The NBA got rid of strong shots this season: Trae Young averaged the most per game, Durant was third and DeRozan was fourth.
Mid-range shots were hit, with DeRozan first, Durant second and Ingram third.
But today's playoffs are exactly these single-scoring magic:
Trae Young shot 1 of 12, Ingram 6 of 17, DeRozan 6 of 25 and Durant 9 of 24.
The offense was blocked and the team lost.
Yang's first shot at the opening today was surrounded by a hot signboard.
Lowry kept his distance to interfere with the shot, and the others—especially Adebayo—didn't give the breakout at all.
Today, Young shot 12 shots, with only two shots below the free throw line (one of them was still a fast-break layup). Jimmy Butler, led by the periphery, basically drove Yang into the trap by foot; even jimmy ate Yang's retreat step and clapped his hands, "Throw! "And then I stole the situation directly myself...
When Adebayor and Tucker defend alone, they are directly covering the sky.
The first-half video of the Hot Vs Hawks can be used as a declaration for Adebayor's campaign for Defensive Player of the Year this season.
There were only 4 rebounds, 1 steal and 1 block on the stats, but he changed the guard for the Eagles in each position, even a center, for a long time against Trae Young.
How well defended?
Yang even took the initiative to force a change of defense, letting Jimmy Butler defend himself... That is, compared to Adebayo, let Jimmy defend himself, it is considered relaxed.
The most brutal goal: In the middle of the first half, Tucker against Young, Adebayor took the initiative to come and eat, let Tucker go to Okonwu. Young got rid of it, Tucker rotated and stuck, teammates under the basket went to block Okonwu, Adebayo spread his long arm, and pushed the ball out of Yang's hand to push back, the point difference reached 17 points.
It's like an eagle catching a chicken.
But when Yang breaks through: Jimmy and Dunroe are moving on both sides of the heat, compressing the space for Yang to break through and cutting off the angle of Yang's pass. Lock on both sides, make up in the middle, and chase after the back, so Yang will be stuck by the trap, and Adebayo will catch it.
The whole team cooperates.
The Bucks are not Holliday or Giannis, but Matthews.
High and not tall - 193 cm.
Not young — 35 and a half years old.
Why him?
Matthews has tonnage in the next plate and is experienced enough. For a mid-range shooting king like DeRozan, there is no point in blocking his shots, and not eating and getting stuck is the key. Stuck in place, Matthews will also half open his hand to the referee, indicating that he has no movement on his hand, so that DeRozan can not find a foul.
The Bucks' defensive strategy today: Lopez and Giannis Dan as they see deRozan's intention to break through, give priority to delaying a step; when DeRozan stops, they will continue to protect the basket, and Matthews will catch up to make up for it.
Matthews was really overtaken, whoever was close changed guards. The most interesting thing is that the Bucks have implemented one principle throughout the team: follow the next game.
At one point, DeRozan reached the basket, and Giannis came to the opposite position; DeRozan swung left and right, and Giannis actively moved left and right. The narrator says that Giannis is like a big tree — is there a big tree that can move left and right? - So the interference succeeded.
By the second half, DeRozan finally tried to hit the basket, so the Bucks also made a hole card: they could let go of Vucevic — today Vucevic shot ten three-pointers — but not DeRozan. The two hats that Lopez gave to DeRozan and Lavin today were given by Vucevic.
Here's a small problem: The bulls are missing big balls after all. DeRozan and LaVine both have the ability to carry the ball, but when cut by the Bucks, the big ball can still be combed. Big balls don't comb, that's all there is to it.
Speaking of big balls...
The Pelicans, who left the big ball, basically relied on Ingram and this season's new CJ to create an attack, but Ingram shot 6-of-17 today.
The Sun assigned Ingram three masters:
- When Paul defended Ingram single-handedly, he lowered his center of gravity to allow Ingram to break through: he copied the ball with his hand after breaking through.
- When Claude defended Ingram single-handedly, he deliberately stuck to his right hand and forced Ingram to break through with his left hand. Which one will say: Ingram's left hand breakthrough is also good, and there are also emergency stop jump shots? It's true, but his left hand breaks through and the pass is average, so that the Sun has time to pinch the shot.
- Cayo to Ingram, directly up the step. He has a mediocre arm span and has a bit of a hard time interfering with shots, but has a good sense of smart positioning. Just drive Ingram into the pile.
The so-called rushing into the pile of people, of course, is not so direct. Too direct, it leaks empty seats.
For example, when Ingram hit Paul on his left back, the Suns at first glance looked like the whole team was piling up the penalty area together, etc., but Claude stayed on the strong side, and the weak side rotated to follow the Pelicans' shooter, the meaning is very clear:
Although Ingram seems to be far behind Paul, the sun looks like please, but as long as Ingram suddenly hits the middle and the bottom line, the sun has a back move; this takes away Ingram's option, and can only turn over and make a strong shot.
Digression: Paul, who is nearly 37 years old, today became the oldest playoff player in NBA history with 30 points and 10 assists in a single game — the oldest before nash.
It was Paul's tenth playoff game with 30 points and 10 assists. Five of them took place during his short three-year playoffs for the Hornets. Three of them were played in two series in 2008. It was the third grade he and Kobe Bryant competed for the regular season MVP, the real peak season.
The Celtics' first game against the net was the most exciting of the first round of the opener. Irving almost single-handedly completed the big comeback in the fourth quarter, and the Boston Garden was almost dizzy, but Tatum completed the kill — a graceful turn to the basket, right in front of Irving.
But another detail in this session:
Durant scored 23 points on 9-of-24 shooting and lost.
Opposite Tatum scored 31 points on 9-of-18 shooting.
When was the last time Durant was suppressed by his opponent in the playoffs?
Last season he played seven games against Giannis, losing but not losing. Before his injury in 2019, he was invincible. The 2017-18 playoffs were unstoppable, and at most they could be criticized for sticky balls, but no one could hold back the opposing attack and defense. Game 56 against the Warriors in 2016 wasn't good, but the Warriors didn't have anyone to suppress him. Losing the Spurs series in 2014, Leonard, who was still young at the time, could not say that he had suppressed him. The 2013 loss to the Grizzlies was one-armed, with Tony Allen defending well but not giving him too much trouble on the offensive end. He lost to LeBron in the 2012 Finals, but Durant averaged 55 percent of his 31 points per game, none of which were 25 percent lower and none of which were 47 percent less. LeBron won Durant that day on an unparalleled comprehensive organization, but in terms of individual offense and defense, Durant was not bad at that time.
Probably since 2012, after Durant's pull ball got rid of the strong shot Dacheng crossed the Lakers and Ci Shiping, the outside line was opposed to the attack and defense, and I can't think of a case of him being suppressed.
The Celtics' defense of Durant is very thoughtful, breaking the ball three times in the opening half, destroying his rhythm; the basic routine is to change the defense indefinitely, take turns to align, wait for Durant to start dribbling, and then on the second person to pinch, bully Durant dribble high, the explosive power is not as good as that year. And a late pinch also makes him too late to find an empty teammate - this is a bit like Stockton said how the Jazz used to prevent sharks: sharks don't dribble, everyone doesn't pinch; shark balls hit the ground and pinch.
But there are trade-offs.
Durant was cut off three times in the half quarter today, once when he met Horford with the ball on the sideline and Tatum struck in the back – emptying Bruce Brown.
Once, when Durant broke through, Tatum chased after him, and Tess reached out to empty Chuang Shen.
Once, when Durant broke through, Smart came to roll the ball — or empty Bruce Brown.
Durant was covered by Tatum face to face at the end of the third quarter, which was really shocking - someone could cover Durant's jump shot?
Twelve years ago, in the Lakers vs. Thunder series, although the third-year scoring king Durant only shot 35%, Ci Shiping could only lock his next game and could not interfere with his shooting. Today, Durant is 33 years old, the Celtics surrounded him in the next set to prevent him from breaking through, and Tatum can also volley to Durant's jumper.
But before Durant was covered, it was actually an attempted breakthrough, stopped, and Tatum had a chance to follow him.
- Why did it stop? Because the Celtics once again emptied Bruce Brown on the weak side.
Yes, Durant is 33 years old and has been seriously injured, and his explosiveness and ability to get rid of it are not as good as before, which is the key to his lock-up.
But in Nash's rotation, there are more than two players without baskets (one For a long time (one for Brown, one for Chuang Shen/Clarkston), and the space is tight, allowing the Celtics to boldly pinch Durant.
Zhuang Shen can still carry it against the Roshan Array, but for the Celts, such an infinite change of defense + mechanized rotation, it seems to be a slow beat.
It is said that the large ball array is to use space for size, and the small ball array is to exchange size for space. Dantoni said there could be.
The net, a general defender of less than 193 centimeters, still lacks space, which sounds strange.
Irving stormily shot in the fourth quarter, basically three-pointers: because the net was below the free throw line, or crowded, Durant wanted to shoot from a distance is not comfortable.
Again, the old adage: Superstars are not something that a single person can defend. Young, DeRozan, Ingram, durant, all have developed precise defensive strategies against the Heat, Bucks, Suns and Celtics — after all, heat, Suns and Celtics are all top five teams in defense this season.
And, Tatum.
It was just a game, but Tatum was really tied up with Durant.
In the past year, he has taken two 50+ games against Durant, and today he added that face-to-face cover, and this kill.
Ten years ago in the Lakers vs. Thunder series, Durant used to face to face with Kobe Bryant's movements, directly covering Bryant's jump shot, which was the handover of two generations of scoring kings.
At that time, I couldn't imagine that with Durant's movement and size, someone could replace Durant face to face with him.
There are talented people in the Jiangshan generation.