This season, the Warriors' style of play is very distinct, with less individual singles, more balls to penetrate the defense, a perfect interpretation of team basketball. So far this season, the Warriors have averaged 28.1 assists per game, ranking second in the league (Spurs average 28.2 per game).
The Warriors' flowing combination makes his game more enjoyable. Curry's historic three-point shooter is even more terrifying under Kerr's passing system. Due to Curry's gravity, Cole asked him to play more no-ball, and Curry's no-ball threat was greater than his no-ball threat. When he runs without the ball, the defenders not only have to chase curry, but also pay attention to the blocking and dismantling that appears at any time.
Curry's tireless no-ball running has created more opportunities for his teammates, and multiple passes and blocks have made the Warriors more difficult to defend. Let's take a look at how this common tactic of the Warriors uses the library to gravity.
Let's start with a live-action shot, in the last five minutes of Last Sunday's game against the Jazz, the two teams came to a 106-106 draw with Mitchell's three-point shot.
At this time, Iguodala and Curry conveyed the next attack tactics to the team. Wiggins, Otto Potter, and Rooney began to settle down.
Iguodala held the ball at the top of the arc, Wiggins and Curry fell on both sides, Otto Porter fell low to prepare for Curry to hang up, and Rooney fell high to cover the pitcher's three-point opportunity. At this point Curry went around the bottom line from the left to the right with the help of Otto Porter's cover.
Otto Porter then came to the other side, while Curry continued to run to the right side of the 45-degree range with Wiggins' cover, giving the Grizzlies the illusion that the Warriors would let Curry shoot three points.
In this game, Curry's three-point shots have been 5 of 11, and the hand feels hot, so at this time, Reus O'Neal, who defends Curry, and Bojan, who defends Wiggins, both choose to save Curry who is ready to catch the ball and prevent him from shooting three points.
After both of them pounced, Wiggins, who was covering Curry, was left unattended on the inside, and Gobert, who was ahead of the defender, scored the ball and caused a foul, making it 2+1. This attack greatly affected the trend of this game.
If Gobert is in place this round, there is another extension of the Warriors' tactics, because Otto Porter on the left has set up a gun mount behind Looney's cover. Otto Porter's three-point shooting percentage this season is as high as 39.9%, which is also a bottle of poison for the Jazz.
Let's take a look at this offense
Friends who often watch Warriors games should be familiar with this tactic, which is generally completed by Green, Wiggins and Curry, for three reasons: Green's strong ability to dominate the ball, Curry's very threatening three-point shooting, and Wiggins's strong ability to finish the basket.
More careful friends may find that this tactic is generally launched on the right, and the main reasons are twofold: 1. Because Curry's three-point shooting rate of 45 degrees (39.7%) on the right side is slightly higher than that of the 45 degrees on the left side (39.5%); 2. Wiggins can use a strong sidehand to complete the finish.
Let's take a look at a few regular-season warriors offenses against the Grizzlies.
It was an attack early in the third quarter, with Rooney, Poole and Curry on the left, Wiggins down 45 degrees on the right and Green ready to "serve" at the top of the arc.
Curry continued to run around the baseline to the right without a ball, and Rooney was also on the left ready to block Poole. Poole did a very good job here, he did not initiate this blocking and dismantling during Curry's transition from left to right, but launched and Rooney's blocking at the same time that Curry was about to block with Wiggins, and the simultaneous blocking on both sides would give Green more passing options.
Curry came to the right with wiggins to block the demolition.
Because the Grizzlies were afraid of Curry's three points, the two pounced on Curry and missed Wiggins, who received the ball and hit a layup with ease.
The game came to the final 4 minutes and 25 seconds, and the two teams drew 91-91.
The attack was still held by Green at the top of the arc, and Curry, who was on the bottom line, ran to the right with the help of Damian Lee's cover. Damian Lee finished taking cover and ran directly to the left 45 degrees to open up the space on the pitch.
Toscano Anderson continued to give Curry cover.
Due to the presence of gravity in the library, the Grizzlies once again pounced on Curry, missing Anderson, and this round Morant reacted quickly enough to appear in front of Anderson in time to complete the defense, but damian Lee on the other side was unguarded, and the latter easily ate the cake under the basket to complete the score.
With the last two minutes and 44 seconds, the Warriors trailed the Grizzlies by three points 93-96.
The Warriors used the tactic again, with simultaneous blocking at 45 degrees on both sides. There is no doubt that the blocking and dismantling on curry's side is the focus of the Grizzlies' defense, so Morant, who should have defended Damian Lee, chose to let go of the former, keeping an eye on the right side of the blocking, ready to make up for the inside. Green has also been watching the curry side of the block, waiting for the best time to play the ball, but after Iguodala finished covering, Green found that the opportunity was not good and could not complete the attack.
So Green immediately turned back to the other side, and Morant, who began to stand on the inside, also reacted, ready to chase Damian Lee outside the three-point line, while Bane also pounced on Damian Lee, and Wiggins got a chance to hit a layup on the inside. The Grizzlies' defensive mistake this time was due to the two men not communicating in time, and Morant had the opportunity to block Wiggins Neche's route, but he chose to go after Damian Lee, causing Wiggins to be let go.
But imagine that if Morant appeared on Wiggins's offensive line this round, Green would definitely pass the ball in and let Wiggins play small, because with Wiggins's athleticism and height advantage, he could easily complete this big fight. Wiggins got a misplaced opportunity in the elbow zone to form a big fight, and this tactic was also a success.
Let's look at this offense
As we can see from the Grizzlies' defenses, Jenkins is very clear about the team, preferring to let Curry's teammates complete the finishing line rather than let Curry easily shoot three points. That's the charm of Library's gravity, which allows teammates to get more opportunities.
All I said earlier was because the defender chose to save three points, resulting in the leakage of the inside line. Of course, there must be cases where covermen block defenders and create good three-point opportunities for pitchers.
For example, in this Game of the Warriors reversing the Cavaliers, Otto Porter gave Curry a solid cover this time, Otto Porter's defender did not choose to defend it, and Curry's defender was blocked by Otto Porter, Curry had a good three-point opportunity, Curry picked up the knife after receiving the ball, and hit three points. This is a very simple cover, and I will not repeat it.
Look at this attack
epilogue:
This tactic seems to be relatively simple, it seems that only three people are involved in the attack, in fact, the cover on the other side is also very important, and the timing of the cover on the other side will make the attack have different choices.
Careful friends may find that when the Warriors use this tactic, the cover on both sides is always carried out at the same time, the opportunity on one side is not formed, and the arc top ball holder will immediately look for the opportunity on the other side. This kind of cover is generally to take advantage of the lack of communication between the defenders, and the situation where two people defend one person at the same time causes the other person to be released.
Everyone can use tactics in actual combat and make friends to play the small tactics of the Warriors. At the same time, everyone will face cover when playing games or wild balls in the future, and must communicate with teammates more. Your defender goes up to block and dismantle, be sure to remind your teammates whether to block the left or right, change the defense or not change the defense.
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