Chapter 38 Post Singles
After the timeout, the Clippers' lineup became: Kassel, James Posey, Artest, Ji Guomo and Ji Guoqie.
In this lineup of the Clippers, except for Kassel in the control position, the other four players will not mention the offense for the time being. The defense is already a bit of a wall of iron. After the team traded, Old Dunleavy could only continue to test the team's lineup in the regular season, and frequently used various combinations to test which one of the best results.
James Percy is much more experienced in the game than Garcia. He sees Ellis' three-pointers not accurate, and when defending, he directly puts the three-point line to the opponent, retreats to the middle distance to defend, and almost steps in the three-second zone to defend the opponent.
Ellis was very awkward to deal with this kind of defense. He wanted to shoot but didn't dare. In the end, he broke through. He was not sure if he made a three-pointer, even if Percy let him go two steps away.
At this time, Percy defended shooting again, not breaking through, watching the opponent's mid-range and allowing the opponent to break through. The Clippers' defense line was more than one, and Ellis broke into the inside and outside. He could instantly lock the opponent in the three-second zone, forming a small-scale encirclement to intercept the ball or force him to make a mistake.
After the timeout, this is how the Warriors' first mistake happened. Ji Guoqiu doubled the Warriors' No. 2 position with Percy in the inside. Ellis suddenly came to the inside and felt that there were enemies all around him. Not to mention shooting, he couldn't even make the ball. In the end, he was not transported and was defended at the basket for a three-second violation!
James Percy knew that his team's two inside defense abilities were excellent, so he dared to use this defensive method. This is called closing the door and fighting dogs, specifically dealing with those brainless players.
When Davis saw Ellis had no chance, he started to attack himself. The bearded opponent was Cassel. If he didn't take the opportunity to bully his opponent at this time, would he respect the elderly and love the young?
Kassel knew that he could not defend himself, and not only could he not defend himself from the bearded man, but he might have to cultivate for ten or eight days after the game. So the aliens also learned James Posey's method, preventing the shot and making breakthroughs, and putting the bearded man inside and handing it over to the two brothers to clean up.
However, Davis was not fooled. He had been playing the NBA for ten years and was much more cunning than the young Ellis. Since the opponent was obviously not easy to break through inside, how could he go in and seek death? He never broke through every time and stopped and jumped at the mid-range of about ten feet. The bearded man was indeed very accurate at this distance, and the Clippers were very injured.
Kassel could not defend his opponent, and Dunleavy had long been mentally prepared. He sent him up to control the team's rhythm and prevent the Warriors from taking them to run.
The aliens fought steadily on the offensive end and were transported to the frontcourt without panic. The Clippers began to fight positional battles.
Artest received a basketball on the left rib, and the two brothers quickly moved to the weak side, leaving half of the field for him to play singles. Artest's singles are a powerful weapon for positional battles to break the enemy, and brutality often means simplicity and efficiency.
Jackson's muscles bulged all over his body, pressing against his opponent, but the gap in strength cannot be filled by his will.
Artest used brute force to squeeze back two steps, and suddenly turned around and broke through...
Jackson's body stagnated, and it was too late to catch up. Artest used his body to block his opponent behind him and scored two points with one hand.
Charles Barkley was particularly excited to see this scene and said loudly: "He played alone at the low post at the basket like a beast. No matter who comes to guard, I will be sad for him."
Old Nelson's expression suddenly changed. Arte's playing style was too unreasonable and he thought quickly in his heart, but he couldn't find a player in the team who could limit the beast's strong play one-on-one. Jackson is already the strongest in their No. 3 position, and Barnes is not as strong as Jackson.
If it cannot be solved, let's put it aside. Use offense instead of defense. For the Warriors, offense is the best defense!
Old Nelson didn't believe that Artest was so hard to chisel them one by one. Could it be that he could chisel them to death?
The next time the Clippers attacked, the basketball was handed over to Artest, and the two former teammates began to fight again.
Davis chose to double-team Artest this time, who could not handle double-teams, so he quickly passed the ball and Kassel made a three-pointer at an open position.
"Bang!"
Kassel has been bad in three-pointers in the past few seasons, and he didn't hit the open spot this time. The basketball was obtained by the Warriors, and it was another quick counterattack.
Davis received the ball and ran towards the frontcourt. Cassel could no longer keep up after halftime. Although Artest was strong, he had no energy to defend such a fast attack. The same was true for the other three Clippers. Compared with inside players, the two brothers could run. Facing the Warriors' back line, they could not catch up as if they could not return to defense in advance.
Ellis received a pass from Davis and easily scored two points in the empty basket.
The score is 36:46, and the Clippers are 10 points behind the Warriors in a blink of an eye.
"Success rate of playing, pay attention to returning to defense and blocking defense!" Old Dunleavy shouted on the sidelines, not calling for a timeout.
The next time the Clippers attacked, Ji Guoqiu made an unball cover at the free throw line, and his younger brother Ji Guomo suddenly started cutting.
Harrington was a step slower, but he wanted to keep up, but was blocked by Ji Guoqiu and completely threw away his defender.
Kassel passed the basketball to Ji Guomeng, who was running out of the open. This time Jackson made up for defense and let Artest go before Ji Guomeng.
Ji Guomo turned shot into pass, sending the basketball into Artest's hands, who faced Bitterlins' round switch defense and threw the basketball again...
Ji Guoqiu had already arrived at the basket and received an air relay for the basketball. He poured the basketball into the basket with both hands!
Charles Barkley praised the Clippers' offensive cooperation this time: "This cooperation shows that these Clippers have enough talent and they only need time to run in. Artest is a player who can attack and defend, plus two inside twins with great potential, and a sixth man like Percy who has championship experience. It is not impossible for the Clippers to enter the playoffs this year. As for what results can be achieved? It depends on how much they can run in?"
Kenny Smith added: "They also have excellent veterans like Mobri and Thomas, who are not bad on paper. I think the key to deciding what results can be achieved is the two twins, and what performance they can play in the first season will determine the team's launch."
In the second quarter, the two teams went back and forth, and both sides could get points during the attack, but their respective shortcomings determined that neither of them could limit their opponent's scores. The game naturally became the rhythm of which side scored more? Which side could win.
Such a game is extremely unfavorable to the Clippers, and they are unlikely to defeat the Warriors than the offense.
Old Dunleavy called a timeout at 3:05 in the second quarter, with a score of 43:51, and the Clippers were 8 points behind.
The half-time game has not been finished, and the Warriors have scored more than fifty points.
"After playing again, he can't give him a chance to score at any time. Ellis and Jackson don't need to worry about it from fifteen feet away. Next, we will shrink the defense line, main defense mid-range and under the basket, and see if they can shoot us to death?"
Old Dunleavy is trying to bet on the opponent's three-pointers. In fact, the three-pointers of the Warriors, Davis, Ellis and Jackson, are unstable, especially Ellis basically has no three-point ability. If they want to win, they have to make a fuss about it. Sometimes the game is a gamble.
When he reappeared, Ji Guoqiu easily got to basketball at a low post. Bitterlins didn't care much about this. The scout report he received before the game clearly stated that Ji Guoqiu had no ability to play at a low post and just needed to pay attention to his mid-range shooting.
The Clippers re-appeared, and the lineup became Brevin Knight, Mobri, Artest, Ji Guomo and Ji Guoqie.
Brevin knew that Ji Guochou had been training for low post attacks. When he saw that he was about to get in place, he passed the ball into the inside very happily.
Bitterlins was a little puzzled, and he really wanted to play him with his back?
"Well, I'll do it with you first!"
Bidlins felt that his face was still hot. When he thought of his own experience, he immediately decided to defend himself from the opponent's attack that was overestimated. It would be better to give the opponent a big hat to relieve his hat!
Chapter completed!