stadium ambition

Chapter 45 The Triangle Offense Is Easy

"That's too bullying!" Nick Young laughed, "We have received professional training at the college level for a long time, and our usual opponents are elite teams in the PAC-10 division. ,"

After saying this, Harden glared at Nick Young, DeRozan smiled and said nothing, George waited with his face covered in circles on his hips, and there were a few players who looked like high school students showing displeasure, Su Yang waved his hand: "You will know after playing , let's do it."

"OK, let's get started, everyone come here." Westbrook waved to call the college players.

"Let's also discuss briefly?" Su Yang looked around at many high school players to ask for opinions.

Harden and DeRozan nodded in response, and the rest of the high school players surrounded Su Yang by default.

There are two points of discussion, the first is how to form a team, and the second is the main idea of ​​​​playing.

The first problem was solved quickly. Try to play with acquaintances. Su Yang knew the most people among this group of high school students. He directly chose Harden, DeRozan, and George as teammates, and there was another teammate named Horn.

The core idea of ​​the second question is to try our best to get performance opportunities, be it scoring or assisting. Su Yang thought about it and proposed to play the triangle offense. It happens to be the Ron Harper training camp, and everyone can show their basketball IQ. .

"Will it be too difficult?" Horn looked worried.

"It's really not difficult..." Su Yang explained simply.

The core purpose of the triangle offense is to create one-on-one opportunities. There are actually four main styles of play. The difficulty lies in the need for a master of outside singles and a master of low-post offense.

Many teams have two high-level players. The biggest problem is the movement of all players and reducing the time for a single player to hold the ball. This is contrary to the style and habits of many stars. For example, a team with a point guard at its core cannot implement triangle offense.

After listening to the explanation, Horn nodded suspiciously, the three of Harden had no objection, and the whole team walked to the midfield to prepare.

The discussion on the university team was also completed, and the two sides formed a matchup. Point guard Su Yang faced Gabe Pruitt, shooting guard Harden faced Westbrook, small forward DeRozan faced Nick Young, power forward Horn faced Mbah a Moute, Center George vs. Love, other players lined up.

Harper came to the midfield kick-off, Love did not take off to compete at all, and George easily won the jump ball.

The high school group took the lead. Except for Su Yang who was advancing with the ball, the other four played the triangle position as planned.

"Hey, what are these little guys doing?" Harper's eyes lit up, as if seeing a baby.

Su Yang took the ball to the right wing, patted it on the spot and observed, and found that the defense in the paint area was lax. Take advantage of the momentum and rush to the free throw line.

Harden seemed to understand Su Yang's intentions in seconds, and immediately started to run to the right, while raising his hand to signal the pass.

Westbrook chased after him, but was intercepted by Su Yang at the free throw line, and he waved his hand to remind him to change defense.

Gabe turned around quickly, but Su Yang had expected this, and stepped sideways to block the way, one against two.

Westbrook took the opportunity to bypass, and rushed to the right 45° three-point line like a flying tiger, fast and high.

It's a pity that Harden had already received a pass from George, and took the first step to shoot a wide open three-pointer. The basketball hit the circle and hit the net.

"Interesting!" Harper turned his head slightly and said, "Give me the information on that Asian kid."

The college team attacked, and Westbrook dribbled the ball all the way, rushed to the top of the arc and moved to the right with Love's cover.

George switched defenses and intercepted, and before he had a good position, Westbrook was like a whirlwind blowing by.

George twisted his hips and turned around, only to see Westbrook take off and shoot, and the basketball bounced off the board and into the net.

"Damn it! This is too fast." Su Yang had just finished his position and wanted to see through the offensive tactics of the college group in advance. As a result, Westbrook simply and rudely rolled down a pick-and-roll, so fast that he only had time to move his eyes, and followed. I'm going to run back.

"See? This is the gap!" Nick Yang shrugged and spread his hands, "You play tactics as you like."

Su Yang curled his lips in response, took the basketball and moved forward, gestured at the center line, ready to play the ball for George.

No matter what, you have to play an Answer Ball to increase your momentum, and you can also see George's low-post ability by the way. It just so happens that George is still following the arrangement of his high school coach at this moment, relying on his height of nearly two meters to focus on the inside offense.

The team's positioning was completed in a blink of an eye, Su Yang passed the ball to the waist, and strode to the top of the arc to open up space.

George received the ball and raised it high, punching Love twice as if reciting a formula, and then stepped forward to turn around.

Gabe suddenly gave up guarding Su Yang, strode back and shrank, and teamed up with Love to double-team.

This action was extremely fast, but George reacted quickly enough to throw the ball directly to the top of the arc.

Su Yang took off to catch the ball, and when he landed, he found that Gabe hadn't stood still. He decided to start with his shoulders lowered. He didn't encounter any resistance at all, and easily broke through and rushed to the basket.

George took the ball, stepped forward, took off through Love, and dunked with a bang.

"Wonderful!" Harper applauded, and George responded with a shy smile.

Westbrook seemed a little jealous, and ran forward after receiving the ball, as fast as lightning.

Harden chased to the center line and chose to give up, George chose to continue to chase, and DeRozan also followed up on the sideline.

In the two-on-one frontcourt, Westbrook slowed down and waited unwillingly, and the two teams settled down one after another.

Love raised the wall to cover, George stepped forward and delayed, Harden took the opportunity to bypass the wall.

Westbrook retreated out of the double-team, raised his hand and threw the ball to the right wing, Gabe caught the ball and passed it to the bottom corner.

Nick Young took the ball and raised it high, successfully shaking DeRozan's center of gravity, and immediately dropped the ball to force the basket.

DeRozan twisted his hips and turned sideways. Just as he took a step to catch up, Nick Yang jumped up and raised his hand to make a mid-range shot.

Just a few tenths of a second away, there was no time to interfere, and the basketball went into the net hollow.

"Have you learned?" Nick Yang shouted excitedly, "This is the unique attack from SwaggyP!"

DeRozan smiled, picked up the basketball and stood out of bounds, switching offense and defense.

Su Yang ran across the center line with the ball and was about to make tactical gestures when he suddenly caught a glimpse of Nick Young standing outside the 45-degree three-point line on the left, and at least two steps away from the three-point line. running position.

"This guy looks at the ball and doesn't look at people..." Su Yang complained in his heart, and his eyes signaled Horn to go up the wall and prepare to pass and cut.

It's a pity that Horn didn't have that kind of tacit understanding, and it took at least three seconds to react. Fortunately, Nick Young still didn't care behind him.

DeRozan reacted quickly enough and cut in directly, while Su Yang passed the ball to Horn.

Horn received the ball with his left elbow, and immediately hit the ground sideways for another split. DeRozan just arrived, caught the ball and went straight to the basket.

Love wanted to step forward to defend, but seeing DeRozan take off, he immediately stopped and waited.

With a bang, DeRozan swayed back and forth in the air, dunking with both hands hanging on the basket.There was applause in the arena, and DeRozan returned to the defense calmly. After all, the winner of the McDonald's Slam Dunk Contest has the self-confidence of "basic practice 6".

"I didn't lie to you, the triangle offense is as simple as that." Su Yang said to Horn.

Horn exclaimed as he ran: "The cooperation just now is considered a triangle offense?"

"Of course, but it does look more like UCLA passing and cutting, and it can even be said to be Princeton." Su Yang followed and ran to the frontcourt, "The tactical system is originally based on mutual reference and integration, and everything is based on running blocks and passing and cutting..."

(End of this chapter)