freeallnovels Chapter 319 Pick and Roll?
Chapter 319 Pick and Roll?
Chapter 319 Pick and Roll?
Two days apart, in Los Angeles, the first game of the Western Conference Finals.
Against Artest's single defense, Kobe scored 33 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals in a hot state.
Leading the Lakers to easily sweep the Nuggets with a score of 103 to 94.
"The foundation of the Galaxy Battleship is indeed a bit weak..."
Sitting in a hotel in Orlando, Li Ke, who had nothing to do, finished watching the game, and the only thing left was this sigh.
Although it has long been known that the Nuggets will not be the opponent of the Lakers.
Li Ke still had fantasies, what if, maybe, the Nuggets killed the Lakers?
If I try my best here, kill the Magic, and join the Nuggets in the finals, it's really hard to say who will be the final champion.
pity……
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There is not much suspense left in the Western Conference Finals, but in the Eastern Conference Finals, the Magic are still struggling.
Although Mike Bianchi's post-match column threw all the blame on Stan Van Gundy, he also reminded Stan Van Gundy from another aspect.
How to deal with Bobcat's unreasonable hacking?
It is the simplest and most direct way to replace Sparks directly.
But Stan Van Gundy can't do this, because his magic, all tactical systems, are based on sparks.
This is also the reason why G1 didn't move in the face of Cha Huo.
Now, Mike Bianchi told him, you can cut each other.
If others cut Huo, he will cut other people's centers. Anyway, free throws are not very good, and it's over if they hurt each other.
In fact, Stan Van Gundy still felt a little wronged for Mike Bianchi's criticism.
The opening response was unfavorable, he admitted, because he did not target enough.
But then the team played pick-and-rolls, and the offense flourished. Stan Van Gundy felt that at least half of the pot had to be thrown to the sparks who didn't want to play pick-and-rolls.
If the sparks are willing to play pick and roll, how can there be so many things?
He was even more wronged when he cut Huo later. Is it his fault that the sparks made free throws?
To put it bluntly, the real top star of this Magic is just a spark.
As a result, this is the top star, and it is still a top star with many problems.
That is, he customized a tactical system to bring this Magic to its current height.
If I change someone else, I'm afraid I'll go home early.
After figuring this out, Stan Van Gundy left G1, which he had already lost, and Mike Bianchi, who had been nagging in his ears, behind him.
This is only one loss, and there is still a great chance of reversing and advancing.
After reversing the promotion, think about the Lakers in the West... Stan Van Gundy shook his head.
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Since you want to reverse the situation, you must make adjustments.
Therefore, during the period between the two games of G1 and G2, Stan Van Gundy already had a complete idea after careful consideration.
Looking at G1, there are only two problems with him, one is insufficient opening response, and the other is cutting off.
Cutting Huo was a matter of impromptu, at this time, he was not going to say more.
But for the opening, it really needs to be arranged and rehearsed in advance.
To put it bluntly, it is to add a few more sets of pick-and-roll offensive routines, which is not too difficult for Pat Riley's master apprentice.
In the Magic training hall, low-intensity training between the playoffs is underway.
Stan Van Gundy pushed the door in and turned his gaze to the field on the left.
He knew that that field was Sparks' inviolable private domain.
Sure enough, on that court, Huo Hua and an assistant coach practiced free throws humming.
Stan Van Gundy shook his head. What's the use of extra free throws at this time?
He knew that sparks' free throws had psychological problems that far outweighed technical problems.
After practicing off-court skills, I felt nervous on the court and stretched my hips again.
Shaking his fat head, Stan Van Gundy clapped his hands and gathered all the players.
When the training hall became quiet, he announced: "The training later will be changed to team training, and we will practice pick-and-roll!"
pick and roll?
Spark in the crowd frowned, and swept around, his teammates had already moved.
"Should I join in too, Stan?"
He also had the illusion that Stan Van Gundy wouldn't force him to run pick-and-rolls he didn't want to.
As a result, Stan Van Gundy nodded.
With just this nod, Sparks frowning deeply shook his head:
"Like I said, Stan, I don't run the pick-and-roll."
"I know, I know, Dwight, but the situation is different. You should see that the Bobcats have no chance with a big and a small defense, only pick and roll..."
"So, just let Brandon play and let him be a wall for Vince and Aaron, and you don't have to bring me."
Sparks interrupted Stan Van Gundy, who was trying to convince him, and then returned to his "private territory" without looking back, continuing to practice seemingly targeted free throws.
Stan Van Gundy froze for a moment, then sighed.
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Except for the person involved, no one knows about this episode in the Magic.
But the Bobcats can see the general situation of the Magic from the formation of G2.
"The inside starter is still Dwight Howard and Brandon Bass, Mike Bianchi's column, it can be regarded as playing the piano against the cow..."
Then the game started, and the offense and defense during the opening period made the public confirm——
"From the beginning to the end, Brandon Bass is the only big man participating in the pick-and-roll in the Magic. Warcraft will always stay in the penalty area and the low three-point area. Where has the Magic changed?"
In the commentary seat, Steve Kerr, who hoped the Bobcats would lose, shook his head.
Bobcats bench, Rivers is a little excited.
He was so excited that just halfway through the first quarter, he made a gesture towards the court.
Immediately afterwards, the Bobcats, who had accumulated four fouls in the half quarter, began their offensive.
Beep!
The stunned spark stepped to the free throw line under the urging of Dan Crawford.
Taking a deep breath, Huo Hua said silently: "I practiced extra free throws before the game!"
He raised his hand and threw the ball stiffly.
Bang-dang-!
"damn it!"
Dan Crawford took it easy, took the basketball back, blew the whistle, and passed the ball to the Sparks.
This time, Huo Hua dribbled the ball twice, raised his hand seemingly smoothly, and when he raised it to the back, his movements became stiff again...
Bang-dang-!
"I practiced extra free throws on horseback!"
It doesn't matter whether the sparks have practiced free throws or not.
The important thing is that he missed two free throws, the Bobcats took off the rebound, and the Magic's attack was wasted directly.
"It's still chopping, the Bobcats are slowly suppressing magic."
The chopping in the second half of the first quarter helped the Bobcats take a 2-point lead in the first quarter of the G7 game.
In the ensuing second quarter, the first half was still an offensive and defensive trial between the two teams. In the second half, after enough fouls were accumulated, Chai Huo attacked again...
Stan Van Gundy finally reacted and cut each other directly in reverse.
In the beginning, the effect of cutting each other did exist.
Jordan's free throws are worse than Sparks.
Sparks also has a free throw percentage close to [-]%, Jordan is good, and his free throw percentage is less than [-]%.
In this regard, to say that he and Huo Hua are crouching dragons and phoenixes is an insult to Huo Hua.
Just after Jordan made two outrageous free throws, Rivers made a substitution and replaced Jordan.
The Bobcats are the main four major insiders, Jordan's free throws are the worst, and the free throws of the No. [-] pick and the old Martin are not much different from the sparks.
Only Tajibson is a little stronger, and his free throw percentage is almost [-]%.
So, after the substitution, it was Tajibson who replaced Jordan.
Xiaota came on the court, and the Magic's mutual hacking continued.
The game thus turned into a free throw contest between Sparks and Little Tower.
As a result, the small tower naturally won a complete victory.
In this way, at halftime, he still took an 11-point lead by relying on chopping Huo.
Leading by 11 points at halftime, the Bobcats played even more smoothly in G2 than in G1.
You know, during the opening period of this game, relying on Stan Van Gundy's advance arrangements, the Magic did not collapse.
Almost all of this 11-point lead came from Chop Huo.
"Dwight Howard's free throws are too slow. If you don't change this, the Bobcats will seize this point and win this entire Eastern Conference Finals series."
In another Eastern Conference finals, Steve Kerr and Marv Albert stopped criticizing him for being ugly.
They also knew that no matter how ugly chopping Huo was, it was allowed by the rules.
And in this game, Rivers has become even more proficient in the use of hacking tactics.
This is also the reason why the magic didn't collapse at the beginning of the game, but there were more reasons behind halftime.
In the second half, it was still the same storyline.
First of all, they did it with real knives and guns, and they did it, but the Magic fell behind to only 8 points.
But then, the Huo hacking attack came.
Stan Van Gundy bit the bullet and slashed at each other, but it only slowed down the speed of the score.
At the end of the third quarter, the Bobcats still took a 13-point lead.
Then in the fourth quarter, the Bobcats played a regular team offense and won the game smoothly.
"It's over, G2 of the Eastern Conference Finals is over, it doesn't look surprising, the Bobcats win again!"
"But looking at the total score, and thinking about the foresight and predictions before the game, many people would never have imagined that the Bobcats were able to win two games in the first two games of the Eastern Conference Finals!"
"Now, they're 2-0 up."
"You know, this is not an ordinary 2-0 lead, this is a 2-0 lead on the next gram."
"Throughout the history of the league, there are very few examples where two away games were overturned..."
After the game, after some analysis from the commentary booth, it was almost time to award the Eastern Conference championship trophy to the Bobcats.
It can be said that the defeat of this battle has pushed the Magic to the brink.
On the sidelines, the Bobcats generals celebrated the victory, and Sparks turned around and got into the player channel.
In the stands and in the private room, the management of the Magic, the president of operations John Gabriel and the general manager Otis Smith looked at each other.
They will not easily throw the blame to anyone like the outside world.
But the situation in front of them told them that this magic team was about to come to an end.
That's right, it's over!
The current Magic holds the top three-point contracts of the Sparks, Rashad Lewis and Carter.
Coupled with the middle class of Jamal Nelson, Massing Gortat and Michael Pietrus, the Magic have been locked up by big contracts.
This does not take into account JJ Redick whose rookie contract has expired and Aaron Brooks who is about to expire.
This is also the reason why the Magic had to let go in the face of Hidotkoglu being poached last summer.
After letting go of Hidotkoglu, the Magic introduced Carter Sr. in a trade.
This is equivalent to the fact that the Magic chose the old Carter between Turkoglu and the old Carter.
Looking at it now, Otis Smith made the worst possible choice.
He and John Gabriel looked at each other and basically understood what the other was thinking.
It's impossible to break the game.
As the team's management, all they can do is: put the pressure on the team's head coach.
In this way, after the G2 battle, Stan Van Gundy received an ultimatum from Otis Smith.
"Listen, Stan, the team has to win this Eastern Conference Finals, that's the goal of the season, and that's what you have to do."
Stan Van Gundy understood it, which means: If he doesn't win, he will dismiss get out of class.
To put it more simply and bluntly, the Magic needs him to stand up and take the blame.
In fact, for a team like the Magic, the performance requirements should not be so strict.
It's just that the introduction of old Carter at the beginning of the season directly forced the Magic to have no way out.
Three large contracts of more than 1500 million US dollars, plus a bunch of middle-class people with a lot of money, the Magic spends high salaries, but they can't get even an Eastern Conference champion. No matter how you look at it, it is a failure.
Deep down, Stan Van Gundy certainly doesn't think it's his problem that the current Magic is playing like this.
But Otis Smith's phone call told him very bluntly that if the team loses, he will take the blame.
Stan Van Gundy, who didn't want to lose his job, was forced to a dead end.
"Dwight, I think we should have a chat before heading to Charlotte."
In the Magic training facility after the game, Stan Van Gundy cornered the Sparks.
Although Huo Hua was very reluctant, he knew exactly what Fatty Fan wanted to talk to him about.
But he couldn't refuse, because as discussed by the outside world, the Magic, which was behind 0 to 2, had reached the point where it had to make changes.
change what?What else could it be?
"Look, Dwight, we need a pick-and-roll offense, we need you to step up and be a wall for Vince, for Aaron, for Jamal's pick-and-roll, that's the only way we can win the game!"
Sparks doesn't want to play pick-and-rolls, one is because he thinks he is a top center and doesn't want to do the work of those blue-collar centers.
The second is that he needs a certain tactical status, that is, he only wants to play singles with the ball in the low post or under the basket, instead of going up to the perimeter and serving as a wall for pick-and-rolls.
But such a big center, as long as he is willing to play pick and roll, the effect will not be bad. After all, his threat is there.
Facing the aggressive Fatty Fan, Huo Hua spread his hands, and he really wanted to gather Fatty Fan again.
But when he opened his mouth, the words blurted out became: "Okay, Stan, you are the head coach of the team, you have the final say, but if we still lose because of this, you should understand..."
(End of this chapter)