Chapter 121: Darkness Chen Cang

At halftime, Frank Vogel looked at the somewhat tired crowd thoughtfully.

He held a half-time statistic in his hand, and this freshly released statistic made him see a lot of different "things".

In this game, the player felt something different from what he saw.

What he saw on the sidelines was a different story.

The reason why the Grizzlies were able to play so strongly on the offensive end tonight has a lot to do with McConley, who commanded and deployed in the backcourt, and the player who entered the league in the '07 draft has his own shining points.

While Durant began to reveal infinite possibilities, Conley continued to move forward at a steady and slow pace.

The Grizzlies' strong form tonight was largely due to Conley's dominating tempo.

Conley is a homegrown point guard in the United States, and although his physical fitness is not too good, he will always be the most trusted point on the court, and he is too stable.

Steady ball control skills, steady playing style, and efficient shooting rhythm make him the most peculiar point on the court.

The Grizzlies had a lot of interior offensive rights tonight, and in the entire first half, they made 25 shots, including 12 points on 6-of-15 shooting, and Zach Randolph, another offensive point on the inside, took the remaining 10 shots, shooting slightly higher than Al Jefferson, hitting 7 shots and scoring 14 points, two of which were quick dunks under the basket.

In this way, in fact, the Grizzlies' offensive touch on the inside is actually not very good, but Li Shihao and they were indeed pressed and beaten tonight, especially Kevin Love and Gasol Jr. on the inside, neither of them opened the situation.

But the state of the two is actually not much worse than the Grizzlies' two interior lines, the two of them have a total of 18 shots, hitting 7 balls, in all fairness, even if they are at a disadvantage, they will not be much worse than Zach Randolph, the reason why they are so tired is only afraid that there is another reason.

Head coach Frank glanced at Conley, who was taking a sip of water on the Grizzlies bench, and this kid also looked like a lot of physical exertion at the moment, no less than Randolph and Jefferson on the inside.

This is not right, it stands to reason that the Grizzlies' main offensive points tonight should be two interior lines, Al Jefferson and Zach Randolph occupy the vast majority of the Grizzlies' shooting rights, their physical consumption should be greater, every time the offense and defense are converted, the interior players are originally more physically exerted than the outside players, although Conley's physical fitness is not outstanding, but it is not a big problem to play the whole court with his physical strength, and he can barely do it.

Conley, who has been in the league for two seasons, knows how to allocate his physical strength wisely, and it is only half-time, so why does his physical exertion be greater than that of Randolph?

Frank withdrew his gaze and focused on Conley's halftime stats, wandering back and forth, scoring on 4-of-9 shooting and two free throws, and Conley had 10 points and 4 assists at halftime.

Suddenly, Frank seemed to remember something, turned his head to the assistant coach next to him, Tom, and asked, "Tom, is Conley's pass biased inside or outside tonight?" ”

Assistant coach Tom is an old man left by McHale when he was head coach, Frank did not fire him after he took office, Tom has some experience in training outside players, and he is also very professional in data analysis, which makes Frank quite important and continues to keep Tom as assistant coach.

Tom glanced at the drawing paper in his hand, the original white and clean drawing paper was drawn with circles and forks, and some symbol data, which looked obscure and boring, "The inside line has been passed 19 times, and the outside line has been passed 10 times, and it seems that the offensive opportunity to pass to the inside line is greater." ”

"However", assistant coach Tom frowned and said: "The outside offense is actually not less, Conley himself has 9 offenses with the ball, strictly speaking, the Grizzlies' outside shots tonight are actually not small." ”

Frank nodded, noncommittal, and continued, "So how effective is the inside and outside passes?" ”

Assistant coach Tom flipped over the drawing paper in his hand, "The passing effect of the inside line seems to be average, resulting in not many direct assists and indirect assists, and the quality of the pass doesn't seem to be very good, as for the outside line, is it ......"

"What's wrong with the outside line?"

Tom stared closely at the drawing paper in his hand, looked at the distribution points on the court, and continued, "The quality of the outside pass is very high, 7 of the 10 assists have achieved actual scoring, and with Conley's own outside shot, the Grizzlies are not bad on the outside tonight, they have scored 27 points, and the firepower is very fierce." ”

Head coach Frank's eyes flashed when he heard this, "Then here's the problem tonight, the Grizzlies have the idea of playing on the outside tonight." ”

"On the surface, they are mainly attacking the interior and giving the interior a lot of opportunities, but in fact, Conley is desperately making the ball for the outside, and he himself is constantly firing on the outside."

"This game, they have been prepared, 27 points of outside firepower, not bad, even compared with other teams in the league, not much weaker, this Grizzlies want to win, I'm afraid they will work the outside line that is not outstanding!"

As he spoke, Frank clasped his hands over his chest and cast his gaze on the man in the same suit on the sidelines across from him, Lionel Hollins, who had two brushes at his coaching level.

With such an idea, you must know that the Grizzlies' book strength is superior on the inside, and on the outside, the Grizzlies are not stronger than the Timberwolves, but weaker.

Although the interior lineup is dominant, it does not stick to the form, but does the opposite, and makes the ball to the outside line who is not outstanding in the first half, I am afraid that after the third quarter of the game, the Grizzlies' outside line will collectively explode in the fourth quarter.

This is the NBA, and it is rare for someone to be selected for the team's regular season roster with a certain amount of strength, and to maintain an icy feel throughout the game.

No matter how bad the strength of the outside player is fed the ball for three quarters, it can accumulate a hot feeling!

It's just that since I've discovered this, I'm going to make some articles.

Frank walked up to Li Shihao's side and said: "Bruce, you pay more attention to the Grizzlies' outside line next, and Brewer strictly guards their outside offense, and is given the opportunity to shoot in the open position, pay more attention to Conley's pass to the outside, and Randolph on the inside They hand it over to Love and Mark to contain." ”

"This Grizzlies have worked the outside, and they will definitely find an opportunity to fire collectively on the outside in the second half, and you and Brewer will have to respond in time when the time comes!"

Li Shihao thought about it for a while, understood the intention of head coach Frank, and nodded.

Frank couldn't help laughing, "It's very interesting for Hollins to play on the other side, in an old Chinese saying, it's 'Ming Xiu Plank Road, Dark Chen Cang'!" ”