Chapter 1181: It's Time for the Dragon Slayer Warrior to Play
The Toronto Raptors, a perennial pseudo-strong team, are known as strong on the outside and good on the inside, but they are only used to bluff ordinary players. For superstars, it's a mess at all, and it's a mess that can be broken at the touch of a button. I really don't lie to you, the team will be broken up by James in the future, and its head coach was fired as soon as he won the best coach of the year, and he was also extremely bitter in his heart.
It seems that there are a lot of star players in the team, but it is a bit similar to last year's Eagles, the stars are stars, but the ceiling is a bit low. It's just an ordinary all-star. DeRozan can only go one step further next season and become a peak All-Star or a quasi-superstar. But the superstar players, think too much, this team has not had.
To put it irreverently, as strong as Carter back then, he was never the kind of real superstar player, and his personal honors and team records are all evidence. It's one thing to be popular, it's another thing to be strong. Many people may not be able to accept this conclusion, but this is the case, Carter's outside dunk ability is the top two or even the first in history, but it is a pity that the real honor of the star level is the best team twice, and the highest is only 2 teams. There is no defensive formation for a while, the data is not particularly explosive, and the ability to improve the upper and lower limits of the team is not good enough, saying that he is a popular superstar OK, a superstar of strength? Bad.
It's still a lot worse.
This kind of personal honor level, DeRozan can catch up in 2 years at most, and in the world of star players, the most weightless is the number of All-Star rosters. Because you need at least this honor to be a star player, since everyone is, then it's not worth it. Besides, Carter's dunking ability makes his popularity bonus too powerful, and this water is also not small.
It's not that Carter isn't good, it's to see what level of player he compares with, and this reference is the key.
Compared with ordinary players and ordinary stars, he still has a clear advantage.
Those statements about superstar giants at every turn sound ridiculous, real superstars and supergiants, is it so easy to become?
How do you grade players who deserve honors? Is it also on the same level as Carter?
Don't talk about luck, luck is also part of strength, even if Carter is not injured, the ceiling will not be too high, the scoring ceiling is a first-class scorer, the defense is only in the league, and the organization tandem without the ball and so on are not particularly prominent. Buckle feelings and dunks, players of this ability, in every era of the league, grab a handful.
Not for a while, let alone a superstar, it's really a killing.
It's a bit similar to my country's "XXX Big Demon King" slashing a few points angrily in the game, and smiling slightly has won the trust of the head coach, which sounds nonsensical.
So the genes of a strong team, this team has never really appeared.
When you meet a real star, you have to kneel.
Not to mention that DeRozan is not at his peak this season, and his comprehensive statistics in the team are not even as good as Lowry.
The two starters are Lowry + DeRozan + Carroll + Scola + Valanciunas, and the Lakers are still Tang Qian + Bosh + Ariza + Butler + Rondo. Although the bench lineup is because of Pierce and Nick. Yang was temporarily suspended, and some of the lineup was damaged, but the main force had no effect. Tang Qian's main low hand tonight is Jonas. Valanciunas. What can I say about this center, he is the representative of the ordinary starting center in this league. It's not particularly prominent, but it's not particularly weak, it's probably an average of 12 points per game to get 8~9 rebounds, and with a 7-foot body to get about 1 block. That's all.
There is no ability to assist and respond, and the typical high is not low.
There was nothing to say about the scrum, the Lakers' ball, a small match, Ariza scored on the right layup. The Raptors want to rely on Lowry and DeRozan's containment to play two mid-to-high pick-and-rolls at the horn position. This is also one of the team tactics that the Raptors' head coach began to inject into the team last season. However, last season, Lowry did not come out of his "fixed role", and his scoring ability did not liberate himself until Dwayne. Casey named him in the offseason to "let it go" and "attack boldly", and he can be regarded as stepping out of the shackles of his "fixed role" and growing rapidly. Why are the Raptors on a roll-ahead this season? The reason is that they went from having only one quasi-first-class scorer last year to two this year. So all of a sudden, the outside involvement of the whole team has been greatly improved, so that the defensive pressure of the rest of the role players has been relatively reduced.
However, Lowry's offense is not too good except for three-point shots, and it is OK to deal with ordinary players, and it is easy to be deflated against defensive powerhouses at the No. 1 position. Career against Rondo, if you remove the period after Rondo's Kings, that is, the period when the overall defense and Rondo's own defensive spirit also came down, he was against Rondo before, and his score was much higher than Rondo, but the shooting rate was less than 4 percent. and the assists are nearly half less, which should actually be his loss in the investigation of the No. 1 position. This season Rondo is in Larry. Brown has a bit of a sense of rebirth under the system, so the defense is particularly hard and the defense feels a bit back to the top, which makes Lowry not very comfortable. In particular, his three-point shooting, which he is proud of this season, was not accurate enough, and he missed all three shots. Let the Raptors' leading point guard be demoralized from the start.
The Lakers were okay in the first quarter as a whole, especially Bosh, since Tang Qian and Bosh discussed it, the latter's performance began to pick up. What does that mean? Simple, Bosh is still playing in the D'Antoni era at the beginning of the season, and he likes to lose three points on the outside too much, but since it is a slow-paced style of play, then basically both sides are standing still, and there is not as much shooting space and shooting opportunities as small balls. The large reduction in offensive and defensive transitions made him play like this, basically shooting three-pointers against defensive players, and the shooting rate was very difficult. Bosh's three-point shot still belongs to the fixed-point three-point shot pulled out by the No. 4 position, and the top shot is not a strong point. So the first dozen games were particularly uncomfortable, as if his state had dropped sharply all of a sudden, which made many fans start to spray him. Tang Qian talked to him about changing his playing style, Bosh was originally not very happy, but the situation forced him, if he didn't change, he estimated that he would become the "soy sauce star" of the Heat team that year. The pseudo-giant, Chris. Bosh didn't want to wear it again for the rest of his life.
So he started to increase his mid-range shooting and reduce his three-point shooting.
Take advantage of pick-and-rolls and small air cuts to get opportunities, and use your height to make quick shots.
It's not that he changed from "outside drifting play" to "inside chisel play", so Bosh also changed more smoothly.
This set of changes made the Raptors a little unexpected, Scola is now at the end of his career and will soon not be able to play in the NBA. Besides, he's not the kind of player who is particularly good at moving and outstretching, especially when he slows down. Bosh was a pretty good guy tonight. Scola was pulled out by him and dropped several times.
The scoring streak made Bosh excited as well, and the defensive motivation also increased. This is the change in the tactical system, in a slow-paced game, because both sides are completely in position to attack and defend each other, there are few three-point opportunities, and there are also small spaces or small empty shots, and the shots are interfered with a lot. This can be seen from the three-point shooting style at the beginning of the 21st century, Kobe Bryant and Maddy Carter all shoot three-pointers like this, so it is good to have a career of more than 3 points. Because the pure shooters of that era almost didn't get too many shots. On the contrary, this type of outside shooting with a three-point shot and a three-point shot is more suitable for slow-paced positional confrontations. And the three-point shot is not like a mid-range shot, the shooting point and shooting position are easy to judge, and for ordinary players, shooting three-point shots in the case of interference will not be very good-looking.
Even the greatest marksman in history, Stephen. Curry, once he is strictly defended at the Finals level, isn't it obvious that his three-point shooting rate will decline? The original time and space 14-15 season finals 3 into 8, next season finals just 4 into 4 into the next season, then next season 3 into 8, and then next season 4 into 1 or so. This may already be a good look for other players, but for the first shot in history, it is a bit ordinary, and compared to his own original level, the decline is obvious. Curry is like that, not to mention the rest. Therefore, in the slow-paced offensive and defensive battles, the middle range is the strongest killer move.
It is not easy to be judged to shoot the point, and the shot is more stable under pressure and interference, and the distance from the basket is higher, and the shooting space is smaller...... So after the change of the team's big system, the original style of play is a bit "out of place". Moreover, Tang Qian didn't let Bosh change blindly and on a whim, he also thought about it by himself. This suggestion is based on the fact that Chris. Bosh was originally strong and stable in the middle distance. Although it can't be compared with the kind of mid-range shooting that can still maintain perverted hits, it is definitely good in the entire history of the NBA. Speaking of the data, it is clear at a glance that Bosh's career mid-range 2-point shooting rate is close to 4 to 2, and the mid-to-long-range 2-point shooting rate is more than 4 to 5. The playoffs are also about the same data, all of them are 4 percent up, which is a very stable and strong mid-range shot on the outside. Therefore, even if it can't be compared with the projection master of the attacking type, it is definitely enough to find an opportunity to shoot in the empty position, and Tang Qian and himself have never thought of relying on this to attack. It's just a normal round to help the team increase the chances of scoring easily, so that Bosh himself can also add an offensive mode that fits the team's system.
It turns out that the effect is not bad, because the mid-range shot requires less space than the three-point shot and the shot is faster, plus Bosh himself is tall, long, and flexible in the No. 4 position, and the Scola who can't pull it out feels like a continuous hit.
This is actually inspired by the "Mask Man" Hamilton of the Pistons in '04.
So Tang Qian knows that Zhongtou is very suitable for Larry. Brown's offensive system, so Bosh was specifically recommended to practice this aspect, especially the open cut run and the catch-and-shoot after the screen, which is completely similar to Hamilton back then. It doesn't matter if the effect is not good, after all, Bosh is still in the No. 4 position, and there are other offensive methods and offensive skills. Just adding a major scoring method that fits the current team system would be very different.
The Raptors also made some changes after calling a timeout, and in order to strengthen their defense of this point, they gave up on the retiring Luis. Scola, changed to Terrence. Ross defensively. It is equivalent to becoming a large and four small lineup. Bosh made a breakthrough, only to find that the opposite side became a joint defense, and it seems that their head coach has long known that Bosh will break through. After all, facing Terrence. Rose, Bosh's mobility advantage is gone, but the height confrontation becomes an advantage.
Breakthrough is a good option.
After defending the Lakers' ball, the Raptors were ready to play a defensive counterattack, Lowry quickly passed to DeRozan to make a personal breakthrough, but Butler on the Lakers' side blocked it. DeRozan's body is not as strong as Butler, he can't take advantage of a confrontation, and he is not the kind of person who takes the first step particularly fast, plus Butler's defense does have a set, his breakthrough was contained, and if he continues, he will be completely off track, or even a direct mistake.
The ball could only be hastily passed back to Lowry, who wanted to pass to Demaré. Carroll shot, Demaré. Carroll's physical fitness is still okay, plus he is light in weight, quick in footsteps, and good at receiving assists. He is a very typical sporty type of two-energy striker in this era, very aggressive, both offensive and defensive, but not very technical. However, he has also practiced a steady wave of open three-pointers over the years, and it seems that he is ready to transform into a 3D player.
Well, it's a pity that he missed the layup, Tang Qian's interior defense speed is too fast, and the Raptors' No. 5 is not a person with delicate finishing skills, so he hit the iron when he was interfered with. Valanciunas took advantage of Tang Qian's absence to get this rebound, shot under the basket, and was quickly killed by No. 29 is a big hat. Lakers Rondo picked up the ball, but unfortunately Ariza was a little anxious for a fast-break layup, and the basketball slid to the basket and did not go into the net.
Ariza was also annoyed, but Tang Qian signaled that it didn't matter to him, just defend well.
Because the current Lakers are no longer an offensive team, they are a defensive team, and if the offense is not effective, the defense can be replaced. In this ball, the Raptors still put the horns in the double position first, attract the defense and then make the next decision. However, running into the Lakers means that this set is not good, because whether it is Rondo or Butler, they are both single-defense strongmen, they are all proper defensive strength, and their single-defense capabilities are very strong, Lowry and DeRozan are either unable to score, or under normal circumstances, their singles efficiency will definitely be greatly reduced. The Raptors wanted to play a wing cut out and disrupt the Lakers' defense with the front's off-ball run, but they found that this did not have the desired effect, because the Lakers as a whole were not messy and did their defensive tasks in an orderly manner.
There is no way to play this ball alone, there is not enough time, and if it drags on, it will be even more rhythmless to grab shots.
DeRozan wants to shoot hard, but Butler's defense is too stable, and besides, the current Lakers, the interior barrier is strong, so he can also reduce distractions, and this kind of defensive concentration will undoubtedly be higher than in Chicago. It seems that all the teams that have partnered with Tang Qian in the future have said so, and the Lakers will feel inexplicably relieved when they stand under the inside basket on the 29th.
Nick. Yang said it very directly: if you are hot under the basket, the probability of being "wiped on the buttocks" will increase.
Rondo also analyzed: hot under the basket, the defensive margin for error will be greatly increased, which he has only felt in Garnett, and there is no doubt that the former's personal defensive energy and bonus to the entire team's defensive system are better than the latter.
It's not that KG is too weak, it's just that the tyrant is too strong.
DeRozan didn't shoot it again, and that's normal, Larry. Brown's defensive system is most inclined to restrain shooters, and when facing the '04 Pistons, there were few projection masters who could take advantage. is as strong as Kobe, because of the lawsuit in 04, the breakthrough efficiency has been greatly reduced, and it is still difficult to break it by projection alone. You must know that Kobe's offensive projection is already the strongest level in the history of the outside, even if the Pistons took advantage of Kobe's "zipper door" that year, there is no doubt about the strength.
DeRozan wants to be with Kobe? I don't know how far away it is.
The Lakers protected the rebounding ball, a high block and dismantle, Rondo broke through, Tang Qian followed, the former threw high behind his head, Tang Qian grabbed the ball and deducted it, boom~, perfect air connection. Tang Qian and Rondo high-fived, the tacit understanding of this team is also slowly improving, and it is estimated that after a while, it should be basically completed.
That's when the team really shows its fangs.
In the first quarter, because the Raptors' horn position was broken, they played hard, scoring 11 points in a single quarter, and trailing the Los Angeles Lakers by 11 points in the first quarter. In the second quarter, because of the Lakers' Nick. Young and Pierce were not there, resulting in no outside offensive points, but Randle broke through and rushed to the basket, which also allowed the team to score some points, and Randle's free throws were no big problem, which allowed him to score 7 points in a single quarter. However, the overall is still not good, there is no offensive arrow, and the bench lineup is the worst game for the Lakers this season. The Raptors used Scola + Biyombo to form an offensive and defensive interior combination, which is a good effect, Randle's defense is very active, but he still has a problem, that is, he likes to jump too much, which was used by the experienced floor flow Scola fiercely, and he shook it continuously, which deceived Randle was a little dizzy.
Tang Qian watched from the sidelines, shook his head and smiled: "It's still too young."
After the head coach of the Raptors replaced Randle with Biyombo, the effect was also more obvious, Randle's offensive means were still too simple, basically hitting and rushing, and there was no finishing skill under the basket. In the second quarter, when Tang Qian came on the court again, the Lakers were only 3 points ahead of their opponents.
But in Tang Qian's opinion, he was not worried at all.
After all, he hasn't worked hard tonight, so let's take away the enthusiasm of his teammates first, and then play by himself.
The regular season strategy, Tang Qian is roughly like this this season.
So now, it's time for him to make a move.
Okay Raptors, now, it's the turn of the Dragon Slayer Warriors, you guys, you guys should be ready, right?
I'm coming!
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