Chapter 814: Ruling the First Quartile of the Alliance First
Five minutes passed, and the Rockets played badly, because they couldn't use the regular season game at all.
Why? There is a big problem with this, and that is that their tactics are not systematic.
Kevin. McHale, his "blind play tactics" can still be a gangster in the regular season and the playoffs? You're thinking too much.
The targeting and analysis of the playoffs are N times that of the regular season, and the degree of attention and penalty scale are completely different.
So a lot of regular season tactics in the playoffs, they don't work at all, that's it.
McHale, he's sorry so far, he's a regular season head coach, not a playoff coach.
It is even more unlikely that he will have the potential to be a champion coach.
It's not that he won't be able to do it in the future, it's just that right now, his ability is limited. To paraphrase D'Antoni, he was undoubtedly a great player as a player, but as a manager? He still has a long way to go.
And a team that has no system at all is impossible to play in the playoffs, after all, the current Harden and Howard are not the kind of players with their own systems. Therefore, it is quite important for the manager's tactical system to infiltrate.
D'Antoni has a reliable No. 1 position, and his tactical level is simply the same as before, otherwise how can he say that he is a "small ball master" and "running and bombing master"? Look at the league's small-ball play and run-and-gun style of play that he didn't initiate at all, the old Nelson and so on before were all pioneers who walked ahead after the pace of the game slowed down in the 90s. However, none of them leveraged the alliance as a whole.
Running and bombing, on the contrary, is only regarded as a kind of "side-door" and a kind of "sword going sideways", and it is impossible to finally ascend to the hall of elegance.
Ke Mike. D'Antoni is different, he really took the league from a slow-paced to a fast-paced era, and, more and more, faster and more exaggerated. In terms of the overall rhythm change of the league, he can be regarded as an indispensable promoter.
And, I really have to mention that his ability to activate defenders is extraordinary.
As long as you are a defender with some playmaking skills, he can fully stimulate it.
Nash, Jeremy Lin, and the future Harden, this is all from his handwriting, so there is also a saying in the league, if you can't play under D'Antoni's system as a defender, then you basically can't play for the rest of your life. The word star will always be insulated from you, so head to the role player area and the bench player area and wait in line.
So with Nash, D'Antoni's ability came out all of a sudden, and even the on-the-spot strain and brain were a lot more flexible. It's like blessing the "aura". This situation is not mysterious, it is the additional "welfare" brought by the spirit of people after they have reached a peak. Under Nash's leadership, the Lakers scored 19 points in 5 minutes, and what about the opponent? D'Antoni arranged for Bryant to defend Harden alone, and the effect was extremely significant.
Although Harden has made a significant breakthrough and improvement this season compared to last season, it is only for himself. In front of Kobe, who is now at the peak of his all-round life, it is still not worth mentioning, and it is so weak that it can be. The previous method of bullying the elderly Kobe Bryant with speed and strength has completely failed, so rely on rhythm to break through? Yes, Harden's rhythm breakthrough is good, but it depends on who he compares to.
People are more popular than people, and this works in the NBA as well.
For example, Kobe Bryant's leaning is the second in NBA outside history, but compared with Qiao Shen, he fell behind again.
The same goes for Harden.
His combination of rhythm and sudden shooting will actually be at the top of the league in the future, but unfortunately...... He met Kobe Bryant, who had recovered his peak attributes and had more than a dozen years of NBA experience. Than the rhythm? Than a combination of sudden throws? And Kobe Bryant? That's self-inflicted.
At this point, Kobe Bryant is still sitting on the other than Joe.
No, this season, in this situation of peak physical fitness + peak ability + peak game experience, peak Jordan may not necessarily be able to win this Kobe. He has already reached the limit of the number 2 position this season.
Harden? Do you want to play Kobe Bryant in singles? Are you serious? Or is it Kobe's best combination of rhythm and burst shots?
Coupled with the restrictions of the last season, the closer this Kobe Bryant is to the finals, the stronger and more explosive his desire becomes.
Harden singled Kobe Bryant 4 times, except for 2 free throws, there was no progress, and he was completely strangled by No. 24.
This is more than the first round, showing the No. 24's extraordinary level of the season, because the Mavericks' Monta. Ellis was still too weak to blow up without much effort. Now Harden, the "first quartile" touted by ESPN at the beginning of the season, can be regarded as letting No. 24 "enjoy" it.
"Come on, keep trying, don't give up, I'll be waiting for you on the other side."
"Your defense is not good, it's too far worse than when you were on the Thunder, what? The focus is on offense, so you lost the defensive end? As the first quartile of the league, this is a terrible thing. ”
"Your rhythm breakthrough is not bad, but the connection is still not smooth enough, and the link between technology and technology is too stiff."
"See, this is the standard action of the crotch worship Buddha to stop and retreat, your rhythm is too slow, and it is easy to be clinged and blocked by the defensive master."
Harden was going to be stunned by Kobe, and he couldn't understand why Kobe Bryant had suddenly become so scary this season. It's just like last season. I met Kobe Bryant in my first season, and I didn't play so embarrassed. Of course, in that 09-10 season, Kobe Bryant had already begun to decline, but compared to the other divisions in the league, he was still the strongest. But not his own strongest form. Harden has not seen Kobe Bryant before '08, so his experience is not profound.
Even Kobe Bryant in the 05-06 season can completely explode any historical quantile in the league, let alone Harden this season?
In the era when the Lakers' offensive rounds and offensive rhythm were only around 90, the average score per game was 35+, and the overall offensive rhythm in the future averaged more than 97~98, and the highest was over 100, which was not the same thing at all. 2017-2018 season point guard guru Jason. Kidd said in an interview that the current and previous data are completely different. Data is depreciating!
Once the game round improves, it means that every stat will improve, can you imagine that Kidd's four triple-doubles in the season were the first in the league? What now? Is a triple-double something unusual?
To put it simply, Kobe Bryant's 35+ average data per game, if you put it in the future, an average of 40 points per game, you don't think it's strange at all.
What is the concept of the difference between the number of 9~10 rounds? Even if you only count the 45% shooting rate, it will be achieved in a few rounds, which is still calculated to divide the ball, and if the "lone wolf" is a little more "conditional" is a little more appropriate, it will not be too strange to cut points like crazy.
And at the moment, this Kobe, even if you don't consider these big rules and environment, it is the peak Kobe Bryant can't be compared.
can comprehensively suppress the pinnacle Kobe! Attack or defend! Either way!
Even the final desire and determination, the last season, the last burning No. 24, is stronger than the No. 8 in the 05-06 season that year.
What level is Harden in the 13-14 season? Far from growing to his greatest peak!
It is not unusual to be comprehensively suppressed by the current super-peak Kobe.
This is a real Kobe Bryant who integrates offense and defense, not the Kobe who scored 7 points and 3 points in the late stage, and not the Kobe who commanded traffic at the end. Except for Jordan, he can kill anyone single-handedly, both offensively and defensively.
Harden in the 13-14 season? can't be ranked in history, what to take and this Kobe Bryant? Mutual intimidation?
"Did you see that? Ladies and gentlemen, do you see that? It's not that I'm bragging, Kobe Bryant suppressed the 'league's first percentile' at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends as soon as he came up. Harden! It's so coquettish! It's too domineering!! ”
"Nothing to fuss about." Another commentator, Stu. Lanterz said: "Bryant is the second best in history, and he rules the Nth in history, James. Isn't Harden a normal thing? If Harden had gone to a little less clubbing, he might have fared a little better. ”
Under the ridicule of the Lakers' home commentator, the poor "league first percentile" couldn't come up with a better way to break the game.
Harden is really a little angry, but it's useless at all, Kobe Bryant still controls him, as long as it's a single, the shooting percentage is not even 2 percent! Harden was not a particularly high-percentage scorer in the first place, although the quantile requires more than efficiency but output, but now he doesn't even have output, what's the matter?
Harden, who was furious, even used the porcelain touching method early, but this set had problems in the last round, and the change in scale made Harden's porcelain touching result far less smooth than the regular season. It's not that there is no whistle, it's just that at the critical moment, the referee's control of the whistle has become very strict. Won't give easily.
So the Rockets' win over the Clippers in the last round is really entirely due to Howard.
This is basically similar to the years of the original plane, Howard's playoffs are far more powerful than the regular season, and Harden is the opposite.
Last year, his playoff shooting percentage was less than 4 percent, and the weakness of the playoffs was the bottleneck limit for him to be promoted to a higher level.
And, to be clear, the whistle also has trade-offs and balances.
If you Harden is really the first in the league, he will naturally have the advantage in the battle for the whistle, but what if the target is Kobe Bryant this season? MVP+ Kobe Bryant, who has a burst of defense, and Kobe Bryant, who has super scoring data? David. Stern isn't stupid, and neither are the referees. Harden's star whistle will naturally be greatly reduced, but it will be faintly biased towards the side of No. 24.
Even if he is not biased, once he enters a lot of high-intensity offense and defense, Harden will be at a disadvantage.
That's how he was in the original plane, and this problem was not solved until the 16-17 season, what about the opponent? It's far from surpassing the level and grade of Kobe Bryant. So he was so embarrassed, so the end was obvious.
After the first quarter, Kobe Bryant completely suppressed Harden, and on the defensive end, Harden only scored 4 points.
It's all based on free throws.
The remaining 7 shots, all of which were deflected off the basket.
This kind of direct alignment data is really not distinguishable at all, and Harden's fans and Harden's fans are a little confused.
Howard sat on the sidelines and couldn't help but complain loudly, "Why don't you give me the ball?" I haven't even touched a serious ball so far!! What the hell is going on!! Yes!!! Harden's face was a little ugly, because this was obviously "pointing at Sang and scolding Huai", although he didn't name him, but fools know that Dwight. Howard is complaining about whom.
But Howard has confidence, because in the last round of the playoffs, it was because of his dominance on both offensive and defensive ends that the Houston Rockets were able to overturn the Clippers, steal seven successfully, and advance to the second round of the Western Conference playoffs.
If you rely on Harden, you will definitely be on your knees.
Now he feels that it is the right time for him to "go out as a hero" again and lead the Rockets out of the predicament.
Given that Dwight. Howard's excellent performance in the first round of the series, McHale thought about it a little and let Howard start to operate the offense as the main point of attack in the second quarter. Harden was placed as an outside battery, a three-point shooter ready to catch the ball.
This is definitely a big humiliation for a man who wants to be the "first quartile of the league".
Because since Jordan's, what are the images and standards of the NBA's scoring guard stars? Singles! Crucial! The team's scoring core depends! Now it's humiliating for Harden to get rid of the ball and singles and be a three-point shooter? You know, he has said many times that he is the boss of this team.
Harden looked at McHale, thinking that it would have some effect, but the latter did not look at him, but said to Howard: "Dwight, it's up to you later, you are the first center, the core pillar of the team, I believe you can lead us out of the predicament." This is a bit of a "wall on both sides", and it was also a major coaching mistake for McHale.
Because if you can't determine a fixed team boss, it must be a big factor for the stability of the whole team.
And the more critical it is, the more serious the impact.
The "Yao Mai Combination" of the Rocket Team back then, and the "Morden Combination" of the current Rocket Team is also the same.
Why is this happening? It's all due to the manager's lack of motivation.
After all, it is as strong as a "combination" to be divided into upper and lower, not to mention "Yao Mai" and "Morden"?
In a small group, it is not suitable for multiple leaders, and McHale is unwilling to implement this simple truth.
Wishful thinking that both of them can be the absolute boss, and whoever is in good shape will be on the list.
This can only solve the needs of the moment, and in the long run, it is actually disadvantageous. Because this dampens the enthusiasm of another person, and at the same time invisibly promotes the team's trend of "open competition and secret fighting".
Seeing that he had once again obtained the "Boss's Exercise", Howard was happy in his heart: "Don't worry, Mr. McHale, I will lead the team to overcome difficulties and defeat the opponent just like in the previous round!" ”
"Well, come on, I know you can do it." McHale still thinks that his "mastery of maneuvering" is superb, and he is secretly proud.
But will it be transformative? Kobe Bryant ruled Harden, what about Tang Qian?
PS: Today's Singles' Day, Xiaozi will also try her best to add more ~~~~~~~
Today, a colleague asked me a dilemma, telling everyone, would you rather celebrate Singles' Day or Chop Hand Day? Xiao Zi is embarrassed, what do you think?