basketball scientist

On December 12, the NBA officially announced the awards for the best player of the month in the East and West in December. Garnett and Nash were elected respectively.

The "Big Three" team itself is at a disadvantage in the competition for individual player awards, but the Hawks' record of 13 wins and 1 loss in a single month still helped Garnett defeat his competitor LeBron James; The team has an average margin of 12.1 points per game in a single month. It can be said that almost every victory beats the opponent by a large advantage. This bonus is also huge.

Returning to the player's personal performance itself, Garnett averaged 32 minutes per game, scored 21.5 points, 12.9 rebounds, 4.7 assists, 1.7 blocks, and 1.3 steals. His personal performance was efficient and comprehensive, and he was not much inferior to James. .

Overall, this award is well deserved.

In the west, Nash may be even more controversial.The Mavericks ushered in a wave of 4 consecutive victories after a 11-game losing streak at the beginning, and their single-month results are actually not bad.But there is no way. The runner-up team in the finals lost 4 games in a row, which was impressive, which lowered Nowitzki's impression points. In the end, Nowitzki regretted losing in the selection.

Gay and Adam Morrison were elected as the best rookies of the month in the East and West.That's not too much of a problem either.There are not many rookies who become the main force after entering the league, and even fewer have sufficient shot rights to collect statistics.Both Morrison and Gay are relatively mature and immediate combat power, and it is not surprising to grab the best rookie of the month.

Gay won the best rookie of the month, which made some fans regret that the team sent him away in the transaction.Fans are such creatures. To make a deal, they want to fool each other as fools, but how is it possible!

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December 12, Eagles training center.

Ke Yan gently pushed open the door of the conference room and stepped in. Atkinson followed behind him, holding a laptop and a stack of A4 papers, and walked into the room.

With a glance, Hornacek and Hamblen have already arrived, sitting together, chatting and laughing casually. When they saw Ke Yan and Atkinson enter the door, they both cast their eyes towards this side and greeted each other. :

"Kimi, Kenny, good morning."

"Just watched the ball game?"

The Premier League usually starts at [-]:[-] a.m. in the United States. As a football fan, Ke Yan has the habit of watching football games; Atkinson also worked in Europe for many years before, and he has a deep interest in football games under his influence. When people get together, it can be said that the bastard looks at mung beans and catches eyes. When there is a focus game, they will get together to watch the ball.

But this is in the eyes of Hornacek and Hamblen who don't understand the situation; in fact, Ke Yan supports Chelsea, Atkinson supports Manchester United, and the two are still "opponents" and "hostile relations".

Atkinson has a calm personality and doesn't like to talk about personal matters at work. He simply greeted two colleagues before putting the laptop on the table, taking out a data cable, and connecting it to the projector in the conference room. After some operations, a video replay of a game appeared on the screen in front of everyone.

At the request of Ke Yan, the office area of ​​the Eagles team has been remodeled. The conference room has a large space, and the layout is different from the previous one with a table in the middle and people sitting around. Instead, there are six round tables scattered around, surrounded by chairs. , and the chairs are facing the same direction, and there is a huge projection in front of it, which is specially arranged for the convenience of the team in the video class.

In the morning, the players didn't have to participate in the training, and there were only members of the coaching staff in the conference room, so the four of them just occupied a round table at the front.This video conference is also a summary of all the games since the start of the new season.

"In the first game of the new season, our opponent was last season's championship, the Miami Heat. We won this game easily, but it does not mean that the game has a high gold content, because from the perspective of the subsequent games, the Heat In fact, the state has not been adjusted well. There are not many things shown in the game itself. It is worth mentioning that our restrictions on Wade are not in place. He scored 29 points. Although the shooting rate is only average, he broke through us many times in the game. line of defense, and this is just the beginning."

As the finely edited video of the game continued to play, Ke Yan spoke his judgment calmly. The three assistant coaches focused their eyes on the screen, listening intently, expressing their opinions from time to time, and then Ke Yan continued on his notebook. mark.

"The second game is against the Philadelphia 76ers. This is a back-to-back game. It may be that the intensity has been increased at the beginning of the new season. The players are not used to it. This game is a difficult one for our new season. In one game, especially we did not do a good job of defending against Iverson, allowing him to score 41 points. A Wade, an Iverson, is basically the backcourt with the strongest breakthrough ability in the league, which has a great impact on our defense. Very obvious damage. Judging from the results of the game, this type of fast and explosive attacker has obvious restraint on our defensive system."

"The next third game is against the Wizards. In this game, our upline attack obviously suppressed the Wizards' ball transfer. We are also a top scorer. Arenas' ability to break through and combine man and ball is not as good as Iverson's. At the same time If the awareness of passing the ball is not enough, it is easy to be clamped by the 'online attack'."

In the highlights after this match, the kiss between Ke Yan and Wang Lifan was actually cut into it.Hornacek covered his mouth and chuckled, while Atkinson was more embarrassed than Ke Yan. . . . . .

"The fourth opponent is the Blazers..."

"So far, the first opponent to defeat us is the Orlando Magic! This game is the most worthy of our study." Ke Yan looked at the crowd and asked for opinions.

"'Online flanking' can play a very high defensive intensity in a short period of time. If the opponent does not have a top-level pass-control brain or blaster, it is easy to be suppressed! But there must be losses. The stronger the flanking, the basket will The more emptiness you have, the more rebounds you lose in the backcourt." In the past few days when he came to the Nets, Atkinson not only watched the game with Ke Yan, but also spent a lot of time studying this set of games played by Ke Yan and Snyder. The defensive system built by Tongli, and quickly saw the essentials.

"How to cover up this weakness?" Ke Yan looked at Atkinson with great interest and asked.

"Replace Diaw with someone who's better at protecting the rim," Atkinson said. "Put Diaw on the bench."

Replace Dior with a Perkins-like blue-collar?For Ke Yan, this is of course the easiest way, but he doesn't think about it at all.

Diaw's influence on the offensive end is worth the price the team has to pay on the defensive end.

Continue to watch the video. In the next wave of 10 consecutive victories, the Eagles performed very well on both offense and defense, but it was not without problems.

One is the dead spot at the small forward position!Anthony Parker's impact on the defensive end is not suitable for this team, although he has worked hard and contributed above-level offense; perhaps he is more suitable for the team as a backup role.

The second is that the team's bench strength has declined significantly compared to last season, which is also affected by Dior's injury and interference with the team's regular rotation.But Bobby Jackson is a little old, Millsap is too immature, and Mbenga is completely a mascot. These problems exist objectively.

Perhaps from a more macro perspective, there are many problems with other teams: the Mavericks have simple tactics and lack of tactics, basically unlimited singles, and the two blue-collars at the center position are useless except to carry people; There are mostly veterans inside, and they really can't keep up with teams with strong impact; the offensive organization of the Suns is in the hands of Nash alone, who has just been educated by Ke Yan with an upright conspiracy. . . . . .

But for Ke Yan, who hasn't fully proved himself, he really doesn't want to see the team's problems, but can't solve them.

He is a time traveler!

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February 12, 3pm.

The first collision between the Eagles and the Cavaliers in the new season took place at the Quicken Loans Center Arena, home of the Cavaliers.

Before the game started, the home fans of Quicken Loans Center had already chanted slogans like "Defend the home court and get rid of the shame".

Last season's playoffs, the Eagles faced the Cavaliers in the first round, and the Eagles also mercilessly eliminated the Cavaliers. James was alone, and he was not an opponent of the Eagles at all.

"LBJ, you are the best!"

"LeBron, oooh, kill 'em!"

In the arena of Quicken Loans Center, fanatical Cavaliers fans shouted loudly, and the sound wave swept the audience, almost toppling the ceiling.

In the cheers of the fans, James came to the technical stage, clapped his palms, grabbed a handful of chalk, and then vigorously swayed it into the air.

This is James' iconic appearance ceremony, and Cleveland fans are happy to play these tricks with him, and even the league is happy to see this landscape that belongs to James.

After the appearance ceremony and a simple warm-up, the game will officially begin.

The Cavaliers' starting lineup is the same as last season, but that doesn't mean the team hasn't improved.James' progress is the biggest reinforcement for the Cavaliers and the source of confidence for Cavaliers fans.In addition to personal scoring, James spared more energy to help his teammates, including Larry Hughes and Drew Gooden, who achieved good data in the new season.

The whole team worked together, and the Cavaliers started the game with 11 wins and 4 losses, the same record as the Magic, and ranked second in the Eastern Conference by virtue of the advantage of the win-loss relationship.

The game is about to start, and players from both sides are on the field one after another. Mike Brown, as the head coach, took the initiative to shake hands with the visiting Ke Yan.

However, when facing Keyan, Mike Brown's eyes flickered, and he was more or less jealous of the guy in front of him.

"Di-"

The referee blew his whistle, threw the basketball into the sky, and the game officially started.

"Ilgauskas turned the ball to Snow, and the Cavaliers won the first ball...Mr. Su, what do you think of today's game?" CCTV invited Su Junyang as a commentator for this game.

Su Junyang smiled and said: "In terms of strength, the Eagles must be stronger. If Ke Yan wants to win more easily, he needs to defend James well. He must deploy the first line of defense on the outside. James cannot easily Breaking in to face Garnett and Milicic, always hoping to fill in the inside is untenable."

After the words fell, James had forcibly wiped Parker's defense and rushed to the basket.Garnett made up the defense in time, but he still didn't take off reluctantly when he lost his position, avoiding the possibility of being scored 2+1 by James.

"This goal is their old problem. The Eagles have achieved good results since the start of the game, but they rely more on their offense and short-term high-pressure defense to make mistakes and counterattack. There are certain loopholes in their perimeter defense. "Su Junyang sighed, "Ke Yan's team has always been 'emphasis on offense and light on defense'. If the problem of defense is not resolved, there is still some distance from the championship."

Old-school basketball players have this view, no surprise!

The Eagles attack, Paul throws the ball to Garnett in the low post, and then he goes to the baseline to set a screen for the running Joe Johnson. , received Garnett's open three-point shot, and the basketball bounced into the frame.

"Beautiful! The Eagles' strong-side off-ball coordination is very beautiful. In terms of offense alone, Ke Yan's tactical arrangement is definitely a master!"

The round changed, the Cavaliers attacked, James dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, and raised his right hand to direct his teammates to move. Joe Johnson stopped in front of him, ready to fight.

James didn't call the pick-and-roll, but started directly after a small step, trying to use the impact to pass Joe Johnson from the right.

Joe Johnson predicted James' line, moved sideways, and blocked James' breakthrough path sideways.

James reacted quickly, just slowed down a little, and then leaned hard on Joe Johnson. Joe Johnson stagnated, but James started again and rushed into the inside from Joe Johnson.

Garnett stood in the defensive position ahead of time and stopped in front of James; James made an observation ahead of time and scored the ball in time. Gooden caught the ball with one step inside the free throw line, rushed to the basket, and scored a layup.

For this shot, the Eagles' defensive strategy has been successful. Garnett's follow-up defense has also returned and interfered with Gooden, but the opponent's shooting feels better, and he sent the ball steadily to the basket!

Both Gooden and Big Z went deep into the basket. The Eagles made a quick switch between offense and defense. Paul dribbled to the frontcourt, restrained the defense and then passed the ball to Anthony Parker. A three-pointer was thrown, the basketball hit the front of the basket, and the rebound was picked up by James.

James picked up the rebound and turned to push the fast break immediately. James sprinted like a full-speed tank. The Cavaliers also had Gooden and Big Z in the frontcourt to help contain the defense, creating a flat offensive environment for James.

The start of the game has already been hit by James. If this goal is not scored, the Cavaliers will be full of arrogance.Without further ado, Garnett jumped head-on to fight James.

Almost carrying Garnett who rushed forward to defend, James smashed the basketball into the basket abruptly, and at the same time the whistle sounded.

The iconic forced 2+1!

The entire Quicken Loans Center was ignited by James' snap, and the cheers were deafening!

Ke Yan on the sidelines couldn't help taking a deep breath, the dunk was so beautiful!

"The Eagles are a bit anxious to handle this ball! How can they shoot a three-pointer during a fast break?" Su Junyang questioned Anthony Parker and even Paul's choice.

James dunked beautifully, but failed to make a free throw. Garnett, who was dunked just now, grabbed the defensive rebound and handed the ball to Paul. .

Joe Johnson was not in a good position to catch the ball, just one step inside the three-point line, and then turned around and dribbled behind him. It seemed that he was preparing to wait for his teammates to come up to respond to the offensive attack, but suddenly turned around and shot a three-pointer when James relaxed his vigilance. Hit!

The change of the situation made James dizzy. He was not ready yet, and the basketball had passed through the net! (6:6)

Don't talk about Wude, big brother!

The excited Joe Johnson made a "pistol" gesture as James' response to dunking Garnett just now.

In the first few rounds, the Cavaliers had no intention of being the dominant side on the scene. The team played lively and the fans on the scene were also very noisy.However, Joe Johnson quietly tied the score with two three-pointers, more or less extinguishing the enthusiasm of the home audience.

In the first half of the first quarter, the Cavaliers' offense was completely controlled by James.Maybe it’s due to preparations that Anthony Parker and Joe Johnson are not good enough to defend the outside line. James plays very fiercely. He can rush into the inside line in almost every attack. Whether it is his own attack or passing assists, it can cause great damage. threaten.

On the Eagles side, Joe Johnson and James "single-handedly fight", of course, only for scoring.In singles with the ball, running without the ball, and pick-and-roll offense, Joe Johnson used eighteen martial arts to fight against James' "overlord hard bow", and he just didn't let the Eagles suffer.

The two sides have always been evenly matched, and no one can prevent the opponent's attack.

However, changes in the situation on the field are often only completed in an instant.

For the Eagles, in order to strengthen the continuation of the team's firepower at the beginning of the second quarter, Ke Yan replaced Paul and let Daniel Gibson play.

After Gibson played, he did not further improve the team's offense, but suddenly activated Larry Hughes!

Larry Hughes first broke through Gibson's defense and rushed to the basket to score a dunk, then hit a long-range jumper and hit a three-pointer, then intercepted Joe Johnson's pass and assisted James to score a dunk.

In a blink of an eye, he led the team to score 7 points in a row, and instantly widened the point difference that the Eagles were originally only 2 points behind to 9 points.