stadium ambition

Chapter 349 The Crazy Experiment of the Champion Coach
The game situation became awkward.

The strongest Celtics in the imagination, after a few rounds of offense, they didn't score a single point. The key point is that they didn't adopt the casual way of playing in the All-Star Game, but set up formation and running tactics. So serious.

However, after a brief shock, Rivers' expression became calm again, full of the style of a champion coach.

The game quickly reached the last minute of the first quarter, the West requested a timeout, and Popovich made personnel adjustments.

Su Yang and other four main players all rested. Gasol and Paul became the core of the West's offense and defense. Westbrook, who was selected for the All-Star Game for the first time, was also arranged to play. He and Griffin staged two slam dunk shows. They screamed again and again.

During the break time, Kobe took the initiative to chat with Su Yang about the current situation, but did not talk about competing for AMVP at all.

On the contrary, the handsome Durant brought up the topic, thinking that it coincided with the 60th anniversary of the All-Star Weekend, and the venue happened to be the home court of the Lakers and Clippers. Who is high and who is low.

To that statement, Su Yang responded with a smile.

Kobe said he welcomes the competition, everyone depends on their own abilities, and also mentioned that at the All-Star in 03, Bryan Shaw persuaded him to lose the game at the last moment, so that Jordan could get the AMVP and come up with a perfect ending that everyone recognized. But he resolutely refused, thinking that even if Jordan is as big of a face, if he wants a trophy, he has to work hard to win it.

Nowitzki and Duncan agreed with Kobe's point of view, and assistant coach Budenholzer also encouraged Su Yang not to worry.

While the generals in the Western Conference were chatting, the time came to the first official timeout of the second quarter, and the referee whistled to stop the game.

Popovich walked to the front of the generals, clapped his hands excitedly like a child seeing a new toy, and said: "During the pre-match interview in the afternoon, I made an agreement with Doug that we want to conduct some crazy experiments. Because this is the 60th anniversary of the All-Star, it is of great significance in the history of the NBA, and each of you is a representative of a certain style. ..."

Su Yang nodded frequently in response, what Popovich said was true.

The players selected for this All-Star Weekend are very representative. Kobe, Duncan, and Nowitzki are three veteran players who have already surpassed their peak experience. Rose and Westbrook are almost the two most comprehensive physical fitness players in NBA history A point guard, LeBron and Durant can be called the two extreme styles of small forwards, and Love and Horford are centers with good three-point shooting percentages.

Push forward 10 years, and 10 years later, you will not be able to find such a colorful all-star lineup.

"Boston's four players appearing at the same time is just a tribute..." Popovich smirked, "Next, Doug and I will conduct a series of crazy experiments. Unprecedented game experience, the following is the first attempt, please call the name players, get ready, Russell..."

Westbrook poked his neck at the sound, looked at the western generals with some doubts, and slowly stood up with his hips on his hips and waited.

Su Yang, Durant, Griffin, and Love were called by their names, and they all stood up to prepare.

"OK, there are five of you, I want to experience the feeling of coaching young players!" Popovich showed a fake disgusted expression, looked at Duncan, then at Ginobili, "My players seem to be 50 years old. old..."

Duncan chuckled lightly, and Ginobili leaned over to lean on his shoulder, pretending to cry sadly.

Popovich asked again: "Do you have any opinions on this? Of course, even if I have opinions, I will not..."

The generals in the West laughed, and their eyes fell on Kobe one after another, as if tacitly agreeing that Kobe might have an opinion.

Kobe thought for a while, and said: "I want to experience playing All-Star with two teammates, and Melo playing small forward..."

Popovich nodded: "No problem, it's your turn after their group, 4 minutes for each group."

With such an arrangement, everyone is happy.

The generals in the west formed a circle, joined hands and shouted 123 Come on in unison, looking a little united.

The whistle sounded as the timeout was about to end, and the western lineup was displayed on the central big screen.

The cheers of the audience erupted, and anyone could see that it was a lineup of pure young players.

A few seconds later, the East five-man list was also displayed, and the audience cheered even more violently than before.Su Yang looked up curiously and found that it was LeBron, Ray Allen, Joe Johnson, Bosh and Al Horford.

"This is all about building a lineup around LeBron," Durant said enviously. "Everyone can shoot three-pointers, and they are also very capable of running without the ball. They can use LeBron's ability to break through with the ball to some extreme." , tsk tsk..."

Su Yang nodded silently, LeBron played with the ball, and with four shooters, it was an extreme tactical system.

The core of this tactical system is that LeBron has super breakthrough ability, super passing ability, and super layup finishing ability, qualified mid-range shots and three-pointers, so that defenders face many problems and cannot handle them all properly.

Of course, LeBron can also play off the ball. The premise is that there must be a master point guard like Kidd or Paul to fight on the same field as a teammate, but even then, many tactics centered on LeBron are the most profitable options.

"So, who is responsible for defending LeBron?" Griffin showed a little worry, but also a little excitement. "He occasionally plays the fourth position in the Heat. I always want to confront him head-on. Could it be tonight?"

"You're good at defending..." Love paused for a moment, looked at Su Yang, then looked at Westbrook, "The more troublesome thing is that if LeBron is the main point guard, someone will always be misplaced against him, or Joe Johnson and Ray Allen."

"I'm going to defend!" Westbrook's tone was firm, "Su, you play shooting guard and let me get the ball at any time."

"Okay!" Su Yang patted Westbrook on the shoulder, knowing that Westbrook's arrogance is so strong that no one is afraid, but he must suffer a disadvantage if he defends LeBron head-on, "We can also prevent them from launching misplaced attacks many times by delaying in advance... "

There are many ways to prevent misplaced attacks, such as early delay, double-team delay, active defense, etc., but the problem is that among the five players in the East, even Al Horford can shoot three-pointers, and LeBron has a super pass. ball ability.

In short, it is difficult, but it is also the best solution at present.

"It's not that scary..." Westbrook waved his hand, "We shrink and block the inside line, suppress LeBron's breakthrough space, and limit his passing route. If they can still hit three-pointers like that, then they have good skills and dribbling, and they can just hit back. .”

Durant nodded in agreement: "Yes, we have super offensive capabilities, and we will fight against them."

Griffin and Love also nodded in agreement. Su Yang thought for a while and felt that what Westbrook said made sense.

Delays in advance and other methods are usually used without any problem, but now five people belong to a temporary team, and various running positions are prone to tacit understanding. Shrinking and blocking the inside line is the safest defensive strategy, which can guarantee the lower limit of points lost.

While thinking about it, the whistle sounded at the end of the timeout, and the referee signaled the game to continue.

(End of this chapter)