NBA: Duncan feels uneasy coaching Warriors

Chapter 103 Gobert's Role
Butler walked to the free throw line and made a steady free throw.

Warriors 3:8 Timberwolves.

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Cole called a timeout, holding the tactical board in his hand, his face was not very good.

The Warriors were overwhelmed at the beginning, which no Warriors fans expected.

This is the defending champion team!

Although Su Chen was the coach who really led the team to win the championship, shouldn't winning the finals mainly depend on the players?

Moreover, Cole has already mastered Su Chen's championship system, and he has played well recently.

But who would have thought.

Su Chen led a team that couldn't even name a few players, and at the beginning of the game, he overwhelmed his old club, which had maintained the original champions.

Cole's tactics looked like the rest of Su Chen's game. Su Chen had already used a more advanced system.

During the offseason, the league revised some rules for the Warriors. Now it seems that Su Chen has not been affected but the Warriors have been greatly affected.

"The Warriors' running position has been seen through by Su Chen. Don't forget, he is the creator of this championship Warriors system!"

Johnson said in surprise.

"Su Chen has shown a lot of different things this season. The Timberwolves' three-point approach is not like the Warriors did three-pointers for three-pointers last season, but a three-pointer that the opponent is forced to concede through the damage caused by the breakthrough. space."

Kenny Smith is a staunch supporter of the Warriors system.

But because of this, he also has a very good understanding of the Warriors' system.

He could see that Cole had mastered the tactical system left by Su Chen just now.

But Su Chen's actions at this time seem to tell Cole who is the master tactician. Even if Cole learns Su Chen's tactics, he still can't break Su Chen's tricks.

"Su Chen should have given up the tactic of three-pointers for the sake of three-pointers a long time ago. Now the Timberwolves' system is much better than the Warriors' system."

But Barkley turned his back on this time.

After being slapped in the face last season, Barkley didn't dare to target Su Chen anymore, and he was a little bit convinced.

But he is still unhappy with the tactical system of shooting three-pointers for the sake of three-pointers, and he still maintains his inner thoughts.

Now Su Chen took the shot and personally broke the three-point system he created last season, which in Barkley's opinion is simply fantastic.

What he hates is never Su Chen, but the small ball system that wants to turn the era into a three-point era.

And during the elevator door tactics, Barkley brought the rhythm, which put a lot of pressure on the league.

The league changed the rules during the offseason, not just banning elevator doors.

At the same time, illegal pick-and-rolls such as mobile pick-and-rolls are also strictly grasped.

For Cole, the pick-and-roll bonus was eaten by Su Chen, but Cole had to bear the consequences of binge eating the bonus.

Cole is also wronged.

Timberwolves on the bench.

Su Chen simply arranged the offensive and defensive tactics.

Facing this Warriors requires patience, and more patience.

The momentum in the opening game may also be overtaken by the Warriors with a wave of high scores, so facing the Warriors is to play slowly and patiently.

If you are too involved in offense, you will miss a lot of points on defense.

[Eagle Eye] Su Chen always saves this skill and waits until the critical round to use it.

In fact, there is a very useful trick for defending the Warriors.

That is to directly use the BOX-1 tactic to defend Curry. With Cole's current ability, it is actually not enough to break this tactic.

In the original timeline, Cole was troubled by this defensive tactic for a long time before he slowly came up with this method.

Although Su Chen had solved the BOX-1 tactic when facing the Spurs, it must have provided Cole with some ideas.

But the solution he used, he naturally has a way to deal with it.

In addition, the rich defensive resources of the Timberwolves are also the source of Su Chen's confidence. He wants to deploy BOX-1 much more fiercely than the Spurs.

The Spurs have Parker's defensive shortcomings, and Duncan and Ginobili are also aging, which makes their defensive efficiency decline.

However, the Timberwolves' defensive resources allowed Su Chen to deploy various defensive tactics.

There is Gobert who can defend against pure insiders.

Giannis Antetokounmpo and Josh Smith can defend both outside and inside.

Strong single defenders include Andre Iguodala, Luol Deng, and Jimmy Butler.

Excellent help defenders include Covington, and Antetokounmpo and Josh can also help in defense by the way.

Even if the opponent has a speedy guard, there is still Beverly to bite the opponent.

In addition, Middleton and Muscala are also defensive above the par level. Their defense is not particularly good, but it is not bad either.

The two worst defenders are McCollum and Curry Jr., but they are pitchers who can provide firepower, and they can still be played at critical moments.

"Forget it, don't use box-1 yet, lest Cole becomes vigilant."

Su Chen thought for a while, but still didn't arrange Box-1.

Anyway, there are thousands of instant simulations with simulated glasses, and I am not afraid that I did not practice this defensive tactic in the regular season and feel unfamiliar in the playoffs.

It is estimated that the Warriors have not regarded the Timberwolves as their opponents yet.

And even if the Timberwolves have a better record, no Western power will treat the Timberwolves as a real opponent, let alone the East.

But if the Timberwolves use box-1 to prevent Cole from cracking it, Cole will probably study it seriously this season.

For Su Chen, the Spurs and the Warriors are all opponents of the Timberwolves this season.

It's okay to win the Warriors, but this kind of big move should not be released in the regular season.

At this time, the pause time also passed.

After returning to the field again.

The Warriors' offense began to become simpler, and they did not play too complicated tactics.

Simple tactics, in fact, are sometimes more effective.

On the contrary, complex tactics, because of Su Chen's understanding of the Warriors, will make it more difficult to fight.

Kerr apparently has no head iron either.

After all, Curry is really at his peak now. With Curry's peak ability, it is still difficult to really hold Curry down.

After all, for Curry now, his shooting rate is at his peak.

A little space is enough for Curry to complete the shot.

While transitioning to double-team Curry, Thompson on the other side is also gearing up to attack.

If the playoffs can increase the defensive intensity, there is still a way.

But this is just the regular season, the whistle is not so loose, Xiao Hua also has to play a fast-paced offensive and defensive rhythm.

However, the Timberwolves' offense is also difficult for the Warriors to stop.

Giannis Antetokounmpo is now stronger than him but not as fast as him, and faster than him is not as strong as him, which is quite like an inside BUG.

In addition, Butler also dares to shoot three-pointers, and he can also use breakthroughs to support Giannis Antetokounmpo in defense of his shots.

In the bullhorn tactics, Butler played the role of the later Bucks Holiday.

But the third-year Butler is beginning to enter his peak, and he has a 10% striker bonus. His offense is not inferior to the Bucks Holiday at all.

Even because the league advocated offense in advance, Butler's fouling effect is stronger than that of Holiday, and the defensive end is also an enhanced version.

Another position that is biased towards projection is that Iguodala and Middleton take turns playing.

After a thousand simulations, today's Timberwolves have played the regular system of the champion Bucks.

As for when he can be as strong as the champion Bucks, it depends on how fast Giannis Antetokounmpo grows. He is really working hard to become stronger.

Basketball experience and physical strength go hand in hand.

Su Chen didn't skimp on money, and directly hired a first-class training team. Every day, there are dedicated coaches and nutritionists to help Giannis Antetokounmpo become stronger.

Coupled with the addition of striker fetters and a lot of ball dominance, Giannis Antetokounmpo is growing at an accelerated rate.

Although the money was paid by the Timberwolves.

This rhythm of the game continued throughout the first half.

Halftime is over.

Warriors 55:62 Timberwolves.

The Warriors' scoring methods are still relatively difficult to defend.

Especially for Curry, Su Chen has replaced Butler, and Beverly has taken turns to defend.

But that super-fast shooting rate still allows Curry to often complete uninterrupted three-pointers.

For this, Su Chen did not blame the two of them.

For Curry, who wants to defend a little space and shoot, box-1 is the most effective.

Beverly can't really guard against Curry, but if you don't have to worry about Curry's breakthrough and let Beverly focus on defending three-pointers, Beverly can still bite.

Inside the Warriors locker room.

Cole has already arranged tactics, and Cole looks a little tired at this time.

"Others think that I am imitating Su Chen, but these tactics were originally conceived before."

Cole feels tired when he thinks of the outside world's comments on him.

It's also because he didn't care too much about the outside world's opinions and personal reputation, otherwise, talking like this every day would be enough to annoy him.

"However, he is indeed powerful. Speaking of which, those remarks from the outside world are not wronged. I have indeed learned some of his ideas."

Cole shook his head.

When he joined the Warriors, he thought about whether he would play against Su Chen's team in the future.

But after learning that Su Chen joined the Timberwolves, Cole didn't pay much attention to Su Chen.

Because the Timberwolves are too weak, he looks forward to fighting Su Chen, but it doesn't make sense for him to win this unequal fight.

But judging from today's game.

It's not a question of meaning or not, it seems that he really can't beat Su Chen.

It's not that Su Chen didn't use his tactics from last season, but it's obvious that Su Chen directly changed his coaching style.

It is almost difficult to find too many similarities between the Timberwolves in front of them and the Warriors last season.

The Warriors last season paid attention to the balance of offense and defense, and sometimes, the offense accounted for a larger proportion.

But the current Timberwolves are obviously a team that is more defensive than offensive.

Most of the time, the Timberwolves' offense is simple.

It's nothing more than a corner position, or Giannis Antetokounmpo holds the ball alone in the low post, looking for opportunities in singles.

The offensive routine is very simple, but it is not so easy to defend against it.

Because the Warriors have no experience in defending such an offense, and they do not have the matching defensive resources.

Brewer also doesn't have the ability to guard Giannis Antetokounmpo.

But Cole saw the performance of Iguodala on the opposite side. If the Warriors can get Iguodala smoothly, there may be some ways.

But it's not the management's fault.

Under Su Chen's command, the Timberwolves almost added Rubio to Iguodala's original trading chip.

There is no way to follow this!

The only way to follow is to dismantle the Warriors' championship team, and the Warriors will also become the laughing stock of the league because of this deal.

Halftime is over.

The third quarter also started.

During the halftime break, Cole arranged a lot of defensive strategies for the Timberwolves' offensive style in the first half.

But who knows.

In the third quarter, Giannis Antetokounmpo and Butler, the two offensive cores of the Timberwolves, did not play.

Timberwolves lineup: Rudy Gobert (C), Luol Deng (PF), Robert Covington (SF), Khris Middleton (SG), CJ McCollum (PG).

The Timberwolves sent a team consisting of Gobert and McCollum as the main attackers.

At the beginning of the third quarter, Curry also happened to not play.

While Curry was resting, Su Chen hurriedly let Gobert play for a while.

After all, when Curry played, Gobert had to be beaten by Curry, and Gobert needed to hide from Curry when he played.

As soon as Gobert came on the court, facing the Warriors' pick-and-roll, the Timberwolves could almost only choose to let the guard chase the shooter forcibly and then let Gobert choose to retreat.

Gobert obviously has a pair of long arms, but he can't interfere with the opponent's shooting when facing top guards.

Because Gobert's movement speed is too slow, he must be wary of the opponent passing him to attack the inside line, so he must leave a certain distance for the opponent.

Top guards can just grab this open shot.

His defense can only defend against Barnes' three-pointers, and it still has some effect.

of course.

Gobert's advantages are not without.

It can be clearly seen that Gobert's pick-and-roll quality is not at the same level as others.

Even Giannis Antetokounmpo's previous pick-and-roll was not as solid as Gobert's pick-and-roll.

After the pick-and-roll, Gobert cuts directly inside, and can catch the ball and eat cakes or grab offensive rebounds.

When the Warriors saw that a big man like Gobert rushed in, they didn't dare to double-team McCollum, which allowed McCollum to get some three-pointers or mid-range shots.

McCollum played very happily in this quarter.

Cole watched from the side, frowning.

He knew that by replacing Curry, he could solve this problem immediately.

But Curry didn't rest much in the first half, and now he has to play with high intensity, which consumes Curry's energy too much.

It's just the regular season.

So Cole can only watch Gobert and McCollum play continuous and efficient pick-and-rolls, and can only make some detailed defensive adjustments.

What Cole didn't actually know was.

Don't look at Gobert cutting in, it looks pretty bluffing.

But in fact, with McCollum's ability, he can't pass the ball to Gobert at all. Gobert himself is a buttery player and his core strength deviation makes him need a particularly high-quality pass to feed the cake.

Gobert is an inside man who needs to put the ball in his mouth.

(End of this chapter)