RNP Chapter 590 Is It A Kind of Pain
Chapter 590 Is It A Kind of Pain
Chapter 590 Is It A Pain
The finals have never been easy. As a decisive battle for the highest honor in the NBA, the confrontation between the two sides must be at an extremely high level.
The Heat have been looking forward to this championship for a long time. They have a strong belief in winning the championship from top to bottom, and they are quite well prepared before the game.
The coach Spoelstra is a typical workaholic, devoting himself to the basketball game.
Before the game, he formulated several plans for this round of finals to deal with the Clippers' strong, changeable lineup and rich tactics.
The advantage of the Clippers is that they are changeable. They have too many players who can play, and their tactical system is complex and there are many routines.
Although the Heat also have a group of excellent players, there are many stars and superstars, but each has major weaknesses, coupled with age and status issues, the functionality is obvious.
In this case, the Heat must remain unchanged to respond to all changes and strengthen the team's core thinking. Spoelstra's several plans are also based on the core thinking.
First of all, the first one is that in any case, if you want to compete with the Clippers on the inside, you must win the inside advantage.
The Heat's outside line is seriously aging. If the inside line is ravaged by black and white duo, then the Heat will be easily manipulated by the Clippers.
The Clippers in the Western Conference Finals is the best example. The insiders Griffin and Jordan did not have the advantage. The Grizzlies had no power to fight back and were beaten 0:4.
In the first quarter, Howard's rebounding foul at the beginning made Spoelstra break into a cold sweat. Fortunately, Howard stabilized and helped the team gain an advantage with his impeccable performance.
At the beginning of the second quarter, Spoelstra has to deal with the second advantage of the Clippers, which is the long rotation of the Clippers. The young players are full of energy and will definitely have an impact on the Heat's defense.
Spoelstra's coping strategy is still the same and responds to all changes. He knows that the Heat have little choice in terms of tactics and lineup.
At this moment, the belief and state of the players are the only magic weapon to make up the gap and withstand the pressure.
This is not something that Spoelstra yells at the players on the sidelines and takes a few sips of chicken soup.
Instead, it relies on daily hard practice and high-intensity physical training to ensure that players can support and maintain high-intensity games for a long time.
In the second quarter, the Heat have replaced Nash with Cole and Haslem at the forward position to increase the defensive hardness.
For the Clippers, Tyronn Lue used the second team in the second quarter according to the established plan, with Harden and Dragic paired, Davis on the inside, and Butler on the striker, using strong firepower and tireless running , to attack the Heat's defense.
No team in the West can withstand the blow of the Clippers' second or even third team in the playoffs.
The normal rhythm of the game is like a long-distance race. At the beginning, you grab the body position, then alternately lead and run at a constant speed, and start a sprint in the final stage.
If the strength gap between the two sides is relatively large, they often run out of energy when they take the lead alternately and run at a constant speed, and they are pulled further and further away. In the end, there is no need to sprint, and the game is over.
The Clippers' rhythm is completely different. Their uniform running is sometimes similar to the opponent's fast running.
The opponent at the beginning can also try to fight the Clippers. If you run fast, I will follow.
But running and running has entered the stage of constant speed, why are you still running fast?
Even the Clippers run faster, always maintaining the speed of the offensive end, not only running fast, but also moving the ball fast, and defending fiercely.
It's similar to the show-time of the Lakers in the 80s. Opponents were often not killed by the show, but ran with the Lakers and were killed by running.
At that time, Riley attached great importance to the players' physical training. Behind the Lakers' gorgeous offense, there were actually huge physical reserves and abundant bench rotation.
These two points, the current Clippers have all, and do better, they launched a counterattack in the second quarter.
James Harden has the ball in the high post, but Ray Allen defends him extremely closely.
Although Ray Allen is a veteran and is not known for his defense, in key games, he is rarely a colander on the defensive end.
During the Celtics period, against the Lakers in the finals, Ray Allen sometimes defended Kobe, and his defense was not bad.
Under Ray Allen's entanglement, Harden could only pass the ball to Dragic, and Dragic then passed the ball to Milicic who responded.
The two Serbs made a pick-and-roll cooperation in the high position. As a result, the Heat's outside line directly released Milicic and came to catch Dragic.
Dragic gave the ball to Milicic in the middle, Haslem went in and knocked the ball away from Milicic, a successful oppressive defense!
The Heat are good at this kind of high-pressure defense against the ball. Spoelstra believes that if the opponent can maintain a high-intensity offense for 48 minutes, then as a response, the Heat must maintain a high-intensity defense for 48 minutes.
The Clippers' second team is really uncomfortable. For the young Clippers, the Western Conference Finals has gone too smoothly, which may not be a good thing.
Especially defensively, their opponents in the first three rounds of the Western Conference, no team's defensive strength can reach the level of the Heat, especially the Heat's persistence is very good.
This shows that their players are physically fit and focused, and the defensive lineup will not be easily broken.
When it came to the Heat's offense, the Clippers also used tough defense to make the Heat make mistakes.
Odom's breakthrough at the basket knocked Milicic and was called an offensive foul by the referee.
But immediately Harden was blocked by Ray Allen's personal defense and missed a three-pointer.
There was an obvious thug foul on the ball, but the referee didn't blow it, causing Tyronn Lue to yell from the sidelines.
The insider Milicic got the offensive rebound, stumbled and passed it to Dragic, Dragic went to the basket, but still missed the throw.
Bosh inside got the backcourt rebound, but the ball was not stable, and Jimmy Butler went in from the side to steal the ball.
After Butler successfully intercepted the ball, he slid the bottom line and returned the ball to Harden. Harden faced Ray Allen again.
The two teams fell into a very high-intensity offensive and defensive battle. This is the second quarter, and it feels like the fourth quarter.
After Mike Malone came to lead the Clippers this season, he brought a lot of defensive genes to the team. Compared with the previous Cole period, the team ran wildly on the road of three-point-pass-cut-offense, and slightly braked. Deviated a bit from the traditional confrontation-defense route.
In fact, this deviation is very meaningful. If the Clippers stick to Cole's path, they may still be able to enter the finals, but they are likely to be killed by the Heat's extremely tough and tough style of play.
Now, the Clippers seem to have entered the quagmire of hand-to-hand combat that they hate, but Tyronn Lue and Mike Malone are not worried about this. The Clippers are not as afraid of hand-to-hand combat as people think.
Harden made two free throws and scored the first point of the second quarter. At this time, the game had been played for more than 2 minutes, nearly 3 minutes.
In the regular season, the Clippers were fully fired, often scoring 40 points in a single quarter.
Now, neither team has scored more than 30 points, and the intensity of the game can be imagined.
Subsequently, the offensive efficiency of both sides was not high, and Spoelstra's tactical intention was realized, which withstood the Clippers' ferocious second team offensive shock wave.
However, the Clippers were not behind on the scene. Instead, they caught up to the score a little bit. With Butler holding the ball and hitting the basket for a layup, the Clippers tied with the Heat at 31:31.
At this time, the second quarter was almost halfway through, and the game entered an official timeout. The fans had time to pee and take a break. This game was really intense.
But Min Congda looked at the Clippers' offense, but felt very uncomfortable, thinking: "Damn, is it a pain to watch you play?"
Min Congda's perspective is of course different from that of the fans and the Clippers coaching staff. He has his own unique ideas.
In his opinion, it is not impossible for the Clippers and the Heat to fight defense, but at best it can only be said to be a bad idea.
Because of the depth of the Clippers' lineup and the richness of tactics, they can find tactics to restrain the Heat's style of play.
If Min Congda is now the head coach of the Clippers, with his decisive and fierce style, he will definitely send a radical lineup of one big, four small, or even five small.
In one of Min Congda's games as head coach last season, the Clippers used five small lineups, three small forwards, plus Harden and Curry.
The space is stretched to the extreme, and all five ball-handlers are all-around, purely strong offensive lineup.
Heat, don't you want to compete with me for the inside line? Don't you want to build a basic inside line?
It's okay, I won't argue with you anymore, I'll just give it all to you, the three-second zone to you.
I want territory outside the three-second zone.
In this way, changing to another team is naturally a death, but the Clippers' small lineup can.
Moreover, Howard and Bosh on the inside of the Heat are not destructive on the offensive end, and it is difficult to score continuously to kill the opponent.
If you really can't bear it, then be conservative. It's okay to go to the junior Gasol.
In this way, the Clippers' offensive space is completely opened up, which further increases the defensive physical energy consumption of the Heat players.
Even if the Heat are all iron men and iron lungs, facing the ultimate space lineup, the body will not be able to bear it.
What's more, the Heat's outside players are already old.
It's a pity that neither Tyronn Lue nor Mike Malone dared to try this very risky lineup.
Didn't even think about it.
Steve Kerr thought about it, but before he could use it on the Clippers, he ran to the Cavaliers.
In the Cavaliers, he wanted to try, but James didn't cooperate.
If James cooperates and polishes this set well, they may not necessarily lose to the Heat in the Eastern Conference Finals.
Min Congda now feels like two stinky chess baskets, holding good chess in his hand, but playing stinky chess on the court, and he is inextricably killed.
As a basketball general manager who has ideas but can't speak, his heart is really tormented. He really wants to pass a small note to Director Lu, but he holds back after thinking about it.
In fact, Tyronn Lu + Mike Malone, as well as Spoelstra and his coaching staff, are definitely not bad chess baskets.
It's just that they can't be like Min Congda, who has extremely high tactical talent and can control the players at will.
They can only be part of the game, not the masters of the game, and the performance of the players is decisive.
After the official timeout in the second quarter, Tyronn Lue replaced Curry again, and Curry and Harden partnered in the backcourt. This is a good change.
The Clippers need to better revitalize their offense, let Harden control the ball, let Curry's running position pull, and let the Heat's defense fall into a state of fatigue like constantly bending metal.
Also in the interior, Tyronn Lue replaced the inexperienced Anthony Davis with Matt Bonner, which is also a good move.
Davis is still too young and a rookie. He seemed a little at a loss in the confrontation at the finals level. This game should be accumulated experience for him.
After Bonner came on the court, he got a chance immediately. Curry's involvement made a gap on the right side. Bonner received the ball, and the Heat players rushed over desperately.
As a result, Bonner made a false move and chose to break through with the ball. After reaching the basket, he threw a shot, which caused a foul by Haslem and went to the free throw line.
Seeing this, Spoelstra immediately replaced Howard, replacing Haslem who had been playing for a long time.
Haslem went to rest, really tired enough to choke, Bonner made two free throws, the Clippers overtook the score.
Later, Wade made a 45-degree mid-range shot, and even made a three-point shot...
Spoelstra began to worry again, did Wade have physical problems?
Riley, who was watching the game from the sidelines, also thought that it would be great if such a lineup could be formed two years earlier.
Wade's knee has been getting worse and worse in the past two years. At this critical moment, who will hold up the Heat's offense?
The Clippers' quick counterattack, Curry quickly crossed the half court with the ball, and gave the ball to Butler in the bottom corner. Butler caught the ball and made a three-pointer, making a hit!
This is the game, the Clippers' first fast-break counterattack three-pointer, and the Staples Center is full of joy.
The Clippers lead by five points.
This is also the third problem that Spoelstra has to solve in the face of the Clippers: relying on his personal ability to bite the key points.
Wade is of course the first choice, but Wade is no longer the Flash of the year, and the team needs a second choice.
It's a conundrum, for Nash?Just three years younger.
For Howard?It might as well give the ball directly to the Clippers.
To Odom?Odom now only tops 15 minutes per game, playing 15 minutes of good shots.
to Bosh?In theory, Bosh should be the second option.
Statistically, Bosh is also the team's No. [-] scorer.
General normal coaches will give this task to Bosh.
The No. [-] player in the team, the second highest salary, and Wade are perfect inside and out.
But Spoeldo didn't. Spoel knew that in the intensity of the playoffs, it would definitely be bad for the team to let Bosh handle too many offensive key balls.
Because his ability is not enough to support him, he is more suitable as a cold archer and a low-post attacker in the repelling stage, and he cannot be a blaster.
The coach must be clear about this point, just like the Portland Trail Blazers back then, Drexler is a well-deserved star of the team.
But when it's critical, the ball is often in Terry Porter's hands because he handles the ball better and has a better shot.
Therefore, Sipo put this task on the veteran Ray Allen. The self-disciplined Ray Allen is trustworthy.
When trailing by 5 points, Ray Allen made a strong charge with the ball, was double-teamed and gave the ball to Bosh, who missed a mid-range shot.
But Ray Allen actually grabbed the offensive rebound, and then lightly hit the board with a toss, scoring two points.
Spoel breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that the team had stabilized a bit.
Key players are like this, no matter what method you use, whether you are good at it or not, good singles, or ugly free throws, in short, you can put the ball in the basket and score.
In this regard, even though Bosh is younger than Ray Allen, in better condition than him, and has a higher salary and scores, he is still not as good as Ray Allen.
(End of this chapter)