God's hand behind the scenes

Chapter 376 Whoever gets inside wins the world?

Brown barely slept that night after the Spurs beat the Lakers to advance to the Finals.Of course, he is not afraid of losing to the little assistant coach he brought in back then. In fact, Popovich is now considered to be a relatively good head coach in the league. It is not surprising to lose the game, but no one will do well at the beginning. Prepare to lose, otherwise, what are you doing in the game?

Brown, who was tossing and turning on the bed, has been thinking about a question, how can he solve the Spurs' inside line?
Even if it has entered the 21st century, the concept of "the insider wins the world" in the league still has a very broad market. Almost every team hopes that they can get one or two first-class insiders in the league, even if they are outdated. It's okay, no matter how bad it is, you have to cultivate one yourself.That's why the Raptors traded for Olajuwon, and the Pacers began to train O'Neal. The Spurs, Lakers, and Kings, which are already known for their toughness inside, treat big men as baby lumps.

In other words, the top teams in the league now have a very strong inside configuration, and they also insist that this is necessary to win the championship.But the 76ers are obviously an exception. Their inside combination is not bad. Lewis averaged 12.1 points, 4.5 rebounds and 1.2 steals per game this season, and his three-point shooting rate reached 39.6%, which is an important outside score. points; while the main center Dalembert averaged a double-double in his rookie season - 10.3 points, 12.1 rebounds, and he averaged 2.1 blocks per game, the ninth in the league. The configuration is already good.

But a comparison will reveal that the inside strength of the 76ers is far from enough, at least their opponent in the finals, the Spurs, can easily crush them inside.Lewis is essentially a shooter who often floats outside the three-point line, and his inside dominance has nothing to do with him.Dalembert is a pure blue-collar center. Although he has a good mid-range shot, his task in the team is to grab rebounds and protect the basket. Obviously, he plays more roles on the defensive end.

And the Spurs, let alone Robinson, who is already at sunset but can still average 17+8 per game against the Lakers, Duncan alone is not something the 76ers' inside players can handle.The No. 1997 pick in 76 has grown into the league's top inside star, and he is still the one with his own system. He has made great contributions to the Spurs in both offense and defense. Want to limit his performance?Even O'Neal can't do it, so why can the [-]ers' insiders do it?
So Brown struggled all night, and the final result was - no solution!Of course, this does not mean that he is about to raise his hands and surrender immediately, but he no longer intends to fight the Spurs inside. It is definitely not worth the loss to hit an egg with a stone. Why not try to gain an advantage in other areas?If you give up inside, just give up!
However, when he expressed his thoughts at the coaching staff meeting the next day, he was immediately opposed by most of the assistant coaches.That is to say, Brown usually encourages everyone to speak freely, and for a head coach with an authoritarian mentality, why not just give them small shoes to wear?But the vast majority of people objected to Brown's face.

There is no way, most of the coaches have not yet come out of the stereotype that the inside is king, they only think about how to kill the opposite inside player at the basket, and finding another way will not appear in their minds at all.Of course, even if it appeared in their minds, they couldn't think of any good solutions, after all, their brains were too small.

Brown is stubborn at times, but at other times he is also very open-minded. Facing the top inside combination of the Spurs, he obviously will not humiliate himself. However, the problem now is that no one supports his ideas.Shaking his head in disappointment, Brown glanced dejectedly at all the teaching assistants who had come to the meeting, hoping to see some support for his claim.

This really made him see an assistant coach with his head bowed and silent. His distinctive short black hair had already proved the identity of this guy.Brown knocked on the table and said in a deep voice, "Chang, what do you think about the finals?"

However, Chang Wei didn't move at all. It wasn't until Hart pushed him hard that he raised his head sleepily, and subconsciously wiped the corner of his mouth with his sleeve.The faces of everyone who saw this scene were about to twitch, especially Brown. He thought Chang Wei was seriously thinking about countermeasures, but he didn't expect this guy to openly sleep in the coaching staff meeting!

But before he got angry, Hart told Chang Wei briefly the whole story in a low voice.Under the attention of everyone, Chang Wei yawned in a very disfigured manner, and said lazily: "Since the inside line is no match, then don't compare. We can try to use other methods to reduce their advantage in the inside line." to the lowest..."

Chang Wei's first words gave Brown an urge to beat someone up, but his subsequent words made Brown suffocated—isn't this similar to what I just said?Doesn't that mean that Chang Wei still agrees with me?However, when he thought that Chang Wei was still sleeping just now, Brown became very angry, regardless of whether Chang Wei was his ally or not, and said loudly with a blank face: "Since you think we can have other ways to recover from the disadvantage, then Just tell me in detail, can you?"

Originally, Brown thought that Chang Wei would stand there dumbfounded, but he didn't expect him to sit in his position after a little rationalization and talk: "Obviously, with our team's current inside configuration, we don't have to think about killing the Spurs. Duncan and Robinson The twin towers are difficult to solve in front of any team in the league. Samuel and Rashad are not their opponents at all. But we can consider it from another angle, if we can make their defense become Is it useless?"

Seeing everyone's bewildered expressions, Chang Wei smiled helplessly, and continued: "Since no matter how hard we try, the insiders will be blown up, so let's just give up the insiders. My idea is to let Rashad hit five. position, and then George plays the [-]th position, and the other three positions still use the original configuration, and we will compete with them on the outside to compare their offensive firepower!"

Someone asked hesitantly: "Then what about our rebounds? We can't give up all the rebounds to our opponents, can we?"

Chang Wei shrugged: "When grabbing rebounds, all five of us can go up and fight, so we have to give up offensive rebounds. In fact, as long as we can maintain our shooting percentage, it doesn't matter whether we have offensive rebounds or not. To beat the league's best If you have a powerful inside combination, then you must come up with something different, what do you think of my suggestion?"

(End of this chapter)