Chapter 103: Goebel's Role
Butler walked to the free throw line and hit the free throw safely.
Warriors 3:8 Timberwolves.
Honk!
Kerr called a timeout, tactics board in hand, and his face was not very good.
At the beginning of the game, the Warriors were pressed and beaten, which this did not expect Warriors fans.
This is the defending champions!
Although Su Chen is the coach who really led the team to win the championship, shouldn't it be mainly up to the players to win the finals?
And Su Chen's system of winning the championship has been mastered by Cole, and he has been playing well recently.
But who would have thought.
Su Chen led a team that couldn't even name a few players, and pressed the old club that maintained the original champion at the beginning.
Cole's tactics looked like Su Chen was playing the rest, and Su Chen had already used a more advanced system.
The league modified some rules for the Warriors in the offseason, and now it seems that Su Chen has not been affected, but the Warriors have been greatly affected.
"The running position of the warrior has been seen through by Su Chen, don't forget, he is the creator of this champion warrior system!"
Johnson said in surprise.
"Su Chen has shown a lot of different things this season, and the Timberwolves' three-point approach is not like last season's Warriors' three-point three-point shooting, but through the three-point space that the opponent is forced to give up through the kills caused by the breakthrough."
Kenny Smith is a staunch supporter of the Warriors' system.
But because of this, he also knows the Warriors' system very well.
He could see that Cole had just played the tactical system left by Su Chen.
But Su Chen's actions at this time seemed to tell Cole who was the master tactician, and even if Cole learned Su Chen's tactics, he still couldn't break Su Chen's moves.
"Su Chen should have given up the three-point strategy for the sake of three points, and now the Timberwolves' system is much better than the Warriors' system."
And Barkley turned against him at this time.
After last season's slap in the face, Barkley didn't dare to target Su Chen, and he was a little convinced.
But he was still unhappy with the three-point shooting system for the sake of threes, and he still kept his inner thoughts.
Now Su Chen has made a move and personally broken the three-point system he created last season, which is simply great in Barkley's opinion.
What he hated was never Su Chen, but the small-ball system that turned the era into a three-point era.
And when it comes to elevator door tactics, Barkley takes the rhythm and puts a lot of pressure on the league.
In the offseason, the league changed the rules, and it wasn't just about disabling the elevator doors.
At the same time, illegal blocking and dismantling such as mobile blocking and dismantling have also been grasped more strictly.
For Cole, the blocking bonus was eaten by Su Chen, but the result of binge-eating dividends had to be borne by Cole.
Cole is also wronged.
Timberwolves on the bench.
Su Chen briefly arranged the offensive and defensive tactics.
You need to be patient, a little more patient.
It is also possible to be caught up by the Warriors with a wave of high scores, so in the face of the Warriors, it is necessary to play slowly and patiently.
If you get too involved in attack, you'll miss a lot of points defensively.
Su Chen kept the skill of [Eagle Eye] first and waited until the key round to use it.
In fact, there is a very useful trick for defending warriors.
That is to directly use the BOX-1 tactic to defend Curry, and with Kerr's current ability, it is actually not enough to break this tactic.
In the original timeline, Kerr would have been troubled by this defensive tactic for a long time before slowly coming up with this solution.
Although Su Chen had solved the BOX-1 tactic when facing the Spurs, he must have provided some ideas for Kerr.
But the solution he used, he naturally had a way to deal with it.
There is also the rich defensive resources of the Timberwolves now, which is also where Su Chen's confidence lies, and he wants to deploy BOX-1, which is much more fierce than the Spurs.
The Spurs have Parker's defensive shortcomings, and Duncan and Ginobili are also getting older, which makes their defensive efficiency a little less effective.
However, the Timberwolves' defensive resources can allow Su Chen to arrange various defensive tactics.
Gobert is the one who can defend against pure inside.
Giannis Antetokounmpo and Josh Smith can be defended on the outside and inside.
The strong forward defenders are Andre Iguodala, Lore Deng, and Jimmy Butler.
Good defenders include Covington, and Brother Alphabet and Josh can also help out by the way.
Even if the opponent has a speed-type guard, there is still Beverley to bite the opponent.
In addition, Middleton and Muscala are also above the level of defense, and their defense is not particularly good, but it is not bad either.
The two worst defenders are McCollum and Curry Jr., but they are pitchers who can provide firepower, and they should still be on when it matters most.
"Forget it, let's not use BOX-1 just yet, lest Cole be vigilant."
Su Chen thought about it for a while, but still didn't arrange Box-1.
Anyway, there are thousands of simulations in the moment with simulated glasses, and I am not afraid that I didn't practice this defensive tactic in the regular season and feel rusty in the playoffs.
The Warriors probably haven't taken the Timberwolves as an opponent yet.
And even if the Timberwolves have a better record in front, no Western powerhouse will treat the Timberwolves as a real opponent, let alone the East.
But if the Timberwolves use box-1 to make Kerr unable to crack it now, Kerr is expected to study it seriously this season.
For Su Chen, a Spurs and a Warrior are both opponents of the Timberwolves this season.
It's okay to win the Warriors, but this kind of big move shouldn't be released in the regular season.
At this point, the pause time has passed.
After returning to the field again.
The Warriors' offense started to get simpler, and they didn't play too complicated tactics.
Simple tactics are sometimes much more effective.
On the contrary, the tactics are complicated, because of Su Chen's understanding of the warriors, it will be more difficult to fight.
Cole apparently doesn't have a head iron either.
After all, Curry is now really at his peak, and with Curry's peak ability, it is still difficult to really hold Curry down.
After all, for Curry now, his shooting rate is at the fastest time at his peak.
A little bit of space is enough for Curry to complete the shot.
And the transition to wrap Curry, Thompson on the other side is also gearing up to attack.
If you can increase the defensive intensity in the playoffs, there is a way.
But this is only the regular season, the whistle is not so loose, and Xiao Hua also has to play a fast-paced offensive and defensive rhythm.
However, the Timberwolves' offense also made it difficult for the Warriors to stop.
Giannis Antetokounmpo is now not as fast as him and not as strong as him, and he is not as strong as him, which has the smell of an inside BUG.
In addition, Butler also dares to shoot from the three-point position, and he can also use the breakthrough to support Giannis Antetokounmpo.
In Horn Tactics, Butler played the role of Bucks Holiday later.
But the third-year Butler is starting to reach his top of his game, and with a 10 percent forward bonus, his offense is not inferior to that of Bucks Holiday at all.
Even because the league advocated offense in advance, Butler was stronger in making fouls than Holiday and was more on the defensive end.
Another biased projection position is for Iguodala and Middleton to alternate.
After a thousand simulations, the Timberwolves have now played the regular system of the champion Bucks.
As for when he will be on par with that championship Bucks, it depends on how fast Giannis Antetokounmpo grows, and he's really trying to get stronger.
Basketball experience and physical strength go hand in hand.
Su Chen did not skimp on money, and directly hired a first-class training team, with dedicated coaches and nutritionists every day to help Giannis Antetokounmpo become stronger.
Add to that the bonus of a striker's bond, and plenty of ball domination, and Giannis Antetokounmpo is growing at an accelerated pace.
Although all this money is from the Timberwolves.
This rhythm of the game continued throughout the first half.
Half-time.
Warriors 55:62 Timberwolves.
The Warriors' scoring methods are still relatively difficult to defend.
Especially Curry, Su Chen has replaced Butler, and Beverley has taken turns to defend.
But that super-fast shooting rate still allows Curry to often complete three-point shots without interference.
For this, Su Chen didn't blame the two of them.
If you want to prevent Curry who can shoot with even a little space, BOX-1 is the most effective.
Beverley can't really defend Curry, but if you don't care about Curry's breakthrough and let Beverley focus on defending three-pointers, Beverley can still bite it.
In the Warriors locker room.
Cole had already laid out his tactics, and Cole seemed a little tired at this time.
"Others think I'm imitating Su Chen, but these tactics were originally conceived before."
Cole was tired at the thought of what the outside world had said about him.
It's also that he doesn't care too much about the opinions of the outside world and his personal reputation, otherwise he would be annoyed by such remarks every day.
"But he is really powerful, and those remarks from the outside world are not wronged, and I did learn some of his ideas."
Cole shook his head.
When he joined the Warriors, he thought about whether he would play against Su Chen's team in the future.
But after learning that Su Chen joined the Timberwolves, Kerr didn't pay much attention to Su Chen.
Because the Timberwolves are too weak, he is looking forward to playing against Su Chen, but it makes no sense for him to win this kind of unequal battle.
But in terms of today's game.
It's not a matter of meaninglessness, he really can't win against Su Chen.
Su Chen didn't use his tactics from last season, but it was obvious that Su Chen directly changed his coaching style.
The Timberwolves in front of them, and the Warriors last season, are hardly likely to find much in common.
Last season's Warriors were focused on balance between offense and defense, and sometimes even offense accounted for a larger proportion.
But the current Timberwolves are obviously a team that is more defensive than offensive.
Most of the time, the Timberwolves' offensive routine is simple.
It's nothing more than a bull corner, or Giannis Antetokounmpo holding the ball alone in the low post, directly single-handedly looking for opportunities or something.
The offensive routine is simple, but it is not so easy to defend it.
Because the Warriors don't have the experience to defend such offense, and they don't have the defensive resources to match.
Brewer also has no ability to defend Giannis Antetokounmpo.
But Kerr saw the performance of Iguodala on the other side, and if the Warriors can get Iguodala smoothly, there may be some way.
But the management is not to blame for this.
Under Su Chen's command, the Timberwolves added a rubio to the original trading chips for Iguodala.
There's no way to keep up!
The only thing to do with is to dismantle the Warriors' championship team, and the Warriors will become the laughing stock of the league because of this deal.
End of halftime.
The third quarter of the game also began.
At halftime, Kerr laid out a lot of defensive strategies for the Timberwolves' offensive style in the first half.
But who knows.
Giannis Antetokounmpo and Butler, the two offensive cores of the Timberwolves, did not play in the third quarter.
Timberwolves lineup: Rudy Gobert (C), Lore Deng (PF), Robert Covington (SF), Chris Middleton (SG), CJ McCollum (PG).
The Timberwolves fielded a team led by Gobert and McCollum to be the main offense.
At the beginning of the third quarter, Curry also happened to be out of the court.
While Curry was resting, Su Chen also hurriedly let Gobert play for a while.
After all, Curry is on the court, Gobert has to be beaten by Curry, and Gobert needs to avoid Curry on the court.
As soon as Gobert came on the court, in the face of the Warriors' blocking, the Timberwolves could almost only choose to let the guard forcibly chase the shooter and then let Gobert choose to retreat.
Gobert obviously has a pair of long arms, but he can't interfere with the opponent's shooting in the face of top guards.
Because Gobert's movement speed is too slow, he must be wary of the opponent passing him to hit the inside, so he must leave a certain distance for the opponent.
That's where the top defenders take advantage of that and shoot.
His kind of defense, only to prevent Barnes's three-point shooting, has some effect.
Of course.
Goebel is not without merit.
It's clear that Gobert's pick-and-roll quality is simply not on par with the others.
Even Giannis Antetokounmpo's previous blocking and dismantling was not as solid as Gobert's blocking and dismantling.
After the pick-and-roll, Gobert cuts directly inside, and can catch the ball and eat cakes or grab offensive rebounds.
The Warriors didn't dare to wrap up McCollum when they saw a big man like Gobert rushing in, which allowed McCollum to get some three-pointers or mid-range shots.
McCollum had a lot of fun in this quarter.
Cole watched with a frown.
He knew that if he replaced Curry, he could solve the problem immediately.
But Curry didn't rest much in the first half, and now he has to play at high intensity, which is a bit too much of Curry's physical strength.
It's just the regular season.
So Kerr can only watch Gobert and McCollum play a consistent and efficient pick-and-roll, and can only make some minor defensive adjustments.
Actually, what Cole didn't know was.
Don't look at Gobert cutting in, it looks quite bluffing.
But in fact, with McCollum's ability, he can't pass the ball to Gobert at all, Gobert himself is a butter hand and the deviation of core strength makes him need a particularly high-quality pass to feed the ball.
Gobert is an inside player who needs to feed the ball to his mouth.
(End of chapter)