Chapter 87: The Storm (Part II)

It was supposed to be a game that was not very important to the home team, Lingbei Youth Team, but when Lingbei head coach Sheng Tianhuai called the first timeout less than four minutes after the game, all the home team supporters present knew that the opponent was not as simple as expected.

The speed of the wind, the pervasive all-out attack, coupled with the unscrupulous shrinking defense and timely rotation of positions, the Frontier Youth Team showed nothing like a team made up of amateur players, some of whom were not at all weaker than the core players of the Lingbei team, and even made people feel that they might be of a higher level.

In four minutes, although the Lingbei team still scored six points, they were obviously not the opponent of the away team under the contrast of the thirteen points of the frontier youth team.

In Sheng Tianhuai's view, the team's rhythm at this time has been completely disrupted, and if he doesn't call a timeout quickly, maybe the team will collapse next.

Sheng Tianhuai is also a person from the past, although he is the first time to coach the team in person, but he still has a grasp of young players, he knows that young players are very brave once they play with momentum, but at the same time, if they encounter setbacks, they will be more likely to fall into collapse.

"Don't be led by the nose by the other party, play our own rhythm, we must be brave in the attack, especially the outside players, Zhang Yongdong, you have to pay attention to the scramble for rebounds in the front court, you have a height advantage, let's strive to play more secondary offenses, and also, once the opponent's counterattack starts, it will immediately counterattack, if it doesn't work, then foul on the spot, and you must not let the opponent bring the rhythm up again."

Sheng Tianhuai grasped the key point very keenly, indeed as he told the players during the pause, now their rhythm has been brought up by the frontier youth team, which is very unfavorable, so what the team has to do now is to ensure the offensive efficiency and slow down the pace of the game, and the excessively fast offensive and defensive rhythm is not something that the current Lingbei youth team can keep up with.

"If the opponent enters the positional battle, it must be expanded when defending, Zhang Yongdong, you don't follow the opponent's thin and tall man, just stay on the inside to protect the rebounding ball and the basket, others pay attention to the rotation of the defense, must strangle the opponent's point guard, can't let him shoot easily, you can start when necessary, although this is a qualifier, but you must remember that this is the People's Stadium, Vladivostok fans don't like to see losses on their home court."

Sheng Tianhuai feels that he has grasped the key point of this game, he is not the kind of traditional old-school coach, he sticks to the established tactics and does not know how to change, in Sheng Tianhuai's opinion, the most important player in the entire Frontier Youth Team is the white-haired point guard, this young man shows no less state and ball skills than Sheng Tianhuai has seen those talented players, so he feels that as long as he strangles Turgon, the Frontier Youth Team will definitely fall into passivity.

However, Sheng Tianhuai's arrangement did not play its due role after the suspension ended, because Wang Lei also made a very sudden change.

Wang Lei replaced Cai Aihong, who had an excellent performance in the previous mid-range shooting, and replaced it with the shorter Sun Dexun, and the entire frontier youth team completely played small-ball tactics.

Double point guards, short centers, and the super fast maneuver speed of the whole team compared to Lingbei, although the defense is extremely passive, but the speed of offensive and defensive conversion has reached a higher level, in the offense, even if the Lingbei Youth Team retreats in place, as long as Hawul and Sun Dexun or Turgon's cover can be played, the Lingbei team is facing the problem of misplaced defense.

Zhang Yongdong is indeed the best one in the Lingbei inner line, his height and arm span are very advantageous, but these are completely useless in the face of Sun Dexun's speed, no matter how big your defensive area is, Sun Dexun is basically an acceleration change to get rid of Zhang Yongdong's defense.

Although the Lingbei Youth Team ensured the efficiency of the offense in the next game, Zhang Yongdong grabbed the frontcourt rebounds many times in the offense, but their defensive strategy did not seem to have an effect, and the storm of the Frontier Youth Team has risen, and it is not at all that the current Lingbei Youth Team can stop.

The fans of Vladivostok are said to be the hardest fans, they are unconditionally supporting the home team at all times, but today some people really began to waver, although the Frontier Youth Team did not have gorgeous cooperation and wonderful dunks, but they were used to eating raw seafood, and the young cabbage of the Frontier Youth Team was also an unusual mouthpiece.

Although some people don't like the pleasure of speed, in contrast, most people have a subconscious pursuit of the pleasure of speed, and most people will inevitably have a rush of adrenaline, which will make people involuntarily excited.

Now the entire basketball circle emphasizes the tactical idea of defense first and the heaviest inside, but competitive sports advocate a higher, faster, and stronger spirit, compared with the height of the center, the speed closer to ordinary people is more likely to make fans addicted.

Although the Frontier Youth Team failed to further expand the score in the next game, the pace of the game has always been much faster than the usual game, so the Frontier Youth Team, which has fully adapted to this speed, played more easily, while the Lingbei Youth Team never showed the momentum and state they should have.

At the end of the first half, Frontier finished the game with a nine-point lead.

Entering the second half, the Lingbei youth team began to have a disadvantage, their players consumed too much physical strength in this fast rhythm, and coupled with the depth of the bench, the Lingbei team was gradually brought up again, and the whole game entered the familiar rhythm of the frontier youth team.

I have to say that Wang Lei's previous emphasis on basic and physical training has shown its due effect at this time, compared with other domestic head coaches, Wang Lei has grasped the core of the sport, without solid basic skills and excellent physical fitness, it is difficult to maintain the state in this fast-paced game.

In the third quarter, the Frontier Youth Team completely sealed the victory of the game, and they were fearless in the face of the increasingly big defensive moves of the Lingbei Youth Team, and the Frontier Youth Team scored 32 points in the entire third quarter, expanding the difference to 19 points in one fell swoop.

In the fourth quarter of the game, the Lingbei team also tried to fight back, but Turgun ended the game with three consecutive three-point shots, and finally the Frontier Youth Team won the game 99-81, and the eighteen-point difference made the Lingbei Youth Team at home very faceless.