start with scouting

Chapter 499

On the 31st, the Kings played against the Trail Blazers at home.

Before the game, Su Yang got the Trail Blazers report from the scouting supervisor Blanche, and saw 'Batum has a slight wrist injury, keep fighting', and saw 'The Blazers insisted on using FLOW offense this season, the first game against The Thunder has already used', and also saw that 'against the Thunder, the Trail Blazers only made 32% of their three-pointers'. They immediately started to think about countermeasures, and soon came up with an idea.

"Appropriately relax the restrictions on Batum, let Giannis and Green participate more in the defense of Matthews and Lillard, in order to prevent Lillard's kind of strong shots around the screen, it is necessary to interfere as soon as possible , Tag if you have time to cut to the basket.”

Last season's first game against the Trail Blazers, the Kings led by a large margin in the first three quarters, but in the fourth quarter Lillard hit several three-pointers, creating suspense. Brother, he is born to be a long-range shooter.

Mike Brown and other assistant coaches wrote it down one after another, and corresponding targeted training was rolled out, and the Kings will quickly adapt.

At seven o'clock in the evening, the game started.

The Blazers came up with a standard FLOW offense. Stotts learned from Carlisle, opening up the space with one inside and four outside. The strong side looks for pick-and-roll opportunities, and the weak side uses screens to cut. .

The Kings will respond according to Su Yang's pre-match training. Antetokounmpo shrinks in advance to intercept potential breakthroughs, and Batum relaxes two three-point shots, but Batum is injured and hits the iron. Don't give a chance to pull up a three-pointer.

With that kind of operation, the Blazers' three-pointer in the backcourt fell on Matthews. LaVine couldn't defend Matthews, but according to Su Yang's arrangement, he just kept close to him and didn't give him a three-pointer, and let Matthews hit the inside. , Let Antetokounmpo and Green go to supplement the defense.

After most of the quarter, the Blazers didn't make a single three-pointer. As a result, the open space that FLOW's offensive system relies on the most was not realized, which in turn caused Aldridge to struggle in the paint. ball.

At the end of the first quarter, the two sides gradually entered the stage of substitute confrontation, and the king's lineup showed a crushing advantage. Gay, Thomas Jr., and Turner joined forces, and Dorrell White, Steve Blake, and CJ McCollum , the scene is like beating cubs.

Especially McCollum's defensive efficiency value once approached 128, which means that in 100 rounds of his presence, the opponent can theoretically score 128 points. In addition, Blake is about to retire, and his defensive level is hard to describe. The Blazers' backcourt is a disaster.

But Blazers head coach Stotts can't do anything about it. There are only Blake and the others in the backcourt. If they can't do it, they have to play. Whoever makes the frontcourt players pile up like a mountain, except for Adelaide, Lopez, Kaman, and TM Free Lan, Thomas Robinson, Meyers Leonard, Will Patton, Claywell, anyway, there are so many people in the frontcourt that they line up, and there are so few people in the backcourt that one person has to work two jobs.

The Blazers' idea of ​​building a team seems to be a few people. General manager Neil Orsi worked hard and frantically hoarded the backcourt in the future.

As far as the selection is concerned, it is useless for Stotts to coach against the sky.

"Fortunately, when I interviewed the unpaid scouts of the Clippers, I was not favored by Neil Orsi and old Dunleavy..."

Su Yang sighed with emotion, and then thought about the general manager of the Blazers in the [-]s or Neil Orsey, and immediately mourned for Lillard.

Between emotions, the starter Curry caught Lillard to play, and the substitute Thomas caught McCollum to play. The Blazers' outside three-pointer was cold, and the inside Adelaide's scoring efficiency was very low. The Kings gradually expanded their lead, and finally 123 to 94 Easy win.

In the whole game, Curry scored 40 points and became the first player to score 40+ points in the new season.

ESPN and other media praised Curry. He only made 4 of 3 three-pointers in the game. Most of them broke through and rushed to the basket to kill the inside line. He scored 14 free throws and made 13 of them. In total, he made 19 of 13 shots and his true shooting percentage was as high as 80%. , 0 turnovers in the audience.

The key is 8 assists and 8 rebounds, and considering that he only played 2 minutes in the fourth quarter and hadn't shot yet, it was even more shocking.

Su Yang participated in the post-match press conference and said bluntly: "Curry will be the strongest contender for MVP this season. I hope that all reporters and commentators will not think that he is just lucky because he shoots a lot of three-pointers. Proving how tough..."

On November [-], the Kings challenged the Clippers away.

The biggest change for the Clippers in the new season is sending Dudley away. They originally wanted to recruit LeBron, but unfortunately they failed. President of Basketball Affairs Rivers signed Hawes instead, and also signed the former Boston favorite Davis. It looks like it has been reinforced.

But the problem of weak small forwards is still unresolved. Neither Turkoglu nor Barnes is the answer, and there is no substantial improvement.

Seeing the Clippers' roster, Su Yang understood Rivers quite well. After all, he didn't succeed in trying to engage in 3D in the offseason.

There are too few players like Clay who can do 3 and D, because the adaptability is too high, every team uses it as a baby, and it is almost impossible to trade. Signing flustered, signing the diaphragm should be difficult.

When the game started, the new Clippers owner Ballmer took the initiative to chat with Su Yang and asked curiously: "Why do you have so much energy? You have to run the team and coach the team. By the way, congratulations on getting the Golden One Group the day before yesterday." sponsorship."

Su Yang thought about it for a moment and said bluntly: "Because I am young, just like you were selling the Windows system back then, full of passion."

"Okay!" Ballmer, who is about to turn 60, shrugged helplessly and turned to ask some suggestions for team building. He was particularly curious about how Su Yang brought a team that was at the bottom of the league in only one season and had no big-name players to the West. The final tie-break.

Su Yang wanted to give advice, but the Clippers couldn't choose Doncic, so he could only remind him not to play with the players' feelings.

Ballmer listened thoughtfully.

The game started immediately, Green bickered and pushed Griffin in the first round, and Cousins ​​​​excitedly chimed in.

The two villains were mad at each other, Griffin's mentality was out of balance, and he repeatedly asked for the ball to single out, but he repeatedly hit the iron. In the blink of an eye, after the first quarter of the game, he made 11 of 3 shots in total, which blocked the Clippers' offense. Leading edge, big success.

In the second quarter of the bench, because Crawford was injured and missed, the Clippers did not have a super sixth man. The new Hawes was nominally a supporting center, but with Jordan Farmar, Chris Douglas, Robert, Jared Players such as Cunningham can only cope with a loneliness. It is difficult to run out of tactical opportunities, and they frequently hit the iron when they run out. The Kings quickly lead by 20 points.

The Clippers collapsed completely, and Paul scored 6 points on 5 of 12 shots in a single quarter, but he could do nothing because Curry was equally efficient.

The last 5 minutes of the fourth quarter turned into garbage time. Su Yang arranged for Bazemore and other substitutes to come on the bench, but still arranged tactics.

比赛打完，国王108比92取胜，库里25分6助攻，考辛斯仅靠5罚球拿到34分。

The whole team flew to Denver overnight to challenge the Nuggets in back-to-back away games, and finally stopped sneaking and playing the triangle offense.

In the first quarter of the game, due to fatigue, he entered the state slowly and fell behind by three points. In the second quarter, he slowed down and started beating violently. He made various fouls on the inside and bullied the insiders of the Nuggets. He made 47 free throws in the game, of which Curry won 13 times. Free throws, and then show tough.

After the game, six players scored in double figures and beat the Nuggets 120 to 105. Curry scored a game-high 31 points.

Participating in the press conference after the game, Su Yang jokingly said: "The Nuggets have too many players in the backcourt and too few players in the frontcourt, while the Blazers have too many players in the frontcourt and too few players in the backcourt. It is recommended that the two teams make a trade. The negotiation is successful, remember to give me the agency fee..."

The content of the press conference was reported, and the fans praised Su Yang for having an invincible mentality, and he was not afraid of the potential opponent Blazers becoming stronger.

With four consecutive victories, the Kings team flew back to Sacramento, rested for a day, and played against the Denver Nuggets at home on the [-]th.

This time there was no exhaustion, the Kings were full at the beginning, with 40 points in the first quarter, the Nuggets scored 19 points, and the game went directly into garbage time, and then the audience made 50 free throws, of which Couribo made 11 free throws, leading the team to 131. Big win over 109.

After a brief celebration, the King set off for Arizona with five consecutive victories, ready to challenge the sun and hit the goal of six consecutive victories.

(End of this chapter)