basketball scientist

Constrained by injuries, the Rockets started the season horribly, with a disappointing 9 wins and 14 losses.

Coincidentally, the Eagles signed Ke Yan as their head coach, and caught up with the record taking off. In order not to cause trouble for the people of the whole country, CCTV continued to increase the number of Eagles' games in the broadcast plan, which also helped the Eagles circle a large number of fans in China. There is a tendency to become "China's second home team".

Ke Yan did not disappoint his hometown folks either. In the weekend morning live broadcast, he defeated the Milwaukee Bucks 125:102. The direct dialogue between the No. 17 pick and No. 8 ended with Paul's victory again. ([-]-[-])

Compared with the previous law that "the second place in the top pick must have water", this season's Bodog and Paul are not bad, and they have shown good performances in their respective teams, which has nothing to do with the word "parallel imports".

Although Bogou has no dominance on the offensive end, it knows everything but has no killer moves, but on the defensive end, it is stable in the penalty area, and the work of top defense and assistance defense is done well. Considering that the Bucks are really short of people inside, it is true to choose Bogou Very safe and worth it.

But even so, the Bucks' No. [-] pick is still defined as an "unsuccessful" draft, because Paul is so good.

In his rookie season, he averaged 20+9 per game, close to a large double-double of 20+10. Almost no rookie has ever been able to play at this level.Although the team focuses on running and bombing tactics, it is convenient for Paul to produce good-looking data, which can be regarded as a BUFF bonus.But Paul's stable style of play, excellent organization and connection, plus the first-class defensive level among point guards, these fans who watched the game have a deep understanding.

Encountered doubts from the outside world, Bucks general manager Vandeweghe is also very helpless.The position he was in at the time was that the selection of Bodog was the general trend and the popular will. If you choose the right one, you will have merit, but if you choose the wrong one, you will have no fault; but if you choose Paul, if Reed does not renew the contract, Paul will not be as good as he imagined. He is going to take the blame.

They are all workers, who would make fun of their own jobs?

What's more, Bodog is still doing well now, catching up with the overall decline of the Eastern Conference, the Bucks' inside level is definitely above the standard.

In a sense, the timing of the rise of Ke Yan and the Eagles was just right, just in the year when the Rockets "crashed" due to injuries, and the preference of Chinese fans had nowhere to rest.

That is, after this game, the Eagles made a probe to the Rockets for the first time, negotiating the Rockets' first-round pick in the 06 draft.

"Larry, are you kidding me? You know how serious injuries we have suffered this season! It's not polite to talk to me about draft picks at this time~" Carol Dawson received Larry Sand After the phone call, he replied "angry".

"Carol, if the Rockets decide to give up this season, then forgive me." Larry Sander finished speaking, paused for a while, did not wait for Dawson's reply, and then said, "Actually, you also You know, the Rockets aren't completely hopeless, and Jeff and the players don't want to waste a year, do they?"

Last season, the Rockets also started with 6 wins and 11 losses, and finally reached the fifth position in the Western Conference; although the start of this season is a bit more difficult, from the management to the players, they have not decided to give up this season. Make appropriate reinforcements to increase the possibility of the team hitting the playoffs. The team is willing to improve the team's strength.

The Eagles wanted to "take advantage of the fire" and got the Rockets' current lottery pick, and the Rockets also "had evil intentions". They hoped that this pick would sell for a higher value. After strengthening the lineup, with the comeback of Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady, they rushed into the playoffs and devalued the draft picks. In this way, this deal is their magic hand!

"Josh Smith, is it possible?" Dawson tentatively asked.

"Carol, do you know how destructive the lineup of Yao Ming + McGrady + Josh Smith is?" Larry Sander asked.

After a long time, Dawson finally said: "Then I will discuss it with the coach. In fact, you don't have very good players."

What Dawson said is not that the Eagles have a poor lineup, but that there are not many players who meet the needs of the Rockets.

Paul and Joe Johnson are definitely impossible, Diaw is not the Rockets' dish, and Josh Smith was also rejected.The other players of the Eagles have more distinctive characteristics, and Van Gundy may not necessarily like it.

After hanging up the phone, Larry Sand made a "playful" expression to Keyan.

"What chip do you think we will have to pay?"

"It's hard to say, Van Gundy is a man who values ​​defense. I think they might look at James Posey; if we want to make a balance trade, maybe we have to eat Juwan Howard's garbage contract." Ke Yan frowned, losing Posey's this Chips, this price is a bit too high!

"In this case, it's hard for me to accept it~" Larry Sand advised.

For a draft pick with mediocre prospects, no one thinks it's worth doing such a deal.

"It depends on how they react. It's really impossible to draw a three-way team. Let's try to keep Posey as much as possible, and if we have to, we have to get a wing. Matt and Kerry alone can't last a season." Keyan's thinking is very clear. , He is willing to "take what each needs" with the Rockets, and even let the Rockets "take advantage" of some advantages, but the premise is that it hurts.

He still needs some results to stabilize his position in the Eagles!

. . . . . .

On December 12, the Eagles went to the Northwest to challenge the powerful Denver Nuggets and suffered a 19:98 defeat.

There are a total of 30 teams in the NBA. The Lakers and Clippers share the Staples Center with a total of 29 arenas. Among them, the most obvious home field advantage is the Pepsi Center Arena of the Denver Nuggets.Denver's altitude is as high as 1606 meters, and the Pepsi Center is the highest arena in the league.

The players of the home team live in Denver and don’t feel much about it; when the visiting team comes to play in such a place, the players will inevitably have some physiological reactions, and the competitive state will decline a lot. This is why the Pepsi Center Arena is called "the home of the devil". reason.

The Eagles, which are dominated by young players, got off the ground. After the opening, there was no competitive state. No matter how they shot, they were hit by the Nuggets with a 23:6 start and entered an official timeout.

During the timeout, Ke Yan made some tactical adjustments, but the players were out of shape, as if they were languid, and any tactical arrangements were in vain. The point difference between the two teams once reached 21 points.

It wasn't until the end of the first quarter that the players gradually adapted to the atmosphere of the home court on the plateau, played some content, and narrowed the point difference to 18 points. (36:18)

Relying on the advantages established in the first quarter, the Nuggets slowed down the pace of the game in the subsequent games.The offensive end focuses on Anthony, relying on Melon's excellent singles to overwhelm Posey; he doesn't play fast breaks easily, but if he has a chance to attack, a group of birds and beasts can fly into the sky and escape from the ground, and his athletic ability is not inferior to the Eagles.

High-post double pick-and-roll, V-shaped offense, 2-3 high-position offense, Ke Yan played tricks on the offensive end, but still failed to turn the situation around, George Karl responded to all changes with the same, relying on Anthony's outstanding performance, He took the Eagles abruptly. (17-9)

两天之后，12月21日，老鹰队爆出了本队最大冷门，客场91比93输给了犹他爵士队。（17-10）

The Hawks led by 15 points in the first half, but were reversed by the opponent in the second half. Especially in the fourth quarter, the players seemed to be possessed by evil spirits and couldn't make any shots!

Facing his lifelong enemy, Deron Williams, Paul "unsurprisingly" was completely abused. He made 18 of 6 in the game, 3 of 1 three-pointers, 2 of 2 free throws, and scored 15 points and 5 assists;

乔约翰逊同样表现低效，21中7，三分球4中1，罚球6中5，得到20分5篮板2助攻。

The Jazz had the home whistle factor in their win, but the bigger problem was the Hawks' own underperformance.Deron and Boozer's Utah Shuangsha run-in has not yet taken shape, and its power is not that great. The Eagles completely lost to themselves!

Losing to the Nuggets is within Ke Yan's acceptance range, and an upset loss to the Jazz is also the ecology of the NBA. There is no team that can only "beat the strong with the weak" and has never overturned.

On the plane back to Atlanta, Ke Yan found Paul and Dior, who were not doing well, and gave them eye drops.

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On December 12, the last game before Christmas, the Eagles returned home and faced the challenge of the Indiana Pacers.

Not long ago, the Pacers just made adjustments to the team lineup, using Artest in exchange for Stojakovic of the Kings.

Although a "stab" of the team was cleaned up, but Artest was replaced by the declining Peja, the strength of the Pacers has declined somewhat.Peja's outside shooting is more threatening, but whether it is singles with the ball or outside defense, it is obviously not as good as Artest.After the trade, the Pacers started their positional offensive, relying more on O'Neal.

O'Neal won the jump ball and the Pacers took the lead in attacking.

Tinsley firmly controlled the ball and came to the frontcourt. Jeff Foster and O'Neal made a double screen for Stephen Jackson on the strong side.

Joe Johnson refused to give an inch, crazily clinging to Jackson, and did not allow Jackson to find a chance to attack in a dislocation.After Wu Sheng received the ball, he didn't choose to play hard by himself, but handed the ball to O'Neal who was not in a good position.

Not catching the ball in a comfortable position, O'Neal caught it with his back, took one look at Diaw, and turned to face the frame.

Shot fakes, dribbles, elbows, put Diaw away, and lightly hit the basket.

In addition to being soft, hard, and dull, O'Neal is basically the strongest power forward in the league.Even for Stoudemire, who has more gorgeous statistics, Ke Yan feels that O'Neal's abilities are more comprehensive, and the defensive end is even more different.

The Eagles attacked, Paul held the ball, and Tinsley defended firmly. At the moment Diola came out of the pick-and-roll, Paul was ready to hold the ball and prepare to break through as usual. O'Neal stuck Paul firmly and made a full attack on Paul. Delay.

O'Neal switched defenses, Tinsley chased and defended the pincer, and Diaw was in an unguarded position.

Paul widened the distance between himself and Diaw as much as possible, and then returned the ball to Diaw. Diaw had no open shot for the first time, and took a step inside. Foster's defense immediately rotated.

Diaw handed the ball to the open Josh Smith, and O'Neal has retreated to the penalty area for protection.Josh Smith "overlord hard bow", knocked O'Neal away and scored the ball, causing the opponent to foul!

"Beautiful!" Snyder and Hornacek stood up to celebrate at the same time, but Ke Yan was "calm" as always.

Leaving aside Josh Smith's last tough 2+1, the Pacers' defense has been done very well, or, Carlisle has found a way to limit the Eagles' offense in a positional battle!

After the pick-and-roll, pinch Paul, empty Diaw outside the three-point line, and bet on Dio's three-pointer; if Diaw chooses to break through inside, the big man inside will step up to defend, and the big man pinching Paul will quickly return to the penalty area to protect the frame. . . . . .

In arranging this defensive strategy, Carlisle has two things in mind. One is that O'Neal's mobility can ensure the completion of the work of "delaying Paul --- retracting the restricted area to protect the frame" and ensure that he does not lose his position.

The second is that Dior's three-pointer is unstable, not to say that there is no such thing, but the Eagles' extremely powerful offense is oppressed on Dior's three-pointer. This kind of defense is worth trying!

"Shua!" Josh Smith made an extra free throw, 3:2.

The Pacers continue to focus on O'Neal, and let O'Neal receive the ball in the low post through the high and low pass.

Josh Smith and Diaw formed a pincer attack in a timely manner and blocked the line of Jermaine O'Neal's internal pass. Jr. O'Neal distributed the ball to Stephen Jackson who cut in. The latter received the ball without staying and directly hit the ground to Jeff Foster. .

But this is the time!

Paul ghostly appeared on Stephen Jackson's passing line, broke the ball, and quickly took the ball down immediately.

Josh Smith, who was still flanking Jermaine O'Neal just now, accelerated forward on the right side. The Eagles fast-breaked the frontcourt and played two-on-one.

Under the balance of the two, Jackson simply strangled Josh Smith, opened the middle door, and watched Paul drive straight in and score a layup.

This time, the fans who wanted to watch the wonderful dunk were a little disappointed.

But the fun is yet to come.

The Pacers attacked. Tinsley and O'Neal played a pick-and-roll. After a successful breakthrough, Paul took the ball away from behind. The Eagles found another fast break opportunity. This time the situation was even more exaggerated. Paul, Joe Johnson, Josh Smith's Three-line fast break, the Pacers have only one Stephen Jackson in the backcourt.

Two consecutive rounds have become the backdrop for the Eagles' fast break. I don't know whether to praise Jackson for his good defensive awareness, or should he be a bit unlucky?

With one against three, in this situation, Jackson is destined to be unable to stop the Eagles from raging at the basket, so he simply gave up resistance.Josh Smith rushed to the basket, pulled a big windmill back with both hands, and dunked the ball heavily into the basket. (7:2)

Josh Smith's physical hardware talent is comparable to that of James, but his ball feel and quotient are much worse.Therefore, Ke Yan trained him as Marion, made use of his strengths and avoided his weaknesses, sprinted more back and forth without the ball, cut to the basket at the right time in positional battles, actively assisted in defending and filling positions on the defensive end, reduced holding the ball, and did not let him practice mid-range shots. To prevent him from turning into a "CIC Pretty Boy".

A precise arrangement was made for the Eagles' offense, but the Eagles still beat him 7-0. Carlisle was a little anxious. In the next round of offense, the core of the team, Jr. O'Neal, asked for the ball in the low post, facing Diaw and Josh Smith. The two defended hard, causing a foul by Josh Smith, and then made two free throws. (7:4)

As the boss of the team, O'Neal is more responsible, and dares to carry the team on his shoulders when he is dying.

The Eagles continued to play the pick-and-roll, Diaw went down to hang Tinsley, Paul singled O'Neal, swayed the opponent through the change of rhythm, and continued to penetrate into the restricted area. Eagles score in positional battle (9:4)

In a blink of an eye, Diaw found a way to deal with the Pacers' defensive thinking. He was really inaccurate inside the three-point line, but when he went down to the free throw line, the threat multiplied, and Tinsley couldn't ignore it.In this way, Paul was given the opportunity to "military training" O'Neal.

The Pacers attacked. This time Tinsley used O'Neal's pick-and-roll to break through to the inside. However, during the breakthrough process, he used the space brought by O'Neal to pull the ball to the left 45 degrees. Stephen Jackson's hands.

The latter started the moment he received the ball, forced Joe Johnson away, and went straight to the basket.

"Boom!"

Josh Smith couldn't make up for it, and he had no choice but to become the background board for Stephen Jackson's point deduction!

"Roar!"

A roar came from his mouth, Stephen Jackson seemed to want to use this dunk to vent his anger that he was almost dunked by Josh Smith just now.

A skinny camel is bigger than a horse. The Pacers have had frequent disasters in the past few years. The legendary Miller retired after the end of last season.

The Eagles established a slight advantage by relying on a 7-0 spurt at the beginning. Under Carlisle's scheduling, the Pacers relied on a very competitive lineup to bite the score.

Like Ke Yan, Carlisle is also a representative of academic coaches in the league. He has a very high tactical quality and has always led the team with stable results.The two sides battled wits and courage, and the stalemate continued until the end of the first quarter. The Eagles led by 28 points at 24:4.

The turning point of the game came in the second quarter. After Jermaine O'Neal took a break, the Pacers lacked the main offensive starting point, and launched an attack around Peja and Danny Granger on the outside. The efficiency dropped significantly.

Although he was still the second-best scorer in the league last season, Peja is really just a shooter, just an extremely accurate shooter. A player like him has great effects in a suitable system, but entering a new environment Among them, it is really difficult to immediately show a strong combat power.

The key point is that Granger is not a player who can play singles with the ball. He is also good at catching the ball and shaking it at most before making a quick shot.Between the two wing players, the style of play and positioning overlapped, and a good tacit understanding was not formed.

For the Eagles, Joe Johnson and David Lee scored through pick-and-roll tactics.Facing Harrison, David Lee has an obvious footstep advantage. He can face the frame and break into the basket for a layup with his footsteps, and he can also shoot mid-range jumpers.

The joining of Milicic has somewhat unexpectedly activated David Lee. Not only has he been liberated on the defensive end, he does not need to defend the opponent's strongest inside line. On the offensive end, Milicic can also be ranked high and low. Cooperate.

This is why Milicic replaced Mickey Moore and got more playing time. He can provide the team with more changes on the court.

The Eagles went all out and opened the point difference to 12 points.The main lineups of the two sides returned, and Milicic stayed on the court. With Dior, O'Neal was restricted, and the effect was not bad.

Compared with the previous all-star insiders who had to surrender on the defensive end and racked their brains to speed up the pace on the offensive end and drag down the opponent; now Ke Yan has one more choice.Milicic's performance in the "blue-collar" position is not bad, which also makes Ke Yan secretly proud. He didn't pay too much and got a qualified inside substitute, which happens to be the type that the team urgently needs.

At halftime, the Eagles led 54:43.

In the second half of the game, the Pacers mainly launched the offense through O'Neal, driving the role players to play, and once narrowed the point difference to only 4 points.However, at the end of the third quarter and the beginning of the fourth quarter, when Jermaine O'Neal came off the court to rest, the point difference was immediately opened to double digits by the Eagles.

After several twists and turns, the Eagles finally held on to the victory and won the game 110:97, ending the two-game losing streak and allowing the Eagles fans to enjoy the Christmas holiday in a good mood. (18-10)

"Rick Carlisle is the best tactical master in the league. Every game against him is very difficult. Fortunately, the Eagles won the game today, and I am also very happy. I can make the Eagles fans hum Cheerful songs leave the Phillips Center." In an interview after the game, Ke Yan expressed his respect for Carlisle.

Carlisle is not inferior to Keyan in terms of tactical attainments, it may just lack some flexibility.In addition, Ke Yan has more "golf quotient" players under his command and will be more self-adjusting on the court. Compared with the Pacers players, this should have the upper hand.

"After winning, what kind of Christmas gift do you plan to reward yourself?" The reporter asked concerned.

"I hope Santa Claus will bring my girlfriend back from Los Angeles." Ke Yan answered the question with a wry smile as soon as the question was mentioned.

90% of the head coaches in the league are already married. There are very few Ke Yan who are only 25 years old and still unmarried, but there is another person who "comes to her city for love", and the media is naturally willing. Pay attention to a wave.

"I think your wish will come true."

"Thank you~"