Chapter 166 Unexpected
The Warriors have always been one of the most offensive teams in the league. Their tactics are in line with the Suns' running and kicking. They both pursue the ultimate fastest position. Curry and Ellis are both guards with extremely strong offensive capabilities. David Lee, who is in the power forward position, is one of the powerful power forwards with less fuel in the league.
Originally, the Clippers' lineup was no different from the Warriors. After all, Paul on the outside was not a big problem to suppress Curry, and Ellis could not do anything after being guarded by Wang Dapao. Although David Lee was great, at most he could only break up with Griffin, because his defense was not as good as Griffin.
As one goes up and down, the Clippers should be able to gain the upper hand in the game.
However, basketball games cannot be measured by the strength of the stars. The cooperation and tactics of the players on the court are more important factors.
Negro had been preparing to let the Clippers play a positional battle that was mainly offensive and defensive, but when facing the Warriors' attack, he was helpless to find that his team was completely undefeated in defense.
It is said that what I fear most is the kind of team that is slow and calm in positional battles, such as the Spurs, but the positional battles and defenses set up by the Clippers do not have much binding force on the Warriors.
The main reason for this is not that the players’ defensive ability is not good, but because there are problems with the team’s defensive tactics!
Players’ defenses are not in place, or they always make up for mistakes and defend against those who should not be reassured, resulting in the opportunity for attacking those who have no chance to attack.
In Negro's vision, the team that should have had a very tough defense was extremely defensive in the whole competition. Even though a few players had extremely strong defensive abilities, they were unable to play under this system, such as Wang Dapao.
From the beginning of the game, Wang Dapao was very depressed. His defensive target was Monta Ellis, a player with a nerve knife shot that was not accurate on time. When he was not accurate, he could hit more than a dozen times and could not make it. When he was accurate, he could still throw the ball even if he covered his eyes.
Under Wang Dapao's defense, Ellis successfully transformed into the former. Wang Dapao's defense was not easily broken by Ellis, especially when his feel was not fully hot.
But even though Wang Dapao stared at Ellis, the other points of the Warriors bloomed all over the line and kept scoring.
Wang Dapao couldn't stand it and took the initiative to make up for defense, but he didn't expect that the make up for defense not only did not have any effect. Instead, Ellis, who had been locked up by him, also revived.
With the help of several open shots from his teammates, Ellis also found a little touch, so Ellis, who was brave enough to try, tried to score a three-pointer in front of Wang Dapao, and he was actually confused.
"Damn! Damn! Damn!" Wang Dapao kept cursing in his heart, everything in front of him was completely contrary to what he imagined.
The Clippers' defense is like the beggar's socks, with holes everywhere. They can be attacked there. Wang Dapao saw it, but there was no way. First of all, the Clippers' players are not unfair in defense. This is the first game of the Clippers this season. No one will underestimate this game. Including Griffin, who has always disliked defense, they are extremely hard on the defensive end, but even so, the Clippers' defense line is still so vulnerable.
"Why is this?" Wang Dapao couldn't figure it out no matter how he thought about it. Logically speaking, his defensive ability is definitely the second one in the league. Why can't he help the Clippers play a role in stabilizing the defensive end when he arrived at the Clippers?
Of course, Wang Dapao couldn't figure it out. He was just a player, not a coach. These issues were issues that coaches need to consider. They had nothing to do with the players.
But that's it. In his first debut at home, the Clippers, with a brand new lineup, were bullied by the Warriors, one of the weak teams in their first home game.
113:96, the score gap made it difficult for many Clippers fans to accept.
I originally thought that the Clippers' battle situation would be very good if they had formed the Big Three, but I didn't expect that in the first game, a cold water poured down on the head.
The Clippers' players performed very well, especially the three giants led by Paul, Wang Dapao and Griffin. Paul scored a double-double of 21 points and 10 assists, and Griffin also scored 18 points and 13 rebounds. Wang Dapao even scored 7 three-pointers because the Warriors did not have a strong forward defensive player. At the same time, because of the attacking rebounds in the inside, the score was as high as 27 points, the highest in the game. Not only that, Wang Dapao also grabbed the most 16 rebounds in the game.
All three of the Clippers have double-double records, and the combined data of the three players has 66 points, 10 assists, 29 rebounds, 8 blocks and 9 steals.
But with such a super record, the Clippers had no choice but to swallow the first game of the regular season, which really made everyone fall into their glasses.
"Can't it be that the Clippers' Big Three are not as powerful as they imagined?"
For a time, similar words spread widely in the alliance.
Yes, not to mention the chemistry of these three people, among these three people, the only one who can be called giants is Paul and Wang Dapao who have proved himself in the playoffs. Griffin has not participated in the playoffs, nor has he proved his strength in the playoffs.
Not to mention Griffin, even Wang Dapao, who performed well in the finals and won the MVP of the Finals at the same time as Wade, was questioned at this time.
After all, Wang Dapao was playing around the Big Three. When any team faced the Heat, the primary focus of defense would be the Big Three, not Wang Dapao. Wang Dapao is often one of the players who are ignored by the opponent in the team.
So, many people began to discuss how powerful Wang Dapao is? Is it really as awesome as you saw, or is it just a paper tiger that will break if you tear it?
At least in the two preseason games and the regular season lost, people did not see how Wang Dapao contributed to the team's victory. Although the data obtained in the game was very beautiful, as long as you lose, everything became complicated.
"The idea of the Clippers replacing the Lakers' leading position in Los Angeles is just a fictional dream? There is no Big Three in the Clippers at all!"
In an interview, Lakers' legendary Magic Johnson clearly stated that the Clippers' players are all a group of talented players, and Paul, Wang Dapao and Griffin are also among the best stars in the league.
But this does not mean that the Clippers can become the top team in the league with them. The Celtics and Heat's success model is not something that any team can follow. The Lakers, who have a lot of championship heritage, are not something that any team can replace just by replacing it.
As if it was under the words of Ying Zheng and Johnson, the Clippers lost all the next two games.
On December 29, the Clippers challenged the Spurs away, and on December 31, the Clippers faced the Bulls at home.
In two games, the Clippers faced last season's Western Conference regular season champion and second place in the Eastern Conference regular season. There is no doubt that the Clippers lost all of them.
Facing the Spurs, the Clippers, who wanted to fight the Spurs in a position, were scored 13 points in the first quarter. Duncan taught Griffin, who is a junior, that this league is not the world of young people like Griffin.
In the second game, the Clippers persisted for a while because the Bulls' offensive ability was worse than the Spurs, but despite this, the Bulls' defensive ability was stronger than the Spurs.
Chapter completed!