NBA: Duncan feels uneasy coaching Warriors

Chapter 22 What is this rookie coach thinking?
Regarding the difference of seven points, the commentary seats also expressed their views during the inter-section break.

"OK, OK, OK, I admit that when the Warriors feel hot, having Curry as the core can indeed bring some threats to the Spurs."

"But the premise is that first, Curry feels hot enough and can attract the defense, so that Thompson can run and shoot comfortably. But now, it can be seen that Curry is very tired. The Warriors' seven-point lead may be very fast. It will be slowly eaten away by the Spurs troika."

When the camera turned around, Barkley spoke out the remarks he had prepared a long time ago.

"I agree with Barkley on this point. The new coach of the Warriors probably knows that the Warriors' own strength is difficult to match with the Spurs, so he shortened the core rotation. He wants to compete with the Spurs in the front. A warrior's wish."

"But the new Warriors coach is still too naive. In front of him is a famous coach at the league level, Popovich."

O'Neill agreed with Barkley's statement.

"Hey, guys, don't be like this, the Warriors are actually leading by seven points. What you say makes me think the Warriors are 27 points behind the Spurs."

Kenny Smith was a little speechless.

He guessed that the Warriors would win before the game, and he was a shooter in his career, so his words were more biased towards the Warriors.

"In fact, the outcome has already been decided. Smith, you also know that the reason why Thompson was able to continue the score to the Warriors in the third quarter was because Curry scored too many goals in the first half. The intensity of this game, Thompson, you see if he can still have room to shoot."

Barkley also immediately refuted Kenny Smith's words.

Although Kenny Smith wanted to refute this point, it was a fact that was hard to refute.

"It's not necessarily that Curry can't play. If Curry has tenacious willpower, he can continue to shoot."

Although Johnson also guessed that the Spurs would win, he was relatively neutral compared to Barkley and O'Neal.

Player rest time.

Warrior rest area.

Curry sat on a chair with his head down, and stretched out his hand weakly, asking the staff to bring water.

The Warriors staff hurriedly went to get Gatorade and gave it to Curry, but halfway through, Su Chen appeared and took the Gatorade from him.

Curry took the Gatorade, and when he looked up, Su Chen actually brought it to him.

"Curry, are you okay?"

Su Chen handed Curry Gatorade.

Curry, a little weary, just nodded in response.

"I'm going to let you rest for three minutes and then play, if you feel you need to add five minutes."

Su Chen sat down next to Curry and said to Curry.

"Coach, three minutes."

Curry was a little helpless.

There is not much difference between 3 minutes and 5 minutes.

And even if Su Chen didn't say anything, Curry understood that the team's substitutes couldn't hold up in front of the Spurs.

"I'll try to get them to give you more time."

Su Chen stood up and patted Curry on the shoulder.

Curry gave a rare smile.

At this time, Su Chen also called the players together to arrange the opening tactics for the next session.

The last quarter of the game begins.

The Spurs didn't make the full starting lineup, and neither did the Warriors.

Spurs: Tim Duncan (C), Boris Diaw (PF), Kawhi Leonard (SF), Manu Ginobili (SG), Gary Neal (PG).

Warriors: Festus Ezeri (C), David Lee (PF), Richard Jefferson (SF), Klay Thompson (SG), Kent Bazemore (PG) ).

The Spurs let Parker and Splitter rest. The Spurs are driven by GDP, which can ensure that the team still has good firepower during the rotation.

The Warriors say that there are splashes. In fact, the splashes are super powerful when they are combined together. Curry or Thompson alone will not be as powerful as a small ball storm.

Especially Curry, as the team's main attraction for defense and shooting organization, his absence from the game still has a considerable impact on the team.

In desperation, Su Chen could only use an offensive strength like David Lee, giving up a little bit of defense.

As for Jarrett Jack, he will not play with David Lee. With the two of them together, the team has two defensive weaknesses.

Su Chen's arrangement is that Draymond Green and Curry rest together for 3 minutes, and then fight the real battle that depends on the outcome of the game.

Another important point is that Su Chen enabled Bazemore to enter the rotation.

Although Bazemore is still a rookie, his defensive talent and enthusiasm are very good. The open space is not very accurate, but he can still shoot the open space.

Popovich frowned when he saw this lineup.

For this round of the series, Popovich read the report of everyone on the Warriors roster, and naturally knew that Bazemore was a defensive rookie point guard.

In other words, apart from Klay Thompson's shooting point, the Warriors' lineup is David Lee who can attack independently.

This kind of firepower is obviously not matched by the Spurs' defensive strength.

If the Warriors are on the offensive lineup, then Popovich can still think of Su Chen's intentions, which is nothing more than a few offensive freaks to see who's touch can explode and then completely overwhelm the Spurs.

Even during the intermission, his main defensive strategy is to prevent the Warriors from playing in a chaotic lineup.

Jarrett Jack, Harrison Barnes, and even Carl Landry, who was used by Mark Jackson in the first six playoff games, averaged 10 points per game in the playoffs.

Popovich has led the Spurs to this day. I don't know how many such chaotic lineups have been played.

However, looking at it now, Su Chen didn't follow the way he thought.

"Don't he know that without a core player like Curry, he can't match the Spurs in defense?"

This time, Popovich didn't understand.

Sometimes Popovich really wants to overestimate Su Chen as much as possible, but Su Chen has some actions that look like a stunned young coach.

In other words, Su Chen was just a stunned young coach, but he made those seemingly correct choices by mistake?

It's hard to judge whether Su Chen's strength is really strong or really good.

(End of this chapter)