What's it like to defend Westbrook alone?

Stockton may not have known how he felt, but he could certainly have imagined the bloody scene with his clever mind. Back in the day, Stockton, as a small, mediocre white point guard, had to face All-Star level opponents who were taller, faster, and stronger than himself every day, and that experience was comparable to Roy's current game against Westbrook.

Looking back, Stockton has played against many super point guards in his career, including "Magic" Elvin Johnson, "Smiling Assassin" Isaiah Thomas, "Glove" Gary Payton, "Penny" Anfernee Hardaway, "KJ" Kevin Johnson, etc., none of these guys are taller, faster than him, and stronger than him, but there are very few opponents among them who can really take advantage of Stockton (most of them have had the experience of blowing up each other).

Perimeter players sometimes rely on their bodies, sometimes they need to rely on technique, and sometimes they need to use their brains. If God didn't give Stockton the best physical fitness, it must have given him the best tactical brain, which is why Stockton was selected to the 5-time All-Defensive Team with his mediocre physical quality and won 2 league steals.

The well-known Stockton-style defense is divided into two parts, the first part is the defensive ability on the surface, such as Stockton's quick reaction, such as Stockton's accurate cuts, such as Stockton's tenacity, such as Stockton's stalking, etc.; The second part is the dirty tricks in the secret, such as Stockton's eye-insertion, such as Stockton's top knee, such as Stockton's black feet, such as Stockton's good acting skills, etc.

This is Stockton's unique way of defending, clever and insidious, controversial but practical, and clumsy and ugly as it may seem, but with its own wits in it. It can be said that Stockton's defense will be a little passive, a little ugly, and a little dark on the field, but the actual combat effect is basically the existence of a full score.

Of course, in just a few minutes, Stockton couldn't teach Roy too many behind-the-room skills, he could only explain his tactical ideas to Roy, that is, to avoid the real and make a false noise.

The clever Roy understood as soon as he heard it, and what Stockton meant was not to go head-to-head with Westbrook, not to force one-on-one with him, to dig a hole for him, and to set a trap for him.

I'll go, Roy thought about it, isn't this the true meaning of Grandpa Mao's guerrilla warfare?

Stockton did want Roy and Willis to fight a guerrilla war, but also a beautiful travelogue annihilation, just like he did with the Utah Jazz.

To set up Westbrook's "turtle", Stockton also needs a little support, that is, the cooperation of the other four members of the Knicks, only a few words of communication, Hornacek understood the tactical intentions of the old partner, and the two hit it off.

In the second quarter, when Westbrook came on the court again, he found that his opponent was completely different all at once, Roy, Crowder, Farid, Porzingis, Noah, what kind of lineup is this?

Of course, Wei Shao didn't know that this was the "iron bucket formation" carefully prepared by Hornacek and Stockton for him, with the experience of his teammates missing his pass three times in the first quarter, Wei Shao made up his mind to come by himself this time, in other words, Wei Shao at this time has entered the second stage of the offense.

An impatient Willis, a perfect "Iron Bucket Formation", there is still a fuse missing between them, and it is Roy who is responsible for bringing Westbrook into the formation.

In the second quarter, the two rematched, and the situation seemed to return to the one-on-one atmosphere at the beginning of the first quarter, with the others still pulling away, leaving Westbrook and Roy to go heads-up.

"Rookie, are you ready to challenge me again? I won't show mercy this time, you don't even have scum left in the explosion I want to explode. ”

"You guessed it right, Mr. Iron, I have to admit that I miss the sound of you banging on the basket."

With just one sentence, Roy Westbrook, and he did a good job of "detonating".

The angry "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" are very willful, and this is exactly the result that Roy needs, as Stockton expected, the arrogant Westbrook put aside his teammates, and followed Roy's direction is a sudden burst, he wants to prove his worth, he wants to defeat all the guys who dare to challenge him, even if he is facing a rookie, Wei Shao will definitely not be soft.

As before, Roy seemed to be unable to resist the retreat of the backwards, this time, Westbrook's path forward was even more unimpeded, he stepped into the paint area, and before he was ready to get up, he suddenly found that there were a few more fierce men around him.

Claude, Farid and Porzingis, who were still on the verge of separation just now, suddenly came together, counting Roy, who was already defending him, Wei Shao suddenly fell into the encirclement of four people.

What a perfect pocket trap.

If others see this formation, they will definitely succumb, but Wei Shao is someone else, the angry Wei Shao only has basketball and baskets in his eyes, he doesn't think about passing the ball at all, and he jumps and shoots directly against the four King Kongs, but those four people are not muddy dummies, they are the strongest defensive guys in the Knicks team.

Wei Shao's speed, strength, bounce, and explosiveness are indeed first-class, but they are all floating clouds in front of the four-person bag. Wei Shao forced his shot, the tall Porzingis blocked the middle, Roy and Farid with excellent bounces locked the flanks, and finally the fierce Claude interfered from behind.

One against four, forgive you for being the scoring champion of the previous season, Westbrook can't stand the joint defense of these four strong men, all Wei Shao can do is barely get blocked, but the crisp iron is inevitable.

Westbrook was annoyed by the missed offensive shot, and when he returned to the defensive end, he was furious at Roy.

"You stupid X rookie is too cunning, you dare to play tricks, you don't know what one-on-one is."

"No, Iron King, I can't agree with you at all, if you want me to say, you don't know what basketball is."

Roy didn't talk to Westbrook much, his task today was to win, and no matter how much Wei Shao provoked, he was determined to win the game in a more reasonable way.

But Wei Shao over there was in a hurry, he almost touched the ball a few times, but Roy's arm span was also amazing, and neither of these two "long-handed monsters" could handle anyone, but Roy still had the support of his teammates.

Seeing that Wei Shao was pressing, Roy patted his head, and Porzingis, who understood it, immediately ran out of the penalty area.

Pick-and-roll tactics, this is the classic tactic that the media and fans expect the Knicks to learn from the old Jazz, although Roy and Porzingis are still just getting started at this time, but it is enough to deal with the impatient Westbrook.

Wei Shao was blocked by Porzingis, Roy took advantage of the situation to rush to Adams, the mustachioed Thunder center is not a good stubble, he pounced on it, and over there, the extremely fast Westbrook also bypassed Porzingis's block and killed.

After blocking and dismantling, this is exactly the situation Roy is waiting for, he is not Wei Shao with a big head and a short neck, he has long been "everything ready, only the east wind is owed", and when Wei Shao is about to form a complete package, Roy has already passed the ball to Porzingis.

A clear blocking and pick-and-roll tactic, a crisp slam dunk.

O, the loud cheers of the audience speak for themselves, they can see it clearly, the line of this blocking tactic is simply too clear.

The gap between Westbrook and Roy in the big picture is evident in these two goals.

"Walter, I don't think the plot is moving too fast, if memory serves, Karl Malone and John Stockton have only been in office for a day, can they teach the essence of pick-and-roll tactics to Roy and Porzingis so quickly?"

"Mike, look at what you're saying, this isn't the first time Roy and Porzingis have used pick-and-roll tactics. Is it possible that after Stockton and Malone came, they told these two talented teenagers more changes in their blocking tactics, for the two players with superb ball quotients, as long as they simply clicked, they could achieve good results, such as me and Willis (Reed) back then, that tacit understanding was innate, hahahahaha. ”

Fraser boasted, and the Knicks' bench was praising Roy and Porzingis.

"Well done, KP (Porzingis), congratulations on your double-double."

"That's awesome, Roy, just like that."

"Keep up the good work and do one more of them."

"Pretty." Stockton took the lead in applauding, he thought to himself that Roy this kid really has a first-class ball quotient, just now he just told him about the general direction of the tactics, and he immediately grasped the main point.

That's how to fight, to sneak Wei Shao with unlimited physical strength, to provoke Wei Shao to let him fight alone, even if he is a "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle" who overturns the river and the sea, he can't withstand a group of hungry and thirsty "beasts".

Hornacek's "bucket formation" tactics and Stockton's "lure the turtle into the trap" strategy are really seamlessly combined at this time.

And after being defeated twice by Roy, Wei Shao became even more irritable.

Since you have set a trap on the inside, then I will fly three points on the outside, yes, as I said before, Wei Shao, whose anger value has skyrocketed, has unconsciously entered the third stage of personal attack......