NBA Building Cardinals

Chapter 52 It's Not Simple

"Good job guys, we will play like this in the next game, as long as we can seize the opportunity of outside shots and the speed in every defensive counterattack, then we will have the last laugh."

"On the defensive end, you only need to put pressure on O'Neal as much as possible for Brezek. You don't have to completely defend O'Neal. You just need to make it easy for him to score every time, and try to consume his energy."

"He is already old, it is impossible to guarantee sufficient physical strength throughout the game, and once his offensive efficiency becomes low, it is impossible for him to kill us with his two-point two-point throw."

"And Robinson, you have done a good job of defending Wade on the defensive end. Next, just like before, let him take two steps as much as possible and let him try to shoot three-pointers."

"Once he chooses to break through, you just need to stick tightly to his offensive line on the right side, forcing him to try to complete the layup on the left side, so that his shooting percentage will not be guaranteed."

"As for Kapono, I won't ask you to do too many things on the defensive end. You just need to remember to try not to let Butler shoot a three-pointer at a 45-degree angle on the left."

"Try to force him to the top and sides of the arc, and leave the rest to God."

"Okay, that's all for now. Next, everyone will work together to win this game, and give it to those who support us with a good start. Come on, everyone, one, two, three, we must win!!"

"Definitely win!!"

Everyone put the backs of their hands together and cheered each other up with shouts, as if they thought the Heat were nothing more than that.

After returning from the timeout, Van Gundy did not make adjustments to the lineup, and Liu Rui didn't know how Van Gundy would make up for his shortcomings on the offensive and defensive ends.

This point has troubled Van Gundy for a long time in his previous life, and he has exposed these problems for him in disguise in advance. If he can improve these problems and introduce a few shooters in the middle of the season.

Maybe history will really change because of oneself.

But then Liu Rui patted his forehead, obviously feeling that he was too high on Van Gundy.

After the opening, the Heat still lobbed the ball to O'Neal who was in the basket.

Looking at the Heat who still follow this style of play, Liu Rui also smiled at himself off the court. It turns out that invisible brain supplements are the most deadly! !

If this was the case, then Liu Rui could feel relieved, picked up a banana casually, picked up a newspaper beside Bick, read the newspaper with relish while eating the banana.

And this scene happened to be recorded by a camera on the sidelines.

CCTV Studio Sun Zhengping: "Hey, Liu Rui actually picked up the newspaper on the sidelines to read after the timeout. This is really a personality. It seems that he doesn't pay attention to the Heat at all. Director Zhang, do you think Liu Rui is too arrogant?"

Zhang Weiping: "On the contrary, I think that Liu Rui has a true temperament and does not hide things. Moreover, Liu Rui must have made proper arrangements for these situations before the start of the competition."

"For example, you can see that the Bobcats played very reasonably at the beginning of the game. They caught the Heat's mistakes and loopholes several times to score."

"In this comparison, it seems that Van Gundy's pre-match preparations were not meticulous enough. In our Chinese words, he is a proud soldier who must be defeated."

"He looks at the Bobcats team. It is a new team that has just been established, and the lineup in his hands is strong enough, so he underestimated the Bobcats enough before the game, and suffered such a big loss. So I think today's game will be interesting."

Everyone on the Heat pulled away, and O'Neal played Blazek one-on-one under the basket. In fact, Brezek worked hard enough on the defensive end, but his physical disadvantage still couldn't stop O'Neal from scoring.

As O'Neal squeezed away Brezek and dunked under the basket, the Heat hit the first ball after a timeout.

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At this time, Liu Rui also put down the newspaper in his hand, and Liu Rui also wanted to see what changes the Heat would make on the defensive end after the timeout.

The Heat still put up a two-three zone defense, but after the Bobcats passed the ball a few times, Liu Rui found that Van Gundy still made some adjustments to the zone defense.

With Van Gundy excluding O'Neal, the defensive range gradually expanded, forcing the Bobcats to make mid-range shots instead of shots from beyond the three-point line.

Haslem and Butler, who have two corners on the weak side, also expanded the original foot and basket to the bottom foot and 45-degree angle.

The entire basket was guarded by O'Neal alone.

This will not only allow O'Neal to sit under the basket to defend the Bobcats' breakthrough, but also further suppress the outside firepower.

Even so, the Heat are one step away from the three-point line, forming a large gap.

But Van Gundy just grasped that Liu Rui didn't like mid-range jumpers.

With the outstanding performance of the Bobcats in the preseason, someone listed a data, the Bobcats is the league's 30 teams, the team with the lowest percentage of mid-range shots.

The mid-range shots of the entire team are a lot less than the second-ranked Golden State Warriors.

Prior to this, due to the reconstruction of the Warriors this season, the team had a trident composed of dunk king Richardson Mullin and Murphy.

There are relatively few mid-range shots, most of which are inside dunks and outside three-pointers to score, but this season the Bobcats are even more extreme, basically giving up mid-range shots.

In the starting lineup, except that Kapono occasionally hits the defender outside the three-point line, he only completed a few mid-range shots.

Even the team's starting center, Brezek, took most of his shots from beyond the three-point line.

On the bench, only Knight, who doesn't focus on shooting, occasionally shoots two mid-range shots.

Only the offensive kaleidoscope inside Okafor will end at this point.

Liu Rui also thought about making Okafor more shots from outside the three-point line, but even though this low-post killer has flexible feet and good ball feel, he still failed to practice that stable three-pointer.

This also made Liu Rui give up his own ideas. He didn't want to let him practice three-pointers, so that the talented rookie in his previous life was abolished.

This would turn Okafor into Murphy, and Liu Rui would really faint in the toilet.

With no good opportunities on the perimeter, Wallace was forced to make a shot at the free throw line after relying on the pick-and-roll to get past Haslem.

The ball hit the basket, and the rebound was taken by O'Neal.

This also made Liu Rui, who was sitting on the sidelines, frowned slightly. It seems that no one who can be the head coach in nba is a fool.

Van Gundy grasped his dislike of middle distance very well, so he had to use middle distance to finish.

Liu Rui took his hands out of his pockets, stood up and gestured to Kapono on the sidelines of the court.

"Two.Two, use the number two tactic."

(End of this chapter)