In San Antonio, Texas, although spring has arrived, but the weather is still very cold, Greg Popovich trotted into his office from outside the door, and then rubbed his hands vigorously.

Looking up, Popovich was stunned for a moment, and there was already a white middle-aged man sitting in the office: "Hey, Mike, why are you in my office?" ”

Mike Budenholzer, the coach in charge of tactics on Popovich's coaching staff, quickly raised his head when he heard Popovich's voice: "Ah! Greg, you're finally here! Did you read today's newspaper? ”

Popovich quickly shook his head: "Of course not!" You know I never read that-stuff! ”

"Okay, okay, if I forgot, then you can take a look, come! Take a look at the headlines in all the newspapers today! Mike Budenholzer immediately held up a large stack of newspapers in his hand.

Popovich squinted his eyes and leaned in: "Be careful! The bug team is here! ”

"And this one!" Mike Budenholzer immediately flipped over.

Popovich continued to watch: "The transformation of the worst team is only due to a set of bug tactics? ”

"Tut-tut! These media really like to blow nonsense! After reading these titles, Popovich shook his head and sighed. How? Mike, you're not going to believe what the media says, are you? ”

Popovich turned his head to look at Mike Budenholzer, and when he saw Mike Budenholzer's serious expression, he chuckled inwardly, and then shouted, "Hey, Mike, I need your explanation!" ”

Then Mike Budenholzer explained with his serious expression: "Greg, what the media said is true, so look at this data!" Mike Budenholzer pulled a magazine called ESPN Basketball World from a pile of newspapers and magazines, flipped to a page, and handed it to Popovich.

Popovich's eyes were a little presbyopia, he squinted his eyes to read the report, he didn't say anything for a long time, knowing that he saw a set of data, he couldn't help but read it: "In 10 games, through bug blocking and pick-and-roll tactics, an average of 38.2 empty spots can be obtained per game, and according to research, the average number of offenses per team per game in the NBA this season is only 80.45, which shows the perversion of this set of tactics." And Antoine Jamison and Michael Reed alone can get 18.5 excellent shots per game through cooperation, and these 18.5 shots only account for 48% of the team! And Antoine Jamison and Michael Reed got 18.5 shots through the combination, and they can hit an average of 16.65 of them per game, with a shooting rate of up to 90%! ”

After reading this set of data, Rao is Greg Popovich couldn't help but gasp!

Seeing Popovich's expression, Mike Budenholzer's expression was also very solemn, and he said coldly: "I've seen it, their blocking is really smart, I watched the game they played against the Lakers, if it wasn't for Kobe Bryant's god-level performance, the Lakers would have lost that game." Their pick-and-roll is different from the Jazz in that they win time and space through multiple pick-and-rolls and fast movement......"

Greg Popovich was silent for a moment, he seemed to think about something, and only then asked: "By moving fast?" And how many pick-and-rolls? Moving quickly requires too much energy on the offensive end, and there are multiple pick-and-rolls, doesn't that mean they need to pull out on the inside? And what about their defense? Isn't it gone? ”

"That's right, they're very poor defensively, that's why they lost to the Lakers, and I was about to say that if the Warriors can still juggle their defense, then they're unimaginably strong."

Greg Popovich nodded, then asked, "Do you have the latest video of the Warriors?" Let's take a look. ”

……

Several Spurs coaches squeezed into a small video room, the video room played the Warriors' latest game against the Pistons, on the way to watch the game, the coaches will naturally discuss some issues, especially the Spurs' group of coaches, if you say that in terms of coach strength, the Spurs' group of coaches should be the highest quality and strongest in the league.

But the real discussion took place after watching the game......

"The Warriors' tactics are a bit of European basketball." The first to speak was a gray-haired veteran coach who was a veteran of the Spurs coaching staff.

And his words aroused the agreement of another assistant coach: "That's right, the quick transfer of the ball and the cover, it does mean a bit of European basketball, we have been studying European basketball in the past few seasons, but we didn't expect the Warriors to come ahead of us." It's just that fortunately, the Warriors' tactics have not yet reached the discipline of the Europeans, otherwise the league would really have to rise an offensive powerhouse. ”

Mike Budenholzer listened to the words of these two people, and suddenly asked: "Isn't the Warriors' tactics good enough?" ”

The white-haired old coach in the coach smiled: "Of course it's not enough, if you look closely at the Warriors' tactics, the shortcomings are still obvious, first of all, they don't have the kind of soft passing that European basketball has, but European basketball has a one-handed pass in five positions, and they just can shoot in the middle distance or even outside the three-point line in every position." ”

Another coach also chimed in: "In fact, the most important point is that European tactics are not so easy to deploy in the NBA, otherwise we would have used them a long time ago, in the final analysis, the Warriors are just using a skin, and if you want to deal with this tactic, it is still very simple, we only need to wrap the key players of the Warriors." ”

After listening to the coach's words, Popovich suddenly laughed as if he thought of something, and then nodded: "Amy is right, in the final analysis, the Warriors' lineup is still a little worse, as long as we focus on Michael Reid or Antoine Jamison in the game, the Warriors' efficient blocking and pick-and-roll tactics will be greatly reduced." ”

After Popovich said this, he breathed a sigh of relief as if he had untied some knot.

But what he didn't know was that Richard, who was far away in Oakland, had already begun a second transformation of the Warriors.

"How? Frank, are you sure you can maximize your defense like this? Richard took a tactical board and humbly asked Frank Vogel, who made him not study defensive tactics when he was a fan!

Frank Vogel looked at the defensive running charts drawn by Richard, but shook his head with a wry smile: "Maybe...... Maybe that's possible, right? Alas! You know, Richard, I've only listened to a little bit of Tabby Smith's tactical lessons, and there are some things I still don't quite understand. ”

Richard was helpless, he thought for a while and said: "It doesn't matter if you don't understand it, let's set up the defensive system first, practice first this season, and wait until next season, I'll find a defensive master to come over, and then give us a transformation, now, we can only use this set of defensive tactics first, which can be regarded as improving the team's tactical literacy, right?!" ”

Frank Vogel nodded helplessly, he took the tactics board from Richard's hand, and began to draw some basic defensive position maps.

Richard, on the other hand, stood aside, his thoughts drifting into the distance, wondering what defensive masters he could dig up.

"This season is almost over, and it is estimated that the Warriors will be ranked twelve or thirteen in the West, so it's time to prepare for next season!"

[Today's third update, the main plot of this half season has been written, and then we have to speed up the progress to end the content of this season, and then it's the new season, the new season will be drafted, traded, free agents will be signed, and a Warrior who can at least become a dark horse, I have to think about it, of course, if you have any ideas, you can also put them forward. 】