Chapter 371: The Storm of Trading Begins
The fact that the team's point guard replaces the coach to arrange tactics is really a major feature of the NBA, and aside from superstars like Paul, even Jeremy Lin has replaced McHale to arrange tactics.
Similarly, many point guards often choose to become a team coach after their athletic careers, as far as Pat Riley, as close as Jason Kidd, although there are some power forwards and small forwards who retire and become coaches, but in terms of numbers, point guards far outnumber other positions.
The reason is simple, because point guards are often the initiators of the team's tactics, and becoming a coach can be mostly seamless, except that the transition from initiator to formulator can be. And the definition of 'point guard' often does not only refer to the position on the court, just like LeBron, although he is a small forward in the Cavaliers' position, but in fact, the Cavaliers' offense is often organized and initiated by him.
Now the Kings and Pelicans, because of different encounters, have invariably let Zhang Feng and Rondo serve as the team's interim head coaches, although the fans at the Smoothie King Center looked confused, but they were a little happy in their hearts.
In terms of absolute strength, Rondo naturally can't defeat Zhang Feng, but if it's a comparison of coaching level, it's really not certain who wins and who loses.
Both teams returned to the court with mixed emotions, and the first attack of the second half was executed by the Kings.
Zhang Feng quickly dribbled the ball across the halfcourt, and Rondo didn't seem to be going to defend at all, he just symbolically extended his hand and let Zhang Feng into the inside.
Everything has a purpose. Zhang Feng guessed that the biggest possibility for Rondo to do this was to let him face Davis, even if he bounced well, the paint area was also the world of the center, in other words, Davis's effect of preventing him from shooting 2 points would definitely be better than the effect of Rondo preventing him from shooting 3 points.
Coupled with Rondo's interference behind him, for a while, it was really not easy to get out of the ball. However, Zhang Feng always remembered that it was taboo for the defender to stop the ball in the paint area, so even if it was not good to play the ball, he decided to pull out and throw, anyway, he was still ahead, even if he didn't score, it was nothing.
The strong shot really didn't work, although Zhang Feng's shot was not interfered with by Davis, but it was still a little off the beaten side because of insufficient preparation.
Fortunately, Randolph got the rebound in the frontcourt, and he didn't hesitate, just put the ball in the basket on the spot and scored 2 points.
"Damn, that's okay" Davis complained when he saw Randolph score.
It's nothing if he doesn't complain, but when he complains, Zhang Feng thinks of the crux of this offense: as long as he enters the interior line, he will definitely face Davis's defense, worrying that this is meaningless, it is better to shoot decisively and create opportunities for Randolph.
The Pelicans attacked, Rondo advanced with the ball, he handed over the ball to Holiday just after halftime, and by the way, he made a simple off-ball cover for Holiday with the ball. Originally, Holiday broke through Hill like chopping melons and vegetables, and with Rondo's cover, it was even more effortless.
After the block, the king naturally had to change the defense, so Holiday had to face Zhang Feng's defense.
"It's not right!" Four words popped up in Zhang Feng's heart, he knew that Rondo was not stupid, and Holiday was not stupid, and there was no reason for these two to make the attack more complicated.
Sure enough, Holiday dribbled through and faked, he faced Zhang Feng's defense, forced the ball to the free throw line, and then passed it to Davis. The pass to Davis was not finished, and he still ran to the bottom line.
Zhang Feng originally planned to flank Davis, but Holiday also had to chase him, so he thought about it and chased after him.
By the time Zhang Feng left the free throw line, the entire right side of the frontcourt was empty, and at this moment, Davis bent over and began to dribble.
If it is said that Randolph still has a chance to defend successfully under the basket, then the probability of his defensive success is almost 0 when it comes to the speed of the free throw line, not to mention that there is still so much space for Davis to play to his heart's content.
Sure enough, after Davis opened his legs and accelerated, although it was only such a short distance from the free throw line to the basket, Randolph was stunned and couldn't catch up, and could only watch Davis score a dunk.
"I thought there would be some awesome tactics...... "After seeing Davis score, Zhang Feng silently 'despise' Rondo in his heart.
"Pause!" Pay attention, Zhang Feng gestured at the referee.
If it was in the past, the referee would definitely blow the whistle of the timeout without hesitation, but the second half of the game had just been played for 2 rounds, and the time for Zhang Feng to shout the timeout was really unreasonable, and the Kings head coach David was not there at this time, and the three referees didn't know what to do for a while.
However, according to the rules of the league, the players on the field can indeed call a timeout by themselves, and the referee on duty can only look at the King's assistant coaching team. Fortunately, they waited for the nod of the King's chief assistant coach, Brown, before blowing the whistle for a timeout.
However, Brown was also full of confusion at this time, and he couldn't guess why Zhang Feng called a timeout.
When he arrived off the court, Zhang Feng hurriedly pulled the king players into a circle.
"The Pelicans' tactics are very simple, that is, the main point is Davis, maybe Holiday is also the offensive point, and in the next time, as long as Holiday and Davis are clamped more."
"At what point in time will you be clamped?"
"It's best to wrap the ball the moment they both catch the ball, so that even if it doesn't work out, it can disrupt their plans"
With the tactics out of place, the King returns to the field and the game resumes. The game turned out as Zhang expected, as the Pelicans' offensive plan was completely disrupted after the Kings began to frequently trap Holiday and David, resulting in the Pelicans scoring nothing for three minutes.
The unwilling Rondo also called a timeout, and it is unknown what tactical adjustments were made, but the effect was not ideal, and after three quarters, the Kings firmly led by 15 points.
In the fourth quarter, Zhang Feng chose not to play, firstly, he felt that the king's lead was relatively stable, and secondly, he wanted to feel more about being the 'head coach'.
When Zhang Feng didn't play, Mason got the entire fourth quarter of playing time, and he led the Kings to keep the Pelicans under pressure according to the tactical plan laid out by Zhang Feng.
In the end, the Kings defeated the Pelicans 114-103 to end the January schedule. After the victory over the Pelicans, the Kings flew back to Sacramento, where they will be challenged by the Warriors.
But the Kings didn't have time to care about the challenge of the Warriors, because the league trade deadline was approaching, and some teams had already started to make trades, and on the day the Kings returned to Sacramento, the Clippers made a trade with the Pistons, and they sent Griffin in exchange for the Pistons' first-round draft pick, as well as instant players such as Bradley.
Someone else's trade has begun, the king's own trade has not yet seen a shadow, can Paul George still come?