Chapter 67 Iverson(1/2)
Seeing the Warriors' starting lineup, A Smith in the commentator's seat was a little surprised: "Deng Fang is not as good as Jordan Jordan! It seems that he is still too young. If this happens, he will not be beaten to death by the Grizzlies inside!"
Another commentator, Reggie Miller, also said: "Indeed, the Grizzlies' two inside players are not easy to mess with. Is Deng Fang going to let Prince defend Randolph? How can he be defended!"
Indeed, it is indeed a bit troublesome to see the Warriors.
Before the game, many people thought the Warriors were going to the double towers.
This surprised many people.
Including the Grizzlies.
However, this is exactly the result Deng Fang wanted.
The referee whistle sounded, Gasol Jr. and Lopez jumped the ball, and the Grizzlies first got the ball rights.
Mike Conley dribbled slowly to the frontcourt and invited his teammates to move. Then he came outside the forty-five-degree three-point line on the left, ready to hand the ball to Randolph in the low post.
It's obvious that the Grizzlies are well prepared.
If you don’t go up to the Twin Towers, I will kill you with a low position!
The two inside players have different attack powers.
In comparison, Randolph's main attacker, while Gasol Jr.'s main defense.
Randolph has a soft touch and a variety of offensive methods, so the team generally lets him lead the offense.
Gasol Jr.'s offensive skills at low posts in his early career were relatively single, and his role was more reflected in the defensive end.
However, after looking at the Warriors' defense, Conley frowned.
Defensive Randolph is actually Lopez!
Logically speaking, Lopez is the center forward, and he should be Gasol Jr.!
Prince was originally a third position, and playing as a power forward was barely enough.
Now I actually asked Prince to defend the No. 5 position. What are you doing?
OK, since you are defending like this, let's attack in a different way.
Conley dribbled the ball to the other side and handed the ball to Gasol, the little inside.
Gasol Jr. is number two bigger than Prince. He wants to stay in the position, so it is difficult for Prince to stop him from getting the ball.
Curry defended Mike Conley. Seeing Gasol Jr. get the ball, he immediately prepared to retract and return to defense.
Gasol raised the ball high with one hand. He looked around and began to dribble in.
Prince was pressing Gasol tightly, so he didn't let him get to the inside line too easily.
Seeing Gasol Jr. start dribbling, Curry quickly returned to defend and attacked Gasol Jr.
Gasol Jr.'s inside skills are not very good. If he had not reached a very deep position, he would not be able to complete the attack.
Therefore, Gasol Jr. has to travel at least two or three times.
Curry was very decisive in the attack, so Gasol had to pass the ball out.
This is the result of incomplete offensive technology.
You have to go to the basket, and there are a lot more restrictions.
This is also why Deng Fang dared to let Prince defend Gasol Jr.
I will bully you for not having comprehensive offensive skills.
If it were Gasol in the later stage, Deng Fang would not dare to do so.
Gasol, a young man in the later stage, not only assisted, but also had three-pointers, but also had a relatively comprehensive skill at the basket.
Gasol, who successfully leveled up with a pinch, is like a dead end.
However, Gasol is still fine now.
As soon as Conley received the basketball, Lagabele made up for defense.
Conley quickly passed the ball to Mayo at the top of the arc.
Taking advantage of this time difference, Curry had already made up for defense and came to Mayo.
Mayo has good offensive ability and is also higher than Curry.
Seeing Curry changing defenses in front of him, Mayo did not hesitate and made a three-threat threat, and then began to break through.
Curry was ready and was close to Mayo.
Deng Fang had already practiced this.
The first thing is to resolutely attack.
As long as the ball hits the inside, you will firmly attack.
The second is to not make a breakthrough.
If you make up for defense, stop your steps in the three-point line, and you must run forward in small steps and never rush forward in big strides.
What does it mean?
That is to say, you can make a three-pointer, but there is no way to break through!
What the Grizzlies want is slow pace and try to play inside.
Once the outside players break through, whether it is the overhead basket, the foul, or the black and white bears passing to the inside, it is something the Warriors cannot bear.
What about three points?
This is OK!
As long as you are not afraid that I will really pounce on you, that's fine!
What if you invest?
Then I will admit it!
Because this is not the way you are used to!
That's enough!
Mayo thought Curry was about to pounce on him, but he didn't expect Curry to be prepared and he hesitated for a moment.
The masters fight, this is just this move.
What's more, Curry is a master of intercepting the ball.
Curry slapped the ball and rushed forward.
Mayo hurried back to chase.
No one else was ready, and the two were near the top of the arc, so there was no one in front of Curry.
Soon, Curry came to the basket, glanced at Mayo's position behind him from the corner of his eyes, and stopped.
Mayo was ready to give Curry a big shot.
Curry actually stopped.
Mayo immediately flew over Curry.
Curry easily scored the ball.
Two points were valid, and the referee made a gesture.
2:0!
Looking back, it was the Grizzlies' attack.
This time Conley still wants to fight Gasol a little bit this time.
Gasol was also ready and he was about to reach a very deep position.
Conley immediately passed the ball to Gasol Jr.
This time, Gasol had not dribbled the ball, and Azubuk on the other side ran over to attack Gasol.
Last time, Gasol didn't have much preparation and wanted the ball to be more outward, so Curry waited for him to dribble before coming up to attack.
This time it was different. Gasol required a very deep position and had to be attacked in advance.
If you attack in advance, you cannot come from one side, as the opponent's outside space is too large and Gasol can pass the ball better.
When the person on the other side comes over, Gasol needs to observe it, so it will take some time.
Warriors players will have time to rotate.
In fact, more importantly, Curry defended Conley, and Azubuk defended Rudy Guy.
Conley's three-pointers have always been reliable, while Rudy Gay is not that stable.
Rudy Gay is very tall, two meters and three, and he has a height advantage in playing the third position.
However, Rudy Gay's three-pointers were not stable, and most of the time he just reached the league average.
Therefore, Rudy Gay, who got the ball outside the three-point line, is still not used to shooting three-pointers directly, and he is more willing to score in the inside.
To be continued...