When we were talking about the Lakers cutting 2 wins and 12 losses basketable nets 76, another team with high hopes failed to hand over a satisfactory start to the season. For the Los Angeles Clippers, Leonard only played 2 games and 42 minutes, which is not enough to explain the two wins and three losses. For the team that is striving for the Championship, wen Banya Ma’s plan to destroy the Thunder for two consecutive times obviously cannot be said. What happened to the Clippers? What about the recommended endurance? Compared with the previous constipation season, the aircraft carrier battle group seems to have not made any progress. Why can’t the luxury configuration built by Ballmer always match the expectation?
In fact, the start of the Clippers season was almost the same as that of the same period last year. In the depressed competitive state, multiple rotation attendance in the front line is worrying, and the effect of the multi-guard lineup is doubtful. Ignore the 42 minutes of brother Kazi, change the replacement center from Harten to cowington, and then consider the time limit of brother wall, then compared with the situation at that time, this clipper does not seem to have too obvious advantages.
What’s the problem with the Clippers?
Let’s not talk about defense. Today we only talk about attack.
You should remember that when talking about the Clippers attack in the 20-21 season, I said they were “going to win and lose”. Although “quasi-winning and iron-losing” can explain 99% of the games in the three-point era, teams of different styles have different degrees of dependence on prospective stars. Teams with sharp attacks on baskets, front panel and fast attacks will naturally have lower dependence on prospective stars, and teams with high dependence on jump shots will “watch the sky and eat”. At the beginning of the 20-21 season, the Clippers have excellent space, accurate three points, and strong ability to develop medium distance, but they are a little less aggressive. However, the Clippers became “fierce” in the second half of the season and gradually approached both inside and outside. That year, the 4th of the Clippers regular season offensive efficiency league, the playoffs relied on the five-shooter lineup of the outbound investment and internal combat to burst the Jazz with the 1st defensive efficiency. Their complete body can be described as the most difficult defense in the west of the season.
But without brother Kazi’s 21-22 season, the Clippers attack completely collapsed. George played only 31 games this season. Even when he was there, the Clippers attack was not good enough. They could get the 8th in the west until they were out of the play-off. They were completely defensive. For a team with scattered blocker resources, why can the elimination of the master have such a destructive blow to the attack? In the 21-year playoffs after brother Kazi fell, didn’t the Clippers attack also last for a while?
There are too many variables in it, which cannot be clearly explained in one sentence or two sentences. The Clippers attack must be described in the most concise language, which is “bulk”. Before explaining “bulk”, let me talk about teams that are not “bulk:
Sun. Replace Elton with Mackey and Kaminski. In ordinary games, the Sun attack still runs smoothly. Because of the ball feeding ability in the back court of the sun, it ensures that the center can get a lot of end opportunities in the dessert area. As long as the center has one hand to end, it can be used in the attack end. Similarly, Paul is out of war. On top of Payne, the sun can also work in ordinary games. Although Payne’s scoring efficiency last season was low, he passed the game for the inside, and the Sun’s first demand for the point guard was this;
Grizzly Bear. Last season Morant was out of battle. No Mo Xiong’s fire was still fierce and there was no problem playing the regular season. The grizzly bear has elite organizer Jones, super shooter Bain, ace cover Wall + scratch board magic tower Adams, cutting into the end of Little Master Clark, who are all good at their respective fields, their respective skills can just assemble a complete set of offensive logic chains, and cooperate with the fast attack and punching fire of the whole team. Generally, opponents cannot stop them.
Look at the Clippers. There are a lot of quality puzzles for Clippers. So, what are they good?
Reggie. As a control guard, it lacks elite skills and is a blocker with certain development capabilities. The organization is general and the main focus is general. It is suitable to play the third attack point beside the boss, but from last season to now, play the second or even the first main attacker in the team;
Morris. In the middle distance, a dry jumper was bought and sold with one hammer. As the main attacker, he did not cooperate with his teammates;
Zubatz. There is a certain end Method near the basket, and the ball will fall off. It needs to be fed to the mouth, but there is a lack of players in the team. As a cover person, there is a certain cover area, and there are elite shooting masters like George who take cover in the team, but George’s ability to get out of the ball is limited, and his ability to drive zubatz is limited;
Powell. Excellent players who are quick to get off, can attack and shoot at positions and break through at fixed points, but they can only ambush on the weak side as the third choice. Lacking elite offensive skills, he is a miscellaneous family;
Kennard. Deadly shooter, with a little self-handling ability, is a good naming tactical partner. But you have to have someone to name.
These are the five supporting roles with the highest attack level besides the three famous Clippers. Put the five of them together, and the first thing to solve is “the dragon has no head”.
Reggie and Powell said: “Brother I am can play the ball, but can only be the third.”
Kennard said, “What am I doing? Brother I am is accurate, but it is not a material.”
Morris said, “Dude, I did it myself! Zubatz, you go a little closer.”
Zubatz: “Where is this? Who am I?”
You see, the brothers of the Clippers are either miscellaneous and poor, or they only care about themselves, or they have elite skills and cannot be fully utilized. Don’t talk about other supporting roles. Mann is an energy boy with insufficient energy, cowington is a Yan shooting expert with inaccurate Yan shooting, and Batum is a French version of Pippen.
Therefore, these people could only turn their eyes to George, and George could only shake his body and secretly cry in his heart:
“Brother, although I am occasionally amazing, I have to say that except for the 18-19 with the young master swing high Swing Low, brother’s main attack level in other seasons, it is also that dog meat can’t attend the banquet……”
Boy, isn’t George the spokesman of the Clippers puzzle style?
As a superstar, George is also a typical example of miscellaneous and poor quality. The only famous ability is to be a master of ball combination in the front line. But George’s so-called “ball-with-ball combination”, to put it bluntly, is to play different advantages than those who talk about cross talk and those who shoot movies. Hey, look, Buddy, no ball is better than Deng Zi, holding the ball is harder than Deng Luo “. But when you are big brother, this difference advantage is not as direct as your top effect in a certain field.
Put these “bulk” cards together. What is the picture of the Clippers competition now?
Just not smooth. The second game with Thunder is not smooth, and the first half of the first half to send four mistakes, brain congestion is a string, it is estimated that the Clippers fans are still unable to slow down. For example, Mann didn’t get the ball in place when he issued a card to George. Powell rolled the ball and threw it to zubatz. Zubatz made a mistake at a low level of receive the ball. Mann took the cover foul with the ball and then took Powell’s cover foul, batumu burst into the crotch to hit the ground, wait, etc. Of course, seeing the operation that George sent sideline ball to the edge line is so awesome, you will understand that the focus of Clippers is afraid that it will exceed the ability defect, but these situations do not surprise you when they appear-there are a lot of jobs that they do not often do.
The Clippers have no secondary attack ability, and only a few people are good at the fast attack. The main body of the attack depends on the first attack of the ground. Since the start of the match, the three points feel just so so. With such a lot of mistakes, it is strange that the attack will not collapse.
What should I do?
According to this trend, after the wall time limit is lifted, there is a high probability that it will start. Replace George in the following round with wall and Powell with George. In fact, the picture is harmonious.
Wall organization, George has no ball combination, with zubatz’s cover, plus two space points, even without clips, the logic chain of Clippers attack is complete.
To put it bluntly, the Clippers need a set of front-level main attack starting style, instead of thinking about where to hit and showing various “ticket playing” attack choices.
In the 21-year playoffs, the reason why the Clippers could hold up after the clip fell was because of the relatively focused attack choice in the playoffs, the excellent competitive state of several main attackers at that time and the high-quality space of the team, let each point solve the problem in a simple way. It can be described as “the God is not scattered”. At present, these three conditions are not valid.
However, the situation of the Clippers is not desperate. Their main hidden danger is brother Kazi’s health. The situation does not deteriorate Yogueta, and the Clippers can return as soon as possible, so there is still great room for adjustment. Because once the clip does the work of the first main attacker, others can play the second, third, fourth or even fifth attack point in a high-quality space, and the attack will be greatly simplified, back to the mode where almost every point can be eaten alone or split with the support of that high-quality space. Therefore, everyone’s positioning is smooth.