Chapter 37: Slash Z Tactics
With two big hats in a row, the momentum of the Warriors immediately rose.
The arena is like a battlefield, morale is a strange thing, if you believe in it, then with its help you are invincible; But if you don't believe in it, it's dispensable.
But a championship team attaches great importance to morale, and some people call it the 'team soul', such as the Celtics' Green Army Soul and the Lakers' Purple Gold Soul.
Chamberlain's tough attitude on the inside is a sign of the Warriors' morale direction, they are a bunch of tough guys, and they will not give in no matter what happens.
Once the momentum came out, the game became a one-sided trend, and in the rest of the first quarter, the Warriors became more and more courageous, making the fans in the Amway Center arena lose their voices for a while!
First, Ellis stole Howard's single ball against Chamberlain, dribbled the ball to the front court alone, stepped into the three-point line and made a pull-up jump shot, hitting two points, thus washing away Howard's block humiliation.
Then Turkoglou missed from distance, Chamberlain easily grabbed the rebound, and the Warriors' group of birdmen launched a fast break again, and Chamberlain came with a long ball and accurately delivered the ball to Jackson. Martial Saint got this ball and took Tekoglu to a split dunk, and it became 2+1.
The success of the ball made Jackson's heart flutter, and he even went so far as to return to the half court to bump Chamberlain's chest.
The morale of the Warriors was so high that Dafan was overwhelmed, and as soon as Jackson scored the ball, he immediately called a timeout.
Da Fan still has a good set of tactics, and after the timeout, Howard and Nelson Jr. made a block, and Nelson Jr. broke through Chamberlain, attracted the latter's attention, and then had an aerial relay with Howard. Howard finally ate the dumplings, and after the dunk, he slapped his chest vigorously, and he was inexplicably excited.
Ten seconds later, Ellis burst into the box to attract Howard's defense, flicked the ball to the rebound, and Chamberlain also made a violent dunk.
Since then, the firepower of both sides has been opened, you come and go, for a while, the long-distance throw continues, three points of rain all over the sky, and of course, the sound of striking iron is also non-stop.
The reason why both sides kept throwing from distance was because the box was locked, and Chamberlain and Howard were excellent defensive masters, and both turned their own penalty areas into no-fly zones. Now the two of them are indeed quite similar, both are super strong in defense and dismal in offensive firepower, as long as they leave the one-acre three-point land under the basket, the threat of both of them is almost none, and they also know this, so they focus on defense and defend their team's restricted area.
In this way, when the penalty area cannot be breached, the players of both teams become goalscorers, and there are very few attacks on the interior except for fast breaks.
This made the two head coaches anxious, old Nelson and Da Fan were extremely short-tempered, and when they saw their subordinates actually hitting the outside line, both of them had red eyes: "Give me an attack on the inside, hit their penalty area, and you must break their penalty area!" ”
Who doesn't know that the closer you get to the hoop, the easier it is to score? But the problem is that now Chamberlain and Howard are also red-eyed, as long as they rush in, there is a high chance that they will be directly turned out, Durin is a living example, the bloody scene before, it is very uncomfortable to recall, let alone experience it yourself.
At the end of the first quarter, Chamberlain received a full eight rebounds, all of them were full of real gold, in addition to contributing three blocks and six points, Ellis, Azubuke and Jackson each passed him a ball, and he turned it into a score, which was amazingly efficient!
Of course, the reason why Chamberlain's efficiency is so high is because he is very good at lifting, and he only reaches out to ask for the ball when Howard is completely shaken off in the vacancy, otherwise with his current level of attack, it will be difficult to score under Howard's key defense.
The same is true of Howard, who has become even more unsightly with his already rough offensive approach under Chamberlain's watch, outscoring Chamberlain in points and scoring 7 points, but missing one rebound to Chamberlain, 7 rebounds, and only one block.
Judging from the data, it was Howard who lost, and from the perspective of actual combat, it was about the same. You know, Chamberlain is just a rookie, and only a rookie who signed a ten-day contract, but what about Howard? The NBA champion of the 04 level, the boss of the Magic team, and the All-Star center......
Dafan was quite dissatisfied with his performance, so after the start of the second quarter, the Magic changed their tactics and began to play to their strengths.
What are the advantages of magic? That is, they have a group of high-quality shooters who shoot all over the three-point line, whether it is Lewis, Turkoglou, Nelson Jr. or the new Marcus Evans, all of whom have good mid-to-long-range shooting skills.
So after the start of the second quarter, the Warriors were caught off guard, leading by four points from 29:25 in the first quarter, and were tied by the opponent at once, and the game was tied at 34:34.
The Magic's long-range shooting made Nelson Sr. feel threatened, he didn't blindly choose to attack against offense, in fact, he has this confidence, because what coach in the league dares to claim to be more proficient than Nelson Sr. than offense?
Old Nelson didn't choose to attack against attack, but chose to attack!
Nima dares to play small-ball tactics in front of Lao Tzu, Da Fan, you are blinded by lard, right? After four minutes in the second quarter, Nelson Sr. immediately replaced Chamberlain and Azubuuk and replaced them with Biedrins and Belinelli, reverting to last season's standard lineup of small-ball tactics, and it was a pity that there was not enough Davis missing.
So a wonderful attack battle was staged in the Amway Center, the two sides projected vigorously, as if the basketball was hot, as long as the half of the court, no one refused to put the basketball in their hands for an extra second, no projection opportunity to pass the ball, and the game will definitely end within ten seconds.
In this way, the Magic team has the advantage, Howard is still on the court, and the defensive deterrent is still there, but the Warriors are without Chamberlain, and the defensive intensity has dropped a lot all of a sudden, and the interior line is about to be beaten into a sieve.
At the end of the first half, the Warriors' lead was like Tang Woxue, which disappeared cleanly, and instead fell behind by double digits at 60-72.
The lack of defense made the shooters on both sides play out of state, and one by one it seems that a missile precise positioning system is installed in their hands, and the accuracy makes Chamberlain's saliva flow.
For the team's double-digit backwardness, the old Nelson didn't care, even if the team was leading in the first quarter, he was anxious like an ant on the lid, as long as the team made a mistake in qualifying, he would scold, but now the team is so far behind, he is still smiling, and seems to be very satisfied with the player's performance.
At halftime, Jackson and his gang were all frightened, for fear of being scolded by old Nelson, but the old man smiled and said with a lovely smile: "Good job, boys, we have to change our tactics in the second half, it's time to make Orlando suffer a little!" ”
"How do you change tactics? Is it a three-point rain? "Ellis is just this urine, rubbing his nose and face is gone.
Old Nelson glanced at him with a swish, gritted his teeth, and said, "Wrong, it's DefendsOfNellieBall!" ”
As he spoke, he waved his hand, and the lineup almost changed: "Z, Barnes, Jackson, Petrus and Azubuke, you should have strength now, right?" ”
Chamberlain stood up with a 'whoosh' and howled: "I don't have anything on my body now, but I have strength!" ”
Old Nelson smiled slightly and said, "Okay, you guys will play for me, and after you play, you will increase your defense." When it's time to attack, push forward as fast as you can, Azubuuk is in charge of pushing, Z to the inside and then hand him the ball and let him distribute it, understand? ”
Hearing this, a group of people looked at each other and shook their heads blankly. Understand Mao, Chamberlain is a big center, his task has always been to cover and block and grab rebounds, and occasionally score two points to take advantage of the emptiness of the inside, this time he will directly attack, isn't it a joke?
Nelson Sr. didn't explain, he just smiled, took out the tactics board and began to explain the several sets of tactics that the players were going to perform in the second half.
At the start of the second half, the atmosphere was hot, and the Magic's big lead made the fans in the Amway Center enthusiastic, they roared and roared as if they had been beaten with blood, and the jerseys of Howard, Turkoglou, Lewis and others flew around the audience like battle flags.
The Magic's lineup was also switched, with JJ Redick on the floor, and the other four were Howard, Turkoglou, Lewis and Nelson Jr.
The first ball was for the Magic, and Nelson Jr. subconsciously passed the ball to Tekoglou after halftime, and the crazy attack in the first half gave him the illusion that it was an offensive battle today, no one was defending, and he could pass the ball at will.
Barnes, who had been on the bench for half the court, showed his power as the basketball flew towards Tekoglu, and he pounced like a wild dog, first secretly giving his opponent an elbow and seizing the opportunity to grab the ball.
Barnes dribbled the ball quickly across the halfcourt, Chamberlain went inside to stand still, and the basketball immediately fell into his hands.
Chamberlain jumped up to get the ball and slammed it into Howard, knocking the opponent out of a gap and killing him towards the basket. However, his dribbling level was average, and the speed of the ball was too slow, and Howard immediately chased after him.
However, Chamberlain's previous breakthrough had already attracted Lewis's reinforcement, and the moment he let go of Jackson, Chamberlain immediately passed the ball in.
Jackson was right under the basket when he got the ball, and without saying a word, it was a one-handed dunk, and after the dunk was successful, he roared wildly and roared: "It's so cool, Z, you deserve to be my brother Wow!" ”
This is just the beginning, the offense and defense switch again, the Warriors suddenly increased the defensive intensity, the Magic team did not adapt, Lewis missed the outside single shot, Chamberlain pressed the Monster to grab the rebound, and threw it to Azubuke to run to the front court together.
Chamberlain seemed to have a clockwork pendulum on his feet, and he was running fast, clearly heading for the hoop.
Howard was taken aback and hurriedly pursued behind, but he had already played two quarters in a row, and his physical strength inevitably declined a little, while Chamberlain rested for half a quarter plus halftime time, and his physical strength was very full, throwing off Howard and entering the restricted area, receiving a pass from Azubuike, and turning around to play a trick dunk.
The Warriors chased four points in a row, and the Magic team was suddenly in chaos, but the house leak happened to rain overnight, and it was not a wise move for Nelson Sr. to replace Redick on the court, the NCAA super king was too elegant, and he was very uncomfortable in the face of the Warriors' gang of hooligans, and conceded two balls on him in succession, and the Warriors launched a fast break, and unsurprisingly cut down another four points.
Van Gundy couldn't sit still, and he had to call a timeout just over two minutes into the second half.
Facing the anxious gaze of his players, Da Fan took a deep breath and waved his hand: "Listen to me, boys, next, we have to carry out a new tactic, cut Z tactic!" ”