The match between the two sides is about to begin.

Steve Kerr took a deep breath, sat on the sidelines, and took a sip from the assistant coach's cup.

He wasn't thirsty, but he felt the need for a little water to calm the tension.

Cole was nervous because he knew Min Congda's strength, his tactical acumen and his ability to make surprise moves.

Looking around the league, Kerr thinks he can compete with any head coach, including his mentors Popovich and Phil Jackson.

Only for Min Congda, who has worked together for two and a half years, knows how deep this pool of water is and how terrifying it is to confront such a person.

However, Cole also comforted himself in his heart, "It's also good to be able to confront Smart head-on, since I don't know how deep he is, I can just test his depth and clear the fog on him." ”

Kerr thinks that although Min Congda is powerful, there is a fog in him, after all, his actual coaching experience is very short.

Moreover, anyone who has been a coach knows that the coach's decisiveness for a team is not so strong, especially on the field, mainly depending on the players and the lineup.

No matter how subtle your tactics are, if the players don't execute or don't execute well, or if they do, they can't shoot at the last opportunity, and the coach can't do anything.

Could it be that you can take off your suit and put it on yourself?

Thinking so crankily in my heart, the players on both sides have already appeared, and Anthony Davis and Bogut are standing in the middle of the hoop and jumping the ball.

Davis was tall and long-armed, and he was so young and bounced off the ball that he touched the ball first and flicked it to Leonard, giving the Clippers their first offensive possession.

In a game, the first offense, you will definitely be able to play tactics, because a good tactical cooperation can quickly gather the morale of the whole team and find the feeling of team cooperation.

Everyone on the Warriors' coaching staff was staring at the situation on the court, especially Kerr, who wanted to see what kind of tactics the Clippers would use to start the game.

In his understanding, the Clippers have two main systems this season: the pass-and-cut system and the misplaced offense.

The two systems represent two different styles of tactical thinking, with the passing relying on covering, passing, and walking through the back door.

The fundamental purpose of misalignment is to produce misplaced singles, and the Clippers can blend these two sets of tactical ideas together, which is really awesome.

It can only be said that the Clippers have a large number of capable people, and the mobility of the players is very low, everyone cooperates together all year round, and various routines can be switched freely.

Leonard didn't hand the ball to Curry or Harden, but controlled the ball himself across half court and then gave the ball to Gasol Jr., who asked for the ball in the low post at 45 degrees.

Cole frowned, wondering what this thing was? The center wants the ball in the low post? Is this kind of opening tactic that can't be more ancient, the appetizer of the Clippers today?

Gasol Jr. has a low back and eats Bogut alone, to be honest, Gasol Jr. does not have an absolute advantage in playing Bogut, and there is no problem with a big mouth to defend against Xiaogut one-on-one.

However, this ball, Gasol Jr. is not deep, it seems that the singles are fake, and the strategy should be true.

Curry and Harden on the perimeter are on the weak side, and Lillard and Thompson are keeping their eyes on it.

At this time, Gasol Jr. suddenly got off the ball, hit Bogut hard with his back, squeezed two steps in and then turned around, walked the bottom line, and hooked his hand.

Bogut's chassis is very solid, Gasol Jr. did not squeeze out enough space to shoot, and his hook hand was not at the level of Abdul-Jabbar and Duncan, and the shot did not hit.

But under the basket, Green did not get stuck in the position, Anthony Davis made a rebound, and the second offense was successful, and the Clippers opened with a 2-0 lead.

The Clippers started with a bit of luck and scored the first point of the game.

It seems that this offensive strategy is somewhat incompatible with the smart, fast, and invincible Clippers offense.

Cole thought to himself, "Could it be that Smart's strategy for the new coach is like this?" Or ......"

At the moment in the league, the Twin Towers have basically been eliminated, and the first team to eliminate the Twin Towers is none other than the Clippers.

But just when other teams are using one big and four small, other teams may forget that the Clippers' starters have always been a two-strong interior line.

From Gasol Jr. + Randolph Jr., to Gasol Jr. + Anthony Davis now, there will be Jokic + Anthony Davis in the future......

In fact, the Clippers' main style of play has been to favor the perimeter, to the shooting, to the three-point line, and to speed, but they have never let up on building on the inside.

Because the basic rule of basketball has never changed: the closer you get to the basket, the easier it is to score.

Over the years, the Clippers have also relied on interior players to save the crisis at critical moments, such as Zach Randolph who turned the tide in the 2012 Finals.

Now he's on the bench and can still contribute consistent low-post scoring when needed.

Thinking of this, Cole didn't dare to be careless, he thought that Min Congda's arrangement would definitely not be so simple.

And the Warriors' offense fully implemented Kerr's tactical intent, passing and cutting, a lot of cover, and a complete empty interior line.

It's just that Durant was absent due to injury tonight, so the player who dealt the cards at the top changed from James to Green.

The Warriors' opening strategy was a hand-to-hand cover for Green and Lillard, Thompson slipped to the baseline to intersperse, and James cut into the basket from the middle and then came out to take away the defense.

At this time, the Clippers basket was already empty, and the high threat of Thompson and James in the offense made it necessary for defenders to follow.

Then Bogutra came out to make a pick-and-roll cover for Lillard, Lillard accelerated, and used Bogut's pick-and-roll to directly enter the basket from the middle and make a layup!

It was a simple empty basket opportunity, but just when Lillard thought he could easily make a layup, a shadow came over him......

Anthony Davis took off Lillard's layup with a big hat from behind!

Leonard grabbed the ball and handed it to Harden, and the Clippers launched a counterattack.

Harden made a long pass to Curry, Curry received the ball and went straight to the basket, and a switching layup dodged James's block and hit the board!

The Warriors wanted to play a quick chase answer-ball, Green served quickly, James held the ball and rushed quickly, but was intercepted by Leonard and slowed down.

James carried Leonard and Gasol Jr. into the basket, but the basket was blocked again by Anthony Davis, who came to help defend him!

James slammed to the ground, got up and spread his hands toward the referee, signaling for a foul on the Clippers' defense.

However, the referee did not blow the whistle, and although there was a boo on the scene, the Clippers still had the offensive power.

The ball still went to Leonard, who handed the ball to Gasol Jr. at 45 degrees.

It's really evil, the Clippers started the game with the most traditional low-post center hard eating as a vanguard tactic.

But what tactics to use is not the most important thing, whether you can get in or not is the first thing.

This time the Clippers interspersed with consecutive interspersed runs, and Anthony Davis pretended to come out to cover Curry, only to suddenly turn around and cut to the basket.

Gasol Jr. made an inside pass, and Anthony Davis caught the ball and made a layup!

The Clippers started the game with a 6:0 beat the Warriors, Kerr stood up and sat down, he wanted to call a timeout, but he felt that such a quick timeout, wouldn't it mean that he was not as good as others?

"Smart started the game with a focus on the inside, which was a common routine used by Randolph when he started in the past, and he has used it a lot less in the past two years. According to common sense, they start the game with hard inside, and they will speed up soon after opening the situation, using the individual ability of the players to play efficiently. Except for our Warriors, there is no team in the league that can match the Clippers' offensive efficiency, and we will not be afraid of you. ”

Based on previous experience, as well as two meetings with the Clippers this season, Kerr doesn't think that situation will last long.

The Clippers will soon make tactical adjustments, playing one big and four small, with Curry and Harden as the offensive core, and then the Warriors' defense will be able to play a role.

Under the general trend of miniaturization and rapid development across the league, the Warriors' outside defensive resources are extremely overflowing, even stronger than the Clippers three years ago.

Especially after Green's point was activated by Steve Kerr, the Warriors' outside defensive hardness and defensive intensity at critical moments have reached the top in the league, and they can be carried hard with the Clippers' terrifying outside firepower.

Then, with the ball in the high post, a beautiful no-look pass was passed to Klay Thompson, who received the ball and threw it against Harden, and the Warriors scored the first point.

The Clippers immediately hit the Warriors to chase down, and the three passes and two deliveries were given to Curry in the frontcourt, Curry received the ball and faced Lillard, and threw it outside the three-point line!

Accurate three-point shot!

The Clippers started the game with an astonishingly efficient offense.

At this time, Cole couldn't sit still, and if he didn't admit it, he had to admit that the opening arrangement was suppressed!

The Warriors called a timeout and the players returned to the bench.

"We played too loose at the start, aggressive, we needed some aggression!"

Kerr thinks the players are playing loosely, but James doesn't think so.

"It's not a loose problem, our strategy is not right, they are very tight defensively!"

"They didn't play the same game as they had before."

"The rhythm is different, and I feel that way, too."

Other players have also spoken out, which is a big difference between Kerr and Mark Jackson.

Under Mark Jackson, everyone had to listen to Jackson, and the coach was the only brain.

Kerr, on the other hand, values the players' ideas even more, allowing them to express their opinions and opinions at each timeout.

After all, the players play on the field, and the feeling is more intuitive.

Sometimes people on the field always think "why don't you play like this", "why can't you shoot this kind of ball?" ”

Only when you actually play on the court, face the opposite side of the strategy, can you know why this is the case.

Coaches sometimes don't always figure it out, and they need to review after the game, watch the video, and discuss after the game to know what the reason is.

The complaints from the Warriors made Kerr feel that he must have fallen into a trap set by the Clippers.

From the few offenses just now, it is obvious that when the Clippers are in positional battles, the ball is almost no more than Curry and Harden's hands, which is very abnormal.

Harden and Curry actually consume a lot of defensive resources from the Warriors, especially Curry, Lillard can't defend one-on-one, and everyone else has to be distracted to keep an eye on Curry.

But Curry didn't receive the ball in the opening positional battle, Leonard dribbled in the half, and Curry ran without the ball after giving Gasol Jr., and the terminators were Gasol Jr. or Davis.

Curry and Harden are really involved in the offense in quick counterattacks, assaulting the basket, and shooting three-pointers from the outside.

To put it simply, this is to use Leonard as a point guard, and Curry and Harden as forwards, and the rhythm must be different from the past.

It's just that Kerr doesn't know that this is a special strategy for the Clippers to start with? Or is it a strategy that will be used throughout the game?

Cole suddenly had a feeling that he couldn't see through Smart, he really couldn't see through it, and he was a little flustered for a while.

The timeout was coming to an end, but Kerr still didn't make a directional adjustment, just reminded the players to concentrate and slow down to play success.

This kind of timeout is basically for the players to take a break and drink water to catch their breath.

It wasn't until the players re-entered that Kerr cursed in his heart: "What's the matter, why are you flustered?" Calm down and think about how to deal with ......"

(End of chapter)