The Eagles' starting lineup is a very strong team lineup, and the configuration is very balanced.

Horford and Millsap are both ranged and mobile interior players, both of whom have some low-post offensive ability, but they don't occupy too many team rounds and play according to the situation.

Carroll is a relatively standard 3-and-D, so everyone is an All-Star and doesn't bring him.

Korver has nothing to say, a very accurate shooter.

Jeff Teague has good breakaway explosiveness, his dribbling moves are varied, and he has the ability to score consecutive points.

However, Su Chen looked at this eagle and didn't care too much.

Horford and Millsap have the ability to attack in the low post, but they are all superficial, not to mention the low post threat like Jokic, and even Aldridge's low post threat is not reached.

Carol didn't need to say much, just skipped it.

Korver is indeed very accurate, but it is limited to open positions, and once the crosshairs are on the highest, they are lost.

Jeff Teague dribbles at a good pace, breaks through quickly, and is not bad at efficiency.

However, his passing was poor, his shooting was inconsistent, and he immediately found no such person as soon as he focused on the intensity.

At this time, Jokic managed to jump to the ball for the Clippers.

Horford didn't even jump to beat Jokic.

After George got the ball, he passed it to Lillard.

After the last game, Lillard is now much more sensible and gave the ball to Jokic after halftime.

In the last Jokic's performance, Lillard also saw it.

The Hawks didn't wrap Jokic right away, and the Hawks still had confidence in Horford's defense and let him deal with the rookie.

Naturally, Horford will not be afraid of Jokic, a rookie, before he has yet to play.

Compared with the defense of the Trail Blazers in the last round against Lopez Jr., Horford's defense is indeed solid.

This comes from the fact that Horford has solid strength in his lower limbs, and if he wants to hit him in the back, it is not easy to squeeze through him.

Although Horford gave the impression in this era, James saw Horford including his teammate Millsap, and his saliva flowed.

But in fact, Horford's defense is still not weak, but he can't defend a guy like James who is full of speed and strength.

But under the pure power competition, Horford still felt struggling.

Horford's strength in the lower body is relative to those interior lines in the small-ball era, but Jokic obviously does not belong to the interior in the small-ball era, and his tonnage and back-to-back ability will have a place in the league even if he gets it for a few years.

Probably can refer to Al Jefferson, but the deluxe version, there is a three-point organized super version of Al Jefferson that is not limited to the left-handed side offense.

Or rather, it's not so much a deluxe version of Al Jefferson as it is a slower but three-point Duncan with long passes.

Even at 80% of the peak, Horford struggled to carry it.

After turning his back and squeezing through, Jokic made a half-turn in the opposite direction and hooked his hand to the free throw line in one step.

Horford's height is a small amount of time on the inside, and he can't interfere with this hook at this time.

Brush!

Hawks 0:2 Clippers.

The Hawks adopted a one-on-one defense strategy for Jokic, and apparently Jokic was not relenting.

However, on the Hawks' side, through tactical cooperation, Horford got a chance to shoot from the middle.

Horford hit the shot.

Hawks 2:2 Clippers.

Budenhozer obviously watched Jokic's performance in the last game and didn't rush to wrap Jokic.

However, after scoring the first goal, Budenholzer made a gesture on the sidelines, and the Eagles' defensive strategy immediately changed.

This change is not to trap Jokic, but to adopt a strategy of interfering with the ball for Jokic.

Jokic simply can't easily fall to the dessert spot right now to attack.

However, this is obviously also in Su Chen's calculations.

As a two-time MVP, there are naturally many coaches in the league who have studied how to target Jokic.

Wrap-and-clamp defense is one way, but it's not the only way.

Limiting Jokic to receiving the ball in the low post is also a more practical method.

Su Chen had already laid out the way to deal with this method.

When Lillard reached the three-point line with the ball, Jokic immediately stepped up and prepared to make a pick-and-roll.

In addition to Jokic, George also came over to do a cover.

It looks a bit like a pick-and-roll for Lillard.

But Lillard didn't go for the two-stop pick-and-roll at all, but instead made an acceleration to the side, and Teague had to hurry to follow.

And Jokic at this time, instead went to George's blocking.

After George made this pick-and-roll, it was directly an outside bomb, which forced Horford, who was defending Jokic, to switch to George.

Because Carroll didn't keep up with George at this time, and Lillard's vision was already looking in George's direction.

If you don't switch to the past, Lillard passes to George, and it will be an open three-point shot right away.

That led to Carroll switching Jokic.

At this time, Jokic was also in the dessert position, and Carroll did not dare to go around the front defense to receive the ball because he had no teammates behind him.

If Carroll goes around the front, Lillard can choose to hang the ball or even shake the space to pull out three points at this time, as long as the rebound is not too outrageous, Jokic can accept the rebound.

Carroll was forced to go around the back defense, and Lillard saw this position and passed the ball to Jokic according to the tactical arrangement.

Originally, Jokic had an easier time beating Horford, and this time an outside line like Zharoll was purely a crushing of tonnage and strength.

Jokic caught the ball in his sweet spot, and a series of back-to-back hits knocked Carroll to the basket, followed by an easy layup.

Carroll, in order to show his toughness, slapped Jokic's hand.

It's a 2+1!

Jokic walked to the free throw line and completed the 2+1.

Hawks 2: 5 Clippers.

Budenhozer was a little embarrassed on the sidelines, and the targeted tactics he arranged not only didn't work, but also allowed Jokic to find a misplaced opportunity.

The two teams then entered into frequent offensive and defensive rounds.

Jokic's threat has been played, even if the Hawks still haven't chosen to wrap Jokic, but the defensive attention is on Jokic.

This allows Jokic to play some imaginative balls.

For example, Jokic's signature skill, when playing back, suddenly a pass from behind without looking at people.

Both George and Batum can finish inside like this.

Lillard also reaped the dividends that Jokic brings, and after hand-to-hand exchanges with Jokic, he also often got some inside-cut or three-point passes on the back.

When these passes are in hand, many of the balls can be shot directly.

Reggie plays the role of scrambling to grab points, a bit like Bruce Brown when the Nuggets won the championship, playing the role of a surprise soldier.

The Hawks play team basketball, but judging by this game, the Clippers play more like team basketball than they do.

Although the point guard and center of the Clippers are not defensive giants, everyone else, the defense is quite tough.

Although it didn't reach the playoff intensity, it was all under the serious defense of this defensive lineup that made the Hawks' team basketball start to get stuck.

At the end of the first half.

Hawks 52: 65 Clippers.

The Hawks' defense can be said to be unable to prevent the Nuggets' offense at all, and in the first two quarters of the first half, the Clippers scored 30+ points.

The Eagles didn't turn around in the second half either.

Team basketball is like that, when the ball is downwind, everyone is as fierce as a tiger.

No one has stepped up to turn the tide against the wind.

And Jokic's defense is just a little slower, not poor, and it's hard to switch defenses against some of the top three-point guards.

Korver is an elite shooter, but he doesn't play three-pointers with the ball and can't change the Clippers' defensive formation.

Teague is a fast runner, but his shot is very erratic.

Originally, the point guard and center were considered the defensive weaknesses of the Clippers, but the Hawks had no way to target the weaknesses of the Clippers.

On the contrary, Horford's low-post singles are frequently sanctioned by Jokic.

Jokic is just slow, and his ability to defend his back is still good.

With Lillard returning to rationalize this game, with Jokic as the core, the Clippers won this game.

The game is over.

Eagle 105: 121 Clippers.

The Clippers won the game on the home court of the Hawks and ushered in their opening two straight wins.

Jokic also showed his true strength in this game with the ball in hand.

Jokic had a triple-double of 26 points, 13 rebounds and 12 assists.

For Jokic to play such data, Su Chen took it for granted.

Jokic belongs to that kind of teammate, when his teammates are strong, he is strong, and when his teammates are weak, he is weak.

If his teammates are strong, he can get more assists while he has less pressure to attack on his own.

A teammate like Barton, the opponent wraps him up, he passes to Barton and then he strikes an iron.

Barton's iron is not simply an open iron, he simply doesn't look at his teammates, and sometimes Jokic doesn't give him a hand.

One more pass he can make an open space, but Barton doesn't care as much as you have the ball.

It doesn't matter what MVP or character you are, just throw the ball away.

As soon as the opponent saw that Jokic didn't seem to lose so much, he continued to target Jokic, so his teammates were strong enough to help Jokic a lot.

After Lillard was willing to be the second leader, the second leader Lillard, the third leader George.

Jokic, even in his championship season, has never fought such a rich battle.

Moreover, Su Chen's bunch of props and skills are all assisted by Jokic, and his ball position is also full for him, and it is a loss if he can't play this kind of data.

Although Jokic took the bulk of the stats, for George and Lillard, their stats were also passable.

Both are 20+ data.

"Now the problem with the Clippers is still the problem with the growth of other rookies."

Su Chen looked at the data sheet and thought.

The growth of other rookies is not as good as Jokic.

The ability value is fixed, and this skill can only be given to one player, so it must be given to Jokic.

The other players simply relied on the special training of the [Summer Training Camp], and Su Chen formulated a development route suitable for them and avoided many detours.

But in any case, the experience of the game is still important.

There were too many people on the bench with the ball.

Let's talk about Clarkson and Dinwiddie, both of them are ball-handling types, and their passing skills are poor.

Capella couldn't eat anything with them.

Fortunately, Kyle Anderson has shown his playmaking talent in the bench lineup, and if it weren't for Anderson, Capela would be hungry.

The ball on the bench is really not enough to play.

There is also a Morris who also needs to hold the ball to attack, Grant should also hold the ball, but Su Chen saw that so many ball carriers, Grant's ball holding, Su Chen confiscated it, and let him play 3D.

In fact, Su Chen still wanted to put Reggie off as a substitute, after all, the starter couldn't make up the [Striker Bond].

But that way, there are fewer ball-carriers on the bench.

"Do you want to stop using last season's trick?"

Su Chen couldn't help but start thinking about it.

In the first few games, you can send a message to Jokic, and then you can use the [Ability Fix] for others.

This strategy is naturally to brush up Gobert and McCollum Curry Jr. last season, and then pack them up for players.

Dinwiddie and Larkson can both brush up quickly, and they do look a little crowded on the bench together.

"Dinwiddie or Clarkson, or neither?"

Su Chen fell into deep thought.

Regarding the question of who to brush and who to go, Su Chen has no answer for the time being.

He needs to see more about what works for the team to stay as puzzle pieces and which ones don't work as puzzle pieces to throw away.

I don't have that much to think about now.

After beating the Hawks, the Clippers are back at home.

Anyway, even if you want to brush it, it's not now, establish a tactical position for Jokic first, and then talk about it slowly.

The Clippers have won two in a row, which is still very exciting for Clippers fans.

Originally, before the start of the game, Clippers fans had been worried that there was no one on the team's interior that could be used.

Looking at it now, Jokic doesn't look like he eats dumplings, but he really has that ability.

And with Jokic's ability, directly serving as the team's first core is not stage frightened at all.

Su Chen, as the coach of two consecutive championships, has been recognized by Su Chen, and he must indeed be powerful.

Jokic's performance in the second game deepened everyone's confidence in Jokic.

As for the problem that the position of power forward does not have a traditional interior line, it doesn't seem to be a big problem now.

After Batum now switched to power forward, he faced neither Aldridge nor Millsap on the offensive end.

On the contrary, it is guarded against in a proper manner.

At the same time, Batum's speed is far ahead compared to other big forwards.

Often Batum's inside cuts can shake off opposing defenders and complete easy scoring.

As for other locations.

Lillard, who was suppressed by Paul for a game, seems to have found his position this time, and Lillard's offensive ability with Jokic as the core is vividly displayed.

Originally, Lillard had to think about being targeted by the other side and the problem of organizing the team, but now these problems are handed over to the big man.

His task was simple, just throw those three-pointers, and it seemed like enough.

Clippers fans who were still complaining about the trade are now starting to smell good.

Of course, the premise here is that Jokic's strength can always be maintained at such a high level.

(End of chapter)