new lord of the rings

Chapter 270 The battle begins!
As soon as today, the state of both sides is very hot.

The Atlanta Hawks' Kyle Korver and Dreyer Carrell kept hitting three-pointers.

On the Warriors side, Thompson and Curry also hit three-pointers consecutively under the guidance of Zhang Xin. Zhang Xin focused on helping his teammates cover and vacate the space, and took the opportunity to pass some good shots to get assists.

The other is to help teammates grab rebounds. Although the Hawks' rebounds are slightly inferior, they are very active in fighting, because they know that when playing against the Warriors, they must seize all opportunities to gain an advantage. The offensive firepower of the Warriors is a disaster.

After playing for half a quarter, the score between the two sides was 23:24, and the Warriors fell behind by one point.

Steve Kerr still replaced players according to the regular rotation. First, he replaced Zhang Xin and replaced Iguodala, because he knew that today's game was not that simple.

The Hawks are definitely a very tough team, with exceptional resilience, and it is not that easy to knock them down. He must be prepared to fight the entire court.

Zhang Xin scored 6 points, 4 assists and 4 rebounds in half a quarter. Except for the low score, the assists and rebounds are extremely efficient.

In the second half, Zhang Xin sat on the bench to watch Horford's performance. Horford really deserves the name of the ball blind recognizer!
Most of the time, Horford is in the high position to support. Between the first gear and the split, he has a very precise grasp of timing and space. The Eagles' offense uses him as the offensive axis, and they play very smoothly. The running position is as strict as a gear. Silk tight seams, very precise!
Horford's basic skills are very solid. After the pick-and-roll, the speed of the run is very fast. After the run, he does not attack blindly after receiving the ball. After attracting double-teams, he passes the ball to the flank players. Karel and Korver are this strategy. The beneficiaries of the game continue to get open three-pointers.

Zhang Xin admired Horford very much. With his superior golf quotient and not outstanding physical condition, he played well on the NBA stage.

Because Zhang Xin was off the court and Iguodala was on, because Iguodala's three-pointer was unstable, the Eagles chose to empty Iguodala, boldly shrink the defense, and safely double-team Curry and Thompson. The Warriors' space has changed. Small, the offensive efficiency will also drop.

Cole is not always so mature in the formation of troops. After all, this is his first coaching season, and he still makes some mistakes occasionally. Zhang Xin glanced at Cole and didn't say anything, just thinking in his heart Thinking about this kind of time, if I am the head coach, how should I make adjustments?

After the first quarter, the Warriors trailed by eight points.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Cole played Zhang Xin, Harrison Barnes, Andre Iguoda, La Drummond Green, and Marreese Speights.

Coach Mike Budenholzer sent Al Horford, Kyle Korver, Kent Bazemore, Dennis Schroder, and Mike Scott.

The Eagles lineup is still good:

Kei Kowal is a three-point shooter;
Mike Scott shot 34 percent from three;

Bazemore shot 36.4 percent from three;

Schroder is also shooting 35.1 percent from three.

As an NBA player, he has a 33% three-point shooting rate, that is to say, he can make one of three three-pointers. The category that cannot be placed.

Therefore, this lineup of the Atlanta Hawks is very difficult to double-team. Once the double-team is exposed, the Eagles will use three-pointers to punish the Warriors' defense.

Zhang Xin has done a lot of homework in advance, and the information about these people of the Eagles is in his head, so when he is on the field, he knows that these people cannot be released, and he must have a targeted defensive strategy to deal with them. Guard these people.

Cole's defensive strategy is to change players every screen, and not to let anyone go easily.

With Draymond Green single-handedly defending Horford, Green and Horford are, to a certain extent, two players of the same type. It is quite a correct matchup for Green to single-handedly defend Horford;

Klay Thompson went to defend Kyle Korver. Both of them are off-ball masters. Thompson knows how the three-point shooter will move;

Bazemore was followed by Barnes, and Mike Scott made Speights more than enough to follow;

Dennis Schroeder, who had the strongest impact, was dealt with by Zhang Xin himself.Cole's defensive strategy is quite correct, so now just follow Cole's strategy and execute it.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the Atlanta Hawks had the ball.

Schroder dribbled the ball across the half court. Schroder is a player with strong impact, but he is not very good at handling the ball, especially his shot selection has been criticized.

ESPN's evaluation of Schroder is:

Dennis Schroeder has the talent of starting point guard level, puts scoring first, is extremely explosive, and has great power when dribbling and attacking;

The three-point sight is below average, and the decision-making ability in the half-court position and transition offense needs to be improved;
The defensive end is below average, unable to send too many steals, and the rebounding ability is weak.

To sum up, Dennis Schroeder is weak in everything else except for his powerful attack with the ball!

For Zhang Xin, these shortcomings can be exploited.

After Schroeder dribbled the ball in the first half, Zhang Xin did not go up to lead the defense, but returned to the half court early, waiting for Schroeder's arrival. Except for Speights, the Warriors' four retreats were slow It is extremely fast and does not require Zhang Xin to lead the defense.

Schroeder dribbled the ball at the top of the arc, seeing Zhang Xin was one step away from him, with a posture that you shot as soon as you shot, Schroeder was young and vigorous, seeing Zhang Xin looked down on him so much, he didn't even think about it, he just pulled it up and shot. To shoot.

Zhang Xin's reaction speed is so sharp, and the bullet speed is so fast, he jumped up and gave Schroeder a big hat directly!
Iguodala, at the top of the arc on the left wing, saw the opportunity very quickly, and rushed to control the basketball. The ball was slapped by Zhang Xin to the frontcourt. When Iguodala controlled the basketball, there was no one in front of him. Iguodala directly Under the fast break dunk succeeded!
Schroeder is a person with low emotional intelligence. This can be seen from his relationship with Howard. Howard has been with the Eagles for a while, but the chemical reaction with Schroeder is not good.

Later, Howard transferred to the Hornets. In a game between the Hornets and the Eagles, Howard played better, and then Schroder directly taunted him, saying that Howard would only work hard when he was playing against his old club, which made Howard so angry. Rhodes' emotional intelligence can be seen.

To deal with such a person, Zhang Xin must try his best to irritate him, let him destroy the teamwork of the Eagles, and it is very easy to irritate such a person. Schroeder rose red in the face.

(End of this chapter)