One Thousand Six Hundred and Ninety-Six. We Like to Compete with Stars the Most
Randolph's provocation was so bad that even the referee couldn't stand it.
At this time, other Warriors players, fans at the scene, fans in front of TVs, computers and mobile phones realized that Drummond Green seemed to be targeted by the Grizzlies!
This made the fans a little confused, and it was different from what they expected to see!
The matchup between the Splash Brothers and the Waves, the matchup between Paul George and Iguodala... these are what the fans want to see, but the one who "stole the limelight" was Drummond Green!
Indeed, Drummond Green performed very well this season, averaging 11 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, 1.6 rebounds and 1.4 blocks per game. After Ibaka's defensive ability declined, among the active players, the only one who can compare with Sun Ce in terms of serial defense ability is Drummond Green. Although the data is not outstanding, the role is very strong, which is one of the keys to the Warriors' record of 28 wins and 7 losses.
However, not many people like to watch Drummond Green play as the "protagonist" because it is not good to watch!
Just like the two previous Warriors attacks, if Draymond Green was really responsible for the main attack, he would not have the ability at all.
However, for the head coaches of both teams, it was very puzzled. How did it develop into this? From the beginning, it was not what the head coaches of both teams imagined!
Steve Kerr of the Warriors was ready to adapt to the situation. They were the side with the advantage in theory, after all, they just won a game the day before yesterday; while the Grizzlies wanted to force the opponent to continue the singles tactics and fight violence with violence.
The current situation is different from what was expected.
However, the game has just started, and it seems that there is nothing wrong with the plans of both sides, but Draymond Green of the Warriors was targeted and made several wrong judgments, and the Grizzlies took a little advantage at the beginning.
After Curry executed the technical foul free throw, Steve Kerr called a timeout to remind Draymond Green not to be affected by his emotions.
Draymond Green is used to affect the opponent's emotions, and he can't be affected by his emotions.
Steve Kerr is not unaware of Drummond Green's outrageous remarks, but he is very confident in Drummond Green. When communicating with the players in the team last summer, Steve Kerr learned that Drummond Green seemed to be a hot-tempered player, but in fact he was a very rational person who was very good at making choices that were beneficial to himself.
So, even if there was a response like Sun Ce, Steve Kerr was not worried about Drummond Green.
But I didn't expect the Grizzlies to really make Drummond Green angry.
Now, Steve Kerr really admires the Grizzlies...
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After the timeout, Coach Hollins didn't say anything, and they didn't suffer any loss. After discussing with Randolph, he replaced Randolph with Gobert and replaced Klay Thompson with Pierce. Sun Ce, Paul George, and Aldridge continued to play.
The Warriors didn't make any substitutions, but Steve Kerr felt bad when he saw the opponent's lineup... The opponent's changes exceeded his expectations! They didn't play the amazing triangle offense!
This lineup is like the Mavericks in the 2005-06 season, and except for Pierce and Aldridge, which are weakened versions, the other three positions are all strengthened versions!
Originally, after Draymond Green was a little uncalm by the opponent, Steve Kerr thought that the Grizzlies' response strategy tonight was psychological warfare, affecting the performance of the Warriors, disrupting their rhythm, and then playing steadily.
This is the most conventional idea.
And Steve Kerr has confidence in Draymond Green. As long as he is reminded, Draymond Green will calm down again.
However, for the Grizzlies, the two rounds of Draymond Green's mistakes were purely unexpected surprises. It was really a bargain, and it was not important. It just got a 6-1 start.
They had planned to rely on the stars to fight the Warriors!
After discussing with the coaching staff, Sun Ce, Pierce, Carter, Paul George and others determined one thing, that is, the opponent chose to focus on the stars and gave up their strongest team cooperation style, which was actually self-destructive!
The Warriors' tactic of attacking stars did have a very eye-catching effect when they played against each other the night before yesterday, but that was definitely not the strongest form of the Warriors, and they relied too much on stars.
The Grizzlies' tactic is that stars take turns to attack! They don't hesitate to use their physical strength to force it!
Sun Ce, Paul George, Pierce, Aldridge, whoever has a good opportunity will play singles.
The reason why stars are stars is that even when facing defense, they are more confident than role players in open shots!
As the game went on, the Warriors passively followed the Grizzlies' tactic of attacking stars.
Because the Grizzlies played too resolutely and completely ignored their physical strength, that is, everyone took turns to play singles. Such a strategy is difficult to sustain for a whole game under the rhythm of the current league. It is difficult to sustain the Mavericks at the beginning of the century for a long time now. The rhythm is much faster than that time. Even if that Mavericks team can persist for ten or eight games, but if it persists for a season, there are many injuries.
In today's NBA, it is very important for core players to distribute their physical strength well.
The Warriors were originally prepared to attack the star players, but they started with cooperation. But now, as long as the Warriors pick and roll, the Grizzlies will double-team Harden or Curry. Drummond Green loves to shoot in open space, so they will give him open space and never make up for it. They will directly double-team the Warriors' Splash combination.
This made the Splash combination start to selectively play singles instead of pick and roll. Of course, these two people are really good at singles. The Grizzlies' 5-point lead at the beginning did not expand, but was reduced.
But at 9:07 in the first quarter, Paul George, Pierce and Sun Ce were replaced. After the lineup of Livingston, Klay Thompson, Carter, Randolph and Larry Sanders was replaced, the Grizzlies played a wave of 10 to 5 in the last nearly 3 minutes of the first quarter. After the first quarter, the Grizzlies led the Warriors by 7 points 34 to 27 and entered the intermission!
In these 7 minutes, Harden was replaced by Iguodala. Iguodala's singles ability has deteriorated to the point that it is unbearable to watch. Maybe he can still play in a critical game, but tonight the coffin lid is closed again, and it is the kind with seven-foot soul-stealing nails, which penetrate the floor and embed into the concrete floor, and cannot be pried open.
If it weren't for Curry's 2+1 from mid-range and Ezeli's tip-in from an offensive rebound, the Grizzlies could have widened the gap to 10 points!
In the last game, the Warriors used the main attacking star to beat the Grizzlies unexpectedly in a coordinated manner, and the Grizzlies were defeated by the Warriors' snowballing advantage.
Tonight, the Grizzlies gave up their familiar style of play and turned to the singles style that every star can play, which made the Warriors' tricks go into a dead end!
Steve Kerr is still capable. After the intermission, he sent out a five-man lineup of Harden, Barbosa, Iguodala, Gerald Wallace, and Draymond Green. He also knew that their cooperation with the main attack star was used by the opponent, and it was indeed not strong enough. He now wants to switch back to the team cooperation style.
But the Grizzlies have already established their advantage. In the second quarter, the Grizzlies sent out Sun Ce, Klay Thompson, Carter, Stoudemire, and Yi Jianlian to play a combination of running and gunning.
In this quarter, the Grizzlies did not want to defend the Warriors. Their goal in the first quarter was not only to gain a leading advantage, but to consume the opponent in the star-to-star style.
After the start of the second quarter, the Grizzlies began to speed up the team cooperation according to the opponent's desire!
Moreover, as long as it falls into a positional battle, except for Klay Thompson who is not allowed to attack with the ball, anyone else who encounters Draymond Green's switch defense will play singles.
In the positional battle, it is normal for the Grizzlies to not score with this lineup, as the opponent has good defense, but as long as they score, they will say one word to Draymond Green.
At the beginning of the second quarter, the score difference was slowly narrowed. When the Grizzlies had only two points left in the lead, Sun Ce missed a three-pointer against Harden and Barbosa, but Yi Jianlian slammed the ball into the basket from behind Draymond Green!
The referee whistled, Yi Jianlian's dunk was valid, Draymond Green fouled, and Yi Jianlian got a penalty!
43 to 39, the Grizzlies' lead was expanded to 4 points again, and there was a chance to expand it to 5 points again.
Yi Jianlian had no expression after landing. He was not cold, but introverted and not good at speaking. He was still a little shy now. He just looked at Draymond Green like that. Draymond Green saw Yi Jianlian looking at him, and he also looked at Yi Jianlian.
After Yi Jianlian had prepared for the psychological struggle, he opened his mouth and said, "DPOY?"
Yi Jianlian was just being reserved. He had played for the Grizzlies for many years, and the referee was familiar with him and knew that he was not provocative, so he did not call a technical foul on Yi Jianlian. Generally speaking, staring at the opponent like this after scoring a goal, especially a beautiful goal, will be regarded as provocative.
Sometimes a good impression is still beneficial.
But in Draymond Green's view, this guy with purple hair and a big back hair looked at him arrogantly and "provokingly" for a long time, and finally provoked again. Finally, he couldn't help it. When the words came out of Yi Jianlian's mouth, Draymond Green was directly detonated and pushed Yi Jianlian in the chest.
Good guy, Sun Ce and Stoudemire, who were about to come up and high-five Yi Jianlian, immediately surrounded Draymond Green.
Fortunately, the referee had been paying attention to them and immediately stopped between the people on both sides to prevent the conflict from escalating.
There is no doubt that Yi Jianlian just has a more aristocratic hairstyle, and he doesn't like to pull people's hair like Duncan does. Draymond Green became the king of technical fouls in his first year. After the referee stopped the conflict, he blew the whistle and made a T gesture to Draymond Green!
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