In the tactics book of attacking master D'Antoni, there is a series of tactics, all of which start with a wonderful word.

“THRU”

The word "until" means "until" and "until", which is somewhat different from words such as UNTIL, and focuses more on the direction of "cut-off" and "crossing" in the concept of "until".

The original meaning of this tactic was a way of cutting the air that D'Antoni learned from European teams during his time in Europe.

Generally, the air cut on the basketball court is divided into two parts: "cutting in" and "cutting out", the "back door" of the backcourt player is the cut-in, and the shooter's "outside cutting and catching the ball" is the cut-out.

During the Suns period, D'Antoni took the air-cut tactics to a new level with Nash and Smalls, the top interior and outside combination in the history of destructive power. Taking advantage of Nash's extraordinary vision on the court and Xiao Si's terrifying impact under the basket, the Suns have played many routine changes, and they can always find space to shoot at the first time.

In the THRU series of tactics, there is a difference in the direction in which the players cut in and out.

"Start at the three-point line on the wing and cut inside at an angle of about 45 degrees. Then, when the defense is compressed, step out of the horizontal line parallel to the baseline and go to the direction of the three-point line on the weak side. ”

Philadelphia, 76ers team center prep room.

"This is THRU-ACTION."

The players sit together and watch the Kings and Spurs game live.

As one of the imaginary opponents of Philadelphia in the Finals this season, the evolution of the Spurs will be watched by the Philadelphia public. Despite the reinforcements, Philadelphia's squad has also become stronger than last season. But the Spurs have an immortal GDP portfolio, and there are terrifying old drunkards in the tent, and Philadelphia is still quite jealous of the Spurs.

After the Lakers began to decline, the Philadelphia 76ers had the biggest headache when facing Western teams, the Spurs.

Like Philadelphia, the Spurs also have a lot of team tactics, and the tactical literacy of all members is extremely high, and it can even be called the first in the league. In the two positions of Philadelphia's strongest point guard and power forward, the Spurs did not suffer much. And the Spurs' staggering number of shooters is Philadelphia's biggest problem.

Putting aside the problems on the offensive end for the time being, the Spurs' defensive intensity is the focus of Philadelphia's concern. In Philadelphia's current tactics, Chen Mu's role is more of a pivotal axis than the absolute endpoint of the past. The offensive play of Curry, Korver, Iguodala and others largely relied on Chen Mu's destructive power to the opponent's defense.

And the Spurs have always had a lot of experience in defending the interior axis. Even if O'Neal is in his prime, he may not take much advantage of seeing the Spurs. Although Chen Mu's strength is already the top in history, he still can't take it lightly in the face of Spurs.

Therefore, when it was learned that the Sacramento Kings, the league's most offensive team, was about to face the Spurs, the league's most offensive and defensive superteam, in the Western Conference semifinals, Philadelphia was all in charge of head coach Jim Carrey...... Ah no, under Carlisle's summons, he temporarily let go of a training session and spent a whole day reviewing the Spurs' previous game highlights, looking for loopholes that could be exploited.

However, the conclusion is:

There are no loopholes.

Spurs' defense, no holes.

From Carlisle to Chen Mu to other players, they are all curious, in the face of the Spurs team who are so strong in defense, can also make a gorgeous transformation at any time, and start to play against you without falling behind, how will the king with the most firepower in the league deal with it?

So, when the live broadcast started that night, all the Philadelphia staff sat in the preparation room with Carlisle. At the same time, the entire coaching team in Philadelphia also came, and everyone watched the game intently.

At the beginning, the members of the Philadelphia 76ers just wanted to see how the Spurs would solve Gu Yu's "unstable explosive" super scoring point, and use this as a warning to avoid those problems when they may play against the Spurs in the future.

But after the opening, the Kings' frenzied offensive flames made all the Philadelphia players dumbfounded.

"It's a fun way to cut the basket and it doesn't have a direct impact on the basket, but a wide range of individual transfers can greatly disrupt the integrity of the opponent's defense. Especially when the opposing defense is good at rotation, or when the opponent starts to play joint defense, this player who runs the 'THRU' air cut will make the opponent's defense at a loss. ”

Looking at the game screen, Carlisle knew a little more about the old coach Westphale, and frowned slightly: "This time THRU is empty, and a player will pass through at least three defensive areas of the opponent." Whether you follow the defender or not, it will make the defense appear local chaos and create opportunities to take advantage of. ”

"Well, it's a chicken thief's way of running."

Chen Mu nodded and said: "If Parker follows, the strong side will become two against two, Xiao Gu and Cousins happen to be the two strongest points of the Kings' attack, and the defenders Split and Danny Green can only be regarded as one and a half defensive points." Cousins' mid-to-long-range shooting ability will make Split's defense useless. ”

"That's right."

Carlisle is very satisfied with the understanding of the love general: "This is the meaning of THRU-ACTION, to let the strongest point of the team, to attack the opponent's relatively weak defensive combination, and create local killing opportunities. But there is no way to crack it, and the Spurs only need to replace Split with a more athletic interior player who can keep up with Cousins and partner with Duncan, and the problem will be solved. ”

"Beep!"

In the picture, when the game was suspended and the players on both sides returned to the court, the old drunkard's approach was exactly the same as Carlisle's prediction.

"It's a substitution! Spurs substitutions! The players who came on the pitch were...... Manu Ginobili!! ”

Pretty......!

Seeing this substitution, Chen Mu and Carlisle glanced at each other, and they both saw their appreciation for the old drunkard in each other's eyes.

"In this way, the Spurs play a big and four small lineup, Duncan is promoted to center, sophomore Leonard plays power forward, Danny Green is at the third position, Ginobili is a point guard, and the point guard is Parker!"

In the sound of on-site commentary, the two sides went to war again.

The Spurs took a timeout and made adjustments, and with undoubted tactical execution, they completed a beautiful offensive coordination. Duncan's screen, Ginobili's mid-range cut into a feint, a one-handed cross of the left hand through the Kings' sparse defense, and Parker received the ball on the flank, hitting a mid-range pull-and-hit shot.

"Good shot!"

This offensive score was undoubtedly a stop for the Spurs to stop the bleeding, and the players' morale returned a little, and the roaring San Antonio chariot began to gallop on the field again.

"Remember DAN!"

The Kings attacked, Westphall reminded him on the sidelines, and Evans nodded without saying much, advancing steadily.

Running up front......

"It's still THRU!"

Curry exclaimed, after a brief explanation by Carlisle and Chen Mu, this elf point guard could already see the starting style of the Kings, and his mind was quite good, but he was very puzzled by the king's choice: "Why do you still want to run THRU??" Duncan came out after losing weight, and Cousins has no chance here! One less chance point, the Spurs' defensive rotation can run over, and this lateral cut is meaningless! ”

"Keep watching."

Carlisle frowned, and stretched out his finger to point to the screen: "There must be a back-up move ......!" ”

...... the aftermath?

Curry is still a little puzzled.

The changes in this tactic have been exhausted by the Kings, and there can still be a hairy move?

Running the same tactic over and over again, it's really dead to the Spurs!

"Keep up!!"

Sure enough, as Curry expected, the Kings' THRU this time was already crushed to death by the Spurs in the cradle before they could run away.

"Block the middle lane! Don't mess around!! ”

In Ginobili's shouting, the Spurs' defensive rotation is extremely essential.

Duncan stuck to Cousins' steps, and Evans' run after handing the ball to Gu Yu was let go by Parker.

Leonard, who defended Thompson, directly let go of the Kings power forward, who had no basket in the middle distance, and rushed to the three-second zone with an arrow step, blocking Evans in the basket area, and there was no space to connect the ball.

In front of Gu Yu, Parker rotated in place for the first time, not giving Gu Yu a chance to make a move. On the weak side, Garcia was targeted to death by Danny Green, and after Thompson's cover passed, he wanted to cut inside, and an actor-level Ginobili immediately appeared next to him, and he would fall down when he touched it.

Lapsed!

The previous invincible offensive tactics failed, and the Kings seemed to be unable to play all of a sudden, and all the players were instantly stunned in place, no one ran one more step, and they looked as embarrassed as the reservoir dogs.

"Come back, come back!"

In desperation, Gu Yu dribbled to 45 degrees on the right side, and the tactics returned to the original point without any change.

Well......?

"No......!"

Chen Mu found something wrong.

"Xiao Gu and Cousins have swapped places, and ...... Evans mid-distance back-to-back! ”

Evans backs up to Leonard??

This is Shi Lezhi!

The Philadelphia players are puzzled, and Evans has never been known for his back-to-back skills. Leonard is a natural defensive monster, with height, reach, strength, running and jumping ability, and is an all-round advantage against Evans. Are you Evans in this position with his back to the ball? Brain w(s)??

And......

"Whoosh!"

"What?! Xiao Gu passed the ball?!! ”

In the exclamation, Gu Yu actually hoisted the ball to Evans, and was really ready to let Evans hit his back!

"This ......"

The Philadelphia players looked at each other, the Kings, the strongest firepower in the NBA, the king of team offense, is that the level??

Not really!

Then, something even more exaggerated happened.

"Oh, it's terrible......!!"

On the right side of the ribs, Evans is already unknown to Leonard's mother, Gu Yu doesn't open up the space, he actually rushes to the ribs with his head stuffy, and sees that he is about to overlap with Evans's running position, so he will change one direction and go from a position a little near the middle to cut the basket.

It doesn't make the slightest sense!

By Gu Yu's side, Parker followed him tightly, and he didn't give half a step of space. Gu Yu cut in the air this time, and it was impossible for Evans to send a pass behind his head - Leonard's arm length was about to touch the sky, okay!

The next second.

"Hey......

Parker clearly heard Gu Yu, and another creepy laugh sounded.