lakers championship

69 Mutual research
On the afternoon of the 25th, the entire Sequoia team arrived in Houston by plane.

After winning the Southern Division championship, the next game will be held on April 4.

At 26 o'clock in the morning on the 8th, the Sequoia players who had only rested for one night gathered in the training hall.

No way, their next opponent is the Duke University Blue Devils, the NCAA National Championship in the 14-15 season.

The opponent has the old K coach who is famous all over the world, has a pick-and-roll offensive system that is hard to find in the regular season, and has three players who are definitely selected for the NBA, Ingram, Matt Jones, and Marshall Plums.

Therefore, even if the Sequoia team has a 9-day rest period, they dare not slack off in the slightest.

After half an hour of free warm-up for the whole team, Coach Johnny clapped his hands to indicate the assembly.

"First of all, I would like to congratulate everyone who has advanced to the final four of the 2015-2016 NCAA National Championships."

"Yeah!" The Sequoia players cheered collectively. They thought the coach forgot to celebrate. After the game the day before yesterday, they just hugged and shook hands symbolically.

"We have come to this point, everyone has made great contributions, but we can't stop yet, we must continue to do our best to keep moving forward, the more we can't leave regrets in the end"

Tianyang nodded, and other Sequoia players agreed one after another.

"So, in the next 9 days, we have to watch the opponent's game video every day, maintain the same training intensity as the game every day, and encourage each other every day!"

Speaking of this, coach Johnny raised his right hand, Tianyang reached out to meet him, other players and coaches also raised their right hands, and the whole team cheered in unison.

"Today's training, practice pick-and-roll defense and quick counterattack in the morning, and practice key ball tactics in the afternoon..."

After arranging the training plan, Coach Johnny began to explain the tactical points to the players according to the game video.

The Duke University Blue Devils ranked 14th in the United States in March Madness, but unexpectedly reached the final four, relying on the pick-and-roll attack of Ingram and Marshall at the critical moment.

Coach Johnny played back and forth the screen of Ingram scoring points, "He is tall and long, and he is a draft template Durant. He has a good touch and range, and he is also good at his feet. Both offense and defense are relatively good."

When he said this, all the Sequoia players stretched their necks, with a look on their faces, 'What should we do? ' expression.

Only Tianyang raised his hand, "He is as thin as me, why don't we delay in advance and fight physically?"

Johnny nodded, "You have a good idea. As long as you don't let him shoot and make a common foul early, they can disrupt their pick-and-roll offensive rhythm. But there is a flaw in this defense. If Ingram returns the pick-and-roll man, then use other The Blue Devils screened and cut, we couldn't chase, and the defensive formation was prone to confusion."

Tianyang frowned and thought for a while, "Then Rothko leads the defense, and I will be the first to defend. How about the rest of the defense depending on the position?"

"BINGO!" Johnny laughed, "Ingram is 206, and Roscoe is as tall as him. He restricts shooting, and you restrict passing. If Ingram can't play, the Blue Devils' power will be reduced by half."

Let Tianyang and Rose defend together, which shows how much the Sequoia team attaches importance to it.

After determining the tactics, the whole team was divided into two groups, with Tianyang as the substitute and Roscoe as the starter, constantly rehearsing how to delay the pick-and-roll attack.

If you are defended, you will take advantage of the situation to practice a quick counterattack, and if you cannot defend, you will pause to find problems.

Training lasted until 11:30 am.

The whole team returned to the hotel to rest, and Breed told everyone that the school had organized at least 2000 fans to come, plus the alumni around Houston, at the scene of the game on the 2nd, there would be at least 4000 people wearing Sequoia jerseys to express their support.

To be honest, that's a little low, but maybe it's because Houston is so far from California.

However, there will not be too many fans present to support the Duke University Blue Devils, which is considered a balance.

In order to ensure the training effect, Coach Johnny asked the Sequoia players to watch less social media as much as possible, and also prohibited the players from going out for entertainment after training in the afternoon, and could only play games during the holiday.

However, the news that the owners of the 76ers, Celtics, Lakers, and Timberwolves will all come to watch the game still spread among the Sequoia players.

Obviously, they all came from the sky.

It seemed like a good thing, but Johnny was afraid that it would unbalance the other players.

Because from the knockout stage, every time the Sequoia team wins, Tianyang is the absolute MVP.

Various media rushed to report Tianyang, and other Sequoia players didn't even mention it.

Even the fans only talked about Tianyang, as if forgetting the existence of other players.

If at the last moment of the game, someone makes an irrational move out of jealousy, it will have an incalculable impact on the game.Even if the whole team has no selfish intentions, watching the game from all the big names can easily lead to a hint of 'winning'.

Laxity, pride, is the deadly enemy.

For this reason, Johnny extended the daily training time. In the evening, he organized his team members to watch the game video. Even Tianyang couldn't do extra training, and completely treated them equally.

Time turns to April 4st.

In a hotel conference room in Houston, Duke Blue Devils players and coaches sit around a TV.

On the TV, all the game highlights of Tianyang from the start of the game against Arizona State University to the end of the match against Villanova University are being broadcast, and ESPN experts also analyze Tianyang's offense.

The entire video lasts about 40 minutes.

After the broadcast, the old coach K turned around, "Everyone, what do you think about how to defend Tianyang?".

The coaching staff was all silent, some frowned, some lowered their heads, some shook their heads, unable to come up with a solution.

After the players whispered for a while, Ingram suddenly raised his hand, and Old K signaled to speak quickly.

"I'm here to defend Tianyang. His offensive characteristics are very obvious. He likes to play in the simplest and most direct way. I have a similar style of play to him. I can guess his thoughts when defending, just like Kyle Ku from the University of Utah. Like Zima, he intercepts in advance. And with my height and wingspan, if he forces a pull-up shot, I can interfere in time!"

After Ingram finished speaking, the old coach K nodded, "This method is good, just execute it like this, but it is impossible to completely lock it. So on the offensive end, we need to use pick-and-roll transitions on the outside and play more singles on him. From the beginning It consumes his physical strength, his substitutes Shelfield and Donian are defensive colanders, as long as he is off the field, we can seize the opportunity to score."

After saying this, the entire conference room burst into applause.

The coaching staff and players all gave a thumbs up. As expected of the old coach K, he worked out a defensive strategy against Tianyang in just 40 minutes, although the specific effect is not known.

Old K waved his hand lightly, and was about to signal the dismissal, when suddenly someone shouted: "Coach, I have a request."

Everyone took a closer look, and it turned out to be Grayson-Allen. Old K raised his hand to signal please speak.

"I can help defend Tianyang, and guarantee that he will not be able to exert his best strength!"

Everyone was stunned, and they didn't say anything, so they can guarantee it?
Unexpectedly, after a little hesitation, Old K seemed to have made a difficult decision, "Okay, I will make an exception and allow you once."

(End of this chapter)