After the last game, Embiid advised Harden, "He needs to be more aggressive and play more like himself." That's not my business, maybe it's the coach who let him shoot more. ”
Today Harden opened with a dunk — he had only one dunk in his first five games — and then broke through, broke through, broke through. 8 minutes scored 10 points, all of which stood out.
Harden began to burst on his own, "more aggressive."
At the beginning of the second half, Harden broke through, missed, and Embiid made up for him.
Harden scored a breakthrough layup, then broke through the score, and Maxi assisted Harris to win.
Embiid gave Harden a rebound in the backcourt, Harden long throw, and Maxi chased long shots to lead by nine points.
Embiid once clipped from outside the three-point line, and then rotated the ball, Harden and Maxi played a counter-attack small and medium-sized combination, chasing three points, leading by 12 points.
Embiid scored 33 points, but this wave pulled away, but it was he who fought defensively, so that Harden could have more opportunities to switch the ball, according to his advice, "play more like himself", so Philadelphia threw off the Raptors.
Verbal support will be everyone, action support in place, everything will naturally go smoothly.
Dallas' elimination of the Jazz seems to be a step-by-step mistake by Conley at the end, but the big picture is set in the third quarter:
The Jazz led 53-41 in the first half. In the third quarter, Dallas exploded a 36-19 comeback.
A little more detailed:
Dallas shot 3-of-18 from three-point range in the first half and 14-of-25 from the second half.
Dallas got down center Powell in less than three minutes of the second half, when brunson was 185 cm tall, Dinwiddie 196 cm tall, 198 cm tall Bullock, and then 201 cm high Luca and Electric.
During this time, Klebe came up to the top for a while, but in the second half, Dallas was such a small ball lineup.
Luka Doncic had 24 points, nine rebounds and eight assists, and in Dallas' 17 three-pointers, he shot four and assisted five, and at least four teammates assisted the three-pointer in the second half, which Was instigated by Luca.
In the second half, Dallas trusted Luca infinitely: holding the ball and instigating, looking for opportunities on his own; when he was caught, he split the ball, and when he was changed, he singled out, broke through and then scored the ball, and turned over and over.
The Jazz's defensive problem is that when they encounter a space lineup, Gobert will be pulled out for military training. But in the second half of today, a point that was rarely mentioned was revealed:
The Jazz are probably one of the least good teams in the league in terms of defensive changes and rotations.
Not surprisingly.
The Jazz have the remaining main rotations in addition to Gobert: Conley and Mitchell, who are actually 185 cm tall, Clarkson and O'Neal, who are 193 cm tall, and Bojan, who are 201 cm tall.
- Today's Brunson +/- number in Dallas is not good, but also because it was chased by the Jazz to block and dismantle.
And the trend of the alliance?
Today Harden praised the Raptors' defense, saying that they used young and long forwards, plus box-1, defensive changes and other strategies to disrupt the game.
This season's regular season league first defensive Warriors, second Celtics, that are all in the defensive line group; the Warriors' front group is the two-meter-old Dream Chaser, Wiggins and Porters, both of whom are only 206 centimeters tall inside; defensive third sun, outside the three centers, is Claude, Bridges and Cayo, the three two-meter swing forwards; the fourth defensive Grizzlies, after the Adams, is the swinging front led by Jarren; the fifth heat of defense, with the league's first defensive interior line Adebayo, and then Jimmy Bayo. Butler and Tucker defenders of this size. Defensive sixth is Dallas.
Who would say that the knight who defends the seventh does not have three towers? But Mobley is a seven-foot-tall defender moving little KG.
The alliance trend is: unlimited change of defense, disrupting the situation.
So Mobley represents the future.
When Dallas gave up Poggingis earlier, he wrote a passage:
"Seeing Luka Doncic's bravery, can understand Dallas abandoning Poggingis..."
So abandoning Podingis can be understood as the overall lightness and role playerization of Dallas, and it is also the ultimate trust in Luca?
Swing, change defenses, prefer to give up the height of the interior line to control the three-point shot, wear and tear, no longer rely on talent but rely on morale and discipline. ”
So Dallas' victory over the Jazz can also be regarded as a group of swinging forwards against a big four small victory.
Luca finally crossed the first round — the last time Dallas had been in the first round, it was the year Dirk won the championship.
This year's Dallas and that year's Dallas also have one thing in common:
Jason Kidd.
Paul played sixth against the New Orleans Pelicans, shooting 14-of-14. NBA all-time playoff record.
It's still in the suspenseful finale.
The best mid-range shooter in New Orleans' history ended New Orleans.
The Pelicans didn't release water — Coach Green said after the game that he was proud of the team, they withstood the test, "I can't ask them to fight harder." ”
But Paul gave a hint after the game.
"I said at half-time maybe a few more shots... But throughout the game, I am coordinating the game. I didn't try the feel, I didn't shoot as many shots to try it. ”
Yes, he scored 33 points on 14-of-14 shooting, but Paul was just playing the game step by step.
In the first and third games of the series, he took the Pelicans with 19 points in the fourth quarter. The Pelicans started in game four, and Paul gave Ayton and McGee a pass. In the fifth game, Paul and Cayo fed Bridges, giving him 31 points.
Today the Pelicans are not pinched. Valanciunas retreated to protect the basket. The Suns took turns with Claude and Bridges against Ingram, wrapping CJ with Bridges and Shamet.
After Shamet replaced Paul, Claude and Bridges made consecutive mistakes after Shamet replaced Paul, trailing by double digits.
Paul decided to "maybe throw a few more."
In the first half of the third quarter, Paul scored 13 points. Meanwhile, the Sun let Hayes and Varan empty, pinching Ingram and CJ.
So the sun overtook.
It was the fourth quarter, with the Suns leading 101-100 and Paul hitting the 29th point on the weak side.
In the next leg, Varan and Ayton fought hand-to-hand under the basket, Ingram did not break through the space, and Bridges took the opportunity to copy the ball.
So the Pelicans replaced Varan with Nance Jr. — after all, Varan had been hit so many jumpers by Paul face to face.
After Alvaro hit the free throw, the Pelicans led the Suns 102-102 with 2 minutes and 15 seconds left.
Paul, who was already on 13-throw shooting, broke through and the Pelicans surrounded him; Paul fed Ayton an empty dunk.
After Ingram also made a layup, Paul called for a high block and waited patiently; CJ and Jones both had a little heart, standing at the free throw line, Jones also carefully put the point Booker, hiding toward Paul; just as he was a step away from Booker, Paul gave Booker a pass, Jones did not make up for it - Booker three-pointer, 106-104.
In the next round, CJ also looked for a block, but was immediately caught in the middle of the attack, bridges dunked.
In the last 29 seconds, Paul made a jump shot, 14 of 14 from 14, and locked in the game.
In the third game, Paul was fed with 12 assists in the first three quarters, and the Pelicans did not dare to pinch him, and in the fourth quarter, he scored 19 points on 6-of-6 shooting.
In the sixth game, Paul was 13 of the first 13 shots, frightening the Pelicans to put down ValanShenas, and then Paul made two assists at the key moment to let the Suns back, and he closed the game with another jump shot.
"Throughout the game, I am coordinating the game." Scoring is his means. Passing the ball is his means. He just wants to do everything he can to win. This is the nature of the organizers. The record of 33 points on 14 shots was obtained incidentally.
Of course, cunning and fierce, almost cruel. So Wade used to say that sometimes when you play against Paul, you forget he's a good friend of yours.
When the Pelicans' Coach Green praised the Pelicans' young men's enthusiastic efforts after the game, he smiled and said without reminding him of how well Paul did today.
He was eliminated by Paul today and is one of Paul's best buddies.
As an aside, Willie Green has played twelve years and shot the most three-pointers in two seasons, in New Orleans in 2010-11 and in the Clippers in 2012-13.
Coincidentally, in those two years, his partner organization defender was Chris Paul.