start with scouting

Chapter 547
During the six-day preparation time, the Kings video analysis of the Bulls and targeted training were carried out accordingly, focusing on breaking the defense.

Su Yang led the coaching staff, joint scouting department, and video analysis department to hold an early meeting to discuss strategies.

Throughout the regular season, the Bulls averaged 96.8 points per game, ranking third in the league, and averaged 100 points per 104.3 rounds, ranking 10th in the league. excellent.

"The bulls don't want to get up, so we have to force them to get up, it's too familiar to us, it's too easy..."

Assistant coach Di Brown was very excited to see the data analysis, and actively made suggestions. He sent out five small lineups. Green and Antetokounmpo pushed the fast break together. Curry and Covington followed up and prepared to catch and shoot on both sides, and there was a guy Always be ready to single out and steal chickens.

"I don't think so..."

Assistant coach Mike Brown then expressed his disapproval, "In those years when I was coaching in the East, I knew the Bulls or coach Thibodeau's defensive system very well. They retreated extremely fast, and their execution was particularly strong. It was difficult to improve the tempo by forcing a fast break.

In addition, we also promised Cousins ​​​​that he would get more offensive scenes in the finals. "

After Mike Brown finished speaking, he looked at Su Yang.

Di Brown also looked at Su Yang.

The action of the two is naturally waiting for the final proposal.

Su Yang already had the answer in his mind, and said directly: "The five small lineups can only be used at specific times. The main time is that the traditional lineup is more profitable. Even if Cousins ​​​​is only used as a high-position turret and a low-position single defense, it is better than the five small lineups." It's more secure..."

As someone who has experienced it, Su Yang has watched many videos of teams playing against the Bulls. Small lineups are not very good against the Bulls with Pau Gasol. The 2.0 Cavaliers tried to play against the Bulls with one large and four small lineups. The result was a 13-2 start. crushed.

The Bulls have strong defensive execution and stronger offensive execution. Because of the lack of change, there are only a few routines to play.

Maybe the five small lineups can play, after all, they are faster.

But you can't take risks easily, and it is difficult to fall into a passive situation.

The offense focuses on finalizing, and then discusses specific offensive ideas.

Regarding offense, the three assistant coaches Mike Brown, McMillan, and Di Brown are not very good at it, and scouts need to analyze it more.

Scouting director Blatche took over the topic: "Judging from the two games we played against the Bulls this season, and the Bulls' games against other teams with super guards in the league, they will inevitably double-team Curry on the sideline and delay Curry on the road. In the game, it will definitely force Curry to pass the ball more. For such a defensive strategy, we must do a good job of internal coordination and weak side rotation..."

Between the words, Su Yang could hear his temples throbbing.

Thibodeau was a young Van Gundy and learned something from Rivers. After years of actual combat, he has already achieved great defense.

The defensive strategies that the Bulls have used for a long time, such as retreating super fast, long insiders delaying the attack to the basket, squeezing three-pointers when encountering screens, double-teaming on the sidelines or partial three defenses and two defenses, etc., are very easy to make Curry's various The data drops, and then you can't get FMVP.

The team must take winning the championship as its highest goal.

Will not force opportunities for Curry's FMVP.

It is also possible to let Curry play more off the ball, and let Green, Cousins, Antetokounmpo, and Turner go to the top of the arc to deal cards and instigate offense.

But if the Bulls really want to choke, or if the referee has a relatively large penalty scale and defaults to dragging and dragging, it will be very difficult.

At that time, it will depend on Curry's own performance.

While the Kings were discussing internally, the media and fans were also discussing the final matchup, predicting the final ownership of the championship.

ESPN published a feature article and wrote: "In the post-Jordan era, the Bulls reached the Finals again after 17 years. It was a long wait, and the Kings re-entered the Finals after 64 years. The desire is also very high, and the two teams also have the same luxurious lineup. This is bound to be an extremely exciting round of finals. The current expected ratings have reached 2300 million. If the seventh game is played, it may be possible to impact 98 years The record of 3780 million in the sixth game..."

In order to predict the results of the game between the two teams and avoid the boring situation of the previous 21-16 split, ESPN specially invited [-] well-known commentators to make predictions, and [-] of them were optimistic about the Bulls.

Bill Simmons commented on the show: "The Kings advanced 12-0 in the first three rounds, and they look very strong.

But the Bulls actually only lost three games, and in those three games, we all know that there were some uncontrollable factors.

In comparison, the Bulls will never fall behind 22 to 45 in the first quarter, so the Bulls' defensive strength is much higher than that of the Kings, which means that the Kings can't play their best attack. Divide the ball.

The Bulls will not encounter such a situation, they will not have physical problems, because under the leadership of Coach Thibodeau, their main players have long been used to fighting like that, and with the presence of Anthony, they will not have a scoring shortage at critical moments.

So I think that as long as the Bulls successfully limit Curry, they will defeat the Kings 4-2 and win the championship trophy. "

Bulls star Scott Pippen commented on the show: "First of all, I admit that the offensive efficiency of the Kings' history is very terrifying. It is much higher than the offensive efficiency of our 72-win Bulls. But in the playoffs, defense always wins. champion.

In the three rounds of the Western Conference, the Kings have never encountered high-intensity defense from the Mavericks, to the Thunder, and then to the Rockets.

Needless to say, the Mavericks almost gave up defense in the last two games. Of course, only Chandler can defend the Mavericks themselves.

The Thunder's defense still double-teamed Curry at the beginning, and then insisted on switching defenses, basically without any more pressure.

The Rockets defense is a bit better than the Mavericks. There are delays and double-teams, and the interior frame protection is also good, but we know that Howard is fighting with injuries, and the Rockets have Terry + Harden in the backcourt. Although Harden sometimes defends very well Great, but overall off.

Compared with those three teams, the Bulls are completely different. They will let the Kings feel what the real playoffs are. The Eagles, which are somewhat similar to the Kings, have almost no resistance against the Bulls' defense. The Kings will definitely be much stronger, but There is no qualitative change.

Therefore, I think the Bulls will beat the Kings 4-1 to win the championship, and the Bulls will win three consecutive home games. "

Pippen spoke with confidence.

But someone immediately reminded him that the format of the 15 finals had changed, it was no longer 232, but 22111.

Many fans agreed with the prediction results of the ESPN expert group and the analysis of Bill Simmons and Pippen.

Those fans think that there are too many young people in the Kings, especially Antetokounmpo, LaVine, Green, Anthony, Butler, Gasol and other old fritters in the finals, and they are likely to suffer from experience and mentality, especially Green. Canadian contract.

Those fans also think that the King’s defense is difficult to deal with the Bulls, Rose’s impact is too strong, Curry and LaVine are difficult to defend, and Rose is better at distributing the ball than Westbrook, and has more ball-holding and shooting skills than Harden Teammates, it is difficult for the king to let Antetokounmpo help defend.

A lot of discussions popped up.

The king's internal consultation is also completed.

Su Yang finally made a decision to maximize the dynamic offense and not give the Bulls too many opportunities to form a coordinated defense.

I will learn from the ideas of some famous coach Walton. Although Walton himself made the Lakers a pile of shit, it does not hinder the correctness of his thinking. Those attacking ideas are executed with maximum efficiency.

The king's defense is quite difficult.

Can only watch while playing.

(End of this chapter)