The defensive strategies of the two teams appear to be basically the same.
That means you can lose a team battle, but the opponent's arrows must be strangled!
However, Curry of the Warriors can play without the ball, and his teammates get many open opportunities because of his running.
Even if Curry doesn't move, he can still attract a defender standing outside the three-point line.
Not so with Evans.
Although Azubuike was staring at him closely from the backcourt, that was because he had the ball in his hands.
Once Evans doesn't have the ball in his hands, Azubuike can relax his guard and help his teammates defend.
Especially when Evans is standing outside the three-point line!
Evans is physically strong and very lethal when inside.
Even from mid-range, Evans can shoot.
But the Kings already have two big men on the inside: Hawes and Jason Thompson.
If Evans were to move around the penalty area again, the inside line would be full of people and there would be no possibility of entering.
You are a defender after all!
But letting Evans stand outside the three-point line will not attract the defense at all!
As long as Evans stands outside the three-point line, the Warriors will defend four from five!
How to fight then?
Of course, Evans is not stupid either.
If you can't beat Azubuike, you can pick-and-roll with Curry's defender Udrih and target Curry's defensive weakness.
However, Udri's body was thin and his cover effect was very poor. Azubuike easily got around him.
This is why there is so little cover between the two defenders!
I can't stop it!
Even if it is blocked, Curry and Azubuike can just stay inside.
You don’t have three points anyway!
If both offensive players have three points, they can only switch defenses when covering.
Otherwise, the one in the open position will directly take action, and you will be annoyed.
But neither of the two guards of the Kings scored three points!
So Evans' idea of beating Curry in this regard also came to nothing.
As a result, the Kings' offense was struggling.
Several shots in a row were thrown against people as soon as 24 seconds passed.
The results can be imagined.
Fortunately, Jason Thompson and Hawes picked up two frontcourt rebounds inside and scored a few points.
Five minutes passed and the Kings only scored 9 points!
On the other hand, it's different with the Warriors.
Through Curry's off-ball movement, the Warriors got several open opportunities in the paint.
And Curry also occasionally holds the ball and plays two pick-and-rolls.
Once Curry and Lopez pick and roll, the Kings will double-team Curry.
The Warriors immediately got an open three-point opportunity from the outside.
The Kings are not accurate on the perimeter, but the Warriors are different.
Five guys on the Warriors can shoot three-pointers!
Still very accurate!
The Warriors' scoring keeps rising!
More than six minutes passed, and the score between the two teams became 21:11!
All Tyreke Evans data columns are empty!
Not a single point, not a single assist, not a single rebound!
No, there are still two mistakes!
The Kings had to call a timeout.
The timeout ended and both teams put on their substitute lineups.
The Kings' substitutes are Dante Green, Casspi, Udoka, Jason Thompson and Evans.
Evans did not go down and continued to stay on the court to score points.
If you can’t start the game, then you’ll be on the bench!
You have to fill up the data column no matter what!
Deng Fang had already prepared.
The Warriors' substitutes are DeAndre Jordan, Livingston, Prince, Azubuike and Laga Bell.
A solid defensive lineup!
Replaced Curry and replaced Livingston with better defense!
Similarly, Jordan moves faster than Lopez and defends better.
And Azubuike, Prince and Laga Bell, who were very defensive, didn't go down!
Five defensive players!
This is completely a five-bronze iron cable formation!
Evans is going crazy!
What is this for?
We have no grievances, so why bother!
Deng Fang looked at Evans with a wicked smile: Young man, don't blame me, you are blocking the way, that's all.
You know, the best rookie this season in history is Evans.
Although Curry's performance so far has been explosive and Evans poses no threat to Curry, who made you steal Curry's Rookie of the Year award back then?
And it was achieved by sacrificing a season's record and using the strength of the entire team!
So I'm going to use the whole team's strength to get you right now!
The Warriors' lineup is slightly weaker in scoring ability, but its defense is top-notch!
Even in the league, no team would be shocked to see this lineup!
Even the defender is more than two meters away!
The shortest Azubuike and Laga Bell are both 1.96 meters tall!
The defender is tall and the center is not slow either!
Except for Jordan, the other four players encountered unlimited changes in pick-and-roll defense.
If you can defend yourself well, you can also help defend at any time.
Once these five people are on board, the Warriors' defense is airtight!
The Kings' offense immediately stalled.
The Kings' starting scoring ability is average.
The scoring ability of this bench lineup is even weaker than that of the starting lineup!
Dante Green and Jason Thompson are both blue-collar insiders. They basically have no independent scoring ability, let alone shooting. They have no threat at all when leaving the penalty area.
Uduka's three-point shooting is average, and his single defense is basically useless.
Casspi's three-point shooting is good, but his speed is relatively slow, his confrontation is average, and his breakthrough ability is very weak. You only need to guard against his shooting.
Only Evans can hold the ball and attack, but the entire Warriors team is watching him!
The result can be imagined. In more than five minutes, the Kings only scored 6 points!
This was achieved with frontcourt rebounds picked up by Jason Thompson and Dante Green.
It's not easy for the Warriors to score either.
After all, this lineup rarely plays together.
Jordan could only eat inside, and Livingston did not have three-pointers, so the court space was a bit crowded during the game, and the Warriors' offense was also a bit sluggish.
But the Warriors' defense is good!
The Kings repeatedly missed shots, and the Warriors counterattacked when they got the rebound!
The Kings' bench players weren't very good defensively, but I didn't expect the Warriors to be so good defensively.
As a result, the Warriors scored more than ten points by counterattack!
At the end of the first quarter, the score between the two teams became 32:17!
Evans still hasn’t scored a point!
Not only that, there were no assists or rebounds.
Looking at Evans' resentful eyes, Deng Fang sighed on the sidelines and thought to himself: It's not my fault!
As long as you don’t lose assists or score, but you can’t pick up rebounds, then it’s just your luck!
I can't help you with this...
The second quarter of the game started quickly.
Evans rested off the court while Udrih, Hawes and others came up.
The Kings have five players on the court: Udrih, Hawes, Dante Green, Casspi, and Uduka.
The Warriors' bench is led by Curry, and the five people on the court are Curry, DeAndre Jordan, Radmanovic, Anthony Morrow and Belinelli.
With Evans down, Deng Fang can fight with the king in peace.
Evans can do it without data, but Curry can’t do it without it!
The Kings' lineup is weak offensively and not very good defensively. It is mainly used for transition time.
The Warriors' lineup isn't very good defensively either.
But this Warriors lineup has a great offense!
Except for Jordan who can only eat cake in the paint, the other four are all sharpshooters!
In terms of accuracy, the three-point shooting of this substitute lineup is more accurate than that of the starting lineup!
