nba championship predators

Chapter 69 The New Mad Scientist ([-])

"Oh, that's great. Come on, come on, sit down and talk slowly." Jeff Van Gundy's eyes lit up. He was very assured of Zhao Ke's basketball IQ. This kid might really be holding something good.

Zhao Ke picked up a marker pen and drew the simplest elevator door tactic on the tactical board in front of Van Gundy's desk.

Before he could speak, Tom Thibodeau jumped up, slapped his forehead, and said regretfully, "Why didn't I think of that!"

Fuck, has this tactic been preempted so early?Zhao Ke looked at Tom Thibodeau in disbelief.

"This tactic was used by the Bulls before, but the final finisher chose to make a mid-range shot near the free throw line instead of extending to the three-point line!" Van Gundy briefly explained to the bewildered Zhao Ke.He turned around and said to Tom Thibodeau: "Tom, our thinking is limited. There was no player like Zhao Ke who loves to shoot three-pointers and has such a high shooting percentage before."

"That's right, Zhao Ke, how did you think of it?" Tom Thibodeau immediately forgave himself for forgetting.

"In the previous games, I had several bad shots, and the shooting percentage against the defender was too low..."

Van Gundy and Thibodeau looked at each other and smiled. They made 26 of 14 three-pointers and thought the shooting percentage was low, and this was the only one in front of them.

Zhao Ke saw that the bosses did not answer, so he continued: "In order to improve the hit rate, I will consider how to rely on the cover of my teammates. Single cover or double cover, and then I walked in front of the elevator, and suddenly thought of this tactic. I think the most important thing is to rely on actions similar to closing the elevator door to create instant space for the terminator facing the elevator. So I call this tactic the elevator door tactic."

The tactics have been used first, and the naming rights must be seized!

"You've got a good name, it's a good name!" Van Gundy agreed.

"However, Ben Wallace has no shooting threat. It is impossible for him to retreat to the corner to help open up space. This tactic still needs to be perfected." Tom Thibodeau suddenly frowned and said.

Before he finished speaking, he denied himself again: "However, if Ben Wallace doesn't retreat to the bottom corner and stay under the basket, he can guarantee offensive rebounds and second offense. This tactic can avoid gambling on the touch of the Terminator."

Tom Thibodeau entered the working state. He took a marker pen and made gestures on the tactical board while muttering to himself: "What should I do?"

Jeff Van Gundy gave Zhao Ke a wink, signaling him to get out.

But Zhao Ke didn't leave. He picked up a pen and wrote three lines of calculations in Van Gundy's tactics book:
CIC: 2×40%=0.8
Three-pointer: 3×30%=0.9
Basket attack: 2×50%=1
"Coach, look, compared with the three-pointer and the offense at the basket, the mid-range shot is the least efficient." Zhao Ke tried to open the Pandora's box.

In this era, when CIC is popular, "CIC kings" such as Alan Houston and Larry Hughes have won super contracts. Even three-pointers such as Reggie Miller and Ray Allen average no more than 6 shots per game. A lot of good touch is wasted on CIC.

After pondering for a long time, Van Gundy looked at Zhao Ke and said, "So you only shoot three-pointers?"

Zhao Ke rubbed his nose in embarrassment, "When the hand feels bad, I will also break through. After all, the closer to the basket, the more sure it is, and it is easy to kill the opponent's inside line."

"You go back first, I need to study it with Tom." Zhao Ke gave two lessons today, and the bosses were a little uneasy, so they issued an order to evict the guest.

I don’t know if the appearance of Zhao Ke released the crazy factor in Jeff Van Gundy’s character in advance (Van Gundy was criticized for being rigid, rigid, and lacking in flexibility when he was a coach, but he was jumpy, smart, and witty when he was a commentator). In the training session after arriving in Charlotte, Van Gundy announced new tactical requirements:
In the game against the Charlotte Hornets, no one allowed mid-range shots, and there were only two ways to end the offense:

First, attack the basket, dunk or layup.

Second, shoot three-pointers.

In addition, players who made less than 30% of their three-pointers in the three-pointer test after the training session were prohibited from shooting three-pointers.

Everyone was stunned, is Van Gundy crazy?
If Van Gundy has worked hard for 12 years in the Knicks and accumulated quite a strong prestige, the players may have to blow up their camps!
For the first time in his life, Tom Thibodeau had a disagreement with Jeff Van Gundy, which he felt was too risky and unconventional.But he was only an assistant coach, and he was still in charge of defense, with limited rights. After persuading him and refusing to listen, he gave Van Gundy a resounding nickname-"New Mad Scientist".

This nickname spread quickly, because the new tactical requirements had a great impact on everyone. Except for Zhao Ke and Ben Wallace (Ben couldn't make the CIC, Zhao Ke disdained the CIC), everyone else complained about Van Gundy.Especially Rasheed Wallace, his conventional weapon is the straight-arm mid-range shot, which is equivalent to losing more than half of his skills.There are also Artest and Billups, and CIC also occupies a large proportion.This is practicing Qishang Quan, injuring yourself before injuring the enemy.

On November 2001, 11, the New York Knicks challenged the Charlotte Hornets away.

Except for Zhao Ke and Ben Wallace, all the Knicks generals are bitter and bitter, because they are all deprived of the right to shoot.

Van Gundy is so bad, the three-pointer test the day before was actually a test of the shooting percentage under someone's defense!
What's even more insane is that this defender is Ben Wallace!

So only Zhao Ke's hit rate exceeded 30%, and the others could only break through today!Is this a disguised form to help Zhao Ke get unlimited fire rights?

At the beginning of the game, the Hornets found that today's Knicks are crazy. Everyone is desperate like a mad dog on the defensive end, but there is no way to speak on the offensive end. It is completely ravaging the basket.He didn't shoot from the outside at all, and rushed to the basket with his head down and the explosive bag, either dunking by himself or passing it to the inside for dunks.

The main center of the Hornets, PJ Brown, is not a vegetarian either. Anyway, he often plays in the second team of the best defense. Today, he got four blocks in the first quarter, but he himself was dunked three times!
All three were alley-oops, once for Ben Wallace, once for Rasheed Wallace, and once for Chris Anderson. It was simply eating, sleeping, and dunking Brown.

The angry PJ Brown was full of smoke, and when Chris Anderson tried to dunk him again, he honestly pulled the young Birdman off and fell to the ground hard!
Rasheed Wallace's eyes turned red instantly, and he transformed into "Roaring Heavenly Lord" in an instant. All the grievances in his heart exploded in his head, and he rushed to the scene of the crime aggressively, ready to let PJ Brown, the "damn murderer", know "why the flowers are so red"!
(End of this chapter)