Chapter 352: Turgon's Big Picture
Trail Blazers head coach Lawrence reprimanded the team's outside defense on the bench of the team, so that the opponent scored 40 points in a single quarter and did not make Lawrence feel afraid, what he was afraid of was Turgon's abnormal shooting rate, this "little bastard" who was not in her eyes before If she continued to maintain such a shooting rate, it was Lawrence who worried him the most, he was not afraid of the team losing the first game of the season, but he was afraid of being defeated by players he looked down on before, which was what worried Lawrence the most, This is also the easiest thing for him to lose his current coaching position, no team will be willing to give up talented players, not to mention that there is a huge market in Asia behind this "talent".
"Mr. Murphy, can you tell me what you were doing when he was shooting? Can you take your legs, run up, and stick them on, and don't tell me you're afraid to fight that little white face, he can't be your opponent at all. ”
Lawrence reprimanded Andrew Murphy, the Trail Blazers point guard who defended Turgon, mercilessly, although Andrew Murphy has been with the Trail Blazers for seven years and can be regarded as a Trail Blazers meritorious player.
After reprimanding the players, Lawrence once again asked the team to strengthen the outside defense, especially against Turgon, and Lawrence would rather be beaten by Blair Bowman than be beaten by Turgun.
After a short break, the second quarter began, with both sides coming off the bench, but the Trail Blazers still had Stiles on the court, and they were now nearly double-digit behind their opponents, so they had to take advantage of both sides to rotate their starters.
After the start of the second quarter, Stiles immediately used his individual ability to score four points in a row, but the substitute sent by Wang Lei continued the fast-paced style of play, and Wang Lei put Toby Sevig, who had a better defensive awareness, on the court.
Using the fast-paced offense, coupled with the comprehensive contraction defense of the Runners' interior bench players, the Trail Blazers' current lineup not only failed to catch up with the score, but allowed the Runners to expand the margin to more than 10 points.
As the game progressed, Stiles's stamina began to decline rapidly, and his continuous attack on the inside was already the most strenuous work, coupled with the fact that the Runners had maintained an extremely high offensive speed, which made Stiles have to focus a lot of attention on the switchback run, which greatly affected his form.
By the time Lawrence reacted and was ready to replace Stiles to rest him, Wang Lei had already begun to gradually replace the starters.
The point difference has been expanded to 12 points, and the head coach of the Trail Blazers, Lawrence, endured the depression in his heart and called a timeout again, he replaced Stiles, and asked the players to start focusing on defense after the timeout.
However, Lawrence thought he was doing the right thing, but in fact, his approach at this time happened to fall into the trap of Wang Lei and the Runners.
Turgun really wants to slap the face of the Trail Blazers, but he is not the kind of player who only thinks about himself, from the beginning of his time in the frontier youth team, Turgun has learned how to analyze the game situation under the guidance of Wang Lei, and learned how to observe and experience the opponent's offensive and defensive rhythm, which makes Turgon's overall view of the big picture absolutely the highest among all young players.
Looking at the entire NBA league, there are definitely not many people who can have such a big picture at Turgun's age.
And the whole first quarter of the game was actually going along the rhythm designed by Turgon, and his projection in the first quarter put a lot of pressure on the Trail Blazers, so then according to Turgon's idea, he would let his teammates try to strengthen the breakthrough, because at this time the Trail Blazers' defensive focus has shifted to the outside.
Wang Lei did not arrange how the team would play during the timeout, he just let Turgun control the pace of the game.
When Turgun got on the court, he slowed down the pace ahead of the Trail Blazers and motioned for his teammates to pull away while Blair dropped low.
The Trail Blazers players were going to continue to press their opponents on the outside, but now that the Runners are starting to play positional battles in the low post, they are a little overwhelmed.
Trail Blazers point guard Andrew Murphy gritted his teeth and turned back to trap Blair Bowman, but Blair immediately passed the ball to the outside Turgon, Turgun received the ball and made a shooting move, at this time Andrew Murphy showed his defensive ability, and he pressed Turgun again almost immediately.
However, what Andrew didn't expect was that he had been shooting all kinds of strong three-point shots before, but suddenly retracted his shooting action, and then easily jumped from Andrew, who was already jumping and ready to block Turgon's shot, into the inside line.
Before the center of the Trail Blazers' defense could pounce, Turgun threw the ball directly into the air, and in the first quarter of the game, the inactive starting center Erwin fell from the sky to complete the air catch, and the difference between the two sides was stretched to 14 points.
The Runners' offense is so multifaceted, from Blair's low-post attacking stance to Turgon's fake shots to Erwin's follow-up in the middle, the current young team has a very different style of play from the league's popular style.
The next Trail Blazers were in an awkward dilemma, not knowing whether to press the perimeter to defend the shot, shrink the interior to defend the breakaway, or switch to the joint defense.
Lawrence is also the first two big on the sidelines, even if he reacts quickly, there is no way for the players on the court to implement their own arrangements immediately, because there are really too many changes in the opponent, which makes it difficult for Lawrence himself to distinguish whether the opponent is fast or slow, let alone the Trail Blazers players on the court.
By the time Stiles, the interior core of the Trail Blazers, who had almost rested, returned to the court, the second quarter of the game was almost over, and the difference between the two sides had reached 18 points at this time, and the opportunity for the last attack in the second quarter was left to the Runners.
In the last attack, Turgun served on the sideline, Blair used Erwin's cover to catch the ball, and with six seconds left, Blair accelerated to get rid of the Trail Blazers players who were pressing up and went to the basket, just when the Trail Blazers were fully shrinking and ready to clamp Blair, Blair suddenly threw the ball into the hands of Turgun, who was at a 45-degree angle outside the three-point line.
Turgun made a three-point shot with a knife in his hand, and then turned around and raised his hands in celebration, the basketball fell straight into the net in the surprised eyes of the Saskata fans and everyone in the Trail Blazers, the red light came on, everything was so perfect, Turgun's action was really cool, it was more exciting for the Saskata fans than he scored 30 points, and it also stimulated Lawrence's nerves even more.