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Chapter 259 I only admire 3 coaches in the league



Chapter 259 I only admire three coaches in the league

According to the schedule, in the first two games between the Thunder and the Mavericks, there was only one day of rest in between, and the rhythm was very tight.

With that in mind, after Su Yang attended the press conference after the game, he gave up his usual habit of directly reviewing games and went home early to rest.

He didn't read any news, didn't respond to any news, slept happily all night, and rushed to the training base at [-]:[-] the next morning.

Colleagues in the scouting department started work earlier, or called off work later, and the United States beat workers quite ruthlessly, and they did it voluntarily.

The director Blatche took the edited video and took the initiative to find Su Yang and said: "You don't know, I couldn't stop editing the video last night. The game last night will [-]% make many teams study repeatedly. It's too much. It was wonderful, especially in the second half of the first quarter, when you and Rick Carlisle saw through each other's tactics, and all kinds of on-the-spot commands can definitely be used as a textbook case..."

After the words fell, the entire scouting department and the coaching staff nodded in agreement. Assistant coach Brian mentioned the ESPN post-game comment and said, "This game between the Thunder and the Mavericks, if you look back after many years, it should be the beginning of modern basketball. ..."

Assistant coach Mark said with a smile: "Su, your die-hard fan Stephen A. Smith expressed that he was completely conquered by you, and decided to support you and the Thunder to win the series again. In the future, he will never doubt your actions, even if he refrigerates Durant..."

Everyone laughed when they heard the words. I am afraid that no coach would dare to silence the team's superstars. This is the NBA, not the NCAA.

Su Yang didn't pretend to be modest. The Mavericks' offense in the first two rounds is definitely a cross-generational style of play. The Thunder's double-sided separation style of play is also unique in the league. The key is that both teams defend very well. Let those tactics reflect Great value.

"Tell me quickly, why Nowitzki scored 48 points, we didn't do well in those places..."

Su Yang asked sincerely. Although he knew part of the reason, he still wanted to let the colleagues in the scouting department play their due role. Besides, this kind of thing belongs to the type of more the better. Maybe there are things that he didn't think of. Spend an extra minute listening to the report , steady profit.

"To be honest, the main reason is that we can't guard Nowitzki. Nick Collison is the best, but he is limited by fouls. He only plays a role in the second half of the first quarter and the first half of the second quarter. Tsky can do whatever he wants..."

Blatche was a little cautious at the beginning of his words, as if he was worried that speaking too bluntly would make Su Yang lose face. After all, at the video conference, Su Yang arranged defensive strategies in public, but after the first match, only one of them took effect.

But Su Yang was not upset at all, and after working together for more than two seasons, Su Yang's character is very clear, and Blatche hit the pain point without any scruples: "We need to adjust our defensive strategy and try not to let Nowitz take the ball or shoot. , so that..."

Su Yang nodded as he listened. Nowitzki in the first game was a precision machine gun made in Germany. He really meant to shoot wherever he could. He hit 15 out of 12 shots and only had 3 strikes and [-] turnovers. , nearly perfect.

The key is to hit all 24 free throws, successfully breaking the 03 consecutive free throws created by Paul Pierce in the playoffs in 21, and quietly reaching a historical record. It feels like you can score with the ball, and the threat is too great.

Therefore, although he won the first game, in the second game, there is nothing to let Nowitzki continue to play like that.

After thinking for a while, Su Yang lightly tapped the table with two fingers, determined to pay attention and said: "To limit Nowitzki, in addition to the conventional block around the front and the weak side's defense in advance, the key point is to limit Kidd. The source interfered with Nowitzki's possession of the ball.

And this task has been arranged before, but it is not used a lot. From the second game, we let James Harden defend Jason Kidd, let James Harden use his height advantage to interfere with Jason Kidd's pass, and consume it to the greatest extent.

But if we do that, we have to face Marion, Stevenson, and even Perkins with a lot of air cuts, and we may lose a lot of points because of that, but the controllability is better than allowing Nowitzki to hit consecutively. Higher, less dangerous..."

Everyone in the office nodded in agreement with Su Yang's speech. If you want to restrict Nowitzki, the price is naturally to relax other Mavericks players, just like the Lakers double-teaming Kobe, then you must be ready to welcome Gasol, Odom, and even Fisher exploded.

"In addition to defense, the offense must also be adjusted..."

Su Yang continued: "The Mavericks' zone defense poses a great threat. We must first transmit from the outside to keep the basketball in a moving state for more time, so that the Mavericks cannot shrink the defense in advance through anticipation, and try to find early opportunities on the two wings.

So in the second game, let James Harden take the lead when the first five players played, and let Livingston take the lead when the second team played, emphasizing "one more pass" and let Russell play more aggressively with the ball. Rush skills, allocate their abilities reasonably..."

Between the words, the tactics were adjusted.

The scouting department and the coaching staff have complete records, and they each carry out the next work, mainly simulating scrutiny and informing the players.

According to the usual practice, on the second day of the match day, the whole team will not be arranged to practice together because they are too tired, but the Thunder will spontaneously gather at the training base. After the regular shooting warm-up, McGrady continues to teach Ibaka how to accurately judge the opponent's offensive intentions .

Durant discussed with assistant coach Brooks how to move more easily. The whole team was full of energy and fighting spirit.

In the evening, another group of semifinals in the Western Conference started.

The Lakers led the Spurs from the beginning, until the end of the fourth quarter, Kobe Bryant hit the iron continuously, and the Spurs took the opportunity to overtake and win.

As a 2/5 Kobe, Su Yang felt a toothache watching it. Kobe did make a lot of money in the end, but Kobe established the lead before.

It's hard to say that the Lakers lost because of Kobe, especially considering that Kobe played with injuries.At the post-match press conference, Phil Jackson said plainly: We messed up at the last moment, and we tried to improve this problem.

On the [-]rd, the second game between the Thunder and the Mavericks in the Western Conference semifinals continued at the Ford Center, and there were still crowds of people watching the game.

The match kicked off at [-]:[-] p.m., and the starting lineups of the two teams remained unchanged. After a few rounds of confrontation, each showed their true skills.

Ibaka went around the front + Harden interfered with Kidd's pass, which soon made it difficult for Nowitzki to get the ball and firmly control the situation.

But the Mavericks seemed to have been prepared for a long time. Carlisle ordered a change of play on the spot, just like Su Yang predicted, making Marion and Stevenson frantically use Perkins to cover the air cut, and Kidd made various passes. Then, it seems to return to the era of the Nets Three Musketeers.

The quality of Perkins' screens is excellent, and the air cut bonus to Marion and Stevenson is great, and the Mavericks scored consecutive points easily.

On the Thunder side, facing the Mavericks in a zone defense situation early on, the scoring burden was mainly on Durant, and Durant lived up to expectations, ignoring the Mavericks' unscrupulous contraction and interception, scoring consecutive mid-range shots from emergency stops, and 1 free throw in a single quarter. Scored 14 points.

After the first quarter, the Thunder trailed the Mavericks 27 to 32.

Su Yang removed Westbrook, sent Livingston, let Harden return to shooting guard, paired with Green and spot-up shooter Dae Quinn Cook, and specially stood at the top of the arc to conduct the figure of eight to Jordan, and also defended the weak lineup, opening the most Strong chasing form.

Livingston dribbled the ball across half court, first gave it to Jordan at the top of the arc, and then crossed the bottom line with the help of a screen transfer to expand the formation.

Harden asked Green to play the pick-and-roll at the same time. Both of them were able to organize and support, and they could shoot suddenly. In addition, Livingston was in ambush, so the Mavericks' zone defense couldn't find the focus at all. After three rounds, they overtook the score.

On the defensive end, although the Thunder has a three-guard lineup, Cook and Harden are both standard shooting guard heights.

With the addition of Livingston who is more than [-] meters high, the Thunder trio has height and speed, which not only limits Peja well, but also makes JJ Barea make many pass errors due to his short height, and uses contraction rotation, by the way Limit Jason Terry.

After halftime, the Thunder overtook the Mavericks by two points.

In the third quarter of the game, Mavericks head coach Carlisle changed his formation and let Terry partner Kidd as the starter to increase firepower.

That was a wonderful move, but Su Yang predicted Carlisle's operation again, and Westbrook just felt that he had no sense of existence, so he chased Terry crazily, and he forced Terry to play 8 minutes and zero shots, leaving Carlisle dumbfounded.

But even then, Carlisle still has a new trick, instructing Nowitzki to go directly to the high position to get the ball every time he attacks.

Nowitzki had to follow suit, which made Su Yang's previously arranged strategy invalid, so he simply sent Collison to consume him with fouls.

But Nowitzki, as a super giant, was affected very limited, and he still turned into a small forward, forcing the Mavericks to score.

The Thunder entered the fourth quarter with a 6-point advantage, and the three-person organization of Harden + Livingston + Green was invincible.Carlisle dispatched the main force to deal with it in advance, Su Yang followed up simultaneously, and the two teams started a decisive battle in advance, with the feeling that they were doing their best.

At the end of the game, the Thunder defeated the Mavericks 116 to 110 and took a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference semifinals.

When the halftime whistle sounded, the cheers in the Ford Center burst, and the fans and players were as happy as if they had scheduled the Western Conference Finals.

Su Yang breathed a sigh of relief, and interacted with Snyder and other assistant coaches with high fives, deeply understanding how difficult it is to win.

With the tenacious state of the Mavericks, the Thunder's two trips to Dallas will certainly not go smoothly, and they may even lose two games in a row.

The key point is that Su Yang has no other cards for the time being. He is worried that the Mavericks will come up with some new tricks, so he can only use violence to solve the problem.

At the post-match press conference, the reporter mentioned that Carlisle praised the Thunder's offensive and defensive strategies. Su Yang said with a smile: "Of all the coaches in the league, there are only three people I admire, and one of them is coach Rick Carlisle. He is an absolute master... "

(End of this chapter)


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