Chapter 64: Rasonestrovich's Progress

Back at home, the 8-5 Warriors faced the 9-4 Nets, led by Jason Kidd, Kenyon Martin and Keith Van Horne, who were the out-and-out powerhouses in the East.

Richard still fielded the same lineup as in the previous games, and Rasso Nesterovic has gradually found his form, although he was abused by the Lakers in the last game, but it was also a kind of exercise.

With the progress of the last two battles, Richard naturally wants to maintain his current style of play.

And after the big win over the Knicks in the last game, Lasso Nesterovic seemed to have found his senses, and then faced the Lakers with unwavering confidence.

But against the Lakers, Shaquille O'Neal needed only two quarters to break down the confidence that Lasso Nesterovic had not easily built.

And in this game, against the Nets, Richard still let Lasso Nestrovic appear in the starters, which made Rassonestrovic suddenly moved.

The Warriors have not played well during this period, although they still maintain an 8-5 record, but you must know that this period of the Warriors' schedule has been very easy for the whole season. And it was such an easy schedule, and the Warriors still lost a lot of games.

If you sum it up, all the slightly stronger teams that the Warriors have encountered during this time, the Warriors have lost, and the ones they have won are bad teams like the Trail Blazers, Knicks, and Grizzlies.

Rasso Nestrovic felt that the Warriors could have won at least a few of those games without him, such as the two against the Raptors.

After all, whether it's Danny Fortson or Chris Anderson, they all played pretty well, especially Danny Fortson, who was simply another Ben Wallace, or Dennis Rodman, at a certain time.

And now, Richard still trusts him and still puts him in the starting position, Rasso Nestrovic feels that he should work hard, whether he has confidence or not, Rasso Nestrovic has to work hard to meet the difficulties.

In this game, against the Nets, a strong team with a 9-4 record, Lasso Nesterovic really wanted to win, he didn't want to lose all the time, he didn't want to win even a strong team in the games he started.

As soon as the game began, Rasso Nesterovic was looking for what it was like to play the Knicks, to be in the high post.

Although he still didn't feel like a fish in water in that game, at least he played well.

Then in the game against the Nets, the Warriors still regarded the opponent as a sparring opponent and slowly practiced their tactics.

In these few games, the team's progress has allowed Richard to see the dawn of success, which has also strengthened Richard's determination to stick to this style of play.

Lasso Nesterovic responded with a high post and then four players on the court who could shoot from any position, Chauncey Billups, Michael Reed, Jerry Starhouse and Antoine Jamison.

Off the court, Richard looked at the center on the Nets' side, holding his chin thoughtfully.

Todd Marcolocchi, a tall man of 2.13 meters, a Canadian, is in a similar situation to Rasso Nesterovic, both in his first season as a main player, and his stats and strength are between half main and half substitute.

However, Richard knows that the Nets have been insulated from excellent centers since they traded for Shawn Bradley in 1997 until they drafted Brook Lopez in 2008.

Therefore, Richard is still not too worried about the strength of Todd Marcolocchi, at least Rasonestrovich, who has found his form, can completely blow up the Canadian.

Richard still wants to win this game, he studied the Nets in detail before the game, whether it is the Nets' offense or defense, Richard has his own set of coping strategies.

In this game, the Warriors' tactics were still high-level strategies, plus blocking and pick-and-roll tactics. However, unlike in previous games, Antoine Jamison was more out of the box, along with Chauncey Billups, who reduced the number of attacks with the ball at Richard's behest.

The reason for this change is that Byron Scott's team is average defensively and relies more on man-to-man defense.

Richard knew that Byron Scott had led the Hornets to play the league's best defense, but in three and a half seasons in New Jersey, Byron Scott's tactics were more offensive and defensive balance, and this season was more offensive.

It has to do with the fact that the Nets don't have any good interior players, they have a strong perimeter line, Jason Kidd, Kerry Kittels, Keith Van Horn and rookie Richard Jefferson, but there is only one Kenyon Martin on the inside.

On the defensive end, Antoine Jamison is on the outside again, so that when the Warriors attack, the Nets' interior line is almost undefended, and this pull directly destroys the Nets' defense.

The reason why Richard thought of such an offensive arrangement is also to talk about the experience he has summed up after watching the ball for more than ten years.

Richard found that any team that can play strong defense must have a super defensive interior line, or the overall strength of the interior line.

For example, the Magic in the '07-12 season, the Magic with Dwight Howard were always able to play high-intensity defense. There is also the Celtics who played the 07-10 season known as the strongest defense in history, and the Celtics who had Kendrick Perkins and Kevin Garnett at that time were also quite strong inside, and their opponent at that time, the Lakers, also had the little shark Andrew Bynum on the inside.

Even the Bulls in the 10-12 season, who played a regular season record that suppressed the Heat, relied on Joaki Noah and Taki Gibson on the inside for their iron-blooded defense.

There's also Byron Scott, who has built a strong defense with the Hornets backed by healthy Tyson Chandler and David West.

So at the end of the day, defense needs to be built around interior players, and when the Warriors scrap the Nets' interior line, Byron Scott, even if he arranges defense, it doesn't make a difference.

In this environment, Richard is still very much looking forward to Rasonestrovic's performance, because after Richard's adjustment, Lasonestrovich is not facing a lot of defensive pressure.

The game went on quickly, and the Warriors' home commentators, Doon Coswell and Bill Walton, were no longer surprised that Rasonestrovic could start in a row, and Bill Walton could see that Richard was going to train Rasonestrovich with an iron heart.

And Doon Coswell has always explained Richard's intention to play like this, and over time it also made Bill Wharton understand a little, and Bill Walton, who was also a center when he was a player, gradually discovered the power of the center's tactics, and he even began to change his words.

"I have to say that if I had played this set of tactics, the Warriors would have stood at the top of the West or even the top of the league, but unfortunately, the Warriors only Rasonestrovich could play such a set of tactics!"

"I wonder now why no one came up with such a tactic when I was playing. Of course, of course, we also had a center-forward strategy at that time, but like this, well...... Let the center be more than just a bridgehead for passing...... Rather, it also serves as a lubricant in the offense...... The center can also be a point of threat in this set of tactics, well, this set of tactics should be designed for an All-Star center, not a role player! ”

"So, who exactly is this tactic designed for Richard?"

[The recent update is a bit slow, mainly busy, some time ago I took the driver's license, and I was finally busy, and I have to be busy changing my thesis these days, and my feet are no longer touching the ground. 】