The Warriors beat the Spurs.
Curry scored a season-high 46 points and turned the tables with 22 points in 8 minutes of the third quarter - the 41st 20-point quarter in his career? ——Pressed the double triple-doubles of Wen Banyama and Castle.
It was the Warriors' strategy that won: the fourth-highest 57 long-range shots in team history, Curry's second-highest career 16 free throws: the ultimate magic ball, the ultimate enjoyment.
Harden next door: Huh? !
Castle kept attacking Curry in the first half, and Curry also cut inside, scoring 15 points. At the beginning of the second half, the Spurs relied on the path, Vassell and Barnes chased Curry, but Curry did something that shook the Spurs' foundation:
voted for Banyama.
At the beginning of the second half, Curry punished Barnes and scored two three-pointers, forcing Castle to commit 4 fouls: that was the decisive moment.
The Warriors caught up to 5 points. At the same time, the Spurs were forced to hide Castle and replaced Vassell Champagnie and others to chase Curry; Wenban could not stay in the penalty area.
Wenban went to the three-point line to chase Curry, but Curry went straight through the basket to make a free throw; Vassell's poor details around the screen, Curry asked for three free throws: Curry made three three-pointers and 9 free throws in the half quarter, blossoming inside and outside, and the Spurs' defense collapsed:
- Castle couldn't guard Curry, Vassell was rough, and Wenbanyama was in a dilemma inside and outside. Curry scored 22 points in 8 and a half minutes.
And this is where it really begins.
When Curry came off the court, the Warriors led 81 to 80 by 1 point, but Jimmy led the team to an 11-4 run and opened up 8 points. His thinking was clear: he fed Payton to cut inside, he even attempted free throws, and fed Horford a three-pointer from the corner, all to expand the Spurs' defense.
Curry's explosion in the third quarter was very energy-consuming, so he took a 7-minute rest and came back. After that, it was the Warriors' strategy:
The Spurs double-teamed Curry, and Jimmy picked the ball to feed Horford for a long shot - taking advantage of Curry's gravity.
Curry made a basket himself and fed Bojie for a long shot.
Then the most typical goal:
Facing Wenban Yama from the outside, Dream Chasing missed a mid-range shot, but Payton rebounded in the offensive court; Curry faced Wenban from the three-point line, and made another jump shot. Payton got his second consecutive offensive rebound, and Curry made a tip-in.
——It does not necessarily need to be a hit, as long as the Wenban team is moved out of the penalty area, the rest of the Warriors can take advantage of the loophole.
——This is the core of all the Warriors' strategies today: join the writing class, lure him away, and let the others take care of themselves.
In fact, Adebayor of the Heat shot 13 three-pointers against Wenban, and Booker of the Suns went to the line to shoot and find the bottom corner. It was this strategy: but the firepower of Adebayor and Booker is naturally not as good as Curry.
In this way, the Warriors only shot 12 points in the paint today, but made 30 free throws, including 16 from Curry: Curry and Horford shot him when Curry didn't come out; Curry and Jimmy took turns to rush out, and Jimmy and Payton cut offensive rebounds; the Spurs teamed up with Curry and picked up the ball for Horford to throw at Curry.
Wenbanyama kept making magic goals today: drifting sideways shots and strong three-pointers, especially in the last 4 minutes: he made three-pointers of his own, fed Kornet for alley-oops, and defended Curry to make up for Payton. He shot himself to stop the Warriors - he also had a triple-double, 31 points, 15 rebounds and 10 assists: However, in the second half, Wenban made 2 of 5 shots from the basket.
Chai Meng and Horford tried their best to keep Wenban out of the penalty area. So much so that in the fourth quarter, except for the breakthrough elbow that hit Chai Meng's forehead and the tip-in, Wenban basically gave up on attacking the basket: just float and shoot Chai Meng.
The hidden problem of the Spurs today: In the past, when Wenban was blocked, Kelden's inward cuts and offensive rebounds should have been a back-up move, but today Keldon's offense was not fragile; the Spurs' coordination in the second half, such as Barnes and his corner, was basically "using Wenban to cut inside to attract the Warriors to shrink the weak-side corner." However, the inside and outside penetrations like the Warriors' Jimmy and Curry basically did not appear.
Fox, on the other hand, was obviously outside the offense - what happened to passing the ball to the rebound...
The result was that Castle and Wenban made various personal efforts on the scene, but after Curry disrupted the rhythm in the third quarter, the whole team became passive.
After the Warriors lost to the Thunder yesterday, I had an idea:
"Post, Richard and Moody all deserve more time:
Moody's leading defense (as long as he is not speedy), active and long-range shooting; Post's long-range shooting and young body, and Richard's hard work can make the Warriors look less slow. Kuminga's The starting test is almost done, and we have roughly understood what he can and cannot do: considering that Curry + Dream Chaser + Jimmy can't move, if you need vitality, then Moody + Kuminga. "
Today the Warriors directly started Moody and Richard...
Moody scored the third-highest 19 points on the team and stabilized the second quarter. Kuminga only played 12 minutes with a knee injury - which may explain his previous instability - and the Warriors stepped up their game.
On the bright side, Curry scored 46 points and Jimmy scored 28 points, overwhelming Wenban and Castle's two triple-doubles.
Behind the scenes, the Warriors' intersecting skills came out: the highest 57 three-pointers in team history, and the second-highest 16 free throws in Curry's career, which put Wenban in a dilemma both inside and outside, blocking Wenban from entering the paint, intersecting, destroying, and collapsing the defense.
The Spurs actually lost in the end because Curry intercepted Castle's cross-court pass and Podger intercepted Fox's pass: It was very clear in those two rounds. After the Warriors cut off Wenban and entered the inside, they completely understood what the two Spurs guards wanted to do: "Don't you just pass to Wenban or pass to the weak side?"
So in terms of data, Wenban's 31+15+10 is not inferior to Curry's 31+15+10. 46+5+5; but strategically, Cole's use of Curry beat Mitch's use of Wenban - to be exact, coach Mitch didn't use Wenban in the second half. It was more like:
"We can't break them, why don't you try to hit some fairy balls yourself?"
The Thunder defeated the Lakers easily-a bit too lightly.
It was supposed to be the big show of Alexander vs. Luka. The Lakers have 4 wins and 1 loss when Luka + Reeves are on the same court. Redick also encouraged Reeves by saying that he is an All-Star and believes that the team's depth and options have improved..
Of course, the Lakers are still missing LeBron, but the Thunder are also missing Jerwei. The Thunder are serious today: back-to-back, Chet and Caruso, who usually take turns, are out. Coach Ma Dai did not say Chet was a star before the game, but "it takes a lot of time to learn defense, space, and anticipation. He worked hard to do it."
Results:
Luka + Reeves made 11 of 32 shots, 32 points, 10 assists, and 9 turnovers; Alexander finished with 30 points, 9 assists, and 1 turnover in 29 minutes.
But the key is what coach Ma Dai calls Chet's "defense, space, and anticipation."
The Thunder started, Harten went up to the line to flank Luka, and Luka passed to Ayton, but Chet blocked it.
Chet came on line to respond to Luka's breakthrough. Luka gave it to Reeves. Alexander made a perfect rotation. Reeves gave it to Hachimura, but was blocked by Chet.
Luka hit a switch three-pointer against Cut, but the Thunder still persevered and used Cut's switch to deal with Luka and cut the Lakers' ball.
Then in the first quarter, Luka was switched by Chet and thrown to the weak side. Alexander made a perfect rotation and Laravia made a pass error.
This is the tone of the Thunder today: Chet only had 11 points, 3 rebounds and 2 blocks, but his defense locked down the Lakers' opening.
Then Caruso came on the court in the second quarter and directly defeated the Lakers. A key round: Reeves counterattacked and was intercepted by Caruso. Caruso responded with a long shot. The Thunder 43-23: The score ratio after the mistake at that time: 11-0.
The 20-point difference was basically a result of the Thunder switching from defense to offense.
Today, the Lakers only missed the Thunder by one three-pointer, and had 5 more free throws than the Thunder. They also won the rebounds, but made 20 to 11 turnovers.
The Thunder have the best defense in the world.
In addition to the league's first defense, Jiewei is the Thunder's most comprehensive defensive jack-of-all-trades in the league's second defense.
But they are not even the top three defenders of the Thunder: Chet and Caruso are the Thunder's most critical defenders.
Back to Alexander:
Today he scored his 423rd point in the 440th minute of the season.
The 20th one-on-one three-pointer of the season - seems to have surpassed Mitchell again, ranking first in the league.
In last season's finals, when watching the warm-up before the game, I noticed the details:
When others were shooting, Chet would practice catching the ball, sinking his knees, and getting up, but not shooting; such a complete set of warm-ups - I remember Danny Granger also practiced this way back then.
During Alexander's training, mid-range shots and long-range shots were separated: mid-range shots meant staying in the air and falling back, while long-range shots meant retreating and pushing forward quickly.
When Paul Westphal was the coach of the Kings, he described that Kobe could "shoot with different postures according to different ranges." (He himself could actually play basketball back then.) Alexander was practicing according to this idea: stay in the air for mid-range shots, and retreat and push quickly for long shots.
Of course, there is also a small project that played with Hachimura today.
By the way, in today's 475th game of the Thunder, Alexander scored 30 points in the 189th game of the Thunder's career, second in team history.
Previously, Durant had 30 points in 246 of 641 games. Westbrook had 30 points in 189 of 821 games.
Today is the seventh time Alexander has played in three quarters in 13 games this season - of these seven games, he scored 30 points in six games: the only exception was 28 points in three quarters yesterday.
That is, Alexander played 6 fourth quarters in 13 games - Curry played 59 fourth quarters in 82 games ten years ago.
But he is not the strongest today.
Jokic scored 55 points, 12 rebounds and 6 assists against the Clippers.
I very much doubt that this fat man holds a grudge: During last season’s game against the Clippers, many media said that “Zubac is the best Jokic defender” (in fact, he is). Today he was extremely jealous when he saw Zubac: 25 points in the first quarter and 55 points in the game.
Yesterday in the fourth quarter of the game against the Kings, Sasha sent Eubanks to guard Jokic. Jokic took a three-pointer but was pushed by Eubanks. The referee did not call it a three-pointer. Jokic looked at Eubanks.
Then Jokic responded with a three-pointer, and Eubanks shook his head.
Jokic went to stick to Eubanks, but was pushed by Eubanks and fell to the ground. Eubanks committed an offensive foul: shook his head. Jokic stood up and glanced at Eubanks again: At moments like this, it will appear that Jokic is still a little tempered and cares about things other than horse racing.
Today Zubac made a hook shot, and the Clippers led 8-3; Jokic took Zubac and returned a hook shot; a counterattack ran past Zubac and dunked to stop the Clippers.
Then scored 21 points in the remaining 7 minutes.
The theme of October: five consecutive three-doubles to start the season.
November’s theme: So far this month, Jokic has made 82 of 111 field goals.
At first glance, he looks like a man who takes a cake, but his scoring is a hook shot from behind, a fixed-point three-pointer, a strong shot from the basket, and a one-stop shot from the basket.
Yesterday Jokic beat Eubanks, a layup, how many fake moves?
Facing the basket, he took a test step, faked a shot, and broke through after a swaying jump. Eubanks prevented him from making a layup with his left hand. Jokic took two steps to pass and hit the board.
Today I played Zubac, the classic "back attack, shaking to deceive the center of gravity and then low hand".
In the past week, Jokic made 56 of 71 shots and scored 148 points in four games.
And he also leads the league in rebounds and assists.
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