basketball task

Chapter 50
It’s just that they met the Spurs who are better at defense. After the Spurs won the championship last year, this year’s lineup has further aged. Finley and Bowen are close to retirement. Hawley and Barry look like antiques from the last century, so Popovich It is necessary to further slow down the rhythm of the game, and gradually find its own rhythm through slow-paced offense and defense. The current half-court battle is just right for Popovich.

Facing Bowen's single defense, Iguodala turned his back decisively. After two tops, he directly made a fallback jumper, but unfortunately he missed.

The game has just started, and Iguodala's hands are still a little cold. In fact, Iguodala can get enough shots every night, but there are not many times when he feels hot.

Moreover, he faced Bruce Bowen today, the best defensive player level.

"Qian, pay attention to Bowen's movements." Cheeks took the time to instruct Channing: "If you want to develop to the third position, then Bowen's defense is at the textbook level."

"Yeah." Channing nodded again and again. In fact, he has been paying attention to Bowen for a long time. In addition to the excellent overall defense, the Spurs also produced many top single-defense players, such as Duncan, Leonard, and Bowen are also very good. An expert on perimeter defense, he was selected to the All-Defensive Team 8 times in his career, 5 times in the first team, and 3 times in the second team. He can be called one of the best defensive players in the league's second and third positions.

Although Channing already has the four-star Kakirilenko's defensive package, the Russians rely more on their athletic ability to make up defenses. In one-on-one defense, especially in the defense of outside players, it is obvious Bowen is even better.

The rebound was taken by Duncan, the Spurs attacked, Parker advanced to the frontcourt, made a gesture, and Oberto came up as a screen, allowing Parker to break through to the left.

The old Miller decisively chose to squeeze over, but the Spurs' pick-and-roll coordination has been practiced very well. Parker made a simple change of direction, and at the same time Oberto took a step sideways to block Miller firmly.

Parker's golf quotient is comparable to that of the old Miller, but his speed is much faster than Miller's. When he broke through with one step, Miller could only look at his back and sigh.

Parker gave the ball to Duncan under the basket and played Evans one-on-one.The old-fashioned Duncan raised his hands, and Evans had already been picked up. When Evans started to fall, Duncan took off calmly and scored 2 points on the board.

The Spurs scored first, and Chen Ning was convinced off the court. The Spurs deserved to be the champion. Every tactic was executed rigorously. Whether it was screens or changes in pick-and-rolls, the players had a good understanding.

In fact, the offensive tactics of basketball are very simple. It is nothing more than creating open positions or easy one-on-one opportunities through screens, pick-and-rolls, running and passing, but the key is the executor. Before blocking Parker, he was eager to go back to the basket and wait for the ball to attack, so Philadelphia's pick-and-roll just now had no effect, and Spurs insider Oberto not only blocked Miller, but also used a step to perfectly match Parker's breakthrough change, If fans were allowed to choose between Dalembert and Oberto, I believe that nine out of ten would choose the stronger and more famous Dalembert, but Oberto was trained by Popovich. , is a better team player.

This is the role of a good coach. Popovich is the name card of the Spurs. He can make some players who don't look so strong fit into the Spurs' lineup perfectly and become a part of San Antonio's overall basketball.

In contrast, Cheeks is another kind of coach who is good at getting along with players, mobilizing players' enthusiasm, and developing their own potential. However, in terms of tactical design and execution details, he is still a bit lower than a master like Popovich. files.

Channing admired the Spurs and Popovich in his heart, but Cheeks was muttering about Evans' poor defense just now, flying at one point. Although Evans has been in the league for five years, he is like a hairy The guy is also prone to false moves. Although his rebounding ability is top-notch, Evans is not good at single defense and protecting the basket, which makes Cheeks dissatisfied.

But this can't be blamed on Evans. As a 2.03-meter pocket insider, Evans has to jump as soon as others raise his hand. If he doesn't jump, he won't be able to interfere at all. The coach's scolding will be seen by everyone as defensive laziness. It is better to jump more, at least it looks like the defense is working hard. This is why Evans is sometimes too active and easy to fake.As a short insider, Evans is close to the ceiling of his ability and cannot ask for more.

Popovich is very relaxed. The 76ers can't put any pressure on him. In front of Popovich, the entire inside and outside of Philadelphia is full of defensive loopholes, especially when Duncan is facing Evans. The suppression of height makes Duncan play very easily. .

Iguodala broke through with the ball, passed Bowen and faced Duncan's long arm, but still failed to score. The ball was too difficult. Evans seized the opportunity to grab the offensive rebound this time, but His second offense was blocked by Oberto. There was no way, let alone Duncan, even Oberto turned into Olajuwon when facing Evans.

The Spurs got the ball again, Duncan and Parker received the pass after the pick-and-roll, took a dribble to make a shot, Evans rushed over, Dalembert also rushed to defend, but Duncan feinted, Then he directly hit the ground and passed the ball. Oberto, who was inside, easily dunked without any defense.

"Speed ​​up the rotation!" Cheeks yelled from the sidelines, but it didn't help much. In the next round, Duncan sat down and hit Evans in a low position. 45 degrees hit the board to score.

Completely overwhelmed, Evans is in exactly the same situation as the 76ers. Only 7 minutes into the first quarter, the Spurs have already led by 12 points.

With too many leads, Popovich was the first to call a timeout for substitutions. The seasoned Pop paid great attention to controlling the playing time of the old players. Duncan, Parker and Bowen took a rest and replaced them with a substitute lineup led by Ginobili.

For the 76ers, Cheeks also rested Iguodala and Evans, and Smith and Louis Williams were sent on.

Chan Ning is still sitting on the bench, which makes many Chinese fans very frustrated.

"Even the rookie Smith, who was picked behind Channing, appeared on the stage. It seems that Channing may really be given up by the coaching staff." More and more people believed those rumors, and many fans even turned off the live broadcast window I don't want to watch it anymore.

(End of this chapter)