basketball scientist

Under normal circumstances, when they are behind by a big score in the first quarter, Ke Yan will let Joe Johnson bring a substitute to revitalize the offense. This is a common routine for the Eagles.

Grizzlies coach Fratello also guessed this way, so at the beginning of the second quarter, he arranged for Mike Miller and Eddie Jones to continue playing to suppress the Eagles' flanks.

It's just that Ke Yan is called a "scientist", not just knowing those three tricks.He predicted Fratello's prediction, and came up with a trick of "staying away, avoiding the important and taking the light"!

On the surface, the strongest point of the Grizzlies is Gasol on the inside. In fact, Battier, Mike Miller, Eddie Jones, and Childress have an offensive and defensive wing combination that is equally important.

Last season, the Grizzlies' wing faced the Lakers Kobe + Butler's combination without losing the wind. They bluntly relied on the wheel to grind away Kobe, which shows its power.

Keyan can't use his own weaknesses to attack the enemy's strengths.He did not arrange for Joe Johnson to appear on the field. Instead, he arranged for Paul and House to form a double point guard formation, and used more flexible running positions to fight against the Grizzlies' flanks. The players with the most accurate points, inside are Diao and David Lee.

The Eagles' lineup is more mobile and has stronger shooting ability. Whether it is a positional attack or a fast-break counterattack, it is extremely deterrent.

Relatively speaking, the weakness is on the defensive end. Except for Paul, the skills of other players are all on offense.

However, in the case of unbalanced offense and defense, Ke Yan is more willing to give priority to solving the team's offensive problems. This is one of his coaching styles.

Ke Yan's adjustment was immediate. House and Dior completed the off-ball pick-and-roll cooperation, found an open shot and hit a three-pointer, helping the team narrow the point difference to 6 points. (21:27)

Compared with last season, House performed even better this season, averaging 6.8 points per game and shooting 40.4% from three-point range. He has the attributes of a backup point guard and a high-quality shooter.There is a high probability that he will jump out of player options in the summer and seek to sign a "big" contract.

The Grizzlies attacked, facing the relatively weak defense of the Eagles, but did not run the corresponding tactics. After tossing about 16 seconds of attack time, they finally handed the ball to Mike Miller to make a low post to eat Paul.

In order to ensure the flexibility of Paul's offense, the Eagles controlled Paul's weight gain very well. After most of the season, he gained about 7 pounds. This weight could not carry Mike Miller at all. The latter easily opened up the space. Mid-range shot hit.

The team's substitute offense can only allow Mike Miller to play singles, which more or less explains the shortcomings of the Grizzlies lineup, poor offense.

Their lineup is very scientific, veteran point guard + wing group + all-star insider + inside blue-collar, the lower limit is very stable.But at the same time, there is not much room for lineup adjustments.

Last season, the team still had Bunch Wells as a roster thug. This season, Childress, who played this role, was relatively weaker and did not gain the trust of the head coach. Fratello trusted him even more. Mike Miller.

The Eagles’ offense was still Diaw. He mentioned that he would go up the line to cover for House. After the Grizzlies chose the strategy of “delay + switch defense”, Diaw immediately cut into the penalty area and threw the ball straight away after receiving a pass from House. For Kittles in the corner on the weak side, Eddie Jones, who came up to defend, gave up the idea of ​​returning to the position, and also made the commentator on the scene shout "unbelievable!"

Kittles lived up to Dior's wonderful pass and raised his hand to hit a three-pointer. (24:29)

The camera was shown to Ke Yan, and he also showed a smug smile, a look of "all in the palm" at ease.

The Grizzlies attacked, and McMillan singled Eddie House by relying on his size advantage, forcing a breakthrough in, attracting David Lee to defend and then split the ball. It's a pity that his core strength is insufficient. After bumping into Dior, he couldn't control his body. He changed from a dunk to a layup, and he hasn't made any progress yet.

The one who can smash the ball into the basket rain or shine after the pick-and-roll is Stoudemire!There is only one Stoudemire, and his core strength is much stronger than other birds and beasts!

Diaw grabbed the backcourt rebound and pushed a quick counterattack at the first time. The Grizzlies couldn't keep up with the speed of the Eagles. The limited defensive resources gave priority to blocking the outside line of House and Kittles. Paul broke into the penalty area and scored an easy layup. (26:29)

In just three rounds, the situation has been significantly reversed, and the Grizzlies players are a little impatient.Mike Miller played a hero on the offensive end. After a pick-and-roll, he made a two-pointer and hit the iron. David Lee received the rebound steadily!At this time, all Eagles fans stood up!

Paul held the ball and played a pick-and-roll with Dior, broke through a step inside, and made a fake mid-range shot to attract the defense to pass the ball to Dior. The latter caught the ball and passed the ball from Chakalidis' armpit to David Lee at the basket. The latter easily hit the board and entered the basket, and the point difference narrowed again. (28:29)

The Eagles continued to use different methods to complete the offense, and the Grizzlies' defense was riddled with holes. In this case, Fratello was forced to call a timeout.

The fans at the scene stood up and cheered for the team's wonderful performance, and the two wonderful assists sent by Dior were also played on the big screen in slow motion. He is indeed the best passing big man in the league!

After the timeout, the Grizzlies took Gasol back to give the team a fulcrum for the offense and defense inside; and Ke Yan also replaced Paul and Diaw with Joe Johnson and Milicic. Grind the thinking of positional warfare with the Grizzlies, and buy rest time for Paul.

Gasol came on the stage, attacked personally, supported his teammates, and then helped the team complete two consecutive offenses and re-establish the advantage.Ke Yan made tactical adjustments and made an arrangement to attack Bobby Jackson on the line, in order to limit the offense of the Grizzlies.

Bobby Jackson is a typical combo guard. He has excellent shooting ability and accurate three-pointers, but his ability to pass and control is average. The Eagles' pinching strategy worked, and the Grizzlies' offense stopped again. Take advantage.

Seeing Gasol running back and forth on the field, unable to play the ideal offense, Fratello was under a lot of pressure. After a stalemate for 2 minutes, he took the old point guard Damon Stoudemire ahead of schedule to organize the offense.

The Grizzlies have the league's first-class interior and first-class wings, but at the point guard position, they are almost the team with the worst personnel reserves in the league.The 33-year-old Flying Squirrel is their only reliable organizer. In addition, there are only combo guard Bobby Jackson and fringe player Antonio Bucs in the team. They are drinking fountain players who average 2 points and 1.5 assists per game.

The Grizzlies took Stoudemire, and Paul reappeared after 1 minute. Against the Grizzlies, who are relatively strong in other positions but weak in the point guard position, Paul is destined to bear the heaviest task of attacking the toughest.

However, the heaviest task Ke Yan assigned to Paul was not offense, but defense. It is rare to have a "physical advantage". Paul continued to confront Stoudemire within a reasonable range, consuming this veteran!

The Eagles don’t have to worry about no one taking the ball, but the Grizzlies don’t have enough resources to consume the Eagles. Fratello arranged for Mike Miller and Battier to come out and help handle the ball. Good at work, the offense of the Grizzlies was immediately affected, and the Eagles quickly overtook the score.

At halftime, the Eagles led by 57 points 52:5.

After the intermission, Stoudemire regained a lot of physical strength. With his experience, he confronted Paul and echoed Gasol, helping the team improve the offensive efficiency. Battier, who was average in the first half, also gave The team provided firepower and scored two three-pointers in a row to help the Grizzlies score.Halfway through the third quarter, the Grizzlies caught up with the score.

However, in this game, the lifeline of the Grizzlies is Stoudemire's physical strength, which is also the main direction of the Eagles' attack.When his physical strength fluctuated, the Eagles immediately re-established their advantage.

Ke Yan was able to lead the Lakers to seven bloody battles with the Spurs, and was able to lead the Eagles to emerge, not only relying on the offensive system, but also on-the-spot adjustments to the battle situation are also very important.The more critical the moment, the seemingly young Eagles are more threatening than their opponents.

After the third quarter, the Eagles led by 84 points 77:7, still holding the initiative of the game.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Fratello arranged for Gasol to play, hoping that Gasol could cooperate with Bobby Jackson to suppress the Hawks' substitute, with little effect.Milicic, who failed to restrain Gasol in the first half, faced Gasol four times on offense and defense in the last quarter, defended three goals, and killed the Grizzlies' counterattack momentum in one fell swoop.

After that, Paul and Diaw took over the game, and the passing and cutting cooperation led by the two was ever-changing, which made the Grizzlies' defense at a loss and full of flaws everywhere.

Josh Smith, who focused on eating pie, became the biggest beneficiary. He took off at will, ravaged the basket, and Josh Smith, who played high, even staged a 360-degree turn and one-handed dunk during the fast break.

There was a slam dunk contest in the regular season. The shot was so beautiful that even the Grizzlies bench couldn't help applauding Josh Smith.

The final score was fixed at 113:98. The Eagles won at home and achieved two consecutive victories. (36-18)

In the whole game, Paul made 20 of 12 shots, 5 of 5 free throws, scored 30 points, 8 assists and 3 steals, sprinting for the season goal of hitting the best team.

Paul, who sent out 8 assists, was not the player with the most assists in the Eagles. Diaw scored an extraordinary double-double, with 7 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists.This is already the number of times Dior has scored in double digits in assists this season, but has not scored in double digits.

If his scoring data is better, he should be able to enter the All-Star.

Of course, whether he can make it to the All-Star team will not affect Diaw's status in the Eagles. The team has already made a decision to renew the contract with Diaw in the offseason, and Dior is also the leader in the prediction of the league's "Most Improved Player". As solid as Paul's "Rookie of the Year."

Joe Johnson, Josh Smith, and House also scored in double figures. The Eagles' offense blossomed more, and the victory was also straightforward.

After the game, Ke Yan's employment was also appreciated by the media. The double point guard formation in the first half of the second quarter quickly smoothed the point difference between the two teams, which was regarded as a turning point in the game.

There are only three victories left before the goal before the start of the season. After the game, the media also used this issue to tease Ke Yan.

"This season, I will continue to be humble. Wait until next season, I will call for a higher goal, and everyone remembers to urge me then." Ke Yan joked to the reporters cheerfully when he was in good spirits on happy occasions.

"I feel that the Eagles can directly compete for the championship next season." A reporter made a satellite statement for Ke Yan.

"Are you here to coach?" Ke Yan made a gesture and walked off the coach's seat, letting the reporter who dug a hole for him take the stage, making the audience burst into laughter.

The Eagles are going smoothly here, while the old club Lakers have conflicts in the locker room. Although the team's record ranks eighth in the Western Conference and has an advantage in the playoffs, it is obviously worse than last season. A lot, and Kobe played more tired in the game.

According to reports from the Los Angeles media, after the loss to the Spurs, a conflict broke out between Kobe and Phil Jackson, and even threw a chair in the locker room. The tension between the two is self-evident.

"After all, there is still some butterfly effect." Seeing that Phil Jackson's work has encountered a blockage, Ke Yan is in a good mood.

He doesn't like Zen master very much. Last season, this guy shook the Lakers' morale and led to the Lakers' defeat in G6 in the Western Conference semifinals. It has always been a knot in Ke Yan's heart, not to mention that he contacted Jerry Buss early. "Snatched" his job.

The harder the Lakers fall this season, the more it proves how difficult it was for Ke Yan to lead the team last season!

I just don't know which direction this farce between Kobe and Phil Jackson will take the Lakers.

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With no time to rest, the Eagles played back-to-back games at home against the bottom of the Eastern Conference Charlotte Bobcats.

Last season, as a new army in the league, the Charlotte Bobcats unexpectedly did not have the bottom of the league. The team won three more games than the Eagles.But it was the three wins that made them miss Paul and Deron. They could only choose Raymond Felton with the fifth overall pick, missing a suitable cornerstone for team building.

Before the start of the season, the fans called them the "Three Point Guards". After the start of the season, the three of them were divided into three grades. A super rookie with great potential and excellent scoring organization; and Felton, he is one of the potential stocks of a bad team.

In a sense, the gap between Paul and Felton is basically the gap between the Eagles and the Bobcats.The Eagles built a very powerful lineup around Paul. Not only did they make it to the playoffs, they did not fall behind against strong teams, and they even had a glorious record of double-killing the Spurs. It's bad, but this season they know how to fight for high-ranking rookies. It's just that the team's operations have come to Joe's hands, and the prospect of the Bobcats can be imagined.

The game itself was lackluster. The Eagles, who fought back to back, wanted to win at the lowest price, while the Bobcats, who were aiming to play badly, played with the idea of ​​losing.The Eagles grabbed the start, played an advantage, and then rotated the lineup on a large scale to control the playing time of the main players; the Bobcats were stunned at the beginning, but they wanted to organize a counterattack later, but the team's "poor attack" attribute was too obvious, and they were weak in chasing points.

The final score was fixed at 104:91. The Eagles won at home and won three consecutive victories. (37-18), and also narrowed the gap between the team and the Heat to 2 games!

It's also interesting to say that Ke Yan didn't think too much about the possibility of chasing the Heat after making the next plan after the All-Star Game. After all, the gap between the three games is not big, and it is really not small.As a result, the Heat took a step back after the All-Star Game, and their performance fell back a bit, so that the Eagles saw a little chance.

It's still difficult, but it's better than no hope, right?

After a day off, the Eagles continued to usher in their third home game in 4 days. The opponent was the destined nemesis, the Detroit Pistons.

In this game, the encouraged Eagles began to face this formidable enemy. Paul and Joe Johnson abandoned their preference for shooting and decisively charged to the inside of the Pistons. Ben Wallace, who stifled the Eagles' offense for the first time, made a foul!

The strength of the team is not as good as that of the Pistons, and the tactical play is restrained by the opponent. The Hawks lost 30+ in the first two matches between the two teams. Billups is the most taboo player for Paul in the league.With all kinds of unfavorable factors in front of them, the Eagles players did not accept an expected loss calmly, but chose to use their courage and blood to fight this game with the Pistons.

Facing the powerful Pistons, the Eagles are like David in the story of "David and Goliath".In reality, they did not knock down the Giant Pistons, but they used their performance to win the respect of their opponents and the applause of the fans.

At 96:102, the Eagles lost at home and their three-game winning streak was terminated. This time, it was the game they lost to the Pistons with the smallest point difference. (37-19)

"It should be noted that under Philip Sanders, the Pistons' defense is not as indestructible as last season! Keep this determination and fighting spirit, and leave the rest to me to find a way. If we meet in the playoffs, We won't necessarily lose!" In the locker room after the game, Ke Yan loudly encouraged his players!

Counting the loss to the Pistons as the acting head coach of the Lakers last season, this is already Ke Yan's four-game losing streak against the Pistons.In any case, he hopes to win a matchup with the Pistons.

Otherwise, in the future, no matter what achievements Ke Yan achieves, when talking about him, he only needs to mention the "Five Pistons" and he can kill him instantly.

Ke Xue can't tolerate flaws!