97. Princeton
Rashid and Divac jumped to grab the ball, and Billups grabbed the ball that was photographed, and said with a smile: "I can finally take the initiative in the opening game." ”
What exists in the NBA is useful, such as the jump ball. For teams with obvious differences in strength and weakness, the role of the jump ball is still small, and for teams with similar strength, especially in key battles, who grabs the jump ball means who grabs the opportunity. For the battle of Tianwang Mountain, where every ball counts, the first goal represents the initiative on the court, and the winning side of the jump ball also gets the first ball in the crucial fourth quarter, which is important.
Smart guards always want to be able to partner with a competitive interior lineman, not just in scoring and rebounding, but wherever he is needed.
Rashid didn't get into the box and instead roamed around the free-throw line, and Divac had to keep up with him because the guy was even more of a threat in the high post than in the low post.
In the open space on the inside, Waben cut into the box from the right wing, Billups handed the ball to him in time, and all four of Waben's teammates, including Rashid, withdrew, leaving him alone on the inside Webb.
If someone had told Webb before the All-Star Game that Ben Wallace was going to singled him on the inside, he would have laughed out loud and taunted the person who said it was crazy. But today, when Wabben leaned on him to get the ball, Webb immediately got nervous, and in the past month, Wabeen has entered the ranks of top interior attackers with an average of 20+ results per game.
Before the game, Brown had already told him how to beat Webb. Today's Webber is not the leader of the Michigan Five Tigers, he has just returned from injury, and his conservative and crushing knee has made him no longer as strong as he used to be.
Huaben got the ball and hit it back, Webber smartly expected that the opponent would come to this move, so he quickly retreated half a step, who knew that he moved, Huaben immediately turned around, he used his strong shoulders to resist Webber, grabbed the ball with his right hand, and crossed the body in a small way, throwing the ball to the hoop.
The Pistons opened the scoring and the fans screamed loudly, led by DJs, shouting, "Defend, defend..."
Bibby received Webb's serve and waved his teammates to quickly go to the front court to settle down. Under Huaben's expectant gaze, the famous Princeton campaign began.
As we all know, among the many tactics in the NBA, the first push is the run-and-gun and Princeton, in which the run-and-gun pursues a fast pace, fast passing, fast shooting and fast scoring, and Padding played this kind of game in front of the Chicagoans in the last game. And what about Princeton? Princeton's pursuit is to look fast, cut fast, misalign quickly, and let the most reasonable shots shoot the basketball, rather than run and shoot the best players to score.
Here are two brief words about the Princeton tactic, the reason why the tactic is so named is related to Princeton University, in fact, this is a tactic set by Princeton University head coach Pete Carell for the team. At that time, his team had no stars, no potential players, and was bound to lose every battle, which was dismal.
As a result, the clever Karel took advantage of the players' rigorous individual names and flexible minds to adopt a new style of play, he let the players use the running and covering, constantly cut into the air, create open shots and open the back door and other easy scoring opportunities, and then the players who are open or misplaced will score.
That said, Princeton's system is all about creating simple offensive opportunities through constant running, air cuts, and screens.
In fact, this is nonsense, any kind of tactic, requires players to create this kind of attacking opportunity, and the reason why Princeton is effective is that it elevates the position of the interior line, allowing the interior players to stand in the high post and organize the strategy, and use excellent vision to move the ball in time.
Princeton does not require a single superstar or breakthrough master in the team, this kind of person is an obstacle to this tactic, it needs five players who can organize offense, can like to pass, and can shoot, to be honest, this is even stricter than the run-and-gun tactics, so after the creation of this tactic for many years, the NBA has not had a coach to adopt this style of play, because the NBA not only wants to win, but also the box office, but also superstars, and which superstar is willing to share the right to shoot with his teammates? Except for the Organizational Guard.
It wasn't until the Kings traded for Divac from the Trail Blazers, signed Chris Webb, met Christie, a couple of quick-witted, well-rounded players, and later white chocolate, that Adelman had the foresight to apply the Princeton system to the Kings and it was a great success.
Bibby, who replaced white chocolate as the new engine of the Kings, played rhythmically, he slowly walked through the halfcourt, Webb quickly turned out from the corner position to receive the ball, and as soon as he got the ball, the Princeton system officially started to work, and the playmaking center appeared.
When Webb got the ball, there was a sudden round of applause, Huaben was stunned, and then heard the cheers of "Michigan's FabFive", the Michigan Five Tigers, even if they came to Detroit as enemies, but the old Michigan fans still gave Webber a warm applause, thanking him for everything he did for Michigan in college.
Bibby shook off the ball and quickly ran to the bottom corner to open up space, while Christie and Peja pulled out from the baseline and made cross-screens around Webb's axis, looking for open space and suitable opportunities for air cuts. Divac moved quickly in the box and, despite his constant runs, always kept in touch with Webber and was always on hand for as long as he wanted to.
Prince quietly followed Peja against the sharpshooter, and the little prince finally showed his power on the defensive end, he was like a piece of gummy, no matter how Peja ran, he stuck to the back, so that he had no chance to misplace. Hamilton is also trying to chase Christie, and the Masked Man is not afraid to run, so Christie is also unlucky when he runs into him.
After several consecutive runs and no one could find a shot, Webb seemed to be going to play alone, and when he saw this scene, Hua Ben immediately half-squatted down. As a result, Brown anxiously shouted on the sideline: "Let him single, let him single!" Ben, pass the ball carefully! Don't let him pass the ball! ”
There's a saying in Princeton that says big guys always get the ball from small guys, but it's always the big guys who pass subtle assists.
Webber verifies this, and as soon as Wabben crouches down, Divac suddenly runs sideways and shakes off Rashid to the left flank. Webber seemed to have known that he was going to do this, and without even looking at it, he shook his hand and threw the ball over and passed it directly to Divac.
Billups ran after Bibi and hurriedly pushed to Divac's side, Bibi was empty, and Divac immediately passed the ball. Billups didn't even get a clear pass from Divac before Bibby got the ball and he was in line with Rashid.
Seeing this, Brown shook his head with a wry smile and sat back on the bench. It turns out that the old coach still has a very unique vision, facing the defensive titan Rashid, Bibby shook his body violently, and the basketball quickly moved between his two hands through his crotch, directly stunting Rashid.
Tricking Rashid away, Bibby made a jumper under the basket and scored two points easily.
Rashid picked up the basketball and slapped it hatefully, being played by a small man, Tianzun, who had always been arrogant, was angry, he wanted to roar something with the ball, but then shook his head, and swallowed back the words that roared to his throat.
Huaben stepped forward and patted Rashid's buttocks, blinked his left eye and said, "Next ball, Rashid, give our fans some gifts." ”
Rashid was stunned for a moment, then laughed and said, "I can't ask for it! ”
Billups heard Wabben's words, and as soon as Rashid was in position on the inside, he immediately passed the ball in.
Seeing Rashid get the ball, Divac hurriedly stuck to it, and then kept moving his two hands between Tianzun's back and waist and abdomen, it is conceivable that this will not be a caress.
Rashid held the ball above his head and waved his arms vigorously, but Crawford immediately stared at his eyes, the meaning is very clear, boy, if you dare to swing your elbow and play small tricks, you will die. In other words, Rashid has always been a thorn in the side of the referee.
But Tianzun has a lot of attacking methods, he resisted Divac's inconvenience, and began to eat the black man with force, hitting backwards regularly, and slowly approaching the basket.
Seeing this, Webber, who was also on the inside, leaned over and quickly stretched out his hand to cut off Rashid.
Seeing this, Rashid hurriedly took the ball back, but fortunately he was quick enough to almost let Webb get his way. Even if he didn't get robbed, it wouldn't be good, because Webb and Divac formed a trap on him.
"Ben!" Tianzun roared and threw the ball from the top of his head to Hua Ben, seeing this, Brown waved his fist fiercely, and couldn't help but shout: "Good job, Rashid!" ”
Huaben got the ball and yelled, thinking about his empty jumper, Webb was startled, and hurriedly turned back to chase Huaben. Divac estimated that Webber was out of position, so he went to the front to make up for the defense, and the old man always acted neatly, and actually went around in front of Rashid.
As soon as Divac got out of the way, Waben jumped up with a thud and shook his wrist vigorously, and the basketball flew over Webb's head.
"Rebound!" Webb, who jumped in the air and couldn't block it, shouted, and Divac turned around, only to see the basketball flying in front of him.
"it's a pass!" Divac shouted helplessly, yes, it was a pass, Huaben passed the ball back to Rashid, who received the ball and turned around, there was no one in front of him, he jumped up with the ball and came to a Tianzun dunk.
Brown raised his head and swung his fist hard, the expression on his face was ecstatic, and the two Wallaces finally released their suspicions!
The Kings were unfazed by the opposition's beautiful combination, and although the strength of the team began to decline due to the aging of the players, the overall psychological quality of this team was stronger.
Bibby wanted to get the ball forward quickly, changing his previous slow offense, swinging towards the Pistons' half like a fast knife, Divac ran very fast, he immediately got the ball as soon as he entered the box, and there was no doubt that it was Princeton again!
Don't underestimate this monotonous tactic, Princeton is ever-changing in practical application and has amazing lethality. Especially when Webber and Divac take turns to be the pivot, the Kings' three outside players will be completely freed up, and they only need to constantly do cross-screens and air-cut runs around the two of them to get endless offensive opportunities.
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