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Now the league can enter the era of small ball, Curry is indispensable, he used his own three points to push the development of basketball to a new height, speaking of this, do you know why Curry became the historical three-point king so sensational a few days ago? Because for now, Curry is the first person in history on the three-point line, because he only used 789 games to surpass the previous first scorer Ray Allen, and Ray Allen hit 2973 three-pointers and used 1300 games, the gap is obvious.
In NBA history, it's hard to say which position is the strongest player who is who, and the strongest in the mid-range is Jordan? I think Durant and pinnacle Nowitzki are not bad, Nowitzki can use his own mid-range shots to support a set of offensive systems, it is also quite powerful, is the most powerful inside line is O'Neal? I'm afraid Chamberlain and Tiangou will not agree, and Curry is undoubtedly the first three-point shooter.
With the advent of the small ball era, many teams have begun to play five small, began to change defenses and open up space indefinitely, but now there are many teams in the league that have begun to do the opposite, and there are some teams that have changed the lineup of strange starting lineups that have gained very good results, today we will take a look at the four strange starting lineups of the league.
Knight Three Towers
Cavaliers starters: Garland 1.85m, Okoro 1.96m, Markkanen 2.13m, Mobley 2.13m, Jarrett Allen 2.11mm
The starting three people more than 2.11 meters, this is placed in the small ball era, to be honest, before the Cavaliers did not form this lineup I did not dare to think, in the traditional basketball era everyone is the most double tower, now the Cavaliers in the small ball era but played three towers, although the Warriors are the most murderous is five small, but most of the time there is still Looney alone to play center, but the Cavaliers do not go the usual way, and they seem to play very well!
So far this season, the Cavaliers are fourth in the East with 18 wins and 12 losses, just 2 wins away from the Bucks in the East, and it is very good that a young team can play such a performance, and the Cavaliers can have today, I think in addition to their young players to cash in their talents, the three towers are also very critical. In previous years, the Bucks' emergence relied on the extreme frame of Alphabet Brother and Big Lopez, they could miss some three-pointers, but they had to protect rebounds, which also allowed the Bucks to win the first place in the East for two consecutive years.
And the Cavaliers' current protective frame is even more terrifying, the three top towers, plus Markkanen and Mowbury's movement speed is excellent, facing most of the front line is not a loss, which also makes their defense airtight, so far this season the Cavaliers' defensive efficiency is 103.6 The league's second, the offensive end is relying on the three towers to give Garland high-quality blocking, while Mobley and Markkanen both have the ability to space and do not occupy Allen's interior space, their three towers look unreasonable, but it is very practical, Billstaff has two shots!
Jazz is a star
Starting Mitchell 1.85m, Conley 1.85m, Bojan 2.03m, Reus O'Neal 1.98m and Gobert 2.16m
The Jazz's lineup is similar to the howard magic era of the one-star four, the team's four shooters provide offensive firepower, which is extremely demanding for the shooter's scoring ability, and their starting lineup looks like there is no guarantee except for Mitchell's stable scoring ability, how does his three-pointer unfold? After all, Mitchell's organizational ability is also very limited, but don't forget that they have several pitchers who can ignore the offensive space, such as Bojan and Conley
So far this season, Bojan has shot 42 percent from three-point range and Conley has shot 46 percent from three points, making him so good that even Royce O'Neal has shot 40 percent from three-point range. Generally speaking, if you want to play a star, that star defense must be excellent, in the current league, it is estimated that the alphabet brother and Gobert can still support such a system, Gobert has the top defensive ability, the 3 best defensive players are the best proof, and the other four stars In the Conley and Royce O'Neal defense is also good, which also makes their defense airtight.
Considered an outlier in the traditional basketball era, the Jazz are the team that hits the most three-pointers in the league, averaging 15.8 shots per game and his three-point shooting rate is as high as 37.3%. The team's offensive efficiency is 117.7 the league is the first, the defensive efficiency is 106.1 the league's fifth is very good, if you can take another space-type interior to play five stars, I think the Jazz's firepower will be more fierce, but it is estimated that the defense will not be so good now, this season's Jazz have the strength to rush the championship.
Trailblazers three small
Starting Lillard 1.88m, CJ McCollum 1.91m, Powell 1.91m, Nurkic 2.11m and Nance 2.01m
Recently Covington was sent to the bench, Nance Jr. entered the starting position of No. 4, in fact, can also be called the Blazers are four small, after all, the overall height is too short, the reason why the Blazers did not achieve good results last season is the problem of three small, the advantage of playing three small is that the team's offensive firepower is more fierce, but the disadvantage is that the team's defense is extremely bad, stotts era is like this, did not expect to change Than Lups is still the same.
The Raptors' Nicknas tried powell + van Jordan + Lowry's three small, if not corrected in time they could not win the championship in 19 years, such a combination has proved impossible to succeed, Billups still want to try, the result led to the offseason boast of Haikou said to build the Blazers into a defensive team, but now it is the third to last in the league with a defensive efficiency of 112.4, and this season's team's offense is not good, the offensive efficiency is 108.8 The league is 17th.
The Blazers now have too many problems in the team, Lillard wants star teammates, management does not act, What egalitarianism does Billups do to make the whole team integrate into the system, the result has also led to Lillard can not play the original level, plus now CJ is injured again, the team's record may fall again and again, it is now 11 wins and 18 losses in the West, and it may be messed up or rebuilt this season.
Pistons two-back + three-forward
Starting line-up: Grant 2.03m, Cunningham 1.98m, Sadiq Bay 2.03m, Stewart 2.03m, Hayes 1.96m
It is not surprising that the rebuilding team will often put up a strange lineup, after all, they have to focus on cultivating young players, as long as they have potential, they can get more playing time, no matter what position of the player, but like the Pistons such a lineup I still see for the first time, the bad team you should at least come to a center to grab the board, otherwise how to play, like the Rockets and Wood, thunder and Favors.
But the Pistons are not, let Stewart play center, the young man is hard enough, but the height defect is too big, he also does not chase the defensive skills of Green and Looney, to be honest, I think the Pistons put up such a lineup more for losing, the team has no protective frame in the inner line, Cunningham wants to feed the inside line There is no center at all, the team's offensive and defensive system is flawed, so it is too difficult to win, but it is really easy to swing.
So far this season, the Pistons have averaged 42.3 league rebounds per game, the second-to-last in the league with an offensive efficiency of 100.4, and the slightly better defense, 110.2, and the 22nd in the league. In this way, it is estimated that the Pistons will still be able to win the high pick next year, they look like they have lost but won, and now the team has Grant on the front line, and Cunningham in the backcourt If they can take another inside talent, then the rise of the Pistons is just around the corner.
summary
Looking at these strange lineups, the Cavaliers have cashed in their talents to start winning, the Jazz have also played the top offensive and defensive positions by relying on their one-star four shots, while the Blazers have experimented with the failure of the three small ones last season but are still in use, their decline is also within the scope of consideration, and the Pistons are also enough to fight in order to swing, maybe the Rockets and Thunder should also learn the Pistons, in the spirit of not wanting to win to play to have the opportunity to complete the reconstruction faster.