Pick Westbrook

Chapter 311 Today is June 1

Bucks coaching bench.

Marshall looked at Tylen Lue very nervously and said: "The coach knows us too well, knows our defense, single defense and conversion double-team strategy, so every defense we have is completely cracked by the Hornets."

"Where do they have such a good offensive level, they just happen to know all our weaknesses."

"Lu, you have to find a way to solve this quickly."

Tyronn Lue also finds it difficult. He is sure that with Li Lai's coaching style, after taking advantage of Curry, the opponent will definitely intensify and continue to gain an advantage on this point.

The Hornets seem to be a team built on defense, but they are actually not weak on the offensive end, especially in positional warfare and defensive counterattacks, which are extremely efficient and characteristic.

So as long as Curry is on the court, the Hornets can always do everything possible to continue to target this point.

This time it was Leonard, and next time it will definitely be Vince Carter and Paul.

"It is always impossible to replace Curry. He is an extremely important part of our tactics on the court, so it is difficult for us to solve Curry's defensive problems anyway."

"I can only hope that the person who singles Curry should try to be Leonard instead of other players."

Tyronn Lue said with certainty.

"Since the Hornets can't be restricted on the defensive end, then we will fight for offense. The Bucks have never been afraid of anyone in offense."

The game continues.

The Bucks attack.

After Westbrook advanced with the ball, he took the initiative to transfer the ball to Curry, and he cut into the basket without the ball and took away a bunch of defenders.

"Curry has the ball!"

Kenny Smith, who saw this scene, said in shock.

The most terrifying tactic for the Bucks on the offensive end is that Curry suddenly holds the ball. At this time, they will completely start the three-point bombing mode.

Few teams in the league can resist the Bucks' offense at this time.

Barkley said: "In just half a quarter of the game, the Hornets forced the Bucks to come up with their strongest offensive mode. They are already proud enough."

It's just that Barkley knows very well that once the Bucks come up with such an offense, the Hornets will have no chance of winning.

Curry holds the ball at the top of the arc, and Cousins ​​puts up the pick-and-roll.

The quality of this pick-and-roll is very good, and Leonard is completely blocked.

Curry directly shot a three-pointer after using the pick-and-roll. This scene exceeded everyone's expectations.

"The shooting speed is so fast!"

"Curry's [-]-point shooting is literally a blink of an eye."

But what surprised everyone even more was that while Curry was taking off to shoot, Jordan Jr. didn't choose to shrink the basket, but raised it up to press Curry unlike his defensive style.

call!
Jordan jumped up high, and his fingertips just touched the basketball when Curry shot.

"Covered!"

"Jordan blocked Curry's three!"

"Curry's shooting range is very high. Jordan must have been fully prepared from the beginning to block the ball."

Paul grabbed the rebound and the Hornets made a fast break.

Three-for-two in the frontcourt, Westbrook and Danny Green chose to shrink the inside defense, and Lewis made a three-pointer from the outside.

"The Bucks' offense and defense are completely transparent to the Hornets."

At the CCTV commentary station, Su Qun shook his head repeatedly and said.

He wanted to say that coach Li Lai was so familiar with this team that every move of the opponent was completely exposed to Li Lai's nose.

It's not that the Bucks are not strong. In fact, this team is very strong, and the Hornets are far from capable of competing with this Bucks.

However, under Li Lai's tactical trap, the Bucks' offensive and defensive tactics and player style of play were destroyed time and time again, completely failing to play their own advantages and characteristics.

"In this game, the Bucks are destined to play very aggrieved."

next round.

Westbrook took the initiative to take the ball and planned to use his own impact to reverse the defeat for the team.

But as soon as he held the ball near the three-point line, Paul used the side defense to send Westbrook to the left.

Westbrook didn't hesitate to speed up and go to the left. In the face of his impact, even Paul, who had been selected to the best defensive team, had no way at all.

It's just that while Westbrook broke through, Paul took the initiative to retreat, completely blocking the opponent's possibility of breaking through the basket for a layup or dunk.

At the same time, Jordan has been sticking to the penalty area and Cousins ​​is fighting for a position, making the space in the penalty area extremely crowded.

"It's forcing Westbrook to take a mid-range shot on the left side."

Su Qun discovered the Hornets' tactical intentions.

于嘉翻开赛前准备的数据资料说道：“威斯特布鲁克在这赛季场均24分6篮板7助攻，投篮命中率46%，三分球命中率33%。”

"It's worth mentioning that if you leave out Westbrook's 58 percent shooting in the paint, he's only shooting 30 percent on half-block shots between the paint and the [-]-point line."

"In other words, Westbrook is not good at mid-range shooting."

Su Qun couldn't help but sigh extremely at this moment.

A triple-double king in the league, the point guard's skills in movement, control, passing, and bursting are absolutely first-class in the league, but in terms of shooting skills, compared to Westbrook's status as the double MVP of the league, he is still Too much difference.

Su Qun still remembers that as early as Westbrook's rookie period, coach Li Lai had been correcting the opponent's shooting ability, mainly three-point shooting.

To this end, Reggie Miller was also invited as a shooting coach.

Although Westbrook's three-pointer has improved a lot compared to his rookie days, Li Lai still caught the shortcoming of his mid-range shooting.

Yu Jia agreed and said: "Who made Westbrook's physical fitness so good? He is LeBron James on the back line. It is not in vain to have this body."

"It is because of this that Westbrook has his own technical characteristics: swift, fierce, and carefree!"

"Like fifty or sixty degrees of liquor into the throat, it is enjoyable!"

Su Qun, who has seen countless superstars in the league such as Magic Johnson, Jordan, O'Neal, and Kobe Bryant, said in a matter-of-fact manner at this time.

"If Westbrook wants to go to the next level, he still needs to polish the technical details and adjust his style of play appropriately, so he doesn't have to be ready for landslides all the time."

"Of course, if I were Westbrook, maybe I would play like him."

"After all, relying on his body alone, he is already the top star in the league."

Su Qun suddenly woke up and thought of something. He looked at Curry and Westbrook on the court with shock on his face.

Yu Jia had never seen Su Qunhui lose his composure during live commentary, and he said in surprise, "Director Su, what's wrong?"

Su Qun said: "Curry's defense, Westbrook's mid-range, Coach Li Lai fully played with their shortcomings!"

Hornets coaching bench.

Du Feng clenched his fist excitedly.

The team's series of combination punches magnified Curry's defensive weakness and Westbrook's shooting weakness infinitely.

In this way, the Bucks' historical-level offense has been greatly restricted, and the Hornets have every chance to beat the opponent in this game tonight.

Stevens couldn't help but glanced at Li Lai.

He could see clearly the opponent's tactical arrangement in the timeout round just now.

Li Lai had expected that the Bucks would let Curry hold the ball on the court at this time, and then Westbrook, who wanted to help the team reverse the situation, would definitely make a breakthrough with all his strength.

All of this was completely within Li Lai's expectations, that's why Jordan's sudden blocking and Chris Paul's retreating defense took the initiative to give space for mid-range shots.

"He knows this Bucks team so well."

The first quarter is over.

The Hornets took the lead at 30:26 for the first time.

The second game.

Hornets rotation: Beverley, JR Smith, Jimmy Butler, Diaw and Jason Smith.

Bucks rotation: Dragic, George Hill, Artest, Charlie Villanueva and O'Neal.

"Our rotation lineup is up, and the Bucks have a chance to tie the game at this time."

Marshall has such confidence.

Because the strength of the Bucks' bench lineup ranks among the top in the league, it can even rank in the top two positions in the league's rotation in terms of scoring ability.

Last season's best sixth man, Dragic, the all-around George Hill, and the veteran Artest, as well as the tall fortress Villanueva and the experienced O'Neal.

The Bucks completely retained the team that won the championship last season, and even paid the second highest luxury tax in the league for this reason, just to create the great cause of three consecutive championships this season.

Tyronn Lue nodded. He also knew the strength of the Bucks' bench lineup, but he was still a little worried when he looked at Li Lai on the opposite side at this time.

Game start.

As soon as Dragic came up, he was ready to break through the basket and cause damage. Most of the Bucks' offenses during the rotation phase also started from this point.

It's just that Dragic was very surprised that Beverly actually defended close to the whole court and brought him a lot of defensive pressure.

Because Beverly openly barked like a dog on the court at the beginning of the season, his nickname has spread throughout the league, Mad Dog Beverly.

"What fully matches Beverly's nickname is his defense. His defense is dirty and has a lot of small moves. It can be seen that Paul taught it in private."

"In addition, Beverly has always played hard, so he is extremely biting when defending opponents on the court."

Yu Jia remembered the game between the Hornets and the Kings. Li Lai took the initiative to claim in an interview after the game that the team would pay for Beverly's malicious foul fine when he slid James Harden.

This statement also aroused the disgust of most people at the time.

After all, it was a malicious foul, and Li Lai's move was entirely to support Beverly's defensive actions on the court.

In the ensuing games, Beverly, backed by Li Lai, still went his own way, not caring about the feelings of the opposing players at all.

Every round of his defense seems to be desperate, with only one goal, and that is to suppress the opponent's offense.

Su Qun said: "Every championship team has a player like this. He is indeed dirty, but he can inspire the fighting spirit of all teammates on the court."

"As long as it's going for the ball and not deliberately hurting someone on the pitch, we should all understand that's part of the pitch."

"That's how undrafted Patrick Beverley lives."

beep!beep!
The referee blows the whistle.

Because Dragic's speed on the court is too fast, Beverly's movements are very large in order to defend the opponent's hands.

After the referee blew the whistle, Dragic looked at Beverly angrily while holding the ball, and said incessantly, "You deserve to play like a dog."

Beverly grinned, as if Dragic was praising him, and then snatched the ball from Dragic while the other side was not paying attention.

Dragic is not happy anymore, grabbing the ball in his hand is a great provocative action on the court.

He immediately rushed over and wanted Beverly to give him an explanation.

Beverly, like a normal person, wandered around the court with the ball in his arms, muttering: "The dog goes ahead, so why go behind."

Butler said cleverly from the side: "It's a pig! The pig goes behind."

Hearing this, Dragic was so angry that he even wanted to rush over to give Beverly a kick, but the opponent had already held the ball into the referee's hands at this time.

Just don't give you Dragic.

Seeing this scene, Artest looked very serious. The Hornets on the opposite side made him feel like he was back 10 years ago, when he won by defense, trash talk and muscle confrontation.

The Bucks serve out of bounds.

Villanueva continued to pass the ball to Dragic, and the defense in front of him, Beverly, was extremely excited at this moment, as if he was eager for Dragic to come and experience his defense.

Beverly clenched his hands into fists, strided forward, his eyes were bigger than copper bells, and he was still breathing heavily and shouted, "Come on, come on, fuck me."

Dragic was almost driven crazy by this neurosis, and before Jermaine O'Neal came up with the pick-and-roll, he suddenly accelerated and tried his best to break through to the basket.

Beverley cleverly defended sideways, and at the same time kept making small moves.

Dragic did not control the ball well under the high-intensity defense, and the basketball hit his feet and ran out of bounds.

The Bucks made a mistake.

Beverly applauded excitedly, and then stuck his fingers in front of Dragic and stuck two centimeters. He taunted and said, "Show some strength, I'm not excited yet."

call! ! !
Dragic inhaled again and again, scolding the nineteenth generation of Beverly's ancestors in his heart.

Hornets attack.

Diaw held the ball high, and Beverly and Jimmy Butler cut inside at the same time.

This off-ball movement attracted the defensive attention of Artest and Dragic, and JR Smith suddenly moved outside the three-point line around Jason Smith's pick-and-roll in the bottom corner.

From person to ball, Dior passed the ball extremely accurately and quickly.

JR Smith opened his hands and shot after receiving the ball.

Swish!
Got it!

On the CCTV commentary station, Su Qun and Yu Jia shook their heads at the same time.

They are even wondering if this team is still the Bucks with two consecutive championships.

Yu Jia said: "Tonight's game will be broadcast live across the United States, plus some special meanings, there will definitely be many people watching this game."

"Only the number of Chinese fans watching, our director gave me a statistics in the background, which is the highest number of watching this season."

"In such an important game, the Bucks should not have played like this."

Su Qun mentioned one thing that most fans don't know.

"After the finals of last season, I heard that there was a big conflict in the locker room of the Bucks. Even coach Tyronn Lue and Marshall couldn't control the situation."

"There was news that the Bucks were going to fall apart, but then I don't know what happened, and the team got back together again for three consecutive championships."

"But if you look at how this team plays, it's something completely different from what it used to be."

"Such as the team's overall assists and the assist rate of the players' points."

"Last season, the Bucks ranked first in the league in assists. Even in the 08-09 season, their overall assist rate was among the top five in the league."

"But this season, the Bucks averaged only 21 assists per game, ranking ninth in the league. Compared with their league-leading 9 assists last season, the gap is not small."

Yu Jia understood the meaning of Su Qun's words.

In other words, although the Bucks are still the second-best team in the league and the most popular team to win the championship, their offense on the court is more and more inclined to individual singles.

Judging from the current picture of the Bucks in this game, this is indeed the case.

Cousins ​​singles, Westbrook singles, Curry singles, Dragic singles.
The second quarter is over.

Dragic scored 8 of 2 in a single quarter, and also made 3 turnovers. Such statistics are extremely inconsistent with his performance as the best sixth man in the league.

Not only did the Bucks not get close to the score at this stage, but they were also opened up by the Hornets.

58: 51.

Second half of the game.

Curry quickly adapted to the Hornets' defensive strategy. After attracting Jordan's defensive attention from the outside, he suddenly accelerated and broke through to the basket.

Curry was keenly aware of Jordan's defensive problems.

In terms of defense outside the penalty area, Jordan is extremely difficult to defend due to limited technical ability.

Curry broke through the basket and made layups.

Westbrook rushed to the basket, relying on a lot of hard work to make 4 of 2 long-distance shots in this quarter, and scored two at the basket.

Most importantly, Westbrook's impact caused Jordan and Paul to each receive two fouls.

The Bucks played a wave of 20:10 offensive high slots to reverse the score in one fell swoop.

The Milwaukee fans at the scene were extremely excited, and they were also used to seeing any phenomenal performance from the team during this time period.

Du Feng has been stunned by the performance of the Bucks in the first quarter.

"This is the strength of the league's No. 7 offensive team. After halftime trailing by [-] points, they completely tied or even led within a quarter."

"It's how other teams play against them."

Stevens also had an anxious expression on his face.

In his opinion, Li Lai has already done such a good job, infinitely magnifying the weaknesses of Westbrook and Curry several times, even if they still can't beat this Bucks team, it is simply destroying people's hearts.

"coach."

Stevens yelled softly.

He wanted to put forward some useful suggestions for Li Lai at this time, but no matter how he thought about it, he didn't have any ideas.

Li Lai looked serious, knowing why Stevens called him at this moment.

The sudden outbreak of the Bucks is also a situation beyond his control.

After all, there is a very big gap between the Hornets and the Bucks in terms of the team's hard power. To be precise, the two teams are not at the same level at all.

"Brad." Li Lai said suddenly.

When Stevens heard Li Lai calling his name, he turned his head subconsciously.

Li Lai continued: "Manpower is sometimes poor, but we must do our best to wait for the destiny."

Game four.

Li Lai called two consecutive timeouts within 3 minutes, and then arranged offensive and defensive tactics.

At this point in the game, every player of the Hornets felt Li Lai's determination to win the game tonight.

Westbrook and Curry looked at the Hornets players at the same time, and at this moment they restrained all the contempt in their hearts.

Although only Paul and Vince Carter are well-known in the league on this team, most of the rest of the players are unknown.

Low-talented players like Beverly and Butler are respected by all Bucks players at this moment.

Paul began to take the initiative to attack, and his continuous high-efficiency singles in the middle distance made Cousins, who switched defenses, suffer a lot.

If other point guards played such an efficient performance on the court, Tyronn Lue would have sent other players to double-team the opponent.

The only player is Paul, the league's assist leader so far this season, Tyronn Lue would not dare to send someone to double-team anyway, and can only hope that Cousins ​​​​can defend the opponent as much as possible.

"But Chris Paul is the most famous small hitter in the league, and Cousins ​​​​is bound to suffer."

While Barkley was talking, Paul, who hit the mid-range again on the court, deliberately pushed Cousins ​​with his butt when he picked up the ball.

Cousins, who had been trained by Paul for the entire game, was extremely angry. After encountering such a provocation from Paul, he finally couldn't bear it and threw the ball in his hand directly.

"My Nima!"

Paul was hit on the head, and he quickly pretended to hold his head.

The referee on the sideline immediately blew his whistle.

Cousins ​​was still chattering there, pointing at Paul and scolding him, but Artest rushed up from the bench to stop him.

But the referee called Cousins ​​a technical foul, and the Hornets got two free throws and the subsequent possession.

"This is a great opportunity for the Hornets."

Paul glanced at the scoreboard, 98:105, the Hornets have fallen behind by a full 7 points.

He needs to stand up and win the game for the team at this time.

Made two free throws!

Li Lai made an emergency substitution, taking Lewis off and JR Smith on.

At this time, the Hornets' lineup is Paul, JR Smith, Leonard, Vince Carter and Jordan.

Su Qun said: "Coach Li Lai's substitution adjustment was very timely. Lewis' defensive ability is not outstanding. At this time, replacing JR Smith and keeping Lewis on the court has little impact on the Hornets' overall defense."

"In addition, the Hornets are chasing points at this time. JR Smith's nerve knife attribute is most suitable for chasing points at this time."

Yu Jia looked at the statistics in his hand.

Since the Hornets ushered in the joining of Dior, their style of play in the rotation stage has become more inclined to team offense, and JR Smith's personal singles ratio has dropped a lot.

But at the same time, JR Smith's average shots per game did not decline, but increased slightly.

More importantly, JR Smith's shooting percentage has greatly increased under this style of play.

The three-point shooting percentage has risen to 39%, and JR Smith has also hit 68 three-pointers so far.

Ranked sixth on the list of three-pointers made, second only to Curry of the Bucks, Ryan Anderson of the Magic, Kyle Korver of the Eagles, and Jason Turtle of the Mavericks. and the Thunder's Kevin Durant.

Hornets attack.

Paul holds the ball to attack and press the rhythm.

JR Smith and Leonard walked the bottom line at the same time and played an eagle loop, and the defenders of the two changed instantly at this moment.

Curry defends Leonard and Danny Green defends JR Smith.

Such a defensive change made Tyronn Lue very nervous off the court. He knew too well how many times Curry was beaten by singles in this game tonight.

At the same time, Vince Carter mentioned the 45° angle at the top of the arc, which brought Yi Jianlian out of the penalty area to a great extent.

Jordan didn't put up the pick-and-roll until this point.

"What's going on! Little Jordan didn't run in the direction of Paul, did he get confused on the court?"

Barkley had countless questions about the scene now on the court. What the hell is Jordan going to pick and roll for Leonard?

Leonard is neither a ball handler nor capable of singles. What's the point of doing pick-and-rolls for him?

The point is that the Hornets don't have this tactic either!

on the field.

Leonard used the pick-and-roll and went directly to the outside, and Cousins ​​was pulled to a 45° angle on the right.

So far, the Bucks' Yi Jianlian and Cousins ​​have all been taken out of the penalty area.

Su Qun couldn't help shouting Miao Miao Miao three times.

After executing a pick-and-roll, Jordan didn't mean to stop, and ran to Paul to execute the pick-and-roll again.

Curry switched on Paul!
"Now, Yi Jianlian and Cousins ​​​​all left the penalty area, and Curry, the Bucks' weakest defense, is also in front of Paul."

"At this time, whether it's three-pointers, breakthroughs or mid-range, we have cleared everything for Paul, and he can play as he wants now."

Stevens looked at Li Lai with admiration in his eyes.

He has never admired any head coach, even Popovich and Zen master Phil Jackson, but at this moment Stevens admires Li Lai.

Admire his unparalleled creativity on the offensive end.

On the court, Paul executes singles
Lower the center of gravity, dribble continuously, step back, three points!
"Paul chose to shoot a three-pointer, ouch, that's not a good choice."

"Go in! Guided by Su, Paul made the shot!"

Just when Su Qun was about to finish speaking, the basketball hit the back edge of the basket and hit.

Su Qun couldn't help but took a deep breath, changed his mind and said: "This shot is really hard, facing the three-pointer of the three-pointer Steve Curry."

"Paul is literally killing people."

Paul, who hit the three-pointer, took off his braces and walked in front of Curry arrogantly, shaking his shoulders.

Kenny Smith couldn't help covering his face and laughing after seeing this scene.

"No wonder Beverly is so flat on the court. The team boss Chris Paul is not a good bird."

Paul, who continuously provoked Cousins ​​and Curry, hit three consecutive shots in the next minute, and shot against Curry.

The fierce singles between the two drew excited applause from the fans at the scene.

After watching the game, the Chinese fans on the other side of the ocean jumped up crazily, shouting that this lesson was worth it!

Bucks coaching bench.

Tyronn Lu sat down on the bench.

Marshall looked at the other party with a puzzled expression, not knowing why Tyronn Lue suddenly showed such emotions.

"Do you know that Coach Li Lai not only sees through the strengths and weaknesses of every player on the Bucks team, but also the two of us."

Tylen Lu said helplessly.

Marshall still didn't react and said, "Where did you start talking about this?"

Tyronn Lue shook his head and continued with a long sigh: "The coach knows that I will definitely hand over the offense at the last moment to Curry, and it must be him."

Marshall, who heard this sentence, reacted instantly, and he remembered what Tylen Lue said during the timeout when he arranged tactics.

"Don't ask so much, just give the ball to Steph"

Marshall also sighed and said.

"We are all brought out by the coach."

Finally the game is over.

Paul led the Hornets to a comeback at the last minute.

110: 107.

The Hornets narrowly beat the defending champion Milwaukee Bucks.

The whistle sounded.

Li Lai and Tai Lunlu walked to the technical stage, and they hugged each other tightly.

Tylen Lue said: "Coach, you taught me another lesson."

Li Lai patted the opponent on the shoulder and said, "You have led this Bucks team very well, and you are the only one to coach this team. I don't have any resistance in my heart."

Tyronn Lue couldn't help but want to ask, if someone else was coaching this Bucks team tonight, would you kill him even worse.

At this time, Tyronn Lue also thought of an interesting thing and said: "The new management of the Bucks is a little afraid of your influence in this team, so they didn't arrange for you to award the ring."

"It's Westbrook and all the players who are threatening the front office to take a truce tonight if they don't give you a decent ring ceremony."

"You know, about you, even Artest can't hold these guys down."

Li Lai would not speak if he was silent, because he had many questions about the current Bucks team, and he also had something he wanted to know in particular.

"Are those bastards making a fuss in the locker room?"

Hearing this, Tyronn Lue heaved a sigh of relief and nodded.

In the post-match interview, Li Lai was asked many questions by the reporters.

Such as the feeling of returning to Milwaukee, the extremely touching ring ceremony, and how they defeated the stronger Bucks in this game.

Li Lai was casual and perfunctory, and he left the interview room after finishing the interview.

Yi Jianlian waited for Li Lai in the player tunnel, and he smiled like a big boy.

"Coach, today is January 1st."

(End of this chapter)