Chapter 332: Catharsis and Agitation

On October 27, 2015, US time, the NBA's 2015-2016 regular season officially kicked off, with the Pelicans vs Warriors, Cavaliers vs Bulls and Pistons vs Hawks the first shot. {with}{dream} щ{suimеng][lā}

The New Orleans Pelicans underwent a coach change this summer, although the reason for the change has been unclear. Monty Williams led the Pelicans to the playoffs for the first time in nearly four seasons last season, and although they lost 4-0 to the championship Warriors, it was enough to prove that Monty Williams is leading the Pelicans on the right path to revival. However, the management resolutely carried out the decision to change the manager, and after the dismissal of Williams, they hired Alvin Gentry as the team's new manager, a firepower coach who advocates offense and likes to run and shoot tactics.

After coming to the Pelicans, Gentry made drastic changes to his tactics and roster layout, completely transforming the strategy established by Monty Williams with Anthony Davis and Omile Asik's defensive ability as the core to a fast-break firepower-dominated strategy, and also hoped that this Pelicans team could play the V-shaped running and shooting that he once showed when he was with the Suns. Originally, Monty Williams' training plan for Anthony Davis was to strengthen muscles and strength, as well as enhance his low-post backbody technique; And when it came to Gentry, he drastically cut Davis's low-post drills and instead asked him to expand his shooting range beyond the three-point line and train the three-point shot into his regular scoring method......

After hearing the news, some of the goodwill that Addison had accumulated for Gentry in his rookie game last season suddenly disappeared, and turned into a bit of speechlessness and even sarcasm. He never thought that the current Pelicans team was a team suitable for running and shooting, and their main control was Zhu Holiday, a two-way guard with quite stable and excellent comprehensive ability, but it was by no means an organizational center capable of driving the starting and bombing tactics; With Holiday and Tyrick Evans on the outside and Davis and Asik on the inside, the Pelicans should never give up on building a defensive system and blindly pursue running and shooting, they are fully capable of building a strong defensive line. The Pelicans' most suitable tactics today should be similar to the combination of defensive counterattacks and positional battles for the Heat, they are a team with both ability and mobility, and almost all of the main players from the interior to the outside have the ability to carry the ball alone.

In terms of Anthony Davis's training, it is also a detail that Addison is quite inconspicuous to let a young interior player with tall arms, strong athleticism, and good back ability not delve into his own low-post singles skills, but blindly expand the shooting range to the three-point line. Even if the league has become more and more small-ball style, and the proportion of three-point scoring is increasing, it does not mean that all interior players have to use three-point shooting as their regular weapon, let alone an interior player like Anthony Davis, who has hardly shot a three-point shot in his previous career. In Addison's view, Davis should be forging the camp in the direction of Kevin Garnett's combined with Tim Duncan, rather than suddenly turning to the three-point shot at a critical moment in this refining technique...... For an interior player of Davis' style and level, the three-point shot can be seen as a nice addition to the cake, but it shouldn't be trained as a conventional weapon, as Gentry demands. Perhaps Addison's thinking in this regard is still too conservative, and he thinks that an excellent interior line should be overturned in the low and high positions, rather than running out of the three-point line to find space to make a move in order to adapt to the times.

Gentry relied too heavily on the tactics and ideas he advocated with the Phoenix Suns and neglected the different workarounds he needed to make when coaching different rosters. What's more, when he coached the Suns, he had Steve Nash, the most suitable point guard in the league, as the tactical core, and the mature lineup and tactical system left by D'Antoni, all he had to do was 'follow the rules'. Compared to D'Antony, Gentry doesn't know how to be flexible, or how to adjust to the run-and-roll.

The first game of the regular season against the Warriors gave the Pelicans, who were determined to play offensive basketball, a blow to the team, and at Oracle Arena in Oakland, Stephen Curry, who won the championship, led the team to a 111-95 victory. Curry shot 14-of-26 from the field, 5-of-12 from three-point range, and was in a hot state to score 40 points, 6 rebounds, 7 assists and 2 steals. The Pelicans' main point guard on the Pelicans' side, Jrue Holiday, was sidelined due to injury, and it was Nate Robinson, who was signed by management with a base salary this summer...... Gentry's expected offensive tactics were scattered by the Pelicans players, and even Anthony Davis seemed to have lost the terrifying state of last season's playoffs, shooting just 4 of 20 from the field, hitting all three three-pointers, and scoring only 18 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists.

With the team's form sluggish, and more importantly, the three main players of Ju Holiday, Tyrick Evans and Omile Asik all suffered injuries at the start of the season, and the Pelicans' journey for the new season seems to be off to an ominous start.

In the other game, last season's Eastern Conference champions, the Cleveland Cavaliers, lost 95-97 to the Chicago Bulls, suffering a 'black start' to the season. Kyrie Irving is still recovering from surgery on a knee injury, and the Cavaliers can only start the new season with such a lineup that lacks a big man, which requires Kevin Love to do more than last season, but from the situation in the first game, it seems that Love is not ready to take on the heavy responsibility. LeBron James scored 25 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists on 12-of-22 shooting, but lost to the Bulls, with five players scoring double-doubles, and Jimmy Butler, Derrick Rose and Nikola Mirotich played a key role in the sudden cooperation of the trio.

The Bulls also underwent a coach change this summer, with Tom Thibodeau being fired by management and bringing in Iowa State University's NCAA coach Fred Hojberg. Perhaps the Bulls management also wants to follow the example of the Celtics to recruit good head coaches from the NCAA, but Hojborg's personal coaching style is not obvious at the moment, but the Bulls players seem to be able to maintain good defensive habits.

On the other hand, the Detroit Pistons defeated the Atlanta Hawks 106-94 on the road, and the outcome of this game was a surprise to many. After all, as the first in the East in the regular season last season, the strength of the Hawks is still recognized by many people, but they didn't expect to be beaten in the first game of the new season with a defeat that was suppressed from beginning to end. The interior combination of Al Horford and Paul Millsap was blown up by Andre Drummond alone, and the Pistons center put together nine frontcourt rebounds, and almost all of them were converted into effective secondary offense...... The Hawks' forward line also failed to take advantage of the position, but it was Dennis Schroder who came off the bench to perform well, with 20 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals on 8-of-14 shooting, which overshadowed Jeff Teague.

Addison didn't watch any of the games that day, and after the training, he went home and played a two-hour game with Lin Xiaoxiao, and then went to bed early. Tomorrow the Heat face their first game of the regular season of the new season, and Addison hopes he can dedicate this game to the city in the best possible shape.

"Again, don't underestimate this Hornets team! Their squad is very complete compared to last season, both as a starter and as a substitute! Spoelstra was in the dressing room for the final move, not wanting his players to have any contempt or disdain for Charlotte, "In the spirit of 100, we don't know what tactics the opponent will use, everything starts with getting familiar with them!" ”

The Heat have a regular starting lineup of Whiteside, Bosh, Ruhr Deng, Wade and Addison for this game, and the coaching staff will want to play a steady game of the new season, starting with the Charlotte Hornets that has changed a lot.

After Spoelstra's explanation, the whole team, led by Wade, gathered in a circle and shouted a few "let's go!" iai heat! Then he poured out of the locker room and ran to the players' tunnel to prepare for the opening ceremony. As it was the first game of the regular season, the Heat held a large-scale appearance ceremony tonight, and the starting five were all cheered extremely warmly, especially Dwyane Wade, who was the last to play. But I don't know if it's Addison's delusion, but he feels that the cheers he enjoys when he appears on the field are not much different from Wade's enthusiasm that is almost full of worship.

The starting lineup for the Charlotte Hornets tonight is center Al Jefferson, power forward Marvin Williams, small forward Nicholas Batum, point guard PJ Hairston and point guard Kemba Walker, and there are also strong players such as Jeremy Lin, Cody Zeller, and Seth Binhawes on the bench. As Spoelstra said, the Hornets have improved their roster from the previous two seasons, and they are not to be underestimated.

Addon exhaled a long breath and tightened his knee pads and did two squats in a row, feeling his muscles relax and maintain a moderate level of relaxation. The Chinese point guard smiled, he felt that he was in good shape and should be able to get into the rhythm of the game from the beginning.

Due to the fact that tonight there is a strong conversation like the Spurs vs. the Thunder, and there is also a rookie matchup like the Lakers vs. Sen United Wolves and a topical game at the same time, the Heat's game is not scheduled to be broadcast live in the United States. The referee walked to the center circle and gave Whiteside and Jefferson a few words, then threw the basketball high into the air under the watchful eye of nearly 20,000 people at the American Airlines arena.

Whiteside had a huge advantage in jumping the ball, his long arm reaching out with a powerful bounce to point the basketball towards his own half, and Addison easily took the ball and hit it from behind his crotch with his right hand. The feeling that made every nerve in his body tremble and excite it returned, spreading like electricity to the fingertips on the top of his head, to every pore and texture.

- Basketball is really amazing! The competition was really fantastic!!

"Settle down! Run!! The young point guard shouted, trying to vent his excitement and excitement through this roar. Watching his teammates quickly and keenly spread out towards the front court and settle down, he couldn't help but think of the wish he casually said yesterday, the wish he had for the new season and his career.

Supreme!!!