Chapter 823 [Onslaught on the Inside, Perfect Tactics]

Curry dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, and Griffin pulled out the three-point line for Curry to cover and help him get rid of Irving.

Curry took the left, Jason Thompson switched to break through the line, Curry distributed the ball to Griffin in front of the three-point line, Griffin hesitated in the middle and didn't shoot immediately.

Whenever he saw this kind of cooperation Griffin not throwing, Yang Rui was not satisfied, the tactics were formulated, and Griffin could not execute it well.

When he was with the Lakers, Yao Ming was more threatening to take the ball in the middle, because he practiced three points well, and only one point in the middle was enough.

Griffin, now in his fourth year from 10 years, has neither developed a mid-lane three-point nor a corner-based three-pointer.

Yang Rui knew that Griffin could shoot three points as long as he was willing to practice, but he just didn't work hard. In his previous life, he only began to transform after his quality declined, which was obviously late and out of place. As soon as Paul left, the team needed Griffin to play like James in the 17-18 season, which was good, most of the shots were mid-to-long-range shots, and the shooting percentage and efficiency hit a new career low.

Griffin hesitated for just a second, Irving went after Curry, and Thompson returned to the position and had no chance to make a move.

On the side, Danny Green relied on Chandler to cover and ran to 70 degrees from the baseline, Griffin passed the ball over, Cousins didn't change the defense, and McLemore was blocked.

Green received the ball and jumped three points without hesitation, McCollamo is 196CM tall and weighs only 88 kilograms, even if he has the bounce to participate in the dunk contest, it takes time to bypass the cover and chase the defense, and the confrontation ability is average.

Cousins didn't come out, turned his head and was ready to grab the rebound, and Green easily shot hollow into the net, 3-0.

Green reached the peak of his career this season, shooting 43% from three-point range in the regular season, averaging 10.5 points, 3 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 2.2 three-pointers in 27 minutes per game.

His stats aren't too pretty, and he hasn't developed offensive ability with the ball, but he's already a better 3-and-D player than Tony Allen and Korver, and it's not surprising that he can squeeze out those two.

The Kings offense, the Clippers mixed defense, the four-man defense, and Green's perimeter defense Irving.

Yang Rui did not arrange Curry to defend Irving, Irving can both break through and shoot, and Curry is difficult to restrict. Don't look at Curry's regular season MVP, Irving has never even been in the best team three times before, but compared to heads-up, Irving must be better.

Owen has an extremely rich offensive arsenal, which can be called an offensive kaleidoscope, and he can create chances in pure singles. Curry's skills are also good, but what he is best at is seeing the seams and shooting threes in the system. On the defensive end, the two of them have to practice, and Yang Rui uses Curry to defend Irving every time in the regular season, and the effect is average, and now is not the time to exercise.

Green's weakness is mainly to switch defenses, and he is good at one-on-one frame defense, and Irving dribbles under his crotch to change direction and break through on the right side, failing to pass the ball to Cousins.

Cousins received the ball in the low post on the right side and leaned on Chandler, and Middleton immediately retracted into the box to form a bag and steal in the next three ways. Cousins passed the ball out of the perimeter, and Barnes took a step inside the three-point line and scored on a jumper. 3 to 2.

The ball went in, but Middleton turned around and made a slight interference, and the defensive intensity was not bad. The coaching staff did their homework before the game to get the swingman to drop back to the box at any time, as Barnes made inconsistent three-point shots and took very few shots, averaging just 1.8 and 2.4 shots per game in the regular season for two seasons and just 34.7 percent shooting this season.

The Clippers attacked, Curry dribbled to the frontcourt, two interior lines pulled out of the perimeter, and the swingmen were covered without the ball on either side.

This time, Curry chose to pass to Middleton on the left side, which was his decision after observing the position of the Kings players, because Cousins was on this side, and Yang Rui's strategy was to storm Cousins.

Cousins stepped a little outside, Middleton received the ball and took a step towards the middle, and Griffin cut into the air.

Middleton is not completely unable to attack with the ball, the basic skills of dribbling are still very solid, in the team he has been discussing techniques with his teammates, he can organize passes, and also practice back playing, but the face frame attack is poor.

The Clippers have three men who are good at back-to-back ball-guarding, and Middleton learned this trick by speeding up closer to Cousins, then finding a back-to-back for the opponent, turning to the middle and finding a gap to pass to Griffin, who was open to the air.

The timing of this ground-hitting pass was just right, Griffin comfortably received the ball and started, Barnes could only follow sideways, and he couldn't get stuck in the weight loss, and saw Griffin go deep into the basket.

Thompson defended back to the basket to form a clip, Griffin flicked the ball to the right, and Chandler took the ball and jumped up to the basket with both hands. 5 to 2.

Thompson turned around again to prevent Chandler from jumping and blocking, and he didn't dare to foul, the Kings' interior bench defense was too poor, and if he fell into foul trouble early, the Kings would definitely not be able to win.

The Kings attacked, and Irving and Thompson played pick-and-rolls, attracting Griffin to switch defenses and Green to chase the defense, and distributed the ball to the middle.

Thompson was empty, took aim for a high jumper and missed the basket, the rebound was pulled out by Chandler and Griffin took it.

When he first entered the league, Thompson was a thin, seven-foot-tall man who could play the low post, finish offense, shoot and make free throws erratically, defensive centers weren't strong enough, and defensive power forwards weren't fast enough. But at that time, he was able to make a difference on the offensive end, averaging double-doubles in points per game for two consecutive seasons.

10 YEARS LATER, THOMPSON WENT DOWN THE WRONG PATH, BEGAN TO GAIN WEIGHT, 211CM TALL, WEIGHED 113 KG, HE BECAME A LITTLE STRONGER, A LITTLE MORE RUTHLESS, THE PENALTY AREA WOULD NOT LET THE OPPONENT SCORE AT WILL, BUT HIS OWN OFFENSE BECAME WORSE.

Thompson increased the proportion of the offense in the low post and had fewer mid-range shots that were still alive, so the Kings traded for Eisen Ilyasova. Ilyasova was excellent in attack, but his weakness was poor defensiveness, and he came off the bench most of the time.

The Clippers attacked, Curry brought to the frontcourt, gesturing for Chandler to cover, getting rid of Irving on the outside, and Thompson switching defenses.

Curry dribbled the ball to the left at full speed and passed to Chandler at 45 degrees. This is also a simple tactical run arranged by Yang Rui, most teams will choose to empty when they see Chandler's middle cover, he has no shooting ability, Irving chases Curry, and Chandler has no resistance to cutting in the air.

Chandler took three steps with the ball, Cousins stepped back to make up for the basket, and Chandler ran to the right baseline.

Griffin didn't go to the bottom corner and hit the ball in the open space. 7 to 2.

The Clippers practiced for a full hour yesterday to reinforce their memory, and it would have been perfect if Griffin had made a three-point shot. The Kings had a good offense, and their final record was only eighth in the West, because the defense was terrible, and no one was good at making up defense.

The Kings attacked, Irving and Cousins played blocking and dismantling, went to the left side to attract Griffin to change defense, the dribble under the crotch changed direction and forced a breakthrough, the Clippers formation contracted, and Green, Griffin, and Chandler went to the basket.

Irving split the ball and Cousins in the middle threw it in. 7 to 4.

Yang Rui applauded a few times on the sidelines, without any dissatisfaction with the defense, Cousins has not practiced three points this season, it doesn't matter if he lets him shoot, the advantage is on the side of the Clippers.

Yang Rui practiced two sets of tactics yesterday, all of which were aimed at changing defenses on the inside line, and testing the center the most.

Kings coach Mike Malone is a defensive assistant coach who knows where the team's weaknesses are, and if he doesn't arrange for Cousins to switch to Curry, the Clippers' swingman is not very strong in offensive ability with the ball, and it is difficult to make fouls.

It's a pity that I can hide from the first year of junior high school, but I can't hide from the fifteenth.