Before this game between the Timberwolves and Warriors, let's talk about what kind of player Curry is. First of all, Curry is a pure number one player in stature, offensively, Curry has no low ability (limited height arm span), of course, the point guard rarely has a strong low position ability, basically other offensive modes are there. But Curry's greatest thing is projection, which has benefited him a lot, but at the same time it is also a big problem! Because Curry has excellent shooting ability, opponents prefer to pinch, delay, or let the forward player or the second position player who is one size larger than Curry defend when defending him.
The essence of opponent defense is to use players who are better than Curry to interfere with him, so although Curry can score, he sometimes needs to adapt to some lineups and players. Why are Rooney and Green able to work so well with Curry? It's not that the ball is passed in place, but these two people will cover, will block, and will create space for Curry. Curry itself encountered a lot of defensive pressure, if you don't want to help Curry get rid of these defenses, then Curry's attack will be blocked, and Green and Rooney are the kind of players who know how to pass the ball back after receiving the ball, that is, Curry giving you the ball may not be for you to attack directly, his ability to run without the ball is top-notch, a bottom-line back-run or hanging cover out, you just give the ball to him.
So in the third quarter of the Warriors and Timberwolves, Curry scored 16 points in a single quarter, and the efficiency was 5 of 8, which was very impressive. How did Curry play during this time? It is a pure personal offense, there are shots and surprises, and teammates cooperate with the tacit understanding, Green is often a single block in the high position, Curry instantly out of the gap, the most critical thing is that the ball can hit Curry's hands, the tactics are very clear, that is, to give Rooney to Curry to block, others to Curry cover, when Curry feels the Warriors can play so infinitely, you let him score all the time to finish.
But in the fourth quarter, the 15 coachEsk kerr directly put out a desperate lineup: Curry, brother-in-law, Payton, Anderson, Cummingga! It's not that these second-team players are not capable, but when adapting to Curry, on the one hand, the tactics can't play, and the second is that Curry can't receive the ball! Obviously, none of these people can do accurate blocking and dismantling for Curry, and there is no outside fire point in the conventional sense, just like the patchwork lineup, the key height is not enough, and the defense is also average. The key thing is this lineup, Curry he can't touch the ball.
Who are this lineup warriors playing? Playing is Cuminga, Cuminga is now holding the ball and wants to burst in, not to mention whether it is his own dessert area, as long as it is a low position to hold the ball, it is not said to be playing the Warriors guard three-point tactic, all are killed under the basket, all are that move back turn, the opponent can eat too thoroughly! Kuminga did not enter, Curry turned back and ran. The Warriors' golden four minutes passed directly like this, during which Curry's feel was also broken, and he was already nearly 20 points behind when he wanted to take over the game. As far as the Warriors are concerned, there are many tactics that people can't understand, the ball is always in the hands of some role players, and it is all at key moments, obviously Curry played so well in the third quarter with the ball, and as a result, there was no ball in the fourth quarter.
The Warriors' passing system is really not based on a certain tactic, but on a few fixed players, no Curry, Green, in fact, the Warriors' passing really can't play, and then honestly block and dismantle, play the sudden score!