Chapter 69: Lock in the playoffs
As the regular season draws to a close, the manager's on-court performance is no longer so important, the key is to see which team's players can grit their teeth and persevere until the end. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Therefore, Wang Zhuo did not deliberately win with tactics, but conveyed simple tactical ideas, and left the rest to the players to execute, in his opinion, this group of young people performed quite well.
The Pistons then attacked, Reggie Jackson insisted on putting the ball inside, Drummond scored another goal, and the Pistons seized on this strong point and played happily.
Wang Zhuo looked very calm, he understood that Anthony had been holding on, not in a hurry to attack, first to make the ball for his teammates, and then come forward when he was needed in a critical moment.
"Anthony is more of a leader!"
Wang Zhuo secretly praised that in the past, Anthony used a lot of shots in exchange for gorgeous statistics, and now he pays more attention to making his teammates better.
Grant passed the ball to Anthony, O'Quinn stepped forward to block and dismantle, Anthony broke through to the inside with cover, and in the face of Drummond, he did not choose to force a rush, but passed back to O'Quinn, and kept walking directly to the outside, trying to pull Drummond away from the basket.
O'Quinn broke through with the ball, Porzingis cut into the basket without the ball, and took an inside double-down tactic, O'Quinn made a short-distance inside cross, Porzingis received the ball and threw it successfully, and the two sides drew 4-4.
The Pistons team is simple and rude, bullying the weak, the Knicks team is patient and meticulous, and the players on both sides are nervous, and no one dares to relax in the slightest, and the score on the court grows alternately, and no one can get rid of the opponent for a while.
Wang Zhuo is calm and relaxed, and is not in a hurry to make changes, Van Gundy has a trace of worry, the Pistons have been increasing the score, but most of the Drummond is scoring alone, and the other players are just running back and forth.
On the other hand, the Knicks have a constant flow of balls, everyone can participate in the offense, and the scoring is relatively average, and if a player suddenly explodes, the Knicks' offense will become unstoppable.
At the end of the first quarter, the two sides were tied at 24, the advantages and disadvantages on the court were not obvious, and the rotation lineups of the two sides were also decent.
However, in the early half of the second quarter, Calderon and Lopez, who came off the bench, suddenly took control of the tempo of the court, and their pick-and-roll combination was tried and tested, and the Pistons' substitutes Steve Blake and Aaron Baines had no way to deal with it, but could only watch the score be pulled away.
The balance on the court was instantly broken, and Van Gundy reluctantly called a timeout, allowing Marcus Morris, who has good movement speed and defensive ability, to stop the Knicks' pick-and-roll offense on the one hand, and improve the Pistons' offensive firepower on the other hand, gradually narrowing the point difference.
"As long as Andre gets the ball, resolutely wrap up, Jerryan, let Reggie take a step, prevent his pass and break through the line, and drive him to the outside!"
When the official timeout in the second quarter, Wang Zhuo explained the tactical ideas on the bench, and he wanted to take the lead in making changes to change the direction of the game
Reggie Jackson's style of play is similar to Westbrook's, a two-way guard who scores and assists, has sharp breakthroughs, strong explosiveness, and exquisite passing, but the disadvantage is that he can't shoot accurately, especially three-point shots.
Wang Zhuo's tactical strategy completely cut off Reggie's route to the inside line, and according to its offensive characteristics, he stopped the Pistons' offense at the starting point, even if Reggie finally reluctantly passed the ball, the Pistons were not good at three-point shots, and they could not form a large-scale lethality to the Knicks.
Taking advantage of his illness to kill him is Wang Zhuo's tactical essentials, he wants to expand the slight advantage brought by the bench lineup in an instant, so as to hit the overall morale of the Pistons team, and defeat the Pistons team without morale is easier than killing a chicken.
At the end of the official timeout, the main players came on, Reggie Jackson hoisted the ball to the inside again, Drummond once again held the ball and singled, Porzingis and O'Quinn directly from the flank, Drummond sensed that the situation was not good, and wanted to pass the ball, but the vision was cut off, Porzingis opened his arms, like a big spider firmly entrenched around him.
The three seconds of the offense were about to come, Drummond dribbled the ball, hoping to find space to pass the ball, who knew that as soon as the ball left his hand, it was cut off by O'Quinn, the ball was directly out of the control of the palm, bounced out, Anthony struggled to grab it, a long pass over the half, and Grant, who ran away, caught the ball and dunked in the air.
Reggie learned a lesson, saw clearly that Porzingis was standing between Morris and Drummond, ready to pack at any time, passing the ball to the inside line was no longer feasible, and chose to break through, but found that Grant in front of him kept a distance of about one meter from him at all times, which was obviously the first step to prevent him from breaking through.
The pass is not good, the breakthrough is not good, Reggie was instantly enraged, the feint shake and the step-back jumper were all in one go, the ball smashed into the basket, Reggie clenched his fists, looked up to the sky and roared, venting the resentment in his heart, and at the same time glared at Grant angrily, and there was trash talk in his mouth.
Grant didn't care, calmly dribbled over the half court, the Pistons were driven by Reggie's difficult goals, and the defensive intensity suddenly increased, Grant organized two consecutive tactical runs and failed, but he clearly remembered Wang Zhuo's words and passed the ball directly to Anthony.
Anthony was silent for a quarter and a half, but it didn't mean that he was silent for the whole game, I saw him holding the ball with his back, a tentative step directly to point Pop, leaning forward and leaning forward to make a shot, the whistle scored the ball, a beautiful 2+1, Anthony stood on the free throw line and hit it steadily.
The role of the superstar is not only to turn the tide and survive, but also to deal with the arrogance of opponents, Reggie's strong shot is a resolute response to Wang Zhuo's tactics, and Anthony's goal is to completely extinguish the Pistons' fledgling morale.
Sure enough, after the conversion of the ball, Reggie tried to force a three-point shot again, the ball bounced out of the frame, O'Quinn stuck Drummond to grab the rebound, Grant organized a fast break, and the offensive time was only 6 seconds, Afraro made a three-point stop on the left side, and the ball shot through the Nets like an arrow, and also shot down the confidence of the Pistons players.
Van Gundy's worries finally appeared, since Drummond was trapped, the Pistons' offense lost continuity, at halftime, the Knicks had a 15-point lead, but Van Gundy did not surrender, in the second half of Reggie and Blake's dual point guard tactics, launched a comprehensive counterattack, but at every critical moment, Anthony can always stand up to give him a blow to stabilize the Knicks' morale.
In the end, the Knicks pulled out the Pistons 108-96 on the road and won a key victory in the playoff battle, according to the record of the head-to-head with the Pistons this season, the Knicks have already locked up the playoff spot in advance with this victory, and at the same time completely blocked the Pistons out of the playoffs.