God's hand behind the scenes

Chapter 550 Inside-out
The Bobcats' inside combination is not well-known in the league. Milicic has long been considered the biggest parallel importer among the high-ranking rookies in 2003. It was not until these two seasons that he slowly became famous; Hehe, but he is still a rookie in the NBA. His status as a second-round pick makes his starting point lower than many rookies in the same class. He can quickly become the starting center just because the team that selected him is called the Charlotte Bobcats. His name is Chang Wei.

Now the NBA's impression of European insiders is basically a "soft" word, but in fact the Bobcats' combination of European insiders is very tough, which is what Chang Wei especially emphasized when he gave them special training.And they cleverly used their toughness in this game. The Cavaliers' inside defense couldn't withstand the two guys' alternate gouging at all.

More importantly, both Milicic and Gasol have the ability to pass the ball with one hand. When they use their personal ability to attract the Cavaliers' defense, they can always pass the ball to the outside in the first time. In the hands of teammates.And when the Cavaliers jump out and want to make up for the defense, they will continue to pass patiently from the outside until someone can give the Cavaliers a fatal blow with a three-pointer.

Brown has never had much confidence in his inside line, but he did not expect the combination of Gooden and Ilgauskas to be sieved by the opponent's two big men, and it also liberated the Bobcats' outside line shooter.This is an obvious inside-out tactic. Simply put, it is a pass from inside to outside. If someone helps defend an inside player, then the latter can give the ball to his teammates, let them shoot or directly break through for a layup; if there is no help defense , then the inside player will score by himself.

This tactic is very simple, but now the Bobcats are using it with miraculous effects, largely because Milicic and Gasol have an absolute advantage in the interior, the Cavaliers cannot defend the interior at all, they can only choose to shrink the contract Defend.In this way, the outside line of the Bobcats was opened, and Roy, Jack and Ariza teamed up and scored 3 three-pointers in less than 4 minutes.

The Cavaliers had no time to respond. Except for James' two breakthrough layups, the others were obviously stunned, and the Bobcats played a 12-4 spurt.This allowed the Bobcats to take the initiative in the game. They only needed to maintain the advantage inside to create countless open shooting opportunities, otherwise they would go straight to Huanglong with the ball.

However, the continuous inside singles also greatly consumed the physical strength of Milicic and Gasol. Jackson had to replace them with Lee and Max Hill, which made the whole Cavaliers team heave a sigh of relief.The Bobcats' backup insiders are very functional, and they are not as comprehensive as the two starters. If they can get two insiders of the same type, the Cavaliers don't need to play at all.

Jackson has no choice. Unless the current inside players are talented, it is difficult to play more than 40 minutes in a game, especially when they need to constantly fight hand-to-hand with opponents in the low post.Fortunately, the combination of Lee and Max Hill can be considered in sync, they attack and defend, did not let the Bobcats at a disadvantage in the interior, even though their height is not as good as the Cavaliers' big men.

At halftime, the Bobcats led 61-55.In order to ensure physical strength, Jackson simply let the starting Twin Towers rest for the last 4 minutes of the second quarter, otherwise the point difference between the two sides will definitely come to double digits.But Jackson doesn't mind. In his opinion, whether Milicic and the others can get enough rest time is the most important thing. Anyway, there is still the second half of the game!

In the locker room of the home team, Jackson strongly praised his starting inside combination, he said: "Dako and Mark played very well in the first half, especially in the second quarter, and their advantage in the inside helped the team open up the situation. In the second half we need to continue to make a fuss in the interior, if you can continue the performance in the first half of the second quarter, then I think it will not be a problem to win the game."

Chang Wei was not in the mood to listen to Jackson's high-spirited talk. He was busy making a simple assessment of Milicic and Gasol Jr. to see if they still had the energy to continue playing like this in the second half.To Chang Wei's relief, these two guys have no physical problems at all, and the evaluation results show that they can continue to overwhelm the inside, just like in the second quarter.

The physical fitness of inside players is actually more important than that of outside players. Although they may not be able to compare with outside players in running distance, they are better in confrontation.Long-term confrontation at the basket will quickly consume their physical energy, so Chang Wei has higher requirements on them during physical training, which is also to allow them to stay on the court for a longer period of time.

After Jackson arranged the tactics for the second half, he asked the players to prepare by themselves, while he took a look at Chang Wei.Chang Wei gave him an OK gesture, indicating that the two towers can continue to fight in the remaining two quarters.Jackson nodded and heaved a sigh of relief. If the twin towers were exhausted, he really didn't know how to open the situation. In this game, the Cavaliers attached great importance to outside defense, and Roy was the focus of their marking, and only inside If it is opened, Roy can launch an offense from the outside.

The entire Bobcats team here is full of confidence, while Brown is moaning in the corner. The gap in the individual strength of the players is difficult to make up for tactics. , it would be nice not to be defeated by the opponent.He looked around, and suddenly his eyes lit up: Can James be allowed to play inside?

In fact, the Cavaliers can let Hughes swing up to play the third position. If Hughes can't handle it physically, he can also play Pavlovich, who is originally a swingman.In this case, James can go to the inside to partner with Ilgauskas. Although the height is relatively not enough, James' strength is enough to compete with the big inside.

Thinking of this, Brown called James aside and asked in a low voice, "LeBron, is it okay for you to play inside?"

James was stunned. He thought that Brown called him aside to teach him the opportunity face to face, but he didn't expect to ask him to play inside instead.His personal skills are indeed very comprehensive, but he has never played inside. Now that Brown suddenly wants to catch the ducks on the shelves, he is as strong as James and he is not mentally prepared at all.He thought for a while, then asked, "Is there no other way?"

Brown shook his head and said, "We are relatively inferior to the other party inside. I can't think of anyone other than you who can go inside to make up for our shortcomings. I believe that with your strength, you should be able to gain a foothold inside."

James didn't hesitate any longer, he nodded and said, "Okay, I will do my best."

(End of this chapter)