Chapter 30: Learning from Your Opponents
Danthony also realized at this time that this Horn has damaged his tactical system too much, and this guy can interfere with all the key points of his offensive system, which is how annoying it is.
The Knicks' players were blocked from breaking through in a row, and they hit again, and they didn't make tactical adjustments, but it was very simple Since I couldn't break through, I threw three points directly, and Tony Douglas did just that, dribbling a step to the Hornets' half, and throwing a three-pointer directly without looking at my teammates.
This kind of offense with no routines at all is something that many teams want to avoid, but Dantoni doesn't care! Just let the players throw it like this, Tony Douglas is really this kind of player, let him follow a rule, he can't play at all, he throws it casually without rules, he really hit this time.
The Knicks relied on this unreasonable three-point to bring the difference back to 4 points. Ball is not a madman like Dantony, and although his coaching skills are average, at least he knows a little bit about defense.
Through the game, he saw that as long as the Knicks' offense appeared near the restricted area, Horn could basically prevent it, so that he could let the outside players pounce outside, and if they missed the basket, there would be someone to make up for it. If you let the outside players shrink back, you may let the Knicks shoot to death so unreasonably, after all, Dantony's team is famous for being unreasonable.
So Ball got up and yelled and let his team pounce on the three-pointers.
At Bauer's roar, the Hornets once again entered the offensive end, and the offense was still dominated by Thorton's side. This is also one reason why Horn has been criticized for not being able to catch up with Anthony at all, Horn does not have the ability to force the attack and cannot dominate the attack in the half. You can only score points by running and cutting in the air.
Thorton is a typical bench defender, with poor playmaking but outstanding offensive ability, using the cover of his teammates to shoot straight from the middle.
Thorton's chance was good, but the ball didn't go in! Dantony can't be a top coach, not just because he doesn't defend, but because he doesn't pay much attention to the details of the team. He didn't care about his players at all, and Randolph and Turyaf left a big hole for Horn under the basket, and although Horn couldn't grab the basketball in the back, he jumped over a little and pointed the basketball out at once.
Horn points out the basketball, and the old man Peja behind him picks up a rebound, and Peja takes a step out with the ball himself, opening up space to turn around and pass the ball to Horn under the basket.
Horn received the ball under the basket, and he didn't have confidence in fighting his body, so Horn could only catch the ball at the moment, turn around and walk, and become a three-threat position, holding the ball below the waist with both hands, and taking a small step forward with his right foot. After diverting Turiaf's attention, Horn immediately raised his hand naturally, put the shooting point of both hands behind his head, and shook his body with the strength of his waist and shoulders, and flew out with a little basketball on his wrist.
Horn's series of moves are all things he has been practicing desperately recently, and it is Anthony who Horn wants to chase after him.
Anthony is still very characteristic and simple and effective as a superstar, and Anthony is the best player in the league in terms of spying foot jumpers.
When he saw Horn make a move, Charles Barkley said, "It's a good move! ”
Before he could say anything, Horn's goal went in!
In the previous two games, Horn had a poor shooting percentage, but today Horn made 2 shots as soon as he played, which made everyone realize that Horn felt good today, and the Knicks were going to be in trouble.
Seeing that Horne feels good, Ball is not ready to roar, after all, the current situation of the Hornets is still based on winning, no matter what Horne's behavior is, as long as he can win, it is good.
Horn hit two balls in a row, and he felt it, and today his touch came back.
The reason why Horn's performance has fluctuated in the previous two games is because in order to better use the spying step jumper, Horn modified the initial point of the shot lower and placed it on the waist, and then put the final point of the shot further back in order to better close shot. It was a little bit of a modification of the moves that led to Horn's instability, and now Horn has finally found the feeling of a new move.
It was the Knicks' turn to attack, because Ball had previously arranged to pounce on the defense, and the Knicks had no chance to shoot and bird this time.
Gallinelli can only force his way through Peja, who is getting old! It's easy to be broken, and Gary Neri is a rare type of forward with three or four points, with three points and breakaways, both of which are very destructive, and can be said to be an upgraded version of the Kreza player before the Nuggets.
Seeing Gallinelli rushing up in a daze, Horn hurriedly came up from the side to help defend, but he didn't expect that Gallinelli pulled the ball behind Horn with a lever in the air, and threw a hook hand to send the basketball to the basket.
Horn's help defense was already very good, but he was still shot by Gallinelli.
The Knicks' home court finally remembered a burst of cheers, and the Knicks fans were very stingy, and the average performance did not move them.
Horn played very well, but still didn't let the score pull away, and the Knicks' clear tactics were suppressed, but they still relied on the player's individual play to bite the bullet. This shows that Dantony's approach of giving players more room to play is flawed, but it also has obvious benefits. Almost all players can be added to Dantony's system.
Dantony's seemingly large-scale coaching methods are actually not so easily defeated.
The Hornets re-attacked, Thorton and Belinelli played a cross-screen, and Horne boldly raised the post to respond.
Horn had made both shots before, and Belinelli also knew that Horn had a good hand and could pass the ball to Horn.
At this moment, Horn didn't dare Horn with the ball, he moved up quickly, Horn was not in a hurry to attack or pass the ball at this time, he first clicked and made a shooting feint, and then spied to the right side, Horn's step was not fast, but it still made Turyaf nervous, because according to the habit, after the spying step, it was a jump shot.
Just when Turyaf was staring at Horn's hands, Horn's body twisted, and he broke through from the left at once, passed Turyaf in one step, and then directly faced the empty blue, the Knicks' defense was not so tight.
Facing the empty blue Horn raised the basketball with both hands and slammed it into the basket!
"Bang dang!"
Horne only failed once defensively and immediately responded with a heavy dunk, and Horne scored six straight points in the first quarter to inject strong energy into the Hornets' bench lineup.
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