Chapter 158: The Power of Infinite Defense
For this lineup of the Timberwolves, Kerr fell into deep thought.
At first, Cole thought it was a smoke bomb.
But thinking of Ron Adams' evaluation of Su Chen, Cole couldn't help but glance at Su Chen, and found that Su Chen's expression was calm without a little nervousness and apprehension.
"Are you so confident?"
Cole frowned as he looked earnestly at the field.
It's not that the Timberwolves don't have center reserves, Ibaka and Muscala are both candidates for the Timberwolves to play center, especially Ibaka uses more chips from the Timberwolves.
So after Ibaka came to the Timberwolves, Giannis Antetokounmpo basically didn't play center anymore.
Even before Ibaka arrived, Giannis Antetokounmpo did not play center, at most he played a center transition when he rotated the lineup.
The Timberwolves have changed a starter, which will have an impact on the system.
"If you want to adopt a tactical system that is not used on the official field, then you look down on me too much."
Cole's expression became serious.
All Cole can think of is that Su Chen changed tactics, so he used this lineup, and it was more important to use the previous tactical system Ibaka.
At this time, the two sides played the jump ball.
Giannis Antetokounmpo jumped to Azeri to get the ball for the Timberwolves.
Iguodala took possession of the ball and gestured to the court.
Butler then ran behind Ibaka and passed the ball with a hand-to-hand pass that transitioned the ball into Butler's hands.
With Giannis Antetokounmpo already ready for the pick-and-roll.
Butler borrowed two pick-and-rolls and shot from mid-range.
However, the ball was a little distracted, and Butler's mid-range shot bounced out of the frame.
It's that simple?
Originally, Kerr was waiting for him, looking at the confident Su Chen, what kind of tactical system he was going to play when he suddenly changed the lineup.
But it's a simple hand-to-hand tactic with no technical content.
Azeri protected the rebound.
The overall speed of the Timberwolves is very fast, and the Timberwolves can play the way of rushing and shooting, but Su Chen does not have the arrangement of grabbing the front board at all.
As the former coach of the Warriors, Su Chen naturally knew how fast the Warriors' counterattack was pushed, so he immediately chose to retreat.
There was no chance of a fast break in this ball, so the tactics began.
Curry took the ball to the frontcourt, called a play, and then gave the ball to Thompson.
It's a relatively simple ATO tactic, Curry first runs to the basket and waits for his teammates to make a confused run.
Then he made a no-ball run, and walked Draymond Green and Brewer's pick-and-roll near the free throw line in a row, and ran directly to the three-point position at the top of the arc.
Butler, who was defending Curry, was blocked by a pick-and-roll, and it stands to reason that Curry's ball should be a direct opportunity to get an open position.
But Giannis Antetokounmpo, who walked in from the outside and followed behind Green, had already chased directly after Curry.
The whole game ran down, and as soon as Curry was about to make a shot, he saw Giannis Antetokounmpo's defensive area that had been covering the whole day.
Misplaced!
Curry also has a high ball quotient, and when he saw Giannis Antetokounmpo by his side, he immediately thought of forming a misalignment on the inside.
Curry immediately passed the ball to Green on the inside.
Green watched the time before he got the ball, and now the time is no longer in favor of another tactical run for the Warriors.
He faced Butler, he had to play if he didn't play, and the ball was in his hands.
Green wants to use his own strength to eat Butler alone.
But Butler didn't miss anything in the face of Green, and directly pushed back with all his strength.
Now Butler is in his prime, and at the same time, he has a 10% forward bond all-round bonus, and he is not worthy of Green to beat him.
Green's height also has no advantage over Butler.
Green's strength is on the offensive end, and he doesn't have that bulldozer feeling, otherwise it would be easy for him to get a 20+30+ career in his career.
Green didn't push Butler twice, and it was about to be three seconds before the offense, so Green had no choice but to use a hook after a push.
But Butler was also counting the time, calculating that Green would overtime if he didn't make a move, and he didn't suspect that it was a feint when Green hooked his hand.
The hook hand was taken down.
Green still wanted to pick up the ball, but the beep of the attack for 24 seconds had already sounded, and Green had no choice but to throw the ball on the ground.
For the Warriors' run, the Timberwolves followed closely.
Basically, whoever is blocked and dismantled doesn't need to communicate much in words, and they change their defenses very tacitly.
The Timberwolves have not played many infinite defensive changes this season, but the tacit understanding is like they have played many times.
For this, of course, it is the credit of [Analog Glasses], this defense change system has been simulated thousands of times.
When Giannis Antetokounmpo saw Butler blocked in front of him, he had already judged in his heart that this was a choice that needed to be changed, and he made a very smooth switch.
At the same time, when the Warriors were doing other deceptive pick-and-roll covers, the Timberwolves have always done a good job of switching defenses.
The Warriors' pick-and-roll basically didn't have a chance.
If you want to talk about the opportunity, you also have the opportunity to go wrong.
Green's punishment of Butler, however, was unsuccessful.
Then the Timberwolves went on another offense.
The Timberwolves' offense was again very simple, with Butler and Giannis Antetokounmpo playing a two-man turn.
Butler rushed in to draw the bag and then distributed the ball to Giannis Antetokounmpo near the free throw line.
Giannis Antetokounmpo, who was vacant, opted for a mid-range shot.
But it still didn't hit.
But when Giannis Antetokounmpo threw the ball, he went back to defend himself.
At the same time, the rest of the Timberwolves also returned to defense as soon as Giannis Antetokounmpo threw the ball.
Although the Timberwolves did not score in a row, Su Chen on the sidelines was very calm.
Not even a loud yelling in the field.
It's as if it's not the Timberwolves who are attacking the iron, it's the Warriors.
In fact, the Warriors' offense was once again blocked in this round.
All of the Warriors' pick-and-rolls, whether it's covers, as long as the Timberwolves players look like they're going to be hooked, they switch defenses as soon as they look like they're going to be hooked.
This time, it was Azeri who was misplaced to hit Iguodala.
But it didn't score.
The 2.13-meter-tall Azeri was not afraid of Iguodala, but the ball fed to him was not the kind of comfortable cake ball.
It takes him a step to get to the bottom of the basket.
But Iguodala was physically strong and fearless against him, so that he couldn't turn around after receiving the ball with his back.
Azeri is not a back-to-back insider, the back-to-back level is a rough one, not eating the cake to catch the ball with his skills to force a turn.
The ball had to be poked off by Iguodala.
In an extremely uncomfortable position, Ezeli's shot was ironed.
Originally, when the Timberwolves didn't have a center at the beginning, it was easy to be punished inside, and then the Timberwolves also played infinite defense.
It's even easier to be punished for the insider.
But Green and Azeri tried one by one, but they didn't succeed in punishing the Timberwolves for this change of defense, which made the Timberwolves even more unscrupulous to change defenses.
In the next offensive and defensive rounds, the two teams did not score again.
The Timberwolves' offense is more casual, with Butler and Giannis Antetokounmpo making some simple combinations to get in and out.
And on the defensive end, the Timberwolves are like tireless, and everyone is invested in a tight switching system.
Not only physically, but also mentally exertional.
The Warriors' playbook has a lot of pick-and-rolls, and in some cases, the Timberwolves have to make six or seven changes in a round.
In such a frequent change of defense, it can still be kept out of chaos, which is quite a big consumption for defensive players.
After playing for a while at the beginning, the score of the two sides was still 0-0!
It's hard to imagine, is this still the same fierce warrior?
Su Chen, who was on the field, crossed his hands in front of his chest and looked at the field with a calm face.
Everything that happened on the field was arranged by Su Chen, and Su Chen was quite satisfied with seeing that things were going in the direction of his own arrangement.
Despite the combination of Butler and Giannis Antetokounmpo, none of the front offenses scored.
But the choices are reasonable.
This time, Su Chen intends to make the offensive end as simple as possible, or rather, to concentrate the end of the ball in the area near the basket.
The mid-range shot is only an occasional shot, and this is the inside line of the Warriors.
Su Chen didn't forget that he had a new skill in his hand, the moment of explosive punishment!
When the main force of the Warriors accumulates 4 fouls, Su Chen plans to directly use the moment of explosive punishment to instantly hit him to 5 fouls and even graduate directly.
The benefit of simplifying offense is that you can put more effort into the defensive end.
Although Giannis Antetokounmpo and Butler will be tired, Butler's mental attributes are strong, and he can hold up even if he is empty and changes him in the back.
Giannis Antetokounmpo directly used stamina drinks to make them tired on the offensive end.
Infinite change of defense still requires sufficient physical strength.
Like the season when the Pistons Five Tigers won the championship, Larry Brown's strategy was to simplify the offense.
Let the physical fitness of the Pistons five tigers invest more on the defensive end.
Although the era is different now, Su Chen is still sure.
Just when Su Chen was thinking about this.
Honk!
Butler's punching frame is finally working.
Thompson raised his hand, which he did foul, and also raised his hand to signal.
Butler walks to the free throw line.
Hit both free throws.
Timberwolves 2:0 Warriors.
Honk!
Kerr picked up the tactics board and walked into the middle of the field.
Although they only lost two points, the Warriors' choice to use inside punishment was obviously ineffective.
Not because Cole was cautious, but that this timeout had to be called.
"The Warriors' interior line can't punish the Timberwolves for changing defenses to go in, Green can't punish it, Azerli, you can't beat Iguodala with your height!"
Kenny Smith, with a look of incomprehension.
"Hahaha, I told you a long time ago, the Warriors are not a threat at all on the inside of a team that relies on the outside to initiate offense."
"David Lee was an All-Star in the regular season last season, and he became a blue-collar in the playoffs, and in the hands of Kerr, he became a third-choice blue-collar."
Barkley grinned and said with some smugness.
"If I'm still in the alliance, even if it's my current age, then Su Chen wouldn't dare to change my guard in this way."
O'Neill brags about himself.
But I have to say that even now O'Neal, Butler and Iguodala may not be able to withstand his basket.
Of course, he relied on his size under the basket, and now O'Neal's age still can't keep up with the current offensive and defensive rhythm.
"The Warriors' interior line is too blue-collar, they usually don't have a basketball position, and they don't know how to feed the ball to them on the outside."
Johnson said from the side.
And Su Chen, who was on the field, looked at Cole who was arranging tactics in the distance.
After thinking about it, I still didn't use [Hawkeye] to see what Cole was drawing first.
The Warriors are a team that needs to give him a punch at a critical time.
As a super three-point team, it chose to directly give the Warriors a seemingly large point difference at the beginning.
Actually, it's not that stable.
The Warriors chased the score too quickly.
So Su Chen thought about it, but still didn't use [Eagle Eye] to look at it, and saved this opportunity to look at it at a critical time.
And the plan that Cole is dealing with now is nothing more than that, Su Chen can probably guess it.
One is to give Curry a lot of balls, whether with or without the ball, Curry plays with Curry's gravity, then the Warriors' offense is very fluid.
The second is to let David Lee play, and let David Lee, who is better at interior offense, punish the Timberwolves' defensive system.
These are the main two options.
There may be some other tricks, but the core tactics still revolve around such a strategy.
As for the Timberwolves' offensive response, it is estimated that Kerr did not think much about it.
Right now, the Timberwolves' offense is quite inefficient.
(End of chapter)