Pick Westbrook

Chapter 98 In that era, scumbags would be beaten to bleed

After seeing this scene on the court, Mike Woodson smiled.

The Eagles restricted the Bucks' offense in the first round, no, it should be said that they were completely blocked.

Before the Nuggets' Qiansheng coach George Karl and the Spurs' Popovich were constantly making a fuss about the Bucks' outside pick-and-roll tactics, and the result of doing so directly led to the Bucks coming up with new ones. Attack tactics to crack.

For example, Yi Jianlian's high-post deal, Artest's low-post singles, Dragic's substitute engine, and George Hill's second ball handling.

In Mike Woodson's view, although the approach of the first two famous coaches is right, there are also some things that are too right.

Just like a catastrophic flood, no matter how blocked you are, there will always be new places where water will reappear.

So blocking is worse than sparse, Mike Woodson's defensive strategy for the Bucks is to release floods.

"Don't you Bucks like to shoot three-pointers very much, then I will give you a chance now, you shoot!"

"It's just a one-step shooting space. No matter how fast you shoot, players with the overall defensive ability of the Eagles can interfere in time. It depends on the shooting percentage of your Bucks players."

"As for the rebound after the shot, you don't even think about it."

Li Lai urgently called a timeout to let the players calm down, and rearranged the tactics and style of play on the field.

"From now on, we're going to play defense with the Eagles!"

Tyronn Lue heard the brow tightening in the back, because he didn't think defense was the Bucks' strong point.

Although Artest's defense is at the top of the league, and Westbrook's defense is also top-notch among guards, but apart from the two, the best defense may be George Hill, followed by Yi Jianlian .

But the defense of the two is at most the average level of the league. It is definitely not realistic to say how good they are.

Otherwise, the Bucks will not be sure that the team will play offensive tactics in the summer league.

So if you fight to defend, in Tyronn Lue's view, you may lose.

The Eagles attack.

Al Horford mentioned high position support, while Joe Johnson and Josh Smith went to the left and right sides to look for singles opportunities.

This is the most commonly used offensive tactic by the Eagles, which is to let Joe Johnson and Josh Smith, who have the best singles ability, simultaneously tear apart the opponent's defense.

And Al Horford has a very strong coping ability, and his passing can also allow his teammates to get easy scoring opportunities.

Coupled with the experienced Mike Bibby's excellent overall situation, although the Eagles are a defensive team, their offensive firepower should not be underestimated.

Joe Johnson received the ball at the waist, but the moment he was about to play back singles, he felt great pressure.

Artest didn't know when he had switched defenses.

Enthusiastic Joe Johnson still chose to hit hard, with his back and hard work on the first, second, and third banks.
After finding that Artest was completely motionless, Joe Johnson chose to turn forward and prepare to shoot his opponent backwards.

"Damn!"

Artest had expected to get stuck in front of Joe Johnson one step ahead of time, so that he didn't even have room to make moves, so he could only pass the ball to Mike Bibby.

Veteran Bibby lowered his center of gravity and prepared to break through, but Westbrook squatted in front of him, staring fiercely at the basketball.

"come!"

Bibby was so frightened that he trembled all over, and then tried to break through this arrogant rookie, but the moment his body touched, he felt that he was hit on a steel plate, which was too hard.

Westbrook succeeded in stealing directly from Mike Bibby by relying on his wingspan, and it was a fast break!
The tortoise battle ax splits the buckle!

Everyone in the Eagles already knew that even Garnett was dunked by Westbrook. At this time, they could only choose to pay attention behind them.

"You jump so high!"

Mike Woodson stood up nervously from the coach's bench, his mind buzzing instantly.

"Why did you suddenly switch to defensive counterattack!"

The fast-break counterattack is also a tactic that the Bucks like to play very much, but the defensive counterattack seems to be the first time the Bucks have played this season.

Because their defense is not good enough.

Mike Woodson suddenly thought of something, and stared blankly at Li Lai on the Bucks coaching bench.

The Eagles have strengthened their defense, and no matter how the Bucks change on the offensive end, it is impossible to break through their defense.

After all, these defenses were all summed up by Mike Woodson yesterday after watching the Bucks' game tape throughout the season.

But now the Bucks are uncharacteristically abandoning their advantage and taking the initiative to play defense with the Eagles. This is just like the Lakers abandoned the triangle offensive initiative to play bayonets with the Celtics in the Finals last season.

Isn't this putting the cart before the horse?
"Since you want to defend against my Eagles, give it a try and see who is better!"

The game continues on the pitch.

The Eagles changed the focus of offense in the next round and gave the ball to the King of Eagles Josh Smith.

This guy is known as a jumping monster and a muscular man. Although his skills are average, but fortunately he has the support of hardware facilities, so when he singles out small players in the interior, Josh Smith's effect is surprisingly good.

At this time, because Artest switched to defend Joe Johnson, it was George Hill who defended Josh Smith.

The former is a heavy tank with a height of 206cm and a weight of 103kg, while the latter is a small potato with a height of 193cm and a weight of 85kg.

Such a pairing is like the sight of Yao Ming holding the ball with one hand in the interior, and Sao Paulo jumping there.

Mike Woodson looked forward to the singles screen on the court, but at this time Villanueva suddenly double-teamed from the outside.

Josh Smith's singles skills are not good, so it is difficult to safely handle double-teams and assist defense. In the past, he chose to pass the ball at this time.

But at this time, all the other players of the Bucks stepped back into the penalty area and played a partial zone defense, so that all four players on the outside had opposing players.

Josh Smith failed to pass the ball, so he could only choose to force a layup and made George Hill a foul.

One of two free throws.

"Josh Smith's free throws and shots have never been good." Mike Woodson's expression froze slightly.

Because the defensive strength shown by the Bucks is far better than he imagined, and the Eagles are not a strong offensive team, and there is no super scorer in the team, so it is difficult to break this defensive deadlock.

For the first time, Mike Woodson gave birth to the feeling that the Bucks were difficult to deal with.

At the end of the first quarter, the Bucks took the lead at 20:16.

The two teams also completely staged a defensive battle, one relied on defensive counterattacks to score points, and the other relied on frequent impacts on the inside penalty area to cause kills and scores.

It's hard to say which of the two teams is better offensively, and who has the advantage in offensive selection, but the performance of the two teams on the defensive end makes everyone unable to help but want to praise.

In the second quarter of the game, the Bucks took their own substitute lineup.

The Eagles obviously made enough preparations before the game, knowing that the Bucks' offensive firepower still cannot be underestimated, so after letting Joe Johnson rest for only 1 minute, they immediately took it up again.

As a team with six players scoring in double figures, the Hawks' bench firepower is much lower than that of the Bucks. Fortunately, their bench defense is also very good.

Slag Pachulia came up from the bench, and then took a look at his defender, Elson, who was already old and about to retire.

Pachulia shook his arms and smiled contemptuously. He planned to show the old man some color tonight.

At the start of the game, Dragic broke through the inside and scored a layup as soon as he came up.

Without Mike Bibby, the backup point guard sent by the Hawks was Maurice Evans, a 01 draft pick who was much worse than Mike Bibby in terms of talent and strength.

Terby is on the defensive end. Maurice Evans, who is good at defensive power point guards, has difficulty keeping up with Dragic's speed. When facing the combination of the opponent's change of direction and sudden shot, Morris, who is slightly inexperienced -Evans is not Dragic's opponent.

The Eagles' defense has a problem.

Mike Woodson didn't care about such issues, because he still had Joe Johnson on the court at this time.

In the first quarter of the game, Joe Johnson hardly had much output under Artest's defense. After all, the opponent was a man who won DPOY by relying on one-on-one defense.

At this time, the Bucks still did not send Artest after discovering that Joe Johnson was on the court. In Mike Woodson's view, it was a very fatal mistake.

"Li Lai, you are still young after all."

Joe Johnson singles Andre Ingram.

It was the same as playing, and scored with a signature turnaround jumper.

Seeing this scene, Tyronn Lue hesitated to speak, and finally couldn't help but said: "Coach, why don't you replace Artest?

He defended Joe Johnson well in the first quarter. "

Li Lai shook his head decisively. He thought that this was the best situation for the Bucks.

Can anyone on the Bucks floor limit Joe Johnson?Indeed no one.

So can anyone in the Eagles limit Dragic on the court?And no one.

A starter and a substitute explode, isn't this the best situation?
It's just that this mutual explosion situation was quickly broken by a player.

Slag-Pachulia swung his waist and moved his feet during a rebound, causing Elson, who landed, to twist his right leg and fall to the ground in pain.

There were ear-piercing cries of pain at the scene, and Dragic, Marshall and others wanted to ask Pachulia for an explanation.

Who would have thought that Pachulia would still look like an invincible Lao Tzu after hurting someone, and she would just talk trash to Dragic and the others. Give Pachulia and Dragic a foul each.

They were all fouled by the referee, and that kid Pachulia was still talking about it, yelling non-stop.

Artest, Westbrook and others sitting on the bench looked at Li Lai tacitly.

"Coach, we want revenge!"

Li Lai asked the team doctor Elson about his injury, but the result was not very good.

"I haven't done an MRI yet, so I don't know the severity of the injury, but from experience, it is at least a cruciate ligament sprain, and the recovery time is at least 4 weeks.

Considering Elson is 33 years old, his recovery period may take longer. "

Tylen Lue, who heard the news, was very worried and said: "Although Yi Jianlian and Villanueva almost occupy a lot of playing time in our inside line, Elson can also play for more than ten minutes.

Now that he can't play, there may be some problems with our inside rotation. Yi Jianlian and Villanueva may have to play for more than 40 minutes. "

At the beginning of the regular season, the Bucks only chose a 12-man roster in order to save money. Although after a later transaction, this number has reached 13, but because there are 3 garbage contract players, only one of them, Marshall, can play. In addition, Tyronn Lue was selected into the coaching staff, so there are only 10 players who can play.

Point guard: Westbrook, Dragic.

Shooting guards: George Hill, Andre Ingram.

Small forwards: Artest, Marshall.

Power forwards: Villanueva, Crohill.

Center: Yi Jianlian, Elson.

"Elson's injury means that Yi Jianlian has no substitutes to replace. The only option for the Bucks is to add Marshall to the inside lineup."

Li Lai looked serious.

Although Marshall used to play power forward when the Cavaliers were with James, but now he has lost the strength and physique to fight inside, so it is difficult to adapt to such a role.

Pachulia's kick hurt the Bucks!
Seeing his guidance veteran being kicked off maliciously, Yi Jianlian stood up with eyes full of anger and said, "Coach, let me play."

Artest already knew this young man very well during his training contact with Yi Jianlian.

Seems quiet and approachable, only because he hasn't been messed with yet.

Once the No. 9 player is angered, his anger can be more fierce than those players who get angry at every turn.

Li Lai didn't stop Yi Jianlian, because Elson was injured, so he had to step up.

"I've always hoped that off-court things wouldn't happen on the basketball court, but I know the game is for men, so sometimes it's hard to stop that from happening.

I only have one request, don't hit people, don't allow yourself to be suspended, and you can control other standards yourself. "

Tyronn Lue on the side grinned. Is this what the head coach of a team should say?
Isn't this encouraging players to do bad things on the court!

Artest said disdainfully: "What is this, the defense of the last era, the head coach was always clamoring for blood!
A player with no taste like Pachulia would be beaten out of the arena every game. "

(End of this chapter)