basketball scientist

The next day, on the plane to Milwaukee, Ke Yan flipped through the newspaper in his hand, and let out two smug chuckles from time to time.

The columnist of "USA Today" praised Ke Yan's game adjustment in the article:

"In yesterday's game, the Eagles narrowly beat the Suns at home. Paul scored 22 points, 8 assists, 5 rebounds and 3 steals. Nash scored 33 points and 11 assists. The duel between the two generations of point guards in the league was full of sparks. But the battle between the coaches ended with Kimi winning the game..."

"KG's defense blocked Stoudemire. In this game, Stoudemire tried five times to single Garnett with the ball, but none of them made a hit. Compared with other opponents, it can only be described as tragic. Continuous output in strong dialogue has always been a problem, and the Suns can only rely on Nash to complete most of the tasks. Kimi noticed this, and also aimed at Nash on the offensive end. There is no doubt that this made Nash suffer consumption beyond ability, and ultimately decides the game."

"In the first eight games, the Eagles' record of 7 wins and 1 loss is surprising. Among them, the opponents include the Suns, the Heat, and the Rockets, the Magic, who are expected to make a breakthrough this season. Team. This kind of victory is full of gold. Perhaps, this season has really come to the time when they can hit the sky!"

In the opening stage, taking advantage of the popularity of the Eagles, the league arranged a lot of "strong dialogues" for them, and it was also a test of how strong the Eagles are.

For the fans, it's a treat.But for the team, this is not friendly!

The most morale of a team is the opening stage.A good start will help improve the team's confidence in the entire season, which is also the so-called "schedule benefit".

Conversely, if a team does not perform as expected at the start, the players will instead enter a stage of self-doubt. At this time, the adjustment ability of the players and even the coaching staff will be particularly tested.

From this perspective, the Eagles have crossed a big hole dug for them by the league!

Fortunately, the next schedule of the Eagles will be a little more comfortable. In the next two weeks, there will be a total of eight games. Only one away game will go to the west, and it will be Memphis next door. In seven games, only the Pistons have a strong opponent.

If the scheduling is appropriate, it is not a problem to continue a wave of winning streaks.

The first opponent of this wave of sweet schedule is the Milwaukee Bucks.

The lineup structure of the Bucks is slightly similar to that of the Eagles.Two players with strong shooting ability, Mo Williams and Reed, form a backcourt partner; there is a power forward with comprehensive skills; a white insider with high potential. . . . . .

Of course, except for the matchup between Bodog and Milicic, the Bucks' configuration is all the "bankrupt version" of the Eagles.

This gap is huge!

After the start of the game, the gap between the two sides was intuitively reflected on the court. The Eagles formed a "crushing" situation against the Bucks, with all kinds of effective data fully dominant.

Thinking back a year and a half ago, Keyan also came to Milwaukee for an interview. After the interview failed, he was taken away by Anthony Ressler in a hotel in Milwaukee.

Think about it, if Vandeweghe lets go of his mouth on the spot and hand over the No. [-] pick to Ke Yan to decide, will the situation of the Eagles and Bucks be reversed now?

But for the Bucks, Ke Yan has no ill feeling.

How should I put it, in the past few years at the turn of the century, the Bucks have always been a strong team in the league. As a small market team, they also need to keep their stars to ensure the team's market, even if Reed is just a player. Second-tier stars, building a team around him is absolutely impossible to compete for the championship;

Since 98, the Eagles have always been an underdog in the league. The team has not even achieved a winning streak of more than six consecutive victories in 20 years. It is not an exaggeration to describe it as "a waste of time". It is also reasonable to be willing to let Ke Yan make drastic changes.

The point is, Ressler made the right bet!Not just team performance, but also business development.During this offseason, the Eagles reached a strategic cooperation agreement with four companies from China, accumulatively earning more than 1000 million US dollars.In the league, only the Rockets and Eagles have this treatment.

The performance has improved significantly, business development is progressing smoothly, and the Eagles have turned a profit for the first time in many years.

Facing Bodog, who participated in the draft in the same year and beat him to get the No. [-] pick, Paul has never been polite. He has always trained as many times as he can, and he will never hold back.

In this game, Paul's performance was as good as ever. He made 20 of 12 shots, scored 31 points, 12 assists and 5 rebounds. He blasted the Bucks' double shots in the backcourt, which is known for their personal offense, and helped the team to 125: 103 defeated the Bucks and achieved the 8th victory of the season. (8-1)

After the game, the reporters of the good news also asked Ke Yan about the 05 draft, trying to extract some serious information from Ke Yan.

"Everyone knows that the Bucks will choose Bogou, and we will finalize Paul among the remaining rookies. It's that simple~" If it were other rookies, Ke Yan would also tout a few words symbolically, "The training cycle of centers is longer. ", "The Bucks need Bodog to stabilize the team's penalty area" and the like.

But Bogou. . . . . .Ke Yan didn't mock him because he didn't want to hurt the innocent.

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On November 11, the Eagles came to Madison Square Garden to challenge the Knicks away.

Last season, the Knicks poached championship coach Larry Brown from the Pistons to coach the team. The team threw money crazily in the free agent market and formed a lineup with a total salary of more than 9000 million US dollars.The combination of championship coach + "Galaxy Battleship" seems to be going to do something big!

However, the themes surrounding the Knicks last season were "civil strife", "injuries", and "contradictions". Many players in the team were labeled as "cancer".

At the end of the season, Larry Brown was also liquidated by the team and fired directly, and the general manager of the team, Isaiah Thomas, took the position of head coach.

In fact, at the end of last season, the Knicks once considered inviting Ke Yan to coach. After all, Ke Yan had only signed a two-year contract with the Eagles before, and the salary was not high. people.

However, before the Knicks even had time to find a middleman, the Eagles officially announced the news of a three-year contract extension with Keyan.Then, the Hawks traded for Garnett, aiming at the championship, and the Knicks had no hope.

As the head coach, Isaiah Thomas did not make too many rectifications on Larry Brown's tactical system, and he was generally in a state of resignation.

It's just that, compared to Larry Brown, who believes in "ruling the army with an iron fist", Isaiah Thomas has adopted a gentler and more gentle attitude towards players, and eased the conflicts in the team's locker room by providing better material conditions.

This approach may seem silly, but it is actually effective.Marbury and Crawford began to play seriously, and they were even willing to defend subjectively. Channing Frye entered the starting lineup, which not only helped Eddie Curry open up the offensive space, but also did a lot of dirty work and played own value.

In such a relatively peaceful environment, the Knicks started the game with 4 wins and 5 losses, ranking eighth in the Eastern Conference, which has made great progress compared to last season.

Although Ke Yan doesn't like Larry Brown either, he doesn't like Isaiah Thomas's practice of "kneeling and licking" players to improve the team's record.

The game officially started at 11:[-] p.m., and the Knicks never lacked spectators. Madison Square Garden was full of gratifying scenes again.

The Hawks' starting lineup remains unchanged, while the Knicks' starters are: Marbury, Crawford, Jaylen Rose, Channing Frye, and Eddie Curry.

The little shark Eddie Curry's jump ball was basically sent. Garnett easily won the jump ball and handed the ball to Paul.

Stretching his right wrist forward, he caught the ball in the air. Paul paused for a while, and his body was like an arrow off the string, quickly rushing towards the opponent's half court.

Facing the leader of the new generation of point guards in the league, Marbury, the self-proclaimed "League's No. [-] point guard", still has the ambition to compete. His feet are spread out, his center of gravity sinks slightly, and his upper body leans forward slightly.The outstretched arms kept swinging as Paul approached. . . . . .

Marbury's defense has been criticized, but it does not include his 1V1. On the contrary, his excellent physical condition makes him a great single-defense player as long as he plays seriously. He has good explosive power, fast speed, mature defensive skills, and strong core strength. Difference.

His problems are the same as Westbrook's. His off-ball defense and pick-and-roll defense are too poor, he is more likely to miss people, and his enthusiasm for filling positions is very poor.

Continuously changing directions, Marbury remained unmoved, just guarding his own square, but he saw through Paul's breakthrough several times.

Although Paul failed to make a breakthrough, he had already observed his teammates' running positions and tried to break through again, which really caught the attention of the Knicks' defensive end. He inadvertently made a pass from behind to Anthony Parker who was running without the ball. Hit a jumper on the move. (0:2)

The Knicks attacked, Marbury did not choose to play hard by himself, but handed the ball to Eddie Curry inside, and Milicic posted it immediately.

The little shark desperately withstood Milicic with his left shoulder, dribbled the ball with his right hand, and pushed back hard.His nickname says it all, he has excellent inside confrontation ability, Milicic is not very strong, and he easily gave up the inside position.

But Milicic is only the first line of defense for the Eagles, behind him, there is Garnett.The wolf king's timely help defense affected Eddie Curry's shot rhythm, and Milicic protected the backcourt rebound.

The Eagles continued to attack, Paul quickly took the ball across the half court, played a pick-and-roll with Garnett to break through Marbury, and attracted Crawford's back-up ball Joe Johnson, who made an open three-pointer. (0:5)

Compared with the Knicks' rather strenuous offense, the Eagles' offense is "simplistic", but "killing people".

Marbury continued to perform his duties as a "point guard", relying on his physical advantage to break through Paul's defense and then pass the ball. Crawford received the ball and started dribbling suddenly. When Joe Johnson, who was defending him, moved with him At that time, an emergency stop jump shot was taken. Although the ball bounced off the rim, it caused a defensive foul by Joe Johnson.

Crawford hits 88.9 percent of his free throws, and sending him to the line is tantamount to giving him points. (2:5)

I thought Marbury was just convulsed and started working as a point guard. Unexpectedly, in the next game, he just showed a good performance, organized the offense, and abruptly delayed the pace of the Eagles to open the score. .

The rhythm of the two teams is relatively fast, and the half-quarter game between the two sides reached 16:14. The Eagles maintained a weak lead by relying on higher outside scoring efficiency.

Ke Yan made a substitution adjustment, replacing Milicic with Millsap.After appearing on the stage, Millsap also took Ke Yan's instructions.

In the next round, Joe Johnson took over the team's offense and broke the deadlock between the two sides.

Facing strong offense and weak defense against the disadvantaged Crawford, Joe Johnson first made a long-range three-pointer from the right wing, and then singled Crawford with his back. Five points, helping the team widen the point difference to 1 points and enter the official timeout.

If Marbury, who depends on his mood and defense, is also counted, the Knicks are full of too many players who are "strong on offense and weak on defense". It can be resolved, if you let Ke Yan go, he can only solve this crisis through continuous transactions.

Seeing that Crawford was being chased by Joe Johnson, Isaiah Thomas chose to replace Crawford with Francis, hoping that the boss would come back on the offensive end. . . . . .It's hard for Ke Yan to understand such a miraculous operation.

Marbury and Francis look down on each other in character, and the style of play is not right.The two immediately returned to the state of "lone wolf" and "privilege". If they don't cooperate with each other and win, that's even more nonsense!

第一节比赛结束时，老鹰队以35:21领先对手。乔约翰逊7投5中，贡献了14分。

Perhaps it was the situation in the second half of the first quarter that woke Thomas up. In the second quarter, he chose to stagger the use of Marbury and Francis, but the effect was very average.

Marbury, whose "lone wolf" attribute was stimulated, did not return to his state in the first quarter. The key is the Knicks' backcourt. Francis and Crawford are also more threatening types with the ball in hand, and even the pick The same goes for deep Nate Robinson.

A nest of players circle this virtue.This kind of lineup makes the Knicks' offense lack coordination and lack of change. Unless all these people feel full of hands, there is really no way to play against the Eagles.

Even if Marbury wanted to perform in front of Garnett, he was still powerless.

The home team was hung up by the Eagles, and the fans booed dissatisfiedly.At the same time, a small fan on the sidelines held up a sign and put up a slogan: "We need scientists!" instead of the team "showing love" to Ke Yan.

The proposal of the little fans received unanimous response from others. Immediately, the director cut the scene to the big screen while observing Ke Yan's reaction.

"..." Ke Yan avoided the camera by talking to Schneider.

Such a picture is very disrespectful to Isaiah Thomas. Keyan is not Phil Jackson and disdains to do this kind of thing.

The main players are on the field. Compared with the chaos of the Knicks, the Hawks' offense is well-organized, and the point difference is constantly widening.

At the end of halftime, the score came to 39:64. The 25-point difference was enough to make the second half of the game enter garbage time!

In the third quarter, the Eagles took advantage of Garnett's singles and containment to frequently create damage. In the half quarter, the point difference was expanded to 36 points, which completely ended the suspense of the game.

The Knicks, but this season caused the "Madison Square Garden incident". The gang fight with the Nuggets led to Iverson's joining the Nuggets, and also made Anthony's career in the next ten years In his career, he completely lost the protection of referees. When it came to the referee's whistleblowing scale, Anthony was full of bitter tears.

In order to avoid such a situation, Ke Yan withdrew all the main players in the fourth quarter, and told the players to keep playing and not to make the Knicks panic.

In fact, it is also an unspoken rule of the league that the team with a big lead should keep their hands properly. It is a rare case to fight to the death without compromising, and only the Nuggets have this tradition.

In the final quarter of the game, the Eagles didn't make much effort to attack. Except for Gibson who made three three-pointers, the other players scored a total of 7 points in a single quarter, helping the Knicks narrow the gap of less than 40 points. Within 20 points, it can be called a model of releasing water, and it also made Knicks fans more satisfied with his "general knowledge"!

The final score was fixed at 97:115. The Eagles won away and extended their winning streak to 5 games.

After the game, Ke Yan participated in the press conference. The reporters mentioned the slogans played by the young fans and asked Ke Yan's opinion.

"I enjoyed every second of my time in Atlanta. Whenever I come back to this city from a road game, I always have a smile on my face. I have someone in Atlanta that I love. I just focus on everything about the Atlanta Hawks. , When we win, I will be happy, and when we lose, I will also feel sad." Keyan said, "I want to apologize for what happened to Isaiah. I have experienced the pain of being backstabbed by my colleagues, so I wouldn't do such a nasty thing."

Ke Yan's speech gave Eagles fans a moment of reassurance.After all, New York is very attractive. They can offer Ke Yan the highest salary, and they can build a lineup regardless of the luxury tax. New York is also the most prosperous city in the world.

Fortunately, there is no one Ke Yan likes in New York!

"Kimi, your contract expires in three years. At that time, are you willing to consider New York?" Then a reporter asked.

"Maybe it would be fake if I said that I don't know where I will be in three days. But if I don't lead the team well in the next three months, I may have to step down from the Eagles' coaching position. You ask me where I will be in three years. I won’t consider New York, how can I answer you?” Ke Yan asked, “I can only tell you that I am focused on the Eagles.”