I just play ball

Chapter 170 Do You Really Need Me?
"I'll go over there first and look forward to your performance." Curry walked away with a smile.

Li Yue nodded slightly, stepped into the court and waited for the players to surround him, quickly thinking about how to play next.

Mike Brown was the coach of the Lakers in the 11-12 season. After taking over, he decisively abandoned the triangle offensive tactics of the Zen Master era, but he tried to transplant the Spurs' twin-tower tactics of Duncan and David Robinson. The ball was handled at will, which led to a 4-3 narrow victory against the Nuggets in the playoffs, and was then swept by the Thunder 4-1.

The reason for the failure of the Twin Towers tactic is very simple. First, the core of the Lakers played under Zen Master for too long at the time, and it was difficult to quickly adapt to the new tactical system.

But to be fair and fair, Mike Brown is particularly good at defense, especially when Kobe played only 11 games in the 12-58 season, Gasol and Bynum only played more than 60 games, and after undergoing various lineup adjustments, the Lakers The average conceded points are only 0.4 points less than before, and the age of all members of the team has increased by one year, which is quite difficult.

However, Mike Brown's offensive level is too low. After entering the Lakers, the Lakers averaged 4.2 points less than before.

Throughout the 11-12 season, once the Lakers fell into a passive position, Brown would ask the players to strengthen their defense, expecting to counterattack and score by catching mistakes.This trick occasionally works, but most of the time it is because the opponent can't shoot from outside, and the success rate of breaking into the inside and encountering the twin towers is too low. die.

Thinking of this, Li Yue guessed that the Cavaliers will probably adopt a defensive strategy of "pinch the outside line and keep the inside line". To do this, they must rely on Taylor and Justin's two big inside lines, and at the same time force the Lakers players to go inside.

The solution is very simple, just ask Gobert to support at a high position, Taylor will follow up to score the ball, and if not follow up, shoot. By the way, practice Gobert's support and shooting ability. Currently leading by 18 points, he can spend several rounds.

After making up his mind, the players just gathered around.

"Ilias rests off the court, Seth goes up to play shooting guard, Rodney goes to small forward, Robert goes to power forward, Gobert supports high, and the opponent may force us to go inside. Outside conduction, patiently looking for opportunities."

With this arrangement, the Cavaliers can still play even if they don't use the strategy of compressing the inside. As for the defensive end, with Gobert guarding the inside and adding a quick rotation of all players to switch defenses, even if Seth's personal defense is close, it is barely enough.

After the words fell, Li Yue waited for the feedback, but found that the whole team looked at each other in blank dismay, and Dan DeAntoni's face was also a little weird.

"What's the situation, just tell me if you have an idea." Li Yue shrugged, "Can I still eat you?"

Seeing the players shut up, Dan said with a smile: "I didn't train Gobert to support the high position a few days ago, and I am going to play suddenly. Is it too hasty? The previous offensive tactics seem to be no problem, why change?"

Li Yue nodded when he heard this. It is true that he has never practiced before, and the sudden loss of the offensive routine is prone to confusion. Except for Gobert and Covington, other players want to show themselves through the game, worrying about losing valuable opportunities.

"I believe in Gobert's ability to support high positions, and I also believe in your ability to run without the ball. It is nothing more than passing the receiver to the inside in advance, and playing as you want later, and we are currently leading by a large margin."

DDM tactics are simple, but it is also easy to repeat the cycle. If one meeting fails, immediately change to another one. It is nothing more than creating open opportunities, and execution is the most important thing.

"It seems to be so reasonable..." Lester Hudson touched his chin and said, "Our guard runs directly to the basket, catches the ball and lays up when we have a chance, and goes around to catch the ball if we don't have a chance, and then finds a way to score. Simple!"

When he said this, the whole team suddenly realized, and the referee's whistle sounded at the same time.

The game continued, the Cavaliers replaced Bennett with Corey Higgins and changed to a three-guard lineup.

Jermaine received the ball from the backcourt, quickly took it to the top of the arc and passed it to Corey, and stepped forward to screen.Corey catches the ball and moves to the right, making it clear that he wants to take Seth alone through his size advantage, and the Cavaliers give up space under the basket in advance.

In the blink of an eye, seeing that Corey was about to make a strong start, Selby squeezed through the cover and rushed over, teaming up with Seth to double-team.

Seemingly prepared for this, Kobe strode back without hesitation and gave the ball to unguarded Jermaine.

As soon as the ball arrived, Rodney arrived just in time, and Jermaine threw the ball to the left sideline.

Waiters received the ball, but before he opened his legs, Covington was already in front of him, and Justin was in a wide open position at this time. Waiters hurriedly threw the ball over, but Gobert also arrived ahead of time, and the Lakers took turns to defend Do it to the extreme.

Seeing this, Taylor wanted to step forward to catch the ball, Covington immediately returned to the defense, and the others returned to their positions. All the passes of the Cavaliers were in vain.

With only 5 seconds left in the attack time, Justin began to attack sideways.Covington University was a power forward, and he faced this situation many times, but he couldn't keep up with the confrontation, and the whole person retreated again and again.

The two came to the basket in a blink of an eye, Justin joined the ball and raised his hand, and Covington immediately made a tactical foul.

The referee blew his whistle, made two free throws, and the audience cheered and applauded, hoping that the Cavaliers would score like stars.

Justin stood on the free throw line, and the first free throw sounded like an iron, and the scene was lamented, as if seeing his home team lose.Justin's muscles tensed all of a sudden. This kind of moment is too easy to impress the coach. If he fails to make a penalty, he will be finished.

when!The sound of smashing the basket sounded, the basketball rebounded and fell, hit the circle several times, and finally fell into the net.

The Cavaliers scored a point, the audience stood up and applauded, and the whole team was embarrassed.

The Lakers attacked and Selby took the ball to the right wing.

Jermaine stepped up to the body, blocked right and left very firmly, and almost said 'I want you to go inside'.

Seeing this situation, Li Yue clenched his fist excitedly, thankfully Mike Brown did not change his previous habit.

With the guidance of the timeout, Selby passed the ball to the top of the arc, and then went straight to the inside without using a cover.

Gobert catches the ball and lifts it up, Taylor stands at the free throw line and waits.

Selby rushed to the short corner on the left, slammed on the brakes, set up a wall, and set up a fixed-point screen for Covington.Covington took advantage of the situation to get rid of it and strode towards the rim. Justin's previous weight advantage became a burden, and his speed was too slow to catch up.

Seeing this, Waiters shrunk to the basket, Gobert waited for a moment, and passed the ball to the right corner, the card point was perfect.

Waiters was just halfway through the charge, too far back, and Seth caught it and jumped up and released it as confidently as his brother.

Swish!The basketball went into the net, and Curry jumped up and cheered excitedly. The Lakers led 21 to 1.

Waiters was expressionless, turned around as if admitting defeat, and walked slowly to the frontcourt. He didn't hear Justin's call for him to catch the ball, and almost made a mistake.

"Awesome! You guessed it." Dande Anthony gave a thumbs up, "They have lost their fighting spirit."

"Yeah." Li Yue nodded. Strong people like Waiters showed such a negative look. The other players in the Cavaliers still have the intention to play well. The next step may be all kinds of solo brushes, but it is normal to think about it, just like Back then, when March Madness played against Owen, he was beaten five times in a row. The feeling of helplessness destroyed almost [-]% of his fighting spirit.

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After halftime, the Lakers still led by 19 points.

The two teams came back from the halftime break, and Waiters was not seen on the Cavaliers bench. The Lakers sent the second team when they saw this, and the game entered the rhythm of pecking each other. You and I, one by one, scored points very friendly.

In the end, the Lakers won 81 to 59.

Li Yue stood on the sidelines and gave high-fives to the players one by one. He was going to shake hands with Mike Brown, but when he saw him go back to the locker room, he could only shrug his shoulders. When he turned around, he saw Luke Wharton walking over with a smile.

"Do you really need me?"

(End of this chapter)