Can Min Congda be dissatisfied? The tactical system set up by Cricket Cole was easily cracked by me!
The Clippers' current offense seems to be extremely smooth, but any tactics or techniques are based on one basis: how much defensive intensity you can withstand.
This is true for both the team and the individual.
Two players can perform the same technical actions without defense and have the same shooting percentage.
Once faced with a defense, one starts to deform his movements and the other remains natural and smooth, then there is a big difference in the abilities of the two people.
To put it bluntly, basketball skills and tactics are just that. Professional players have been practicing since childhood, and they have been fighting one level after another.
It's just that the NBA is the highest level of confrontation. Your ability to display your skills and tactics here is the embodiment of your ability.
The same is true for team tactics. The team as a whole can theoretically play with various techniques and tactics.
If you let the Grizzlies practice tactics without defense, he can show you tricks.
But when it comes to defense, depending on the player's ability and the coach's coaching ability, differences in the level of different teams appear.
The Clippers obviously have very strong players and good coaching skills, but there are two problems. One is that the players are still too young and inexperienced, and their personal abilities have not yet reached their peak.
The second is that the coach has not trained enough and the team has not run in well enough, so when facing higher-intensity defense, their tactics cannot be used.
Didn't the Grizzlies show intensity in the first half? Only in the second half did you know how to increase your intensity?
No, the problem with the Grizzlies was that in the first half they wanted to increase intensity, but their available power was in the wrong direction.
Just like you want to push a car forward, but its wheels are sideways, you can see if it can push it.
If you want to push, you must either change the direction of force or adjust the direction of the wheel.
Min Chongda taught the Grizzlies to change their strength and put the focus of defense on Tony Allen instead of DeAndre Jordan.
Hollins naturally wants to make Jordan the team's defensive backbone, covering a wide range of situations from the inside to the top line.
Jordan may have such talent, but now his ability is not enough to support him to do this, he can't do it.
At least, he couldn't do it when facing the Clippers, because Randolph defeated him.
Min Congda realized this and thought it would be good if Jordan could do a good job of protecting the basket.
Guard the three-point field at the basket and control the backcourt rebounds. Your mission has been completed.
Don't even think about the raids on the line. Don't even think about Griffin. Who can you get with your short arms?
Like Randolph and Gasol, retreat calmly, guard the three-second zone, don't give easy balls to the basket, and don't give away offensive rebounds easily.
The real eye on defense is Tony Allen, let him be a mad dog and bite every Clippers player he can.
Let the Clippers slow down the transfer of the ball. Every time the ball reaches the outside, it must pause.
Because the ball carrier has to face Tony Allen, if you don't protect the ball and don't pause, if you throw the ball rashly, you will be intercepted.
As a result, the overall intensity of the Grizzlies felt increased because the whole team found the direction of effort.
Griffin and DeAndre Jordan no longer have to delay, resulting in being unable to return and being opened the back door.
The Grizzlies can use the routine of delaying the line to defend against other teams, especially against teams with a lot of pick-and-rolls.
You can't defend against the Clippers. There are too many backdoors brought about by passing and cutting. You can't guard against them, so you might as well sit in the trap.
Min Congda saw it very accurately. He wanted to remind some teams in the previous game.
It's a pity that in most teams, Min Congda can't find anyone to remind him. Can the coach listen to you?
The Grizzlies are different. Chris Wallace and Min Congda have a very good relationship. The key is that when Min Congda speaks, Wallace really listens.
At the end of the third quarter, the Clippers had already encountered problems. The young people were inexperienced and were a little confused by the defense.
The Grizzlies are a team whose defense drives morale. The better the defense, the higher the morale.
FedEx Arena fell into a crazy atmosphere, and it was time to test the Clippers players' ability to withstand pressure.
Before the start of the fourth quarter, Dunleavy drew tactics for the players, asking them to withstand the pressure and find confidence.
At this time, Dunleavy continued as usual, using Harden, George, and Curry to form the backcourt, and Randolph and Gasol formed the frontcourt.
This is the team's most talented lineup. If it can't open up at the critical moment, Baron Davis will replace George and play three guards.
The three guards were also the Clippers' classic point-chasing lineup last season, and everyone is familiar with it.
Steve Kerr put forward a different opinion at this time.
He said: "Mike, I think the lineup can make some adjustments and stop playing double inside."
Dunleavy always valued Cole's opinions and said, "Who do you want to use?"
Kerr looked at the bench, thought for a while, and said, "Introduce Nick Young and use him to replace Zach."
"With Nick Young? What about defense?"
"Mark will still face Griffin, so Jordan will let him go and let Nick Young push him out of the three-second zone!"
Dunleavy hesitated for a few seconds before deciding to agree with Cole's opinion.
Cole always has some fantastic ideas on the spot, which he probably learned from being around Phil Jackson.
The difference between a top coach and an ordinary coach is whether he can make good use of every card in his hand.
Some coaches can achieve very good results under their leadership, but he can only use seven or eight of the team's 15-man roster.
In their opinion, the remaining people at the end of the bench are just making up the numbers. They are just supporting the main players to let them rest, or use them in garbage time.
And top coaches will let every player on the bench play their role, not just go through the motions.
During daily training, Cole was deeply impressed by Nick Young's three-pointers. This young man who always had a bright smile on his face played very imaginatively - of course, mainly his shooting imagination, and he dared to shoot from any position.
Such a player would not get much use under Dunleavy, but Cole thought he could use it.
In the Clippers coaching staff, Cole is almost on an equal footing with Dunleavy, because Cole was not recruited by Dunleavy, but Mr. Smart's "favorite general."
Nick Young therefore went into battle, and the Clippers played a lineup with one large player and four small players.
Min Congda looked at the Clippers' lineup and found Nick Young?
What's going on? Min Congda felt something was wrong.
"This fucking space is so wide. If you are targeting Tony Allen, you want him to run to death, right?"
Sure enough, at the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Clippers' offensive formation was completely stretched.
Curry uses the screen to break through and distributes the ball to Harden. Harden breaks out again. Allen has three heads and six arms. It would be good to help defend the two of them.
Harden passed the ball to Nick Young in the corner. He really couldn't care less, and Nick Young hit a three-pointer!
This three-pointer sounded the horn for the Clippers to surge in the final quarter.
The Grizzlies wanted to punish Nick Young on the offensive end.
But Jordan does not have the ability to attack independently.
He has already received mismatch opportunities in the paint.
A teammate passed the ball to him, and Paul George snatched the ball away from him.
Don't underestimate the intensity of the NBA. It's not easy to get the ball from a simple position.
The center who is omnipotent in ordinary games, in the NBA, he can't get the ball even if he is blocked.
George stole the ball, and the Clippers counterattacked again. Curry advanced and fed Gasol who was trailing behind.
Xiaojia glanced and passed a long pass to Nick Young in the right corner. Nick Young received the ball and made a three-pointer again.
Hit again!
Two consecutive three-pointers at the beginning of the fourth quarter stunned the Clippers.
Min Congda was also confused.
"This... what kind of formation is this? It's very 4+1?"
(End of chapter)
