Chapter 95: Change Tactics!
Park Chu-long never expected that the Chinese college student he met in LA would be such a cool superstar. He might not know what his level was before, but now the news clearly states that Asian super point guards and Curry are fighting each other!
Park Chulong is very clear. This is the news written by Yonhap News Agency. It is actually very difficult to make Yonhap News Agency praise a Chinese. Yonhap News Agency blindly praises all kinds of their own country all day long, and the ancestral homes of other Asian countries are in South Korea... Chulong, as a Korean, can't stand it anymore. China's history is obviously more than that of South Korea!
"Chulong, if you still have the chance to see him next time, remember to be polite to him." The agent could only say helplessly.
"Ah? Do you really know each other?" Sun Naeon was excited and grabbed Chu Long and asked non-stop.
"Watch the game!" Zheng Endi ordered, and the six people gathered in front of her tablet to watch the live broadcast.
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Chinese fans were so happy and excited that they all said that Curry was sorry. We are patriotic talents. In front of their own players, no matter how cute or powerful you are, it is useless.
Fans of each team have become a family, Chinese point guards, playing so awesome, they are not fans, they are not Chinese!
However, as Duncan said, Jiang Yuntao is a fake starter, mainly the rotation player on the point guard line between Mori and Parker. Jiang Yuntao did not play in the first quarter after that timeout. With Guy, Gasol and other substitutes on the Spurs, the Spurs were not caught up by their opponents in the first quarter, leading by 9 points into the second quarter.
The function of the pseudo-starter is to average strength. The Spurs' original starting lineup has a strong defense, but their scoring ability is very weak. Therefore, this time Popovich's change of formation is to put Jiang Yuntao, who has a slightly better off offense and can open up space in the starting lineup, and Mori, who has a very strong defense, enters the substitute and Manu, Guy and others to play together, will have offense and defense.
So Jiang Yuntao did a good job. He withstood the scoring craze of the Warriors starting from the beginning. He scored 34 to 25 in the first quarter, and the Spurs scored 34 points in a single quarter, half of which was Jiang Yuntao's credit for starting.
At the beginning of the second quarter, Jiang Yuntao continued to start, this time it was not as simple as he thought. Curry didn't go to defend the other Spurs directly, but stared at Jiang Yuntao when he chose to stare at him. Jiang Yuntao's ability to combine the ball was not that good, and he was directly stolen once. Another time under pressure, he dribbled the ball onto his butt. Fortunately, he reacted in time and rescued it.
"Did Curry treat this as a playoff?" Perhaps the audience didn't feel anything, but Thompson and Durant, who were wearing suits on the bench, could be seen that Curry used 100% of his focus on the court. When Jiang Yuntao was full of presence in the first quarter, Curry directly started to prevent Jiang Yuntao from receiving the ball. Although it was very physically exhausting, he believed in his teammates.
This also leads to Curry himself having no special achievements on the offensive end. He only has so much physical strength. There are too few players like Leonard who have both offense and defense. In this era, 3D players are so expensive. They only need to take on the responsibility of pitchers on the offensive end. However, as a superstar, Curry is not just a pitcher, his breakthrough success rate is 63.5%, which is a very terrifying number.
Although Nick Young hit two consecutive three-pointers like a nerve knife, Iguodala also made a rush to rush into the Spurs, but they did underestimate the opponent, the Spurs are not old! Ade is still there!
Even though Jiang Yuntao was locked, he was very clever and kept feeding Ade singles, and then used his own shooting threat to open up space. Ade played Jordan Bale in a row and taught the rookie to be a man with three goals. The Warriors rely on Curry Iguodala to push and counterattack.
Both sides can score goals, but the Spurs are still leading. Because of their ordinary performance, Jiang Yuntao spent 3 minutes in the second quarter, which made Chinese commentator Wang Zixing complain: "Popovich is really getting more and more picky. Jiang Yuntao's outstanding performance is considered a normal performance, but his normal performance cannot be valued. Is the newcomer so miserable?"
His words made many fans feel the same. Mori, who was in the same position as Jiang Yuntao, shot 2 meters by the opponent, and the organization was very poor. Parker's organization was good, but his defense was a black hole. He couldn't find the trousers that were thrust by a rookie Cook on the opposite side. Danny Green... only D and no three, he was simply Zhang Jike! (Zhang Tielin continued Kobe's will and went on!)
So Jiang Yuntao's role is actually becoming more and more popular, which is the standard all-round double-athlete guard. This is a perfect match for the Spurs guard group, but now Popovich's substitution is getting more and more secure. Although he is given a starter, can he play the same playing time as Curry?
Curry scored 14 points in the first half, 8 of which were shot when facing Mori. Jiang Yuntao could clearly limit the top superstars!
"Maybe it's a clever word." Director Li Ke smiled.
Xiao Se and Lin Nuo off the court no longer regard Jiang Yuntao as a newcomer who has just entered the NBA for 10 days. They just want to see Jiang Yuntao enter the rotation more often, and even the news titles of questioning the old man were written. Anyway, the old man can't see China's reports.
After halftime, the Warriors trailed the Spurs 8 points 41-49, Jiang Yuntao scored 7 points, 4 assists, 2 steals and 1 rebound. He was indeed quite versatile, and he only played for 8 minutes.
"I only hit a 3-pointer and a layup, and there were 2 free throws..." Jiang Yuntao was very dissatisfied with his performance during the break. He was uncomfortable with Curry's defense, and his requirements for himself became very high, even if his current data is a perfect role player in the NBA.
"Curry guards you closely. How good treatment do you want? It's enough!" Manu hasn't been on the court at the same time as Jiang Yuntao this time, and she also felt it was not going well. When passing the ball to Forbes, Bertans and others, they all had one or two three-pointers. The iron bang bang bang bang bang bang, how could it be as comfortable as when passing it to Jiang Yuntao?
"Hey, but I can't get points, and my tactics were also disrupted by the Warriors' speed." The Warriors' small lineup is very flexible. A team like the Spurs that have traditionally high inside players have undoubtedly encountered huge challenges.
"Breakthrough and breakthrough, the speed of the first step is really not good. Brother, this is very obvious today." Tony Parker played for 8 minutes like Jiang Yuntao. Because he didn't have three-pointers and had no absolute speed of breakthrough, he didn't have much effect on the Warriors, but he also showed Jiang Yuntao's technical movements thoroughly.
"Yes, I always feel that I can't break through the first step!" Parker said that Jiang Yuntao's most depressing thing was. He knew deeply that if he wanted to break the tight defense, the best way was to instantly put the ball and squeeze the opponent away with his body in one step, but there was no way. The instantaneous speed and running speed were different. The speed of the first step on the basketball court determines your upper limit. For example, Irving and Wall are the kind of hard breakthroughs based on the first step.
Parker had the best first step 10 years ago, and the league was the first. Now it was the first step and it was still a little bit too. The next two steps were slower... So it was really time to make people grow old.
"You have to take this slowly, but you're okay. When you barely break in, you must remember to look at the box, otherwise no one will come to help you out, and the sudden break will be useless." The old senior Parker kept teaching Jiang Yuntao what to do in the locker room, although his movements looked like Beans.
"Okay." Jiang Yuntao remembered another sentence when coaching the Chinese team head coach Li Nan analyzed the Chinese men's basketball team: "The breakthrough level of domestic defenders has been the same for more than 10 years. Sometimes when they enter, they don't look at the frame, and they always want to pass it to the outside line and are confused by a three-pointer. What's the use of this?"
"We must strengthen training to enhance my breakthrough. There is no future by relying solely on projection!" Jiang Yuntao is not tall and does not jump high. As long as his opponent sends someone to follow, his role will be reduced. If you want to succeed, you must be omnipotent!
"But today, just shoot three points and kill your opponent!"
Chapter completed!