Chapter 994: Tang Tian's Weakness? (First update!) )
Not many people cared about Pachuria's situation.
Even after the Warriors officially announced Pachuria's injury report, fans just spat as if they saw Grandpa Lu.
On the contrary, it was Tang Tian's nuclear magnetic resonance report, which attracted a burst of attention from fans.
For safety reasons, Tang Tian was inspected the next day with a complete set of systems.
The results of the examination came out, and Tang Tian was indeed not injured.
The fans cheered and cheered when they saw it, which was really a blessing in misfortune!
Pachulia was banned, Tang Tian was not injured, and fans are looking forward to the next game in the Western Finals.
Whether it will be a six-game settlement battle, or a tie-break battle, this is full of suspense.
And without the X-factor of Pachuria, fans can also appreciate a more pure basketball.
After finishing the Tianwang Mountain, the Warriors returned to Oakland.
The Pelicans have already gotten the match point by winning the Tianwang Mountain, and if they can't win the next home game, then their season will be over.
Last season's 73-win overall Western Conference runner-up was shameful enough, and now the four-star Warriors have another Western Conference runner-up, which is really humiliating and thrown to the Pacific.
So they have to win, the next home game has to win!
But, the question is how to win.
Kerr is feeling a big head now, and in his coaching office is his first and second assistant coaches, Ron Adams and Garon Collins.
After Gentry went to the Pelicans, Collins, who was the team's chief video analyst, was promoted.
Both of his assistant coaches were offering tactical advice, but Kerr remained silent.
In the battle of Tianwang Mountain, everyone felt that it was Pachuria's stepping foot that made the Pelicans gain momentum, which ultimately led to the Warriors losing the game.
But it's not like that.
Because they only lost by 16 points in the end, and before Pachulia made that move, they were already 11 points behind.
In fact, from the third game, they couldn't defend against the Pelicans, or Tang Tian.
Tang Tian's average score in these three games is close to 40 points per game, which is a score that can directly determine the victory or loss of the game in such a high-intensity game.
"Do you think we have a way to prevent Tang Tian?"
Cole asked, after listening to the teaching assistants' opinions.
Silent.
The office, which had been quite lively, suddenly fell silent.
Tang Tian, don't talk about prevention, it's difficult to restrict.
If you talk about scoring skills alone, Tang Tian may not be as good as Jordan and Kobe, and in terms of scoring visuals, he may also be inferior to Iverson and Carter.
However, he is too well-rounded, more comprehensive than James.
Can shoot, can break, can play with the ball, can play without the ball, can also assist, can play, can play, can defend......
And this ability, not only the ability, is very good at it.
Others are not more skilled in refinement, single-mindedness and refinement, there is a skill, he is not only more and fine, the more the better.
It's really hard to defend against players like that.
It seems that there is really no other way except to pray that Tang Tian himself feels bad.
Or, borrow another poisoned milk from Jordan?
Well, that seems like a good idea.
"I don't think Don is without weaknesses."
After a moment of silence, Corinth spoke suddenly.
Both Cole and Adams turned their heads to look at him curiously.
After Gentry's departure, the Warriors' usual tactical development was basically between Kerr and Adams.
Collins, as a newly promoted assistant coach, was not involved much.
So at this moment he spoke, and the two of them were puzzled and expectant.
"I've studied all of Don's technical characteristics, his jump shot is fast and accurate, his break is hard and fast, his passing is incredibly accurate, and his defense is solid."
The video analyst's job is to analyze the game footage, and of course this analysis is not only for the team, but also for the technical characteristics of the players.
Therefore, coaches of this type will have a better understanding of the technical characteristics of players.
Spoelstra, the head coach of the Heat, is a case in point.
However, Cole and Adams didn't react much when they heard this, Collins said that they knew it, and they were waiting for the next turn.
"But there's a technology he has that that's not so good in terms of relative excellence, and that's something we can try to target."
Sure enough, Collins immediately turned around.
"Ball control skills, as a striker who is more than 2 meters tall, he has a low center of gravity on the ball, even when he is on a fast break, he will deliberately lower his center of gravity."
Collins' observations were really meticulous.
"I remember about three years ago, when Don first arrived in New Orleans, everybody thought he was just a catch-and-shoot scorer, not very good at dribbling, but he proved himself, I don't know if you remember what he said after the game?"
Collins deliberately sold it when he said this.
Cole frowned slightly, he didn't really like the way Collins spoke, especially in front of him.
"His dribbling skills are very similar to Kemba Walker's, and he said in interviews that Kemba Walker learned his skills."
Collins saw Cole's reaction and immediately continued.
"That's a joke for sure, but what you know is that his ball handling skills were taught to him by Walker, but that's a defender's technique, not so good for a swing forward."
Collins finished his words in one breath this time.
Cole and Adams both nodded thoughtfully.
The way Collins speaks, though not so likable, is well analyzed.
Tang Tian's other technical characteristics were almost perfect, and even the confrontation was very strong, but the only weakness was analyzed by Collins.
"Don's shooting and first move were very fast, and we could set up two layers of defense in front and back so that we could force him to dribble more, and then we could put pressure on the ball and put him in the most uncomfortable way of attacking."
Collins analyzed, and Adams then began to enter his area of expertise.
Cole finally had a smile on his face.
The underdog needs some change, and that's the best change.
Game 6 between the Pelicans and Warriors won't be played until two days later, with the Cavaliers and Knicks G6 starting first.
The Knicks, like the Warriors, have no way back, and they're on their back at home.
After the game began, the Knicks also made a gesture and took an 8-2 lead in the opening period.
But after that, the game gradually became controlled by James and the Cavaliers.
There are many upsets in the NBA regular season, but there are very few playoff series, and the fundamental reason is that the series is seven games long.
Unless there is a major injury, even if it falls below for a while, it will be dragged into a stalemate, but the probability of winning in the end is the stronger team on paper.
In the end, James continued his hot form and contributed 30+ triple-doubles to help the Cavaliers defeat the Knicks 106-93 and take the lead in the Finals.
The East Finals are over, and now it's up to the West Finals to see who will stand out from the Pelicans and the Warriors in the end.