Although the Lone Ranger failed to turn the tables, and many fans do not respect the way of playing with the big core of the ball, I still have to sigh that Doncic is too powerful, all kinds of postures can score goals, and the responsibility for losing the ball is not on him. There are many reasons why the Lone Ranger loses, the fundamental reason is that he is not as strong as the Sun, so why force a player who tries his best?
Doncic played a performance of unparalleled level, played really well, and in turn, the sun was not badly defended. The Suns defense Doncic has always had a hand, and this super giant personal ability erupted, and there was no way to do it. You also have to admit that in the final half of the fourth quarter, the Sun led a lot, the intensity came down, and the difference between the two teams could be even bigger. Neither Bronson nor Dinwiddie could stand up, and the situation was different for both of them. Bronson's first-round form is somewhat out of the ordinary, the Suns' defensive weaknesses are not the same as the Jazz, and players like Johnson are much taller than Bronson, unlike Jazz guards and Bronson, who are the same size. Dinwiddie simply didn't have the ball, Doncic was in a brave state of a game, eating up most of the ball, whether Dinwiddie played, it didn't matter too much.
What is the sun's anti-Doncic lesson?
In fact, a very simple principle, Bridges behind the chase, Ayton in front of the block, the sun defense most of the block demolition are so defensive, these two people are too talented, the leading defense of Bridges can follow, Ayton can also take into account the side of the side at the same time, look at the front of the block demolition hand, so most of the blocking and demolition combinations encounter both of them are uncomfortable. Doncic neither relies on the dry score of the cover to take the moment, nor does he rely on the speed to force the overtaking to hit the basket, but relies on strength, size and rhythm, in the middle area with the opponent game, with the retreat step on the three-point line, playing a variety of threats, for the Suns, you retreat to step three points, that can only try to interfere, this is not a stable project. After you get into the three-point line, no matter how you toss it, I won't lose position for you to feed the air or find a fixed-point shooter, and then rely on the four long arms in front and back to try to interfere with you.
Doncic and Powell played Bridges and Ayton, struggling.
So, the Lone Ranger had to try another route, to get to Kléber, and to teach the sun a lesson as well. After seeing Kléber shoot three consecutive three-pointers, Gobert in front of the TV set could not help but reveal his true feelings and shouted out.
The result?
As a result, the Sun did not panic, and the backhand beat Kléber enough on the offensive end, nor was Kléber continued to shoot into a sieve on the defensive end.
They are all modern blocking teams, all have big centers, what is the difference between the Suns and the Jazz?
Offense and defense are different, and this has also been said in the preview, the Jazz's keywords are three-pointers and stronger impact, and the Suns have better mid-range, handling the ball and defensive rotation. The Sun's advantage is even more comfortable when facing the Lone Ranger. In this game, the Suns had 27 assists and 9 turnovers, and the Jazz played 6 games, with the most assists in only 20 games. A lot of assists doesn't mean the offense is necessarily good, as long as you can score, the way is not important. But this shows that the way to encounter a lone ranger is by no means impossible to make the ball for teammates, the end radius of the inside line, the ball holder's ability to get the ball is the key.
In fact, Paul's presence in passing in this game is not strong, the Suns are fed a lot of balls by others, and Ayton only has 2 direct empty cakes in the whole game, and the rest of the goals are interfered with by lone rangers. In other words, the Lone Ranger's rotation ability still shows some, but the sun doesn't care, you defend in place, but the height does not interfere, with Ayton's feel, hand in hand.
This hand is indeed too powerful. Ayton is a terrible guy.
Normal anti-block demolition, solar energy into this medium distance. Engage in a change of defense, the sun can still enter the middle distance of different postures. The Suns also exploded the Lone Ranger rebound — the Suns were blasted by the Pelicans in the last round — of course, there were some accidents, and some balls were bounced into the hands of The Sun players, and you couldn't stop them. However, the lone ranger should admit that the height of the interior line is insufficient, Powell's offense is not easy to use, dare not use more, a large number of small lineups, and it is inevitable to be punished by the Suns inside.
Sun defense lone ranger five outside, there are some good ways. The most typical way is to use the five-point outside three-point line crowding, shrink the weak side 45 ° defenders to go to the middle, and increase the difficulty of Doncic's breakthrough, so that the formation will not be changed by a large scale - give small vacancies yourself, avoid large vacancies, which is what many rotating strong teams are good at now. So Kléber chose an empty cut to ease the congestion of the three-point line, and finally the attack was defused by the Suns' rotation.
This method certainly can't cure all diseases, otherwise Doncic wouldn't have scored 45 points. But this method can still show the difference between the Suns and the Jazz - the integrity of the defense, the Suns are better, the Jazz realized little by little during the series that the alignment on the three-point line does not necessarily have to be one by one, playing some teams, you have to "stagger" some positions, and their lone rangers often defend them.
G1 can't pronounce the death penalty for the Lone Ranger, and with a wave of sprints behind, their five-small lineup still wins points. Kidd should also understand one thing, the Suns' offensive lower limit is higher than the defensive lower limit, so for the Lone Rangers, relying on five small to defend, or relying on the center to defend, will it be similar?
Ayton can shake his small hand on the top of your head, so if that's the case, don't decide to change defenses five times, and the other end relies on five small spaces, more ball points and stronger mobility to fight.
Monti is a good coach, practicing a team full of sun, how can Kidd not be a good coach? Looking forward to the Tweaks of the Lone Ranger G2.
Lone Rangers are hard, but the series is just beginning.