Chapter 434:

The first game of the Eastern Conference Finals started in less than two minutes, and Wizards coach Cole frowned on the sidelines.
He originally believed that this would be a battle against soldiers and a duel.
To this end, he specially arranged George, Leonard did a special training to defend Durant and the letter brother, preparing to let George defend Durant, Leonard defends the letter brother.
However, after the game started, the situation did not proceed as he imagined.
Durant didn't mean to play against Leonard at all. Whenever the two were on the court, Durant always relied on teammates to pick and roll away from Leonard, and after the pick-and-roll screen, he faced him. The right player is often either Curry or Anderson.
Neither Curry nor Anderson can form even a little check on Durant. Durant has countless ways to score easily on their heads.
Faced with this situation, the Wizards are helpless.
Curry is defending Thompson on the court, and Anderson is defending Korver, a small forward. Both of them are extremely lethal players with a three-point shooting ability. It is impossible to give them even after a pick-and-roll. 1 second vacancy time.
So whenever Curry and Korver assist Durant to complete the single split, the blocked Leonard has to go to the defense first.
The Bucks can use this tactic, but the Wizards can't follow suit.
The reason is very simple. The Bucks have the lowest player height of 2.01 meters. There is no big and small situation. At the same time, if you want to play small, you can't use the advantages of speed and agility to score. The only step in the Bucks team. The slower one is center Jokic, but Gobert who is opposed to him does not have the ability to "shoot" from a long distance, which makes Gobel fall into no one after completing the pick-and-roll cooperation with Curry. Mind his embarrassing situation.
This situation led to the opening of the game, the Bucks quickly gained the upper hand, Durant faced Curry, Anderson's defense continued to score easily, but Curry Leonard and others must be in Durant , Alphabet Brother, Thompson and others took a hard shot under the strict defense.
"Is the difference "sex" in the lineup?"
Cole had also thought of such a possible "sex", but even if he thought of it, there was no way. After all, no matter how good the coach, Anderson can not turn Anderson into a powerful defensive Green.
Last summer, Cole had solemnly discussed the issue of Green with the management team. In his view, even Thompson, Butler had let go, and Green could not be let go, because Thompson Butler was someone It can be replaced, but Green is not.
Leonard may be able to play Green's position, but he still needs to invest more experience into the offense, so that the Wizards' dirty work will have to be done by Gobert alone.
The Wizards have also tried to find a blue-collar inside to assist Gobert, but most of the league's blue-collar inside are not good at attacking, especially in the long-range shooting.
Don't look at Green's three-pointer criticism, but among the inside players, his three-pointer is already very accurate.
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In the first quarter, Durant scored 16 points in a single quarter and led the Bucks to 33 points, while the Wizards only scored 26 points. The two sides had a 6-point difference.
In the second quarter, the Wizards still couldn't find a good tactic for the Bucks' pick-and-roll. The score difference was further increased to double digits.
In the Wizards team, the most uncomfortable, is undoubtedly Curry, because he is against the letter brother Adetokounmpo.
The height difference between the two is too big, which makes Curry basically unable to shoot in front of him. As a big man, the speed and explosion of Brother Alphabet is not slow at all, even if Curry is faster, Relying on the skill to open up some gaps, he can still easily catch up with his amazing wingspan and pace.
The Wizards have also tried to help Curry pick and roll to form a misplaced singles, but that is still the problem. The other players on the Bucks are not weak on defense. Even Korver, who seems to be the weakest defense, because of its own three-point The identity of the "shooter" is very useful for the defense of outside three-point shots.
At halftime, Curry only made 4 shots and hit 2 goals. Although the 50% shooting rate looks good, he only scored 7 points with free throws.
There was no way to limit Durant's scoring, and at the same time the offensive of the team's star Curry was also curbed. The result was the Eastern Conference finals, and the Wizards simply lost the game.
107:94, 13 points difference.
Durant scored 35 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists, the highest score of the Bucks Wizards.
Immediately after Durant was George, who scored 27 points, he was the Wizards' highest scoring player.
Alphabet brother Adto Kunbo scored 23 points, Thompson 17 points, Leonard 21 points, Curry only 14 points.
The combined score ratio of the two teams and the three giants is 75:62, and the judgement is high!
Of course, the true strength of players cannot be measured by data. Just like in this game, Durant and Alphabet Brother have faced Curry and Anderson’s defense many times. The scoring process is very easy, while George Leonard and others Faced with Durant, the letter brother, Thompson these defensive players who have no obvious short board, naturally score more difficult.
After the game, the Wizards coach Cole made it clear in an interview that the reason why the Wizards lost this game is mainly because there is no way to cope with the Bucks' frequent pick-and-roll and anti-displacement singles tactics, allowing opponents to score too easily In the next game, he will consider adjusting the starting lineup as appropriate to ensure that the starting lineup has no obvious loopholes in the defense.
Obviously, Cole was unbearable for Anderson's poor defense.
The Wizards have several blue-collar insiders on the bench. Although they are unlikely to prevent players such as Durant and Alphabet, they are at least more defensive than Anderson. As far as Anderson can provide the team with long-range Fire support is no longer in Cole's consideration.
In the round of offensive firepower, the Bucks are no worse than the Wizards, and even the explosiveness of the score is even stronger. Thompson’s 30-point playoff performance in the quarter is still profoundly influenced. Compared with the Bucks, at least the current Wizards From the team's point of view, it is difficult to do.
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Originally, many people still believed that the Wizards and Cavaliers are the strongest teams in the East. Although the Bucks scored the first record in the league, the team is indeed too young, even if there are Durant and Thompson. The two are seasoned veterans in the playoffs. I am afraid that it is difficult to compete with the Wizards, but the result of the first game made them realize that Wang Xiao's team must not be used with common sense.