In Washington, D.C., where the Capitol team is training, the future "Cardinal" Arnold Auerbach is constantly urging the athletes.

"Quick, break faster, didn't you see an obvious gap on the left just now? Just rush from there! ”

"Don't stand there staring, the ball isn't in your hands, but you shouldn't stand still, you have to run, run to the basket, I'm not asking you to attack, but to get the attention of the defenders!"

"Basketball is a five-person sport, and the five of you are a unit! What I need is five of you to work together, not four to watch the other play! ”

Auerbach kept telling his players, repeating similar words.

In 1942, Auerbach had not coached a professional team, he had previously coached a high school in Washington, and now he was given the opportunity to coach a professional team, and Auerbach naturally cherished it. Although he doesn't know how long this new league will last, and he doesn't know if this Washington Capitol team will be disbanded anytime soon, since he is the head coach of the team, he has to lead the team as much as possible to achieve more victories!

So Auerbach brought his fast-break tactics to the Congress in Washington.

When he was in college, Auerbach began to study fast-break tactics, and later when he was a coach in high school, he also brought this set of tactics to that high school, but the game of high school students is originally offensive and defensive, so the tactics of high school basketball do not have much reference value for professional basketball. And Auerbach also dreams of one day coaching a professional team, and then bringing his research into the game of professional basketball.

Now, Auerbach has finally made that dream come true.

The historical Washington Congress was only established in 1946, so Auerbach also began to bring his fast break tactics into professional basketball in 1947, and obtained more than eighty percent of the terrifying winning rate. He believes that once the new NBA season begins, the Washington Capitol will inevitably rely on the new tactic of fast breakthrough to shine!

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Meanwhile, on the Philadelphia Warriors' training ground, head coach Eddie Gottlieb is experimenting with new tactics.

Although Gottlieb is opposed to Chen Qiang's revision of basketball rules, this opposition does not mean that Gottlieb does not know how to be flexible, the historical Gottlieb has been in charge of the NBA rules committee for 25 years, and his understanding of basketball rules far exceeds others. Now that the rules could not be changed, and Gottlieb had to adapt to the new rules, the basketball master quickly developed several tactics to use under the new rules, just waiting to be practiced during the game.

At this time, Gottlieb was trying out a young player.

This player is more than 1.9 meters tall, about 190 pounds, and the whole person looks quite strong.

This man's name is Joe Folks, he is a forward, he attended Murray State University, he is the star of the varsity team, he has a good jump, so Gottlieb gave Joe Folks a tryout.

Gottlieb was happy with the results of the tryout, Joe Folks' physical fitness was good, and by the standards of white players at the time, Joe Folks' physical fitness was top-notch, strong enough, with a certain amount of speed, and a strong bounce.

What surprised Gottlieb even more was that Joe Fox showed a new technique, that is, a one-handed jumper, which impressed Gottlieb and decided to keep Joe Folks.

"The new league has changed the rules, the jump shot will become a very common way to score, this one-handed jump shot technique, the height and speed of the shot are better than the two-handed jump shot, and it is not easy to be blocked, maybe under the new rules, it will bring unexpected surprises!" Gottlieb said secretly in his heart.

If Chen Qiang saw Joe Fox, he would definitely exclaim, how did Gottlieb recruit this ancient god!

Ordinary fans basically don't know much about the NBA in ancient times, and the impression of post-80s fans on the Dream Team is probably only in the record; For the post-90s, Michael Jordan seems so unfamiliar; And for post-00s fans, they haven't even witnessed Chairman Yao's glory in the NBA. As for the earlier superstars, such as Chamberlain, Abdul-Jabbar, Russell and others, all that remains are the perverted data and the legends they left behind.

Even George McCann's name, many fans have never heard of him, and most of the people who have heard of him are Lakers fans, these Lakers because they like the Lakers, so they know that the Lakers have George McCann as a super center in basketball in ancient times.

And in the George McCann era, there weren't many players who could match him, and Joe Fox was definitely one of them. If you describe it, George McCann is the O'Neill of that era, and Joe Fox is the Pippen of that era.

Joe Fox was the first NBA scoring champion, and in the 1946-1947 season, when it was still the era of BAA, Joe Fox won the scoring title that season with an average of 23.2 points per game. And Joe Fox also led the Philadelphia Warriors to the BAA championship that year. It's fair to say that Joe Fox was the first scoring forward in the NBA.

The 1946-1947 season was the first season officially recognized by the NBA, so Joe Fox's first scoring title, as well as his first championship, are of special commemorative significance.

The reason why Joe Fox is so good is because his jump shot is very accurate, under the rules of basketball at the time, Joe Fox used his jump shooting skills to the extreme, and he showed the players of that era the advantage of jump shots, so that other players began to imitate him.

Of course, the jump shot of that era was not the current mid-to-long-range jump shot or three-point shot, but the kind of jump shot closer to the basket.

Joe Fox's jump shot was accurate because he used a one-handed shooting technique.

In the 40s of basketball, players still used two-handed shooting techniques, and those who have paid attention to women's basketball should be no strangers to two-handed shooting techniques, of course, with the development of basketball, many female basketball players now also begin to use one-handed shooting.

In the early days, two-handed shots were not jumping, just like free throws, standing on the ground and throwing them, so the shots of that era could not be regarded as jump shots.

After basketball was invented, it took 50 years to evolve from two-handed shooting to one-handed shooting, and it is impossible to verify who invented the one-handed shooting technique, but the first person to use one-handed shooting in NBA history was Joe Fox. It was also after Joe Fox that one-handed shooting became popular in the NBA.

Joe Fox's bounce is very good among white people, his vertical jump can reach 46 centimeters, plus a height of 1.9 meters, when he jumps, he can shoot up to 2.4 meters, so he also got the nickname "Jumping Joe". The players of that era did not have the ability to block as well as they do today, so the shot height of 2.4 meters was almost difficult to block.

Therefore, Joe Fox once set a single-game scoring record of 63 points, which is second only to Chamberlain with 100 points, Kobe Bryant with 81 points, David Thompson with 73 points, Elgin Baylor and David Robinson with 71 points, Devin Booker with 70 points, Jordan with 69 points, and Pete Maravich with 68 points, tied for ninth place with Jerry West and George Gervin.

Such an ancient god would have joined the Marine Corps of the U.S. Army during World War II, and mixed up as a corporal, and finally retired from the army in 1946, and then joined the newly formed BAA. Now that the NBA appeared earlier, the Philadelphia Warriors were established ahead of schedule, and he did not join the army, but was valued by the Warriors' head coach Gottlieb and joined the Philadelphia Warriors.

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At Fort Wayne, Indiana, the Pistons are also in the midst of intense training.

The Pistons' head coach is named Carl Bennett, who was originally a baseball player who worked under Pistons owner Fred Zorner back in 1938. Later, after the Fort Wayne Pistons were formed, Carl Bennett served as the head coach of the Pistons, and it was not until 1949 that Carl Bennett handed over the position of head coach to others and served as the general manager of the Pistons.

The Pistons from 1942 to 1943 were very strong, and if he had not been poached to the NBA by Chen Qiang, the Pistons would have continued to lead the NBL league, and won the NBL championship in 1944 and 1945 for two consecutive years.

The reason why the Pistons are so powerful at this time is mainly because the owner Fred Zorner is willing to invest money, so the Pistons at this time can be described as star-studded. At that time, there was no such thing as a salary in professional basketball, as long as you spent money, you could naturally buy top-level players to join.

In the previous NBL league, the Pistons were first-class teams, and now in the new NBA league, the Pistons are going to fight for the first place. Most of the nine teams in the new league are newly formed teams, and the strength is certainly not very strong, and the Rochester Royals, although they have been established for some years, have been playing amateur games, and they are certainly not opponents of professional teams.

So Pistons head coach Carl Bennett set a goal for the team, which is to win all the games in the new season and win the NBA championship.

For the championship, Carl Bennett is full of confidence, after all, the Pistons are there on paper. The only variable is probably the new rules.

The expansion of the three-second zone, the change of the five-second rule, the eight-second dribble to the frontcourt, and the 24-second offensive violation were all things that had not been done before, and the changes to these rules also affected the team's technical and tactical arrangements.

However, Carl Bennett has always been convinced that basketball still depends on strength, and the Pistons have the advantage in strength, and no matter how the rules are changed, they will be the winning side.

Thinking of the upcoming new season, thinking of the Pistons' first opponent, Carl Bennett couldn't help but smile.

In the first game of the Pistons, the opponent is Chen Qiang's New York Knicks, and the Pistons will go to New York to challenge the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden.

"New York Knicks, is the Chinese team, he is the founder of the new league, and he also proposed to change the rules of basketball, a Chinese, not a basketball player, but to advocate the reform of basketball!" Hehehe, what a shame you have to reform the entire game of basketball! But that's fine, I'll show you what basketball is with a crushing victory! Stay in New York and get ready to enjoy the slap I have in the face! Carl Bennett laughed.

The Pistons have a vested interest in the current basketball rules, and Karl Bennett, the head coach, doesn't want the basketball rules to change, so at this time, he can't wait to slap Chen Qiang in the face in the game.

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New York Knicks.

As a player and coach, Chen Qiang not only personally participates in the daily training of the team, but also guides the training of the players.

When Chen Qiang appeared on the training ground as a player, he really surprised the other players of the New York Knicks, who did not expect the owner to play in person. Some players even speculated that Chen Qiang formed a team just to get over the addiction of basketball players.

Chen Qiang is not a professional basketball player after all, and the Knicks players are even more skeptical about Chen Qiang's basketball level, they feel that Chen Qiang's basketball skills are not too good, if not too bad. Several "sensible" players have made plans, and when they get to the game, try to pass the ball to Chen Qiang, it doesn't matter if they win or lose the game, the key is to let Chen Qiang, the boss, have fun.

Feeding the ball to the leader during the game is an eternal truth. The so-called taking people's money and eliminating disasters from people, these players all receive salaries from Chen Qiang, so they naturally want to feed Chen Qiang the ball, maybe the ball is fed well, and Chen Qiang will also give them a salary increase.

Chen Qiang took out the blackboard and prepared to explain the tactics.

At this time, everyone felt that Chen Qiang's tactics were estimated to be only five words, that is, "pass the ball to me".

What everyone didn't expect was that Chen Qiang's explanation was really basketball tactics, and with the in-depth explanation of the tactics, everyone found that Chen Qiang's understanding of basketball was actually above them!

After the tactical explanation was completed, the actual combat training began.

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"Yes, that's a quick break."

"Pass, you should pass the ball, the opponent's defenders are already waiting for you on the inside, and the opponent's defenders have already come up to cover you, why are you still forcing the attack at this time, don't you see that there is a vacancy on the left?"

"You have to remember that the purpose of the breakthrough is not to score, but to create open opportunities for other players!"

"Pass! How many times have I said that after the breakthrough, someone else will come to wrap you up, you have to pass the ball! ”

Chen Qiang corrected the players' playing style over and over again.

Finally, a young player couldn't help but ask: "Boss, I understand what you mean, you want to use a fast break to attract the opponent's attention and create a vacant opportunity, but even if there is a vacancy, the opponent's defenders have gathered within the three-second zone, the opponent's defense is very tight, and the ball is passed out, and there is no way to score!" ”

"So at this point, the player who catches the ball has to master the skills of the mid-range jumper."

Chen Qiang said, walked to a 45-degree angle outside the three-second zone, and then continued: "Pass the ball to me." ”

The man nodded and passed the ball to Chen Qiang.

Chen Qiang received the ball, jumped directly, and shot the ball with a standard catch.

"Whoosh!"

The basketball entered the basket with precision, leaving behind a group of stunned players.

"Do you see that? This is how to score after breaking through the ball! ”

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