Chapter 19: The First Blood
In order to play aggressive attack, Wang Zhuo used a double point guard, one big and four small lineup, which can control the mistakes on the court while speeding up, and the center ensures the team's backcourt rebounds on the court. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Harmon is worthy of being a heroine in the women's center, quite Popovich's style, and has a clear understanding of the Knicks' lineup, as if he had predicted Wang Zhuo's thoughts in advance, and even arranged a lineup of three guards and two forwards in a targeted manner, so that the speed advantage of the Knicks' starting lineup is completely gone.
Porzingis has a significant height advantage and takes the lead in getting the ball for the Knicks. Grant catches the ball and dribbles quickly across the half, Spurs point guard Kyle? Anderson stepped forward to mark, Porzingis mentioned high screen, Grant used the cover to hold the ball and cut inside, he neither chose to force a layup or pass back to Porzingis, but used the afterglow of his eyes to sweep to Calderon, who was running backwards at a 45-degree angle.
A clever no-look pass, deceiving the defender, Calderon did not choose to shoot a three-pointer directly, but dribbled with the ball, stabilized the rhythm and then made a jumper, the arc was slightly high, but it still smashed into the inside of the basket and fell into the net.
Calderon didn't start by defense, he can be based on the NBA by a good overall view, the ball runs steadily, there are few mistakes, and the timing of the shot is also very well grasped, Wang Zhuo is interested in his advantage, so he dares to sacrifice a lineup of double point guards, Grant's speed and strength, Calderon's stability and overall view, if they can complement each other, it is absolutely not a problem to play a smooth offense.
Sure enough, as Wang Zhuo expected, in the first round of offense, Calderon scored 2 points first with his stable mid-range shot, opening up the situation for the Knicks.
In the case that the team does not have a formed tactical system, the point guard is the brain of the team, Wang Zhuo understands this truth, so let the point guard dominate the situation on the court, obviously, Harmon also has the same view as Wang Zhuo.
After switching possession, the Spurs served the baseline ball, Kyle? Anderson dribbled across the half-court, a very characteristic player, and fans affectionately dubbed him the "Human Creep Essence" to express their perception of his slow pace of play.
Kyle, actually? Anderson is a more well-rounded player, who can play both point guard and forward, with the height advantage of a forward when playing point guard and the passing skills of a point guard when playing forward.
Kyle? Anderson dribbled at the top of the circle, waited for his teammates to all settle down, and played the Spurs' best half-court positional battle, Wang Zhuo signaled Calderon to defend Kyle off the court? Anderson, while Grant is more powerful and physical, is a fledgling and has a slightly rough offensive and defensive skills that need to be honed, according to Kyle? Anderson's technical characteristics, Wang Zhuo felt that Calderon was more suitable to defend him.
Sure enough, Anderson's slowness met Calderon's steady, and the offense was completely clamped, and Anderson had no choice but to pass the ball to Will, a shooting guard at a 45-degree angle? Cherry, Cherry was eager to show himself, a big change of direction, without completely getting rid of the defender, Porzingis was very aware of the defense, and at the moment when Cherry jumped into the air, he jumped up and raised his arms high, trying to stop Cherry's layup.
Porzingis' unique height advantage made Cherry suddenly have a feeling of covering the sky, with defenders in the back and Porzingis in front of him, he was completely sandwiched in the middle, not only the shooting line was blocked, but even the passing route was completely cut off.
Cherry threw the ball out of a forced situation, and the result was predictable, the ball barely hit the edge of the basket and bounced out, and Porzingis's body bounced up as soon as he landed, holding the ball in his arms.
“quick! quick! quick! "Porzingis passes the ball to Jerion? When Grant, Wang Zhuo stood on the bench and clapped his hands vigorously, signaling to speed up.
Wang Zhuo knows the style of the Spurs too well, the defensive end is used to using oppressive defense to force the opponent to slow down the speed and fall into the position, and the offensive end uses the half-court position that he is better at to attack steadily, in a word: drive the offense with defense, and win the victory with offense.
Therefore, before the start of the game, Wang Zhuo has been emphasizing offense, raising speed, and must not be forced into the half-court position by the Spurs, but relying on speed to drag the Spurs into the rhythm of the Knicks and lead him by the nose.
Of course, ten years ago, the Spurs were definitely the nemesis of the team, and even the Suns, who were at their peak and led the fast-playing whirlwind, repeatedly fell at the feet of the Spurs, but that was ten years ago, Duncan was at the peak of his career, Bruce? Bowen has not yet retired, which is completely different from the current situation.
Grant pushed his speed to the extreme, pushing the ball to the front court in just six seconds. Earley was already ambushed in the bottom corner, Grant made a long pass directly, passed the ball to Earley's hands, Earley did not hesitate at all, pulled it up directly, shot three-pointed, the ball drew a beautiful arc, and simply fell into the basket.
Although Harmon made targeted arrangements for the Knicks' lineup, he was still beaten 5:0 by the Knicks in the first minute of the game, if Calderon's goal was stable, then the three-point shot in the second round was completely fast, Wang Zhuo knew that this was the result of allowing them to practice shooting and regain their confidence in pitching.
The five-point gap was not enough to call a timeout, and calling a timeout in the first minute of the game was clearly a complete repudiation of the pre-game tactical set-up, with Harmon pacing back and forth on the bench with a solemn expression, clearly holding on.
But the next situation on the court made Harmon unable to hold on any longer, and after Grant stole Anderson, he turned around and dunked a layup, instantly detonating the Knicks' bench.
Harmon had to call a timeout, rearrange his tactics, and in response to Wang Zhuo's tactics, he also sent a large and four small lineup to put Kyle? Anderson pressed on the bench, this is to further improve the speed and fight against Wang Zhuo.
Sure enough, it had an immediate effect in the next round, Will? Cherry made up for it, with a mid-range shot to break the scoring drought for the Spurs.
When the official pause, Wang Zhuo did not change the lineup, after all, the situation on the court was that the Knicks were ahead, and the offense had just started, so there was no need to risk changing the lineup, so after the timeout, the court was still a double point guard lineup.
Hamon's lineup adjustment is not only reflected in the offense, the speed of defense is obviously faster than before, the next round, the Spurs suddenly pressed all over the court, completely stifling the Knicks' fast break, after Grant forced a layup missed, the Spurs grabbed the rebound, and when they scored two more points with a wonderful combination, the difference was only three points.
Wang Zhuo called a timeout and switched to the twin towers, saying that it was the twin towers, in fact, it completely liberated Porzingis's defense and allowed him to focus on the offense.
Although Harmon tried his best to fight wits and courage with Wang Zhuo, she was brought into a rhythm that did not belong to her by Wang Zhuo from the beginning, and she was always led by Wang Zhuo, so although she has the shadow of Popovich, she still lacks Popovich's old spice.
In the end, Porzingis scored 18 points while shooting 7 of 9 and 4 of 5 free throws, grabbed 9 rebounds, and obtained a quasi-double-double, which reassured the doubts of fans who questioned him, and the Knicks also won the Las Vegas Summer League with a 78-73 victory over the San Antonio Spurs.
Wang Zhuo's debut as a coach also defeated the NBA's first female coach, Becky? Harmon gets his first blood.