The Grizzlies beat the Warriors today for the fifth of their last six games.
In all six, the Grizzlies — for well-known reasons — did not have Morant.
Today's Grizzlies' chief scoring is 31 points for JJJ — Jalen Jackson Jr.: 25, 28, 31 for the last three games.
Of course, his main value is not this, scoring for him, more like "so long, the offense has to do something"?
"JJJ, you don't want to be like Seibel when he was in Philadelphia, because the offense is not good and you can't play to defend it, right?"
Talked about JJJ last year:
Brooks is the team's second ball carrier, Bane is the team's leading scorer and de facto second offensive player of the season, and Adams is the team's defensive center, but the most important player in the Grizzlies' system, outside of Morant, is Jalen Jackson Jr.
In a way, he is Little Ioannis the Grizzly Bear. Defensively, his rotation allowed the Grizzlies to put pressure on, and on the offensive end he opened up space and chose to cut inside and shoot the shot.
The Grizzlies said when they eliminated the Timberwolves last year:
The upper limit for grizzlies, determined by Jalen Jackson.
It is true that Jarlen can not be expected to offense, and the three-point is very handy, but he stands on the court, does not attack the stagnation space, and the defense can do everything.
JJJ's attack is said to be a big day, and he is only a space elder for the time being: a standing shooter, occasionally hitting the face basket; Can't be Jokic and Sabonis Jr.
But as long as the offensive end is strong on the field, he can use his defensive ability.
Describing the benefits of JJJ's defense is a bit tricky.
On paper, he averaged 2.3 blocks per game last season and led the league with 3.1 blocks in 28 minutes per game this season, as well as one steal per game.
But in this era, it is impossible to just look at the cover data:
Ibaka also served as a blocking king, and the defense was not much better - there should be a signed photo of Dirk in the 2011 Western Conference Finals here.
If you rank among the top basketball goalkeepers, JJJ is naturally the top, but it is difficult to say the best: Lopez, Claxton, Zubac, Allen, Poggins, Mobley, Turner, Davis, Embiid, Gobert each have their own strengths.
If it comes to changing defenses, Claxton, Adebayo, Mobley, Giannis, and healthy Davis are not under JJJ.
If it comes to single defense, probably Caruso's performance this season is beyond doubt, right?
The beauty of JJJ's defense is probably:
Guarding the basket, he can do close to the role of López; Changing defenses, he can do close to Claxton's influence.
But he can influence the opponent's formation and force the opponent to not get on the big ball formation.
Today JJJ vs Warriors, 4 blocks.
- staring at Looney on the weak side, taking care of the cut out Clay; Watch Di Vincenzo take the ball, take a look, wait for Di Vincenzo to split the ball to Chase Dream, start, JJJ starts a block.
- Retreat, take care of the collar defense, watch the pass, immediately turn around and chase to the basket, a block.
- Change the defense of Curry, has been grabbed by Curry, caught up from behind, a block.
Chase the cover, cut the cover, and come out of the sky.
JJJ is not a squat basketkeeper, the most extreme contrast: Lopez makes 17 interference shots per game with 2.5 blocks; JJJ makes 11 interference shots per game with 3.1 blocks. Lopez interferes more, JJJ blocks more.
Lopez stayed at the basket to scare off opponents, while JJJ chased blindly and came out of nowhere.
Of course, he has amazing bounce speed and a very fast center of gravity, but JJJ's great strengths on the defensive end are his wide vision and anticipation ability.
JJJ spent 59 percent of the season against the forward, shooting 48 percent from the field and 41 percent from three-point range.
21% of the time against center, 51% from the opposite and 40% from three-point range.
20% of the time against the guard, 35% from the field and 38% from three-point range.
- On the one hand, he is good at eating guards.
- On the one hand, he often empties his opponents to fill the ball.
The habit of JJJ against the ball: predict the opponent's start in advance, and put the center of gravity on the top defense; When the opposite side feels that it is okay to shoot, JJJ jumps and interferes.
Jjj's habits when he is off the ball: put his hand on his opponent to prevent him from cutting empty, keep an eye on every threat with the ball, change his pace carefully, and when the opponent is really about to shoot, pounce on the block.
So the real role of JJJ's defensive end is to keep the Grizzlies five on four at any time, so that the Grizzlies can defend two against the ball carrier at any time.
He would often face the opposing elder or the unbasketed, then empty, pinch, block—and then rotate back.
This gives the opponent a headache:
Because of JJJ's existence, the Grizzlies' opponents are less afraid to play on the big lineup — or, in other words, the lineup without three-pointers.
Because any of you don't have a basket on your lineup, JJJ will pretend to be on the right side and let him sweep around: anyway, if you don't have a basket to catch the ball, he will have time to come back and make up for you.
That led to a follow-up result: The Grizzlies defended against the league's best two-point shooter, JJJ's own defensive opponent, shooting 11 percent lower than usual. At the same time, the Grizzlies also have top-five frontcourt rebounds in the league. Why?
For example, two weeks ago, the Grizzlies lost by 135 points by the Clippers, but Clippers center Zubac played only 17 minutes, -14. Coach Lu gave up the big line and got on the small lineup to win against the Grizzlies.
The Grizzlies have only been defeated by two teams this season: the Celtics and the Nuggets — and coincidentally, both teams have the best space to play.
Conversely, if you don't have enough space, JJJ is going to you.
Come today, the Grizzlies vs the Warriors in the fourth quarter.
In the fourth quarter, JJJ played 5 and a half points, 8 points and 2 rebounds, and won by 14 points.
During his five-and-a-half minutes on the floor, the Grizzlies scored 155 points per 100 rounds and conceded 30 points.
How did it come about?
When JJJ came on in the fourth quarter, the Grizzlies led 111-106.
He first blocked Poole's blocking, then rotated to defend the dream, and finally pounced on the bottom corner, interfered with Kuminga's three-pointer, and defended off a shot.
Curry then went 109-115 on a three-pointer, and Bane hit it 117-109.
Jjj interfered with the shot, Curry missed a three-pointer, JJJ himself made a layup, and the Grizzlies led 119-109.
Clay missed a three-pointer, Poole came on, JJJ jumped the ball to get the ball, Jones hit a shot, and the Grizzlies went 121-109.
Clay missed a three-pointer, Bane made a layup 123-109, and the Warriors took a timeout.
Kuminga missed a shot, JJJ rebounded in the backcourt, and scored from distance to 126 to 109.
JJJ then made a foul on Poole and made a layup to make a three-pointer, 129-109.
After JJJ came on, the Grizzlies went on a 18-3 run and the game was over.
In those 4 minutes, the Grizzlies scored 18 points; At the same time, only one shot was made by Curry.
What's the most interesting? During Kuminga's time, three jump shots, including two three-pointers, missed.
- Why did the warriors have no one and force Kuminga to come out and take over?
- Because JJJ swept around, the Warriors could only find Kuminga to cast.
That's what JJJ calls when you're on the floor, forcing you to send a lineup without a basket — he'll sweep up the block and force you to shoot the person with the least basket.
With JJJ on the floor this season, the Grizzlies are 33-20. He wasn't there, and the Grizzlies were 10-7.
Caruso, Lopez, healthy Davis, Mobley, Anunoby, JJJ, these are my best defensive candidates so far this season.
Given the record and reputation, Lopez and JJJ — the Bucks and Grizzlies are among the top two in the league right now — will probably be among the best when they vote at the end.
But Lopez was surrounded by Giannis to help him sweep up and collect rebounds, and Holloday clings to the ball handler for him.
The best defensive teammate around JJJ is Adams, who is estimated to have played less than 50 games this season.