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After all, if the Clippers want to win the Spurs, they have to work hard to limit Duncan.

At the same time, try to cut off the connection between him and Parker and Hill.

This is different from playing the Hornets. The Hornets can handle the ball only with Paul as a big core.

As long as he is strangled to death, the operation of the whole team is basically held down.

The same is true for the Cavaliers who had James before. As long as James is restricted, others will not be able to make any waves at all.

He especially needs a star teammate who can step up to him when he gets targeted.

But Larry Hughes, a teammate of Mo Williams' level, obviously couldn't stand up.

This is why James wants to go to the Heat to hold a group, because Wade is there.

But all of this is based on the premise that James is the core.

In the 11 Finals, the Heat's style of play still centered on Wade.

Wade's performance in the finals that year was very good, and he deserved the role of the Heat.

But in this way, James can only play the role of Wade's Pippen.

Yang Li firmly does not believe in those conspiracy theories on the Internet.

There is no need for James to deliberately show off because he is not the core of the Heat, and he is afraid of becoming Pippen after winning the championship.

He simply doesn't have comprehensive skills, no back-up ability, and can't complete the singles task of a wing player.

With Wade as the core, you need a big man who can complete the pick-and-roll with him, and a player who can complete singles on the wing.

Bosh can run pick-and-rolls with Wade, no problem.

But James' one-on-one ability at that time was very poor.

Yes, very bad.

Whether it is a face basket or a back basket.

In the finals that year, James didn't talk about Sean Marion who was facing him.

Even if he was replaced by Jason Kidd after the pick-and-roll, even JJ Barea, who is only 1 meters tall, couldn't play singles.

The stability of face-up shooting is poor, and the back-up technique is almost zero.

It was precisely because of this defeat in the finals that he began to learn back-hitting techniques afterwards.

Of course, it doesn't mean that James was not strong at that time, James was very strong.

It's just that the Heat's tactic is to completely abandon James' strengths and let him do what he is least good at.

It's crazy if you can win.

If the Heat had to use Wade as the core at the time, they didn't have to get James.

Based on the 11-year Heat lineup, the wing position is not James.

Replaced by Paul Pierce with top-notch back-up skills, replaced by offensive kaleidoscope Carmelo Anthony, replaced by Kevin Durant who has no solution to shooting, even if replaced by Rudy Gay, who has a stable mid-range shot, the Heat can won the championship.

Only James, he just didn't fit the Heat's system at that time.

But on the other hand, let James hold the ball, Wade play off the ball, and Bosh is responsible for opening up the space, and he can also win the championship.

Similarly, there are many options for Wade to find someone to replace him, such as Kobe, Joe Johnson, and... no more.

Therefore, if you win the championship with James as the core, you have to rely more on teammates than Wade.

But for the Heat at the time, it was obvious that Wade could not win the championship because James was not capable enough.

But with James as the core, they can win the championship.

Later, it was with James as the core that the Heat won two consecutive championships.

Of course, the reason is not that James is better than Wade at the core, but because James himself is not capable enough.

Wade can only adapt to him, but he cannot adapt to Wade.

That's it.

The same current situation also appeared in the Spurs.

After Duncan's explosive power declined, Parker needed to increase his shooting range to open up enough space for Duncan.

Otherwise, Duncan is extremely vulnerable to being double-teamed by the opponent and causing mistakes.

But Parker knows everything about three-pointers, and there are very few seasons where he averages more than one shot per game.

That being the case, we can only let Parker play the core of tactics and let Duncan cooperate with him.

Duncan, who mentioned high-level support, can make room for Parker to break through.

The current ability of the French sports car to hit the basket is also considered to be at the top level in the league.

This is also one of the important reasons why the Spurs introduced Aldridge later.

Adelaide can complete Duncan's task now.

Yang Li was very fortunate that he had robbed Manu before.

Otherwise, with this lineup, plus Manu, the best sixth man in history, he is really difficult to deal with.

In today's game, the Clippers also ushered in the return of Iverson.

The starting matchup lineups of the two sides are as follows:

c brad miller vs chris kaman

pf Paul Millsap vs Tim Duncan

sf kyle korver vs richard jefferson

sg james harden vs george hill

pg allen iverson vs tony parker

After Yang Li made this lineup, Millsap's eyes suddenly widened like copper bells.

Is this going to train me?

Besides Harden, who among these people can defend?

He repeatedly confirmed the lineup to Yang Li several times, and got a positive answer.

It seems that in today's game, I really have to be a father and a mother again.

When Popovich saw Yang Li's lineup, he looked directly at Yang Li and smiled.

He suspected that Yang Li was deliberately joking with him.

It is estimated that Yang Li will replace this lineup in less than one minute after the start of the game.

beep~

The game started, Kaman and Miller jumped high.

After all, Kaman's athletic ability is still stronger, and he won the ball.

The ball came to Parker, and then began to organize the offense.

The Clippers also set up a defensive formation in the first place.

On the first ball, Parker didn't hit it himself, but lobbed it to Duncan who was in the waist position in the three-second zone.

Let him try the feel first, after all, he is much higher than Millsap.

If it goes well, you can completely ignore Millsap's defense and blow up the Clippers.

Millsap naturally won't take it lightly. Before the game, Yang Li took them to study the Spurs game video.

Duncan is the most important point for the Spurs at present. You have to let him find the touch.

Then the conditions for Parker to take off are met. The small French sports car can really directly stun the Clippers.

However, as long as Millsap can withstand Duncan, then Parker will have to weigh it carefully when he hits the inside.

When he is holding the ball and rushing, Millsap can make up the defense.

When running an air cut, Millsap can also help defend in place.

After all, if Duncan didn't open it, the threat to the Clippers would not be that great.

After Duncan received the ball, he directly backed Millsap twice.

Millsap lowered his center of gravity, the muscles on both legs were tense, and he resisted abruptly.

Duncan felt that the top was not moving, and he was not strong, so he turned his back and hit the board with a hook.

Millsap hurriedly stepped forward and jumped up to interfere.

Bang~

The basketball hits the hoop.

Miller stuck Kaman behind the basket, and then grabbed the rebound.