Chapter 35: The Ball
In the offense of this round, Ginobili shook off Bowen who was defending him. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Bowen and Chamberlain fell into the same embarrassment, he can't defend his teammates or anything..... Duncan, who was familiar with the snake step, was stuck in position by Chamberlain and could only watch as Ginobili made a layup in Nesterovic's arms.
Chamberlain, who was once again in Duncan's offensive lane, did not leave Nesterovic after Duncan distributed the ball to Parker, and Parker hit the basket.
Well, Duncan's play is so reasonable, if he is hard, Chamberlain actually has not much to do, but to reduce his shooting percentage a little.
Turkoglou missed, Chamberlain predicted the landing point, pressed Nesterovic to pick up the rebound, grabbed the rebound, and at the same time, noticed that Duncan was also paying attention to the rebound, and stuffed the ball straight into the hands of Willis under the basket, and Willis dunked violently.
In such rounds, because they are teammates, they are very familiar with each other's offensive routines, and the victory or defeat is all decided in terms of strength, and the substitute side is 7 points behind.
At this time, Chamberlain was very anxious, Popovich could not let him play the whole game, seeing that the time passed minute by minute, what he wanted to show still did not get the opportunity to show. Knowing that he could end up at any time, he couldn't help but feel anxious.
Duncan, who was a little helpless by Chamberlain's defense, noticed that the rookie was distracted, and strode towards the inside line, Chamberlain's conditioned reflex stuck to Duncan's offensive line again, and before he could stand firmly, he was taken down by Duncan, and Chamberlain fouled.
The "squeak" substitute called a timeout. Chamberlain walked to the sidelines, somewhat apprehensively, and saw Popovich standing with his assistant Calesimo, the coach on the bench side.
Apparently, the timeout was at his command. He's so scared of the coach right now, he's scared of being told what he's going to do, and he's going to see the light of day for a long time.
"Is that what you're trying to show me?" Popovich asked Chamberlain with a serious look on the sideline.
"No, that's not Mr. Coach, please give me a little time, just a little. Seeing Popovich's serious appearance, Chamberlain's heart beat violently, and he hurriedly told the person in front of him that he never thought that his career would have such a pitiful time. But he didn't want to wait any longer, he didn't want his limited life to be wasted waiting with no future in sight. In fact, if he hadn't been so flustered, he would have discovered many subtle things. For example, the eyes of the coaching assistants looking at him, such as the eyes of Duncan, Bowen, Parker and other main players looking at him, such as the eyes of Ayoso and Garcia who are rookies at the same time.....
"Just say it! I don't have that much time for you. Popovich still had a serious face, in fact, in his heart, Chamberlain's performance just now was completely passing, even dazzling, and not everyone could get stuck in advance when Duncan, Parker and others attacked. Even if he is a veteran of the team, even if he is proficient in the team's tactics. All this can only show that Chamberlain has a very high defensive talent, as well as his dismantling, and the timing is really good.
Hearing this, Chamberlain's heart was completely cold, and he knew in his heart that a coach like Xiang Popovich, who focused on defense, would not agree with what he thought. He believes that he will only pay attention to all this when it is displayed in actual combat and let Popovich see the effect. After all, that's just a sub.
Chamberlain, who was no longer hopeful, dejectedly elaborated on what he thought in his heart, and the "small ball tactics" of the substitute lineup with Ginobili and Turkoglou.
SBC Center, I don't know when, the Spurs players and coaching staff have surrounded Popovich and Chamberlain.
By the time Chamberlain had explained everything he knew, the highly knowledgeable coaching staff understood what he meant.
"And what about our defense?" immediately asked a member of the coaching staff. You know, this kind of offense needs players who are extremely fast and shoot accurately, this kind of players are available in the league, and there is no shortage of them, the problem is that they will be relatively thin, so it will be difficult to defend against tall players.
'But we're just a substitute and when we can't open up the difference, we have to take some of the blame and no team is going to put Iverson on the bench. "Chamberlain has gone out of his way, and there are no more gains and losses from the beginning. Faced with the assistant coach's question, he immediately answered like this. The implication is that we just need to score higher than them.
In fact, this is the essence of the "small ball tactic", replacing defense with offense.
Popovich was moved, not because he accepted this philosophy, but because he understood that sometimes it was not the main force that won the game, but the substitutes, and it was because of this that he was thinking about putting the extremely sharp attack of Ginobili on the bench.
The interrupted game continued, and the coaches also wanted to see the power of this tactic, but this time the main team did not play, and it was the remaining substitutes who came on. At this time, the main force is no longer useful, as long as you deal with the substitutes.
Although very new to tactics, don't question the ability of Spurs players to execute tactics. At the beginning, because of their unfamiliarity with tactics, they wandered between defense and retreat, shooting and passing, and they lost points continuously wearing the main team uniform, but fortunately, the ability to substitute was not strong.
The moment Chamberlain picked up the defensive rebound again, threw the ball to Ginobili, and quickly ran towards the opposing half, his speed is not comparable to these NBA bottom line insiders.
Ginobili, who understood Chamberlain's intentions, threw the ball in front of him when he ran to the center, and the unguarded Chamberlain received the ball and dunked it with a backhand.......
As the game progressed, the eyes of the members of the coaching staff became brighter and brighter, and the main players became dumbfounded.
Only Popovich, who has already seen the results, does not care about the game. He was watching Oxlade-Chamberlain on the sidelines, refining the tactics in his books and picking the players to use them.
"What a smart guy!"
Popovich couldn't help but think so, he had never added that player who would set up a tactic in order to get playing time for himself and play his technical characteristics, but today turned his perception upside down. It also made him feel a little ashamed......
Yes, he knew Chamberlain's strengths and weaknesses for a long time, and he always believed that they could not be changed and would prevent Chamberlain from going further in professional basketball.
"But would that be an obstacle that a smart man can't overcome?"