Watching the players of the two teams on the court frantically fight and play iron, Stern's eyes widened.

He understands the ball, better than most owners in the NBA.

But before this scene, he had always thought that the new rules would bring the NBA back to the offensive era.

The rule of 'three seconds of defense', in his opinion, must be a huge blow to the defense.

Half a month ago, after watching the opening game of the Clippers and Lakers, he even said to the two vice presidents, "Let's find some way to limit the offense in advance, I'm worried that the teams will soar too much."

Now, he felt his face swollen.

The Clippers and Trail Blazers showed him the right way to open the new rules!

Or is it the same sentence, he understands the ball, these two teams have played like this, why can't he see that he is moving stones?

The weakening of the defense caused by the 'defense for three seconds' is far less than the ceiling increase brought by the defense by the 'allow early pinching'!

The offensive era ×

Iron Age Plus √

Stern's mentality exploded.

How so? Several of their presidents have been discussing with the rules committee for so long, and they have come up with such a thing?

…

Gentry was also numb here.

Their Clippers players, and the Trail Blazers players across the board, had the same confidence tonight — and if we don't decide to defend, we're going to win.

And then that's how it went.

In the second half of the first quarter, the Trail Blazers played a 9-7 score and ended the first quarter with a 15-14 lead over the Clippers by one point.

He found that they weren't as good on the offensive end as they thought they were.

Encountering a real defensive powerhouse, he saw a lot of shortcomings in their offensive system.

And then I thought, if you put aside the opening game against the Lakers, what is their average points per game in the past four games?

He secretly took out his phone and counted it, 104.75 points, which is also good, 6th in the league, but only good, plus the opener, they averaged 110.8 points per game, second in the league, behind the Mavericks, who averaged 111.4 points per game.

With a more realistic understanding of the actual situation of his own team, Gentry is actually happy, encountering strong opponents, finding problems, and solving problems, which is the only way for the team to become stronger.

But that's all after that, and it's the game that's in the moment.

With 5 consecutive wins in the opening game, he doesn't want to fall here!

However, based on the team's current offensive ability and tacit understanding, he couldn't think of a way to overcome the Trail Blazers' defense.

Just as Gentry was in a state of anxiety, the voice of confusion reached his ears.

"Alvin, it's only 1 point behind, why do you feel like you're going to be fired, did the big boss give a death order, you must win against the Trail Blazers tonight, and if you lose, I'll fire you? He's really, he and Alan have a conflict, they go to the Octagon to fight, can't they? It's hard for us workers. ”

"No one wants to fire me!" Gentry squeezed the words out between his teeth.

Just as he was about to take his eyes off Li Ao, he suddenly felt that something was wrong, and looked back again.

The game situation is so unfavorable, how can Spider-Man, who is so competitive, be so ...... Relaxed?

Wait a minute! Gentry also noticed one more thing and asked, "Leo, why aren't you as tired as you were when the official timeout?" ”

"Isn't it good that I'm not tired?"

"I didn't mean that, the defense in this half of the quarter just now was obviously more intense than the first half, why do you seem to play more easily?"

"With Quentin to defend the top arc and Jermaine and Jeron on the inside, I just need to move the position to cut off the pass and connect the inside and outside defenses, which is naturally much easier...... By the way, since you are not in a laid-off crisis, why do you seem so anxious? ”

Gentry looked around, and the players who came back from the court were drinking water and adjusting their breathing, and he said that he couldn't think of a way to deal with the Trail Blazers' team defense.

He wanted to hear if Spider-Man, who had such excellent tactical awareness, could have any way, even if it was to provide an idea, but he didn't expect Spider-Man to laugh after hearing his words!

Gentry said angrily, "What's so funny about this! ”

"You've got Michael Jordan, Mike Bibby, Lamar Odom, Earl Boykins, and me, so why are you worried about this, you might as well think about how to play better defensively."

In this way, Gentry does not talk about Daigo's empowerment, but at least he sees the light of day.

Last season, they reached a scorching moment, except for the defense and long-range shooting, there was no other solution, and there was a lack of attacking players.

Now, they're completely different!

…

Returning from the break, Gentry fielded a combination of Big Q, Li Ao, Jordan, Odom, and Jeron Collins.

The Trail Blazers fielded a combination of Derrick Anderson, Ruben Patterson, Bunch Wells, Rashid Wallace, and Kemp.

The second quarter began, and the Trail Blazers took the lead.

As soon as Derrick Anderson advanced beyond the three-point line, he encountered a rough and fierce hand-to-hand confrontation with Big Q!

Jordan, who was opposite Bunch Wells, and Odom, who was opposite Tianzun, also began to engage in rough hand-to-hand combat.

Bunch Wells was blown up by Jordan's hand-to-hand combat, but he was focused on looking for an opportunity, seized the moment when Jeron Collins left the interior, turned and wiped Jordan, and cut to the basket!

Derek Anderson, who was hand-to-hand by Big Q, hurried out the ball when he saw this.

Bunch-Wells received the ball on the left touchline in the three-second zone and was about to go straight to the frame, but Li Ao withdrew it from the baseline and put it over his head...... He decisively passed the ball to the left baseline.

Ruben Patterson received the ball and wanted to break through, but with a bunch of people under the basket, he chose to pull up his shot......

Li Ao immediately turned around and stuck Bunch-Wells to grab the board.

With a 12.5% mid-range shooting rate and a 16.7% three-point shooting rate so far this season, if Kobe Bryant's empty catch-and-shoot can score, Li Ao will admit it, and he will still choose to go short in the next round.

"Bang"

The ball hit the basket, and Jordan borrowed Li Ao's card position to guard the defensive rebound!

The offense and defense switched, the Clippers attacked, Odom received the ball and advanced to the frontcourt, passed to Li Ao, who pulled to the top arc, and moved to the left low post in the three-second zone with Tianzun.

Jordan went to the right side of the free throw line to lean on Ruben Patterson, Big Q took Derrick Anderson to the left corner, and Jeron Collins went to the right side of the three-second zone to stay in a close-range position.

Triangle Offensive Position!

This Trail Blazers player is familiar with it, and they have been eliminated by the Triangle Offense in the playoffs for the past two seasons.

When his teammates landed in a good position, Jordan didn't ask for the ball to play alone, but suddenly turned around and cut in!

Ruben Patterson, who lowered his center of gravity and carried his back hit, was caught off guard and turned to chase, already a beat slower.

Li Ao dealt the cards in the top arc and sent the ball to Jordan at the right time, but Tianzun made up the defense in time and blocked in front of Jordan.

Jordan gave it to Odom, who was pulled to the left side of the free throw line, Odom dribbled the ball and then passed, Li Ao cut in the middle and flew to the basket to hit it!

(End of chapter)