Chapter 177 Rhythm
Between strong teams and teams need to master the rhythm in the game.
Sometimes, if you master the rhythm of the game, you can take the initiative in the game and turn the game into your suitable rhythm and game mode.
For teams like the Trail Blazers, rhythm and morale are the things that young teams need to do the most.
They need to find the rhythm and win the final victory in the game.
Although it may not be as famous as the Los Angeles Lakers in the same city team, it is not impossible for the Clippers to complete a counterattack and get more support from fans in Los Angeles if they can use more victory and maintain their record.
Now, as both teams use all their strength on the offensive end, in this game, on the defensive end, the Trail Blazers' inside line also needs to do their best to defend themselves.
Although Zhang Feng only made three fouls, he still has a certain number of fouls to control the number of fouls, and he can stay on the court to defend.
But for Stotts, Zhang Feng was still allowed to get off the court first, slow down his physical fitness, and then leave an extra foul, so that Zhang Feng could have a very consistent space for performance in the subsequent games.
Make better contributions to the offense and defense of the Trail Blazers.
The game continues, and the fierce fighting between the two teams continues.
The three-point difference is not too much pressure for the Trail Blazers who play at home. What puts the Trail Blazers more pressure is not the point difference, but the Warriors' offensive resilience.
While the Trail Blazers have maintained strong offensive scoring efficiency recently, the Warriors also used sharp attacks, which made the Trail Blazers unable to regain their lead. This shows how strong the Warriors' offensive strength is.
The Trail Blazers' offense, when the game is so anxious, began to turn into a star's personal singles, in order to create a higher offensive conversion rate in the game to obtain points.
Aldridge, even though he was the core offensive point in the early stages of the third quarter, played a lot of offenses, but now, when the team wants to score and launch an offense, Aldridge also needs to use the physical fitness he has just relaxed in a few rounds to play his role on the offensive end.
Aldridge continued to stay in the low post and leaned on Zhu Meng Green's defense, and in the game, he directly launched an offense, not giving Warriors players the opportunity to assist in defense too quickly.
Aldridge's good positioning made Mengmeng Green unable to defend around the front, so he could only let Aldridge complete the catch, and he defended himself behind Aldridge.
The gap in height and weight makes Aldridge's back-to-body singles, although he is not so skillful in movements, he can still show a very strong back-to-body singles threat.
Facing Aldridge's back-to-back singles, the Warriors' defense has some confusion about the choice of double-teaming or not.
The main thing is to see Zhu Meng Green's own defensive ability and how much he can play out to make a decision and see how the Warriors defend.
Among the top defenses of Mengmeng Green and Aldridge, Zhumeng Green is obviously the one who suffers a loss.
However, although Aldridge can get a certain distance and space every time he exerted force, Zhu Meng Green's efforts to defend himself also forced Aldridge to push forward with all his strength, and in the confrontation, he consumed a lot of physical energy.
When Aldridge lost a lot of power and entered the dangerous area of the three-second zone.
The Warriors' defensive strength instantly increased by one level.
When Aldridge was double-teamed, he naturally had no good way to continue attacking and could only complete the pass in the game.
Aldridge passed the ball directly back to Lillard who was receiving it.
After Lillard received the ball, he rushed directly to the inside.
Using a jump technique is to rush directly to the basket.
However, Bogut's defense range in the inside is too large. Bogut did a good job in protecting the basket space, and directly in the game, it caused a great interference to Lillard's breakthrough.
Lillard could only avoid Bogut's blockade and chose to make a layup from the other side. As a result, the height of the ball thrown was still a little bit worse, and he could not achieve such a good offensive effect in the game.
In this ball, Bogut showed his inside defense role, but directly completed an effective inside defense for the Warriors in the game.
This is also the reason why the Warriors head coach Kerr on the sidelines remembers not to remember to play. Although for the team, Stotts now plays the first half again, allowing Zhang Feng to rest in advance and wait for a while to play his inside player, Kerr does not want to replace Bogut to target Zhang Feng.
At this time, it is time to let Bogut complete the defense in the interior and assist the other offensive players of the Trail Blazers to be the most defensive effect. As for how Zhang Feng will deal with the situation when he waits for a while, he can talk about it at that time.
After Bogut received the backcourt rebound, he found Curry near the center circle with a long pass.
Curry accelerates his breakthrough and strives to create opportunities for offense and defense transformation.
Although at this time, the Trail Blazers' defensive players had retreated a lot.
After all, both teams attach great importance to the offensive and defensive transformation of their defensive opponents.
But it is definitely unrealistic to face the position and keep your own defender in sight.
Aldridge was the first to block Curry's route.
Aldridge stood at the position, making Curry unable to hit the basket as soon as possible, which also resolved the Warriors' chance to turn off offense and defense.
However, because of the Warriors' quick counterattack, the team's overall counterattack was very fast. After seeing Curry blocked by Aldridge, he chose to dribble himself out to the outside line, the Warriors players already understood.
During the process of coming to fight back, I moved consciously to the outside, not going to Curry's holding the ball.
This also means that in order to avoid missing people in defense, the individual players of the Trail Blazers can only choose to target people for a while, while Curry faced Aldridge.
At the beginning, when the offense and defense are converted, you cannot directly complete the strong breakthrough, so it will be converted into a 1v1 duel in positional warfare.
Curry played Aldridge in a small single against Aldridge this time. This time, he used his steps and his own flexibility to constantly sway the so-called horizontal shaking in the game. With the speed of sudden activation, he directly deceived Aldridge's defense.
When Aldridge thought Curry was about to make a breakthrough, Curry directly completed the emergency stop in the game and then made a mid-range jump shot.
It's hollow again.
Curry's ability to hit his opponent by shooting one after another during the game is so disgusting.
The Trail Blazers' offense is to let Batum hold the ball at a high position after consecutive star players perform singles and personal abilities.
However, judging from the situation on the court, Batum was unable to find a better offensive opportunity or pass in the game against several teammates who were running.
Facing this situation, for Batum, there is no good offensive method in the game, he can only stop the ball and wait for his teammates to run.
But the Warriors' defense is really good.
Perhaps it is because the Warriors are good at passing and cutting without the ball, so they also have a deep understanding of how to defend.
With teammates unable to run out of the offensive opportunity for the game and only 7 seconds left in the offensive time, Batum had no choice but to make a personal attack.
After catching Robin Lopez's pick-and-roll, Batum completed an emergency stop jump shot from the middle distance of 45 degrees on the right.
This time the team's offense was considered a failure, and for Batum's personal offense, this goal would not be able to score. He hit the iron and missed the Trail Blazers' continuous offense, which also gave the opponent a greater chance.
However, Aldridge made a contribution in this frontcourt rebounding competition.
Aldridge, who suddenly slipped over the bottom line, took advantage of the fact that Zhu Meng Green and Bogut were not paying attention and directly grabbed the jump position from the middle of the two.
Under Aldridge's interference, Bogut did not catch the basketball. Instead, the two sides scored the ball to the bottom line while competing for rebounds. The referee determined that Bogut finally encountered the basketball and gave the Trail Blazers a baseline ball in the frontcourt.
This time, Aldridge used his enthusiasm to fight for an offensive opportunity.
Lillard's serve directly found Batum, who was 45 degrees on the right with the help of Robin Lopez's unball cover.
For the second consecutive shot at this position, Batum adjusted his sights and shot a mid-range shot directly into the basket.
This offensive opportunity was not in vain. The Trail Blazers finally got the score and continued to maintain the score difference at 3 points.
On the offensive end of the Warriors, Bogut obviously showed confidence during this period and dreamed of returning to the core style of his team during the Bucks.
On the Warriors' offensive end, they first proposed to form a pick-and-roll for Klay Thompson, and then took apart, Matthews made a forward save, while Robin Lopez was guarding in the three-second zone to prevent Klay Thompson from breaking through.
At this time, Bogut dismantled outward to obtain the empty space.
With Matthews' quick follow-up, it was not that easy for Klay Thompson to complete the shooting.
If you want to directly play your height advantage and make a breakthrough, there is still interference from Robin Lopez ahead.
In the process of 1v2, Klay Thompson finally chose to pass the ball to Bogut on the ground, and he pulled it to the bottom corner on the left, waiting for the opportunity to take the three-pointer.
After Bogut received the ball, he did not organize it anymore. Bogut, whose confidence has increased recently, directly wanted to play Robin Lopez alone.
Robin Lopez was unmoved, just staying in the three-second zone, waiting for Bogut's attack.
In the battle between two inside players, Bogut played this goal very openly.
Even attacked directly in front of the basket instead of hitting Robin Lopez on his back.
During the ball-holding attack, he even made a horizontal shaking move before the three-second zone to interfere with Robin Lopez's defensive judgment.
In the end, Bogut chose to attack the basket from the left.
Robin Lopez was really shaken by Bogut's previous shaking. When Bogut hit the left, he had no choice but to quickly withdraw to the basket and complete the defense.
As a result, Bogut stopped directly on the left side of the three-second zone and completed a one-handed hook shot. He shot the ball without much defensive pressure.
However, the close-range left hand half hook failed to score.
This ball is slightly lower in the shooting angle control.
Moreover, the wrist increased the rotation of the ball very much. After letting the ball slapped on the basket twice, it still came out.
Only with Bogut's close shot failed, the Trail Blazers completed a successful defense.
Batum dribbled over and wanted to find Matthews who was about to reach the low position.
But after Matthews received the ball, he tried to hit Klay Thompson with his back, but he didn't get any cheaper.
Klay Thompson's personal defensive ability is really excellent, and he is much taller than Matthews. Even if Matthews has the advantage of strength, he cannot afford a very good offensive position.
In this case, Matthews tried to make two fake moves, but he could not fool Klay Thompson's defense, so he could only choose to pass the ball outside the front three-point line, and Lillard attacked.
After Lillard received the ball, he made a three-pointer, but directly chose to accelerate and break forward.
Even if Curry's defense was not shaken by Lillard's fake moves, as long as the center of gravity moved a little, it would be very easy for Lillard to burst out all the speed and start it first to get the advantage in his position.
Lillard accelerated directly and passed Curry halfway.
Although Curry returned to defense with all his might, it was difficult to put defensive pressure on Lillard without occupying an excellent defensive position.
However, Curry just needs to do his own defense this time.
Bogut's supplementary defense became the guarantee for intercepting Lillard's attack on the basket.
Bogut was in front and Curry was in the back. The two not only completely locked Lillard's offensive space, but also blocked Lillard's passing angle to the middle and right.
Lillard, who jumped up in the air and found that there was no chance to shoot, had no choice but to pass the ball out and directly find Aldridge who was connecting on the bottom corner on the left.
But with only this option, the Warriors' defense is naturally prepared.
Lillard looked for the pass route to Aldridge, and was directly guessed by Zhumeng Green.
He rushed out directly on the passing route and completed the interception, resulting in a steal, Lillard's mistake.
Zhu Meng Green pushed the counterattack himself, and then handed the ball to Iguodala on the left.
Iguodala wanted to find a simple offensive opportunity in the counterattack, but the Trail Blazers players were still fast enough to not give Iguodala space to rush into the inside.
Chapter completed!