Chapter 40: "The First Step"
Sun Hao has long set the goal of going to the NBA to complete a five-year contract, and the NCAA is not in his consideration.
However, he did not make a clear statement, after all, even the Spurs are only giving him a trial now.
This kind of tryout, an NBA team goes to a lot of people every year before the draft.
If he wants to actually get into the NBA, he has to do more.
gave a vague answer, and left contact information with both of them, and Sun Hao also threw himself into the game.
However, in the next match against Messia, he, like the real Napoleon, suffered a Waterloo.
He shot 1-of-6 from beyond the three-point line and scored 11 points on free throws and fast breaks.
Just like James occasionally walks, no great shooter can hit the basket every night.
What's more, after a week of crazy performances, it's clear that opponents are starting to study and target him.
It is difficult for him to receive the ball comfortably in the game, and even if he does, he will soon be trapped.
Because Trinida, who partnered in the backcourt, did not have the ability to make three-point points, such a bag lasted almost all night.
Sun Hao was tightly wrapped by two big men most of the time.
This is the first time Jean has received this kind of "super" standard defensive treatment in La Liga.
This also shows one thing, he is now treated like a superstar.
Shouting "I'm not a star, don't wrap me up" is certainly unrealistic, and what he needs to do is how to crack this defense.
There are two ways to break the bag: one is to break through, to complete the attack before the bag is formed, which is simple and rude;
The other is to pass the ball and let teammates form 4-on-3 opportunities.
There are many ways to break through, Irving with fancy dribbling, Brother Alphabet with physical confrontation, Doncic with a change of pace, Anthony with a triple threat, and so on.
Sun Hao foresaw this situation last season and started training in the system as early as possible.
What he practiced was the first step in the breakout.
There are many players in the NBA who rely on the first step to break through, and the most typical representative players are Rose, Wade, and Maddy.
The reason why Sun Hao chose this breakthrough method is because it can be combined with his three-point ability.
If you bag the clip, I will break through you before grabbing the bag clip;
If you don't wrap the clip, I may just vote on the outside.
This is tantamount to having the defender do the multiple-choice question.
He's been training in the system, and all he's going to do is use it more in the game to trigger this badge.
As for passing, although it is not his strong point, he is completely fine with ordinary passing by ball merchants.
The problem is the team configuration.
Trinidad in the backcourt has no outside shooting ability at all, which allows opponents to contain him with impunity.
So the best way to solve this problem with passing is to switch to a defender who has a projection defense and will not be targeted.
It's a pity that Real Madrid didn't.
But there's more than one way to solve the problem.
Even in the NBA, a player like Tony Allen, who has no outside projection at all, can always exist as a starter for a strong team, and La Liga can naturally do it.
Another way to solve this problem is to adjust Trinidad to the off-ball side.
Before the start of the training session the next day, Sun Hao took the initiative to talk to Lasso about his thoughts.
Lasso was also having a headache about this matter, and he was not too surprised to see Sun Hao coming to him, but was ready to listen.
After getting along for more than a year, he also clearly knows that Sun Hao is a golf player.
Trinidad has no outside projection ability, but it is not that he has no offensive ability, on the contrary, he can play Real Madrid and rely on defense alone, fast break and baseline cutting are his forte.
Therefore, Sun Hao's idea of adjusting to the off-ball side was fully agreed by Lasso after listening.
The so-called off-ball side is literally meaningful, the half of the ball has left and right sides, the side with the ball is called the side with the ball, and the side without the ball is the other side.
Adjust Trinidad to the off-ball side, because he is not on the side of Sun Hao, it is impossible for the defender to let him go and cross the half court to wrap up.
Because that would mean putting Trinidad in, then Sun Hao could have waited for the defender to pass the ball steadily across the half.
In fact, no one would be stupid enough to cross the half to wrap up, and if the Real Madrid team adjusts like this, the opponent is likely to be a substitution.
It's the same bag, but it's a completely different situation.
Because the rest of the Real Madrid team has a certain amount of projection, including Gabajosa also has a hand-to-hand distance.
Sun Hao's proposal gave Lasso a new idea, and Lasso quickly made targeted tactical arrangements.
In the training session that followed, a new team tactic was born.
Sun Hao and Gabajosa's pick-and-roll attack.
Sun Hao's three-point ability is excellent, Gabajosa is strong in cutting into the frame, and the technical characteristics of the two determine that the opponent will fall into the selection difficulty.
Once they choose to wrap Sun Hao, then Gabayosa will get a chance.
And if they choose not to wrap up and not change the defense, Sun Hao can take advantage of the opponent's defensive time difference and shoot three points directly.
Even if the opponent chooses to change the defense without wrapping the clip, Sun Hao can also play small and big.
All in all, on the basis of the advice given by Sun Hao, Lasso has created a tactic that is most suitable for the team at this stage.
After two days of training, the pick-and-roll tactics of the two men began to be used against the Andorra team, and they were used from the start.
Lasso also stood on the sidelines at the beginning of the game, looking a little nervous.
The reason why this tactic was so quickly conceived and put into use was not because of his coaching ability, but because before that, Prigioni and Gabajosa had often played blocking.
After all, in European basketball, the blocking and dismantling tactics can't run away.
Now that the blocker has been replaced by Sun Hao from Prigioni, Lasso is worried about Sun Hao's passing ability.
But when the game actually started, he found that his worries were unfounded.
When Prigioni and Gabayosa block and dismantle, they often break inside, and at this time they will use more breakthrough techniques.
But Sun Hao and Gabajosa blocked and demolished on the contrary, he basically went out.
Gabayosa, on the other hand, is basically cutting inward.
In fact, the opponent didn't dare to let Gabayosa cut like this.
You must know that with Gabajosa's ability in La Liga, as long as Sun Hao passes the ball over, it is a high probability event to get points.
So in the end, what Lasso feared didn't happen.
After not being trapped, Sun Hao's outside scoring ability was re-released, and he scored 19 points again to help Real Madrid win the game.
After the game, the gloom and nervousness on Lasso's face all dissipated, and he greeted Sun Hao and high-fived him as soon as the game ended.
It turns out that his judgment is correct, Sun Hao is really a golf player!
In the next game, Sun Hao and Gabajosa continued to run in and block, and the opponent's defense was also changing.
At the beginning, they didn't pack or change their defenses, but Sun Hao caught the opponent's time difference around the block and dismantled too well.
The opponent saw that he couldn't defend like this, and he changed his defense directly.
After changing the defense like this, Sun Hao finally had the opportunity to use the first step more in the game.
A small fight can be a sudden or a sudden retreat, but either way, the first step with enough threat will get twice the result with half the effort.
Although there were ups and downs in his performance at the beginning, Sun Hao scored less than 15 points in a few consecutive games, and even scored in single digits in one game.
But with constant experimentation comes continuous improvement in technology.
Just over halfway through the 22nd round of the league, Sun Hao finally succeeded in unlocking the badge he wanted.
First Step Master (Bronze): Slightly increases the speed of the first step when breaking through, and the ability to see through the opponent's defense!
Not only to improve the speed of the first step, but also the ability to see through the defense in the later part!
This one is amazing!
It's just like opening the Emperor's Eye in "Kuroko's Basketball"!
Just two days after Sun Hao got the "first step master", Real Madrid sat at home and played Barcelona again, which was also the second meeting between the two sides this season.
The last time they met Real Madrid, they lost away from home, and Prigioni was injured and hung out of the game, so it is not known whether he will be able to catch up with the playoffs.
Facing a sworn enemy and a potential title rival, this game will be crucial for Real Madrid.
If Prigioni really can't make the playoffs, it will likely be an early preview of the playoffs between the two sides.
"Sun, you play more resolutely when you are misplaced."
After the pre-game tactical arrangement, Lasso pulled Sun Hao alone to advise.
Although Sun Hao has not been in good form in the past few games, Lasso still chooses to believe him.
This kind of trust moved Sun Hao a little.
Players always reach their highest potential when they have the right coach.
Jordan meets Dean Smith, Kobe meets Phil Jackson, and Curry meets Steve Kerr.
From this point of view, Sun Hao met Lasso, which is also a kind of luck.
In the pre-game warm-up, Sun Hao and Gasol were still chatting on the technical table.
I don't know if it's because of the change in the status of the team, Gasol didn't talk to Sun Hao about literature anymore, but talked about the game.
"You swept us last season, it's my turn this season."
"Now that you've been targeted, it's not realistic to score like you used to."
"Or you come to Barcelona next season, I can pass you the most comfortable ball, you can't win the championship if you stay in Real Madrid."
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Listening to Gasol's words, Sun Hao couldn't help but sigh.
Life still makes people become what he hates the most.
Everyone at Real Madrid and Barcelona is destined to become enemies in the end.
After the warm-up, the scene entered the opening ceremony.
The cheers vibrated and the fans cheered for the Real Madrid team.
Although Real Madrid's past performance has dropped a lot compared to the beginning of the season, there is no other word in the face of Barcelona.
However, on the sidelines, Lasso looked sad.
The last time the two teams met, Prigioni lost in the Real Madrid team, this time Prigioni is not there, and Sun Hao's recent form is relatively average.
This game is more than lucky.
It's just playing at home, and if you lose, you can imagine the external pressure on the team.
After the appearance ceremony, the two teams started one after another.
Gasol and Navarro are leading the Barcelona side, and Sun Hao and Gabajosa are in charge of the Real Madrid team.
Gabajosa jumped high to bring the ball back into the half, officially kicking off the game.
Sun Hao advanced to the front court with the ball, made a tactical gesture at the top of the arc, and signaled Gabajosar to block and dismantle in the high position.
"Change! Change! ”
Barcelona manager Luis Enrique shouted from the sidelines.
In the past game, Sun Hao's offensive effect was not good after switching to a big man to defend, and it seems that the Barcelona team did enough work before the game.
Gasol switched to Sun Hao, Gabajosa cut to the basket to take the defender away, and Sun Hao got a one-on-one chance to play big at the top of the arc.
Two people who have a good relationship off the field have finally come to the step of killing each other.
Sun Hao didn't dribble right away, but first observed Gasol's defense.
Gasol's body leaned back and his arms were raised in the air.
The center of gravity is behind to prevent Sun Hao from breaking through, and raising his hands high is to prevent Sun Hao from shooting.
Despite his youth, Gasol has already shown top-notch basketball talent.
But it was this action that Sun Hao could vaguely feel that Gasol was mainly preventing him from shooting.
The first step is to master the role of the badge and see through the defense!
Although that feeling is very vague, coupled with Sun Hao's basketball IQ, he is sure that Gasol is mainly guarding him from shooting.
Compared with breakthroughs, three points are his forte.
Sun Hao opened his hand and made a shooting motion.
Gasol swooped forward, his long arms distracting from his vision.
I have to say that there is a reason for the phrase "basketball is the sport of giants", Gasol is so tall and has such long arms, covering the sky and the sun, Sun Hao can no longer see the basket at all.
However, Sun Hao shook a shot, and suddenly collected the ball and accelerated to the right in one step.
Gasol predicted it, and he followed suit.
But at this moment, he realized that he was completely too late!
Originally, there was an absolute gap between the big man and the small man in terms of speed, but now Sun Hao has become even faster than before!
In the exclamations of the fans, Sun Hao faked a real shot and directly passed Gasol.
This result was a big surprise to the Barcelona team, because the others pulled very open, and after Sun Hao passed Gasol, the basket was already flat.
Sun Hao didn't waste such an opportunity, and before the weak-side defense came, a quick layup sent the ball into the basket steadily.