Chapter 38: "The Old Fox"
Called a timeout, and while the players on the field walked to the sideline for a short time, PJ Callesimo's brain was spinning rapidly, thinking about how to respond. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
In a high-level professional game like the NBA, the situation on the court changes too quickly, and there is not much time for the coach to think during the game, so the ability to adapt is not important.
Callesimo was also frustrated that he should have made an adjustment a round earlier, but he naturally couldn't bring such emotions to his players, so as soon as the players came to the sidelines, he immediately explained his adjustment plan so that the players could feel that everything was under control of the coaching staff.
"Keith, come on for Brooke, Gerrard, you go defend that rookie. ”
Callesimo made two changes, replacing Brook Lopez with experienced swingman Keith Bogans in order to cope with the Spurs' big four-small lineup. In this period, Lopez's offensive effect on the court was not very good, and on the defensive end, because he moved too slowly, he suffered too much against a large and small lineup like the Spurs, and he looked very embarrassed on the court.
Bogans is a seasoned veteran who has excellent defensive prowess and a three-point hand and is one of the Nets' main rotation players on the perimeter.
And for the sake of insurance, Callesimo also adjusted to use Gerard Wallace to play against Li Yang, Wallace has excellent physical fitness, defensive ability is stronger than Bogans, and is the defensive core of the team's inside and outside.
Obviously, Li Yang's lethality in the past few rounds still made him have some scruples, and in the face of Li Yang, a spur surprise soldier who suddenly appeared, when he couldn't figure out what Li Yang's situation was, Callesimo hoped to use Wallace's personal ability to help the team stabilize the situation.
"Gerrard, watch his break, Chris, watch protect the inside......"
After the adjustment, Callesimo specially told Wallace and Humphries, obviously, Li Yang has been attacking the inside line in these rounds so that Callesimo can also see some signs.
There's one more thing Callesimo hasn't said, and that is that he can't give Li Yang too much space on the outside, but he believes Wallace's experience won't make such a mistake.
Callesimo was arranging the defense against Li Yang on this side, and on the other side, Li Yang's expression was a little strange at this time.
After the referee blew the whistle, Li Yang walked to the sideline with his teammates, and was punched hard by Danny Green, and after coming to the sidelines, his teammates on the court also praised him.
"Yang, well done. Head coach Popovich said a rare word of encouragement at this time, but then Li Yang heard a word that made him stunned.
"Let's take a break, Burrys, play. ”
Hearing Popovich's words, Li Yang's initial reaction was that Popovich was teasing himself and talking back, and he was praising himself just now, why did he replace himself again, you must know that he only played on the court for two minutes.
Next, Li Yang thought about it, did he do something bad on the field to make the old man unhappy, after thinking about it, no, he strictly implemented tactics on the field, to attack and attack, to defend and defend, all three offensive tactics were played, and 6 points were scored in 2 minutes.
Then, when Popovich began to lay out his tactics, Li Yang figured out why Popovich did this, and then he sighed from the bottom of his heart.
High!
There is no doubt that Li Yang's performance just now is extremely eye-catching, although Li Yang did not listen to the Nets' tactics, but he can also think that the Nets will definitely make some tactical adjustments for themselves at this time.
But at this time, Popovich suddenly substituted himself off the field, so what would happen?
The Nets' tactical arrangement will be completely frustrated, this timeout is equivalent to a white call, and more importantly, Popovich is arranging new tactics in a targeted manner, if the Nets adjust as Popovich guessed, it is equivalent to completely falling into Popovich's routine.
Now the difference between the two teams is 7 points, as long as the Spurs' new tactics are played in one or two rounds, it is not impossible for the difference to widen to double digits, on the contrary, there is a high probability of this.
Thinking of this, Li Yang's face became extremely strange, he suddenly wanted to see the timeout end at this time, because he couldn't wait for the game to start, although he couldn't play, Li Yang still wanted to see how the Nets adjusted.
In Li Yang's anticipation, the referee blew the whistle for the end of the timeout, and under Popovich's deliberate delay, the Spurs players walked slowly onto the court after the Nets players came on the court.
After arranging the strategy, PJ Callesimo stood on the sideline with his hands folded on his chest, ready to see how effective his adjustment would be this time, but when he saw the Spurs fall into the half-court defensive lineup, he was stunned.
What happened to the Spurs' No. 19?
Callesimo looked at the court with a surprised expression, just now the Spurs' young No. 19 was very active on the court, and it was precisely because of his appearance that the difference between the two teams widened to 7 points, and the Spurs actually replaced him?
In addition to his surprise, Callesimo immediately reacted, he reached out and touched his face with a slightly embarrassed expression at this time, and secretly cursed Popovich in his heart:
"What an old fox. ”
At this time, the game has restarted, Callesimo naturally can't directly adjust his tactics, what makes Callesimo feel a little comforted is that the Spurs are sent by Dio, although Dio also plays inside, but the height is only 2.03 meters, Wallace will not suffer much loss to defend at least, and the two have been teammates in the Bobcat before, and they are more familiar with each other.
As it turned out, Callesimo's thoughts were really just a consolation for himself, because he immediately suffered from it.
After the Nets offense was completed, the Spurs attacked again, and the tactic was extremely simple, handing the ball to Dio and letting him single Wallace on the inside.
Although Wallace was familiar with Dio and defended well, he was ultimately unable to stop Dio's attack.
Dior, who got the ball, gave full play to his advantage of being a flexible fat man, and with his own ******, he squeezed Wallace out of the inside layup and scored 2 points.
In the next round, Dio beat Wallace on the inside to attract the bag, and the French magician, known as the French magician, passed the ball to Leonard in time and assisted the latter's three-point shot.
At 50:40, after Leonard's offense, the difference between the two teams was stretched to double digits.
Although Callesimo immediately took advantage of a dead-ball opportunity to bring Lopes back on the field, by this time, the advantage of the Spurs was already established.
At 59:47, after halftime, the Spurs temporarily led by 12 points.
"In terms of tactical arrangement, PJ Callesimo was completely suppressed by Greg Popovich, and the Spurs' tactical adjustment in the second half of the second quarter was the key ...... for them to take the lead"
As the two teams walked to the locker room, the Nets' on-site commentators unceremoniously pointed out the problems of the Nets in the second half of the second quarter, and their accusations were what the Nets fans at the scene wanted to say.
However, at this time, the outcome has been decided, and Nets fans can only hope for the second half of the game.