warrior godfather

Chapter 288 The Ultimate Superstar Basketball

After Randolph struggled with Green, he finally got stuck and asked for the ball. Conley took the ball to a 45-degree position and carefully lobbed the ball over.

After Randolph received the ball, he didn't attack immediately. Instead, he held the ball and waited for his teammates to open up the space before starting to back Green. At this time, 14 seconds of attack time had passed.

boom!
Randolph and Green had a fierce collision. Green's confrontation was slightly inferior to Randolph, and he was knocked back again and again, but he did not lose his position completely, supported Randolph's first wave of onslaught, and created time.

Clay quickly shrank back to the basket from the outside, and Green flanked Randolph back and forth. Randolph didn't force a shot, and after protecting the ball, he gave it to Conley who was emptied.

Conley hesitated for a moment, didn't take a shot, took a step inside, made a two-point shot, and the basketball bounced out of the basket.

When Conley made a shot, Randolph and Marc Gasol rushed to the Warriors penalty area, Chandler and Green fought hard against them, and Clay and Butler also shrunk to the basket together. After a fierce entanglement, the rebound The ball was protected by Chandler.

Van Gundy said:
"Although the Grizzlies did not grab the rebound, it was not in vain. They delayed the offensive rebound for a long time, and others quickly replayed it, making it impossible for the Warriors to play their best defensive counterattack. It can be seen that Huo Linster specifically emphasized the scramble for offensive rebounds. Randolph and Marc Gasol did not return to the defense, but rushed to grab rebounds at the first time. This is a big risk. If the Warriors easily Grab the rebound, and the Grizzlies defense will get ripped through quickly because of the lack of a high point."

On the court, Curry dribbled the ball across half court and came to the top of the arc. Conley was facing him.

The Warriors set up a V-shaped position, Clay and Butler stood in the bottom corner, Chandler was on the left side of the penalty area and Marc Gasol was stuck, and Green was in the high position on the right.

Curry came to a position 45 degrees outside the three-point line on the right. Green came up to cover him. Clay slipped to the bottom line and ran to the opposite corner with the help of Chandler's screen. He cooperated with Butler on the weak side without the ball. The strong side is instantly emptied.

Green's screen was solid, keeping Conley firmly behind him, but Randolph missed it and stayed at the free throw line.

Seeing that Randolph dared to defend him like this, Curry pulled up and threw a three-pointer. Randolph tried his best to reach out, but he couldn't interfere with Curry's shooting at all.

brush!
The basketball went into the net hollow, and the Warriors scored the game's opener.

3: 0.

Mike Brin said:

"Good shot! Randolph gave Curry plenty of room to shoot, and Curry made it easily. Didn't Hollins watch the first round of the Warriors-Thunder series?"

Van Gundy said:
"He should be the same as Brooks. Use this defense to see Curry's touch before making plans. Now it seems that Curry's touch is very good. Let us see the next defensive changes of the Grizzlies."

Mike Brin nodded and said:
"Okay -- oh, the Conley and Gasol pick-and-roll..."

When the two commented, the game continued. With the help of Gasol Jr.'s cover, Conley also seized the space of Chandler squatting inside and scored a two-pointer.

3: 2.

Mike Brin said:

"The Warriors adopted the same defensive strategy as the Grizzlies, defending against pick-and-rolls without expanding."

"But the logic of Coach Z and Hollins is different," Van Gundy explained. "The core of the Warriors is Curry, and the core of the Grizzlies is the twin towers. The Warriors can shrink, but the Grizzlies cannot shrink. Curry can shoot. Dead, and Conley doesn't have that ability."

As soon as he finished speaking, Curry initiated a pick-and-roll with Green again. This time Randolph did not stay inside, but defended out.

Seeing this, Curry immediately took two steps back. Green consciously ran to the bottom corner to prevent Conley from having a chance to exchange with Randolph. Randolph could only follow Curry and was transferred outside the three-point line.

After his teammates opened up the space, Curry began to single-handedly play Randolph. Although Randolph was a very flexible and fat man, his footsteps were not fast. within the line.

Gasol immediately came up to fill the position, and Randolph chased and defended the interference behind him, but Curry did not go to the basket. He accelerated, threw Randolph away, and came to a position one step inside the free throw line, catching up with the basket. Before Gasol's supplementary defense was in place, the basketball bounced into the basket.

5: 2.

On the sidelines, Hollins frowned slightly after seeing Curry's goal, but then regained his composure. He was prepared for Randolph's failure to guard Curry, which was in his plan.

The round transition, the Grizzlies attack, they still play a slow-paced positional battle, Gasol Jr. holds the ball in a high position, and cooperates hand-in-hand with OJ Mayo, who misses a three-pointer.

Looking back, Curry still had a pick-and-roll with Green. Randolph switched defenses in front of Curry and stepped on the three-point line to cover his shooting space. Defense, did not go to the basket, made a mid-range jumper with a sudden stop, and the basketball bounced out of the frame.

Mike Brin said:

"Curry missed a two-pointer, and the Grizzlies' defense seems to be working. Jeff, Curry got two consecutive mid-range shots. Is this a coincidence?"

Van Gundy thought for a moment, shook his head and said:
"No, this is intentional by Hollins. Curry's shots are mostly concentrated at the basket and outside the three-point line. His mid-range is also very accurate, but the production is very low. Hollins puts Randolph on defense Curry's [-], and then Marc Gasol is waiting for Curry on the edge of the lane, which is to let him shoot from the mid-range. Obviously, Hollins thinks that Curry's mid-range shot can't kill the Grizzlies."

Mike Brin nodded and said:
"Okay, let's see the defensive effect of the Grizzlies later, and now it's the Grizzlies' turn to attack..."

After passing the ball for a while, Randolph finally found an opportunity near the basket and hit a small hook.

5: 4.

The Warriors attacked. Curry chose to pick and roll with Chandler this time. Marc Gasol's defense was much more solid than Randolph. Curry passed him through a change of rhythm + dribble behind the crotch , A mid-range jumper succeeded.

7: 4.

The Grizzlies attacked, and Randolph's low-post attack was double-teamed, and the points were given to Conley who was emptied. The latter missed a three-pointer.

Looking back, Curry and Chandler picked and rolled, and made a throw from the free throw line.

9: 4.

"Bang! Curry scored consecutively. He scored the Warriors' first 9 points. The Grizzlies' defense couldn't stop the scoring leader at all!" Mike Breen said loudly.

Van Gundy also praised:

"Even though I have seen Curry's scoring performances on the spot many times, it is still hard to believe that this is the skill of a second-year rookie... Curry only spent two years practicing half-court shots without dead ends. His throwing is too experienced, like a shooting guard who has worked hard in the league for ten years! I can't help but wonder, do we really still think of Curry as a point guard? He is the scoring king, maybe He should go to shooting guard."

When Van Gundy praised Curry, the cheers in the Oracle Center were also wave after wave. Curry's scoring climax came suddenly, and even some latecomers had just entered the stadium, but this gave them a sense of surprise. Feel.

They knew Curry would explode, but they didn't expect his explosion to come so quickly.

On the sidelines, Hollins frowned tightly, pacing back and forth on the sidelines.

He did intend to give Curry a mid-range, but he didn't expect Curry's mid-range to be so accurate. If Curry keeps being accurate, the defense he arranged will be completely meaningless.

But Hollins hesitated for a while, and still didn't make any adjustments. Three minutes was too short, and he had to spend the entire first quarter to observe Curry's state before making plans.

Many times, fans are very puzzled by the head coach's insistence on a tactic, but any head coach understands one thing, that is, the established tactic cannot be changed at will.

Many head coaches don't change their defensive strategies throughout the regular season. They decide to let go of a certain player and keep letting him go. Adjustments may only be made at critical moments.

The state of the player is always changing. The head coach must be determined. He cannot change the defense just because he makes a few goals or fails to make a few goals. Changing tactics will only make the team mess up.

That is to say, in the playoffs, Hollins will consider only using one quarter to observe Curry's offense. This is enough to show that he attaches great importance to Curry. Many teams start the playoffs with a test Sex is the main factor, and tactics will not be adjusted at will when the sample size is too small.

Afterwards, Hollins stopped being entangled in his heart, watched the game calmly, and observed Curry's performance.

And Curry did not let him down, he was not picky at all, since Hollins only gave him the middle distance, then he accepted the gift in its entirety. Gasol's positioning error gave Chandler a successful feed.

After the game, Butler and Clay, including Danny Green, who replaced Clay in the second half of the first quarter, no longer ran without the ball, but stood at the bottom corner to open up space, clear the middle, and watched Curry Li, Green, and Chandler took turns to perform pick-and-roll cooperation, always ready to catch and shoot, while Green completely became a screener + finisher + setter role, without a single card being dealt.

This is Zhang Yu's offensive concept. He likes the wonderful combination of passing and cutting, but he also knows that the more passes, the greater the risk, especially in the playoffs, blind passing and cutting is simply suicide.

Unlike Kerr, Zhang Yu insists that passing and cutting is the "advanced" way to win, while pick-and-rolls and singles are "low-level" offenses.

He believes that if you can solve the problem with one pass, don't use two passes. Putting the ball into the basket is the most important thing. Passing for the sake of passing will only increase mistakes.

Zhang Yu appreciates Harden's way of playing in the Rockets, which is a representative style of superstar basketball, which can maximize Harden's scoring ability.

Later, people discovered that this offensive mode has a very high lower limit, and they followed suit one after another, so the most popular configuration of one ball-handling big core + three shooters + one end point appeared in modern basketball. Lei Yang and other ball-handling big cores quickly shined in the league as soon as they came on the court, and they benefited from this basketball concept to a large extent.

Now, Zhang Yu has made this offensive mode appear several years in advance.

Curry has all the abilities of Harden except for fouls. He is much better than him in shooting and breakthrough. He can easily control this tactic, control a lot of ball power, and play gorgeous statistics. It is an important reason for winning the scoring champion.

Of course, this is also because the Warriors have not mastered the passing and cutting, but even if the Warriors have all the conditions for passing and cutting in the future, Zhang Yu will never let Green deal cards at the top of the arc and let Curry keep running around. Decoy role players for easy cuts to the rim.

Obviously, Curry can create shooting opportunities with a pick-and-roll, so why bother?
The primary purpose of all offensive tactics is to find open opportunities, and the second is to find dislocation opportunities, so the pick-and-roll is the basis of most offensive tactics-with the help of the screen, the ball holder can temporarily get rid of the opponent who is following the defense, and calmly shoot. Operations such as breakthroughs and passes, and the dismantling of the screener can cause confusion to the opponent's defense, and countless changes can be derived in the follow-up.

The same is true for passing and cutting, but it finds open opportunities through off-ball running and screens. This requires a strong outside shooting threat from the off-ball player as a pull, otherwise the opponent does not need to follow closely at all, just go around the screen.

So in Zhang Yu's previous life, only the Warriors could play pass and cut, and other teams played pick and roll, because there is only one Curry in the league, and without Curry, there is no pass and cut.

Curry is indeed a system player. The Warriors' system is completely attached to him. Many players have performed well in the Warriors. After leaving the Warriors, they will have no ball to play immediately. It is because they can use Curry's terrifying restraining force to play easy ball. The gravitational aura is revealed.

The Warriors under Cole played team basketball on the surface, but in fact they were extremely superstar basketball.

Green is a very obvious example. He has almost lost his ability to attack independently and is highly bound to Curry. The offensive end completely relies on dealing cards to Curry to show his presence. As long as Curry does not play, he is almost zero on the offensive end. The role is to let teammates play four against five.

Although there is a factor in this that Durant squeezed Green's possession of the ball, after Durant left, Green has not recovered his peak shooting ability for two consecutive years, which is enough to explain many problems.

Passing the ball to the number one shooter in history is addictive, and it even makes people forget that they can shoot.

Playing next to the number one shooter in history is also addictive, and it will even make people forget that the original offense is not a screen for Curry. After he took away two defenders, it was as simple as an air cut dunk.

It is this offensive mode that uses Curry's projection control to the extreme that makes the Warriors more and more dependent on Curry, even to the point where it is difficult to win without Curry.

This is not to blame for Curry. Many players who originally had shooting ability were transformed into "high IQ" players who could only pass, screen, and rebound after coming to the Warriors. Casspi, Jereb This is the case with Ke and others. They have become "special players" who are only suitable for playing next to Curry. If Curry does not play, or leaves Curry, they will naturally become unable to play.

And Zhang Yu will never tolerate this kind of thing happening. Even if the pass-and-cut system allowed the Warriors to win the Triple Crown, he will never allow his team to become "Curry's team."

He would rather "waste" Curry's off-ball control to a certain extent, not to use his off-ball ability to the extreme, and not to make everyone else suffer from Curry's dependence.

For a team, the scarcest thing is the resource to develop offense, which is also the most valuable skill among all the abilities of a player.

That's why Cole kept thinking about how to use Curry's off-ball control to allow role players to get more simple offensive opportunities.

This is actually a compromise of Kerr's lack of a second ball-holding point in the Warriors. When Durant was there, he often let Durant play singles.

And Zhang Yu knows better than anyone else which player will develop well in the future and which star is still uninterested. The Warriors will not lack players who can hold the ball in the future. He does not need to make a big fuss about Curry and squeeze all his value. Support role players.

Zhang Yu will not die on the road of passing and cutting. The core of the ball is Curry's positioning. On this basis, supplemented by off-ball ability, combining with and without the ball, and switching at will, is the most unsolvable Curry, instead of putting the cart before the horse, let Curry run circles around Green as his main business, and hardly play with the ball.

Green is a product of Curry. Green should be adapted to Curry, and Curry should not be adapted to Green.

The offensive effect of passing and cutting depends on the opponent's defensive disciplined offensive method. It is only suitable as a supplementary method of offense, not a team's basic tactics.

In the first quarter, Curry showed great power under the guidance of Zhang Yu's concept.

In contrast to the Grizzlies' offense, Randolph and Gasol's low-post attack encountered very strong resistance. Needless to say, Chandler, the third-year Gasol is still immature. They were all deflated, and then he obediently went to a high position to support him, not daring to challenge the boxing champion's defense at will.

Although Randolph is sure to beat Green, it will take time. Green's confrontation and footwork can keep him going for a while, and it is this moment that gives the Warriors other players a chance to pinch Randolph.

Randolph is not head-to-head, he passes the ball after being double-teamed, but his passing is not as good as Gasol Jr., Randolph can distribute it to teammates who are emptied, but if he wants to send some subtle assists, That is embarrassing him.

Fortunately, apart from Conley, OJ Mayo and Sam Young's three-pointers were very accurate and made a few open three-pointers, but Zhang Yu was unmoved at all, and still insisted on the defensive strategy of shrinking the inside line. And Gasol Jr. as a key defensive target.

After the first quarter, the Warriors led the Grizzlies by 27 points at 23:4.

The Grizzlies' role players are very accurate in shooting open three-pointers, but Curry's scoring efficiency is higher. He has a pick-and-roll, which is a small and big dislocation, and the Grizzlies still need Randolph to block, position, catch the ball, The complex set of forward moves of singles, attracting pincers, and splitting the ball can create open opportunities. The offensive rhythm is much slower, the number of shots is not as good as that of the Warriors, and the scoring is naturally behind.

　And at night

　　
　
(End of this chapter)