basketball pope

Chapter 851 [Data analysis, terrible Clippers]

At the beginning of October, the NBA preseason started, and this year, the Clippers did not have to leave the United States to fight, which was much easier.

Yang Rui announced that Curry and Gasol, who participated in the men's basketball World Championships in the summer, were sidelined to give others more opportunities to perform. Rookie Zach LaVine thus became the team's starting point guard and Farmar came off the bench.

LaVine is 196cm tall and weighs only 83kg. After a summer of hard work to gain weight, he is [-]kg longer than when he was drafted, which is clearly the physique that all women envy.But with this physique you want him to play shooting guard, you want him to die.

When LaVine played point guard, Yang Rui felt that he was half Curry and half Wei Shao.

His current style of play is reminiscent of Westbrook, who likes to play fast break and counterattack, is extremely fast in transition, relies heavily on athleticism, always ends offense with jumpers, often has poor shot selection, but has great shooting skills, and The hit rate is relatively stable.

Yang Rui intends to take advantage of LaVine's talent and clearly inform him that he will transform into a point guard. Even if he plays double guard tactics, he must treat himself as a point guard instead of a shooting guard, and actively cooperate with his teammates.

He needs to build strength, exercise his muscles, learn how to drive to the basket in the half court offense, and at the same time his mental will must be more tough, not deserting the court, these will take time.

In Yang Rui's previous life, it was a bit unfortunate that LaVine was selected by the Timberwolves. He partnered with Rubio, the giant point guard at the No. 1 position, and could only play the No. 2 position. Naturally, the Timberwolves were exposed on the outside.

After that, a magical thing happened. Many ball-blind people praised "Lu Yizhong" as a good defense and played a big role in the Timberwolves, while LaVine is the worst single defense of the Timberwolves, purely defensive black hole.

This is very similar to the predicament of Curry. Curry is partnered with second-rate star Ellis. LaVine blames people like Rubio, which is a sadder story than sadness.If the Timberwolves management is normal, they should immediately let Rubio get out of the way and free up the starting spot for LaVine.

You know, before "Brother Ball" landed in the NBA, Rubio had always been the most rubbish point guard on offense, and even Rondo, who was known as "Long Buzhu", could blow him up.At least Rondo has a strong ability to break through, and his two-point shooting rate is guaranteed, while Rubio, who is the main two-pointer, has an overall shooting rate of less than [-]%, and the upper basket may miss, which is incredible.

Yang Rui believes that as long as LaVine exerts his physical advantages, playing point guard may become a super sixth man.If he wants to continue to improve, he must improve his decision-making ability and drive his teammates instead of simply ending the offense.

As a result, LaVine played well in the preseason, starting in 7 games, averaging 10.6 points, 3 rebounds and 3.3 assists, shooting 45.2% from the field and 37.3% from three.

LaVine's organizational skills are average, Yang Rui doesn't need him to attack with the ball in positional warfare, and breaks through the ball to find teammates, which makes up for this shortcoming.He only needs to cooperate with his teammates in the counterattack, and the positional warfare is mainly without the ball, and the person in charge of the organization is Draymond Green or Antetokounmpo Antetokounmpo.

The Clippers' bench play is equally simple. The three-point shooter pulls away, Farmar plays the pick-and-roll with the ball, passes the ball to Gay for a one-on-one pick, or gives the empty cut Whiteside to storm the basket.

The success rate in this way is very high. The 25-year-old Whiteside has begun to transform. He has terrible physical conditions and good athletic ability.

After arriving at the Clippers, he performed a body side. He was 210cm tall with bare feet, and his wingspan reached 231cm. He jumped on the spot with a height of 356cm and approached a height of 368cm. He sprinted faster than Chandler in 4/3 games. Finn.As long as he gets the ball in the penalty area, he doesn't need any footsteps, he just shoots against someone, and the opponent can't block the block at all.

The Clippers' defensive performance in the preseason was mediocre, and the players mainly focused on running-in and attacking.

Curry and Pau Gasol did not play, and the Clippers lacked offensive points with the ball, but this is exactly what Yang Rui wanted. Brother Antetokounmpo has more opportunities to face the frame to attack and practice breakthroughs.

Without two big stars to lead, the Clippers have average attack power, 3 wins and 4 losses.

But no one underestimated the Clippers because of this. With Curry and without Curry, it is completely different. His role in attracting double teams on the outside cannot be replaced by others.

In the first official NBA strength list, the Clippers ranked first.

In recent years, many people have understood the way Yang Rui leads the team to win. The core does not need to be the scoring champion, and the playing time will not be much, only about 35 minutes, but the offensive efficiency must be guaranteed.

ESPN experts analyzed Yang Rui's tactical thinking in detail, and specially made a special program, believing that he can become the pope of basketball because the team's play style has been carefully calculated.A group of efficient players in the Clippers have more offense, and against a team led by an inefficient ball tyrant, they are easily slaughtered every time without negotiation.

Inefficient players generally play for 40 minutes, take about 25 shots, and score 45 points with a shooting rate of about 30%; and play 20 minutes with the two role players of the Clippers, which add up to about 25 shots. Can also score 30 points.

The same is 30 points, which kind of play is easy to win?Obviously role players are explosive stars, and the Clippers are taking this winning route that uses cooperation to ensure efficiency.

The efficiency of several role players of the Clippers can explode the opponent's stars, and the core Curry is even more terrifying, because his three-point shooting rate has been above 45% for many seasons, about [-]%, and he can attract packages from beyond the three-point line. folder.

Suppose both teams shoot 100 balls and shoot 40% of the three-pointers, and they will get 120 points; if they shoot 60% of the two-pointers, they will also get 120 points.

However, shooting 40 percent from 60-pointers, generated 40 rebounds, plus 60 baseline drives, and shot 40 percent from 60-pointers, generating [-] rebounds, plus [-] baseline drives.

According to the average ratio of front and rear rebounds in the current NBA, the offensive team can grab 4 offensive rebound out of 1 rebounds.

That is to say, the team that shoots three-pointers can get 15 offensive rebounds, and the opponent gets 45 offensive rebounds plus 40 baseline serves, which equals 85 possessions.

By contrast, the team that shoots two-pointers can get 10 offensive rebounds, the opponent gets 30 backcourt rebounds, plus 60 baseline serves, and 90 possessions.

To be more specific, if they all make 100 shots, even if the score is the same, the team that shoots 5s has 5 more chances to make a second offense and [-] more chances to make a direct free throw than the team that shoots [-]s.

ESPN's expert team analyzed why Yang Rui sold Griffin at a low price. A guy who only makes 0.6 three-pointers per game and has no guaranteed shooting percentage, but has a ball possession rate as high as 25%. No matter how beautiful the data is Where is the strength going?Faried couldn't make three-pointers at all, so the Celtics sent the draft pick and the Clippers let it go.

Experts have come to the conclusion that as long as the Clippers maintain their defensive intensity this season, they are likely to be stronger than last season because of more three-pointers.

Big Gasol and Draymond Green will completely open the formation, and they are also good at rebounding. Those shot rights that originally belonged to Griffin should be reasonably allocated to the periphery. Half of the Clippers’ shots in the new season will be at the three-point line. Otherwise, the attack efficiency will be higher.

The opening game of the Clippers' first home game against the Rockets is full of gimmicks.

The Rockets formed the "Big Three" in the summer. On the official strength list, they only ranked fifth in the first issue. The Western Conference ranked after the Spurs and Mavericks. .

The Rockets fans are also full of confidence. They believe that the Rockets have the strength to win the championship and are not afraid of any team. The reason is very simple. The Rockets' stars are very famous and the data is very good.

ESPN's Nicholas said in an article: With this mentality, the Rockets may have bad luck in the opening game.

(End of this chapter)