Chapter 156: A Firm Advocate of the Chuanqie System

"The Mavericks called a timeout. Carlisle seems to be dissatisfied with the team's offense and needs to make adjustments." Mike Breen said.

Jeff Van Gundy praised:

"Carlisle was very decisive and didn't wait any longer. I think this is the reason why the Mavericks can be ranked second in the West."

On the other side of the technical stage, Zhang Yu looked at Carlisle in surprise. He didn't expect Carlisle to be so straightforward. Among the several head coaches he has played against, this is the most decisive call for a timeout.

Although Carlisle's reputation is not obvious now, he has already shown the demeanor of a famous coach.

He called a short timeout, and the time was short, and the teams were back on the court in no time.

Mike Breen looked at the Mavericks coming from the sidelines and said:

"The Mavs traded Quinton Rose and Beaubois for Jason Terry and Barea."

"Carlisle has two shooters. If the Warriors double-team Nowitzki like they did just now, they may pay a heavy price. This change is just right." Jeff Van Gundy said.

The Warriors had the advantage, so naturally they did not change their lineup, and still maintained the starting lineup.

The Mavericks sent the ball up the front court, and they really changed their offensive style. Nowitzki no longer asked for the ball in the low post for singles, but went up to the top of the arc and played a pick-and-roll with Barea.

Nowitzki's screen quality is very good, keeping Azubuike behind, but Butler, who is facing Nowitzki, immediately switches to Barea, blocking his breakthrough route.

Barea dribbled to the side, took Butler away, and then lobbed it to Nowitzki at the top of the key.

After the German chariot received the ball, it formed a one-on-one situation with Azubuike. He raised his hand and swayed, dribbled a step inside the three-point line, and shot directly against Azubuike's interference.

Azubuike stretched his arms with all his strength, but Nowitzki's shot was slightly receded and the arc was specially increased. He couldn't interfere at all. The basketball crossed a high parabola and entered the net hollow.

8: 4.

"Carlisle's adjustments were immediate. The Warriors didn't dare to leave Barea open and could only switch defenses. But Azubuike's defense is not as good as Butler's. He has nothing to do with Nowitzki." Jeff Van Gundy said.

On the sidelines, Carlisle nodded after scoring the goal, very satisfied with the goal.

He studied the video of the Warriors before the game, and he knew that the Warriors mainly defended against pick-and-rolls. .

Since Nowitzki will encounter double-teams in the low post, then withdraw him beyond the three-point line and send two shooters so that the Warriors will not dare to double-team.

The Warriors attack, Curry dribbles at the top of the key, and everyone else spreads out.

Anthony Toliver came to the bottom corner slowly, and suddenly ran up the line. With the help of Butler's cover, he got rid of Nowitzki's defense, received a pass from Curry, and hit a three-pointer.

11: 4.

Zhang Yu applauded on the sidelines and shouted:

"Well done, move, don't stand still!"

Silas laughed:

"Ronan, it seems that the team's running-in has begun to show results."

Zhang Yu nodded in satisfaction, and said with a little excitement:

"That's right, that's what I want. When Stephen holds the ball, other people cut in, run, and cover uninterruptedly, attracting defensive attention, looking for offensive opportunities, and when the running-in is over, we have the ability to run and shoot. The second set of offensive system - passing and cutting. The upper limit of running and bombing is the sun, and they have never reached the finals, passing and cutting is the only way for us to become a strong team!"

When he was a fan in his previous life, he sneered at Cole and often criticized his passing and cutting system, thinking that letting Curry run without the ball limited Curry's performance. way to play.

After the Warriors lost, he often scolded Cole in Hupu, as if the Warriors would be invincible as long as the coach was changed.

But after he really became a head coach, he gradually understood Cole's good intentions and became a staunch supporter of the pass-and-cut system.

In fact, history has proven countless times that the big core with the ball has no future. If you want to win the championship, you must stick to the team basketball style of play and have your own tactical system.

Before Jordan met Pippen, he experienced the "seven-year itch" in the East. It was not until Phil Jackson took the triangle offense as the head coach that he created the Bulls dynasty.

In Zhang Yu's previous life, whether it was the San Shao or the Thunder during Wang Zhan's period, he insisted on the tactics of star singles on the offensive end, and never touched the O'Brien Cup.

Harden played the ball-handling core to the extreme when he won the award, and even scored crazy data of 36.1 points and 34.4 points per game in a row, but he didn't even make it out of the West.

The only successful ball-holding big-core James is to squeeze the team's future to the limit, improve immediate combat power, and succeed in reaching the top only when he has superstar teammates around him.

Before Zhang Yu crossed over, another rising ball-handling star, Doncic, was selected to the best team for two consecutive years and was recognized as the top ten players in the league, but he also stopped in the first round of the Western Conference for two consecutive years. It is not known how many years of hard work it will take to match his fame.

Leading the team with a big core holding the ball alone is doomed to have no future.

After Zhang Yu took over the Warriors, he began to build a pass and cut system. Although there is still a long way to go, Anthony Tolliver's three-pointer shows the initial results of training.

He firmly believes that as long as he perseveres in training and builds a lineup with both speed and space with Curry as the core, the Warriors will be able to dominate the small ball era!

This game against the Mavericks was the starting point for the Warriors.

In the ensuing game, the Mavericks took Nowitzki as the axis and continued to attack in the high and low positions. There were three shooters on the periphery, ready to respond to the German's points at any time.

The Warriors voluntarily gave up the height and asked Butler to bite Nowitzki, ready to attack at any time. Although it gave the Mavericks a lot of opportunities, it still limited Nowitzki's firepower output and increased the Mavericks. scoring difficulty.

brush!

Zhang Yu couldn't help frowning as he watched Nowitzki face Butler and Matthews' pincer attack, Jin Rooster made an independent fallback shot.

Nowitzki has evolved again. Although Golden Rooster Independence does not have the murderous heart at its peak, its incomprehensibility has begun to emerge.

The Warriors' defense is still too poor. Except for Butler, Biedrins and Matthews, the other players are strong offensively and defensively. Butler and Matthews are limited in size and lack experience. Biedrins is only coping He has a set of attacking hands who are smaller than himself, and he is helpless against inside stars like Nowitzki and Garnett.

But he only has these cards in his hand. It is impossible for Curry, Azubuike and Varejao to improve their defense to the defensive level overnight. If they want to improve the team's defense, they can only wait for the future up.

Fortunately, at the expense of defense, the Warriors can make up for it on the offensive end.

When Jason Terry and Barea came on the court, the Mavericks added another player over the age of 30, with an older lineup and a further decline in height. Facing the Warriors' fast offense, they were helpless.

The Warriors increased their speed to the extreme and set off a storm of running and bombing

Curry played well as always. The Mavericks' guard line was either too old or too slow. No matter who Carlisle sent to match him, Curry could easily find a shot.

Anthony Tolliver unexpectedly shined. The Mavericks did not focus on him defensively. This power forward, who looks somewhat similar to an alien, seized the opportunity to start and shot very decisively. The outside line fired again and again, hitting three-pointers one after another.

Bang!

With Nowitzki's final buzzer shot wide of the basket, the first half ended, the score was 62:55, and the Warriors led by 7 points.

Although Nowitzki has evolved, his confrontation is soft after all. Although this game is played at the Mavericks' home court, the referee's whistle scale is inexplicably loose, encouraging physical confrontation, so that Butler can rest assured and bold. The upper body, using small movements to interfere with Nowitzki's shooting rhythm, as long as it is not too much, the referee generally turns a blind eye.

Carlisle protested to the referee, but the referee ignored it.

The whistleblowing scale is the same for both sides. The Mavericks can also go up the body, but the Mavericks players are old or slow and can't keep up with the rhythm of the Warriors.

Kidd is experienced and knows that he can't play so fast, so he tries his best to control the rhythm of the game.

But the Warriors' athletic ability lies there, that is, they play fast without thinking. Everyone takes a shot when they have the opportunity, and they return to the style of play in Nelson's time. They made few mistakes and forced to speed up, making it difficult for the Mavericks to parry.

During the intermission, Carlisle in the locker room could only repeatedly emphasize retreating in time, trying to use the shameful "eight miracles of being hacked" to arouse the players' competitive spirit. There is no good way other than that.

The defensive resources of the Mavericks are even worse than that of the Warriors. The Warriors still have a strong enough forward defense, but the Mavericks can only say that Sean Marion is the only one who is injured. They can rank second in the West. To get is to attack.

Carlisle's chicken soup was really useful, and Nowitzki was reminded of his sadness, recalling the embarrassment of receiving the MVP trophy after being eliminated.

The king of heaven was angry and bled for thousands of miles.

After the start of the second half, Carlisle fine-tuned the offensive details of the Mavericks, so that Nowitzki will always be on the same side as Jason Terry or Kidd, and there will always be a shooter on the outside, so that the Warriors dare not easily bag him. folder.

Azubuike still habitually flanked twice, but both were punished by the "Jets" three-pointer, and Zhang Yu could only switch to a single defense.

And Nowitzki has adapted to Butler's defense after a halftime contest.

And in the past two years, he has been imagining in his mind all the time, how to deal with the mad dog-like entanglement between Stephen Jackson and Matt Barnes, and deliberately gained weight and strengthened his lower body strength.

Under Butler's single defense, Nowitzki played high, seldom dribbled after receiving the ball, adopted a post-up attack, did not give Butler a chance to steal, and used the Golden Rooster independent method to score 5 consecutive shots CIC!

When he scored 10 points in a row, the Mavericks quickly approached the score and narrowed the point difference to only 3 points.

But Zhang Yu didn't have the slightest stance to call a timeout, and he didn't even stand up. He just sat there as firmly as a mountain, watching the game on the court with a calm expression.

boom!

Butler gritted his teeth, put his hands up, and resisted Nowitzki's impact, with sweat dripping from his forehead.

Taking advantage of this leaning, the German turned to the right. After taking a step, he raised his right knee and leaned back. With a very high arc, he gently pushed the ball out.

Butler raised his hands with all his strength, but he was a short-handed monster, with Nowitzki's knees in the middle, so he couldn't interfere at all. He could only watch the basketball gently spin and fly past, and fell into the net.

Butler didn't have time to be depressed, he took a breath, and ran forward.

His eagerness was not without reason. When he ran across the half, Curry had advanced to the top of the arc, and the other Warriors players were not half a point behind. Biedrins, the slowest, had already approached the center line.

In front of Curry is the retreating Barea. The Puerto Rican chose a good position, taking into account Curry's shooting and breakthrough.

Curry found that there was no good chance, so he threw the ball to Azubuike who was following up on the left wing. Jason Terry immediately pushed forward, and Azubuike quickly made a big cross to Butler who was on the right wing.

This pass was very risky, and it was almost cut off by Nowitzki, but it still came to Butler after all.

Butler was surrounded by no one to follow him. After receiving the ball, he decisively shot a three-pointer, and the basketball bounced into the basket!

"Yes! Butler hit a three-pointer, and the Warriors made another fast break to make Nowitzki's goal useless!" Mike Breen said.

Looking back, Nowitzki singled Butler again, still independent, Butler did not interfere, but the ball missed the basket, and the rebound was grabbed by Biedrins.

Curry pushed the fast break again. This time he didn't pass the ball again, but after halftime, he raised his hand and threw a super long three-pointer!

brush!

There was a clear sound of brushing the net, and the basketball went into the net hollowly, and after Curry landed, his feet were still on the horse's head with the Mavericks logo.

Jeff Van Gundy marvels:

"This is a goal that destroyed the confidence of the Mavericks. The Warriors extended their lead to 9 points. Nowitzki played an unsolvable offensive performance. It seemed that the momentum was fierce and he was about to catch up with the score. The offense quickly widened the point difference, the Mavericks were hanging in the game, and Coach Z didn't make any adjustments, it seems that he had expected this result, after all, three points are one point more than two points!"

The third quarter was spent in the confrontation between the two teams. Although Nowitzki blasted Butler, the Warriors ran and bombed well, and the shooters headed by Curry bombed indiscriminately. It started to rain a third at the American Airlines Center.

After the three quarters, Nowitzki's ultimate personal offensive performance did not work. The Warriors further expanded their lead and entered the fourth quarter with a score of 92:80.

The resistance in this quarter was the last struggle of the Mavericks. Nowitzki came up with such an efficient offense, but still failed to catch up with the score, which made the Mavericks' generals most discouraged.

And at the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Warriors came on the bench. Lowry and Big Z's duo cooperated very well. Z outside demolition in the cast.

Facing the Mavericks' weak inside line, Big Z relied on his height to give and take what he wanted, and cooperated with Lowry and Reggie Williams' repeated attacks to become the last two straws that overwhelmed the Mavericks. He opened the point difference to 18 points in one fell swoop and almost ended the game suspense.

But Carlisle still wanted to struggle for a while, and re-appointed the starting lineup, giving Nowitzki and Jason Terry unlimited fire rights, and the two shot three-pointers frantically.

Zhang Yu calmly transferred back to the starting lineup, but left Anthony Tolliver off the court. The closing lineup became Curry, Butler, Azubuike, Biedrins, and Ronny Turiaf .

This is a defensive lineup. Victory is imminent. It is impossible for Zhang Yu to accompany Carlisle to play against each other. He wants to secure the game.

In the next 7 minutes of the game, Nowitzki still had no solution. The three-pointer was as accurate as the mid-range shot, and Jason Terry also made consecutive three-pointers like convulsions.

But the Warriors held a huge lead and didn't panic at all. Curry followed Zhang Yu's instructions and kept the pace of the game to the slowest. The offensive end was very steady, and he only shot when the offensive clock was about to run out.

Even if the shot was missed, there were Ronny Turiaf and Biedrins fighting for offensive rebounds under the basket, which seriously blocked the counterattack speed of the Mavericks, and even made several second offenses.

Under the intentional consumption of the Warriors, the game time quickly ran out, and the Mavericks' efforts failed to achieve results. The score was finally fixed at 111:103, and the Warriors won the victory.

After the whole game, the Mavericks never put enough defensive pressure on Curry. Curry made 17 of 11 shots, 12 of 7 three-pointers, 3 of 3 free throws, and scored 32 points and 15 assists in a super double-double. Instigated the perfect combination of teammates, 15 assists set a record for assists in a single game of his career.

The Mavericks lineup is too old and too slow. Although they are ranked second in the Western Conference, they are easily at a disadvantage in the confrontation when they encounter the Warriors, who are incompatible with their style of play. Chance.

In Zhang Yu's previous life, Curry was the Mavericks' sufferer. Every time he played against the Mavericks, he could score high points and kill the Mavericks many times, which is the embodiment of this opposing style of play.

Nowitzki is too slow and too high, he is simply a cash machine for Curry. This game ran smoothly, and the Warriors rarely fell into positional battles. Curry and Nowitzki did not face each other a few times. The point has not yet manifested.

Zhang Yu has already thought about it, and when they meet next time, he will let Carlisle know what a surprise is.

After the game, the big screen also showed Curry's average data so far - 27.6 points, 10.2 assists, 6.5 rebounds and 1.8 steals, which caused a burst of exclamation from the audience. This is completely the data of a superstar!

Mike Brin lamented:

"Stephen Curry has set off a storm in the league. His performance is phenomenal. I seem to see a new superstar rising. I think he will definitely shine in this year's All-Star Weekend. Brilliant!"