After the Nuggets' interior was ravaged by sick thick-browed guys in the last game, and they lost to the Lakers, Will Barton shouted in a post-game interview: "We need our big man in the low position, in the box, back to his big four-way state." ”
Who Barton is talking about, I think everyone knows. But Mr. Yo, who is the party, seems to be more innocent: "I'm a bit depressed on the inside, our coach is a smart guy, he won't give the ball to someone who can't shoot." I readily accepted it, so I was fine. ”
Some words seem normal, but it depends on how you interpret them. I don't know if Teacher Yo really accepted it, nor did I know if Coach Ma Long had a long talk with the big white fat man and talked to him about the pros and cons.
But on the way to the Nuggets, in addition to playing the Knicks, About Teacher only shot 7 times, in the next game against Celtics and Nets, Joe Teacher shot 21 times per game!
I think that if no one knocks him, it is hard to imagine that this fat man would be willing to go to a shot 21 times.
But it's only if he's willing to do so, philadelphia hosts the Nuggets, and the league's no. 1 center battle is more interesting.
The Nuggets and Philadelphia are two very different teams: first of all, in terms of team temperament, Teacher Yo has no desires and no demands, and Embiid will repay with wide eyes. In the world of competitive sports, no desire and no demand are not necessarily a good thing, and it is not necessarily a bad thing to be rewarded.
Around the outside line of the wave of Nuggets, they are characterized by small and fast, like asteroids around the earth, so the nuggets' forward height over the years has always been a problem. And Philadelphia is just the opposite, their characteristics are big, we all know that Philadelphia is others to fight small, he hit big, death five big hit the world!
But the only thing the two teams have in common, and most importantly, is that both teams have big centers at their absolute core. That being the case, whichever side has the upper hand in this position will have the upper hand throughout the game.
So today the Nuggets started the first offense: Joe Teacher held the ball to Barton at the free throw line, Simmons was completely blocked by Yo Teacher's pork belly, and Barton faced Embiid's hit from mid-range.
In fact, Barton's first 11 points, the Nuggets' first 11, were two mid-range shots, two throws, and a three-pointer, all against Embiid. In addition to the three-point shot, the four shots were all follow-up after the cover of the teacher, and the three points were not matched during the Philadelphia retreat, and Patton arced to face the emperor's direct dry pull.
The Nuggets started with a very clear attack, just play Embiid to sit in the box can not come out of this point, Barton also did fight, the first 5 of 5, the big man who played did not have a temper at all.
But earlier we said that the emperor will repay this man's eyes, and if you beat him and he doesn't return it, then it is not Embiid.
Embiid opened with two consecutive shots against Mr. Yo and caused a foul on Mr. Yo. It can't be said that the Emperor responded badly, just a little bit unlike him, because Embiid, as a modern basketball behemoth, unlike Joo Teacher, who likes to be in the high position and outside the line, he still prefers to go to the basket and the box.
Just like those who like lip service kung fu, you will naturally go to find Shui CaiLi; those who like kung fu on the legs, you may go to find Mingbu teacher; those who like ball sports, you may finally feel that the Utsunomiya Ziyuan, which has changed its name several times, is the best choice.
It's not that getting in the wrong car doesn't look good, of course, you can appreciate it, but it's a little bit different from what you think. To use the popular phrase of modern internet surfing, there is no inner taste!
So the question is, why did Embiid not make a name for himself as his favorite low-ranking teacher?
First of all, about the teacher's fat five flowers is definitely not used to see, fat has a strong shock absorption function. The emperor is like crashing into a ball of cotton, but Teacher Yo does not move much, and the picture may be embarrassed for a while.
But more importantly, when Embiid tries to carry Josh from the low post into the box, the defenders of Simmons, Richardson and Horford will basically return to the edge of the box. This was a silent threat to Embiid, and he would be caught in the middle of nowhere.
Embiid was too tall again, and he was clipped as long as the ball was placed below the waist and the ball was gone.
So it comes down to the question of space. At 8 minutes and 20 seconds in the first quarter, Embiid stood on the left side of the free throw line and gave a counter-hanging to Simmons, who cut through the middle of the box, and Simmons scored a rebound on the box, which was beautiful, right?
But did you find it strange? The two sides of the ball were reversed, it should have been the point guard station position to hang the center, and now because Simmons has no threat from the outside, he can only let Embiid occupy more high positions, perhaps Teacher Jo prefers such a job.
Embiid and Simmons' compatibility problems are not a day or two, and Coach Brown has also habitually frowned and found that things are not simple.
The game turned at 6:50 in the first quarter, when Murray wanted to make up for Horford's pass to Richardson's bottom line, Simmons thought Richardson would shoot to grab the rebound, Simmons and Murray collided lightly, Murray flew out two meters away, and then returned to the locker room.
But perhaps more importantly, Coach Brown took the opportunity to get embiid and Richardson, and let Simmons play with the four shooters Ofe Ennis, Sebel, Harris and Horford.
The advantages of this lineup are: Simmons and Embiid don't drag each other down the space; everyone except Harris can be particularly defensive; no Embiid rhythm can be faster, and throwing Simmons down is a counterattack, Simmons' conversion rhythm can be played to the extreme; staggering embiid and Yo Teacher's time can allow Embiid to bully the Nuggets in the second lineup; Horford can pull Joe to the outside line on the offensive end.
But all of this is based on one foundation, which is that Teacher Yo can't always go to the low post to play Horford.
Horford is able to defend the big center, he was still in the green Kai last year to defend Embiid, but he can't always defend, and about the teacher really went to the low position, his next set is much more stable than the emperor. In this way, if Horford can't resist asking the teacher to put down the plate, the height disadvantage will be exposed.
What we can all see, can't Teacher Yo see? But he really doesn't go to the low position!
The whole first saving teacher 0 shots!
Remember coach Malone rushing into the court like crazy in the second quarter, roaring at the referee and begging the referee to blow his technical foul?
It was at 7 minutes and 20 seconds in the second quarter, and Teacher Yo faced Horford for the first time to go to a low position, and it was also the first shot by Teacher Yo. Teacher Jo wants to beat Horford one, but is let go by Horford. The replay showed that Horford's right hand must have been clean, and the left hand may have been pulled a little, but the home court did not blow and did not blow.
At this time, Coach Malone rushed into the field in a rage, and even used props such as the assistant teacher's notebook, you said that he was to put pressure on the referee? Or dissatisfaction with Jokic's performance on the field?
I guess there are, anyway, after Coach Malone's roar, Mr. Joo obviously stepped up his personal attack, shooting 5 times in the second quarter, all in the box; 5 shots in the third quarter, two in the box.
The situation on the court is strange: when Embiid and Simmons lead the team alone, Philadelphia is often able to gain a lot of advantages by relying on Simmons' counter-attack rhythm and Embiid's three-point compression inside. But at the end of the second quarter, the beginning of the third quarter, and the end of the fourth quarter, when the two main lineups competed, the Nuggets were always able to slowly grind back the point difference.
What set the course of the game was not a direct dialogue between the two centers, but the switching rhythm of Simmons leading the shooter group, the combination of inside and outside the substitutes led by Embiid in the rotation stage, and the pursuit of The Nuggets with the main force of The Nuggets.
In the end, the effects of Murray's absence became apparent. The Nuggets' offensive in the final stages relied heavily on Murray's strong side of the circle around The Teacher.
Murray wasn't there, Mr. Joe tried to do hand-to-hand with Harris, harris missed the shot; and with Barton's two-two, Philadelphia directly killed Barton with an infinite change of shield, and the Nuggets' offense came to a standstill.
Although Philadelphia could not score in the end, they only needed to hold on to the advantage, and in the end time did not stand on the side of the Nuggets.
Murray doesn't know what the situation is, but if Murray misses a few injuries and can make Mr. Jo understand his responsibilities, this may not be a bad thing.
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