Chapter Thirty-Six: The Timberwolves' Triangle Attack

Brandon Roy has been oscillating between shooting guard and point guard since entering the league, often playing both positions in the game, and his four-year career has given him a huge hone in terms of game experience and skills.

If you are an old fan who has watched the game for many years, you will find that this young Trail Blazers player can do a lot in the game, connect the team, organize the offense, and score offense...... He has made a huge contribution to the team on both ends of the floor, and whether he has the ball in his hands or not, he is a great threat to the rest of the team on both ends of the floor.

However, such a talented and talented defender, his stats are extremely ordinary, not as all-round as LeBron James, and that's the difference between the two of them.

Those who have known football for many years will understand that LeBron James's current statistics are perfect, and it can be said that he has brought his personal ability to the extreme, but his efficiency in the transition period is far less than Roy, Roy is like an unpretentious jade, round and inconspicuous, as the master of the ball in the team, his organizational ability has brought the Trail Blazers a smooth offense, but he averages 5 per game. The eight-assist stats are nowhere near the league's first-line point guards.

It can be said that the Trail Blazers when Roy is on the floor are the team that has always been able to enter the playoffs, which is what Li Shihao commented on the Trail Blazers in the first quarter.

Their deterrence at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends has gradually become a strong deterrent, the inside center Oden has returned from injury, and can bring the team excellent defense in the team's penalty area, when the enemy wants to break into the paint area to score, you have to weigh your own strength, a careless, you will get a hot hat!

Their power forward Aldridge is also a potential inside, excellent low-post offensive ability, good mid-range allows him to cause great lethality in the low post, enough to defend the height of the center, making his turnaround jumper extremely difficult to block, and his defensive ability is also good, he is also a well-known blocker in the league, such an offensive power forward and Oden form a perfect complement.

In the first quarter of the game, the whole Timberwolves team played extremely hard, and now the Trail Blazers are already a team with both internal and external repairs, balanced offense and defense, the Timberwolves and the potential inside line have no advantage in front of the Trail Blazers, and Li Shihao on the outside and Roy have formed a mutual explosion situation, and the two have no winner or loser.

The first quarter ended, 19:28. The Timberwolves trailed by nine points, and the score gap has been firmly controlled by the Trail Blazers, whose young leader Brandon controls the team's tempo with ease, maintaining such a point difference, slowly wearing down the Timberwolves' sharpness.

During the break, McHale called everyone to him, slammed the pen in his hand on the tactical board, and his eyes were full of worry, and the current situation of the game was not optimistic.

They are a young team, most of the players in the team are young players, they are full of sharpness, and they will be more energetic and impactful than the old players, but there will always be a time when the sharpness will be worn out, and Brandon Roy's idea is to use a point difference that is not high or low to choose the top of the Timberwolves, so that they can chase desperately!

As long as the Trail Blazers score one or two goals in the offensive and defensive rotation at the right time to make up for the chased score, the difference will be pulled back to the original 9 points, which will cause great psychological damage to the young Timberwolves.

No one wants to do something useless!

One blow, then decline, three and exhaustion! The Timberwolves can play an amazing performance with a sharp spirit, and naturally they will be caught and beaten hard because of this.

Now, if the Timberwolves can't respond effectively, then what awaits the Timberwolves will be a fiasco.

The mood on the Timberwolves bench was a little depressed, McHale frowned, in the face of such a strong performance of the Trail Blazers, he has never been able to find a better way, in the face of the three points of the Trail Blazers inside and outside, if he can't make targeted measures, the Timberwolves are very likely to get a heavy defeat at home!

The Timberwolves have had a great start to the season, finishing ninth in the West and tying with the eighth-placed Oklahoma City Thunder, much to the delight of owner Glenn Taylor.

The excellent record has made Minnesota fans feel much more satisfied with the Timberwolves this season, and the team's ticket sales have been extremely impressive.

Under such a double happy event, Glenn Taylor is naturally in a good mood, and tonight's game against the Trail Blazers, he personally came to the target center, ready to see how the Timberwolves boys played!

The owners came to watch the game in person, and McHale naturally did not dare to relax and attached great importance to this game, but in the first quarter of the game, the team fell into an offensive and defensive dilemma, which made him sad.

In the face of McHale's painstaking thoughts, Li Shihao suddenly spoke: "Since we can't fight them steadily, it's better to attack and fight hard, their offensive ability may not be much stronger than ours!" ”

McHale frowned when he heard this, looking at Li Shihao, wondering what the young core he was supporting thought of.

Li Shihao did not hesitate, and said in a deep voice: "Blindly competing for the comprehensive strength of the team, we are not opponents, but our offensive ability is not inferior, they can only attack against attack, maybe there will be a chance of winning!" ”

"The Trail Blazers have a hot game in this game, but their hand will always cool down, as long as we control the rebounding ball, with the same offensive efficiency, we will have more hope of winning the game than them!"

"When it comes to rebounding, they're nowhere near our opponents!"

Li Shihao threw out such a sentence heavily, which shocked everyone on the bench, but it makes sense if you think about it carefully, the Timberwolves have a rebounding monster like Kevin Love on the inside.

This season, Love was promoted to the starting position, and he averaged 5 more rebounds per game than last season with plenty of playing time. 1, the reason why the Timberwolves, a young team, can always warm up in fierce games has always been inseparable from him!

On the other hand, Aldridge's rebounding ability is far less powerful than his offensive end, Oden has just returned from injury this season, and he was reimbursed last season, and he did not dare to fight hard in rebounding after suffering an injury to his knee cartilage.

In this game, Lefu can fully show his talent in rebounding!

McHale's eyes flashed with a gleam, he was moved by this idea, there is a rebounding monster like Kevin Love on the team, why not give it a go?

He slammed his fist on the tactical board, and said in a deep voice: "This strategy is feasible, we will compete with them in offensive ability next, and we will focus on triangle tactics next!" ”

Everyone nodded when they heard the first half of the sentence, and when they heard the second half of the sentence, they all turned their heads to look at each other, puzzled.

Triangle offense? Isn't that the Lakers' tactic, and we play theirs?

Li Shihao's eyes lit up, he thought of McHale's idea, this tactic may be a little reluctant for the Timberwolves' current lineup, but it is enough to use, once they use this tactic, the Trail Blazers will definitely be caught off guard!

The most basic and simple feature of the triangle offense is that when attacking, 3 players form an offensive triangle on the strong side, while the other 2 players will look for shooting opportunities on the weak side by running, or through blocking and running, forming a new offensive triangle, and the 5 players are constantly swapping positions, so that hundreds of changes will occur. This is the simple and complex triangular attack!

It's not like those fixed tactical routines, it's far less complicated and boring!

It's like the art of left-right fighting in martial arts novels, those who are suitable for it can understand it at once, and those who are not suitable for this tactic can't understand it no matter how hard they try!

When All-Star power forward Gasol rushed from the Memphis Grizzlies to the Los Angeles Lakers, the Los Angeles Lakers, who were originally only a playoff team, immediately became the favorite team for the championship, and their triangle tactics were able to play smoothly in an instant after Gasol's arrival.

Gasol has not been immersed in triangle tactics for many years, and he is also the first time to contact triangle tactics, but Gasol's attributes have allowed him to play perfectly in the Lakers' triangle tactics!

The Timberwolves' previous offensive and defensive transitions have had a faint prototype of triangular tactics under Li Shihao's organization, but they often disrupt another tactic in an instant, which even Li Shihao himself did not find.

This specious offensive tactic was spotted by head coach McHale, who has been studying triangle tactics for a long time, and has consciously guided his players in this direction in team training.

But he didn't break it, he just watched the effect of this tactic in the hands of these players behind the scenes, and to his surprise, the effect was actually not bad!

Triangle tactics on the offensive end of the emphasis on free movement, according to the change of the opponent's defensive situation, the triangle offense will move and derive a variety of ways to deal with it, what the player needs is the ability to read the game, this ability sounds very mysterious, but in fact it is the player at the right time, in the right position, to do the right thing!

Although the young players of the Timberwolves have not been training together for a long time, the locker room atmosphere has begun to become more and more harmonious with the excellent record.

Under such conditions, it is impossible to expect the Timberwolves to play a three-level offense as smooth as the Lakers, but if you want to barely use the triangle offense, you can still do it with half its power!

The triangle attack is a wonderful set of tactics, which emphasizes the use of space, emphasizes reasonable conduction, and emphasizes correct running; The essence of it lies in the change, the players through the running, blocking and dismantling constantly form an offensive triangle, this constant change, each player needs to have a high ability to read the game, quickly for the defense to make the best running coordination.

These complex conditions have long been rehearsed many times in the team's training under the intentional guidance of McHale!

It's just that those tactical coordinates have been broken down and inserted in the Timberwolves' team training again and again!

Li Shihao suddenly had some expectations for the triangle tactics in his heart, and he wanted to know what the Timberwolves-style triangle tactics would look like?

McHale rehearsed the tactical details to everyone, and even Al vaguely understood some of the key points of the triangle tactic, isn't this the tactical coordination practiced in ordinary training, just use them now!

McHale glanced at the bench opposite, a mysterious smile appeared on his face, and he said in a relaxed tone: "Boys, go ahead, control the rebound, play your usual performance, and the victory in this game will be ours!" ”