NBA: Duncan feels uneasy coaching Warriors

Chapter 20 Green Actually Changed His Shooting Secretly
Seeing that Draymond Green directly chose to throw, Duncan didn't think of it at all, so it didn't cause any interference to the throw.

This is a throw with training difficulty.

The ball bounced twice on the rim, but still rolled in.

Spurs 55:61 Warriors.

The Warriors scored a goal before the foul round, and now with Draymond Green's floater, the Warriors kept the point difference at six points.

Popovich put his hands on his hips, took two steps forward and then turned back.

Obviously at this time Popovich is struggling, whether to defend Draymond Green's throw.

According to the data analysts in the team watching the video overnight in the past few days, it was confirmed that Draymond Green has no offensive ability. Why did he suddenly have it?

Even if it was just an offensive method of throwing, it disrupted Popovich's entire defensive strategy against the Warriors.

After struggling for a while, Popovich did nothing and chose to continue watching from the sidelines.

At this juncture, he still chose to believe in the team's data, and was going to take another look at Draymond Green's offensive level.

At this time the Spurs' offense.

Ginobili found an opportunity and chose a breakthrough layup.

Richard Jefferson saw that he was out of position. Bogut was far away at this time, and his speed was not enough to cover the defense.

So Richard Jefferson simply exerted his strength and pulled Ginobili down.

Richard Jefferson has a lot of experience as a veteran. Although this foul looks fierce, the scale is well controlled and will not be upgraded to a malicious foul.

Ginobili fell down, and the ball was thrown up without any aim at all.

Ginobili rubbed his arms and walked to the free throw line.

I don't know if it was affected by the fierce foul just now, but Ginobili only made one of two free throws.

Spurs 56:61 Warriors.

Offensive and defensive conversion.

This time the Warriors still played the tactics just now. Duncan did not receive Popovich's instructions, indicating that Duncan continued to choose to protect the basket and let go of Draymond Green.

Draymond Green is also really decisive. As soon as Duncan retreated, he threw it directly.

However, although Draymond Green received special training from Jokic's future coach, Milosevic, he had only trained for a few days after all.

What has been revised is also his throwing hand shape and precautions, which have not yet reached the point of proficiency.

The ball was thrown crookedly and the striker missed.

When I saw Draymond Green throwing so decisively, Popovich was still doubting himself whether this strategy was really wrong.

It was a relief to see Draymond Green's throw go awry.

It seems that the reason why Draymond Green throws the shot so decisively is because he is bluffing people, but in fact he is not sure.

Thinking of this, Popovich still didn't call a timeout.

The Spurs are still playing positional warfare, and Danny Green made a three-pointer, but he hit the iron.

Bogut gets the rebound.

Because Curry was tired, he didn't even carry the ball across the half. Draymond Green was directly responsible for dribbling the ball across the half.

The Warriors are still the same old routine.

Just put Draymond Green on it.

Still a solid throw.

But this time it scored.

The Spurs immediately grabbed an offensive round, and Parker rushed to score.

But again when the offense and defense switched, it was Draymond Green who completed the throw and scored again.

After several rounds at once, the Spurs' score was not only not pulled in, but was even pulled a little bit further.

Spurs 58:65 Warriors.

The game went on for another 3 minutes.

With Draymond Green throwing another shot and scoring.

Spurs 63:71 Warriors.

Although Draymond Green's throwing hit rate is not high, the Spurs' offensive success rate is not high, and the point difference was suddenly stretched to 8 points.

beep!
Popovich directly called a timeout.

Because the team's assistant coach was watching the video analysis urgently just now, and found that Draymond Green's throwing posture has changed from before and has become more standard.

Obviously, the new coach of the Warriors is not bluffing, but really has the confidence to arrange this offensive strategy.

It was also because of his impromptu idea just now that he asked the assistant to check the video through the equipment on the sidelines, and then he made the comparison.

Modern basketball is becoming more and more advanced, and this advancement is also reflected in the staff of the teaching assistants.

Especially in the 2019-2020 season, after the challenge rules appear, the coaching team will also take pictures of the field. They will first observe the video by themselves, and then tell the coach whether to use the challenge opportunity.

Another thing that makes Popovich uneasy is that although Curry is on the court, he is almost in a state of rest on the court.

The tactics of the new coach of the Warriors let Curry squat three-pointers on the offensive end, and on the defensive end, try to arrange assistance and switch defenses to help Curry relieve the pressure.

Curry, who was resting on the court, actually didn't have any physical exertion at all.

"If he wants Curry to stay strong for the last quarter, why not just switch to the bench and rest?"

Popovich can't think of an answer to that.

Even if Curry doesn't consume much energy in this way, it's better to go to the bench to recover his energy.

Although he couldn't figure it out, Popovich still arranged a new defensive strategy.

"I found it, but it's about the same as expected."

Su Chen thought in her heart.

At this time, he had already arranged his tactics, put down the tactical board, and stood on the sidelines.

Su Chen was looking at Popovich, just as Popovich was looking at Su Chen.

Su Chen quickly looked away, he didn't want to interact with Zhuge Weiqi, he was a challenger.

The key point is that the old man Popovich is smart, he doesn't want Popovich to get some information from his expression.

Back on the field again.

The Spurs' offense has not changed much, and Duncan didn't score in the first offense.

This time Draymond Green was finally not emptied, but it was not Duncan who defended him, but Splitter.

Obviously, Duncan, who is more mobile, will take on more defensive tasks.

At this time, Bogut is already in the pick-and-roll position, and Curry is moving towards Bogut.

Bogut is the strongest pick-and-roll resource for the Warriors. His pick-and-roll is very solid, and Curry and Bogut have to pay attention to the pick-and-roll.

Curry shot enough deterrence in the first half. Curry just moved and immediately attracted a lot of defensive resources from the Spurs.

Even if the Spurs players who did not move towards Curry, they focused on Curry at this time. After all, Curry left them with too deep an impression.

The three-pointer with no shooting posture at all made everyone uncomfortable. Although Curry before G6 also had this shooting bag.

But at that time, Curry was not such a tactic of purely throwing three-pointers, but was serious and traditional.

(End of this chapter)