That's when the game is about to begin.

The starters from both sides entered the field.

Warriors starting lineup: Tyson Chandler (C), Draymond Green (PF), Corey Brewer (SF), Klay Thompson (SG), Stephen Curry (PG)

Clippers starting lineup: Nikola Jokic (C), Nicolas Batum (PF), Jeff Green (SF), Paul George (SG), Rajon Rondo (PG)

The Clippers' operation of changing the starter surprised Warriors fans.

Some old fans immediately thought that the Clippers wanted Rondo to forcibly chase Curry, which made Warriors fans not worry at all.

The Warriors' current level of blocking and pick-and-roll is among the top in the league.

Especially after Chandler joined, his veteran blocking experience and wide and powerful body made the Warriors' blocking power to a higher level.

Even if Rondo is at the level of a guard and a mid-defense team, it is still too much to think about locking Curry, who is now at his peak.

Even Curry, who was opposite Rondo, couldn't help but grit his teeth and smile when he saw that it was not Lillard but Curry.

"It seems that the Su Sect is still looking at me at the level of two years ago."

Curry gritted his braces and thought with a smile.

Now that he's adjusted his shot rate and his touch this season, Curry has the confidence to beat up a variety of defenders at the same position.

Jump ball.

Chandler relied on his excellent jumping ability to easily jump to the first possession for the Warriors.

Curry withdrew his braces, his eyes became serious, and he got into possession of the ball.

However, when Curry held the ball across the half court, he found that the person defending him was not Rondo but George.

Curry took a curious look and saw that Rondo didn't mean to come over to defend him at all, but was staring at his teammate Thompson.

What does that mean?

But Curry didn't think much of it, even George, he didn't think it was anything.

But when Chandler stepped forward to block the pick-and-roll, he found that Jeff Green was running faster than him and rushed directly towards Curry.

Curry was two steps away from the three-point line when he was suddenly caught in the bag.

George gave a lot of intensity to the confrontation at the beginning, not only did Curry not be able to dribble smoothly, but he also kept trying to steal with his arms.

Jeff Green, as a swingman of the Fauvists, is also very physically strong.

Two strong men were two steps away from the three-point line, sandwiching Curry in the middle.

Chandler originally wanted to come to pick him up, but seeing that the Clippers were so protective of Curry, he knew that he shouldn't block Curry and go straight down.

Curry's body limited his passing vision, especially when George got Su Chen's instructions and specially blocked Curry's vision with his hands.

Of course, there is still a certain distance, at least a little farther than Battier's blindfolded defense.

Since Cole didn't think about it before the game, Su Chen played like this as soon as he came up.

Therefore, there is no arrangement for such defensive tactics, and the players can only handle it themselves.

The ball was also shot by Brewer, who was not open and had some interference.

The ball didn't go in.

In the first round, the Clippers had a defensive strategy level of success.

This move is naturally a box-one that has not appeared in the alliance for a long time.

He'd used it before, but when he coached the Timberwolves, he used it very rarely.

The main reason is that the Timberwolves' defensive resources are too abundant, and there is no need to use such extreme tactics as box-one, and they only play with them occasionally.

The Clippers played well in the regular season this season, and there was no need to use box-one to defend.

Even in the playoffs, neither the Spurs nor the Timberwolves could target the Clippers' three-point attempt, and this trick has never been shown.

And Su Chen somewhat had the idea of hiding a move, after all, the Warriors, as the biggest opponent of the Clippers, are difficult to get three points.

This move, hide it first, at least so that Kerr will not have a long time to think about how this move should be aimed at the defense.

At least judging by the Warriors' panic in the first round, Kerr clearly didn't expect him to use box-one.

After all, the current Warriors still have Thompson, and Thompson, as the top three shooters in this league, needs to be defended just like Curry.

Using box-one to defend Curry is simply not taking Thompson seriously.

"It turns out that Rondo is not playing to defend Curry at all, but to defend Thompson."

Barkley said in surprise when he saw the situation on the field.

"Is this going to use box-one defense directly against Curry all the way, and it is to use two forwards to defend, limiting Curry's passing vision."

"It makes sense why you want to play Rondo instead of Jokic, and if you want to play two forwards to use box-one, then the other players' single defense ability must first pass."

Johnson thought about it for a moment and analyzed.

"Box-One has been used by Su Chen in recent years, and Su Chen has basically not used it in the past two seasons, and he has forgotten that he still has this hand."

O'Neill patted his big bald head and said with a laugh.

"But there's still a problem with this, Kerr can do a set of Thompson's tactics as soon as he reacts, and box-one is self-defeating."

Kenny Smith said at this time.

Hearing Kenny Smith's words, the others nodded as well.

After Su Chen used box-one to achieve the effect before, other coaches also tried to use it.

found that under the rules of the current small-ball era, you can only use this trick to bully some single-core teams, and at the same time, the single-core must not be too good at organization.

Otherwise, the effect of this trick is to send assists to others.

Now there are still very few coaches in the league who use this trick, so they can use it to bully the tank team, and the key tank team can be bullied without using it.

Therefore, the box-one tactic is still not popular.

The Warriors are clearly not one of the teams that fit to be bullied by box-one tactics.

First of all, Curry's organizational skills are top-notch and can handle most of the packs.

Secondly, the Warriors are not Curry's single-core team, and Thompson is now the top three shooters in the league, which can be regarded as the current version of the hero.

If you want to really hold down the Warriors, it's not enough to just target Curry, Thompson also has Curry-level explosive scoring ability.

It was Su Chen on the sidelines, who looked unhurried or impatient.

How does Peak Curry cope?

Not to mention that Jokic is not good at guarding out, even if he changes to an interior who is good at guarding out, Curry will catch that little opportunity.

Peak Curry because his shooting speed is too fast and his accuracy is also very high, if you want to target Curry, you have to think of some strange moves.

Since Curry's shot is difficult to interfere with, then simply don't let Curry shoot.

At least judging from the Raptors' win over the Warriors to win the championship, box-one facing the Warriors is not a meaningless tactic.

At the same time, it also proves that even with a powerful lock like the peak Leonard, it is very difficult to defend Curry alone.

Curry at his peak is not a player who can defend alone.

As for Thompson, of course, his ability to explode points is also very powerful, so Su Chen sent Rondo to chase Thompson.

Rondo's ability to chase Curry is almost there, but chasing Thompson can still be somewhat limited.

Thompson is a good all-time shooter, but not a stand-alone presence like peak Curry.

Thompson still needs to use some catch-and-shoot without the ball, dribble on his own to create shooting opportunities, and his three-point shooting with the ball is basically pure top shooting.

Although Thompson's hand burst and his pure top shot is also super efficient, it is not so simple to have a hand explosion.

In the case of Jokic, the box-one is a very good option.

And this time.

The offense and defense have been switched on the field.

After Jokic received the rebound, he looked for a long pass opportunity to launch a fast break, but he didn't find it in the first place.

According to Jokic's usual habit of playing, at this time, he can choose to dribble with the ball himself for half the court.

However, Jokic did not dribble the ball past half of the court by himself, but gave the ball to Rondo.

When Rondo came on the field, he called a tactic.

Instead of going to the point guard to play a two-man turn, Jokic went to the 45-degree three-point line to make a pick-and-roll and gave George a no-ball three-point option.

Jokic's offensive ability, Kerr had analyzed before the game, and made a lot of defensive arrangements for Jokic.

However, Kerr's most arrangement was about Jokic attacking in the low post.

At this time, Jokic was covering outside the three-point line, and the Warriors' interior did not dare to continue to shrink, so they had to be released quickly.

Jokic and George both have a lot of three-point shots on this Clippers team, and they do pick-and-roll, and both can be three-point endpoints.

At this time, George ran out of a no-ball three-point position after Jokic's block.

Rondo made a one-handed pass directly.

The Warriors players all subconsciously intercepted the pass, but the next second, Rondo's long arm made a change of direction.

Curry's attention was still on that pass, and after the feint of Rondo's pass, a change of direction acceleration directly broke through Curry's defense.

Seeing that Curry was broken through, Thompson immediately came to help the defense.

At this time, Rondo passed the ball from behind without looking at people, and the ball passed smoothly into the hands of Jeff Green.

Jeff Green has been able to go from the bench to the Clippers starter this season, and naturally his three-point shooting percentage is not bad.

Jeff Green was in the open space, and he could also adjust his shot.

Brush!

Three-pointers scored.

Warriors 0:3 Clippers.

Seeing this cooperation, Su Chen on the sidelines smiled.

Even Su Chen took the time to take a look at Cole's expression.

At this time, Cole's expression was obviously stunned.

Su Chen didn't have to guess, before the game, a lot of people were analyzing how many ways the warriors had against Jokic.

Draymond Green and Chandler are both good defenders in the low post, and Jokic can hand them over.

Su Chen wanted to say a word to these people.

Obviously, the weakness of the Warriors' starters is Curry, why should he think about breaking the Warriors' interior defense first, and isn't it good to drive the interior from the outside?

"So that's what Rondo does!"

Johnson on the field also understood.

"I see!"

Kenny Smith also looked like he had a sudden realization.

They have all fallen into a misunderstanding before.

Because in the past games, the Clippers have determined a center as the core of the play, and the record is dazzling.

So the habitual thinking will think about the battle between the Clippers and the Warriors on the inside.

But they forget that the defensive weakness of the Warriors' starters is Curry, just as the Clippers' starting weakness on the defensive end is Jokic.

These are the main generals of both sides, and they cannot be easily replaced.

At the same time, they also forgot that Rondo had proven over the past season that he was top-notch in his passing ability and his ability to break through was also top-notch.

The Clippers have played too many threes and inside cuts before, especially at the point guard position, and Lillard has taken a lot of shots from beyond the three-point line.

So they didn't even think about it, is Lillard really better than Rondo on the offensive end?

The Clippers' lineup is a starting lineup with all three-point points, and if Rondo's style of play becomes the core, it will be a ball-handling core.

Rondo's micro-manipulation on breaking inside and passing the ball literally shook off Lillard a few streets.

With the lineup suitable for Rondo, and the Warriors' weakness being point guard, Rondo is not necessarily weaker than Lillard on the offensive end.

Most of Lillard's offense is three-pointers, and if he wants to effectively punish Curry for this point, he has to feel good.

If Lillard doesn't feel good, he will waste this opportunity against Curry.

In such a specific situation, Lillard doesn't seem to be really much better than Rondo on the offensive end, but the gap on the defensive end makes the gap between the two come out.

"Looking at it this way, Rondo seems to be quite right to start in place of Lillard."

O'Neill touched his head and said a little strangely.

After the rest of the people listened to it, they didn't have any rebuttals.

But it's embarrassing for them to talk about it.

Because just before the start of the game, after seeing the starting list, they were still accusing how unreasonable it was to replace Rondo in the starting lineup.

They all agreed that replacing Rondo wouldn't solve the Clippers' defense.

It's Jokic that really needs to be replaced.

If you can't replace Jokic, it's better to play Lillard, and how can you play against the Warriors.

But judging by the Clippers' strategy right now.

While maintaining the defense, he even became stronger on the offensive end.

How embarrassing it is.

The game went on.

Because of Kerr's pre-game arrangement, he didn't expect Su Chen to use this path at all, so the Warriors suddenly played a little messy.

Kerr didn't guess Su Chen's arrangement, but Su Chen was familiar with the Warriors' style of play.

The Warriors' opening game was suddenly beaten 3-10.

Honk!

Cole saw that he couldn't fight like this, and at the same time, he also thought about it for a while and came up with a countermeasure.

So I quickly called a timeout.

Seeing that the Warriors were stopped, the Clippers' morale quickly rose.

Rondo clapped his hands and encouraged his teammates.

The players on and off the pitch were very excited, and during the timeout, the bench also greeted the main team.

Even Lillard, who was assigned to the bench tonight, saw the team play such a performance, and stepped forward to high-five his teammates.

(End of chapter)