Chapter 834 [MVP-level performance]

Duncan jumped to win, the Spurs went first, the players pulled out of formation, and the Clippers were man-to-man defensively.

Zhang Reasonably: "In the first few games, Duncan scored many times on Griffin's head, but today Yang Rui still arranged Griffin to defend Duncan, giving him full trust." ”

Yu Jia said: "If the Clippers want to win the championship this year, they can't just rely on outside offense, Griffin has to step up, I think his play today is very crucial, he is in his playing year, and he can't always be pressed by Duncan." ”

Duncan didn't play Griffin alone with the ball, and he was more expensive in the low post, so he had to allocate his energy reasonably. The Spurs covered, passed a few times and were not available, and the Clippers followed closely at every position. Dio went to the high post to get the ball, his back to protect the ball, Parker suddenly cut into the air, and he passed the ball over.

Curry put Parker two steps away, defended the breakout and didn't shoot, easily followed, saw the opportunity to jump and successfully interfered, Parker's throw missed the basket, and Griffin grabbed the rebound in the backcourt.

The Spurs players were quick to step back and play six games, and the Clippers won all the games in which they were chaotic and fast-breaking. In this Spurs, Duncan was left alone to grab the rebounds in the frontcourt, and the others quickly retreated.

On the surface, Duncan doesn't guard back, and the frame will be worse, but in fact, Duncan uses his experience to play Griffin's position in the backcourt, can't grab rebounds, and doesn't let Griffin start to participate in the fast break, so he can only pass the ball to his teammates. He doesn't add to the stats, but he's a clever defender.

Curry slowly passed through the half court to Parsons, who was pulled outside the three-point line in the middle, and ran to the right corner, Green was in the left corner, and Guy was 70 degrees on the left, and the formation was fully stretched.

The Spurs are also man-to-man defense, Dio defends Parsons, and Griffin on the side gives Curry an off-ball cover to block Parker, and Parsons passes the ball over.

As soon as Curry received the ball, there was a sudden misalignment on the court, Duncan knew that he couldn't let Curry shoot, and immediately switched guards to block in front of him, so that he couldn't catch the ball and immediately shot, while Parker bypassed the pursuit.

Griffin didn't stand stupidly, turned around and cut to the basket. Curry dribbled towards Duncan and moved sideways to pass the ball from Duncan's side to the penalty area, where Griffin took a leap and scored with a one-handed smash. 2 to 0.

Once Duncan catches up with Curry, it will be difficult to turn around and defend the restricted area, Dio is only 203CM tall, even if he withdraws to the basket, his ability to protect the frame is very poor.

Yang Rui did not let Farid and Chandler start, in order to open the formation to attack, once Duncan misplaced the defensive guard, there would be opportunities on the inside. The Clippers have also played a lot of this kind of cooperation on the court, and when the Spurs get Split and Baines, they can retreat to resist Griffin, but now this lineup is not good. And on the twin towers, the Spurs' defense outside line will become difficult again.

This set of tactics is simple and effective, and the Spurs who were able to shoot on the three inside lines during the Lakers' three consecutive championships were sour and sour when they played on one side cover.

Yang Rui has always hoped that Griffin can do Yao Ming's work in the middle, but he has not been able to do it well, side air cuts and balls, Griffin can do a good job, and is good at it. Parsons is actually the key figure for the Clippers, and he is the only one on the team who has the height to play the No. 4 position and can ensure the shooting percentage from the outside.

The Spurs attacked, Duncan and Parker played blocking and dismantling, Parker broke through the right side with the ball, attracting Griffin to switch defenses and the ball was divided into the middle, Parsons let go of Dior and blocked in front of Duncan, so that Duncan could not make three slow steps. Duncan distributed the ball to Dio on the right baseline, and Guy let go of Leonard's defense.

Dio took advantage of the situation to distribute the ball to Leonard, Parsons pounced on the defense, a step too slow to only slightly interfere, Leonard hit a three-point shot. 2 to 3.

Yang Rui applauded twice, it doesn't matter if the ball goes in, the players who have done a very good job in these few fill-ins, Parsons is not a defensive expert due to his physical fitness, but he is highly motivated, which is worthy of praise.

Parsons isn't just because it's a tie-break, he's always played the Spurs very hard. He and Leonard entered the NBA in one year, although the gap between the ranks is large, but the evaluation he received in the first two years was above Leonard, and this year Leonard got a higher evaluation, he was a little unconvinced and wanted to compete.

The Clippers attacked, Curry brought to the frontcourt and passed to Parsons, ran his own position, and the tactics just now played again.

Duncan was in a dilemma after Curry received the ball, keeping two steps away, ready for a blank cut from Kagriffin. Curry looked at the distance, took a step back with his left foot and made a quick shot. Duncan's explosiveness was poor, and it was too late to jump up and interfere again, and Parker's side chase was too late to block.

Curry is the kind of player who will always dare to shoot, and dare to shoot the next time if he can't shoot, even if it's Leonard who defends him. It's just that when you meet a defensive expert, his shooting percentage is not guaranteed. He has absolute confidence in his shooting ability, and this shot is comfortable and clean. 5 to 3.

The home fans, uniformly dressed in red T-shirts, gave a standing ovation, and many people chanted "MVP" together.

This ball also has the credit of Griffin, who played strictly according to the tactics, attracting the attention of the defense without catching the ball, and an unsheathed sword is also a deterrent.

The Spurs attacked, Parker and Duncan played blocking and dismantling, Curry put Parker two steps away, bypassed the cover from the inside to catch up, Parker broke through the middle of the cross, Griffin leaned close to Duncan, Duncan protected the ball with his back, and passed out.

It took 20 seconds, and the Spurs players passed back and forth without creating a gap, and the Clippers used to focus on defense, but today they have changed to a person-to-man, even if a person like Parker who is not accurate in three points, it is difficult to shoot easily on the perimeter. Leonard forced a single hit Green, turned and dropped back for a jumper to avoid the block, and the interference was deflected.

Griffin jammed Duncan and helped Parsons grab the backcourt rebound, and Curry answered and fell back into position.

Playing fast offense, the best effect is when the opponent is unprepared, the Spurs are big and four small today, and they are fully prepared at a glance, and the Clippers may not be able to please the fast offense again, and it is easy to make mistakes. Yang Rui started Guy today and was ready to fight with the Spurs from the start.

The side-of-the-ball screen played again, Parker caught up with Curry, Duncan stared at Griffin to the low post without misalignment, and Parsons ran to the bottom right corner to give Curry a wide area of singles.

With a simple run, Popovich immediately understood Yang Rui's intentions and frowned.

Yang Rui didn't want Guy to hold the ball and attack, but to draw Leonard to the side. The Spurs had two games in which Leonard did a great job defending Curry at one point, and the Spurs won both games. But Guy is there, and Leonard can't go to the main defense Curry, otherwise Guy can also pick up the ball and go heads-up.

Curry dribbled twice in a row to change direction to the center, dribbling behind his left hand to his right hand and stepping back, and made a three-point jumper to avoid Parker's block.

Parker's best attempts to interfere didn't work, and the ball hollowed into the net. 8 to 3.

"Beautiful, Curry opened with two three-pointers and an assist, which is an MVP-level performance, and he has perfectly replaced Chris Paul as the league's No. 1 point guard this season," Zhang exclaimed. ”

Yu Jia said: "Curry's ability to improve to this extent should also have something to do with Paul's words and deeds, Curry recently said in an interview that he and Nash have also learned a lot, maybe he will become stronger in the future." ”

Zhang Li said with a smile: "Curry's physical fitness is average, and he was very unpopular in the Bucks back then, and the Bucks owner later sold the team, because he regretted trading him." ”

While the two were chatting, Parker forced Curry, the pull-up jump shot was missed under interference, the rebound was grabbed by Parsons, and the Spurs' outside offense was weak and in trouble.