CHAPTER XVI

Mu Le took the file and looked up at Sanders. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info "You mean, run boom? ”

"That's right, it's a run! Although you only wrote a few sentences, I think this is a good idea, maybe we are a good fit to run and bang, so I want to hear more of your thoughts. ”

The so-called "running and bombing" refers to a kind of basketball tactical thinking that takes high-speed and smooth rotation movement as the main tactical feature, emphasizes the speed of offensive and defensive conversion, and partially sacrifices the offensive and defensive ability of the half-court position. To put it simply, it is to play fast-paced offense and defense, before the opponent is in position, the offense is completed through the transmission between players, and through this non-stop fast-paced running, the opponent's defense is dragged down, and finally the game is won.

When it comes to running and bombing, the first thing that comes to people's minds is probably the Phoenix Suns and Nash, the son of the wind. Coach D'Antoni's "7 seconds or less" offensive system has made their opponents always tired of quick offensive and defensive transitions in the game, and whenever the opponent scores a goal and is still immersed in the joy of scoring, Nash has already helped his teammates score with a ball through a pass. Through the run-and-gun tactics, the Suns became the top team in the league, and Nash won the regular season MVP for two consecutive years.

And the earliest run-and-gun tactics in the league probably date back to Cardinal Auerbach and his Celtics in the 50s. Contrary to the modern impression of Auerbach's emphasis on defense and interior control, Auerbach was a standard run-and-gun maniac in his early years, and his insistence on run-and-gun in the NBA was full of the wisdom of contrarian thinking. In Auerbach's view, the best way to limit the play of big men is not to slow down but to speed up, he believes that the advantage of small players on the basketball court is speed and dexterity, so in the transition between attack and defense, as soon as possible to create a local fast attack to play more and less can make the advantage of big men in positional warfare invisible.

It was by adhering to this principle that the Celtics began the 1950-51 season and became the league's leading score-per-game team for six consecutive seasons, before Bill Russell joined the team. Auerbach's theory that "the pass is always faster than the dribble" led to the team's "brain" Bob Cousy, a point guard known for his dribbling ability and passing the ball from behind, to make sacrifices on the fast break and transform from ball carrier to setter, thus becoming the league's assist leader in just three seasons. And Auerbach's fast-paced style of play also left a cornerstone for the subsequent Green Army dynasty.

Auerbach's fast offensive style of play has made the Celtics from the bottom team to a well-off team with a winning percentage of more than half. But it is precisely because of the small lineup required for a fast offense that the Celtics are lacking in interior lineup and always suffer when competing for rebounds, which also prevents them from being the top team until Russell arrives.

The Celtics, who have a top interior line, have since begun to switch to defensive play, and have also started a fantastic dynasty for the Green Army. After that, most coaches with top interior players don't choose to run, so the initial run-and-gun has become an alternative tactic.

Later, the run-and-gun tactics were continued and really carried forward by Don Nelson, a disciple of Auerbach and known as the "mad scientist".