But the Warriors didn't give him this opportunity - even low-efficiency low-post singles wouldn't work!
Because this will slow down the pace of the game!
More importantly, you have Tony Allen on the court, of course we have to take advantage of it!
The way to use it is to leave Tony Allen short and flank Randolph!
As long as Randolph dribbles the ball in the low post, Curry will immediately come over to attack!
Bogut was guarding inside, and someone was flanking him to intercept the ball. Randolph had no good solution!
The only possibility is to pass the ball to Tony Allen who is open on the outside!
And this is exactly the result the Warriors want!
Seeing that time was about to expire, Tony Allen, who received the basketball, had to take a three-pointer!
As expected, the basketball hit the rim and bounced out.
Green picked up the rebound and passed it directly to Barnes who stole it. Barnes received the ball and dunked!
Courtney Lee, who was chasing him, didn't even stretch out his hand!
When it comes to running and jumping, there is still a lot of difference between Courtney Lee and Barnes.
7:6, the Warriors lead by one point!
The game continues.
The Warriors' strategy is very obvious, which is to short Tony Allen, frantically short him, and at the same time flank Randolph, causing mistakes to counterattack!
If there is no fast break opportunity on the offensive end, the Warriors will fall into position to play pick-and-rolls or move without the ball, taking advantage of the slow speed of the Black and White Bears.
Tony Allen really couldn't make three-pointers. After missing three consecutive shots, he started to go inward.
Bogut and Draymond Green in the penalty area are not vegetarians!
Besides, Curry is waiting inside!
It's impossible for Curry to block shots, but his steals are top-notch!
In three minutes, Tony Allen missed three shots, had two big blocks, and was intercepted by Curry!
The Warriors launched four fast-break counterattacks in a row!
Obviously, the focus of the duel between the two teams became Tony Allen!
Seeing that the score difference reached double digits, Grizzlies coach Joger quickly called a timeout.
After the timeout, Tony Allen left the game and Jeff Green came on.
Everyone can see that Tony Allen's defense on the court cannot make up for his shortcomings on the offensive end.
Offense and defense are integrated. Just defense without offense is impossible!
Of course, if Tony Allen can lock down Curry by relying on defense, it will be a big profit against the Grizzlies one-on-one!
But the problem is that Tony Allen can't guard Curry!
If Curry is a player like Kobe, Tony Allen is indeed useful. It does not mean that Tony Allen can really defend Kobe, but that under his defense, Kobe will score a lot less points and be much less efficient.
In this case, the few points Tony Allen allowed the team to score on the offensive end can be made up for.
But Curry is not Kobe. He is not only able to play with the ball, nor can he only play one-on-one. He is also a great threat without the ball, and his organization and connection are much better than Kobe!
If nothing else, with Bogut and Green covering, Tony Allen wouldn't be able to catch up with Curry!
If it's Kobe, it doesn't matter if he can't catch up the first time. Anyway, your three-point threat is not great, so it's no problem for me to be two steps slower.
But now that Curry is here, do the Grizzlies dare to do this?
Don't dare, not at all!
So Tony Allen is very embarrassed. As long as Curry and Clay are around, he is useless.
Unable to guard against it, the opponent unscrupulously let him go and attacked the Grizzlies inside. This made Tony Allen's role almost negative!
But Tony Allen's role is very simple, that is, he is an arrow figure who defends the opponent!
Instead of guarding Curry, should he be asked to guard Barbosa on the bench?
The bench lacks a scorer, so let Tony Allen go up and score?
