571. We Are All Tyrannosaurus Rex (Chapter 5K)(2/2)
When the Clippers fall into a positional battle, they usually play for 17 or 18 seconds in a round. For no other reason than waiting for Griffin to keep running and waiting for Griffin to find a cutting path and catch the ball inside.
Shooting.
This style of play is perfect for Griffin's scoring, but it hurts the feel of outside shooting, because Negron's task for Baron Davis is to let Griffin catch the ball more inside.
, so even if Baron Davis sees Foye, Kaman, Eric Gordon or Ryan Gomez coming off the bench and other mid-to-long-range shooting players out of position, he will not pass the ball immediately.
Give the ball to them, wait until Griffin can't move out of the cutting position, and then pass it to these people.
When it comes to passing the ball to these people, these people have most likely missed the best shooting opportunity. In most cases, they can only shoot against the defense. Therefore, in the first three seasons, the average three-point shooting rate in the three seasons was 39%.
Foye, who averaged at least 1.5 three-pointers per game, saw no change in the number of three-pointers made by the Clippers, but his field goals and shooting percentage plummeted to 30%.
It is precisely because of this choice of play style that the Clippers, with two All-Star-level insiders in Griffin and Kaman, are not even close to the playoffs.
Today they continued this style of play. Kaman and Foye failed to score two mid-range shots. Forget it, Negro doesn't care about winning or losing. The key is to practice Griffin's inside catching and shooting ability, but Griffin
I can’t even get the data today!
The most troublesome thing is that Negro has no room to operate. He has ways to adjust, such as using Griffin's containment power to arrange team tactics.
Negron trained Rose. He played a major role in laying the foundation for Rose in the first two seasons of his career. He knew how to train rookies. He also knew that he could use Sun Ce's containment power in a few games after the Grizzlies' explosive performance.
Utilizing Griffin in that way allows Griffin to develop into a leader.
Ability is not a problem. Griffin's talents are among the best in NBA history. In the early stages of his career, he should develop leadership skills just like Rose did. His strength will naturally improve. Griffin trains and competes.
The attitude is very good.
As for Sun Ce's leadership, personal abilities and team leadership abilities that go hand in hand, Negro said he was unwilling to compare them.
But the training method required by the Clippers management is a bit difficult for Negro to accept... The Clippers need Griffin's dunk as a selling point to sell tickets, and they must constantly create dunk opportunities for Griffin. He is not allowed to give up.
Riffin scored less.
Even...I couldn't replace Griffin to let Griffin calm down. Negron didn't have the right, so he could only call a timeout to let Griffin calm down.
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After the timeout, Negron emphasized the movement of Foye, Kaman, and Eric Gordon, and continued to put the lineup on the field.
On the other side, Sun Ce, Randolph, and Jordan are addicted to ravaging Griffin, and they have gained experience!
The opponent's strength is indeed not as good as the data shows. Generally speaking, it is not helpful for victory. Randolph is very experienced in this. He played in a similar way back then, scoring for the sake of scoring and grabbing rebounds for the sake of scoring.
When it comes to rebounding, I don't think about positioning or how scoring can help teammates contain defense.
They saw that Griffin's movement was purely to score for himself. When Griffin was running, if he suddenly pulled out to help his teammates block someone and then cut in, he could attract at least two people to defend and help his teammates on the outside get big goals.
Time...
But the opponent doesn't need this move, so for Sun Ce and others, this is easy to handle.
The second phase of Sniping Griffin begins! Lock Griffin down!
Griffin was originally not liked by his opponents. At the beginning of the game, he pressed Randolph's arm and dunked. Conley was replaced, and Battier's Tony Allen and Paul George also attacked Griffin.
No good impression.
Sun Ce, Tony Allen, Paul George, Randolph, and Jordan formed the "Fight Griffin" group. Although Coach Hollins thought a lot when he heard Sun Ce say the "nickname" of this group.
Complaints, but defensive assistant coach Jorge saw through the Clippers' strategic thinking and understood the thoughts of his own players, and the tactics he deployed were really designed to defeat Griffin.
So... after returning from the timeout, Griffin encountered the darkest night since the beginning of his career...
When Griffin was in good health, Randolph went up to catch him and start a fight. Although Randolph could only consume Griffin, he would definitely not be able to stop him, and he did not dare to shrink. The space given to Griffin to rush forward was really huge.
I can't help it, but now it's not just Sun Ce and DeAndre Jordan who are flanking each other. This five-man team is playing team defense. Whoever is close to Griffin will flank him at the right time.
Moreover, when flanked, others can switch defenses faster than when Battier and Conley are there!
The defensive ability of the rookie Pickle is far inferior to that of Battier, but his physical fitness and mobility are better than those of the peak Battier!
Griffin's mentality is about to collapse!
At first, he was blocked and dunked, and then he was targeted crazily. Except for being pulled to the outside to catch the ball in singles, it was difficult for him to get a chance to cut and catch the ball!
Counterattacks didn't work. Jordan on the opposite side was targeting him. His speed and reach were no worse than his. Griffin felt that he was no longer being targeted. The opponent wanted to kill him!
As a rookie, Griffin had never experienced such a battle. For the first time in his life, he played against the Grizzlies and encountered a defense he had never seen before!
The most annoying thing is that when he was tired from running, the Grizzlies replaced Sun Ce, Randolph and DeAndre Jordan. After he regained his strength as a young and strong man, the Grizzlies beat these three to death again.
Put his dick on…
At the ninth minute of the second quarter, Sun Ce once again seized the opportunity. When Griffin grabbed a rare offensive rebound and tried to dunk Yi Jianlian, he slapped the ball on the backboard from behind!
Griffin was about to collapse. Half the game was almost over. He only rested for three minutes, but he played for 18 minutes. He took 8 shots and only made two. Most of the time, he didn't even have a chance to get close to the basket.
No!
After finally getting stuck in the center position, Yi Jianlian grabbed an offensive rebound and was blocked again!
Seeing Yi Jianlian grab the ball that Sun Ce bounced off the backboard, Griffin couldn't help but grab Yi Jianlian's arm and swing the ball away.
Randolph, who was next to him, gave up and buried his head as he walked up and pressed his head against Griffin.
Seeing Randolph lower his head and look up into his eyes full of whites, Griffin instantly woke up, this is the Grizzlies!
Seeing Sun Ce, Randolph, Tony Allen, and Paul George standing next to Yi Jianlian, Griffin was about to cry: "What did I do wrong? You want to bully me like this?"
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It’s a two-in-one. I’ll see if I can write another chapter and add an update later. I’ll write as much as I can before going to bed. I should be able to add two to three thousand words.
Chapter completed!