basketball scientist

In the G1 game, the Eagles "conquered toughness with strength", which revived suspense in this round of the matchup that was originally regarded as "one-sided crushing". It also made many Eagles fans and Huaxia fans full of confidence in Ke Yan's continued miracles. .

But, the reality is cruel.The gap between the Eagles and the Pistons is all-round. There are many reasons why the Eagles can win the G1 game.Milicic's sudden outburst, Paul and Joe Johnson's backcourt pick-and-roll, Big Ben's failure to control his foul in the first half, and Hamilton, the main scoring point of the Pistons, performed poorly.

In fact, on a team known for its defense, any player can have a bad touch.When you put too much energy on the defensive end, it's hard to maintain a consistent touch on the offensive end.Harden fans and James fans know this best.

"You can't ask a 40-year-old man to support the team's offense and at the same time wipe his teammates' ass on the defensive end. He scored [-]+, what's wrong with the defensive end getting stuck/wandering?"

Of course, it's not just the two of them, including Kobe, a player known for his "both offensive and defensive skills". After 11 years, the defensive end also frequently "directs traffic".

In this game, Hamilton knew his shame and was brave, frequently using his running position to disrupt the Eagles' defense.

The Eagles first used Posey, the best outside defender, to defend him, but Posey's size and running ability were difficult to keep up with Hamilton's rhythm; if Joe Johnson was used to defend, he still couldn't defend.

Compared to offense, Joe Johnson's defense is only average.His confrontation is not bad, he can push James in the assist defense rotation, but his speed and flexibility are not very good, and the biggest weakness of his defense lies in his habitual giving up. With a body position, he didn't attack so fiercely.

After playing for 5 minutes, the Pistons took the lead 14:8, and Ke Yan applied for a timeout to adjust his tactics.

"Let's change the defensive matchup, Paul to defend Hamilton, Joe Johnson to defend Billups, and the defensive end expands to limit Billups' shots. Others pay attention to Billups' breakthrough line blockade."

Ke Yan understood that the entire Pistons team covered Hamilton and launched an offense around him. Joe Johnson and Posey couldn't keep up with him, and Hamilton just caught and shot without any extra moves. It's too late for people to come over to defend.

Billups has a strong shooting ability, but his breakthrough threat is relatively average.With the Eagles able to free up some defensive resources to fill their positions, Keyan's defensive strategy is fine. With the Eagles' lineup configuration, this is the best scheduling.

But there is no problem with the strategy. It does not mean that the Eagles can limit the offense of the Pistons. The Pistons do not want to go to Atlanta with a score of 0:2. The players played more resolutely and rationally than in the first game.

Although Billups' ability to attack is mediocre, he is smart in playing the game. He picked up Josh Smith with a fake move, and then leaned up to make a foul. This trick has been tried and tested, and he easily sent Josh Smith off the court.

Against opponents like the Pistons, Paul's go-betweens and Josh Smith's charge are the key for the Eagles to compress the opponent's defense on the offensive end. Greatly passive. (26:18)

In the second quarter, Ke Yan made a desperate move. While keeping the two guns in the backcourt, he replaced Eddie House, pushed Joe Johnson to the small forward position, and faced the Pistons head-to-head.

Facing the Pistons' bench lineup, the Eagles hit hard and directly smoothed the point difference; but when the Pistons' main lineup returned to the court, Paul and Joe Johnson, who were physically exhausted, had a harder time keeping up with their opponents.

In the second half of the second quarter, Ke Yan called two timeouts in a row, not to adjust his tactics, but to restore the strength of the main players.This whimsy also convinced Barkley, who was in charge of the commentary.

"It's the first time I saw a timeout used like this! If Mike Brown knew how to restore James' physical strength in the first round of the playoffs, maybe the Cavaliers could win one more game."

If it was a "evenly matched" duel, this little trick of Ke Yan might have a miraculous effect and change the situation of the battle; but in a completely headwind situation, this is just an extra piece of talk for netizens after the game.

The score was drawn little by little, and Ke Yan tried every means to turn the tide of the battle, but in the end he returned without success.

At 97:83, the Pistons pulled back a round.The big score in the series came to 1:1.

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Back in Atlanta, Ke Yan received his first best coach trophy in the team's press hall and held a press conference.

"When I was determined to win this trophy a few days ago, I was thinking, who is the person who has the greatest influence on my achievements today."

"It may be my parents. Because in China, it is very rare for a person like me who is not in the sports circle to enter the sports industry. With my academic performance, I should embark on a better path. The safe path. It was they who promised me to pursue my dream, to go to university in Germany, study and become a coach.”

"It may also be the old Nelson. I have said countless times that he showed me that basketball can be played this way and that way. If he hadn't brought me the joy of basketball, maybe I would have taken football as my hobby when I was young. Lifetime career, I will be a football coach, now I am receiving the best FIFA coach award, and then I am talking to Jose Mourinho."

"Rudy Tomjanovich, you can't miss him anyway. The United States is a very tolerant and diverse country, but even so, it is still not easy to integrate into the NBA. Without his support, I would not be so successful. "

"Mr. Jim Bass, thank you for your support. At the beginning of my coaching career, I can devote my mind to my work and concentrate on the team itself. It is very important for a coach. I have a deep understanding of this."

"My boss, Anthony Ressler. I can't forget the day you came to see me in Milwaukee. I would have never done that. Thank you."

"And my team, Frank Hamblon, Quinn Snyder, Jeff Hornacek, I will take this honor on my behalf. But there are four names on the trophy, if you need it, I am willing to put The trophy is cut into four."

"Paul, Josh Smith, Diaw, the rest of the players. You keep saying I changed you, but what I'm saying is, you changed me, we changed each other."

Ke Yan summed up a lot and thanked a lot, which is also the basic routine of most acceptance speeches.Ke Yan also wants to play with his personality, "I know that I am good at coaching, so I also give great affirmation to the NBA for giving me the award."

But his status in the NBA is far lower than that of Wang Jingwen, saying this will only attract criticism to himself.He is not the kind of person like Kardashian, adhering to the principle of "black and red are also red" to attract traffic for himself, and prefers to be a normal person.

If there is anything special about Ke Yan's acceptance speech, it is that he did not "thank you Guo Jia first".But, he is not an athlete or coach within the system, and he is very popular in China. Except for Liu Xiang, Yao Ming, and Ding Junhui, no one can stabilize him, and winning honors can be regarded as glory for the country.Therefore, no leader came out to attack him.

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Ke Yan's acceptance speech mentioned the players in the team, hoping to motivate them and hope that the team will perform better in the G3 game.However, the process of the game backfired.The Pistons in the away game played a defensive intensity at the finals level. In response to the Eagles' offensive methods that were too outside, they crazily expanded their defenses and maximized their confrontational intensity.

Under the highest intensity confrontation, Paul's performance was greatly reduced.This is not his fault. In order to ensure Paul's health and future development, Ke Yan did not arrange for Paul to gain a lot of weight during his first season adapting to the league. Compared with when he entered the league, he only gained 8 pounds.The speed and dexterity are not affected, but the confrontation is not enough.

In fact, it is enough to deal with most opponents. The main reason is that the Eagles were able to push the Pistons to this point, which was beyond Ke Yan's expectations. . . . . .

Paul couldn't break through the blockade of the Pistons, and the Eagles had no choice but to shoot from mid-to-long distances, and the shooting percentage was relatively average.Even if the referee blows the home whistle today to favor the Eagles, there is no way to change the defensive formation of the Pistons, let alone the result of the game.

At 88:106, 6 Pistons scored in double figures and broke through the Phillips Center.

In the game, Billups scored 17 points, 7 assists and 5 rebounds, Lynch Hunter scored 17 points off the bench, Rasheed Wallace scored 14 points and 8 rebounds, Hamilton and McDyess each scored 13 Points, Prince scored 11 points.

For the Eagles, Joe Johnson scored a game-high 19 points. His 17-of-7 efficiency was not high, but he was the only one on the Eagles who could get the ball into the basket.David Lee scored 5 of 4 in garbage time and scored 9 points on 6 of 14 shots in the game. He is the second most scoring player of the Eagles.

The two crisp defeats in G2 and G3 have fully exposed the strength gap between the Eagles and the Pistons. When Ke Yan was interviewed after the game, he was asked by a reporter about the team's current plight of losing two games in a row. His answer was helpless:

"The players have put in all their efforts. I have nothing to criticize them. The Pistons are indeed stronger. We can only use our own efforts to fight the opponents and force them to make mistakes. Unfortunately, the performance of the Pistons Flawless, made our efforts for nothing. Especially Ben Wallace, I really miss the time when he was fouled in Game 1."

In some people's eyes, Ke Yan's reply was a bit "cowardly" and not "tenacious" enough, emphasizing Ben Wallace's role in suppressing the Eagles, lacking a spirit of "not admitting defeat".But in fact, Ke Yan was playing psychological warfare with the Pistons. He tried his best to "exaggerate" the role of Ben Wallace, trying to differentiate Ben Wallace, who did not get a contract extension, and Rasheed Wallace, who got a big contract. The relationship between.

At the end of the Three Kingdoms period, Jiang Wei did not hesitate to sacrifice his personal honor and disgrace, pretended to surrender to Zhong Hui, and instigated opposition, making a last-ditch effort for the restoration of the Shu Han Dynasty. last effort.Until the end, Jiang Wei died and the great Han died.

Ke Yan's situation is similar. Not to mention that the Pistons are aiming for the championship, if there is a conflict, it will not be at this time.Even if his strategy is successful, can he really divide them in one game, and win the series again and again?

But Ke Yan still did this, some things can only be done as humanly as possible, and the fate of fate.

On May 5, G18 between the Eagles and Pistons started.

For the Eagles fans who came to the Phillips Center to watch the game, the game was definitely not a good one.

Although the Eagles have never trailed the Pistons by more than 10 points, the Eagles have never taken a one-minute lead from the first minute of the game. Until the end of the game, the Eagles were suppressed by the audience until the final whistle.

As the series progressed, both sides knew each other well, and the Pistons firmly controlled the situation. Ke Yan tried many times to break free from the Pistons' shackles on the Eagles, but he still couldn't reverse the situation.

On the one hand, the strength is not as good as the opponent. The tactical system and staffing are completely restrained by the opponent, which is the key to Ke Yan's helplessness.

No matter how good he is at the on-the-spot scheduling, there is no way to turn the tables in multiple unfavorable situations.In the end, the Eagles lost to the Pistons by 89 points 97:8, and fell behind 1:3 in the series.

The "difference plan" did not succeed, and the Eagles were doomed.Ke Yan could only shout like Jiang Boyue who drew his sword and killed himself in the show: "I can't plan it, it's destiny!"

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Two days later, at the Palace of Auburn Hills, G5 of the Eastern Conference semifinals was staged as scheduled.

I won’t go into details about the process. Although Keyan and the Eagles have played to their full strength, and even used the forbidden move "cutting the base tactic" again to compete with the Pistons, the Detroit Pistons once again showed the background of a strong team.Rasheed Wallace, who was fouled five times, stepped forward and scored 4 points at the critical moment of the fourth quarter to help the team exceed the score, and made the last 2 free throws to lead the Pistons to 88-82 at home. Defeated the Atlanta Hawks and eliminated the Hawks with a total score of 4:1 to enter the Eastern Conference Finals again.

In the eyes of others, the Eagles should be satisfied with ending the season of rebuilding the lost team in such a way.

Tell Ke Yan before the season starts that he can lead this Hawks team to the Eastern Conference semifinals, and he should embrace that result.

Before the start of this game, he also did enough mental construction. This game may be the last game of the season for the Eagles.

However, when the red light came on and the Eagles' season really ended, Ke Yan was still a little "at a loss". Suddenly, he didn't know what to do.

Last season, the Lakers fell in front of the Spurs, but Ke Yan's emotions at the time were affected by Phil Jackson, and his dissatisfaction with the Lakers reached a peak.His emotions contained some anger, expectations for the future, and even some pride in leading the Lakers to the Western Conference semifinals, but there was no hesitation at this moment.

After a while, Ke Yan collected his mood and gathered the players to the bench.

"You guys are doing great, I'm satisfied! Everyone makes mistakes, no one is god, you're still young, some of you are in your first year in the NBA, some of you have never made the playoffs , so I am very satisfied with your performance this year."

"We lost, but we didn't fail. This season is over, we can only look forward to the next season. As long as we can improve ourselves, next season we can go further!"

"Anyone may lie to you, only your own sweat will not deceive you. This summer, remember to make yourself stronger!"

"What doesn't kill us makes us stronger!"

Ke Yan quoted scriptures and chanted various inspiring slogans to encourage these players.The faces of the young players gradually glowed.

At the press conference after the game, Ke Yan calmly faced the loss and smiled: "There is nothing to be depressed about. Everyone is doing very well. We are third in the Eastern Conference in the regular season and third in the playoffs. We are better than the Wizards next door. The team won one more game. I think the team has proved that we are the new force in the East that cannot be ignored. In the middle of the season, you often said that my goal of 39 wins was too conservative; now, I will set the goal for next season. One goal, next season, we want to be a candidate for the championship!"

The reporter asked: "Among the remaining teams, which team do you think will win the championship?"

"I think it's the Mavericks!"

The game was lost, and the Eagles had no intention of staying in Detroit. The team flew back to Atlanta overnight on a chartered plane. It was already past 4 o'clock in the morning when the Eagles returned to Atlanta.

"This year's summer is over~" After getting off the plane, Ke Yan couldn't help feeling a little dazed.

But when everyone in the Eagles walked out of the airport, they found that the airport was completely surrounded, and there were dense crowds outside the airport. These people all shouted when they saw Keyan and the players.

For a while, there were cheers and shouts one after another, and at this moment, Atlanta, which had been silent, became noisy again with the return of the hero.

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The next day, the sports news of the major media reported the Eastern Conference semifinals between the Eagles and the Pistons. Almost every media and every expert repeatedly emphasized a point, "Offense wins fans, defense wins!"

This is the cruelty of competitive sports, victory means everything!

On the contrary, in China, more voices support the Eagles.Xu Yi published an article in his column summarizing the Eagles this season.

"This season is over, and the Eagles' playoffs have come to a not-so-satisfactory, but gratifying end. A year ago, the Eagles were at the bottom of the league with 13 wins and 69 losses; a year later, this number It became 55 wins and 27 losses.

At the beginning of the playoffs, fans felt that the Cavaliers were very strong, and the Pistons in the second round were the Eagles' nemesis; but later the team easily defeated the Cavaliers and won a game from the Pistons. .

Although they lost to the Pistons in the end, I think this team is full of hope. They are still young and the future belongs to them.As long as they can continue this state, this group of players will become more mature and their skills honed to perfection, then they will definitely be able to go further.

The Eagles have many problems. There are obvious problems in their defense, which is more of a phased increase in strength; the team's inside line is relatively sloppy, and it needs outside lines to lead the offense; The central team can only split one of the two guns in the backcourt, allowing them to take on more responsibilities with a substitute. . . . . .

These are problems that Keyan urgently needs to solve.

But the point is that they have completed the contract extension with Keyan. In the next three years, Keyan will continue to lead the Eagles.Looking forward to him being able to surprise the fans again this summer and next season. "

The outside world was disturbing, and Ke Yan smiled.

Coming out of the shadow of losing, Ke Yan organized a team dinner to celebrate this successful season and announced the disbandment of the team.

Next, it's the uniform team's turn to play!