Doncic has 45 points, 12 rebounds and 8 assists, and the team has reached the target of 16 of 39 three-point shooting, but the Lone Ranger still lost to the Suns 114-121, what caused it? What kind of warning can the loss itself give the team? Avoid the three "don'ts" to be able to hope to shoot the sun.
Doncic 45+12+8, the Lone Ranger is still negative for the Sun
The characteristics of the Lone Ranger, there is no traditional interior line, the paint area offensive and defensive ends are not guaranteed, especially when defending, they need to rely on the whole team to protect the penalty area; on the offensive end, Doncic, like James at his peak, uses his personal ability to tear open the opponent's defense line and equip the four top scorers to bomb outside the three-point line; Brunson and Dinwiddie also have breakthrough kills, the Jazz fell down, today, they still use this way to meet the Suns, the result of the three strategies failed, it also reminded Kidd and Doncic that they need to avoid three "don'ts".
First, the internal line long people "do not" weak delay.
At the beginning of the game, the Suns 9-0; to the half quarter, 20-6; what was the problem? Take a look at a typical picture:
Powell pinched Booker
Ayton held the ball at the top of the arc, Booker took over the hand in a circle, note, Powell chose "weak delay", Ayton went down, Booker hung high, it was Bullock who changed the defense, and Ayton easily released the basket. In the first quarter, Ayton scored 4 of 6 and 9 of 12 at halftime, 19 points, no solution, giving the Lone Ranger a "warning":
1. When the Sun blocks and dismantles, defenders have to squeeze through the middle of the blocking, kill without changing defenses, and Powells "die" Ayton and do not let him go down to catch the ball, so as not to be directly attacked by the basket.
2. If the team continues to implement the "delay" strategy, then do not "weak delay", simply directly hit, otherwise, for the Suns outside line that has been refined by Paul for three years, "weak delay" is useless, do not use Paul, Claude, Booker, Payne, Bridges, etc., they can easily feed Ayton, reflected in the data side, Paul has 3 assists, the Suns have 27 assists, and the four people mentioned above have joined forces for 20 times.
Second, Kidd "don't" put Bertans and Brunson on the field at the same time.
In the second quarter to 8:47, Kidd played 9:13 as follows: Kleber, Bertans, Bullock, Dinwiddie and Brunson, with the intention of leading the three shooters through the mixed lineup with two guns, with consequences:
Brunson and Bertans attack and defend when they are on the field at the same time
The Lone Ranger fought back, Brunson received Dinwiddie's pass to the basket and was interfered with by Shamet, it is understandable that Bertans did not rush to the offensive rebound, but ran straight to the bottom right corner to try to project three points? Brunson failed to make a layup, and Johnson grabbed the rebound and fought back directly, an even more disastrous scene:
When the Lone Ranger counterattacked, Crowder and McGee did not have time to defend at all, and although Bertans tried to chase the defense, he did not look at The Left Bottom Corner ambushEder, but ran straight to the backcourt rebound, the Sun counterattacked the last place, ran to the right bottom corner of Johnson, Claude absolutely empty three points, this defensive consciousness, the sky!
Crowder crossed the two-man defensive throw in one step
What concept? With Paul in place, Brunson's height itself is a weakness caught by the sun, Kidd to defend a Bertans who has no sense of defense at all, there are two points on the field that can be rubbed by the opponent, how to defend? As above, Claude, who has basically no ability to break through, takes a step past the defense of Bertans and Brunson to complete the throw, and it is impossible to bear to look at it.
So, Kidd remembers, don't let Brunson and Bertans be present at the same time.
Doncic "don't" misbehave Paul.
201 cm tall, 104 cm weight, 214 cm arm span, unparalleled personal offensive skills and passing ability, Doncic single-handed misplaced, especially "big hit small", is one of the cornerstones of the Lone Ranger's attack, the first round he bullied Bojan and Conley, so, facing the sun, he wanted to bully the old cannon, but reality?
The epitome of Paul's outside defense
Doncic used Powell to block the demolition to break through, Paul prejudged Doncic's prejudgment, to the left directly get rid of Powell to keep up with Doncic's footsteps, Doncic wanted to retreat three points, Paul directly to the chest, so that he had no room to shoot; Powell received and then passed Dinwiddie, note that Paul completed the change of defense for the first time, and cut off Dinwiddie's ball. Once defensively, Paul changed two people in a row to defend the three points of Doncic and Dinwiddie, which made people have to be awe-inspired!
Doncic punched Paul instantly
The outside line could not be thrown, Doncic tried to use his height and tonnage on the inside line to crush Paul one-on-one, as a result, Paul first used his body to hit Doncic's strong chisel, and then at the moment he raised the ball, the left hand stood "knife" towards everything, instantly interfering with Doncic's projection, and the ball hit the front of the basket and flew.
Admittedly, Doncic has also completed a high throw above Paul's head, a strong 2+1, etc., but the effect is not ideal, does not reach his normal level of "big hit small", and also pays the price of high-intensity confrontation.
Misplaced playing Paul, is not Doncic's ideal offensive routine, after all, that is a legendary outside defense gate of seven defensive ones, Doncic don't mess with it, he can use this energy, bully Booker, don't you see last season's Bucks is how to greet the Sun defense?
Therefore, the loss of G1 gives the lone ranger a wake-up call, the overall strength has a certain gap, the team has limited room for error, and the last three mistakes must not be made again, otherwise, waiting for them is only the bitter fruit of being scorched; and once they can avoid the above three "don't", the team's outside feel is excellent, perhaps, they can shoot the sun in a certain game.