start with scouting

Chapter 585

Taking advantage of the pre-match preparations, Su Yang deliberately took a look at the changes in the Pacers after the trade.

The Pacers were not bad, but because of the addition of Jokic, the rookie Myers Turner became the starter, and George Hill was also reused, probably because George Hill grew up in the Spurs, and his understanding of tactics was different from that of Jokic. Qi has a certain tacit understanding.

Relatively speaking, Monta Ellis lost his starting position, and the Pacers' starting lineup became around Jokic.

Such changes have improved the Pacers' winning rate compared to before, and the voice of questioning the transaction has gradually disappeared.

Jokic's ability to lead the team has been fully demonstrated.

Much better than Davis, and Harden has wins and losses. After all, Murray is the only main player injured, and he can also win 60%.

Towns and Embiid are also incomparable. Looking at the entire NBA, no center can organize passes like Jokic.

On the 23rd of the next day, the Kings played against the Pacers at home.

After the pre-match ceremony, the announcer began to introduce the players of the visiting team. According to the previous standard, he only read the basic information of the players of the visiting team, such as their numbers and high schools, and his tone was cold. Unless they were of Kobe’s level, they would only enthusiastically broadcast relevant honors during the retirement season.

However, according to Su Yang's request, the announcer strongly introduced Jokic to play, and he was directly named the best passing center in history.

Jokic stood up and waved with surprise on his face, Su Yang applauded along with the fans, and the cards were full.

The game started immediately.

Su Yang didn't deliberately target or relax Jokic, so he played at a normal pace. The Kings led 31 to 25 in the first quarter.

On the defensive end, the Pacers were either continuously stunned or caught up in a fast offense. It was difficult to defend against the Kings offense. Their head coach Vogel did not force him to improve his defense. He just encouraged him to play at his own pace and seemed not worried about losing. The ball is over.

Seeing Vogel's performance, Su Yang thought that after the end of the season, Vogel would definitely be fired, and he could be invited to join the Kings' coaching staff, but he didn't know if the Magic would invite Vogel to be the head coach and lead the youth The military is quite strong.

Apart from the ability to manage the youth army.

Su Yang also appreciates Vogel's struggle history: He loves basketball very much, but his physical fitness is too poor, and he can't even reach the level of college basketball. He can only aspire to develop in the direction of coaching. The famous marshal Rick Pitty made a perfunctory remark, and ran to Kentucky to be a video coordinator with the cheek, but he didn't even know how to use a computer, so he was quite courageous.

Simply put, Vogel's struggle is like a slow-paced basketball-themed movie, inspirational and full of legends.

What is even more legendary is that the coach of the Nets is Lawrence Frank. At that time, he was working as a salesperson in the canteen in the five-star basketball training camp. The happiest time every day was listening to the 17-year-old genius Jeff Van Gundy brag about how to design tactics for a team...

"Sometime in the future, I will write a story about what happened to these head coaches in the five-star basketball training camp."

While Su Yang thought about it, the Kings easily defeated the Pacers 108-97 and won a six-game winning streak in a small way.

The two teams shook hands after the game.

The Kings players Jokic clapped and hugged each other.

约基奇全场拿到17分13助攻10篮板，还有2个抢断和1个盖帽，效率极高。

In order to reflect his own value, George blasted 48 points, 13 rebounds and 2 assists, and cheered in the post-match interview.

Su Yang specifically hinted at Vogel: "I hope to work with you one day in the future. I really appreciate your coaching ideas."

Vogel responded with a smile: "If you have the opportunity, you must consider it!" But there was no fluctuation in his eyes, as if he had been prepared for a long time.

After returning to the office after the game, the Kings coaching staff resumed the game as usual.

Mike Brown reminded: "LaVine's performance in the game was quite bad. He made 3 of 1 shots, 3 points and 3 fouls..."

"my question!"

Su Yang admitted his mistake without hesitation, mainly to let George prove himself in front of his old club, and deliberately gave George the ball more. Curry and Cousins ​​​​also had the ball. As a result, LaVine, who was a fake starter, was present Can't find a suitable opportunity online.

"I will go to LaVine to discuss in detail later. We will adjust the rotation and let George be the starting shooting guard..."

George himself is a swinging forward and guard, and his physical condition is enough to defend many guards. The offense will not have much impact. The King is not a routine offense. It will not ask George to become a pure shooting guard like Redick or Ray Allen, and it will be better ground with the inside line.

Covington correspondingly mentioned the starting small forward position, which does not occupy the ball so much, and the quality of defense will not be reduced.

LaVine switched to serve as the No.1 backup shooting guard, and Turner was adjusted to be the first backup small forward, but Turner's offensive desire is not so strong, which is equivalent to the entire bench lineup. Only Thomas Jr. and LaVine share the ball. West and Whiteside are not considered.

"I think it works."

Assistant coach McMillan was the first to support, and Mike Brown, Di Brown and others also nodded in support. Adjustment.

Su Yang immediately found Lavin for a detailed chat.

LaVine happily accepted the bench.

Along with that, Su Yang found David West again, and said straight to the point: "This matter is really embarrassing. I promised you at the beginning that I would guarantee your playing time as a substitute power forward, but now the team The situation needs to be made…”

"I understand what you mean, I am very happy to give up the position to Jeremy Grant, he is full of talent and worth cultivating."

West was not upset at all, "I just want to win the championship, and I am willing to do anything to win the championship, don't worry."

The conversation went surprisingly smoothly.

Su Yang held West's hand tightly to express his gratitude. There was a promise at the time of the recruitment. West had every right and reason to be angry, but West chose to be generous and would not cause any trouble for future player recruitment. , Belonging to sacrifice for the team.

It was mainly Lavin's struggle that made Su Yang realize that Grant could no longer be stocked, and that he must hurry up and speed up his training.

Of course, the route remains the same.

Still start with defense and three-pointers.

One day off on the 25th, the Kings will face the Hornets.

The new starting lineup played for the first time. George started the game closely defending Walker, Curry went around the cover to defend Jeremy Lin from breaking through, and Covington and Antetokounmpo switched defenses between the third and fourth positions, perfectly bullying the 198 tall Hairston and Marvin Williams.

In short, the defense is directly full.

After the first quarter, the Kings lead 31-15.

The Hornets had no power to resist.

Immediately following the second quarter, LaVine, Turner, Thomas, Grant, Whiteside, the five-man group continued to crush.

At halftime, the Kings led by 24 points.

The situation in the third quarter did not change. Curry clocked out after scoring two three-pointers in a row, and the Kings all came off the bench in the fourth quarter.

In the end, the Kings won 129-114.

LaVine, who was replaced as a substitute, made 15 of 10 shots efficiently, scored 28 points and 7 rebounds, and his state was a bit hot.

Grant scored 13 points, 8 rebounds and 2 blocks, one of which was rookie center Kaminsky who blocked 213 shots.

After beating the Hornets, the Kings flew to Portland overnight and started a three-game trip non-stop, back-to-back in the first game.

But in three consecutive games, first a small win over the Blazers, then a big win over the Pelicans, and finally an overtime lore over the Grizzlies, had little impact.

LaVine's performance is getting better and better and more stable. In four consecutive games, he averaged 18.9 points, 3.1 assists and 3.4 rebounds per game.In addition, after Covington switched to the starting lineup, the offensive data dropped slightly, but the defensive data increased significantly, and there was no loss.

The most important thing is that Antetokounmpo's defensive pressure has become lighter, and his shooting percentage has increased accordingly, with nearly [-]% of the open space.

After the game, he flew back to Sacred City knowingly, and the NBA officials announced the All-Star substitutes, Cousins ​​and George were selected for the frontcourt at the same time.

Su Yang congratulated Curry together, and turned to prepare for the six Eastern Conference teams before the All-Stars.

(End of this chapter)