NBA: Duncan feels uneasy coaching Warriors

Chapter 24

"Curry is back on the court. It seems that Curry will be tired and lay on the ground after this fight."

O'Neal said with a smile after seeing Curry.

"Obviously the new Warriors coach has no more options. He wants to rely on the scenes he played when Curry was on the court in the first three quarters. This idea is a bit too naive."

Barkley also said with a smile.

Not only Curry, Draymond Green also played again.

The rest are Bogut, Richard Jefferson, and Klay Thompson.

The timeout is the Warriors' offensive turn.

Curry once again devoted himself to tactical running. In the first round, he played the Floppy (loose) tactics used on the field.

That is, the three-point tactic that both Thompson and Curry slipped from the bottom line.

This tactic has never been played.

Although Popovich arranged a strategy to defend this tactic, because the Warriors didn't play this tactic at all this time, coupled with Curry's fatigue.

Even Popovich didn't emphasize the player's attention to the ball during the timeout.

So the ball made Curry run an open [-]-pointer.

Curry catches the ball, doesn't make adjustments at all, and uses his super-fast shooting speed to release it.

brush!
Still in!
Spurs 93:91 Warriors.

Curry's three-pointer immediately recovered two points.

Popovich was on the sidelines, obviously very angry, roaring towards the court.

For the Warriors' Floppy (loose) tactics, he has clearly made a countermeasure, but Popovich was very angry because the players did not implement it carelessly.

The Spurs players are also very guilty of being scolded like this.

But Duncan stood up at this time.

The Warriors are playing too much blood now, which has led to an impulsive defense.

Obviously Duncan has turned around and squeezed Bogut away, and Bogut jumped up to block Duncan when he was out of position.

beep!
Although the whistle was loose this time, Bogut's defensive action was too obvious to justify without blowing.

The ball bounced around the rim a few times, then rolled into the rim.

Duncan directly returned a 2+1.

Duncan walked to the free throw line and hit the free throw firmly.

Spurs 96:91 Warriors.

The Spurs once again opened the point difference to five points.

Warriors attack round.

This time, the Spurs set up their defensive formation early.

Seeing this formation, Su Chen frowned slightly.

"Popovich used the Box-1 defense so early on."

It's not that Su Chen didn't think about it, but he actually started using this trick after scoring a round in Curry.

At the same time, Su Chen also sighed, as expected of Popovich.

Even after only a few days of research, he came up with a big move against this small ball Warriors team.

The Box-1 tactic can be regarded as a very strange tactic in the long history of basketball.

This is a combination of man-to-man + zone defense tactics. The defensive players who form the box form a circle for zone defense tactics. It can also be a diamond-shaped or square phalanx, depending on the arrangement of the opposing team.

As for the player who is one, he executes man-to-man marking by himself, and what he marks is naturally the one that needs to be targeted.

In short, the defensive formation that Curry is facing now is that Leonard marks him for shooting. If he wants to break through, there will be a defensive formation composed of other Spurs players behind him.

The last person who could perform super well in the face of Box-1 tactics was Michael Jordan.

Su Chen actually doesn't want Popovich to use Box-1 tactics to defend Curry, because the Warriors have indeed been troubled by Box-1 tactics for many years, and Cole has been troubled by Box-1 tactics most of the time.

Because Curry is not physically strong, the opponent sent the strongest defender to only guard his shots, and even the zone defenders would come to make up for his shots.

Curry wants to break the Box-1 tactic, mostly relying on two situations, one is to use more pick-and-rolls to force shots.

When Curry feels good, facing the Box-1 tactic, he can forcefully shoot 62 points.

The other is a star with a strong solution ability, because once the Box-1 tactic is used against Curry, the other points of defense are not as strong as usual man-to-man.

Because it's not necessarily true, you can come up with a good defensive point to match the opponent's strong solution point.

For example, Durant, who joined the Warriors, is a good solution. When Durant is there, the opponent will have a very low winning rate against Curry using the Box-1 tactic.

"Fortunately, the later coaches have provided a lot of ideas for solving the Box-1 tactics."

Thinking of this, Su Chen felt a little relieved.

Even Cole has solved this problem for many years. If he didn't have those problem-solving ideas, it would be impossible to solve the Box-1 tactic these days.

The commentators at the scene also discovered this.

"It's a Box-1 tactic. Popovich has expressed enough respect for Curry."

Johnson reacted immediately when he saw the defensive positioning.

"This tactic is very good. The Warriors have no second solution. The Warriors relying on Curry are now facing the biggest problem."

Barkley also laughed when he discovered this tactic.

Do they know that the Box-1 tactic looks simple, but in fact there are many pitfalls.

In addition, this is a strange tactic, and few coaches specifically study and crack this tactic, and this tactic is not so easy to solve.

(End of this chapter)