stadium ambition

Chapter 361 The whole team breaks the defense
"Is that so..." George was slightly puzzled, as if he wanted to ask what he meant, but he didn't open his mouth.

Su Yang saw it, and then said: "The Grizzlies' defensive style is more retro, mainly face-to-face single defense, maintaining physical contact, controlling the three-point line, and blocking the paint. Marc Gasol is the core of their defense..."

George hummed in response, and Su Yang continued: "If you observe carefully, you can find that Gasol spends most of his time in the three-second zone, the purpose is to help the peripheral teammates build a second layer of barriers, the function is somewhat similar to the 05 Tim Duncan, and Joakim Noah this season, if we want to destroy the Grizzlies defense, we need to target Gasol first."

George nodded excitedly: "It means to create a dislocation duel through the pick-and-roll? Roll call tactics?"

Su Yang raised his eyebrows and thought for half a second: "You can understand it that way. The actual operation is much more complicated. The Grizzlies can respond in many ways. Whether they can be successfully executed will be a test of timing on the spot."

George chuckled: "I would think the same way if I were someone else, but it's definitely possible for you to implement it."

Su Yang chuckled, got up and walked to sit next to Van Gundy, and began to explain the idea of ​​military training Gasol.

It's not as easy as you can imagine to play big or small, especially in the high-post area. Otherwise, the major teams in the NBA have already developed into full-back or full-center lineups, and no one would imagine five LeBron lineups.

If you want to target Gasol, you first need a lineup with a relatively high mid-to-long-range shooting rate, so that you can create breakthrough or shooting space, weaken the threat of auxiliary defense and supplementary defense, and force Gasol to conduct a lot of individual defense in high positions.

After establishing the shooting threat, you have to consider what happens if the shooting rate is poor. On the one hand, it is to compete for offensive rebounds, and on the other hand, it is to retreat quickly to avoid being hit back. Therefore, players need to be more impactful and not too slow.

In the end, the person who is responsible for the shot has strong self-confidence and high-level single-player ability.

Otherwise, once the success rate is relatively low, team morale and scores will be greatly affected.

There are very few teams that can meet the three conditions, so many teams honestly launch offenses through more complicated cover moves, and the players who are really responsible for implementing similar tactics are LeBron and other super all-stars.

Such a vision for Gasol, before the start of the playoffs, the Clippers had already discussed it internally, but at that time the team hit the winning record, and there was only two days of rest after it was achieved, and it rushed into the playoffs. study in depth.

After listening to Su Yang's suggestion, Van Gundy directly arranged a lineup, and Kim Hughes and other assistants adjusted the rotation in time.

Soon, the game reached the last seven minutes and 38 seconds of the second quarter, and Randy Foye grabbed a defensive rebound.

Van Gundy raised his hand to signal that the Clippers requested a timeout, and the referee immediately whistled to stop the game.

The Clippers will return to the bench. Van Gundy briefly summed up a few words, arranged for Su Yang, Gordon, Tucker, George and Randolph to form the ultimate lineup of one team and four teams, and announced the start of the campaign against Gasol. Continuous dislocation singles attack.

After arranging the candidates, Van Gundy deduced the possible responses of several Grizzlies, and gave solutions one by one.

Su Yang and the others nodded as they listened. The whistle sounded soon after the timeout ended. The large central screen simultaneously gave out the list of players from the two teams who were about to play. The Grizzlies were Conley, Tony Allen, Gay, and Arthur. And the five Gasol Jr.

The referee blew his whistle to remind the Clippers to kick off from the bottom line in the backcourt, and the audience cheered in unison.

Su Yang dribbled the ball across the center line, raised his hand to indicate the formation of one high and four low, and Gordon and others followed suit.

Conley quickly set up a defensive posture, but Su Yang stopped the ball at the top of the arc and did not rush to attack.

In this way, the two confronted each other for a long time, and when there were 13 seconds left in the attack time, Su Yang's eyes signaled for cover.

Randolph stepped up immediately, Arthur hurriedly started to catch up, and Gasol stayed on the bottom line to wait.

The military training tactics were implemented in the first round, which was different from the imagination. The Grizzlies seemed to intend to protect Xiaojia.

Su Yang immediately dribbled the ball to the right, the Clippers activated the preparatory plan, and George strode towards the right corner.

Xiaojia stepped forward to follow, but George twisted his hips and ran up, covering the wall for Su Yang on the right wing, while Conley just squeezed past Randolph's cover, facing George's block, it was difficult to bypass for a while, the task of defending Su Yang It fell on Xiaojia's head.

Perhaps because he felt that the position on the sideline was acceptable, Xiaojia did not hesitate, and took the initiative to step closer.

But Su Yang got the ball together, and ONEMOTION rushed to shoot a three-pointer, and Xiaojia didn't have time to take off to interfere.

Boom!The basketball crashed into the net, and the Clippers led the Grizzlies 40 to 33.

Cheers broke out in the arena, and the commentator Fraser sighed: "Although Su Yang has demonstrated his ability to shoot three-pointers many times, many teams still have not been able to adapt to his style of play. As an ancient player, I can understand."

Mark Jackson chuckled: "As a modern player, I can also understand Gasol. Su Yang's shot is too abnormal, which may be very different from his usual basketball training. In his cognition, the three-pointer should be open. It is very difficult to take a shot, or to force a shot when there is no other way, and it is difficult to take the initiative to shoot like Su Yang, I don’t know, I thought it was an All-Star game.”

"Maybe..." Brin smiled, "That kind of three-pointer is very easy for Su Yang?"

On the court, the Grizzlies conducted a run, and Gay took the ball from the right waist and singled Tucker in front of the basket.

Guy has a great advantage in height and wingspan. He takes the ball and lifts it up, swinging it side to side, trying to find the best posture, but Tucker doesn't care at all. He just puts his hand on Guy's chest to prevent Guy from easily establishing a shot.

With such a confrontation, Gay is reluctant to make a shot, and his hit rate will definitely be affected.

Guy put his hands down immediately, and then danced in a giant circle, and Tucker pulled his hands away instantly.

The space appeared, and Guy took off in parallel, facing Tucker's interference, and forced a mid-range shot.

when!The basketball bounced off the hoop.

Randolph jumped up to catch the basketball, but was knocked out of balance by Gasol Jr. in the air, and he caught nothing.

But he was so heavy, and the reaction force prevented Gasol from grasping the basketball in the first place.

Seeing this situation, George rushed to take off, grabbed the basketball with a snap, and fell to the floor to hug him tightly.

Su Yang stepped forward to get the ball, the Clippers launched a counterattack, and the audience cheered in unison.

Still in the one high and four low formation, or wait until only 13 seconds left, Randolph strode to the top of the arc again.

Arthur started to catch up, but Gasol still didn't follow, but Gay leaned towards George ahead of time.

Su Yang saw it, pulled the ball to the left, and Tucker ran from the short corner to the left sideline simultaneously.

Tony Allen switched defenses to chase Tucker, but Gasol still didn't follow, and Gordon immediately sprinted to the free throw line.

After such a move, Gasol finally moved, but he lifted the left elbow to block the passing route.

For a while, it was difficult for Su Yang to break through, and there was no suitable opportunity to pass the ball, so the offense stagnated.Randolph hurriedly retreated to the LOGO position to respond, but Su Yang used the cover of Tucker to walk in and faced Tony Allen in the left bottom corner.

Seeing this situation, Tucker ran to the right with Conley, stretching the space while covering for Gordon.

Gordon took the opportunity to rush to the left 45-degree three-point line, but Conley chose to switch defenses and intercept without giving the pass space.

There was not much time left in the attack, Su Yang weighed it for half a second, raised his hand and hit the ground vigorously, the basketball rebounded and flew to the top of the arc.

Such a pass is quite risky, and Gasol hastily bent down and reached out to try to interfere, only touching a handful of air.

Tucker received the ball at the top of the arc, ignoring Guy and Arthur pinching from the front and back, and steadily shot an open three-pointer.

Boom!The basketball crashed into the net, 43 to 33.

There were cheers at the scene, Grizzlies coach Hollins raised his hand, and the referee whistled to stop the game.

In the commentary seat, Fraserson shook his head slightly: "The Grizzlies tried their best to avoid Gasol's misplaced defense, which made the rest of them extremely passive in defense. Although the scene looked okay, the result was unacceptable."

"That was their helpless move..." Jackson said, "Pau Gasol is too important to them. If they consume too much energy, it will be difficult to play later games. There are many classic solutions to this kind of roll call tactics. Wait and see the adjustments." Bar."

On the field, the short timeout ends.

Su Yang led the team back to the court. Before the game started, he ran through the possible coping strategies of the Grizzlies in his mind. One high and four low positions will definitely be targeted, and other tactical types need to be used to beat the Grizzlies. less than.

While thinking about it, the referee blew his whistle to count down.

The Grizzlies kicked off from the bottom line in the backcourt, and Conley took it all the way to the 45-degree three-point line on the left side of the frontcourt, bowed and patted and waited.

Gay started from the left bottom corner, and with the cover of Gasol Jr., he quickly rushed to the left elbow.

Tucker squeezed through the screen to catch up, Gay raised his hand to receive the pass, and twisted his hips into the paint.

George and Randolph hurriedly shrunk to intercept, but Gay stopped and took off suddenly, and made a resolute shot with two points.

The basketball hit the basket and hit the iron. Randolph leaped high and caught it, and then passed it to George after landing.

Su Yang approached to take the ball, slowly brought it across the center line, and raised his hand to signal the five-out formation to settle.

Seeing his gesture, Tucker and Gordon lined up on the left 45-degree three-point line and the left wing, and George stood in the right corner.

The center was suddenly empty, Randolph raised the wall from the free throw line to the top of the arc, and Su Yang took the opportunity to start and transfer to the right.

Because the three of them stood outside and no one could help to switch defenses, Gasol could only move laterally to intercept Su Yang.Perhaps it was because there was room for Su Yang to make a quick shot, but this time he chose to approach closely and teamed up with Conley to double-team.

In a hurry, Su Yang couldn't make a shot or pass the ball, so he decisively continued to move to the right at an extremely fast speed.

Conley was still able to catch up, but Gasol was thrown away in the blink of an eye, and he could only turn his head back to Randolph who was cutting in the air.

A large space suddenly appeared in front of Su Yang, and he immediately turned his hips and rushed in, pouted his buttocks and turned his back to Conley, the owner of the card, and arrived at the paint area in two steps. Facing Gasol's menacing defense, he calmly threw a high Toss the board.

boom!The basketball rebounded and was caught, 45 to 33.

There was applause in the arena, the two teams switched offense and defense, and Conley dribbled the ball to the 45-degree three-point line on the right.

Gay used the screen again, rushed from the bottom corner to the right elbow, but only feinted and continued to run to the free throw line.At the same time, Gasol turned around and crossed the paint area, erected a wall to block George, and Arthur took the opportunity to shift to the right.

The moment Arthur stood still at the waist, Conley held the ball high with both hands, and turned towards the top of the arc.

Gay, who ran to the free throw line before, caught the ball, turned around and passed it to the left wing. Tony Allen also held the ball high.

At this time, Gasol Jr. stuck George with his back on the left waist, occupying a great weight and strength advantage.

Tony Allen lobbed the ball in, turned around and ran to the top of the arc to stretch the space, and the audience booed wildly in unison.

"Teaming..." Su Yang shouted to promote Gordon, while striding towards Tony Allen.

The Clippers formed part of the three defenses and two defenses, and Gasol quickly turned around and walked to the bottom line, sinking his shoulders and attacking hard.

Randolph immediately shrank the encirclement, raised his hands to interfere with the passing route, and George tried his best to fight against the interference and take off.

The two flanked each other, and Gasol was unable to take off and had no hope of passing the ball. Suddenly, he was as anxious as his brother. Shout AND ONE.

It's a pity that the basketball hit the basket and fell, but the referee whistled for a foul and gave Gasol two free throw opportunities.

George took the initiative to raise his hand to signal that he was fouled, and walked quickly to Su Yang: "Should I foul earlier?"

Su Yang shook his head: "After Gordon went to double-team just now, you should be the first to get stuck in the bottom line space..."

George looked puzzled: "Then what if he dribbles between the two of us?"

Su Yang shrugged: "He's not Kobe, he's not that dexterous, he can only retreat or make a long pass."

George nodded, walked back to the paint area and stood up to grab the rebound, and the game entered the free throw session.

The audience booed loudly, Gasol Jr. took the first free throw steadily, and the basketball hit the back basket and fell into the net.

The referee took the basketball back, stretched out a finger to signal another time, and then hit the ground to pass the ball.

Players from the two teams prepared separately, and Gasol took the ball and patted it twice and threw it lightly.

when!The basketball hit the front basket and rebounded.

George took a leap and reached out to grab the basketball. Su Yang stepped forward to get the ball, and the Clippers launched a counterattack.

Still in the five-out formation, Randolph set up a wall at the top of the arc as a cover, and Su Yang got rid of Conley and ran to the right.

Gasol moved laterally to catch up and formed a fan-shaped pinch with Conley, while the rest of the Grizzlies shrank inside.

Su Yang saw it in his eyes and knew that the Grizzlies wanted to bet on his three-pointer and guarantee the rebounds in the backcourt. The Grizzlies' strategy was a compromise, so as to avoid further targeting of Gasol and waste too much energy and energy.

After weighing for half a second, Su Yang made an emergency stop and combined with the ball, ignoring Conley's interference, and rushed to shoot a three-pointer with a one-step movement.

Boom!The basketball crashed into the net, 48 to 34.

The cheers exploded in the arena, the Grizzlies were stunned briefly, and the head coach Hollins gritted his teeth slightly in a gaffe.

The Clippers laughed and played back, and George ran to Su Yang's side: "Boss, I actually had a chance to make a phone call just now."

Su Yang nodded: "I know I should pass the ball, but I want to destroy their defensive will..."

In the transition between offense and defense, Conley dribbled the ball to the left 45 degrees, and with the help of Gasol Jr.'s cover, he quickly shifted to the right.

Randolph stayed at the free throw line, Su Yang squeezed through the screen to catch up, Conley rushed to the right elbow, made an emergency stop and made a mid-range shot.

The basketball went into the net hollow, George picked it up and retreated out of bounds, and made a long pass directly to the left sideline.

Gordon rushed to catch the ball, defended against Tony Allen, and brought it all the way to the 45-degree three-point line in the frontcourt.

Su Yang followed up to catch the ball. With the help of Randolph's cover at the top of the arc, he shifted to the left half to look for opportunities.

Because Conley was behind in the goal, he didn't have time to catch up for a while, so he could only let Gasol defend alone.

The rest of the Clippers walked away one after another, the audience cheered and shouted, and Gasol chose to keep a step away.

Su Yang thought about it for half a second, lowered his shoulders, lowered his center of gravity, and rushed to the basket in three big steps. He jumped against Gasol's defense, ignored the threat of Arthur's encirclement, glided for a short distance in the air, and hit the board with his backhand.

With a snap, the basketball emerged from the gap, hit the backboard with a bang, and bounced into the net.

The referee blew his whistle at the same time, raised his hand to indicate that the goal was valid, and gave Gasol a foul.

The moment the referee pointed it out, Grizzlies head coach Hollins stomped his feet and raised his hands in anger, while Gasol covered his face and akimbo in pain, and the rest of the Grizzlies shouted loudly that they shouldn't blow it. Break the defense.

In the commentary booth, Breen said: "The whole team seems to be very angry, but this is just a common foul."

"No..." Jackson shook his head, "That means their defense system has collapsed, and so much effort is useless."

(End of this chapter)