Chapter 241: Changing the starting lineup before the game

The gap between coaches made it seem that the Warriors did not have much advantage.

Although it is almost impossible to find a coach in the history of the NBA who can truly play a role beyond the influence of a superstar, many times it is the individual ability of the player that is greater than the influence of the coach.

After all, at critical times, it is more about the stars who stand up and solve the problem in the way of their personal ability.

But Su Chen has changed two teams in a row to win the championship, and both of them are teams that are not favored by the outside world, and they won the championship with them.

This made the outside world dare not ignore Su Chen's ability.

A more objective analysis.

The Clippers' lineup is not really crushed against the Warriors, at least in terms of benches, the Clippers still have the advantage.

The depth of the lineup rotation is still stronger than that of the Warriors.

Tyson Chandler's reinforcement of the Warriors is not without chips, and Barnes was released, which further reduced the Warriors' forward resources.

Su Chen's evaluation of this warrior team is really not necessarily stronger than the warriors in the original timeline.

Barnes was used as a bargaining chip to strengthen Chandler, and although the veteran Richard Jefferson was discovered, he was also cut off and Iguodala was replaced by Brewer.

This makes the Warriors more passive in the swing of the forward line, and without Iguodala one of the lineup's strongest locks.

Oracle Arena.

Tonight's Oracle Arena is a sea of yellow, full of oppression.

After last season's Warriors were eliminated, this season has seen an evolution, with their strong performance in the regular season taking them to the top of the league.

At the same time, in the playoffs, he also performed very strongly.

swept the Mavericks in the first round, and let the Rockets win a game in the second round, but still won easily.

This season's Warriors are undoubtedly aiming for a championship.

Their lineup had already won championships when they were weaker, and now the Splash Brothers have become more mature and the lineup is much stronger than it was at the beginning.

Kerr is also more skillful with this team.

Golden State fans have also regained confidence in this Warriors.

Although their opponent is the man.

The man who once took them to the top, the man who brought them home with his own hands last season.

But after changing teams, the Clippers, a lineup with a bulky center as the core, has no advantage over them.

Last season, the Timberwolves were indeed disciplined, and the infinite rotation and rotation speed were just the right way to limit the Warriors' style of play.

The current Clippers are Jokic, a bulky center, and a defensive Lillard, who just happened to meet Curry's historic three-point play with the ball.

Even if it is Su Chen, the cards in his hand are like this, can he still play flowers?

Facing the Clippers has a natural advantage, Warriors fans are basically dismissive of the Clippers.

At this time, with the arrival of Warriors players and Curry's pressing, the atmosphere in the arena has reached a peak.

Curry gritted his braces and had a nonchalant expression, which had already initially shown the momentum of the small ball king.

With the change in the rules, Curry can be called the T0 hero.

At the same time, there is another T1 top Thompson in supporting Curry, which makes the Warriors' offensive ability the first in the league.

Their league-leading record, as well as an easy win in the playoffs, also gave the entire Warriors a momentum of victory.

They don't give a damn about any opponent and can win easily.

This version of the game won by the Warriors is indeed too easy, and they are often clocked in the third quarter so that they are not even used to playing the whole game.

The Clippers on the other side also entered the field.

The players are warming up.

Su Chen did not stand on the sidelines, but sat in his place.

"Do you want to use this starter at the beginning, or do you want to play first?"

Milosevic said nervously.

Because Su Chen changed the starting list before the game.

You know, the Clippers' starting list hasn't changed much since the regular season was formed.

In the first and second rounds, he faced strong opponents like the Spurs and the Timberwolves, and he also relied on this starting lineup to play all the way.

When a team wins, it doesn't have to adjust, and that's a rule that coaches in the league will follow.

The Clippers, who were already on a winning streak, relied on the starters to play like this, even if there is a weakness that happens to be the opponent's strength, they should play first.

Maybe if you really fight, the other party won't be able to fight this weakness at all?

Like Rivers' Timberwolves.

"When the Warriors establish an advantage, their downwind ability is the best in the league, and then it will be difficult to adjust and chase again."

Su Chen glanced at Milosevic and said to him.

Lao Mi has been following him for a long time, and if other teaching assistants come to ask him this question, he doesn't bother to answer.

"Well, what you said makes sense."

Milosevic thought for a moment and nodded.

He has also seen the analysis of the Warriors' team data, and it is true that the Warriors' ability to score is too strong, even if it is a timeout, it is difficult to interrupt the morale of the Warriors.

On the contrary, many of the games that the Warriors lost did not establish a lead in the first place.

It's really hard to catch up with the Warriors to build a lead.

Just like the game that the Warriors lost against the Rockets, it was that the splash was not opened in front of it, and at the same time, Harden shot a super high shooting percentage.

In such a situation, the Rockets won the game.

Gold medal commentary group.

has already played a game of this level, plus the west is a collision of two super teams, and it is the battle between Su Chen and his old club, they will naturally not be absent.

"Su Chen now has a total of two old clubs, and he has to fight two in a row at this time."

Johnson was the first to speak.

"Even Spurs are Su Chen's opponents for his debut."

Barkley added at this time.

"In the last series, we were still discussing whether Su Chen could be considered a personal dynasty if Su Chen won the championship in different teams for three consecutive seasons."

"But now facing the Warriors, their style of play is too aimed at the Clippers, and it is difficult for Su Chen to come up with a response."

Kenny Smith said at this time.

"You're right, it's too hard for the Clippers to get past the Warriors."

"A Curry might still be able to figure out how to target, but they also have Thompson, who is even more explosive than Curry at times."

Johnson also nodded.

In the last series, they did not discuss the question of whether Su Chen's three seasons of championships with different teams could be regarded as personal dynasties.

Of course, they're also eager to see what impact such a back-to-back championship of three different teams could have on the league.

It's just that they have to admit that this team of warriors is too strong.

Even Barkley, who doesn't like the Warriors' three-point play, has nothing to defend at this time, the Warriors' strength has already been shown.

The league's current rules are very friendly to three-point shooting, and there is nothing to be done with Barkley in the rule bonus.

It was at this time that a staff member put a list into O'Neill's hands.

"Oh? Could this be Su Chen's response? ”

O'Neill said in surprise after reading the list.

After hearing O'Neill's words, the other three were also curious.

But O'Neill was a little annoying, and didn't show the list to the three of them at the first time, but pretended to be serious about looking at the list.

The three of them also went crazy and launched a crusade against O'Neal.

O'Neill just wanted to get the effect of the show, and when he saw that the effect of the show was achieved, he also gave the list to the three people.

This list is naturally a list of starters for both sides.

The Warriors haven't changed much, using their usual starting lineup.

The Clippers' starting roster has changed dramatically.

"Lillard was taken off the starter, and Rondo was put on the starter!"

Johnson said in surprise after looking at the list.

"Lillard has shown a very efficient offense in the past games, and he and Jokic have worked together at a very high level."

"Of course, Su Chen wants to improve his defense, but Jokic is not like Capela who can take off and receive at any time, and Rondo does not have the ability to hold the ball and make three-point points without the ball."

Kenny Smith shook his head.

"If you improve the defense, will you change the wrong person, shouldn't Capela be the starting lineup?"

Barkley was a little incomprehensible and replaced it with Rondo's operation.

Rondo is undoubtedly a good defender, but even Rondo is not very reliable to rely on him alone in the face of the Warriors' blocking.

Chandler is very strong, his pick-and-roll quality is very good, Rondo may be able to get around some pick-and-rolls, but you can't expect Rondo to get around all the balls, right?

Besides, Lillard's defense, while not great, is generally at the passing line among small guards.

The Warriors have the advantage over the Clippers, mainly because Curry's three-point shooting is too fast, and Jokic can't change the defense.

Lillard's defensive ability is not to say that the ball is singled by Curry.

"It's really a mistake, since the defense is not easy to adjust, it's better to go directly to Lillard, at least the offense can compete with each other."

Even O'Neal, who admires Jokic very much, is not very optimistic about this substitution at this time.

Lillard may be a weakness against the Warriors, but it's only a small weakness.

The real big weakness is Jokic.

"Although Jokic has played historical statistics before, he is a rookie after all, and he can really change the system with the Clippers' lineup if he really replaces Jokic."

"The Warriors' Chandler is a blue-collar and has no low-post offensive ability, and Su Chen can even consider his system playing in the Timberwolves last season."

And at this time, Kenny Smith is saying his advice.

Not to mention, Kenny Smith's suggestion is actually quite reliable.

The depth of the Clippers' roster is still quite thick, and even Batum playing power forward has been proven to be feasible.

Players like Jeff Green and Kyle Anderson, theoretically playing the Warriors, can also play the center position.

Although against Chandler, these players are the losers.

But in this case, Su Chen can use the infinite rotation and quick rotation strategy used in the Timberwolves last season.

Last season, Su Chen had already proven that this strategy could win the Warriors.

Anyway, it's not going to be Lillard, even Jokic is not going to be on it, and it's also a way to go back to last season's forward system.

"It seems that this can really be the case, maybe Su Chen will take your opinion in the next game."

O'Neill laughed.

"But at least in this case, Su Chen won't know about the strategy you offered."

Johnson also said with a smile.

In short, the commentators still feel that this substitution to let Lillard start is not very correct.

As for the methods they provide, it's just talk.

After all, in a noisy field, their commentary will not be broadcast live at the same time.

And this time.

Kerr, who is in the Warriors camp, also got the Clippers' starting lineup from the assistant coach.

"Let Rondo start?"

When Kerr saw this starting list, he was stunned.

Cole thought about it for a while, and came up with Su Chen's idea a little.

Rondo's defensive ability among point guards can be said to be at the T1 level.

After all, he is a point guard who has been selected to the All-Defensive Team for a while.

It's nothing more than planning to let Rondo chase Curry, don't think about changing defenses, even if Rondo is the top defender among point guards.

But that is, point guard, 1.85 meters tall makes it difficult for Rondo to defend forwards, let alone inside.

After Kerr suffered a loss in the defense change system last season, he still remembers it, especially after seeing Su Chen, he is guarding against whether Su Chen will come up with another defense change system.

But Jokic and Galondo's combination, one can't guard the outside, and the other can't guard the inside.

The defensive strategy that the Clippers can choose is to retreat.

And the absence of Lillard reassured Kerr a lot, after all, Jokic and Lillard's threat on the offensive end is really difficult to defend.

In the pre-game period, he thought about a whole bunch of defensive strategies to start with Lillard, as Jokic had proven in the past that he was not afraid of packs and targets.

The more he targeted Jokic, the more excited he became.

So Kerr thought, we still have to start with Lillard.

But now Lillard has been swapped straight out of the starting lineup, which makes Kerr laugh.

Rondo's three-point shooting is basically not to be taken care of, his teammates' offensive threat is small, and Jokic's role will be relatively small.

In such a situation, Kerr would consider going straight to Jokic, which would be much simpler.

"Looks like you're going to have an infinite defense system."

Kerr put down the Clippers' starting list and smiled lightly as he looked in the direction of the Clippers.

Before the game, the outside world was optimistic about the Warriors, but Kerr was not at all easy.

Since he became the coach of the Warriors, he has kept comparing him with Su Chen.

At first, he was very angry, and he kept thinking about playing the results and proving them to everyone.

But in last season's playoffs, others may have a relatively shallow impression, but for Kerr they all remember it now.

Last season, the Warriors' lineup was better than that of the Timberwolves, but he faced Su Chen, but he played a game with a big difference in strength between the two sides.

He was crushed by Su Chen.

This kept Cole in mind.

So before this game, Cole thought a lot and simulated a lot of Su Chen's arrangement.

He considered a lot of factors that the Clippers could turn around their game disadvantage.

In his simulation, he is still not too sure about the offensive end of the Lillard and Jokic pairing.

(End of chapter)