Versatile Point Forward

Chapter 329
The replaced rotation lineup did not dare to act on its own like the main force. After all, the main controller Fernandez has a steady personality and never takes risks. He strictly follows McMillan's instructions to organize offense and defense on the field. Although the point difference has not been narrowed, he is still playing steadily.If it was Mills, this guy would probably have already rampaged on the field. After all, he is not the captain of the Australian national team in the future, and chaotic fighting is his current style.

Originally, McMillan thought that the Nuggets' bench lineup would slow down their previous rushing rhythm, but they didn't expect that there was a nerve knife among their rotation players, and that was JR Smith.Karl didn't start with him in this game, the purpose was to increase the firepower of the bench lineup. Although JR is a well-known nerve knife in the league, he was really accurate when he made unreasonable three-pointers one after another. The player's substitutes were a little overwhelmed.

If it weren't for Batum's consecutive three-pointers from the outside, maybe the Blazers would be beaten in the second quarter.For them, it’s really unreasonable for a talent to meet a soldier. The Nuggets don’t play complicated tactics with you at all. They just intersperse and run and then catch and shoot.In fact, many teams in the NBA that hold high the banner of offense are like this. When they are accurate, even weaker teams can't beat them. They exploded, shooting 51.2 percent from the field and 39.7 percent from three at halftime.

What's even more frightening is that they haven't panted like the Trail Blazers after fighting at home on the plateau for a long time. Although the jerseys were also soaked in sweat, when the halftime whistle sounded, their condition was obviously better than the Trail Blazers. much.Among other things, you can tell a thing or two by looking at their faces. The Blazers players are basically pale and their chests rise and fall very violently, but the Nuggets players look as usual, and their breathing is only a little rough.

In fact, this also has a lot to do with Karl's constant replacement of substitute players. He basically changes a few players after playing for a period of time to ensure that the lineup on the field can have strong athletic ability anytime, anywhere.But McMillan did not do this. He still replaced the starter or the substitute step by step at the time he was used to. The players often had to support for a long time on the court. Possibly without a lot of physical exertion?

During the intermission, the first thing the Blazers players did was not to find a physical therapist for a restorative massage, but to clean up the snacks in the locker room, which is enough to imagine their physical exertion in the first half .Basically every NBA team will put some food in the locker room that can quickly provide energy without causing damage to the player's state, just to supplement them before the start of the game and during the intermission, but today The team staff in charge of this aspect were surprised to find that a lot of food that would normally be left was swept away, and the plates were even cleaner than licking them.

The Nuggets' tactical style really caused the Blazers a big loss, especially the players in the starting lineup. They seemed to be led by the nose by their opponents, so everyone was named and reprimanded by McMillan during the intermission A meal, including Ye Feng, the core of tactics and the current number one star of the team.Ye Feng accepted the head coach's criticism frankly. He believed that the loss in the first quarter was mainly due to his own misjudgment of the situation on the court. He didn't let his teammates continue to stick to the zone defense, which allowed the Nuggets to take advantage of the loophole.In fact, this was his corner again. With the fierce firepower of the Nuggets in the first half, the zone defense would have no effect at all.

Strictly speaking, the biggest function of the zone defense is to target the breakthrough players, because once you break into the inside, the two high-position players will "close the door", locking the ball holder on the offensive side in the middle distance. Then let the inside players solve the problem.But like the Nuggets shooting like crazy and still maintaining a very high shooting percentage, the zone defense is just a useless tactic.

McMillan did not believe that the Nuggets could continue to maintain such a high shooting percentage in the second half, but some things had to be guarded against, so he decisively gave up Camby in the second half, but played a lineup of one big and four small, allowing Al Derich took the fifth position, and Miller, Matthews, Ye Feng and Batum lined up on the outside, trying their best to prevent the Nuggets from three-pointers.This tactic played a certain role in the first half of the third quarter. It was difficult for the Nuggets to find a chance to shoot a three-pointer from the outside. , the Blazers took the opportunity to narrow the point difference to single digits.

But soon Karl also made adjustments. He sent a crazier small lineup. Lawson and Felton partnered in the backcourt, Afflalo played the third position, Chandler played the fourth position, and The second is Gallinari. The biggest feature of this lineup is that almost everyone can attack with the ball, and everyone can hit three-pointers from the outside.This time, Aldridge, who was originally thought by McMillan to be able to overwhelm the inside, was greatly restricted. After all, his ability to protect the frame was still a bit behind that of Camby and even Ayers. Facing the continuous breakthrough of the Nuggets One head and two bigs were scored consecutively by the opponent to the basket.

That's right, the height of the Blazers in every position can form absolute suppression, but the Nuggets don't intend to defend you. The two sides are like a duel in the cold weapon era. You give me a knife, and I will give you a sword. It's a lose-lose style of play.This is a big loss for the Blazers. After all, they are the one behind. Although they can score, they can't prevent their opponents from scoring. How can they further narrow the point difference?

Ye Feng and the others really wanted to guard against the Nuggets players, but they couldn't do what they wanted. The highland course is very powerful. In the fourth quarter, everyone basically used up the last drop of fuel in the tank, and there was nothing left. Momentum, even the usual reliable shots are constantly hitting the iron.With 5 minutes left in the game, McMillan decisively replaced all the main players. He didn't want his main players to make unnecessary efforts on the court. It takes 1 minutes or even 2 minutes and 5 minutes to expend physical energy.

Withdrawing the starting lineup ahead of schedule is just to save them more stamina for the next game.

(End of this chapter)