In the second game against the bull on Friday night local time, Poole received the ball from cuminga after the Zhuang God lost two free throws. He had fengshui ball half-time and calmly judged the situation on the court. The defense he faced was one of the biggest changes this season.
Just after half time, one of the best outside defenders of the bull was Caruso waiting for Poole. He started for the bull for the first time in nearly a month. He followed Curry in the first six minutes of the first quarter, bypassing all kinds of covers and sticking to the library. Six minutes later, he was replaced to rest, and the second quarter began to return to the court with the second lineup, and the main defense was Poole.
After about a minute, Poole got the chance of fast break after he hit the iron in derazan. Caruso made sure that he could find Poole. Poole hesitated at a 45-degree angle downtown on the left, and then suddenly accelerated. Generally, Poole could directly pass the defender opposite. But this time it was Caruso, and he knew more about Poole. His name had long appeared in the opponent’s defense plan.
Caruso saw through Poole’s fake action and moved to the right side ahead of time. As a result, Poole was in his best interests. There were a lot of referees whistle in this game, and Poole caused Caruso’s blocking foul. But Caruso had already stood in place in advance. If it was another match, it might have caused Poole’s offensive foul.
“The way of the first squad to defend the library is the same as that of the second squad to defend me. When I was not present at the same time as Curry, he and I got the same defensive treatment.” Poole said last month that when interviewing against the sun a few days ago, Poole had been facing Curry’s defender bridges in the second quarter.
When you become the focus of people’s attention, the competition you face will also change greatly. There is no doubt that Poole is facing such changes. In the past, the opponent’s defense focused on the target time Library, clay, Wikins and Poole, which were not mentioned much. Now Poole has become the key care object in defense planning, and the opposite side will carefully study his weaknesses. The Scout opposite will study his mode of play, and some of the best defenders will lock him. How to defend Poole is being used by the whole league.
The outbreak of Poole in this year’s playoffs made his name on the big stage, and there is no doubt that the opponent made adjustments. If Poole wants to be promoted to the level of all stars, even superstars, then now is his best growth period. Yogueta wanted to be the successor of Curry, then he knew he would be prepared for it, because Curry had experienced the same thing.
“In NBA, if you get the attention of your opponents, it will have a bigger test for your game. In 82 regular season matches, if your name is always mentioned by your opponent, the process of the match will also change dramatically.” Assistant coach Jama Mahlalela said.
Poole scored 30 points in the first 13 playoff games, and then scored 29 points and 27 points respectively in the next two games. This is a perfect performance for him who just played in the playoffs. Moreover, Curry played a substitute at the beginning, and Poole’s excellent performance made everyone realize that Warriors had another threat in the playoffs. Poole’s play has injected confidence into the team and made everyone have more expectations for the prospect of winning the championship in the dressing room.
However, the Nuggets adjusted and used Gordon, who was 2 meters tall and 03 meters tall, to entangle Poole. His goal is to give Poole more physical contact and slow down Poole’s speed through strength. Poole scored only 19 points in the last two 20 shots in the first round.
The strategy adopted by the grizzly bear in the second round was similar. At first, Poole performed well. Later, the grizzly bear strengthened the confrontation and his performance declined. But obviously, the league teams have already seen Poole and focused on Poole’s name at the beginning of this year’s regular season. Poole himself thinks this is a respect for him.
The conflict between training camp and dream-chasing was made public. A week later, the contract was renewed with warriors, which was close to a four-year contract with an average of 30 million dollars. This further improved the expectations of the outside world for him, and a series of events led to the start of his struggling regular season.
In November, Poole field goal percentage only 39.5 percent, downtown 102 votes 29. Every time he hits the iron, he can see that he is very depressed, and the mistakes in the game often make him lose his rhythm.
“I think he is too anxious this season. I think he is a little anxious for success. I think he can play slowly, and you will see that he is limited to an awkward situation because of too much fengshui ball. He is very fast and talented, so he can simplify his competition. I think he will come back as long as he slows down.” Cole said in a recent pre-match interview.
In the 2013 playoffs, after defeating the Nuggets in the game of Curry leading the Warriors below, and pushing Spurs to Game 6 in the next round, the following regular season, curry’s defense is completely different from the past.
Opponents began to use flanking players to counter Curry, making curry face a player with height and arm show and stronger athletic ability all the time. In addition, every round on the court gives Curry a physical confrontation, so that it is difficult for him to find a vacancy on the offensive end.
“The former Clippers may be the biggest team to adjust. Every time I call the cover, there are people around me. No matter holding the ball or off the ball, you can always meet your opponents, because they are waiting for you to run over there.” Curry said.
For Poole, it was really lucky to have Curry in his growth journey. Curry not only has the technology that Poole can learn, but also can personally demonstrate how to break the opposite defense. One of the most obvious solutions is that it takes the longest time to get stronger. Poole needs to be stronger to cope with these physical contacts, but the shooter cannot add too much muscle. Curry has not reduced his speed and flexibility while increasing his muscles in recent years, and Poole has to do the same thing.
But another immediate way is to increase patience. At present, Poole has gradually achieved it.
At the beginning of the season, Poole was like a headless fly on the court. Because he always runs into the enemy’s trap, he always wants to get rid of the defense through fengshui ball. Now Poole has been able to predict the opposite defense in advance, and the extra fengshui ball can give him an opportunity to improvise.
“A lot of times I have to face a lot of defenders, either bag clip or ask me to hand over the ball, and there are two people waiting for you around the penalty area and freethrow line. So I stayed at downtown so that I could see the defense layout opposite. I can see the first line of defense and the auxiliary defense behind. This is like the situation of ‘letting other players except me beat them.” Poole said.
At first, the most difficult thing for Poole to deal with was to resist the second squad, and the second squad was all young players and new veterans. He was the only trustworthy scorer in the second battle, so the opponent defended him against the Warriors. However, the people around Poole are not enough to solve the opponent’s targeted strategy.
Curry said that the key is to let the feeling of the game find you, because there are too many excellent players on the defensive end, and you can’t bear such a large amount of offensive pressure. The way you want to take must be more creative and more improvisational. But now it is much better. Curry and Cole make Poole play easier. But it requires patience and trust. You have to give up the right to wait for the opportunity. Once the opposite defense is lax, the opportunity will return to you.
When Poole and Curry play together, his role will be much easier. There are more opportunities for competition, and the data is the best evidence.
Poole played as a substitute, with an average of 14.1 points and 4.6 assists, with a field goal percentage of 40.9 percent and a three-point hit rate of 31 percent.
As the first time of war, Poole averaged 26.6 points and 4.0 assists, field goal percentage and 49.5%, with a three-point hit rate of 40%.
There was also such a big gap last year. The number of starts of Poole last season (51 games) was almost twice that of the bench, including helping the team to achieve a record of 18 wins and 2 losses. This season, Poole only started 5 games in 24 games. Of course, the process of adjustment is definitely needed for the reduction of playing time and the change of playing time.
“To a large extent, it is because of the chemical reaction, which is the teammates who played with me. Because some people now know how we attack. Obviously, our team has some new aid, and we have unique tactics and playing methods, which need some time to get used. We are still improving the team’s chemistry.” Poole said.
Warriors helped Poole regain the feeling of the game by letting dream chasing and Wikins play the second squad. These two starts can relieve some pressure on Poole. Such rotation not only makes the second array more stable, but also gives Poole more opportunities to figure out how to play. He has been studying videos with assistant coach Chris DeMarco recently, dismantling the opposite defense and studying how to attack.
One of Poole’s biggest attacks was his patience and his passing. He has reached at least 6 assists in 8 times this season, and five of them scored only 12 points or even less. He is trying to figure out how to influence the game when he cannot shoot.
“Poole is in good condition this year. He has made great progress last year and it is difficult to achieve a significant improvement this season. We must start with details, many small things on the court, and improve stability. In terms of passing, he has made great progress.” The teaching assistant mahlala said.
Against the Rockets on Saturday night, he passed one of the best passes of the season and skipped it under the eyes of his opponent. Facing garrison-matheus, he broke through with the ball. The focus of the rocket’s defense was on him. He turned out as if he wanted to turn over and jump, but cuminga cut in from the left side, and no one was fortified under the basket, poole successfully cheated the opposite defense behind-the-back pass.
The ball was as silky as Dove chocolate. Fans of Chase Center didn’t notice it at first until it began to play back on the big screen, which made the most sensational response. They realized that Poole’s ball was intentional. The reason why he turned around was that he saw kuminga’s empty cut.
“I saw everything.” Poole said in an interview in the dressing room after the game.
Author: Marcus Thompson II
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