new lord of the rings

Chapter 272: The Low Position Killer!
At the beginning of the third quarter, because Zhang Xin played the entire second quarter, Cole did not let him play at the beginning of the third quarter, and played Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Andrew Pert, Draymond Green and Harrison Bahn s.

This is a lesson learned from Iguodala's compressed defense in the first quarter. Barnes is not a top three-pointer, but he is definitely a top-notch three-pointer. With Barnes' corner three-pointer, the Warriors' The space can be widened.

Coach Budenholzer has Jeff Teague, Al Horford, DeMarre Carell, Paul Millsap and Kyle Korver.

In the third quarter, the two sides did not test, and directly entered the drama:

Horford changed the pick-and-roll from the high position in the first half, but went down to the low position, constantly using post-up singles to attract pincers, and gave the ball to Korver and Karrell on the outside. Korver and Karrell did not fail. The opportunities created by Horford kept making three-pointers.

The Warriors played their pass and cut tactics, constantly cutting and covering, complicated and gorgeous.

Coach Kerr and Budenholzer can be regarded as brothers in the same discipline. They both worked under Popovich and absorbed Popovich's tactical philosophy.

So when both the Eagles and the Warriors cooperate, the styles of the two teams look similar. If you ignore the clothing of the two sides and the intensity of the confrontation, the game is like a team training.

However, there are still some differences. The starting point of the Warriors' offense is Stephen Curry on the outside. Curry constantly uses high pick-and-rolls with Green to attack the Eagles' inside and create opportunities for his teammates.

For the Eagles, Al Horford sank to the inside to play back singles, as a low-post support point to drive the offense, and other teammates continued to make air cuts and lay on the three-point line to open up space.

In the first half, it was obvious that the Eagles were more efficient. Through Horford's low-post support, the Eagles continued to make good shots.

The Warriors rely on Curry's high-position pick-and-roll to attack the inside line, and the Eagles have Horford and Millsap who can defend against small inside lines, which limits Curry's efficiency.

So in the first half of the third quarter, the Eagles evened the score and there were signs of overtaking. Cole quickly called a timeout to make adjustments.

Cole replaced Bogut with Zhang Xin. The Eagles' insider Millsap is also a short insider, only 203cm tall, the same height as Zhang Xin, and similar in weight to Zhang Xin.

Zhang Xin goes up to defend Millsap and let Green defend Horford alone. As long as there is no pincer attack, it is difficult for the Eagles to have a chance.

Millsap entered the Eastern Conference All-Star bench last year, and this year also entered the Eastern Conference All-Star bench. As a power forward, although he is short, he is strong, full of energy, and has both confrontation and speed;

In the past few years, he has also developed a three-point shooting range, can play singles in high and low positions, and passes the ball well;
The defensive end suffers from height, but he uses both hands quickly and has excellent consciousness movement. He is a difficult guy.

Seeing Zhang Xin coming to defend him, Millsap signaled Jeff Teague to pass the ball to him. He didn't think Zhang Xin could defend himself in the low post.

Jeff Teague immediately lobbed the ball to Millsap, Zhang Xin pushed Millsap hard, and Millsap hit hard.

Zhang Xin was a little surprised: As expected of a player who can play a power forward with a height of 203cm, and can enter the All-Star bench, this supernatural power is really rare!
Millsap was even more surprised: Zhang Xin has a great reputation, of course he knows that there are many players in today's league who don't know it, but Zhang Xin plays outside most of the time, and he doesn't look very strong, but so It didn't look like he was at a disadvantage when he bumped into Zhang Xin. This kind of power is really amazing!
Didn't push Zhang Xin Millsap was surprised, but he didn't panic. He didn't enter the All-Star by relying on strength, and his low footsteps are just as good!
Millsap pushed again, then turned back and made a gesture to shoot, trying to shake Zhang Xin.

Zhang Xin was unmoved, but in order to make the movement look more realistic, Millsap inevitably exposed the ball with some exaggerated movements. Zhang Xin seized the opportunity and cut it with his palm, and Millsap felt pain in his palm. , the ball is out of control!

Curry next to him hurried over to control the ball. Without hesitation, Zhang Xin shot it like an arrow, switching from left to right with Curry.

Jeff Teague and Korver followed the fastest. Curry gave the ball to Zhang Xin, and Zhang Xin directly dropped the ball to attack the basket. Both Jeff Teague and Korver were attracted to the inside by Zhang Xin.

It's not that Zhang Xin can't force it, it's just that Curry is empty!
Zhang Xin passed the ball behind the back, and the basketball was accurately passed to Curry's hands. Curry calmly made a three-pointer, followed by a three-pointer, and made a hit!

Just being cut by Zhang Xin may have been just an accident in the eyes of the Eagles players. Millsap tried twice more, but both were blocked by Zhang Xin, and it was a transition. Coach Budenholzer hurriedly called a timeout .

As soon as Zhang Xin came up, he opened the point difference to six points!
The appearance of Zhang Xin brought new problems to Coach Budenholzer:

The Warriors defended the advantage of the Eagles inside, making it impossible for the Eagles to use the inside to attract pincers to create open space;
In addition, Bogut's end made it possible for the Warriors to make substitutions every pick-and-roll, and the Eagles' high-position pick-and-roll also became useless.

The problem for the Eagles now is how to open up the offense. The defense is definitely impossible. Who in the league dares to say that I can defend against the Warriors.

Coach Budenholzer has no other method, he can only explain more running, and play out screens and air cuts. There are no other good methods, and he can only pray that this method will work.

At this level, the intensity of both sides has increased. It is difficult to get a chance just by passing and cutting. Moreover, the Warriors themselves are experts in the passing and cutting system. Under the strategy of changing defenses every pick-and-roll, the Eagles cannot get open shots. Opportunity, you can only shoot against the defender, the efficiency is really not high.

And the Warriors' style of play is:
Zhang Xin went down to the low post and played Millsap in a back-up single. It was the first time that Millsap saw such a terrifying low-post killer!
Millsap once defended LeBron James and Kevin Durant briefly. LeBron James relied more on his strong body, while Kevin Durant relied on his height and wingspan.

And Zhang Xinxin's pure post-up singles skills made Millsap suspicious of his life. He claimed that his low-post footsteps were good, but he realized that his footsteps were not worth mentioning when facing Zhang Xin's singles!
Zhang Xin made a few shots and forced the Eagles to double-team, so an outside opportunity came out. Klay Thompson, Stephen Curry, and Harrison Barnes teamed up to rain three-pointers, and coach Budenholzer was drenched. Face ashes!

Coach Budenholzer kept calling timeouts, but the cards were exhausted, and Coach Budenholzer had no other options.

Just after half of the fourth quarter, the Atlanta Hawks had fallen behind by 20 points. Coach Budenholzer saw that the situation was over, so he had to replace the starter and declared the game a loss.

Zhang Xin scored 40 points, 14 assists and 13 rebounds in a 40+ large triple-double. Zhang Xin did everything possible today, and the Hawks are indeed a difficult opponent.

(End of this chapter)