Jim Bass Ambition

Chapter 244

"Boss, are you sure that Coach Jackson will adopt my suggestion?" Before the sixth game, Jeff Bzdelik came to Jim's office. As the current "non-staff personnel", he could not go to San Antonio with the team to participate in the game .

"Actually, he already had this idea. Don't forget who he was on the inside when he was in the Bulls. I just strengthened his determination to do so. At any time, the management must support their head coach, right? ?” Jim laughed.

Bzdelik's expression was a little unnatural. Although he perfectly completed the tasks of the management during the two seasons of coaching the Nuggets - playing badly, training rookies, and improving his record to enter the playoffs, he suffered in the first round. Sweeping, Bzdelik was still swept out as a scapegoat.

The underlying reason is that Bzdelik's strict coaching style of pursuing defense does not match the team's future Carmelo Anthony's style of play that favors offense and despise defense. The two often have friction in training, and Kiki Vandeweg Odd chose to maintain the team's future core Anthony.

Regardless of whether Jim’s words are official or not, or whether the team has been winning all the time to make the team go smoothly, a good management can bring a lot of help to the team, and fatuous management, such as the Clippers, Magic , The Timberwolves in the past can only add to the team.

When the Nuggets were the head coach, in response to the weak fourth position, Bzdelik once proposed to let Anthony gain weight and play power forward, relying on flexibility to help the team, but under the unanimous opposition of Anthony and Vandeweghe, Plan to declare a miscarriage.

Here, the two chatted one after another, while the Lakers and Spurs played the sixth game of the Western Conference Finals over there, and the players had already entered the field.

The Spurs' starting lineup continued the previous game, with Parker and Ginobili playing the backcourt, Turkoglu serving as small forward, Duncan and Rasheed Wallace partnering inside.

The Lakers' starting lineup has been adjusted, with Billups and Kobe in the backcourt unchanged, Battier as the starting small forward, Artest moved to the power forward position, and the nominal center is still Garnett.

"Bingo!" Seeing the lineup, Jim made a face at Bzdelik.

But Bzdelik became a little nervous. He wasn't sure if his plan would work. After all, most of his knowledge of the Lakers players came from videotaping in recent weeks.

"The Lakers used Artest to play the starting power forward. This is really an unexpected arrangement! I didn't expect Phil Jackson to dare to make such an adjustment in the crucial Western Conference finals. It is undeniable that Artest Te is a good defender, but putting him on Duncan is a little..." In the TNT studio, Kenny Smith has made his own judgment.

"I think it might be a coup, no one says that people who are 1 meters tall can't play power forwards. Kenny, do you remember, there was a 98 meters inside player who beat everyone .” But Barkley discovered another bright spot in time.

"... Let me think about it, the year that person entered the league, the No. [-] pick was a historical insider selected by the Rockets? That person won the MVP and the rebounding champion? In the end, he was on the same team as the No. [-] pick back then Effectiveness?" Every time Kenny Smith listed one item, Barkley said "Yes."

"...and they won the championship together, the great Wes Unseld, I have always admired him, he did what only Wilt Chamberlain can do..."

"Kenny, I have tolerated you for a long time!"

The game started and the Lakers jumped to the ball.

"The change of the Lakers is also a test for the Spurs' defense. Although it is unstable, Artest has the ability to make three-pointers. If he is really let go, he will be able to shoot the ball into the basket. We Let’s see how the Spurs deal with this situation.” Kenny Smith commented that when he was in the Rockets, the power forward was occasionally played by Robert Hawley, often making the opposite inside feel in a dilemma, sweeping the Magic in the championship series , Hawley averaged 17.8 points and 10 rebounds per game, completely blasting the opposing "Cobra" Horace Grant, hitting the Rockets' third-biggest data.

Artest mentioned the top of the arc, and Duncan could only mention the outside.

Kobe sank to the low post, singled Ginobili, and easily advanced to the basket, ready to turn over and shoot. At this time, Rasheed Wallace's help defense was in place, Kobe reacted quickly, received the ball in the air, and gave the Garnett who was emptied.

Duncan immediately moved laterally in front of Garnett and emptied Artest at the top of the arc.

Garnett gave the ball to Artest, and Ginobili rotated to help defend.

"Perfect rotation defense! Popovich's team has subconsciously prepared a response plan for various situations!" Kenny Smith couldn't help admiring. Although Duncan had no time to return to the basket, the team passed the rotation. solved the problem.

Seeing that there was not much time to attack, Artest feinted, made a breakthrough, and forced a layup against Ginobili. He missed, but the referee called a foul.

"That's right! If you have a body, you have to play like this! Although you can't compare with me back then, you can't waste the talent God gave you, just be a spot-up shooter outside!" Barkley saw Artest's brutal style of play , Thinking of myself back then.

Bzdelik stared at the screen, which was different from what he had imagined.

"Jeff, we've been playing with the Spurs for several years. Phil knows Popovich very well. It's not enough to disrupt their defense by simply pulling out the inside. Phil's ultimate goal. You can pay attention to it. Whenever you can't start the game, it is the Lakers' unique trick to use the screen to call the list and hit the opposing small guard." Jim explained.

Artest made one of two free throws.

The Spurs attacked, Duncan asked for the ball in the low post, and Artest chose to defend halfway forward, harassing Duncan on the right side, leaving space for the opponent on the baseline.

The advantage of half-circling forward is that it can interfere with the opponent's passing route, and can choose to return to his defensive position at the first time, so as not to be attacked by an empty basket, but this has high requirements for defensive players. The moment the opponent passes the ball, he can judge the situation on the field and make his own next move. At the same time, teammates must assist in defense at any time to make up for the loopholes on the other side. There are also certain requirements for the team to rotate defense.

With Artest's strength and low center of gravity, Duncan struggled to catch the ball.

And Artest's position selection is to block the middle, put the bottom line, and lower the center of gravity at the same time. Compared with the 45-degree mid-range shot, the zero-degree mid-range shot is more difficult for inside players.

Duncan turned over and missed a jumper. Garnett accepted the backcourt rebound and handed it to Kobe to force the speed.

Kobe pushed hard against Ginobili, and the demon knife tried to block the block, but Kobe pulled a small lever, and Ginobili hit Kobe on the forearm.

Only one minute into the game, two fouls were received, and Popovich had to replace Prince.

(End of this chapter)