The originally planned Clippers Big Three, Lillard was in a slump again, and Jokic hit the rookie wall.

George played decently, but the decent-looking George obviously couldn't carry the team's banner.

At this time, Clarkson, who had played an efficient 20+ in a row on the bench, also attracted the attention of the outside world.

There are already some media outlets writing about Clarkson's technical analysis and highlights.

Clearly, Clarkson has attracted a lot of attention.

It's good to be in the big ball market, but if you start hitting good shots in a row, you'll immediately get noticed.

This is what Su Chen wants to achieve.

At the same time, it also made Su Chen sigh that the big ball market is good.

Last season in the Timberwolves, if he wanted to make Gobert and CJ and others famous, he had to rely on an opening winning streak to attract attention.

It's like a clipper.

Just two good games played casually, and the team lost, can attract so much attention.

Then the next thing is to let Clarkson lead the team to win.

Memphis.

FedEx Arena.

The Clippers take on the Grizzlies on the road.

Now the team has played seven games, and the schedule of seven games is still relatively intensive.

This just gave Su Chen a chance, that is, to take a turn of rest!

In Su Chen's opinion, Lillard George Jokic's three-person cooperation has already played decently, and there is no need to pay too much attention to the run-in time when there are S-level analog glasses.

The top priority now is to strengthen the team's forward reserves.

Whether it's the small-ball era or the lineup with Jokic as the core, the forward line is extremely important.

Especially when Lillard's defensive ability is not as good as Murray's, switching faster forwards can also help Lillard and Jokic deal with those offenses.

Often the little people play famous, and they are accompanied by the rest of the team's core.

For example, when Lin was crazy, it happened that Anthony was injured and didn't play for a while, so that there would be enough stage for him.

In the same way, Lillard was on the court and also blocked Clarkson's development.

The reason why Clarkson should be brushed first is purely because Clarkson is better than Dinwiddie, because Clarkson's own scoring ability is relatively mature from the beginning.

Also based on 80% of their peak, Clarkson's pure offensive ability is stronger than Dinwiddie.

Dinwiddie is a more balanced No. 1 position.

If Dinwiddie and Clarkson were to allocate 10 skill points, Dinwiddie would probably assign 5 points to both scoring organizations, while Clarkson would allocate 10 points to scoring.

Dinwiddi Su Chen also planned to brush him, but before that, let Clarkson brush it first.

In this game, Lillard was rested, and Clarkson directly replaced Lillard as the team's starting point guard.

Soon the game began.

Grizzlies starting lineup: Marc Gasol (C), Zach Randolph (PF), Courtney Lee (SF), Tony Allen (SG), Mike Conley (PG)

Clippers starting lineup: Nikola Jokic (C), Nicolas Batum (PF), Paul George (SF), Reggie Jackson (SG), Jordan Clarkson (PG)

The reason why he chose an opponent like the Grizzly Bear, Su Chen naturally also had his considerations.

Clarkson has the data at the moment, but the teams lost both games, and the losses of the teams with good data can easily be regarded as data brushes.

You must know that those small characters who play big scenes, the reason why they have caused a sensation is not only because they have swiped beautiful data.

It's all about winning.

Lin Crazy was crazy in those days, and at the same time, he was still leading the team to a winning streak, which made people feel crazy.

If you want to reproduce that kind of performance, you can't just brush the data.

As the opponent of the first victory, it is also more important, when talking about so-and-so, it will be said that he started the streak from the match with whom he started and then broke out.

This opponent naturally can't be too weak, otherwise it won't be convincing to fight a fishing team.

Grizzly bear, naturally, is a very suitable character for this positioning.

In the Grizzlies' backcourt, Conley and Allen have made the best defensive second team and the best defensive first team respectively, and belong to the league's first-class defenders.

Although Courtney Lee has not been selected for the defensive lineup, he is positioned as a 3-and-D forward, and the defensive guy he eats is naturally not bad.

On the inside, there is also Gasol Jr., the DPOY's guard, and it can be said that the points scored on the Grizzlies are all real.

The Grizzlies are a playoff regulars in recent seasons, and their weakness is that their offense keeps them from going further, but their defense is always on the line.

The Grizzlies' idea of building the team is quite similar to that of the champion Pistons Five Tigers, plus there is a successful example of the Spurs, so the Grizzlies also want to imitate it.

But players like Duncan alone can't be imitated, and the rules of modern basketball have changed differently from the time of the Pistons Five Tigers.

Seeing a rookie start on the Clippers made the Grizzlies a little surprised.

In particular, Grizzlies head coach Jogel thought before the game that Reggie might go to the starting point guard.

George has played SG in previous games, so maybe Morris or Barnes will be the starting line-up.

As Qiao Ge, who was often eliminated by Su Chen in the past two seasons, he now knows a little bit of Su Chen's preferences, that is, he likes large-sized lineups.

But having Clarkson start, and also playing with Reggie in the backcourt, made Joggle a little strange.

However, Su Chen has always been something he can't see through.

And Clarkson played well on the bench in the first two games.

That's when the game began.

Jokic jumped to the ball for the Clippers, and now Jokic's jump ball is getting better, after all, even those jumping male centers don't get to jump every time.

After George got the ball, it was customary to hold the ball for Lillard or Jokic, so George took a look at Jokic first.

However, Su Chen specially increased Clarkson's possession this time, and after George glanced at Jokic, he gave the ball to Clarkson.

This scene is also hilarious to say.

George is already a Mesozoic in the league, having been selected as a two-time All-Star, All-Star and All-Defensive Team.

It stands to reason that George should be the boss of this team, and Lillard can't compare to him.

The first ball is customary, and it is generally the team boss who has the right to take the lead in singles.

But now that Lillard is resting, George actually has to consider giving Jokic or Clarkson in terms of giving the ball.

But there is nothing George can do about such a situation, and the coach's tactics are not the tactics of the forward.

Originally, I thought that Butler and Giannis were in the status of the Timberwolves last season, and he should rise to the top and become the core of the game after he arrived at the Clippers.

But now it's a supporting role.

But anyway, Su Chen is a two-time champion coach, let's see Su Chen arrange a season first.

After Clarkson scored high in the first two games, there was no stage fright in this game.

Since the coach has designed tactics for him, he boldly calls tactics.

Clarkson directly called a Stack tactic that Su Chen tailored for him, that is, the Spanish blocking.

To put it simply, while the two people in the bottom corner open up the space, the other three quickly gather at the top of the arc.

There are many variations of this bunch.

If you don't have a center's three-pointer, you'll basically make a pick-and-roll when you're stacked, and then immediately cut inside to the basket.

Of course, it will also vary from person to person.

For example, a center with three-point points like Jokic can not only choose to cut inside the basket after getting together, but also choose to play three points outside.

This change in the Spanish pick-and-roll was specially designed by Su Chen for Clarkson, and it was very suitable for his technical characteristics.

After Clarkson called out the tactic, the rest of the team immediately understood the tactic.

Reggie and Batum stood directly in the bottom corners of each side.

George and Jokic immediately stepped up to the top of the arc and made a pick-and-roll off-ball screen.

Since the Clippers have hardly played such tactics before, the Grizzlies are also unprepared for such tactics of the Clippers.

Jokic cut inside immediately after the pick-and-roll, but Conley's defense was still sharp, and he immediately directed Cornett Lee to play with Jokic and he went to defend George from the outside.

Cornett Lee knows that there is a huge difference in size and tonnage between Jokic, so he has always been defending Jokic's catches in front of him, rather than defending in the back.

At the same time, the Trail Blazers' defenses on both sides are quietly shrinking in, ready to help Cornett Lee cut the ball at any time.

Cornett Lee's break route was well chosen, and it would be very difficult to get the ball to Jokic in such a situation.

Not to mention Clarkson, even Lillard wanted to pass the ball in and hang it.

Although Clarkson did not have the ability to pass the ball like this, in this tactic, Su Chen did not arrange for him to pass into the inside line at all.

At this time, a counterpoint between Clarkson and Gasol Jr. was formed.

Although Gasol Jr. is a DPOY, that was already two seasons ago, and with the change of rules, in fact, Gasol Jr. never entered the defensive lineup after that.

Because Gasol Jr.'s weakness is speed, the Grizzly Bear's two inside lines are called black and white bears, and Gasol Jr., the big white bear, is indeed very vivid.

If you want to attack him in the low position on the inside, then his stocky body like a big white bear will make the opponent eat hot pot.

But in this era, except for Jokic, the inside line rarely chisels the low post.

Moreover, even Jokic has a good three-point hand, and even dribbles with the ball to break through.

At this time, Gasol Jr. still opened a certain defensive distance in the face of Clarkson, and obviously he had a clear understanding of his speed.

Watching Gasol Jr. shrink, Clarkson chose to pull three points directly after dribbling twice on the spot.

Although Gasol Jr. reached out when Clarkson made a move, the interference effect from his distance was actually very small.

In the face of this level of interference as a professional player, it can also be said that there is no interference.

However, judging from the visual effects, Clarkson's three-point shot was against Gasol Jr. who reached out to defend it.

Brush!

Clarkson had a good hand tonight, hitting the first three-pointer with the ball.

Grizzlies 0:3 Clippers.

The former DPOY's defense made the opening three-pointer, which made Clarkson look excited.

At this time, Clarkson himself didn't know that he was now at the peak of 80% of his ability, and he simply thought that he was doing well.

At the beginning, a three-point shot by a first-year rookie like Clarkson, which made Gasol Jr. a little embarrassed, and it was a second-round pick.

Gasol Jr. patted himself on the chest and signaled that the ball was his.

The teammates and coaches on the Grizzlies' side didn't say anything, after all, Gasol Jr. is DPOY, and they still have to believe in their teammates.

Grizzlies offensive round.

The Grizzlies' offense is more team-oriented, but because Randolph and Batum feel that Randolph has an advantage in this position, Randolph reached for the ball at the beginning.

Randolph is a true low-post, heavy-duty interior with a soft mid-range feel.

Although Batum has performed well in defending some league interior lines in the past games, Batum and Randolph's strength is still too different.

As soon as Randolph received the ball, Batum stepped forward to press.

At the same time, George immediately shrank back, and the two of them carried out a high-intensity clamp on Randolph.

Batum's sudden pressing made Randolph unable to hold the ball, and then Jokic immediately wrapped it up, which made Randolph have to play the ball right away.

Randolph's low-post offensive ability does not need to be praised too much, even the big-mouthed Barkley called Randolph the number one low-post master in the active league, and it is not easy to get such an evaluation from Barkley.

But the reason why the Grizzlies have not been able to go further for so many seasons is also because of Randolph.

The Grizzlies wanted to replicate team basketball like the Spurs, but their most critical configuration changed from Duncan to Randolph.

Randolph has Duncan's strong offensive ability, but he doesn't have Duncan's ability to break bags, and his ability to respond is simply not enough to support a system.

Randolph tried to pass the ball, but he couldn't, and the ball was snatched out of his hand and snatched by Batum.

It was also the ball that was grabbed by Batum, and if it was grabbed by Jokic, Jokic would be able to launch a fast break.

Seeing Randolph caught in the bag and losing the ball, the Grizzlies immediately defended.

They can often see scenes like Randolph, who is not good at handling bags, which is something that the league knows very well.

With Randolph's low-post offensive ability, if he has Duncan's ability to adapt and defend, he can also take over Duncan's current No. 1 power forward.

Batum didn't find an opportunity to launch a fast attack, and Su Chen also shouted loudly on the sidelines, signaling for the team to play position.

Batum saw the situation and put the ball back in Clarkson's hands.

Clarkson called a Stack tactic again.

This is the tactical right given to him by Su Chen, Clarkson is not polite, and he has played with confidence in the first two games.

A scorer just needs confidence, otherwise even 80% of the peak strength will not be able to play.

With this stack tactic, Clarkson points to Gasol Jr.'s defense.

This time, Gasol Jr. paid more attention to Clarkson's three-pointers, which Clarkson apparently observed.

Clarkson didn't use any fancy dribbling, he directly used a change of direction to accelerate and break through to the left-hand side.

Gasol Jr. hurriedly backed away.

When near the free throw line, Clarkson suddenly made a sharp stop, and Gasol Jr. was slow and inertia, and he couldn't stop at all.

After shaking off Gasol Jr., Clarkson shot directly from mid-range.

Brush!

Grizzlies 0:5 Clippers.

(End of chapter)