king of defenders

Chapter 977
With more than seven minutes left in the game, the Warriors' lineup became Green, Durant, Iguodala, Thompson, and Curry. Seeing the opponent's lineup, Meng Yun's pupils shrank. This is the true strength of the Warriors. The "five small lineups", and it is this "five small lineups", have caused many teams to suffer, including the Heat.

Coach Spoelstra pursed his lips, gritted his teeth fiercely, and shouted: "Xiang Long, Monroe, Green, Wade, Meng Yun, wait for you guys."

He originally planned to replace Whiteside, but now it seems that it will not work. After the opponent is replaced by Wu Xiao, the height is indeed not very good, but the speed is fast enough, and the quick counterattack is terrible.

It is definitely impossible to keep up with Whiteside's speed.

As for whether the two insiders Xiang Long and Monroe can keep up, Coach Spoelstra has no idea, but he can't change his side to a small lineup.

The small lineup is the Warriors' strength and their advantage, but not the Heat's advantage.If the Heat switch to a small lineup to compete with the Warriors' small lineup, they will use their own disadvantages to match the opponent's advantages, and the result is not difficult to predict.

Therefore, the Heat must stick to their strategy, or let the inside line firmly control the inside advantage.

"beep"

The Warriors attack, Curry advances to the frontcourt, without any delay, immediately hands the ball to Green, and then starts to run, and several others are also running, Durant attracts the defense on the right side, and Curry follows the inside lane In a circle, Iguodala and Thompson set up an "elevator door" screen for Curry. Curry throws off the defense and Green passes the ball.

Curry catches the ball, jumps up, and makes a shot in one go, reaching the extreme.

Looking at it from the audience's point of view, I only saw the basketball fly out of Curry's hands, draw an arc in the air, and then "swish" into the basket.

In fact, the basketball is flying in the air for almost the same time as Curry catches and releases the ball, which shows how fast Curry's shots are.

What's even more frightening is that such a quick shot can still hit accurately!

"Here we come." Meng Yun's heart skipped a beat.

Wade's face also changed, he was really afraid of something, the opponent switched to this small lineup, it was obvious that he wanted to shoot a three-pointer, he didn't expect to be the first to score.

Put in the first one, and then it will be difficult to handle.

"Defend, defend three-pointers!" Coach Spoelstra stood up and shouted towards the field.

Meng Yun and the others nodded in unison. They wanted to defend against three-pointers. If the opponent rained three-pointers, the game would be in trouble. Everyone knows how terrible the Warriors' three-pointer rain is.

Of course, the defense must be well defended, and the offense must be well played.

After Meng Yun came to the front court, he gave the ball to Monroe. Monroe played with his back and was immediately flanked.

The advantage of the small lineup of the Warriors is that the offensive and defensive transitions are fast, and several players can control the ball. After getting backcourt rebounds, there is no need to pause, and there is no need to look for point guards. They can directly advance, while other teammates Each ran to the frontcourt, looking for a three-point position. In less than three seconds, the ball would go to the frontcourt and be delivered to one of them, and they could take advantage of the opponent's lack of defense and make a three-point shot. .

The disadvantages of the five small lineups are also obvious, that is, they are too short, they suffer from rebounds, and they also suffer from defense in the interior. Although Green can be used as a 4th position, Durant is also quite tall, but after all he is not He is not a real inside player. Against Monroe or Xiang Long, he will definitely suffer in a low-post one-on-one situation.

So their strategy is to flank, keep flanking, as long as Monroe or Xianglong gets the ball in the low post, they will immediately flank, once they pass the ball, rely on the movement speed of the "five little" to quickly withdraw the flanking and jump to the outside.

Faced with double-teaming, Monroe didn't pass the ball out, but made an inside pass and threw the ball into the air. Xiang Long grabbed the ball and scored with a small throw.

"Nei Chuan Nei?" Coach Cole frowned slightly, "I didn't expect Monroe and Xiang Long to cooperate with Nei Chuan Nei, why didn't I see such cooperation between them before?" With a move in his heart, Coach Cole understood, "Yes, we didn't use this 'five small lineup' before. Before McGee and Pachulia, there was always one on top, and it was not so easy for the opponent to pass inside when we pinched. "

Just now, Durant and Iguodala pinched Monroe together, while Green was in charge of defending Xiang Long. Monroe made a pass, but Green couldn't stop it because he was a bit taller than Xiang Long. , about ten centimeters.

If it is Xiang Long's low-post singles, Green's physical fitness can still stand up, but when Monroe throws the ball in the air and competes for the ball, the height disadvantage makes Green helpless.

Xiang Long is also very smart. He didn't put down the basketball after he got it, and kept his hands up all the time, so as not to give Green a chance to grab the ball.

According to the NBA's regulations, when a player is under the basket and the ball is not lifted, even if the ball touches his hand, as long as it is not too obvious, he will generally not call a foul.So many players will start when the opponent picks up the ball. Iguodala is a good player, and many players have suffered under his hands.

So there is a golden rule for inside players, that is, after getting a rebound from the basket, you must hold the ball in the air and never let it down.

Many people like to put the ball down after getting the rebound, bend their knees, bend over, complete the energy accumulation, and then take off. This is certainly helpful for taking off, but it is easy for people to cut the ball off.

Xiang Long didn't give Green a chance to cut the ball, he always lifted the ball up, had an absolute advantage in height, and was close enough to the basket to score easily.

This ball made Coach Kerr's eyebrows a little more dignified. The Heat actually cooperated with the inside pass. In this way, his side may suffer a disadvantage in the paint.

"Coach." The assistant next to him saw Coach Cole's seriousness and shouted.

"It's okay." Coach Cole shook his head, his eyebrows relaxed, "Just play like this, if you lose inside, you lose, as long as you can win outside."

In the end, it is the score that decides the outcome of the game, and the one who scores more can win the game.

The inside line will lose to the Heat, allowing the Heat to score some points inside, but that's okay. It's just offense and offense. This is how the five small lineups are. Lose some points, but as long as they get more points, they still win.

Another point is that the most terrifying thing about the Warriors' five-small lineup is the three-pointer. If you lose the inside line, you only get two points for a goal, and you can make it up for a three-pointer and earn a point.

That's why Coach Cole can be calm and composed, and if he trades two points for three points, he still scores more points on his side.

(End of this chapter)