warrior godfather

Chapter 230 Curry's Offensive Influence (Part [-])
During the timeout, Gentry picked up the tactical board and arranged tactics for the players:
"We can no longer give No. 12 an open shot. Later, Steve, you should focus on following him, and don't over-help defense. If he and Curry screen each other, you must switch defenses decisively! Later, our offense will play like this , Steve, you still launch a pick-and-roll in the middle, but you have to remember that the Warriors will definitely mobilize heavy troops to guard the basket to make up for the lack of height, so we will play like this..."

The timeout was quickly over, the two sides returned to the court, and the game continued.

The Suns attacked, and the players settled down according to Gentry's arrangement. It was still Nash and Robin Lopez's pick-and-roll in the middle, and Tony Allen was the same as before, trying to block between Nash and Robin Lopez. Their pick-and-roll went well.

But this time Robin Lopez used a fake pick-and-roll. As soon as he reached the top of the arc, he immediately turned and ran to the basket. Robin Lopez, who is half of Green, took the ball and started off, dunking the ball easily.

At 69:51, the Suns recovered a point difference.

Green, who made a mistake in his judgment, slapped the ball hard angrily, and raised his hand to signal to his teammates that it was his fault. Gentry on the sidelines smiled.

Young man, I have to say that you are very courageous and dare to play center forward when you are less than two meters tall, but you are not qualified to subvert the tradition. Today I will teach you a good lesson.

Yang Jian said:

"The Suns played the ball well. Green was obviously deceived. He didn't expect it to be a false screen and dismantled it early."

Zhang Weiping's eyes showed the color of memory:
"Young people have to pay tuition to learn how to play. Before I retired, I was often taught by my seniors. It is a good thing for Green to meet the old Nash today."

The round transition, the Warriors attacked, Curry came to the frontcourt, handed the ball to Green, and ran a cross screen with Clay, but this time the Suns' defense was orderly, and they immediately chose to switch defenses without giving the two of them a single point. Taking advantage of the opportunity, the follow-up screens set by Butler and Tony Allen for the two were also squeezed by the pursuers, which did not work.

Seeing that there was no effect without the ball, Green didn't stay at the top of the arc to watch the show. He passed the ball to Curry who came out of the bottom corner to catch the ball, and ran to the bottom corner to open up space.

Zhang Yu did not mean to train Green to be the king of arc tops. Unlike Cole, he has an extraordinary obsession with the passing and cutting system and team basketball. In his view, passing and cutting is a means of pursuing the victory of the game, not the game. purpose in itself.

In the previous life, the Warriors coached by Kerr gradually moved towards a more and more paranoid path. The other 29 teams in the league had a lot of pick-and-roll tactics. Only the Warriors rarely played pick-and-rolls. At halftime, he handed the ball to Green at the top of the arc, and then hung up several screens in a row, circling around in the muscle jungle for several times, before running a chance and receiving a pass from Green to shoot.

Zhang Yu was very puzzled by this approach. It is obvious that a pick-and-roll can switch the opponent's center forward to Curry, so that Curry can play big. Why does it take so much trouble?
After becoming the head coach, Zhang Yu realized that the process of running without the ball is to use Curry's huge projection threat to attract the opponent's defensive attention, tear the opponent's defense line by running without the ball, and exert "the gravitational force of Curry" The role of creating opportunities for teammates to easily cut to the basket.

If Curry plays a lot of balls, it will naturally be easier for him to score, but the Warriors' overall offense will not benefit much.

In fact, the Warriors' passing system is the "Curry system", and everything is based on Curry's projection ability that has shaken the past and present.

In the 2019-2020 season when Curry was injured, Cole was still the head coach of the Warriors, and the Warriors were still passing and cutting. The number of assists ranked among the top in the league, but without the "Gravity of Curry", it is difficult for the Warriors to find other players With an easy scoring opportunity, the Warriors' record immediately fell to the bottom of the league, and they won the second pick in the summer of 2020.

This is why many role players who performed well in the Warriors immediately declined in other teams, and even soon had no ball to play. Later, except for the Lakers who have been making the first move to introduce "old Warriors players", other teams have The so-called "vigilance", players who leave the Warriors are no longer popular in the market.

So there is a very strange phenomenon. Players who can't play in other teams can often be rejuvenated when they come to the Warriors, and players who play well in the Warriors can't play so well even if they leave the Warriors. Excellent performance.

In fact, the reason is very simple. It is because of the presence of Curry that attracted most of the opponent's defensive attention. The Warriors' offensive space has become extremely wide. As long as the role players actively run tactics, it is easy to get easy scoring opportunities.

After all, there has never been a superstar in NBA history like Curry who has a shooting range all over the half court, who is at the top of offense with the ball and off the ball at the same time, and is willing to run a lot without the ball.

To put it bluntly, as long as Curry stands on the court, even if he does nothing but stand in the corner smoking a cigarette, the opposing team has to send the best perimeter defender to pass the ashtray, and they have to follow him every step of the way. It was almost on Curry. As soon as Curry started to run, the opponent's entire defense line had to focus on Curry, for fear of giving him some space.

At this time, other Warriors players have the opportunity to cut to the basket, and Green has a card to deal. Although Curry didn't even touch the ball during the whole process, as long as the Warriors score, his credit should be at least half.

Therefore, Curry's high-level data has always been ranked at the forefront of the league. His influence on the offensive end is really terrible. We can use "no organization" to describe Curry's running position, although he does not pass the ball like Paul and Nash. Like a master, he sends out close to 10 assists per game, but his driving effect on the team's overall offense is not only not inferior to traditional point guards, but even far beyond.

Of course, the current Curry has not yet made a big name, nor has he developed a clever and ingenious off-ball running position. The Suns will not focus most of their defensive attention on him. There is gravity", even if Zhang Yu wants to play the pass of the peak warrior of the previous life, it is impossible.

But on the other hand, the Suns' defense against Curry when he was holding the ball did not have Zhang Yu's frenzied double-teaming in his previous life. After Curry and Butler picked and rolled, Nash directly switched to Curry.

In the playoffs last season, Curry's singles were mainly misplaced and small, and he did not attack the Suns' outside players. He was not much stronger than Nash at the time, and Curry's movement and control skills were still relatively immature. It's not easy getting rid of perimeter defenders.

But now, after a summer of hard training, Curry's body has become stronger. After accumulating a year of experience in NBA confrontation, Curry has received targeted training and has become more and more superb. According to Zhang Yu's estimation, at this time Curry already has the level of his previous life in the 2013-2014 season.

If Curry was selected as the All-Star starter last season, and there were many "friendship votes" from Huaxia fans, then this year, Curry is not only as popular as the league's first-line point guards, but also has enough strength to match them.

Today, he showed his progress in the summer in front of Nash.

Facing Nash's perfect defensive position, Curry made a forward change and handed the basketball to his left hand. A slight but extremely realistic shaking of his left shoulder caused Nash's center of gravity to shift to the right subconsciously. The basketball was slapped to the right, and the right foot strode forward, wiping the left side of Nash's body.

After Nash reacted, Curry was one position ahead of him and hit the inside of the Suns. Robin Lopez immediately came up to help defend. Although it was one defense and two defenses, Green's height was there. Robin Lopez Confidently interfere with Curry's passes.

But Curry did not pass the ball to Green, but made an emergency stop, which made Robin Lopez pause, and then handed the ball to his left hand, came to the left side of Robin Lopez's body, and leaned against him After a while, he jumped to the basket with one step and made a layup with his left hand.

Robin Lopez's center of gravity was transferred by Curry, and he couldn't turn around for a while. He hurriedly stretched out his big hand to try to block the shot, but the distance was not enough, and he hit Curry's left arm with a "snap".

Curry's layup action was immediately deformed, but the results of Curry's summer training were reflected. His excellent core strength allowed him to control his movements. Although his body balance was broken, the basketball was thrown out steadily.

"Di!"

The baseline referee was right in front of the two, and he could see it clearly. He blew his whistle immediately and Curry also fell off the baseline, skating on the floor for a long distance, and almost bumped into a photographer, but his gaze was He kept staring at the thrown basketball until it hit the backboard and bounced into the net before apologizing to the photographers around him.

But he didn't get up, but sat cross-legged on the ground, waiting until Green and Clay came over and pulled him up from the ground.

"Nice job, Stephen!" Green laughed loudly.

Although this was only Green's first official NBA game, he performed the same as in training. He often reminded his teammates to change defenses and make up for them after big victories. Others would celebrate loudly after scoring goals. Raise your hand to admit your mistake, and your teammates will yell when they make a mistake, as if he is not a rookie who just entered the league this year, but an experienced veteran.

And Clay's performance was much calmer. He just smiled at Curry and said in a deep voice:

"Great layup, you handle the ball much better than me."

Tony Allen, who followed behind the two, looked at Green and Clay, who behaved very differently, but neither was nervous at all, with a little sigh in surprise.

The last time he saw a rookie who was so calm in his career debut was Rondo, who entered the NBA in 2006, and in the two, he saw the same ease as Rondo.

It’s easy for Clay to understand. Like Curry, he grew up in NBA arenas since he was a child, and he has even played against many NBA stars. He is no stranger to NBA games, but Green can behave so confidently. It was beyond Tony Allen's expectations.

Coupled with Curry being supported by Clay and Green from left to right, Tony Allen suddenly felt that these three young people must be able to do something different in the future, and he himself was also invited by this matter. participants.

He took a deep breath, stepped forward and clapped Curry:

"Well done, Stephen, be tough, remember, the less you are afraid of physical confrontation, the less people will be able to stop you. If you hide, then you will be blocked!"

Listening to Tony Allen's rough tone, Curry nodded heavily:

"no problem!"

Seeing Curry listening carefully to his experience, Tony Allen smiled.

This is a feeling he will never experience in the Celtics, the feeling of being respected and valued.

In the Celtics, although no one will look down on Tony Allen, but he is just a substitute, the spotlight is all on the Big Three, no one will listen to him seriously, and he does not have many opportunities to speak in the locker room.

The only thing he can do is to seize every minute of playing time, frantically bite the opponent's outside stars, and show his value to the team.

After coming to the Warriors, Tony Allen has become one of the oldest veterans in the team, and he is also the most experienced in the playoffs and the only one with a championship ring.

Every young Warriors player respects Tony Allen, and asked him about his extreme defense against Kobe in the tiebreaker of last season's finals, and the feeling of playing in the Eastern Conference finals, finals, and even winning the championship.

Tony Allen is also very willing to pass on his experience to his young teammates, and tell them all the knowledge and lessons he has accumulated in his past career, so as to avoid detours as much as possible.

In the Warriors, he felt a very different feeling from when he was in the Celtics. Everyone is positive, and the relationship between the players and the coaching staff is very close, and the most special thing about the Warriors is that this team The team's real locker room leader turned out to be the head coach!
Since the opening of the training camp, Tony Allen has deeply realized the high status of Zhang Yu, a young head coach, in the hearts of players.

Not to mention Curry and Butler, they were taught by Zhang Yu, the other young rookies and undrafted picks were also discovered by Zhang Yu, Chandler was traded by Zhang Yu, and Yi Jianlian is Zhang Yu's compatriot... Almost every player who joined the Warriors has a relationship with Zhang Yu, and their fate has been changed because of Zhang Yu.

Moreover, Zhang Yu is also the owner of the Warriors. He is absolutely unambiguous in the Warriors. This makes the Warriors locker room very united. There is no second voice except Zhang Yu, and every player respects Zhang Yu and will not treat the coaching staff. Dissatisfied with the tactical arrangement, everyone's execution ability is very strong, they play meticulously according to the coaching staff's arrangement, and there will never be a situation where the head coach loses control.

The most intuitive manifestation is that Butler was placed on the bench in the training camp, and Matthews did not show much stronger than him, but he did not complain at all, as if he did not feel that he was in the team. Despite the decline in status, he still trains hard and plays well.

"Go, score this free throw!" Tony Allen withdrew his divergent thoughts and encouraged Curry again.

More than a month has passed, and he has gotten used to his status as "big brother".

Curry walked to the free throw line and made a steady hit and extra penalty amidst the cheers of the Warriors fans, scoring 2+1.

72: 51.

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