Chapter Seventy-Eight: The Depressed Game

There are many kinds of tactics in basketball, and in the beginning, basketball was dominated by the individual singles of superstars. Even the rules of basketball are encouraged www.biquge.info such as the rules that limit joint defense.

But with the development of basketball, there are more and more tactics, and the change of rules has also inhibited the play of stars to a certain extent.

But one thing that hasn't changed is that the simpler the tactic, the harder it is to crack.

That's why Coach Sloan of the Jazz has stuck to pick-and-roll tactics for so many years. Now that I've got Deron Williams, I'm focusing on pick-and-roll because it's hard to defend.

Blocking and dismantling tactics have relatively high requirements for players.

Generally speaking, pick-and-rolls are initiated by guards and interior lines, with point guards and power forwards being the majority.

Among them, the point guard must have a strong breakthrough ability and passing ability, and the power forward must have the ability to shoot and fast down, and the awareness of both of them must be very good, otherwise it is easy to make mistakes. The Hornets' pick-and-roll coordination is mostly carried out by David West and Chris Paul. The Eagles will be difficult to defend.

If Sean had switched to David West, maybe Sean would have been able to limit David West a little bit defensively, but Chris Paul would have been terrible.

Paul's mid-range shooting is very standard, the finishing ability under the basket is very strong, there is no fast interior line that is good at protecting the frame and helping defense, Paul can directly attack the basket, and there are very few defenses encountered, Blandonbass is okay on the offensive end, and the defensive end is more average, far less than David West. Zaza's speed is even slower, and he can't help defense.

This flaw on the defensive end made Sean feel very embarrassed.

To add insult to injury, the Hawks also have problems with their perimeter defense, and Chris Paul can pass the ball to the perimeter at any time if the perimeter leaks.

As a result, the Hawks could barely stop the Hornets' offense.

Sean thought about countermeasures with a cold face, but he was helpless, the defensive things were not something that Sean could solve alone, and the defects of the interior defensive breakthrough could not be restrained at all. The frame is average, and the defense is really scum. In this case, Chris Paul can definitely score as long as he attacks the inside, and Paul's other teammates can also get a lot of opportunities when they attack the inside.

Sean thought about it, and thought about what to do.

Unable to win on his own, Sean can only rely on his teammates.

Dribbling across half court again, Sean beckoned Joe Johnson. Joe Johnson hesitated slightly and gave Sean a pick-and-roll. Or rather, it's not a pick-and-roll, it's a cover. Generally speaking, the pick-and-roll players are tall, so the quality of the pick-and-roll will be better, but Joe Johnson is a scoring guard and is not very suitable for blocking. Sure enough, after Joe Johnson blocked, Sean didn't get a good chance, but after that, Sean threw the ball diagonally forward.

Joe Johnson was stunned for a moment, subconsciously ran forward to receive the ball, and then shot.

There are two kinds of passing, one is to carry the ball with people, and the other is to wait for the ball.

Clever point guards will use the ball to drive their teammates, teammates don't know how to run, how to attack, it doesn't matter, as long as the basketball passes to the front of the player, the player will naturally take the ball to attack, and there will be an opportunity.

That's what this offense is.

This time the pass is a bit dangerous, if Joe Johnson is a slow shot, then the Hornets players can steal, and Sean is a turnover, but as long as Joe Johnson is in place, then he can get a good position, whether it is attacking the basket or shooting directly is a good offensive method.

Joe Johnson scored, and the team's offense eased for the time being.

In fact, the Hawks' offense, Sean can directly hand over to Joe Johnson, and then run his own position to wait for the pass or rush to grab the rebound, which is a very good choice, but doing so is not at all a normal point guard's job.

As the heart of the court, a point guard can do this for a while, but if he relies on his teammates' individual abilities for the whole game, then this point guard is definitely not a qualified point guard.

Sean and Blandonbass played blocking and pick-and-roll tactics, and the offensive end was still open, and Joe Johnson gradually played his form and played well, but overall, the Hawks did not perform as well as the Hornets.

The Hornets have a strong defense, David West is not famous, but he is very good at helping to defend, and he is very good at breaking and shooting from the outside, and both Sean and Joe Johnson choose to strengthen their projection and reduce their breakthroughs.

Add outside projection, which is embarrassing.

Once the hand feels not very good, it is easy to fall behind.

The Hornets are relatively much stronger, even if they have a slightly inferior shooting percentage at the beginning, but they still slowly lead by relying on rebounding advantage. Without the protection of the interior line, the Eagles looked helpless on both offensive and defensive ends.

Sean had no choice but to strengthen his shot.

From the start of the game, the Eagles were surprisingly behind, and then until the end of the game.

Sean played well, shooting 3-of-6 from three-point range, 8-of-14 from mid-range, and 11-of-20 from the field, with 25 points, 7 assists and 4 rebounds, but Chris Paul scored 25 points, 12 assists and 2 rebounds to lead the team to victory.

The Hawks played averagely, with Joe Johnson scoring 19 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists, Zaza scoring 10 points and 11 rebounds, and Josh Smith having a very poor hand, 4-of-12 and 11 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists.

The Hornets played well overall, and Chris Anderson continued his previous form, scoring 10 points, 18 rebounds and 3 blocks to help the team win. David West quietly scored 14 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists, which didn't look outstanding, but ...... It's no secret to say that David West was the biggest contributor to the Hornets' victory, even more so than Chris Paul.

Sean faced this defeat with an ugly face.

In an interview after the game, Sean expressed his frustration: "It wasn't a decisive game, we didn't play well, and Al was injured and lost a lot in the team. ”

Such an answer became the target of media bombardment after the game.

"The reason the Hawks lost was because Al Harington wasn't there?" Many media outlets have similar words that mock Sean fiercely. It was as if Sean had been beaten back to his original form in this game.

David Woodson even called the manager in private: "Al Harrington hurry up and trade him, replace him with a player who can defend, the team's results will definitely improve, as for our leader, I don't want to say anything more." ”

In fact, not to mention the defensive end, Al Harrington is not there on the offensive end, David West can assist the defense on the inside, and Sean and Joe Johnson on the outside are very inefficient when they break through to the basket under the basket, which is not normal at all.

AlHarington's defense does have problems, but with him, he can pull the outside to shoot, so that Sean and Joe Johnson can play to the basket to finish the offense, the shooting percentage will be high, and they can also share some of Zaza's interior pressure. Chris Anderson played too well in this game.

But...... David Woodson doesn't think so at all, and it is a good thing for David Woodson to let Josh Smith play power forward, and for David Woodson, the lack of a big forward from the outside is a good thing, and the team's defense can finally be strengthened.