Versatile Point Forward

Chapter 327
McMillan is a relatively stable head coach. The other side of stability means that he will not make big changes to the team's starting lineup before encountering setbacks. The first playoff game has proved that The strategy of using Aldridge as the scoring arrow worked very well, so he didn't plan to change it. In the second game, he still had the same starting lineup and clearly instructed the team to attack around Aldridge.

For the head coach's arrangement, Ye Feng, who is the core of tactics, has no resistance at all. He is not the kind of player who must concentrate all the ball in his hands at all times.Besides, even if Aldridge becomes the team's main offensive point, he is still the initiator of the tactics, and it will not have any impact at all.Moreover, Ye Feng prefers the feeling of strategizing. Being a hero in the front line looks good, but it is a very tiring job.

As an opponent, Nuggets coach Karl is scratching his head at the Blazers' starting roster. He has not yet thought of any tactics to limit Aldridge. The only way is to use Chandler to defend against the big.First of all, Chandler is a small forward, but he can swing to the power forward position, and his physical fitness is quite good, and there is no disadvantage in strength. Even if Aldridge takes a shot, he can block it with his jumping ability.

So this time Carl's change is even crazier. Lawson and Felton form a double point guard in the backcourt, small forward JR Smith, power forward Chandler, and center Gallinari. The eyes of the fans.This is a really small lineup, and almost every position is at a disadvantage in terms of height. The only advantage is that they are fast, even faster than after replacing Nene with JR in the last game. This is their biggest killer.Carl's idea is very simple, betting on Chandler's one-on-one defense, resolutely not double-teaming, focusing on man-marking on the defensive end, and more transition attacks on the offensive end to avoid falling into positional warfare.

In the beginning, the Blazers were indeed caught off guard by this strange lineup. Except for Aldridge's mid-range shot and Miller's three-pointer, the Blazers had no one to score in the first 3 minutes. The Nuggets hit a 12-5 spurt.They did not hesitate to go around on the defensive end and caused a lot of trouble for Aldridge. Although they received the ball a few times, they only took 3 shots and hit 1 goal.

Ye Feng decisively changed the head coach's tactics, allowing Matthews and himself to take turns to break through with the ball, creating space for his teammates by threatening the Nuggets' basket.In order to give Aldridge room to shoot, Ye Feng often called Camby to the high position to perform a pick-and-roll, and then Ye Feng broke through with the ball, Camby went down the pick-and-roll, and attacked the basket together, which would force the Nuggets to double-team. This gave Aldridge an open shot.Even if the Nuggets' defensive rotation is relatively fast, Aldridge can use his height advantage to directly distribute the ball outside the three-point line, allowing outside players to shoot three-pointers.

Under Ye Feng's on-the-spot command, the Blazers quickly stabilized their position and began to score against the Nuggets' individual defense.The requirements for the defender may be greater before breaking the circle. It is not difficult for Ye Feng to pass the ball well around the defense and pass it to his teammates.But with his cautious game attitude, the pick-and-roll is more efficient than allowing teammates to play singles after a direct lob, so he simply keeps using pick-and-roll tactics to attack, which directly hits the Nuggets' weakness.

Aldridge once again became a nightmare for the Nuggets. He scored 12 points and 4 rebounds in a single quarter.Chandler's circling forward was somewhat effective at the beginning, but since Ye Feng started to play pick-and-roll with Camby, he had to help his teammates defend Ye Feng when he was put on the fourth position, which made Aldridge often play in the vacancy.Of course, he also tried to quickly turn back to defend Aldridge, but the opponent didn't give him a chance. With their height difference, as long as Aldridge made a shooting posture and Chandler was not in place, he basically couldn't stop him. Living.

Carl sighed, he could only choose to sacrifice part of his mobility and use Gallinari to play the [-]th position and Nene to play the [-]th position. Although this would slow down the team's speed, Gallinari's height is there after all. And it's still relatively flexible, maybe it can restrain Aldridge, so as to give Nene the task of fighting Camby under the basket.The effect of such a substitution is good, but the Nuggets are not used to the outside line, and still use the previous small lineup play style, so the Blazers are often five-on-four on the defensive end. After all, Nene has not caught up. .

It is true that the Nuggets used Gallinari to limit Aldridge, but in turn Gallinari was also restrained by Aldridge, and he couldn't complete the offense after receiving the ball.In this way, the offensive burden of the Nuggets can only be piled on Chandler and Lawson. Chandler is better to say that he plays relatively steadily and has a high scoring efficiency. People can block it, and it is okay to put him three meters away when he is not accurate, but today is just when he is not accurate.

The key problem is that Lawson obviously doesn't feel good, but he is still unwilling to pass the ball to his teammates. The more secure Felton went into battle.But Felton is safe. He has begun to develop horizontally when he was in good shape, and his ball-handling organization is not bad. It is really difficult for him to take on the important task of scoring.

When the Nuggets fell into the predicament of no one scoring, the Blazers blossomed inside and out. Aldridge successfully contained the Nuggets' inside line, making the outside line become a one-on-one battlefield most of the time. Feng's favorite.In the second quarter, he scored 6 points on 5 of 15 three-pointers alone, helping the Blazers to quickly open the score to more than 20 points. Chandler, who was facing him, was dejected, and seemed to be facing such a difficult task for himself. Feeling helpless with the task.

Therefore, the NBA admires superstar basketball in many cases, not only because stars can bring more income and exposure, but more importantly, stars have the ability to decide the outcome of a game at a critical moment.Perhaps the Nuggets were confidently preparing for a showdown with the Trail Blazers before, but Ye Feng instantly dispelled them. This is the role of a star in a game.

(End of this chapter)