Should we protect the big or the small?

Of course Wright knew that the biggest advantage of the 76ers was Cousins ​​and Wei Xia. If Cousins ​​was removed, they would be short-term attacks.

When Wei Xia and others were restrained by the Warriors' shooter to the outside of the three-point line, someone must protect the inside, otherwise the Warriors will go straight in. Who is the one who fills up? Hayward Holiday? Or the one who looks the most suitable Farid?

So, in the previous few games, the 76ers' formation was all about trying to attack Curry. Hayward looked at Thompson like a guard who was cheating on his wife. Even if Green went in and went into the sky, he ignored it. Then he let the Warriors fight three to two, and Iguodala who beat the Warriors, Green and Wall felt bad.

In turn, the 76ers take advantage of the inside to play singles or grab frontcourt rebounds.

It has to be said that the 76ers have been very successful in defending against Thompson. So far in the finals, their personal performance has been unsatisfactory, with a shooting percentage of 38% and 30%. Although Curry averaged 25 points per game, his three-point shooting percentage was only 39%.

Therefore, Cousins ​​defended Iguodala and Wall/Curry alone in several games without cover. The rhythm battle has reached the level of competing for self-esteem. Wright is like a gambler who doesn't have much bargaining chips.

The inside attacks face double-teams, while the three deputy players on the other side all shot empty baskets.

After Iguodala entered the Warriors' starting lineup from the third game of the series, public opinion said that he performed extremely well.

In fact, Iguodala just played at her due level. In the three starting games, Iguodala won a total of 38 open shots. If he couldn't grasp it, he would really become Tony Allen.

You know, before leaving Philadelphia, Iguodala was once the number one scorer for the 76ers. Now she is only 31 years old. She has no major injuries, and substitutes are the team's choice and his personal wish. He is fully capable of starting, and his combat power is also at the quasi-All-star level.

Now that the sixth game is played, the Warriors have chosen a more extreme change of formations in the face of Wei Xiatian Wangshan's outbreak.

They used five small players who did not have a pure center as the starter and made fine adjustments to the defense. They actively sowed Cousins' emotions and caused 76ers to make multiple mistakes.

He was beaten by the Warriors at the beginning, and Wright replaced Cousins, but did not give up the inside advantage given by his opponent, allowing Hollins to step forward to fill the gap.

As a result, Hollins's mistakes were higher on the court, and he was not as good as Cousins' offensive ability.

The 76ers made 8 mistakes in a single quarter and were taken away by the Warriors 14 points, 28 to 15, and the 76ers were at a disadvantage from the beginning.

This is the new understanding of efficiency in modern basketball. Which one is more efficient, distance or space? Today, when players' shooting ability is improving by leaps and bounds, is strong inside play really more stable than open jump shots?

In the past 30 years, the NBA has no insider's champions: the Pistons in the 1990s, the Bulls in the 1990s, and the Heat in the 12913.

However, the above teams actually have traditional low-post scorers. The old Pistons' Ranbill was elected All-Star and averaged 17 points per game in his most glorious season. The Bulls' Horace Grant was also a double-double player during the three consecutive championships. What's more, Jordan and James were originally a low-post killer and a breakthrough maniac.

Overall, the Heat have become the most "modern" team among the champion teams in recent years, and can line up a lineup without traditional inside lines. However, the Heat's offense is still from the inside out to the outside to the outside to the outside.

Compared with these real champion teams, the Warriors are more pure. Their two inside lines have almost no low-post lethality. Even Green's pick-and-roll cut routine is more like a small forward. At the same time, their defender combination is also very distinctive. Curry is the most dangerous three-pointer in the current service, while Wall is the fastest breakthrough player in the current service - flattening the defensive lineup - passing the ball, creating a deterrent force outside the three-point line, thereby expanding the opponent's defense zone.

There are very few teams who can suppress them all the way from the regular season.

76 people are the rare exception.

Now they have achieved unexpected results with their seemingly weird array change, and the 76ers either take the move or admit their mistakes.

Wright is not obsessed with 1 in the 41 system.

He asked Cousins ​​to continue on the bench in the second quarter, not to play any big man who might be dragging the pace.

In the second quarter, the starters of the 76ers were: Weisha, Holiday, Hayward, Robertson, and Farid.

Compared with the lineup of five players on the Warriors with a maximum of no more than 202 cm, the 76ers' lineup with a maximum of no more than 203 cm looks completely inferior.

The Warriors should be proud of themselves, they cracked the 41 system of the 76ers swept the league.

This is their key to winning the championship last year. This season, no team can break this system from the regular season to the finals. And they used a lineup that violated basketball common sense to break the 41 system, forcing the 76ers to keep up with their pace, play fast, play athletic ability, shoot accuracy, play unlimited defense replacement, and play talent.

The rule of modern basketball is blurred position.

The Warriors are actually not at this point. For example, Curry must be the second position in this system, while Wall must be the first position.

Their body size and defense switching ability are far inferior to the 76ers.

The 76ers still showed better lineup depth and athletic talent.

Wei Xia swung to the No. 1 position to control the overall situation, Holiday was in the No. 2 position, but he could defend three positions.

Hayward, Robertson and Farid are all famous swing wings.

Compared with the Warriors' five small, the 76ers' five small is closer to Riley's argument about "the future basketball is the five all-round wings."

Steve Cole was in a weird mood when he saw the 76ers lineup.

At that time, he did not expect that he might have opened an evil box.

Without the guidance of the Warriors, the 76ers may never leave their traditional ideas behind to cater to the new era.

In the first round of the second quarter, the 76ers destroyed the Warriors' pass with amazing defensive efficiency, and then the counterattack was unimaginable.

Wei Xia made a one-handed pass from the backcourt.

Robertson dunked in the frontcourt.

Back to the defensive end again, the 76ers' defensive versatility began to scare their opponents.

Since the largest Warriors' five small sizes is Green, the only thing Wei Xia is not able to defend against is Wall, who is extremely fast;

Holiday could already defend from No. 1 to No. 3. Since the Warriors did not have a serious inside line, he could defend all of these people except Green;

Robertson's athletic talent was extremely high, and the team gave him only one task, so he followed Wall tightly;

Hayward continued to watch over Thompson. He was certainly not enough by himself, but with Weisha and Holiday help, nothing was possible;

Farid is the most terrifying basket protector in this lineup, and his size is no longer a weakness in such a game.

He is 203 cm tall, and no one on the opposite side of the Warriors is taller than him.

This means that he, who is usually eaten by people, suddenly became the tallest person on the court.

The same five juniors, the average height, athletic ability and defensive pressure of 76ers are stronger than the Warriors.

On the offensive end, the Warriors can no longer play the flexibility of the five smalls.

They were defended for 22 seconds, forcing Curry to give him a three-pointer that was extremely difficult to make people feel sorry for him.

"Bang!"

It’s not good to fly long rebounds, but it flew towards Wei Xia’s place.

Wei Xia jumped up and caught the defensive rebound with one hand. His body had not yet shown any sign of falling. He actually responded in the air - he immediately threw out a long pass with one hand.

When the man landed, his long pass had been delivered to Robertson.

Next is Robertson's performance alone.

His dunk helped boost the power of 76ers.

Jeff Van Gundy said: "Although the Warriors' changes in formation are amazing, unfortunately, they may have opened a black box because of this."

"Yes, it's obvious that they have never practiced this system before, and the 76ers will not respond to it. But cleverly, the Warriors' small lineup, the 76ers also made it out." Mark Jackson not only did not worry about his former subordinates, but also said with some expectations, "Also, the 76ers' small lineup looks even stronger than the Warriors."

Wei Xia suddenly left Green to Hayward.

With Green's offensive ability, letting him defend is a waste of talent. The real opponent of his should be the biggest uncertainty of the Warriors - Stephen Curry.

With Wei Xia's off-ball defense coming, Curry immediately became difficult to touch the ball.

To stop a person on the off-ball defense, not only should you have explosive power and physical fitness that exceeds the opponent's level, but you must also be able to avoid cover.

In just 20 seconds, Wei Xia prevented Curry from touching the ball.

Fortunately, the Warriors and Wall, and his speed is also an insolvent problem for the 76ers.

His breakthrough layup hit another hit.

This ball helped the Warriors get a mouthful of blood back.

But no one would regard this as a goal for the Warriors to stabilize the situation, because the rhythm was obviously in the hands of the 76ers.

The Warriors should try their best to avoid Curry and Wei Xia's matchup, while the 76ers don't care who Wei Xia faces.

Wei Xia held the ball with one hand, changed direction, and visced, and had a clear forward tendency to break through. Iguodala's chassis was stable, and this set of three consecutive games also lost his position.

Wei Xia seized the opportunity and scored a jump shot.
Chapter completed!