Zhang Jiawei: The liberal arts class is a face& Cornette Castle is a face, the last minute is purely unreasonable

In the NBA regular season, the Spurs defeated the Bulls 121-117.

Wenban played 36 minutes in this campaign, shooting 11 of 19, 6 of 9 three-pointers, 10 of 10 free throws, scoring 38 points, 12 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal and 5 blocks.

After the game, freelance writer Zhang Jiawei commented on the game. The original text is as follows:

Wenban Yama aliens came to the world: In the last minute, two death gods made strong shots, and the Spurs reversed the Bulls.

"Last season, 47% of the shots in the liberal arts class were three-pointers, with a hit rate of 35%; this season, only 21% of the shots were long-range shots, with a hit rate of 24%. Are we not going to shoot from long range?"

- Today, the liberal arts class made 6 of 9 three-pointers, a reversal.

Wenban is the face of winning, and Cornette (and Castle) are the inside.

The Spurs fell behind by 13 points in the fourth quarter. The Bulls made 17 of 24 shots from the basket in the first three quarters. Wenbanyama can't cover the sky with just one hand. Two points were missing at the end of the third quarter, but Cornet cut inside, Dosunmu made a free throw, Jones and Smith took turns to penetrate, and the Spurs were penetrated under the basket.

This is coach Donovan’s secret this year: speed up, intersperse more points, and outrun the opponent.

Trey Jones even said an idea, the Bulls speeding up the attack - averaging 58 breakthroughs per game, fourth in the league - is the best defense: the opponent is tired of defense and cannot attack. A few days ago, Vucevic defeated Philadelphia. Embiid and Maxey were unable to recover in the end, and half of them were tired by the Bulls.

Spurs coach Mickey set up a twin-tower formation:

Wenban + Cornette + Keldon + Castle/Fox + Champany.

In the fourth quarter, Wenban Yama scored 18 points, including three three-pointers, which was clear.

The Bulls made 17 of 24 shots from the basket in the first three quarters. In the fourth quarter, they made 1 of 7 shots from the basket, which was the basis for the Spurs to chase points.

Cornet + Wenban, on the defensive end, choked the basket and took away the Bulls' breakthrough; on the offensive end, Cornet scored 10 points in the fourth quarter: putback dunks, alley-oops, and free throws.

Cornet’s biggest significance: He wiped out Vucevic, and Wenban can roam around to fill in the gaps. Of course, they were not the only ones: on the last ball, pressure was exerted from the outside, Kornet blocked Vucevic, Barnes chased to the basket to block the shot, and Wenban shrank.

Perfect defensive coordination, the twin towers win.

Castle has reached double figures in assists for three consecutive games, and has 38 assists and 8 turnovers in the past three games. In today's fourth quarter, when Wenban opened up the space, he connected with Cornette's air throw and activated the twin towers.

——The last Spurs to have double figures in assists in three consecutive games? Paul at the beginning of last season.

Does Castle really want to be Paul’s disciple?

On the offensive end last season, Wenban Yama was more of a space-gauge player: half of his shots were long-range shots to create space for his teammates.

At the beginning of this season, he used a strong attack to face the basket, which caught the thick eyebrows off guard: forcing the Heat, Suns, Lakers and Rockets to defend him with a small man.

In the fourth quarter today, the ultimate form appeared: Cornette served as an inside threat, and Wenban shot three-pointers from the outside—a long man in space.

Vucevic faced the basket and was very good at Dirk.

At the last moment, two Durant-style dribbling long shots: He is tall, not as fast and compact as peak Durant, but tall enough.

In the fourth quarter, the Spurs chased points with the twin towers protecting the basket and Castle activating the twin tower connection.

But the last two balls were airborne by aliens. When Wenban made a chasing three-pointer, Vucevic was stunned. Wenban scored a Durant-like shot to get rid of the hard shot to go into overtime. Vucevic raised his hands and hung in a daze for a moment.

"Is this okay?!"

The team worked hard for 47 minutes, but the last minute was purely unreasonable.

Today is the sixth game of the Wenban team with 5 three-pointers and 5 blocks, the most in the world. Behind them are the old enemies of the Spurs, LaFrentz and Porzingis (why did the Mavericks want Porzingis?), Brook Lopez and Turner (why did the Bucks use Turner to replace Da Luo?).

But from another angle: Coach Donovan once took Durant to play against the Spurs. When Durant sent out such long shots that "it's useless if you guard them", the Spurs defenders sighed helplessly: At that time, the only long shot that the Spurs could respond to Durant with a three-pointer was Bonner.

Today, the Spurs have returned coach Donovan: "So this is how it feels when there is a death penalty on the opposite side?"