Basketball Myth: Super Guard - Chapter 1860
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The two sides returned to the court. The 76ers were still in the starting lineup, while the Warriors changed people, replacing Bogut, Iguodala, and the “Death Five”.
Because of the current situation, the 76ers mainly focus on offense, dominated by the Big Three, and Nene has little effect on the court except for rebounding.
Especially on the offensive end, the threat is not large, so Coach Kerr does not need to worry about the height of the inside.
Moreover, the defensive problem faced by the Warriors is not the defense of the inside line, but the problem of the matchup with the Big Three of the 76ers. The opposite players cannot guard against the Big Three of the opponent.
So Bogut’s meaning on the court is not very big, so he was simply replaced with Iguodala.
After replacing Iguodala, Coach Kerr’s arrangement hasn’t changed much. Curry is still on Sessions, Green is on Qin Hao, Barnes is on the 3rd, and Klay is in charge of defense. Butler, Andre Iguodala is responsible for the defense.
It seems a bit nonsense to let the veteran Iguodala play the 5 position, but Coach Kerr’s role in letting him go up is not to compete with Nene, but to better assist and switch defenses.
Although the previous “big one and four small” also had assist defense, but the effect was not good, and could not limit the offense of the Big Three of the 76ers, especially Qin Hao.
Because the Warriors’ “big one and four small” have disadvantages, that is, Curry, he does not have enough defensive ability, and his height also suffers.
Unlike the 76ers last season, although they were “one big and four small”, the “four small” were not small. Qin Hao, Butler, Xiaoka, and Iguodala were all able to guard multiple positions. He has fast speed, good defense, and height, so he can do a good job both in offense and defense, whether it is assisting defense or switching defense.
Without Iguodala this season, the 76ers’ “big and four” defense has dropped a notch significantly.
The same goes for the Warriors.
Compared with the “big one and four small”, in fact, the “five small lineup” is better in assisting and switching defense, and the reason why the Warriors can rely on the “five small” to defeat each opponent is that there is no inside advantage. Winning depends on excellent help defense and infinite switching.
on the field.
With a “shuh” sound, Curry hit a three-pointer.
Several people quickly retreated, and the 76ers attacked.
After Sessions pushed the ball to the frontcourt, he passed it to Qin Hao. Qin Hao took the ball to break through, took a tentative step, and then accelerated and changed direction in one go.
However, Green’s defense was really good, and he was not deceived by fake moves or easily broken by Qin Hao.
Qin Hao was not surprised. He suddenly took a step back and raised his center of gravity. Green was really fooled and stood on tiptoe subconsciously. After all, Qin Hao’s shooting threat was too great.
However, just when Qin Hao was about to pass Green, the defense came up.
Barnes pounced to help Green defend.
Qin Hao frowned, without hesitation, he immediately scored the ball and passed it to Xiaoka.
“Switch defenses!”
With a shout, the Warriors quickly switched defenses, and Iguodala pounced on Xiaoka to fill the vacancy of Barnes and block in front of Xiaoka.
Green quickly retreated, turned his head back to the inside, looked at Nene, and prepared to fight for rebounds.
When Xiaoka saw this situation, he simply played by himself, took a step forward, and then made an emergency stop jumper…
“boom!”
The ball didn’t go in.
The 76ers failed to score in the next two possessions.
“The Warriors’ five squads do have their own uniqueness.” Qin Hao thought to himself, and gestured to Xiaoka and Butler.
The two understand.
In the next round, Qin Hao ran back to get the ball, and then broke through to score the ball and passed it to Xiaoka. Xiaoka did not hesitate, and it was also a breakthrough, and then scored the ball again and passed it to Butler.
At this time, everyone’s attention was on Butler, but they ignored Nene and Sessions. Sessions stood outside the three-point line in the left bottom corner, two meters in front of him was empty.
Butler took the ball and made a shot. When he saw the defender pounce, he didn’t panic at all. A cross was passed to Sessions.
Swish!
Sessions made a three-pointer.
After a while, the three of Qin Hao scored consecutive points, and finally gave them to Qin Hao, but Qin Hao did not shoot a three-pointer, but passed the ball inside.
Only then did people realize that Nei Nei was empty.
Bang!
Inside the hands burst buckle.
When Sessions and Nene scored successively, the Warriors were a little embarrassed. They invested too much energy in defending the Big Three of the 76ers, but missed Nene and Sessions. Should they continue to let them go? What if they keep scoring?
Before the Warriors could figure it out, Qin Hao suddenly hit a three-pointer from a distance and gave the Warriors another punch.
Now I don’t know what to do anymore.
“Hey…” Coach Kerr sighed, called a timeout, and began to replace the bench players.
The 76ers also made substitutions and gradually replaced bench players. Qin Hao and Xiaoka were both replaced and entered the rotation time.
The 76ers are still ahead!
After a few minutes between the two sides, the 76ers still had the upper hand.
Although the Warriors’ bench lineup also has players such as Barbosa, Livingston, Ezeli, Justin Holiday, but compared to the 76ers’ Butler, Lou Wei, Curry Jr., Speights, Smith’s The lineup is going to be a lot worse.
The Warriors don’t have a Big Three to have an All-Star-caliber player on the court at all times.
At the end of the first quarter, the score was 31:25, and the 76ers led by 6 points.
All the Warriors players could not help frowning secretly. They all defended like this, and the opponent still scored 31 points.
“It doesn’t matter.” Coach Kerr clapped his hands, “I’ll play like this later. It’s the key to defending the opponent’s Big Three. As for the opponent’s role players, they can score occasionally, but they’re not threatening enough, so don’t worry too much.”
“Ok.”
“Yes, coach.”
The players responded one after another and felt that what the coach said was reasonable.
Just waited until the second quarter, and soon they realized that the coach thought it was too simple.
After entering the second quarter, the Warriors continued their previous strategy, focusing on defending the Big Three, limiting their singles by assisting defense and switching defenses, and the 76ers’ role players did not continue to be in excellent condition.
But the 76ers have Gundam, oh no, Qin Hao!
Seeing that the Warriors defended a few and was about to catch up with the score, Qin Hao stood up, took a three-pointer, threw it against Green, and made a steady hit.
Then he made another breakthrough, and Barnes came up to help defend, but Qin Hao made a foul and could only watch Qin Hao hit the free throw line and make two free throws.
When Qin Hao scored 5 points in a row by himself, the difference was widened again.
For a while, Coach Kerr could only sigh helplessly. Their strategy was right, but the problem was that Qin Hao was too clueless. Even if this kind of defense was effective for Butler and Xiaoka, it obviously couldn’t really limit Qin Hao.
As long as one of the 76ers’ Big Three can’t defend, the Warriors’ strategy is tantamount to failure.