Chapter 1323 The Battle of Wits

While Lillard tormented Terry on the court, on the Lakers' bench, with the help of Rondo, Su Feng pointed to the magnets on the tactical board, saying to Green and others resting with him, "Don't be fooled by the Warriors' transition offense and their unreasonable shots.

Remember what I told you during training?"

Green quickly answered, "I remember, Boss, you said that this Warriors team is a defensive team disguised as an offensive one."

Su Feng nodded with satisfaction. "See, the magnet that Rajon is playing with is me...

Now I'm about to shoot, but because Jimmy rushed over immediately, I have to dribble one more step here."

Rondo, fiddling with the magnets, added for Su Feng, "Tonight, the Warriors' defense is very targeted.

LeBron's close defense against Su is aimed at delaying his first-time shot, thereby reducing Su's offensive options on the court."

Green, with his extremely high IQ in help defense, suddenly realized, "They want to buy time for their double-teams!"

"That's right, that's the secret of the Warriors' defense tonight.

Jimmy and Klay both have very fast lateral movement, so...

It looks like they are double-teaming me at all costs.

In fact, they are trying to disrupt the passing connection between me, as the starting point of the Lakers' offense, and you guys at all costs." Su Feng smiled slightly.

Unlike the basketball court in the eyes of ordinary people.

Because for these NBA supermen, especially the supermen among supermen...

Dashing from one side to the other only takes a few breaths, so when you see an open spot on the court on TV, the next second, with these supermen quickly sliding and helping each other, the open spot will be immediately blocked.

Su Feng believed that before this Western Conference Finals began, just like the Lakers were training to target the Warriors.

The Warriors must also be doing some special exercises targeting the Lakers.

"You see, I'm receiving the ball at the high post, and Jimmy rushes towards me.

Then I pass the ball out immediately." Pointing to the tactical board, Su Feng continued.

At this time, as Rondo quickly moved the magnet representing Jimmy Butler, the Lakers' advantage on the other side quickly turned back into a four-on-four situation.

"But if I don't pass the ball immediately, then Klay on this side will also press towards me." Su Feng continued, pointing to the tactical board.

Different from fans watching the game with a God's-eye view.

Anyone who regularly plays basketball with friends for a few hours should know that because of the different positions and distances between the attacking and defending sides, a person's vision cannot always remain unchanged...

So on the basketball court, once you miss the best opportunity, or your passing route is predicted by the opponent, passing the ball becomes something that is difficult to do even if you want to when you are double-teamed.

Moreover, the Warriors players responsible for executing this tactic tonight are James, Jiba, and Klay?

"Before, Danny and I had two good collaborations.

Danny did a good job and seized the opportunities.

But, the reason Tyron replaced Chauncey in the following games, I think, is because he noticed the real defensive intentions of this Warriors team." Turning to look at Coach Lue, who was also standing by listening, Su Feng smiled.

Coach Lue: "..."

Uh!

Yes!

I did notice Van Gundy's ambition!

After calmly nodding, Coach Lue gave Su Feng a big smile, signaling him to continue.

"The Warriors' defensive positioning tonight is very clever.

Instead of saying they are playing man-to-man defense.

It's better to say they have been playing zone match-up defense."

On the Lakers' bench, after Rondo helped present the Warriors' defense in the second half of the first quarter to his Lakers teammates, Su Feng felt in the dark that, in this life, besides the players evolving...

These coaches are also evolving.

"Only attack, no defense" has indeed become Van Gundy's label in the past two years.

But this coach, who started with defense, can deceive others but cannot deceive Su Feng.

Because tonight's game, the Warriors' defensive level has even surpassed that of the Celtics in that dark battle in some ways.

Similar to the way most strong teams chose to deal with Curry after Su Feng's rebirth.

Why do you feel that Curry has been double-teamed all the time in the 20/21 season?

And why is it so difficult for Curry to pass the ball out when he is being double-teamed all the time?

Is it because his teammates are not good enough, resulting in insufficient space on the court?

Or is it because Curry's organizing ability is not good enough, and he can't pass the ball out in time after being double-teamed?

As the saying goes, in basketball games, you must look at the essence of the problem, not just the surface.

Although Su Feng didn't know what would happen in the basketball world after his rebirth.

But in the 21/22 season, the Warriors and Curry will tell the world with their actions...

Just like what the "Eastern Basketball Godfather" Shui Duanqiao said...

The real root cause is that throughout the 20/21 season, Steve Kerr has never found the key to cracking this defense.

And in the 21/22 season, after a long struggle, he found it, that's all.

Whether it is in any industry, it is always not easy to make changes under the premise of having achieved success, or even having achieved success many times.

Therefore, there is the saying left by the predecessors in the world, "Those who are involved are confused, those who stand by see clearly."

Tonight.

The Warriors' seemingly reckless double-teams are all aimed.

After perfectly combining infinite rotation with zone match-up defense...

What Van Gundy wants to do is definitely not just to increase Su Feng's shooting cost on the court.

Because in terms of Su Feng's basketball IQ and skills, he is not afraid of this kind of double-team.

However, in the process of Rondo repeatedly fiddling with the magnets on the tactical board for the Lakers players, the Lakers players recognized the reality that they didn't want to accept but had to accept.

That is, as the Warriors players on the court delay the offense of other Lakers players through small-scale local zone defense, buying time for Jiba and Klay to return to their positions...

In a 48-minute game, even if Su Feng can always pick the ball out before being double-teamed...

The other Lakers players on the court cannot theoretically take advantage of the more-on-less opportunity to play efficient offense. (Note 1)

And this...

This is also why Su Feng has always firmly believed that this Warriors team is a defensive team disguised as an offensive one.

"Now, it's time for us to tell Jeff and his Warriors that this defense will no longer work against us." Before entering the game in the second quarter, looking at Green and others who were preparing to play with him, Su Feng smiled.

Hearing this, after being stunned for a moment, Green asked with a puzzled look, "What... what should we do?"

Rondo patted Green and others on the back and smiled, "Just be prepared to catch and shoot."

Green and others: Huh?

"Tyron, let Kobe rest for the rest of the second quarter." Turning to look at Coach Lue, Su Feng said.

Looking at Su Feng, Coach Lue said after being stunned for two seconds, "Who should we replace him with?"

Su Feng pointed to Seth Curry, who had been handing towels and water glasses to his teammates tonight.

"Of course, it's our team's most accurate shooter."

Staples Center.

Relying on Kobe and Livingston's excellent performance in the first half of the quarter, with 6 minutes and 11 seconds left in the half, the Lakers, sitting at home, still maintained a 2-point lead.

On the court, the score between the two teams was 46 to 48.

In front of the technical table, the Lakers requested a timeout.

After the timeout, just as Van Gundy on the Warriors' bench thought that the Lakers would bring back their main players to engage in a decisive battle with the Warriors...

Before he could guess how the Lakers would respond to the Warriors in the second half of the quarter...

Kobe, who had been jointly pressed on the bench by Su Feng and Rondo, was cracking up!

No way!

According to our pre-match plan, shouldn't I be leading the team in the second half of this quarter?

Why are you going to replace me after playing only half a good quarter...

Does this mean...

You can't perform well when playing for the Lakers?

Jealousy!

This must be jealousy!

On the sidelines, looking at Su Feng, who firmly pressed him on the bench, biting his lip, at this moment, Kobe hated that he couldn't beat Su Feng!

Uh...

The inability to beat here refers to the physical sense.

"Rest well.

This is your last rest time in this game." After ruffling Kobe's head, Su Feng smiled.

Hearing this, Kobe also calmed down instantly.

The last rest time!

After keenly capturing the key words in Su Feng's words, Kobe knew that Su Feng's temporary suggestion for Coach Lue to change his playing time must have a deep meaning in it.

At Staples Center, with the Lakers' lineup for the second half of the second quarter being released...

CCTV, even the knowledgeable Zhang Guoli couldn't help but exclaim, "Wow, are the Lakers going to use all five substitutes?"

On the court, Gasol, Su Feng, Green, Curry, and Rondo lined up.

Yes, you read that right.

It's all five substitutes!

On the Warriors' bench, Van Gundy felt that Coach Lue had gone crazy for the sake of rotation.

"Tyron, aren't you afraid that we will widen the score gap in the second half of this quarter by conducting personnel rotation like this?" Van Gundy thought with a puzzled look while gazing at Coach Lue standing on the Lakers' bench.

On the court, the Lakers had possession.

Rondo was responsible for dribbling the ball across the half-court.

Su Feng, entangled by James, circled to the right wing high post to receive the ball.

Same as the second half of the first quarter.

The moment Su Feng received the ball, Jimmy Butler quickly rushed towards him.

At the same time, Curry, Klay, and Yao formed a small-scale zone defense on the other side.

Although the three-man zone defense could not compare with the four-man or five-man zone defense in terms of coverage area...

Relying on their excellent sense of position, the Warriors only needed to delay the offense of other Lakers players when Su Feng passed the ball.

Moreover, even if Su Feng's pass directly hit the defensive seam, so what?

Could Su Feng accurately hit the Warriors' defensive seam with every subsequent offensive possession?

On the right corner, in order to create space for Su Feng to break through, Seth Curry quickly ran to the other side of the corner before the Warriors' wing double-team formed.

It was also at this time that Klay suddenly gave up guarding Seth and turned to rush towards Su Feng with Jiba.

This was a perfect double-team choice!

Because before Seth had run to his designated position, at this moment, the situation on the court was not the theoretical five-on-five.

On the left high post, Stephen Curry took a small step forward.

It was this small step that allowed Yao to return to the paint.

Because even though Gasol was much taller than Stephen Curry, as long as Stephen stuck to him before Gasol shot, for taller players who needed more time to prepare for the shot, he could only choose to pass the ball out.

Huh?

Are you saying that Gasol can directly pull up and shoot over Stephen Curry?

Don't be kidding, in basketball games, the reason why you rarely see center players pulling up and shooting three-pointers like guards under the harassment of the opponent's guards is precisely because interior players cannot compare with exterior players in terms of action speed.

On the court, under the Warriors players' tacit mutual help, Yao, who had regained his position in the paint, not only avoided the three-second rule because there was Seth Curry running to the corner next to him.

Moreover, his huge frame, like a wall of sighs, blocked the possibility of Su Feng making a cross-court pass to the other side.

So here comes the question.

What if Seth had stood firmly in the right corner from the beginning?

"Then Su would have been sealed off in the right corner the moment Klay pounced on him." On the Warriors' bench, looking at the tactical board in his hand, Van Gundy said with a smile while fiddling with the magnets on it.

You know, for top help defenders like Klay, rushing from the wing 45-degree angle to the corner is just a matter of sliding.

Therefore, in Van Gundy's opinion, instead of admiring that he could come up with this defensive strategy...

It is better to admire that the five Warriors players on the court all possess basketball IQs far exceeding those of ordinary players.

Undoubtedly.

This is a defense that only this Warriors team can do.

Because behind every reckless help defense and double-team...

The Warriors players on the court are showing the world their unparalleled game-reading ability.

However, at this moment...

It was time for the Lakers to break the formation!

At the right 45-degree angle, in just a blink of an eye, Su Feng suddenly shifted the ball to the top of the arc!

What kind of offense can destroy the Warriors' high-speed infinite rotation and their tacit positional positioning?

The answer, of course, is faster ball movement.

Although in Su Feng's view, the Steve Kerr in his memory only knows how to play with a bunch of maxed-out accounts.

But one thing, Kerr's basketball theory is absolutely correct.

That is...

Compared to the traditional passing out of double-teams.

If your side can have a distributor standing at the top of the arc who can instantly discern the opponent's defensive players.

Then, no matter how clever the double-team and positional positioning are, it is difficult to cut off the connection between the double-teamed player and other players.

In Su Feng's previous life, after his rebirth, the Warriors' system once had many problems in operation due to Green's decline in form.

But, to block Su Feng's offense on the court, what price will the Warriors have to pay tonight, compared to those teams trying to stop Stephen Curry?

At the top of the arc, the moment he received Su Feng's pass, Rondo unhesitatingly threw the ball directly to the left corner!

And there, what appeared...

Was surprisingly:

Seth Curry!

After Rondo's transfer in the middle, the Warriors players could no longer keep up with the Lakers' offense.

Because in a basketball game, people...

Cannot run faster than the ball!

Swish!

Just like what Rondo told everyone before entering the game.

Next, you just need to be prepared to catch and shoot!

On the sidelines, on the Lakers' bench, while waving towels for the Lakers players on the court with Sacre, Billups said with emotion, "He is truly a genius!"

Although at first glance, the Lakers' method of breaking the formation is so simple and crude.

But in a short half-quarter, he can find the opponent's defensive flaws based on the defense he encounters...

And he still has the mind to think and ponder in such an intense game...

At this moment, Billups couldn't help but think of the famous saying circulating in the world.

"The reason why the coaches who cooperate with Su Feng, except for Larry Brown, are all domineering basketball godfathers...

It's just because they have a player named Su Feng under their command."

On the Warriors' bench, this time, before Van Gundy could speak, the Warriors' assistant coach hurriedly stepped forward and covered his mouth.

Don't laugh, Jeff!

Do you know that every time you smile, we will be slapped in the face?

Van Gundy: But...

But I just wanted to rearrange our next defensive tactics!

Warriors assistant coach: Oh, I see, then it's okay!

On the court, after the Lakers repeatedly broke the Warriors' "infinite rotation + multiple double-teams + zone defense" through high-speed transfer...

The Warriors then requested a timeout.

After the timeout, the Warriors obviously reduced the frequency of double-teaming Su Feng.

On the court, looking at James, who was no longer closely guarding him, Su Feng smiled, "Are you sure you can defend me with just you, LeBron?"

James did not answer Su Feng's question.

Because James had already confidently answered Van Gundy once during the timeout.

"No one in this world can defend Su.

Try to increase his shooting cost as much as possible.

His stamina is not unlimited." Hearing this, Van Gundy patted James on the shoulder and said at the time.

Su Feng's stamina is certainly not unlimited.

Especially with age.

Therefore, while choosing to take on the responsibility of attacking for the Lakers himself, the Lakers need to replace Kobe.

Because of the decisive moment of this game.

Su Feng needs Kobe to give him more support.

Staples Center.

The first half ended.

64 to 68.

Behind this offensive battle that made the fans in front of the TV feel very enjoyable...

In addition to the players on the court taking turns showing their special skills...

On the sidelines, the brain trusts of the two teams also conducted a game that made the insiders climax countless times.

If a basketball game is made up of countless details.

Then tonight, in this Western Conference Finals Game 1...

The Lakers can be said to have done their best in every detail.

However.

This is...

The Golden State Warriors.

No matter how well the Lakers played tonight.

They were all closely biting the score.

And they have always given the Lakers the huge psychological pressure of "a wave of counter-push".

Outrageous?

It's very outrageous.

But, only by crossing this Warriors team can the Lakers continue to move forward in this year's playoffs.

"I wouldn't be surprised if either the Warriors or the Lakers win this series.

Because in my eyes, this series is the Finals of this season!" On TNT, before the start of the second half, Barkley said.

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