Chapter Eighty-Three: Blocking and Demolishing Attacks
The game started, and the Lakers earned the ball!
Zhang Wei received the basketball for the first time, and he found that Van Exel no longer competed with him for the ball in these games, and he didn't know if he was conquered by his two consecutive triple-doubles. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
If this thing really gives itself a hand, it is not impossible for them to cooperate like Pippen and Rodman.
He does need a helper with the ball, and Van Exel, who can also pump in the playoffs, is actually a lot better than many of the sixth men who can only play in the regular season for Carry, as long as he doesn't play nonsense.
Jazz's starting small forward Chris Morris, who has been averaging about ten points per game, is not strong in his own right, playing a bit like Malik Healy, the two are about the same strength, and they will inevitably be blown up in the face of Zhang Mao, and the system also shows that his ability value is only 75, and he is still in a state of ↓.
"Utah Twins" has a high reputation after retiring, but to a large extent, it is a reflection of the fans' generosity.
The two elders of Xuan Ming are indeed very strong, but in the years when this team was at its peak, they often failed to break through the first round. The main reason is that the talent of other players is too poor, and there are too few excellent helpers around the second elder, and the situation is a bit like the later Yao Mai combination, the difference is that the health and peak of Ma Long and Stockton far exceed the two sick seedlings of the "Yao Mai combination".
The Jazz have always been a blue-collar team, Salt Lake City is remote and conservative, people here value family, there are certain restrictions on the consumption of alcohol and cigarettes, entertainment is not abundant, and it can even be said that it is a city with almost no nightlife, so few stars want to come to this faded bird city.
The Utah team from the 80s to the '05 New Twins never got a top-10 pick, relying on a few low-draft picks who lacked talent.
The first generation of Shuangsha is a dozen picks, in fact, the talent of the second old man is not particularly amazing, and the helpers of the two are even more painful, the early big center Mark Eaton, this person was originally an auto factory mechanic, and the later Lao Huo originally planned to be an accountant, but he found that he was selected in the third round.
The salary of this team is also very small, they will never easily exceed the salary cap, compared to the current Bulls, the later Lakers and other teams are much less, it can be said that they can't attract any stars to join at all, and the second old man earns less than the superstars of the same period.
Therefore, the entire Jazz team has always been full of old-fashioned and rough blue-collar temperament, and other teams also have some players who do dirty work, and the Jazz directly take the lead in doing dirty work.
This is also the reason why Delon wanted to escape from the Jazz at the first opportunity, and the players who were willing to put down roots here were basically low-key players who could endure loneliness.
Why is the career life of the two elders longer than that of the players of the same era, and the unwilling to be lonely Deron declined quickly after leaving, Boozer, a glass man, came to the Jazz with a tougher style of play to ensure attendance, but it also declined rapidly after leaving.
If you look at it this way, no nightlife is the most effective way to ensure the health and durability of a player, and it is estimated that throwing guys like Maddy and Harden to the Jazz and then handing them over to the stern Sloan for a good training will definitely be much higher in the future than if they go to other teams, and they will never get injured easily.
Later, many people liked this Jazz and Sloan coach because it was such a group of low-ranking people, staying in a remote and old-fashioned small city, with an average salary, for more than ten years, but finally stood on the finals stage to face Jordan and became the biggest enemy of the Bulls dynasty.
It's not easy, they deserve the title of "uncrowned king".
Zhang Zhu chose to play back in the first attack, and the prestige of Ma Long on the inside line was too great, and he didn't dare to scold the inside line as soon as he came up.
Standing next to Ma Long just now, his usually proud physique actually became slim in an instant, that guy's size is really big.
Defending him Chris is under more pressure, this guy knows his own business, as a typical black player who plays on the body, he has been in poor form in the past two years, both offensive and defensive feel a little bit worse in speed and explosiveness, which has led to his already low efficiency by a step, and he is not even good at defense this year.
Zhang Qi squeezed his back twice, feeling that the pressure behind him was not too big, and now he was in a good position, so he immediately turned his back and went to the basket.
Malone hurried to the basket to help defend, but his most commendable defense is single defense, although the ability to help defend is not bad, but it is inferior in comparison.
After all, the "Postman" is so big, if there is Rodman and others to assist in the defense speed, then the others don't have to play.
Zhang Qiu's speed was extremely fast, and without waiting for Malone to assist in the defense, he immediately dunked out, and used a quick two-handed dunk to give this devil's home court a dismount.
"Awesome, I ran into a soft persimmon again today!"
Zhang Fu found that he had not encountered a strong opponent player in the past four games, is it possible that small forwards in this era are so vegetable?
Not to mention, there are a lot of excellent interior and guard in this era, but excellent point guards, especially excellent No. 3 players, are very rare.
The small forwards who have performed well in the past two seasons are either old guys who are already in their 30s, or they want rookies like Hill, Mashburn, Robinson, and Zhang Zhu.
After scoring this goal, Zhang Qi finally saw the power of the Jazz's double blocking.
"Blocking and dismantling" is a thing that looks simple, but it is actually not easy to play well.
It can be said that this is a tactic with no upper limit to power, and his attack power depends entirely on the tactical arrangement of the coach and the execution of the players.
But there are some necessary elements, or requirements, for blocking and dismantling.
For example, to play pick-and-roll, you must have a point guard who can shoot and divide the ball, which is the premise of whether the block-and-roll tactics can be implemented, and don't think about blocking and dismantling without a good point guard.
Secondly, you need a strong interior who can block people and can shoot and catch the ball and impact the basket, and a player with this style of Malone is simply a golden template for blocking and dismantling.
Finally, there must also be a weak-side contact point, such as Lao Huo, a shooter with accurate shooting and outstanding running awareness. His task is to contain the defender's frontal defensive force, so that the opponent cannot gather too many forces to encircle the second elder, without his presence, Malone and Stockton will be beaten to death by the opponent.
The core of the Jazz's blocking and dismantling is these three people, and they can't do anything without any of them.
The other players are the ones who have been achieved by this system, and it can be said that the Jazz do not have too good players except for these three people, and putting them on other teams is soy sauce material.
The Lakers in another time and space have always been afraid of blocking and dismantling, and it is rumored that every team that defeats the Lakers has played beautifully in blocking and dismantling, especially O'Neal's Lakers have never been able to beat the blue-collar Jazz.
Zhang Fu has more experience in anti-blocking and dismantling, as I said just now, how well the blocking and dismantling is played depends on the ability of the player, and the effect of the defensive blocking and dismantling actually depends on the defensive ability of the player.
The Jazz's first offense, when Stockton and Malone were dismantled, Fan and Bison both pounced on Stockton.
"Turn around!" Zhang Yu shouted at Bi Sen because he left his defender behind and rushed towards Ma Long at the same moment.
Of course, it was a violation of the law for him to do so, but if Bison could make defensive moves against Malone in the first place, the referee might not blow for a foul. Because it looks like a wrap-and-roll defense, not a change of defense that is not allowed in "illegal defense".
Bison reacted a little slower, and although he hurriedly made defensive moves towards Malone, his reaction and pace were much worse than Rodman's No. 4 position.
Ma Long's side reflexively ran to the far end after dismantling it, and instantly opened up two more positions of distance from Bi Sen.
Stockton immediately passed the ball through the gap, and when Malone received the ball, Zhang Qi had already pounced in front of him.
But Bi Sen on the other side was still two strides away from Ma Long, which made Zhang Zhu helpless against Ma Long who was close in front of him, because he knew that the basis for the referee to blow the "illegal defense" was to see if it made sense, and if he rushed up to defend this time, it would obviously not make sense.
If Bi Sen is closer to Ma Long at the moment, for example, only a little more than one step away, then it can be said that Zhang Yu is wrapping Ma Long with him, and this defense will become a classic case of blocking and dismantling.
But now Bison is two big steps away from Ma Long, and it is obviously far-fetched to say that the two of them are in a bag at this time.
As long as the referee does not receive an order from above, in this case, the defending team will be awarded a violation.
So Zhang Fu sighed, he didn't dare to reach out to cover Malone who was close at hand, he could only watch the other party use his accurate mid-range shot to throw the ball above his head, and scolded the NBA rules again in his heart.
"Boy, you're so naïve to think you'll be able to stop our blockade so easily?"
Ma Long almost laughed when he saw Zhang Fu stupidly running in front of him and trying to seal it.
"You think I didn't see that big of a void?"
Stockton also stared at him with an idiot's gaze, if Chris, who was defending Zhang Zhu, had Lao Huo's projection skills, he would have thrown the ball over a long time ago, Zhang Zhu was really looking for death if he was so defensive.
"Laugh at your mother's toothlessness, wait for the league to make fun of illegal defense, I'll see how your blocking and dismantling will play."
Zhang Fu was angry in his heart, he really looked like a fool in defense this time, and the whole audience laughed at his naïve voice.
Lakers head coach Harris wants to cover his face, although Zhang Wei has adapted to the NBA rules, but sometimes he can't help but bring in international rules and make some actions that make people laugh and cry.
Although he also thinks that the rules of not allowing the change of defense and the help of defense are unreasonable, but these are the rules, and if you want to play in the NBA, you must follow them.
Sloan stared at Zhang Qi expressionlessly, if this defense is won in the international basketball game, Malone will inevitably be caught by Zhang Zhu and Bison next, where Van Exel and Ceballos rushed over to block the passing route, and this attack was a mistake.
In the past two years, it has been rumored that the league wants to remove the "illegal defense" rule, and at that time, their blocking power will be much lower. So for him, it is by no means a funny thing to see Zhang Mao's defense, because those unreasonable rules will have to be canceled sooner or later.
Next, Zhang Qian didn't act rashly, so he saw that the two guys kept playing with their teammates with blocking, and he was anxious but helpless.
"Silly fork, aren't you going to stick to Stockton and interfere with his passing?" This is Zhang Yu complaining about Van Exel's defense in his heart, but he doesn't want to think about where Stockton will make it easy for people to stick to him.
"Idiot, you can't pass the ball, can't you break this kind of ball?" This is Zhang Fu complaining in his heart that his inner line was pierced, but he didn't want to think about how perverted the point guard with the number of assists in history would be in terms of passing skills.
"Idiot, won't you be the first to flank Ma Long?" This is Zhang Yu complaining in his heart that his teammates stupidly watched Malone catch the ball and complete the shot, and did not go to cover him at the first time. But I don't want to think about how difficult it is to defend Ma Long's extreme movement and mid-range shooting skills, and the big guy and iron elbow of others are not good-looking, how can it be so easy to be trapped, dare to come up and elbow you will not die!
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Throughout the first quarter, the Lakers' defense was beaten to pieces by the Jazz's seemingly simple, but in fact, gold-rich blocking and pick-and-roll cooperation.
These two well-rounded old guys completely played tricks on the Lakers' defense, and countless passes in the seams gave Malone a lot of opportunities to shoot or directly hit the basket, but they were helpless against this seemingly simple style of play.
Zhang Qian has been complaining about his teammates in his heart, because he feels that this kind of attack is not difficult to defend from a distance, why is his teammate always slow to be easily penetrated?
He didn't know that his thoughts were similar to those of the pseudo-fans in front of the TV, and it was always a hundred times easier to "watch" and "speak" than to act.
Some things may seem simple, but they are difficult to do, and they are not as easy as they seem.
The two elders of Xuan Ming did not attack according to a fixed routine, their seemingly simple "blocking" and "cutting" actions were completely changed according to the defense of the Lakers players, which was already a bit of a late strike, and there was no meaning of winning and moving.
Let's just say Stockton, once Malone successfully blocks Fan Maniac for him, even if it is only for a split second, he can have a variety of options.
At this time, he can feed Lao Huo the ball, or wait for Ma Long to pull and run out of position and pass to this golden partner, or continue to dribble to find other offensive opportunities, he can make the optimal choice according to the real-time situation on the court.
The same goes for Malone, if he gets the ball, Lao Huo must have moved to the corner, and Stockton used his off-ball run to cut off the defense in the middle, and he had plenty of time to dribble and look for opportunities.
If the opposing Lakers player does not flank, Malone will either make a jumper on the spot, or turn around for a jumper, or even break through to the basket, and the possibility of scoring is already very high.
If the defender wants to limit the Jazz's blocking and pick-and-roll, it must rely on the defensive skills of the point guard and the power forward, or the center has a super ability to assist in defense under the basket, otherwise it is easy to be dragged by the two old guys.
The Lakers' defense of the restricted area is not outstanding, Fan Maniac and Bison are also weak offensive and defensive players, they are difficult to have much impact on Stockton and Malone, and there is no strong man at the center position, as a result, they were beaten 27:20 by the Jazz in the first quarter.
Zhang is unhappy with his team's defense, but this can't be blamed on Van Exel and Bisson, Malone's blocking is not only efficient, but also very lethal, he will always use his iron elbow and steel body to accidentally make contact with you, leaving you into a momentary hard stun, unable to keep up with the slippery Stockton.
It's the same with Stockton, if the defender dares to follow too close, then wait to be greeted by his knees, feet, crotch and other efforts.
Defending players like the two elders of Xuan Ming, as long as they are not careful, they will be overshadowed by their small actions that have entered the realm, which is really not easy to defend.
The Lakers' passivity continued into the end of the first half, and they had absolutely no way to do anything about the Jazz's simple and effective pick-and-roll offense.
At this point, Harris thought it would be nice if they had an inside player like Mutombo or Kemp.
No wonder the Jazz will be prone to tragedy when playing this kind of team with a top-level defensive interior, the supersonic lineup is really Tianke Jazz, people not only have a top-level defensive interior, but also a top-level defensive point guard, which just restrains the Jazz two elders.