godfather in black

Chapter 134 136: It's really defensive!
136: Really defensive!
Phoenix is ​​already very hot in May, and the dry city will dissipate any moisture at any time.The crowd walking on the street can't wait to hide in the air-conditioned room, and the people shopping in the mall will choose to go straight to the parking lot after leaving the gate of the mall with big bags and small bags.If Phoenix is ​​like this in May, is it still alive in the hottest time of August?Qin Tao thought about this question, but now he definitely doesn't have time to think about it.

In the center of the air corridor in the United States, the two powerful teams in the West are fighting each other for a spot to advance to the Western Conference Finals.Today, everyone saw a scene of astonishment—the Chinese head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers, known for his strategizing, calmness, and predicting the future, Qin Tao, the prophet, stood on the sidelines in the first minute of the game.

"That's rare! Charles." In the T/NT studio, Kenny Smith smiled and said to a fat man beside him.

The fat man touched his forehead and said, "Kenny, why is Qin Tao so anxious today? Does this have something to do with the Lakers changing tactics in this game?"

"I don't know if it has anything to do with it. Anyway, I can see that the Lakers are going to use defense to play against the Phoenix today. This kind of game is not the way the Los Angeles people play! You must know that in the game against Dallas, they counterattacked quickly And the sharp breakthrough left a deep impression on me."

"Don't tell me, L.A.'s defense is really good. Look at Kwame's top defense along the three-second zone, Kobe and Caron's protection on the wings, and Chris's free throw line as the axis. The spread defense, Derek following Steve, it all fell into place."

"Let's see and talk! Whether Los Angeles, which has changed decisively, will have the last laugh, or Solar, which is supreme in running and bombing."

The scorching weather didn't affect Phoenix fans at all. Compared with the hundreds of Los Angeles fans, the sound of Phoenix fans was like the tide of the sea, with one wave higher than the other, and the wave stronger than the wave.Looking at the orange, it looks like a phoenix is ​​about to spread its wings and fly high, and the orange flames are burning any piece of land on the scene.

"Qin, I found out that you are a lunatic. A complete lunatic. I really don't know if Mitch discovered your talent in the lunatic asylum and brought you back."

Qin Tao glanced at Brown-Shaw standing next to him, chuckled lightly and said, "If you think I'm a lunatic, then I am a lunatic. I think I said a long time ago that you can abandon anything before the final victory. You have to win four games to qualify, one game doesn't mean anything, you know?"

"I don't understand!" Brown Shaw shook his head and said, "So I can't be the head coach."

"I said, Brother Tao, when did you act so decisively?" Another Chinese youth appeared beside Qin Tao.

Qin Tao glanced back at him and said, "Don't you guys like to sit in the media area and watch games?"

"Uh...you're crazy today, of course I want to come and see you. If you really go crazy, I'll treat you in time!" Du Peng spread his hands, as if he was very helpless.

"Don't cheat! Just say that the atmosphere over there is too bad for you?" Qin Tao sneered, "I told you a long time ago not to watch the game there, but you still haven't listened."

"Okay! I'll be sitting here from today, okay? By the way, your personality has changed a lot! When you were in school, you had to think about everything for a long time before you could make a decision."

"Then why do you think that I didn't think about it for a long time when I made this decision?" Qin Tao pointed to the players who were playing on the field and said.

"Anyway, you're being bold."

"Okay, let's watch the game!"

Qin Tao and Du Peng talked and laughed happily off the court, but it was a different scene on the court.Although the Phoenix Suns stormed the Lakers' basket since the first second of the game, their offense met the Lakers' tenacious defense.According to past experience, the Lakers should never invest so much energy in defense.After all, on the basketball court, both offense and defense consume a lot of energy, so in the history of the league, there are very few teams that can guarantee a rock-solid defense while attacking sharply.

So as long as the Lakers start to improve their defense, their offense will definitely be as fast as before.Even if it is the Suns, their running and bombing can't carry out the whole court.Steve Nash once said in front of the media, "Our physical strength is not enough to support four quarters, so let the opponent surrender within three quarters." This shows that a fast offense consumes a lot of physical strength.

The Lakers started to compete defensively with the Suns, so their offense must be a positional battle.The rhythm was slowed down, which completely made the set of tactics prepared by the Suns before the game useless.Mike Don Anthony frowned, and his assistant also frowned, "The Los Angeles people are actually playing defense with us! Mike, what should we do?"

"Constantly responding to all changes, they must not be familiar with such tactics. And now we are leading the score, don't panic. If we change, we will really fall into the trap of the Chinese." Mike Don Anthony After speaking, he turned and returned to the coach's bench.

Qin Tao saw Mike Don Anthony who left the sidelines to supervise the battle, and he also returned to the coach's bench and sat down. 'Let's not change, anyway, everything is under Lao Tzu's control. '

The coaches of the two sides are competing, but this is always a silent battlefield, but the players on the field are fighting with real knives and guns. Every time a goal is scored, the audience applauds.The test of the two teams in the first 6 minutes has ended, and the Phoenix Suns first started to exert their strength under the leadership of the Canadian.

Nash controlled the ball at the top of the arc, Quentin Richardson and Sean Marion slowly moved to the baseline, both of them had to guard against three-pointers, and the space in the middle was ripped open.Nash and Stoudemire started moving at the same time, and the two converged to the left of the free throw line.Very much a pick-and-roll by the Suns, and then Nash changed his mind and rushed to the basket.Sean Marion snaps back to the basket and Voskur and Marion set an off-ball screen.Nash began to accelerate at this moment. He cut abruptly between Marion and Kwame Brown, threw his left hand, and turned his body.His running position is perfect, first using Kwame Brown to block Chris Webber, and then blocking Kwame Brown's forward path himself.Marion slapped the basketball and tossed it into the hoop before Kobe's defense could reach it.A Marion-style throw (after Marion took off, his body was still moving forward, and the throw was hit during the movement), which opened the Suns' fast break mode.

Kobe missed a jumper after Weber's screen, and the Suns had a chance to counterattack.Stoudemire grabbed the rebound, this is the first time he easily took off the rebound in this game, this is a very good counterattack opportunity.The three of the Suns have already rushed to the Lakers' basket. Although the Lakers also have three in the frontcourt, the Phoenix people rarely fail to grasp such fast break opportunities.

The basketball was thrown to the frontcourt, and Nash received the ball very comfortably, without a pause, and dribbled forward directly.Marion and Richardson ran to the bottom line respectively, and Nash continuously changed directions in front of him.Fisher's speed was not as good as that of the match, and coupled with Nash's shaking, he quickly lost his defensive position.Caron Butler was hesitating whether to step forward to make up for it. Just as he hesitated, Nash's pass hit Richardson like a cannonball.Catch the ball, jump up, shoot the ball.Everything was as easy as it was during training, and the result was as satisfying as it was during training. The Nets rolled up the white "spray" very beautifully. The Phoenix Suns scored another three points. The difference between the two teams reached the first since the game started Double digits, Los Angeles Lakers 14 to 24 Phoenix Suns.

"Pause!" Qin Tao took the tactical board from Brown Xiao.

"You read that right! In the first quarter, Qin Tao actually called for a timeout? This is really rare!" Kenny Smith said with his mouth wide open.

"Kenny, it's like you didn't expect Qin Tao to use defense to deal with Phoenix in this game. I always feel that his arrangement reveals a taste of conspiracy." Barkley said seriously.

"Hehe! Stop showing off your conspiracy theories, Charles." Kenny Smith laughed and said, "What kind of conspiracy do you think a head coach under 30 years old can arrange? Even Phil Jackson can't figure out this kind of conspiracy." Conspiracy!"

"Don't forget, he is Chinese. In that mysterious country, there are always some people who are particularly mysterious. Qin Tao is already very mysterious if he can communicate with God. Can you say that he can't do other incredible things? Kenny -Mr. Smith," Barkley retorted.

"Qin, is it our turn to attack?" Brown Xiao eagerly prepared to deploy offensive tactics.

"Offensive? No, I said it, we're only on defense today. We played defense for three days after coming to Phoenix."

"However, we have practiced offense for half a season." Brown-Shaw argues. In fact, when Qin Tao was going to use defensive tactics to play this game, many people on the coaching staff objected, but they saw that Qin Tao was confident. With a full expression, they all reluctantly agreed.

Qin Tao ignored Brown-Shaw, stood among the players with a tactical board and said happily: "When defending the opponent's fast break, don't think about helping your teammates to fill the position. You are optimistic about your own people. Even if your teammates miss someone Don’t make up for it, believe in your partners, believe in your teammates, and believe in me. As I said, if we can pass the Suns, we will definitely be able to.”

Kobe was a little dissatisfied with Qin Tao's sudden change, but he didn't say anything.He still remembered the agreement between him and Qin Tao.He is in charge of scoring crazy points on the field, while Qin Tao is in charge of commanding the team.The two of them have a clear division of labor, at least until Qin Tao's performance is particularly disappointing, Kobe will abide by the agreement between them, at least he is a person who keeps his word.

The game started again, Nash rested, and the Lakers also replaced Kwame Brown with Lamar Odom.Everyone knows that Nash will play at the beginning of the second quarter. This time is the opportunity for the Lakers to narrow the point difference and even overtake the score.Because as long as the Canadian is off the field, the Suns' offensive firepower will be at least one-third weaker.

With 2:39 left in the first quarter, Kobe Bryant switched to Black Mamba mode.As long as Kobe Bryant is around, no one dares to underestimate the Lakers, and no one can guarantee victory against this team.Kobe is a big killer in the league, and also a magic weapon in Qin Tao's hands.He made sudden shots and dominated the rest of the first quarter by himself.In the first 10 minutes of the game, Kobe only scored 6 points by shooting, but in the last 2 minutes and 39 seconds, he entered the game mode of one person singled out five people.He scored 10 points in a row and sent 2 assists.Chris Webber also began to exert his superstar strength, and he completely deterred the inside.

The two superstars of the Lakers showed their power at the same time. The Los Angeles Lakers led the Suns by two points 33 to 31 through their performance at the end of the first quarter.

"Looking at the score like this, we should defend and give up quick counterattacks." Qin Tao repeatedly emphasized during the intermission that they should play defensive tactics, and he also emphasized that the Lakers' current offense should be a positional offense. , Don't think about the kind of fast counterattack with high turnover rate and high energy consumption. Although this style of play has high returns, while the Lakers want to strengthen their defense, their physical energy is not enough to support such a game.

As for the Suns bench, Tang Anthony has not found out what kind of medicine is sold in Qin Tao's gourd, and he is still prepared to respond to all changes with the same. "The enemy can't move, I can't move. Guys, come on. Los Angeles' superstar mode can't run through the audience. Their defense still has loopholes."

After the head coaches of both sides arranged during the quarter, the game in the second quarter kicked off quickly.The Phoenix Suns are still attacking like they planned before the game!Originally, they wanted to use a mad attack to suppress the Los Angeles Lakers' offense, but now it has become a defense that defeated the Lakers.

With Nash on the court, even though the Suns were on the bench, their offense was still suffocating.Run non-stop, grab the rebound and pass straight to the frontcourt, and the two corner three-point shooters will solve the problem.If you can't make a shot, the power forward who plugs in from behind rushes to grab the rebound, and if you can't grab it, go back to defense.This is the running and bombing of the Phoenix Suns. With Steve Nash running, the offensive machine of the Suns has been running at high speed. The most terrifying thing is that he rarely makes mistakes.And what about the Lakers' defense?They adopted a man-to-man tactic when the Suns counterattacked, and even if their teammates missed someone, no one would make up for it.In positional battles, Los Angeles' defense was very layered, and they stifled the Suns' offense time and time again.

"I seem to have an illusion that San Antonio is not playing in Los Angeles. It is not Qin Tao who is sitting on the sidelines, but Gregg Popovich." Kenny Smith has made such a sigh more than once.Because before this, the Lakers have never played such a suffocating defense in any game.This defense even has a hint of the Spurs' shadow.

Qin Tao learned this kind of defensive tactics by watching game videos. He was just a rookie when he first arrived in Los Angeles.At that time, he not only asked Zhang Jie to steal his teacher, but every night, he would study some classic NBA battles to learn how the famous NBA coaches arranged team tactics.Since the 70s, he has studied almost every classic game. What he studies is not the wonderful game where the superstar mode dominates the whole game, but some of the games he studies are very boring.When he was learning defense, he took out the bad boy army at that time and studied it repeatedly. Lambiel's defense in the interior has always been sought after by him.Qin Tao has always hoped to have a center like Bill Laimbier, but now there are very few such players, and if he wants one, he can only cultivate it himself.

The tactics used in today's game were entirely the result of discussions between Qin Tao and the coaching staff, in which his thinking took the leading position.In other words, the tactics used by the Lakers today can be marked as "made in Qin Tao".Now Qin Tao has a lot of tactics in his mind, what he lacks is a tactical routine that can integrate all the miscellaneous things in his mind.

"Is this a tactic arranged by that old guy Popovich?" Don Anthony's sub-assistant continued to complain.The game on the field once came to a standstill. Before the start of this game, Qin Tao said, "If Nash breaks through and the space in the middle is torn apart, he will decisively foul. Scale. If you want to fight, it is best to interrupt the opponent's hand."

It is because of Qin Tao's teaching that the Lakers once played very brutally in the game, as if the "bad boy army" from the car city in the 90s has returned.The Lakers calmed down a bit after the referee called Walton a technical foul, but they still won't be soft when it's time to foul.A player like Barnes, who was regarded as cannon fodder by Qin Tao, committed three fouls within 3 minutes of playing.

The game continued intermittently. The second quarter lasted for 6 minutes, and the Suns just broke through 45 points. You must know that the two teams played a very high score in the first quarter!
In the 7th minute of the second quarter, Qin Tao started to make substitutions after calling a timeout. Kobe Bryant, Chris Webber and other main players were replaced.After replacing the main players, Qin Tao also knew that they would not play as substitutes. The main players have their own methods.He came to the sidelines for the second time in this game. This time he almost became a target and was booed by more than 2 fans in the air corridor in the United States.

The Lakers' lack of aristocratic style of play made the Phoenix people very angry, and they wanted to use boos to beat the Los Angeles Lakers.The rumble of boos has been shaking Qin Tao's eardrums, but it has no effect on Qin Tao, how to play, or how to play.In addition to criticizing in his heart, he said: "He is a horse, the job of head coach is really harmful to hearing, and he should insure his ears in the future!"

"Faced with such boos, Coach Qin is still unmoved! Haha!" Charles Barkley laughed.

"With the main force replaced, the Los Angeles Lakers still play defense. They really want to defend to the end! What kind of medicine is Qin Tao selling in his gourd?" Kenny Smith is also full of question marks.

(End of this chapter)