Eight hundred and seventieth chapters the most bad news(1/2)
The Warriors first felt the 76ers' defensive strength.
Limiting the Warriors' speed starts with the frontcourt leader.
The difference between leadership and tightening is that the former mainly controls the opponent's speed of the half-field, while the latter is to prevent the opponent from passing the half-field as smoothly as possible.
The Warriors' solution is to let Wall hold the ball, and Curry plays without the ball.
Wall is fast enough. If the leadership is not smooth, he may be intermittent in the frontcourt with five-for-four due to a sudden breakthrough.
As a result, Wei Xia's assisted defense caused Wall to hit someone.
He hurriedly passed the ball and gave Green who cut in. Green was not running, and he passed the ball in a mid-range manner.
The pass failed to make the bottom corner. Thompson opened his hand, but the ball was destroyed by Hayward and was out of bounds.
Gasol sold the boss's strength to jump out and save the ball.
The seven-foot-high long man took the initiative to save the ball, and this incident exceeded the expectations of the 76ers. They didn't react and asked Green to transfer the ball to Thompson.
Thompson received the ball and three-pointer.
Although that was an opportunity, the intensity exerted by the 76ers since the opening was not in vain.
Thompson scored a three-pointer.
Unlike the Warriors' advocate of passing and cutting and offense, the 76ers know their advantages.
Wei Xia fought back with a ball in one-stop, attracting the attention of two or three Warriors players. He listened to all directions and looked around, deliberately slowing down so that the big man behind him could catch up.
Cousins caught up with him bravely and took Wei Xia's magical fake action shot without looking at the pass.
Oracle Center was surprised: "Wish's magic mov has appeared!"
The price of appearance is naturally expensive.
Cousins dunked his hands.
8 to 4
7 minutes passed, and the Warriors only scored 4 points.
This is 2016, and this is the Warriors who averaged 119 points per game!
Suddenly, Wall didn't dribble.
Curry dribbled forward from the backcourt, and Weisha opened the distance.
Curry is not a lightning guard who can pass him in one step, but his sense of rhythm and outstanding dribbling ability have to be guarded against.
This is what I said before, the difference between defensive Westbrook and defensive Curry.
To defend Westbrook, Wei Xia doesn't have to worry about it. Look at his eyes, pay attention to the position, and basically know what the other party is going to do.
Westbrook's attack is Ming Card, which means being strong and able to defend against it. If you are awesome, you cannot defend against it, that is he is awesome.
Curry's style of playing is different from this.
It is difficult for Wei Xia to guess what he is going to do.
For example, in this round, he was transporting his fortune, and Wei Xia opened up the space between two meters outside the three-point line on the left, while Curry pulled out without warning.
A single-action shot with a dry pull and a sudden cold arrow means that the defender is completely unable to react.
Wei Xia looked back at the ball that Curry threw.
The arc is too high, and every high arc shot looks like you want to score a goal.
But this goal was not scored.
"Bang!"
The defense implemented by the 76ers is playing a wide range of roles.
Thompson missed an open three-pointer, and Curry, the super offensive machine that the Warriors was responsible for launching this season, missed a three-pointer he had always been confident in chasing.
"Stephen didn't throw it in!"
Matt Hewitz, who has been an announcer for 16 years at the Oracle Center, created a new word for Curry's great shooting performance this season.
Normal shots are shots, and he insists on using "throw"
In terms of appearance, Curry's shooting is indeed different from others.
So, He Weici said as usual today, "Stephen did not throw it in". The fans did not feel depressed, but instead looked forward to Curry continuing to throw it.
Because this is how he averaged five three-pointers per game.
After missing a three-pointer, Rondo slowly took the ball and rushed to Hayward and said, "Run the position well, understand?"
"I understand!" Hayward replied loudly.
The Warriors' empty defense against Rondo made the 76ers' running much more difficult, and the space was too tight.
Hayward failed to run and could only set up the bottom corner to open up space, while the ball was given to Cousins and Wei Xia to stand on another bottom corner to watch.
It's still Rondo's problem.
Cousins wants to play singles, one-on-one. Although Gasol's defense is not a vegetarian, double-teaming is definitely not necessary, but Wall does not want to waste his defense on a person who is almost threatening to the outside.
He went to double-team Cousins;
Cousins passed the outside line;
The arc top three-point line is Rondo's dessert position and his only threatening three-point point. Even if it is threatening, the shooting percentage is not impressive.
Since he received the ball, Rondo could not miss the open space.
He threw the ball out and tried the feel.
If he doesn't hit it, his feel is never excellent.
The 76ers are ready to play defensive battles. It is only a trivial matter not to make an offensive shot, and the intensity on the defensive end must be sufficient.
Curry dribbled over again and he encountered double-team.
Passing the ball to Wall, Wall crossed the 76ers' defense like a meteor, and the fly-off layup was blocked from behind by Wei Xia.
Gasol Jr. scored an offensive rebound to the outside, and Green's three-pointer was also out of the basket.
Wei Xia took the long rebound and launched a counterattack immediately.
He is the most feared player of the Warriors, especially when counterattacking, it is simply unstoppable.
Wall can keep up with his speed, and the 193-year-old man is also outstanding in the defender.
His size is just a joke in front of Wei Xia. If he forcibly blocks it, he will definitely not be able to prevent it. It would be not worth it to pay for a foul.
After thinking about it over and over again, he decided to let Wei Xia go.
Wei Xia saw his thoughts, drove straight and scored a dunk.
10 to 4
"The Warriors urgently need to find the feel."
"They will be tired, which is normal, because they have played six games in nine days, and anyone will be tired."
"And that's the price of being at the top, you have to stay outstanding all the time."
Some were struggling to travel, or were not adapted to the defense of the 76ers, or other reasons. In the first half of the quarter, the Warriors' performance reminded people of the years in the early 21st century. Each team made a big fuss about defense, especially the leaders of the Spurs and Pistons, who specialized in defending their opponents to less than 80 points in a single game, ensuring that they scored more than 80 points and tried not to exceed 90 points, which caused league executives to be congested and disgusted with the outsiders.
Even with these problems, they are still loyal to themselves.
To play fast, to three points until the end of the world.
Another round of attacks, they forced the positional battle into a fast attack counterattack.
The ball flew from the backcourt to the frontcourt, and Wall hit the cliff at the top of the arc and stopped the horse.
Like Rondo, Wall's three-point sweet spot is also outside the arc top three-point line.
One thing is that Wall and Rondo are different.
Wall's three-point shooting percentage in the sweet zone is 35%, which, in theory, is more valuable than a 50% two-point shooting percentage.
When the opportunity came to him, Wall did not hesitate.
"Swish!"
The three-pointer that hits directly reminds people of many things.
Curry's upgrade from a superstar to a top three superstar in the league is certainly an important reason why the Warriors showed their invincibility.
However, the joining of Marc Gasol and Wall averaged 1.6 three-pointers per game with 34% shooting percentage, which are also reasons that cannot be ignored.
"John Wall's upgrade is the Warriors' victory code."
"Yes, he is the most indestructible wall around Stephen!"
7 to 10
The game will bite, and the Warriors will continue their playing style until the touch is felt.
The 76ers also have to try whether this set can work. They have to fight the Warriors to the end in this way.
To be continued...