In this world, there is no such thing as perfect tactics.

Even when the Warriors swept the league by storm, there were times when they were targeted and restrained, and the period when the Warriors were truly invincible was after Durant announced that he was on the toughest path.

Durant's arrival not only further strengthened the Warriors' lethality in outside projection, but also brought the Warriors an ability that they did not have before - lethal mid-range projection.

Curry has the breakaway, Durant has the mid-range, and the three-pointer has Curry Thompson Durant...... With all the powerful offensive means combined, the Warriors are truly an invincible team.

The situation facing the Wizards right now is very similar to this.

The targeted defense affected the outside feel of Curry and others, and Garnett's strong defensive ability made Harden's breakthrough lethality greatly reduced.

When the two offensive methods that the Wizards rely on are blocked at the same time, bringing mid-range projection to the court is bound to be very effective.

After losing the first game, Wang Xiao already had a preliminary idea.

The Wizards' lineup includes a player who is good at mid-range shooting - Paul. George.

As a player with a variety of offensive means, George's mid-range is quite stable, in fact, when he was on the Pacers, George's most powerful weapon was the mid-range, he shot particularly accurately after being covered by his interior teammates, and at his peak he was second among small forwards, and no one in the top 10 was more accurate than him, not even Durant.

Of course, the current George is far from reaching the level of the future peak, and under the Wizards' tactical system, the amount of three-point shooting in daily training is much greater than that of the mid-range.

But fortunately, Wang Xiao had such an expectation from that time, so he never asked George to give up the middle distance he was good at.

It is impossible for the Wizards to get Durant, at least in the short term, when choosing George in the draft last summer, Wang Xiao wanted George's defense on the one hand, and on the other hand, he also had the idea of cultivating George into Durant of the Wizards.

To be honest, it's not very likely that George's offense will reach historic heights like Durant.

But with George's ability and talent, it's not difficult to rank in the top five for small forwards in today's league.

George's rookie season, shrouded in the halo of Curry and Harden, did not get much opportunity and time, but even so, George still relied on his wonderful performance against James, so that many people remembered him, and in his rookie season, George averaged 10.7 points, 5.4 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game, although it was far from being as amazing and glamorous as Curry Harden last year, but he was also steadily selected into the best rookie team, tied with Jeremy Lin, Wall, Greenfin, Cousins.

During this time, there were many voices in the league talking about George's selection of the best rookie for a while, saying that this was the tallest of the shorts, and the best performance in the position of small and medium-sized forward in this batch of rookies was George, so he was selected.

Compared to the other four players, George is indeed a little worse in terms of stats.

Needless to say, Jeremy Lin and Griffin are also prettier than George, with Wall's average of 16 points and 8 assists per game and Cousins' average of 14 points and 8.5 rebounds per game.

And even though George proved himself several times in the matchup with James, many people still believe that he may be the relatively worst of the first-round players selected by Wang Xiao, after all, the other players selected by Wang Xiao in the first round are Durant, Curry and Harden.

Now, Wang Xiao feels that it is time to give George a good name, and without any performance, it will be more convincing than the playoffs.

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In the daily training on the second day, Wang Xiao increased the frequency of George's mid-range catch-and-shoot shots, and after the training, he had a separate conversation with George.

"Coach......" George looked at Wang Xiao in a daze, and only held back a sentence for a long time, "Are you telling the truth?" In the next game, let me be the main attacker of the team? What about Curry and Harden? ”

"They're going to be on the pitch and pulling up space for you to cover." Wang Xiao said: "I believe you can see it in the last game, the opponent has made a targeted defense against our tactics, Curry Harden has no way to break the deadlock, and you are the most stable in the middle distance of the team at present." ”

As he spoke, Wang Xiao stepped forward and patted George's shoulder.

"Remember, boy, this is a great opportunity for you, and your performance will be an important reference for you to play a more critical role in the team in the future, and I believe you should know what to do."

Paul. George is a player who is very good at taking his chances.

In another plane, George, who was drafted with the 10th pick, started the Pacers with just All-Star small forward Danny. Granger's bench is a proper role player positioning, both in terms of average minutes played per game and his tactical position after playing.

But George only relied on Granger's injury for four months to quickly establish himself in the team and become the new core of the team.

When Granger returned from injury, there was no place for him on the team, and although there were reasons why Granger's injury greatly affected his own form, the rise of the younger George was an important factor in the Pacers' abandonment of Granger.

Wang Xiao has never doubted George's ability and talent, which can be seen from the fact that George enjoys the same level of training skills and achievements as Curry Harden.

It's just that because of the existence of Curry and Harden, there are fewer opportunities to give George on the court.

"Okay coach, I know what to do!"

After being shocked for a few seconds, George's heart couldn't stand beating violently, Wang Xiao said it so bluntly, if he didn't understand, he would be a fool.

He has every reason to believe that if he performs well as the core of the main attack in the next game and helps the team win, then he will definitely have a place in the starting forward position in the next game and even next season's regular season!

But if he doesn't live up to the coach's expectations, or if he plays very badly...... That might be another story.

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The second game between the Wizards and the Celtics will begin on May 4, 2011, at the Wizards' home court.

Tactical adjustments have been made, but these alone may not be enough.

Fortunately, Wang Xiao can also start from other aspects to further strengthen the strength of the team - the tactical skills module!

After careful consideration, Wang Xiao decided to use mid-range shooting skills in this game.

The skill of mid-range shooting will only be applied to the space inside the three-point line and outside the paint area, and binding this skill will increase the shooting rate when shooting from the middle distance, although the percentage increase is not particularly high, but for professional players, it is quite considerable.

Choosing this skill, it can be regarded as a big gamble by Wang Xiao, after all, this is not like shooting after receiving the ball, blocking and dismantling masters and other players can enjoy the effect, Curry Harden and others are not particularly good at mid-range offense, using this skill, just to serve George, if George can't play the expected performance, then this skill is a complete failure.