You'd better wrap me

Chapter 323 See the real chapter for details

According to the schedule, the Clippers and the Spurs will start their Western Conference semifinal match on May [-], and there are still two days to adjust.

The predictions of various media such as ESPN were subsequently released. Statistics showed that the proportion of support for the Clippers to win was as high as 83.17%. The main point of view is that the Spurs are good in everything, but only Duncan has the advantage, and the other four positions are all lost to the Clippers.

Well-known commentator and 'Su fan' Kevin Pelton wrote: "The biggest problem with the Spurs is that their defensive system focuses on preventing breakthroughs, but the Clippers have two top mid-range and long-range players, Su Yang and Ray Allen. He also has excellent shooting ability in the middle distance, and even the surprise three-pointer Marc Gasol, and the mid-range shooting master Grant Hill who is about to be forgotten.

The Spurs have defeated the Clippers in the regular season, but they are all under the premise that the Clippers are back-to-back with poor physical strength. The Clippers will not continue to implement the load management regulations when they enter the playoffs. They can only hope to win. Duncan caused Chandler and Millsap foul trouble, or pray to God from now on, the reality is so cruel, they can't beat the Clippers at their best. "

Among various discussions, the Clippers resumed joint training.

As usual, the whole team first watched the video of the Spurs against the Suns, and found that the Spurs’ strength was Tony Parker, especially the pull-up jump shot after the screen, with a shooting percentage of 10% from 16 to 42.7 feet, and from 16 feet to the three-point line. The scoring rate is 40.9%, and the scoring ratio is as high as 40.2%. In addition, Parker hits the basket with a shooting rate as high as 64%. It is necessary to study the defensive strategy in detail.

The coaching staff headed by Spoelstra and Iguodala began brainstorming, various proposals and deduction, and the discussion was very heated.

Su Yang waited quietly for everyone to speak, and it was his turn to speak directly: "I'll follow him, I can do it alone..."

Facing the shocked but not so shocked eyes of the crowd, Su Yang smiled and explained why he could do it alone. The main reason is that Parker is at his peak, has a historic finishing efficiency at the basket, is very fast, and can pass the ball. If Chandler Le or Millsap is disgusted to participate in the rush, double-team or coverage, all of which are at a disadvantage. It is better to use Parker's 25.8% three-point shooting rate this season, and let him watch the timing to bypass or squeeze through the screen. Just kill the Spurs engine.

"Then let you guard against it..."

Assistant coach Payton joked, "We know that you have improved on the defensive end recently, and we will give you this opportunity to perform."

Iguodala and others laughed.

Spoelstra, Hornacek and other coaches laughed lightly, and discussed their defensive strategies. Su Yang solved any problems.

Other defensive details followed, such as whether to double-team Duncan or not. After double-teaming, Parker and Bowen, who have a very low three-point shooting percentage, must be given priority, and Finley, who has a good three-point shooting percentage, should be given priority. Thomas, whatever.

If you don't double-team Duncan, then let Duncan go underground first, make it more difficult for him to pass the ball, and control fouls.

As for how to choose, it depends on the state of the scene.

The discussion lasted for about half an hour, the preliminary plan was determined, and the training began. The staff responsible for filming the four consecutive championship documentaries asked Su Yang with the cameraman, saying: "In your career, the strongest opponent and team who is it?"

The original intention was to bring out the Lakers, because the Lakers led 3-1 once, and the Lakers led 3-0 once, and then showed the confidence that they did not put the Spurs in their eyes. After all, the first time in their career against the Spurs was a lore. Or a dunk lore.

Su Yang thought for a moment, then replied with a smile: "The strongest opponent is ourselves. We once doubted whether we could advance, especially in the series against the Lakers in the past two years. Fortunately, we were relieved both times. Rediscover your confidence."

Without pretending to compare, many times the biggest opponent is yourself. It is very difficult to maintain self-confidence for a long time.

I wanted to say that it is difficult to maintain the motivation to pursue four consecutive championships. For example, Varejao chose to leave. It is better than Michael Jordan retired to play baseball after three years. But the Clippers teammates are right next to them, say It will only lower the atmosphere of the whole pair.

The morning training ended, the whole team took a nap in the rest area, continued the afternoon training, waited until seven o'clock, and rushed to Malibu Beach together, held the dinner party before the semifinals as usual, and watched the games of other teams in the league by the way .

In the West, the Mavericks defeated the Rockets 4-2 and advanced to the semifinals against the Lakers. In the East, after the Eagles led 2-0, they suffered a 4-3 comeback from the Raptors. Paul's playoff journey stopped, and Bosh will Against Janeway in the semifinals.

Another matchup in the Eastern Conference is the Celtics VS Bulls. The newly formed Big Three Celtics actually took seven games to defeat the seventh-ranked Pistons in the first round. Many fans complained that Rivers is pure waste and should be investigated later. Get fired as soon as possible.

After reading the distribution of the game, assistant coach Payton took the lead in proposing to gamble on the results of the Eastern Conference promotion. Except for Su Yang, everyone else chose the Heat and the Celtics. Only he chose the Heat and the Bulls, firmly believing that the Bulls would overwhelm the scene Very poor green kai.

At [-] pm the next day, the Clippers played against the Spurs.

As the fans entered the arena, the central big screen began to play multiple highlights of the Clippers' defeat of the Spurs in the past four years.

From Su Yang's lore in the regular season, to Su Yang's playoff finals, to three consecutive wins against the Spurs, highlighting the suppression of blood.

The interviews with Popovich and others were released later, all kinds of praises for Su Yang, what has surpassed Jordan, what is the pioneer of basketball in the new era, what players such as Durant and other future super giant idols, what business legends play basketball, moral wisdom body beauty...

In the ESPN live broadcast, Van Gundy Jr. and Mark Jackson chatted and complained one after another. They lamented that they could finally explain a round of evenly matched Clippers games. Before explaining the Clippers against the Nuggets, in order to maintain their quality as a commentator, they forced the Nuggets to find something to say. It was so uncomfortable. At that time, anyone could say that the Nuggets would be swept away. There were only the two commentators, and they had to act as if there was hope.

Between the complaints, the national anthem ended.

Announcer Ralph Lawler announced that the visiting team's Spurs would start. Just as Bowen's name floated out, nearly [-] fans booed in unison. He could even serve as a starter in the playoffs.

It can only be said that the Spurs do not have serious small forwards. It's not that they don't want to look for them, but that capable small forwards will not go, because the Spurs will not pay high salaries, and the three of them have made great achievements in GDP and want to take the ball. No hope, only 3D.

Thinking about it again, since the Spurs were selected to Duncan, they really didn’t have a strong small forward most of the time. They finally cultivated one by themselves, but they were blown away, and then a bunch of guards played. The tactics are wonderful, but the hard power is too poor. .

The game started immediately.

Cheers erupted in the arena. Duncan and Chandler, who served as centers, jumped the ball. As a result, Chandler was so excited that he threw the ball out of bounds. The referee immediately whistled and gave the ball to the Spurs. Popovich quickly stood up. Set up a sideline tactic.

Defensive shouts erupted.

The Spurs kicked off the attack, Parker used the screen to lift the ball up, Bowen entered the field simultaneously, and made a screen by the way, Finley took the opportunity to slip to the right wing to get the ball, and then gave Kurt Thomas, who screened for Parker at the top of the arc, and the previous pass After the ball, Parker cut inside, with the help of Duncan's cover, walked the bottom line across the paint, circled to the left elbow to receive a pass from Thomas, and took advantage of the momentum to sink his shoulders and accelerate to the basket.

Such tactics are progressive and very confusing.

But Su Yang seems to have GPS positioning, and he also filled up the gasoline. He drove the Wuling Glory and chased Parker's French Bugatti sports car. Hands the ball to the right corner.

Bowen catches the ball and makes a shot. Facing Iguodala's return defense, he quickly divides to the right wing. Finley takes the ball and faces Ray Allen. Thomas' Millsap is on the rebound.

Thomas is quite accurate in mid-range shooting. At the peak of the Knicks, he shot 3% from 10 to 50 feet, 10% from 16 to 43 feet, and 16% from 46 feet to the three-point line. He is a typical space player. Forward, early 2D player.

But Thomas only has a relatively accurate mid-range shot.

The key is the past. Since the Suns period, it has fallen sharply, and the Spurs have actually exchanged from the Supersonics in the first round.

The strategy formulated by the Clippers before the game was to let him shoot.

when!The basketball rebounded by smashing the basket and hitting the iron.

Iguodala jumped up and caught the rebound. Su Yang stepped forward to catch the ball and took it across the center line. He raised his hand and directed the whole team to start in a bull-horn formation, playing 'Iverson crosscut' + STS cooperation, and Ray Allen followed suit. , crossed the free throw line from the right wing, and used Chandler and Millsap to cover and get rid of it. Unfortunately, Finley's pursuit was relatively tight, and Duncan also raised the delay, and failed to find a good opportunity at the first time.

The 'Iverson crosscut' was not successful, and the follow-up STS screen was launched immediately. Millsap, who has the ability of mid-range shooting, finished the screen for Ray Allen, and took advantage of Chandler's screen to run to the right and reach the right elbow. Seeing this, Su Yang raised his hand and gave the ball straight.

Kurt Thomas, who was in charge of defense, failed to catch up immediately. Millsap received the ball from a small open position and raised his hand to make a mid-range shot.

when!The basketball rebounded by smashing the basket and hitting the iron.

Sighs immediately resounded through the arena.

But Chandler seized Duncan's delay before Ray Allen's gap, completed the card position ahead of time, and took off lightly to make a tip-up.

"so smart!"

Su Yang took a big step back and gave Chandler a thumbs up to show his praise. Many center forwards can't do that detail, because it won't be recorded in any data, and it needs to be preset in advance. , it is easy to work hard and have no effect.

Just imagine that if Millsap succeeds in the mid-range shot, it would be useless for Chandler to seize the opportunity of Duncan's delay to get stuck in advance.

"YEAH! You understand me!"

Chandler responded excitedly.

Between the interactions, the Spurs counterattacked.

Parker advanced quickly and made a long pass from the center line to the left wing. Bowen caught the ball and then gave it to Duncan who delayed the follow-up in the center. Parker, who had made a long pass from the center line before, had already used the inside screen to run around to the right wing, obviously wanting to get rid of Su Yang, but I can't shake it off.

Parker reluctantly took Duncan's return pass, bowed down to protect the ball with three threats, and waited until Kurt Thomas circled around to cover, and suddenly started to charge. Unfortunately, he still couldn't get rid of Su Yang who bypassed the screen and intercepted, so he could only rush the ball to Bowen stopped at the top of the arc.

Bowen pretended to take a look, and found that Iguodala ignored it completely, and awkwardly divided the ball into the left corner.

Finley waited with the ball, and after a while passed it to the left waist, while Duncan received the ball with his back against Chandler, opening up the space to single out.

The cross screen on the weak side was carried out simultaneously. Bowen moved to the right to cover Finney who ran around the baseline and reached the right wing. Finley ran along the three-point line to the left four or five, and Su Yang switched defenses and followed. With 6 seconds left, he suddenly double-teamed.

In a hurry, Duncan chose to give the ball to the open left four or five. With 4 seconds left to catch the ball, Finney hurriedly flew back against Su Yang and forced a jump shot. The basketball rebounded with a bang, and Millsap easily caught the ball. Jump directly to the backboard in your hand.

A counterattack ensues.

The audience burst into cheers.

Su Yang took the ball from the sideline, brought it all the way to the right wing of the frontcourt, took advantage of Chandler's cover to launch a rush attack, strode to the right waist to make an emergency stop jumper, successfully attracted the attention of the Spurs' defense, and then gave the ball to Millsap followed up in the middle.

The free throw line was wide open and two-pointers were shot, but it was a pity that it hit the iron.

The Spurs got the rebound to counterattack, Parker rushed to hit the Clippers, and reached the free throw line in the frontcourt in three seconds, but Su Yang returned to the defense super fast, Parker could only pull the ball back to the left wing, followed by hanging the ball to the baseline, breaking Chandler stepped forward to interfere and hurried away.

Or Duncan singled out.

Su Yang turned his head to chase Parker and ran away. He suddenly stopped and turned back to double-team, leaving Parker to Ray Allen with confidence. Anyway, Parker is so bad for three-pointers, Ray Allen just shrinks and defends against breakthroughs. Finley came running.

As Su Yang expected, Duncan faced a double-team and chose to give the ball to Finley who ran over with Parker's cross screen.

Su Yang moved back to defend.

It may be that the defensive pressure is too strong, and the distance is at least two meters, so Finley panicked and hit the ball to the ground before giving it to Duncan.

Su Yang subconsciously turned sideways to fish, almost stealing the ball.

Popovich on the sidelines stared and gritted his teeth.

Finley was of no help!
Duncan really had no choice but to turn around, pull down, sweep and take three strong steps, carrying Chandler onto the line, and suddenly stopped, jumped and hooked.

The basketball rebounded by smashing the basket and hitting the iron.

Su Yang ran and took off to catch the rebound, landed and turned around and rushed, reaching the fourth and fifth left of the frontcourt in the blink of an eye. He took advantage of the opportunity to use Millsap's cover to launch a rush attack. After rushing to the free throw line, he caught a glimpse of Finley shrinking his defense from the corner of his eye. He decisively rushed two more steps in, facing Duncan and Finley to encircle him, and made a long pass to the bottom corner on the right.

Ray Allen received the ball wide open and pulled up a three-pointer.

bass!Hollow into the net.

The Clippers started 5-0.

On the ESPN live broadcast, Van Gundy Jr. said: "Many fans always emphasized that the Clippers can win three consecutive championships. It is because their lineup is too strong and they often ignore the details of the Clippers teammates. In the first round, Chandler got stuck early. Successfully grabbed the offensive rebound, this round Su Yang rushed two steps to attract the encirclement, forcing Finley and the rest of the Spurs to be unable to defend Ray Allen in time. For example, the Lakers were reversed from 0 to 3 last year."

Mark Jackson nodded: "Let me add one more. When Finley passed back to Duncan just now, Su Yang almost instinctively turned around and tried to steal it. I bet that if Finley hadn't given the ball too fast, he would have boldly laid back and grabbed the ball." Ball, he's done it many times."

Between the comments, the Spurs counterattacked.

Parker and Duncan played pick-and-roll on the left wing. They failed to find an opportunity on the first attempt. The strength of the basketball was transferred to Bowen, who was in the right corner. Duncan across the paint and around the right waist.

Su Yang completely locked Parker.

Finley is poor with the ball.

The Spurs can only rely on Duncan.

Still the old post-split coordination, Duncan held the ball on the right waist and waited, Bowen ran to the left to create opportunities for Finley, and Su Yang continued to shrink and double-team after switching defenses, Duncan also gave the ball to Finley without hesitation, The tempo is faster than before.

The pace is faster, and it is difficult for Su Yang to return to defense in time.

Ray Allen then rotated to defend Finley.

Finley quickly divided the ball into the open space at the top of the arc, where there was Tony Parker who also ran over with the help of Bowen's screen.

Wide open to catch the ball, five meters around the body is charming, but Parker's poor three-pointer did not dare to rush to shoot, he chose to rush to the free throw line, make an emergency stop, take off and throw a throw, while Chandler blocked Duncan at the same time, and Millsap was stuck Blocking Kurt Thomas is beneficial to Su Yang.

when!The basketball rebounded by smashing the basket and hitting the iron.

Su Yang jumped high, grabbed the rebound easily, landed on the ground and pushed the ball dashingly, and reached the free throw line in the frontcourt at [-] seconds. Seeing the Spurs encircled by the four, he stiffened his neck and took another step inside, while Ray Allen synchronized Stops on the left touchline like he knows he has the ball.

Su Yang really jumped out of bounds, turned around in the air and passed the ball long to the left sideline. Ray Allen caught it in his hand and made a wide open three-pointer.

bass!Another hollow entry.

There were cheers in the tubing center, the Clippers started 8-0, the referee whistle sounded, and the Spurs requested a timeout.

Popovich lifted up the corner of his clothes angrily, and shouted at Parker and the others: "Assemble! Assemble! Assemble me!"

In the live broadcast, Van Gundy Jr. chuckled: "As for the details just now, the Spurs Duncan also has a detail, which is to quickly pass the ball to Finley, making it difficult for Su Yang to return to the defense in time, and then mobilize the Clippers' defensive rotation. Unfortunately, Parker three Scored too badly."

Mark Jackson answered: "Ray Allen is also a detail madman. His fast break position is just right. Obviously, he cooperated with Su Yang in training, so that Su Yang can go smoothly even in a bad situation. Get the ball in his place."

(End of this chapter)