basketball pope

Chapter 312 [The coach is easy to deal with, and the future has a bright future]

The Raptors attacked. Miller received the ball after a pick-and-roll, attracted the defense in the middle and then distributed the ball to the left. O'Neal received the ball with his back, turned to storm the basket, and failed to make a shot under Clark's interference. Carter made an empty cut to grab an offensive rebound The ball hit the bottom line.

Floyd asked for a timeout, and he saw that the Raptors' strategy was to smash the restricted area, and the tactics were from the inside out.The style of center Miller pulling the ball to the three-point line gave him a headache and couldn't break it.

Miller would definitely be able to pull out an inside post. Clark went out with Miller, and the pick-and-roll defender had a poor breakthrough. When Brand went to the pick-and-roll, Clark's low-post confrontation was also poor.As long as Clark is on the court, it seems that the Bulls are the only one to end the game when the powerful Raptors star walks through the back door.

The Raptors' tactics are simple but they can always win the game, because the star is too powerful, and any weakness in any position may be exploited.

Floyd emphasized defensive tactics, replaced Keon Clark, and replaced the tattoo madman, Marcus Fezel.The weakness of the Bulls after the substitution is also obvious, that is, height.

The height of Fezel's draft body side is 206CM. In fact, he is standing next to Brand. The two are about the same height and have a similar body shape. The Bulls management likes this kind of stocky insider with wingspan.

The game continued, Fetzel defended O'Neal Jr. and Brand continued to deal with Miller.

The adjustment had an immediate effect. Fetzel singled out Miller and scored a goal as soon as he came on the court. When he returned to his own half, he blocked a turnaround jumper from O'Neal Jr.

Brand won the rebound and passed to McGrady, the Bulls quickly counterattacked, McGrady took the half court and suddenly shot a cold arrow from beyond the three-point line. Kirilenko retreated relatively backward, missed the cover, and scored the goal. 11 to 7.

The Raptors attacked, Miller passed the ball to Billups, who was running, and the latter forced a breakthrough in the face of Fezel. This time the Bulls were uncomfortable, and Mark Jackson was too slow in chasing defense.

The Bulls have an Achilles heel of the point guard. The veteran Jackson has poor defense, and the backup Kevin Oli has poor organization. Sometimes the Bulls need Jamal Crawford to play the point guard.

Attracting Fezel to switch defense, Billups took the bottom line and passed to O'Neal Jr. at the horn. The latter caught the ball and faced Jackson with a jumper, avoiding the block and hitting. 13 to 7.

The Bulls attacked, Fezel pulled out to cover, Jackson passed Miller on the right, attracted O'Neal to fill the basket and then divided the ball to the left, Brand scored with a single-handed dunk! 13 to 9.

The Raptors are still the same way. Billups and O'Neal Jr. played off-ball screens, received a pass from Miller, and dribbled the ball horizontally from beyond the three-point line to get rid of Jackson.

Jackson couldn't catch up, Fetzel had to change the defense, and Billups found a small space and passed the ball to Miller in the middle.Miller didn't stop from a high position and sent the ball from Brand's head to the basket.

O'Neal received the ball with his back on his left, turned around to the basket with a big stride, and made a smash with one hand with his right hand. Jackson had no choice. 15 to 9.

Yang Rui sat leisurely on the sidelines and asked Thibodeau and D'Antoni, "What would you do if you coached the Bulls?"

Thibodeau immediately replied: "On the zone defense, Brand is in the middle, Fezel is in the bottom line, McGrady is in the bottom line on one side to defend the bottom corner three-pointers, save physical strength and attack, and the other two also mainly prevent breakthroughs and interfere with shots."

D'Antoni, still staring at the court, responded casually: "Totally agree."

Yang Rui smiled and said, "Sure enough, Floyd is easier to deal with than you two."

After Floyd called a timeout, the defense was still man-to-man.If you use zone defense, Artest and McGrady will not suffer against O'Neal or switching guards. The Bulls block the penalty area, and the Raptors have to rely on mid-to-long-range shots to solve the problem, at least not as high as the opening period.

The league has just started allowing zone defense, and many coaches are not used to it.What Yang Rui and Thibodeau learned from the Knicks was the fake joint defense, and they came to grips with them.

The Bulls can score after adjustment, but can't defend.In the 7th minute of the Raptors, Harprin replaced Kirilenko with two fouls and continued to entangle McGrady. The other four played the whole quarter, leading 35 to 24.

In the second quarter, the Raptors sent Parker, Reed, Dan Marley, Halprin, and Jerome James.

The tactics are very simple, grab the rebound and then counterattack, the three of them open the positional battle, and Jerome and Parker play high pick-and-rolls.

In terms of overall ability, Parker is not as good as Billups, with poor control of rhythm, average breakthrough points, and inaccurate three-point shooting, so he was a substitute all season, averaging only 8.4 points per game.

But Parker's role in the Raptors is also obvious. In the first round of the playoffs, the data increased to 12 points and 3 assists.He has specialties. After the pick-and-roll, the starting speed is the fastest in the Raptors team. His breakthrough is better than Billups. After the pick-and-roll, he hits the basket and makes a layup or a small throw, which can cause headaches for opponents.

What Yang Rui has to do is to find a big man to help Parker to block people and start comfortably.

There are many who say Parker wouldn't be a star without Popovich's coaching.Yang Rui thinks it's just the opposite. Without Parker, the Spurs are not that good.His characteristics are too distinctive, switching teams to play pick-and-rolls, not limiting playing time, maybe he will score 20+ in multiple seasons in his career.

In Yang Rui's previous life, in his rookie season with the Spurs, Parker played 10 playoff games, played 34.1 minutes, and averaged 15.5 points, 2.9 rebounds and 4 assists per game.After that, Parker has been starting, and he is an instant force.

The Bulls are much worse off the bench than the Raptors, with Kevin Oli, Hoiberg, Crawford, Fezel and Clark.

Usually they'll top the second unit for a while, and as long as they don't fall too far behind, they'll come back and take out the opponent.Against the Raptors, the Bulls can't stand the bench at all.

Veteran Hoiberg is an excellent three-point shooter, and he doesn't defend well as a 2.He is 193cm tall and weighs 92kg. His confrontation ability is acceptable, but he is too disadvantaged against Reed, and his physical fitness is poor.

Three and a half minutes later, the difference widened to 20 points.Reed didn't make a three-pointer. When he counterattacked, he used his body to force a layup and hit Hoiberg twice.

Fetzel made a backup, Reed scored the ball, and Halprin scored with a one-handed dunk.

In the positional battle, Parker broke through after the pick-and-roll, passed Clark, made two free throws for a foul, and passed Olly to the basket on the counterattack, attracting the defense to separate from the periphery, and assisting Dan Marley to hit a three-pointer.

On the defensive end, the Raptors have no obvious loopholes, and they are still 122 zone defenses, blocking the penalty area.

Individual defense, the Raptors will not suffer in any position. Regardless of his short stature, Halprin has no problem defending Clark. He can put Clark outside the penalty area. As long as he is far away from the basket, he is not a threat.

After switching back to the starting lineup, Brand and McGrady scored points based on their personal ability. The Raptors couldn't completely limit them, but the rest of the Bulls performed mediocrely and couldn't catch up with the score.

With 4 minutes left in the final quarter, the Raptors led 107 to 87 and entered garbage time.

Zhang reasonably commented: "McGrady and Brand have both been selected as All-Stars, the data is good, and they have become famous partners in the league. They can compete with O'Neal Jr. and Carter without falling behind, but the Bulls are still far worse than the Raptors as a whole. , I don't think there is any suspense in this series."

Xu Jicheng agreed. "The Raptors scored too many points, and the point guard position has an obvious advantage. As long as the Bulls are not swept away, this year will be a success."

Zhang Lili smiled and said, "If the Bulls can dig a good point guard this summer, they will have a bright future."

(End of this chapter)