Chapter 21: Tie
"The Warriors' offensive coordination is very beautiful, a bit like the Jazz's pick-and-roll offense, but their shooting speed is faster, and the players' running positions are faster, which makes the Jazz's old rival Lakers very uncomfortable, and the Warriors got a lot of opportunities, and they also seized the opportunities!"
Off the court, Phil Jackson was still chewing gum calmly, because the Lakers' offense was still not something that the Warriors could prevent, and the cooperation between the Sharks and Peter Pan easily tore apart the Warriors' defense, and O'Neal's violent dunk helped the Lakers equalize!
Then, Larisius took the ball again, and he decided to single again, and the first single in the opening court made Larisius feel that he was in good shape today, and Larisius wanted to explode, so after just two or three offensive rounds, Larisius took the ball again.
He held up two fingers and motioned for his teammates to pull away, and soon Eric Dampier pulled out to make a block for Larry Hughes, who rushed into the box with the ball! With Kobe Bryant behind him! He's got rid of Kobe Bryant!
But there is a giant man in front of him! Shaquille O'Neal!
Syllable! With a crisp bang, Larry Hughes made a strong layup and was slammed out by O'Neal!
"Toot!" The ball went out of bounds, the referee blew the ball in the front court, Richard stood up with his waist crossed, although he didn't say anything, but the meaning of standing up was already obvious, Larry Hughes's solo work just now was somewhat inconsistent with Richard's tactical thinking, the core tactics of the Warriors were not Larry Hughes's singles tactics, but the small-ball whirlwind tactics, and Larry Hughes was connected with singles in the opening game, and Richard definitely couldn't see it.
But Larry Hughes, as if he hadn't seen Richard stand up, wanted to pass the ball again, directing his teammates to open up space and prepare to play again singles.
Richard frowned, but instead of stopping Larry Hughes, he stood on the sidelines and continued to watch Larry Hughes single. As Richard expected, Larry Hughes's singles failed again, although the Warriors set up several sets of singles tactics for Larry Hughes are strong singles tactics, but the Lakers were able to win three consecutive championships, obviously not only on offense, Kobe and O'Neal, an outside gate and an inside gate, and the defensive linkage between the two is also very important.
Larry Hughes's singles now have to face Kobe's single defense and O'Neal's assisted defense, and in the face of this intensity of defense, the offense is naturally very difficult.
Richard watched Larry Hughes shoot and hit the iron, and the rebound was won by O'Neal, and then the Warriors were beaten into a wave of fast break by the Lakers.
Then, Larisius seemed to be caught in a strange circle of singles, and Larisius, who got the ball again, signaled his teammates to pull away, at this time several teammates who had a general relationship with Larisius were already a little dissatisfied, but the ball was in the hands of Larisius, and they could only follow Larisius's command to open up space for Larisius.
Larry Hughes' breakthrough failed again this time, and this time Kobe Bryant drew all his attention and pulled the ball out of Larry Hughes' hand when Larry Hughes started!
"Steal! The Lakers launched a fast break again! Kobe Bryant's pass! Rick Fox! He took his chance and scored a three-pointer! ”
"Beep beep~~!" Time out! Richard decisively called a timeout, Larry Hughes has obviously started to mess around, if he continues to let Larry Hughes single, the Warriors will not want to bite the score in this game.
"The Warriors called a timeout, and the timing of this timeout was a little strange, and the game had just begun." Don Coswell was a little surprised that Richard would make such a timeout, and in his heart, Richard shouted a timeout like this, and he attributed it to unprofessionalism.
However, Hubbie Brown gave a possible explanation: "Maybe Coach Richard Cohan thinks it's time to adjust." ”
"Time to adjust? No, Huby, you must be kidding, the game has just begun! ”
"Doon, you can think back to the waves of offense just now, Larry Hughes has been playing singles, singles and singles, which is obviously not in line with the Warriors' tactics, so Richard should be dissatisfied with Larry Hughes's performance!"
As if to prove Hubbie Brown's words, he came back from a timeout, and the Warriors made a change, with Michael Reid on the court and Larry Hughes off.
Doon Cosswell was silent, but after only a moment, he added, "Huby, do you think his substitution is reasonable?" The game has just begun, and Larry Hughes is the Warriors' No. 2 man, even if Larry Hughes started with the wrong play, he shouldn't be replaced directly, right? It's a bit rude. ”
Hubbie Brown shook his head: "Maybe what you said is right, but the head coach knows the team's affairs best, maybe Coach Richard Cohan thinks it's time to make a substitution, and it's to the point where you can't do it without substitution." ”
Hubby Brown's explanation made Dhorn Cowswell no longer bother with this problem, but Hubie Brown still didn't fully explain that the reason why Richard would directly replace Larry Hughes was that in the Warriors' tactics, Larry Hughes was redundant, and since Larry Hughes died himself, Richard would replace him with him.
Michael Reed came out, and the Warriors finally didn't have a player on the court who didn't fit the small-ball whirlwind tactics, and as soon as Michael Reed came out, he began to run without the ball.
"The Warriors' offense, Michael Reed, who has just come on the court, is very active, and his running makes Kobe Bryant have to follow the crazy run, hand to hand! Oh! Three points from Michael Reed! Entered! Three points! Michael Reed, who had just come on the court, contributed a three-pointer! ”
Off the court, Richard swung his fist hard, and when Michael Reed was on the court, the Warriors' small-ball whirlwind was perfect, because only the combination of Antoine Jamison and Michael Reed was the most threatening, and both of them were very accurate in the high post, and after finding their touch, they could shoot their opponents at any time.
Richard held his chin thoughtfully, "Maybe we should find more pitchers, you say?" Frank. ”
Frank Vogel nodded in agreement: "We should find more pitchers, and now in this Warriors team, the only shooters who can be regarded as pitchers are Michael Reed and Antoine Jamison." Devin George only has a three-pointer from the bottom corner; Ralph Alston's three-point timing is ineffective, although he can fire without blind spots when he is spiritual; There's also Kenny Thomas, who also has three points, but most of the time he can't be trusted, but luckily his mid-range shot is accurate. So to sum up, we're missing a real three-point shooter! ”
"Hey, when it comes to three-point shooters, I'd rather like a rookie next year, maybe he can make the best backcourt combination with Michael Reed."
"Who?" Frank Vogel was interested, he had worked in the NCAA before, and Richard was talking about an NCAA player, maybe he would be familiar with this player.
"Gilbert Arenas, University of Arizona guard."
"Oh, I know him, but he's a point guard, right? And his organization is not good, maybe not a good partner with Michael Reed, right? And his draft pick prediction is at the end of the lotto, and with our current record, it should be the early stage of the lotto, so it may be a bit wasteful to use him to pick him. Frank Vogel came up with a decent analysis.
Richard smiled mysteriously, could he say that Gilbert Arenas switched to point guard after entering the NBA? Can he say that Arenas will fall to the second round in the draft? Apparently not!
So he didn't dwell too much on the draft issue, but put his eyes back on the court, at this time, Michael Reed's play has made the Warriors' small-ball whirlwind tactics fully operational, Michael Reed and Antoine Jamison repeated the cooperation between the two, either Michael Reed shot, or Antoine Jamison shot, and sometimes split the ball to find better opportunities.
All in all, Michael Reed's appearance gave the Warriors more opportunities on the offensive end, but on the defensive end, they still had nothing to do with Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal, so the scores of the two teams on the court were very anxious.
"Michael Reed, another three-pointer! It was his third three-pointer in the first quarter after coming off the bench! ”
"Lakers' offense! The combination of Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal, Big Shark! Buckle! ”
"Antoine Jamison, very soft to the touch! This shot was successful! ”
"It's hard for us to imagine that the Lakers, who are second to the West in the West, were bitten by the Warriors, who are the bottom of the West, Michael Reed scored 9 points in a row, and in front of him, Kobe Bryant's defense that was once selected for the best defensive team seemed to disappear! It's incredible! Are we still looking at the Warriors, or the Lakers? ”
The first quarter ended quickly, at 29:28, the Warriors actually led by 1 point, and Michael Reed, who came off the bench for Larry Hughes, made a total of 5 three-point shots after coming on the court, hitting 3 of them, scoring 9 points in the first quarter, plus 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal, with a brilliant performance. Kobe Bryant, who was opposite him, only scored 11 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals, and in terms of performance, Michael Reed was actually a little equal to Kobe Bryant.
"The Warriors' rookie player Michael Reed played very well, and his three-point shooting reminded me of Ray Allen, who had pressed him to start, but he was too thin and weak, maybe the future will not be as bright as Ray Allen!" Hubbie Brown commented on Michael Reed, who had a strong first quarter.
And Doon Coswell, who was on the side, joked: "Too thin? Isn't it Reggie Miller? ”
Hubie Brown laughed: "Oh haha, maybe, they're just as skinny, but judging from the performance in the first quarter, Michael Reed doesn't seem to be very good with the ball, and he only seems to shoot threes!" ”
"No, Hubi, if you watch a little more of the Warriors' games, you will know, Michael Reed has the feel of a mid-range shot, and his breakthrough is not bad, so Michael Reed is a discovery of the Warriors, at this point, I still admire Richard Kohan, whether it is Ralph Alston or Michael Reed, or Devin George, Kenny Thomas, these young players he traded are playing well, maybe Richard Kehan is more suitable as the general manager of the team, rather than the head coach."
Because standing not far from the technical desk, Richard listened to Duon Coswell's words, he felt funny, maybe now the Warriors fans who booed him thought the same as Doon Coswell, they were unwilling to accept an unqualified head coach, but they were very recognized of what Richard did for the team, so when the first quarter of the game ended, Richard found that the boos against him in the arena were actually smaller.
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