Chapter 668 [Crying, Massacre! 】
Because Tony Allen entered the starting lineup, the Clippers' offensive lineup became more luxurious in the second quarter. Yang Rui sent Curry, Neal, Gay, Dunleavy, and Mahinmi.
If this lineup is used as a starter, the defense will be worse, but the offensive power can compete with the starters of many teams. There is no shortage of three-pointers, ball-handling singles, and inside attack capabilities.
The Thunder's substitutes are also not simple, including Bledsoe, Harden, Daequan Cook, Nick Collison, and Kostic.
After the game started, the Clippers quickly opened the score with a wave of 14 to 3. Only Harden made a three-pointer.
The main tactic arranged by Brooks is run and gun. The Clippers have two guards, and the small forward is a guest at the 4th position. They move very fast. The Thunder fast break cannot guarantee efficiency, and they just play randomly.
However, the Clippers players were able to guarantee shooting percentage. Gay showed off his strength and scored 8 points and sent an assist.
Dai Quen is an excellent three-point shooter and won the All-Star Three-Point Contest in 2009. However, at 196cm tall and weighing 93kg, his defense is poor.
When Gay catches the ball and directly singles out Dai Quin, it's an opportunity, and he has a huge physical advantage.
Curry is good at catching the ball and shooting three-pointers, and he also has an advantage against Bledsoe, who is only 185cm tall.
With these two people, the Clippers' counterattack is sharper. Mahinmi protects the backcourt rebounds, and four people can counterattack with one pass. The positional battle was opened up and Gay held the ball for a one-on-one challenge.
In order to guard against Gay, the Thunder shrunk their defense. As a result, Dunleavy hit two more three-pointers, and the Clippers defeated their opponents in a flurry.
Dunleavy was the third overall pick in 2002. He played in the NBA for many years in his previous life, and was still playing until Yang Rui was reborn. His situation was much better than that of Yao Ming, who was forced to retire in 2011.
He plays an obvious role on the offensive end. Not only can he shoot accurately, he can also attack with the ball, and his passing ability is also good. He's a great team player, and the numbers show that the outside ball moves better when he's on the court. What Dunleavy is best at is passing the ball to defenders from close range, passing the ball to people running on the wings for shooting, or passing the ball hand-to-hand to teammates who are cutting in the air. The success rate is very high.
Dunleavy rarely passes the ball to the inside, so he makes very few mistakes. After playing these games, Yang Rui was a little glad that he was not traded out in the summer. His guest position at the 4th position is much more reliable than Novak's, and he is not inactive on the defensive end.
Brooks was forced to request a timeout and replaced Durant as a guest power forward, allowing the slow Kostic to rest.
After Gay and Durant faced off, Yang Rui immediately shouted to the court to change tactics and become Curry's main attack.
Bledsoe struggled to defend Curry. As soon as Collison was drawn out of the perimeter, Curry distributed the ball, and the Thunder couldn't guard against Mahinmi's air cut.
Durant is not an orthodox power forward and lacks the strength to defend the basket; Collison has average bounce and slow movement. He is good at guarding pick-and-rolls and creating dribbles to hit people.
They struggled to defend Mahinmi alone, not to mention that after Collison was lured away by Curry, the strong black man dunked as soon as he received the ball from the basket. Bledsoe and other outside players could not guard him out of position.
The Thunder replaced their main players one after another, and the three young men stepped up their offense together, but still could not catch up with the score.
At halftime, it was 64 to 41, and the score difference widened.
Barkley commented: "The Clippers are a team that combines internal and external offense. Not only Griffin, but Mahinmi and DeAndre Jordan can also hit the basket with the assists of their teammates. The Thunder cannot do that. Their offense almost completely relies on the outside. The Thunder The defense is not good enough, and the three-game winning streak relies on the individual abilities of the stars, not the overall strength. If there is no trade in the mid-term, in exchange for a center who can defend the penalty area, it will be difficult for them to achieve anything."
Kenny Smith said: "It is also China's inside line. The gap between Yi Jianlian and Yao Ming is huge. He must have a correct positioning. It is not a good choice for the Thunder to let him play center."
Everyone can see that Yi Jianlian is not suitable to be a center, but his position is difficult to position. He is too poor at guarding pick-and-rolls at the 4th position and doesn't move laterally quickly enough, making it easy for defenders to break through or make pull-up jumpers. Playing center, he doesn't have Yao Ming's excellent lower body strength.
Can't handle people, can't protect rebounds.
In Yang Rui's previous life, many people said that Yi Jianlian failed to become a star because he went to the wrong team and was delayed by the Bucks and Nets. In fact, the real reason why Yi Jianlian cannot survive in the NBA is defense. If the defense cannot be strengthened, Yi Jianlian's best prospect is to become a data brusher for a bad team that wants to attract the Chinese market through him. Stars can only do this for a while.
In the second half, in order to defend the penalty area, Brooks was forced to reuse blue-collar Dampier inside. This was a mistake.
Dampier has already gone from being the top center in the Western Conference to being a fringe player that no one wants. In the 2005 playoffs, Nowitzki complained that Dampier was too slow in picking and rolling. Five years have passed, and now he just walks and plays.
It's too easy to deal with Dampier, that is, use small ball tactics, use double guards, let Griffin serve as center, pull out to play pick-and-roll for Paul, and Dampier will be dumbfounded as soon as the position is misplaced.
Dampier missed the mark and Paul made a jump shot, scoring three goals in a row. When the defense went out, Paul broke through and scored, Griffin dunked in the middle, and Curry received the ball from the outside for a three-pointer.
Moreover, Dampier has no weight advantage and cannot beat Griffin in singles. His skills cannot beat anyone in singles...
At the end of the three quarters, the Clippers led by 33 points and entered garbage time.
Before the game started, Brooks fantasized about leading several talented young stars to defeat the Clippers and defeat Yang Rui to prove himself. Now, he was tortured and suspected that he had not learned enough as an assistant coach in the past few years. Jerry and There is a huge gap between Jerry himself.
In the final quarter, the Clippers sent out a full bench lineup. Sheldon Williams and Novak partnered inside and played small ball tactics. The other three were Curry, Neal, and Dunleavy.
Brooks knew that it was impossible to catch up with the point difference, so he also replaced the main players. This was a wrong decision, because the Clippers' substitute offensive power was too terrifying, and the Thunder's substitute defense was not very good, and lives would be lost.
Neal is a combo guard and his dribbling ability is not good enough, so Yang Rui lets Curry continue to play to train him. The tactic arranged is that Curry has unlimited shooting rights, attacking with the ball, and Shelton covers Neal from the side.
Novak is waiting for opportunities in the bottom corner, while Dunleavy is not fixed in his position and looks for opportunities on the outside.
Even with Shelton as a guest center, it would be difficult for the Thunder to hit the basket inside. Kostic is a softie, and his strength is not as good as before after two serious injuries.
Bledsoe and Curry faced each other, and their teammates couldn't double-team them. If they were double-teamed, they would be killed by three-pointers. Curry had no intention of letting go, so he took the time to perform and kept taking shots as Yang Rui asked.
In a single quarter, he relied on running to catch and shoot, and shot 7 of 13 in isolation, 4 of 9 three-pointers, and 3 of 3 free throws, scoring 21 points and 3 assists.
Bledsoe just entered the NBA this year. His defense mainly relies on jumping. He is 185cm tall and is not very good at preventing shots. He is just a rookie with a good body. He can only play about 10 minutes a game because of Westbrook. Today, he finally got a lot of playing time, but Curry made him cry.
In Yang Rui's previous life, the two were at the same peak. When they were playing for the Warriors and the Suns, Curry was abusing Bledsoe in a few games and wanted to jump off the building. Now Curry's shooting accuracy is at the top of the league, and Bledsoe has not even left the rookie village. .
Neal, Novak, and Dunleavy also made three-pointers. Williams grabbed an offensive rebound and scored 4 points in the second attack.
In the final quarter, the Clippers scored 41 points, and the Thunder also scored 24 points with the outside shooting of Harden and Bledsoe, but it was not enough to compare with their opponents.
141 to 91, the Clippers slaughtered the Thunder at home.