Clippers ended up in three games in December, and the Clippers' table made everyone fall through the glasses, and the result of a three-game losing streak made many people react, and the Clippers didn't seem to be escaping from the ranks of the league's underdogs (to be continued......