In fact, Curry did not attack too much with the ball in this game. More than half of his points were obtained through off-ball tactics.
The best way to deal with the Twin Towers is without the ball!
If you hold two machetes and show your teeth, I will be five hundred meters away from you and play with you with 98K!
I have a shield that can resist your machete, but what can you use to defend against my 98K?
It is for this reason that not only Curry performed well for the Warriors, but Belinelli also performed well.
Belinelli played for 28 minutes, made 4 of 6 three-pointers, scored 18 points, and made 5 free throws!
Belinelli's shooting fakes are very realistic and can easily lead to fouls.
Lopez also performed very well, playing 32 minutes and scoring 25 points, 6 assists and 10 rebounds.
With Okur in Lopez, he can provide cover for Curry and the two. When Okur goes to Lopez, he can dominate in the paint.
The configurations of the Warriors and Jazz are very similar. Both teams have off-ball experts and long inside players who can shoot three-pointers. Similarly, both teams play a lot of pick-and-roll cooperation.
The difference is that the Jazz's off-ball expert Korver is a substitute player and his defense is average.
More importantly, Korver can only play without the ball and has no ability to attack with the ball.
The Warriors have two off-ball experts, and Curry can also play with the ball.
Once the Jazz's defense is forced into a weak position, Curry can use his ball-handling offense to resolve the battle.
In addition, Lopez can attack and defend, and has excellent post-up ability. Unlike Okur, who can only shoot three-pointers and pass the ball poorly.
Of course, there is another thing that allows the Warriors to win, and that is that they have more people to use.
There are only 12 players on the Warriors roster, but as many as 10 are available to play.
This does not include garbage time.
Among the ten players who played, Anthony Morrow, who played the shortest time, also played 15 minutes!
However, the Jazz only have 7 and a half players available in regular time.
That half man is Ronnie Price.
He is the only one who can take Deron's place, even if you don't want to use him.
At the coaching level, Deng Fang's formation is also better than Sloan's.
Since the preparation time was short and the Warriors were a new team, the Jazz used a regular starting lineup.
After Deng Fang cured Okur's illness, he concluded that there would definitely be Okur in the Jazz's starting lineup!
So Deng Fang changed the starting lineup and caught the Jazz off guard.
When Sloan discovered that the disadvantages of the Twin Towers were too obvious and changed the lineup, Deng Fang made another change one step ahead.
After the halftime break, the Jazz finally woke up and switched to a smaller lineup, hoping to play faster with the Warriors. However, Deng Fang did the opposite and started letting Lopez play singles in the paint!
Unable to bear Lopez's dominance in the paint, Sloan replaced Okur. As a result, Deng Fang changed to a defensive lineup again!
One wrong move and every wrong move!
Mr. Sloan is no ordinary person, but it's hard for a clever woman to make a meal without rice. There are not many people under his command who can play ball. Many of them have shortcomings in ability, and there is nothing he can do.
Okur didn't post up, and his pick-and-roll cooperation with Deron wasn't as good as Boozer's.
Deron did not make a pull-up three-pointer, and his shooting percentage on the pull-up mid-range shot was average.
Boozer's defense is not good, Millsap is too short...
There is no way, this is a gap in hard power, and it will be difficult for anyone to make up for it.
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Since this was the second round of the playoffs, the rewards and penalties given by the system were quadrupled, so this victory allowed Deng Fang to gain 16 ability points.
Deng Fang now has 91 ability points.
The further you get to the back, the harder it is to lose the game!
One game is worth four regular season games!
Therefore, Deng Fang has always gone all out and will never give up if he can win!
On May 3, the Eastern Conference semifinals will continue.
The first is the game between the Cavaliers and the Celtics.
After a lot of fighting, the Celtics finally won 104:86 at the Cavaliers' home court.
In this game, everyone on the Celtics teamed up, with six players scoring in double figures.
The most eye-catching one is Rondo, who scored 13 points and also sent 19 assists!
This is the playoffs!
The Cavaliers' defense ranks among the top five in the league!
I have to say that Rondo's passing ability is still very good!
In addition, Rasheed Wallace's performance on the Celtics bench was also very impressive.
Rasheed Wallace took 8 shots and scored the third-highest 17 points on the team, which was very efficient!
Only three players on the Cavaliers scored in double figures: James with 24 points, Jamison with 16 points, and J.J. Hickson with 13 points.
Mo Williams played 35 minutes and only made 1 of 9 shots. He made 0 of 4 three-pointers and only scored 4 points.
Fortunately, Xiao Mo sent out 7 assists, which slightly made up for the lack of firepower.
It can be seen from this that Rondo's defensive ability is quite good, and the Celtics' defense is also very targeted.
Aren't you called Mo Bu Chuan?
Then I won’t let you shoot! I’ll give you a chance to pass the ball!
No matter how many assists he gave out, Xiao Mo still seemed to have lost his soul when he didn't shoot!
O'Neal, a major signing from the Cavaliers during the offseason, performed sluggishly. He played 19 minutes and only scored 9 points on 10 shots.
Of course, the worst performer was James.
James played for 41 minutes, making 7 of 15 shots and 0 of 4 three-pointers. He scored 24 points, 4 assists, and 5 turnovers!
This performance is very sluggish for James.
In fact, the Cavaliers made good use of their home court advantage in this game.
The Cavaliers made 26 of 38 free throws in the game, while the Celtics only made 15 of 18 free throws.
James alone made 15 free throws.
However, James felt cold and only made 10 of 15 free throws.
This shows that James' elbow injury has a huge impact.
The right elbow strain has little impact on James' breakthrough and distribution, but it has a greater impact on shooting.
Shooting is a delicate job, and any physical injury will greatly affect your shooting.
James' shooting wasn't very good to begin with, and now he's injured again, and he's still shooting, so it's not surprising that his hand feels cold.
The Celtics knew this precisely, so they adopted a strategy of shooting to prevent breakthroughs in James' defense and resolutely refused to give James a chance to pass the ball.
The result is that James made 5 turnovers despite sending 4 assists!
Since James cannot connect the entire team, it is difficult for the Cavaliers' outside shooters to get good shooting opportunities.
The final result was that the Cavaliers made 4 of 21 three-pointers in the game, with a poor shooting percentage of 19%!
The Celtics made 9 of 19 three-pointers, and their shooting percentage was almost 50%!
What you need to know is that the Cavaliers ranked third in the league in three-point shooting percentage during the regular season, which is their main scoring method.
This is the ability that James' team must possess!
Otherwise, how can the first player in the league break through? How can he provide assists?
It’s not okay to block the way of the league’s number one player!
