The All-Star Weekend is over and the Warriors return with a full load.
Especially Curry, a rookie entered the All-Stars as the top vote-getter, and also won two MVP trophies and a three-point contest championship. Such achievements can be said to be incredible!
Especially in the All-Star Game, Curry let people see how terrifying his explosive scoring power is.
Teams across the league are beginning to pay attention to the three-point shot!
Who says three-pointers are unreliable?
Who says you can't win games by shooting?
That’s because your vote isn’t accurate enough!
It looks like the Warriors are going to become a big mountain in front of every team.
If you want to win the championship, you must pass the Warriors level!
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On the day the game ended, Deng Fang and others took a flight back to Jinzhou.
Be prepared for the next game.
The All-Star break is a time for many teams to take a break.
Those who are injured recuperate, and those who are not injured store their energy.
After the All-Star Game, it's time for each team to sprint.
Don’t fall behind at this time!
The Warriors have the most All-Star players.
Curry, Prince, Lopez, Livingston, DeAndre Jordan!
These people are the main players of the Warriors!
Others rest, and the Warriors are playing games almost all the time.
This is not very beneficial to the Warriors.
Deng Fang did not arrange training when he returned to Jinzhou.
Let these people have a good rest for two days.
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At 8:30 pm on February 16, 2010, the game between the Warriors and the Lakers started at Staples Arena.
Kobe missed the All-Star Game to recuperate from his injury, but there was still not enough time these days, and Kobe's injury still did not heal.
So the Lakers' starting lineup is Andrew Bynum, Gasol, Fisher, Artest and Shannon Brown.
None of these people participated in the All-Star Game, so they have very good physical strength.
However, without Kobe, this Lakers team lacks its soul.
The only trick the Zen master can use is to play inside.
Let Bynum and Gasol attack in the low post!
Once you can't dig it out, you'll be in trouble.
Deng Fang was well prepared for this.
The Warriors replaced Azubuike and started with DeAndre Jordan.
If you hit the twin towers, we will too!
The Warriors' senior and junior players have been playing together for more than half a season, and it's time to try a new lineup.
Before it was for performance and chemical reaction.
Now that the Warriors' record is far ahead, and the players' cooperation is becoming more and more tacit, it's time to think about the playoffs.
In the playoffs, opponents will try to target your weaknesses.
Do you have a primary school or a primary school student?
Is your inside line not good?
Then I will use all my methods to cut the inside line as hard as I can!
I will pin you to the battlefield and grind with you!
If they really want to encounter a team with high tactical literacy and their opponent really wants to do this, the Warriors' senior and four juniors will still have a headache.
So it's time to try a new lineup.
That's what I brought in DeAndre Jordan for.
Deng Fang knew that due to the emergence of Curry, later generations began to pay attention to the three-pointer, and the status of the inside line became less and less important.
If future generations of insiders can't shoot three-pointers, they will have to dominate on the defensive end.
Even the top defensive insiders are not that popular.
But not now.
In 2010, the world was still dominated by insiders.
Which team doesn't have two meat shields inside, there is no need to consider the playoffs.
Whichever team can only defend inside, the championship will be further away from you.
If you want to compete for the championship, your inside line must be able to attack and defend well.
The Lakers' Bynum is excellent defensively and his offense is okay.
Gasol's interior offense is top-notch, and he also has good passing skills.
Even on defense, Gasol is above average.
The Celtics have Garnett and Perkins on the inside.
Both are very good defensively, and Garnett is also very good on the offensive end.
Even for the Magic, Howard is the main defender and Rashard Lewis can attack.
That's why Deng Fang began to experiment with the twin-tower lineup.
The Warriors have the capital.
Deng Fang had thought about it during the offseason.
Lopez's offense is excellent, and Jordan's defense is top-notch!
It's quite reassuring that these two people are on the inside.
This is also true.
Facing DeAndre Jordan's defense, Andrew Bynum was completely restrained.
Even Gasol, who has excellent offense, can't take much advantage in front of Lopez.
Lopez is young after all, and his individual defense ability is not bad.
Although his pace is a bit slow, he still has no problem defending interior players.
Although Gasol can also score, it is difficult.
Lopez is tall and has long arms and outstanding shot-blocking ability. Gasol can only score by relying on long-range mid-range shots and hook shots.
With interference, Gasol's shooting rate is not ideal.
The Lakers can't open up the inside line, and it's even harder on the outside line.
Without Kobe, the Lakers' outside perimeter has almost no ability to score independently.
Let Fisher break through?
Let Artest hold the ball and attack?
Hand the ball to Shannon Brown?
joke!
It's still possible to face an average team, but not against the Warriors.
After more than half a season of running-in, the Warriors' defense is now stronger than at the beginning of the season!
You know, the Warriors' defense wasn't that bad at the beginning of the season!
At least above average!
I have to say that the arrival of Ron Adams is still very important.
If the inside line cannot be opened, the Lakers' outside line will not have good shooting opportunities.
The Lakers' offense is quite tough.
On the other hand, the Warriors are different.
Although without Azubuike, the Warriors' space on the court has become smaller, but it's not a problem with Curry here!
Curry can play without the ball!
Lopez and DeAndre Jordan kept covering Curry, and the Lakers were struggling on the defensive end, which was very painful.
Should Bynum and Gasol switch defenses or not?
Curry will feel better if he switches defense.
What Curry is best at is playing small against the big!
Especially a slow-moving center like Bynum!
Not changing defense?
When Curry runs out, the spot is immediately open!
I'll shoot you to death!
In addition, Jordan and Lopez kept running back.
Pretending to be covering for Curry, he suddenly turned around and asked for the ball inside.
If you dare to focus all your attention on Curry, you will pay the price!
Let Lopez and DeAndre Jordan catch the ball under the basket?
Then you are dead!
However, do you dare to just stare at Lopez and DeAndre Jordan and not pay attention to Curry?
Then the game is over immediately!
Previously, when Curry moved without the ball, the Warriors players also covered Curry.
But players in other positions are always not as good at covering as the center.
Centers are bigger and are often the slowest in defending centers.
No matter how good a big Lopez's cover is, it will be easy for the opponent to neutralize it.
Now that two big centers are covering together, it will be difficult to completely prevent Curry from moving without the ball!
The Warriors' starting adjustment was completely beyond Jackson's expectations.
In the past, the Warriors had never changed their starting lineup despite adversity and adversity.
At most, it's just replacing the starter at the beginning of the second half.
The Lakers were caught off guard, but the Warriors were well prepared. As you can imagine, the game was ruined as soon as it started!
In less than 5 minutes after the start, Curry made 6 three-pointers by himself!
In addition, Jordan also had 2 alley-oop dunks, and Lopez scored 2 from the basket!
28:12!
In less than 5 minutes, the Warriors led by 16 points!
