The Lone Ranger wins the Suns' three "changes", pinching the double core, Doncic upgrades, targeting a short board

The overall strength is in the ascendant, how does the Lone Ranger beat the Suns 103-94? The three "changes" are as follows: pinch double core, Doncic upgrade, and targeting a short board.

Doncic led the Lone Ranger to victory over the Suns 26+13+9+2

First, pinch the double core.

Paul's combing, Booker's attack, and the Sun's dual nucleus can only effectively contain this exquisitely functioning machine if these two points are pinched, so Kidd's adjustment is as follows:

Pinch Paul pass

Bullock is fully defensive, has a height advantage, can cover Paul's projection, of course, this is far from effectively curbing the effect of CP3, on this basis, Kidd's deepening adjustment, once Paul and Ayton block demolition, Powell, Kleber and Finney Smith decisively clamped, to highly interfere with Paul's passing line, other positions also waited for the opportunity to cut off the contact point, so, throughout the first half of the game, Paul's rare 2 assists and 7 turnovers, the Suns' first engine failed.

Pinch Booker's offense

In Paul's poor form, the Suns' offense needs To be driven by Booker, and his method is relatively single, that is, to rely on personal offense to carry the flag, Kidd's targeted adjustment, the picture above is a microcosm. Finney Smith defense has a physical advantage, Dinwiddie and Doncic are always two wings between the two sides, Kleber can also complete the defense when he shoots (3 times to block Booker), so we see the reality, Booker 4 of 6 three-pointers, 2 of 7 two-pointers only contributed 18 points, 6 assists but 5 turnovers, the same failure.

Third, Doncic's upgrade.

After the G2 loss, Doncic said, "I have to do a better job of defending, that's it." "And the reality is that Doncic is not only doing a better job defensively, but he's also going to the next level on the offensive end, even defined by a perfect leader.

Doncic's defensive epitome

As soon as the game began, Doncic showed a defensive posture, as shown in the picture: Booker passed paul in the right bottom corner, Bullock was close to it; Crowder blocked the demolition for the first time, Doncic directly changed defense Paul; Ayton blocked the demolition twice, Doncic tried to pass; Paul sent a wonderful pass, Doncic fell to the ground to scramble, stunned to complete the steal, look at the expression of the old cannon, that means, "I go, this is Doncic? ”

Yes, so far in his career, Doncic's defense is a short board, the last game was also taught by Paul in the last quarter, and today, Doncic is not only as shown in the picture twice to make up defenses, fall to the ground to steal, the whole game, he completed the interior line several times, spelled the highest 13 rebounds in the game, the defensive end of the straight line upgrade.

Doncic forced Bridges

On the offensive end, in the G2 game, Doncic lost when he forced Bridges, Booker and Paul, and today we saw the picture, Doncic forced Tonch 2 times in the third quarter, 2 times to eat Booker, 1 time to force Paul to be blown offensive foul. Doncic's interior attack today, in one word - hard!

"Doncic can attract a lot of defense, when the opponent is pinched, he can also pass the ball to the right position, this is his defensive pull", Brunson commented after the game, so when the Suns try to entertain Doncic with the pinch, the price paid, Powell, Kleber, Finney and Brunson will have the opportunity, Doncic 9 assists in the whole game.

Third, Kidd's shortcomings against the sun.

In addition, Kidd also has a small fine-tuning of strategy, the use of Powell.

Powell is the only orthodox number five in the Lone Ranger's regular rotation lineup, and his personal characteristics and excellent athleticism make him the perfect basket partner for Doncic, but his shooting ability is almost zero, so when he is on the floor, Ayton can crouch under the basket to protect the paint area, and Doncic, Brunlin and Dinwiddie are almost blocked in the breakthrough space, so Kidd's adjustment:

In the first quarter of the game, Powell appeared for 6 minutes, first consuming Ayton physically, the second quarter, resting; in the third quarter, he started for another 4 minutes, continued to consume Ayton, and in the last quarter, except for the last garbage moment, continued to rest, Kidd's adjustment purpose:

Powell blocked, Ayton crouched and defended

This is the "epitome" of Powell's presence, when he blocked Doncic, note that Ayton directly retreated backwards to shrink the basket, Powell himself had no projection ability and could only cut to the paint area, Claude chased after him, and when the four came to the paint area at the same time to form a "traffic jam", Doncic had no offensive operation space and could only hang Powell, And Claude stole.

Kleber fired, Ayton was transferred, and Doncic forced Booker

This is the "epitome" of the lone ranger attack after Kleber replaced Powell, Kleber was originally on the inside, see Doncic holding the ball to force Booker, decisively bounce out, note that at this time Ayton was forced to follow Kleber out of the paint, the consequences can be imagined, there is no Ayton (McGee) basket, with Doncic's size and technology, playing Booker, Bridges and Johnson are natural advantages.

Kleber three-pointers

The one who said, Kleber out of the shell, Ayton does not come out? The Suns have not tried, the results are as shown in the figure, Ayton and Kleber each have a no outside attack interference, Kleber two three-pointers, you know, Kleber since the playoffs, 50% shooting rate can contribute 2.6 three-pointers per game, can not be put!

So far, the Lone Ranger can beat the Suns with a weak victory, sandwich double core, Doncic upgrade, and the shortcomings of the three-point defense against Ayton and McGee, the result of the combined action of the three factors, of course, can not ignore the external factors, the Suns are not in good shape today, in general, even if the Lone Rangers have been adjusted very exquisitely, by play, the Suns are still the dominant side.