Chapter 43: Haven't You Fallen Into a Cliff?
Josh Howard saw that Chen Yu was a little impatient, shrugged his shoulders and turned around with a feint, broke through Chen Yu, entered the penalty area, and was then slapped down by Chandler.
It was the Hornets' turn to attack, and Paul dribbled past half court and held out three fingers.
Three-point tactics!
Chen Yu began to run between the two red-lit positions, and the Mavericks began to chase him with two wraps, with Josh Howard and Kidd in the left half and Jason Terry and Stackhouse in the right half.
Paul saw that Chen Yu couldn't run out of the vacancy, and without hesitation, he broke through and hit it.
"Smack!"
Johnson, who was on the Mavericks' bench, slapped himself in the face.
This set of offensive tactics is so terrifying, even if Chen Yu can be sandwiched at both ends, the tearing of the defensive formation is easy for Paul to seize the opportunity.
There's no way to defend at all, you can only fight to attack!
Johnson gritted his teeth and began to yell at the Mavericks on the court, executing offensive tactics.
In the next round, the Mavericks focused most of their energy on the offensive end, and began to drink the Hornets to fight the offense until the end of the second quarter.
The score of the two teams was already 65-50, and the score was even bigger. On the sidelines, Mavericks head coach Johnson shook and almost fell to the ground.
Can't play anymore.
I can't defend it, I can't fight the offense, I can't fight Chen Yu's accurate three-point and Paul's superb breakthrough, why is this basketball still a special game?
Amid a wave of boos from the scene, the Hornets and Mavericks returned to their respective locker rooms.
Chen Yu picked up a towel and wiped the sweat on his face, and smiled at Paul on the side: "It's really enjoyable." ”
Paul also smiled and nodded: "It would be nice if the Mavericks continued to fight with us in the second half......"
"Shit!"
In the locker room of the home team at the American Airlines Arena, Johnson roared angrily: "Shit! Fighting this Hornets on offense was the stupidest decision I made this year! ”
Although the players in the circle knew that the head coach was scolding them, none of them dared to speak out, they all sat on the stool without saying a word.
Venting his anger, Johnson picked up the tactical board on the ground and said to everyone with a dark face: "Now we have lost fifteen points, so to speak, half of our feet are on the edge of the cliff......"
"Didn't you fall off a cliff?" Devin George muttered quietly in the corner.
"Who?!" Johnson slapped the tactical board in his hand and said angrily: "Who spoke just now?!" ”
George closed his mouth.
Johnson looked around the player coldly and continued: "Now we are losing fifteen points, and if we don't make changes in the second half, this game will be lost. So we have to make changes, first of all, we can't fight the Hornets offensively. Paul's breakaways, mid-range shots, and Chen's three-pointers, our desperate shooting percentage is no match for them at all. Our focus should still be on defence. ”
"But ......," Jason Kidd hesitated, "we can't defend against the Hornets' offensive tactics." If the whole team is focused on Chen, then Paul has no one to restrict, and if it's a defender defending Chen, and his two-point round-trip run is under Chandler's block, we can't keep up at all. If you don't wrap the clip, Chen's hit rate is still so high, how can you prevent it. ”
Kidd's question is exactly what Johnson is facing.
He knew that this new tactic of the Hornets was something he would struggle to come up with in a half-time period. Can't even think of a season.
It can be seen that the Hornets' tactics with Chen Yu as the core will become the biggest headache for all coaches in the league.
"Whew."
Taking a deep breath, Johnson pointed to the tactical board in his hand and said: "In our next game, we can try to limit Paul's passing, although the tactics of this Hornets Chen Yu are the core, but the starting point is Paul, we have to find a way to limit Paul." ”
"Limit Paul?" Jason Kidd and Dirk Nowitzki glanced at each other, both smiling wryly.
How to limit Paul is a question that coaches across the league are thinking about, and if it can really be so easily restricted, Paul will not be a superstar in the league.
Johnson saw what Kidd and Nowitzki meant, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Although Paul is difficult to contain, this is the only chance to win this game." And, just now, I suddenly found a small hole in the Hornets' new tactics, although it is very small, and it may be filled by the Scott guy after this game, but if it is just this game, it should be enough......"
Fifteen minutes later, the break ended and the two teams were back on the field.
The Mavericks are fifteen points behind the Hornets, but many fans at the scene can't see hope, and a small number of fans have already left the game early. At this time, not only the fans, but even the vast majority of the Mavericks players do not see any hope for this game.
The Hornets are too strong.
It's just a short time coming, and all of a sudden, it's so strong that it can lead the Mavericks by double digits at halftime. And all these changes are just because of Chen Yu's rise.
Looking at Chen Yu on the field, Mavericks head coach Johnson sighed and exclaimed: "This is really an outstanding rookie......
"Toot!"
The referee's whistle blew, and the third quarter of the New Orleans Hornets' away game against the Dallas Mavericks officially began.
Both teams have the main players, and it is obvious that the winner will be the loser in the first quarter!
The Hornets attacked, and after Paul dribbled past half court, he stretched out three fingers.
The first attack is a three-point tactic!
The Mavericks' on-court and off-court players now shudder when they see Paul stretch out his fingers.
Chen Yu began to run between two o'clock, walking Howard was like walking a dog, Chandler came up, and blocking Howard was the same as blocking a dog......
Poor Howard, a young man with thick eyebrows and big eyes, was thrown away by Chen Yu in just one circle.
Chen Yu ran out of position, but the expected basketball did not pass. When I turned my head, it turned out that Paul was caught by two players.
On the sidelines of the Hornets bench, Scott suddenly stood up.
He suddenly discovered a weakness in the three-point tactic, and that was Paul's case.
According to the tactical arrangement, Paul can only attack on his own, or find an opportunity to pass to Chen Yu. But at this time, once he is caught and can't break through the bag for the time being, how to deal with the ball in his hand?
Pass to other players?
If it is passed to other players, Chen Yu's previous running position will be invalid and useless.
If you don't pass it on, you are still waiting to pass it to Chen Yu, then you will face the situation in front of you and be trapped.
In many ways, a basketball tactic is like a computer system, and there will always be various small vulnerabilities in actual operation.
And the Hornets' three-point offensive tactics, the first hole appeared.