The Legend of the Hungry Wolf in Basketball

Chapter 184 [Triangle Attack, Last Stand]

The next morning, the Clippers ended practice after throwing the ball for a while.Thibodeau convened a meeting in the locker room with everyone involved.

Thibodeau also thought of the method that Ariel thought of.The Lakers are familiar with their style of play, and it is no longer enough to fight defensively. If they want to win this series, they must change their formation.He stood in the middle of the room and said loudly: "The starting lineup of this game needs to be changed. Mario (Chalmers), Anthony (Moro), and Dorell (Wright) start, play a triangle offense, and open up for Ye. Opportunities for singles. The Lakers’ first two games were mainly to compress the defense, and there were spaces on both sides of the corners and outside, Ye, pass the ball when it attracts double-teams, and shoot when the pitcher catches the ball, don’t hesitate.”

Ma Hong asked: "But in this way, the team's defensive strength will be much worse. Can it withstand their offense?"

"We have no other way. If we strengthen our defense, there will be no stable outside shooting points. Only Ye and the shooter can break through the zone defense." Thibodeau said seriously: "Josh, you have to come off the bench and bring the second team to grab points. Jose (Barea) runs a pick-and-roll attack, Marcin (Gortat), Matt (Barnes), Chuck (Hayes), you three must defend firmly, and you can't let the Lakers' second team score easily ...As long as you can prevent the Lakers from killing the bench and widen the point difference, we have a great chance to win."

This is another tactical arrangement of "Tian Ji's horse racing".The first team fights for offense, and it doesn't matter if the score is a little behind.The defense of the second team is very strong. Smith averaged 12 points per game in the 18.2 games that Ye Feng was absent. The positions of the two overlapped a bit. Letting Smith play as a substitute can enhance the offensive power.

Now that the Clippers have to defend themselves, whether they can win or not depends mainly on Ye Feng's singles.

In the afternoon, the Clippers got morale-boosting news. The NBA officially announced the latest selection results of some regular season awards, including the best sixth man, best rookie, most improved player, best defensive player and best manager, etc. .

Ye Feng won the most improved player award, and Kevin Durant of the Thunder ranked second.Durant is too depressed, he was the best rookie last season just behind Ye Feng.The fastest progress this season and second place.He is already the number one core in the Thunder, and his statistics have improved, but Ye Feng has improved to become the league's scoring leader, and he has led the underdog Clippers to the playoffs.Danny Granger of the Pacers ranked third. His performance was also very eye-catching. He scored 25.8 points, 5.1 rebounds, 2.7 assists, 1 steal and 1.4 blocks. However, because he missed too many games, affect the rating.

The best sixth man is Jason Terry of the Dallas Mavericks. "Jet" is a well-known concussion player. He played as a substitute in order to ensure the offensive power of the bench lineup. He played 33.8 minutes and averaged 19.6 points, 2.4 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 1.2 steals per game. This season, he is the Mavericks' No. [-] scorer.Ranked second is JR. Smith of the Nuggets, who is also a convulsive player.

The best rookie was won by OJ Mayo of the Heat, averaging 16.8 points, 3.8 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 1.2 steals per game.His data is not the most dazzling among rookies, but the Heat's return to the playoffs has allowed him to add a lot of points.Love ranks second, averaging 11.8 points, 12.4 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game. He is the best statistic. He is one of the few strongmen who can get a double-double in his rookie season. Feng attracted the light of the double-team. When Ye Feng was absent, the biggest impression he left was a defensive colander.

All-Rookie Team Derrick Rose, OJ Mayo, Michael Beasley, Kevin Love and Brook Lopez.This is Greg Oden's first season, and he is considered a rookie, but he still behaves like a blue-collar player, which is the most disappointing.

Chauncey Billups received the Sportsmanship of the Season Award.Clippers general manager Elgin Baylor was selected as the best manager. With this award, Baylor, who is nearly 80 years old, can retire with peace of mind.Next season, Thibodeau will take his place as general manager and head coach.

个人奖项不用评选，全看数据。得分王叶锋（29.7分），魔术德怀特.霍华德包揽篮板王（13.8个）和盖帽王（2.9个）。黄蜂克里斯.保罗荣获助攻王（11.6个）、抢断王（2.8个）。

Every regular season scoring champion can be selected to the league's best regular season team, and it will be announced after the first round of the playoffs, Ye Feng has already secured a spot.

That night, the Clippers VS Lakers started the fourth game.The auditorium was still full of voices cheering for the Lakers, and many people shouted "3 to 1" sign.

Some players couldn't help looking into the stands, and Xibo shouted: "Don't worry about those people in the stands, they can only shout and shout, they can't help the Lakers become stronger, play according to the tactics I arranged, we can win this game! Rael, you have to go all out to limit Kobe in the first quarter."

Let Dorell Wright limit Kobe, Thibodeau believes that it can stimulate Kobe's enthusiasm for singles.Ye Feng took the position of No. 4 and was responsible for fighting Odom in the paint.As long as he plays low and there are shooters on the outside, it is difficult for the Lakers to double-team.

In order to defend Ye Feng, the Lakers started Odom in the first two games, and Bynum and Gasol will form the twin towers of the second team.

Standing in the middle circle, Odom said softly beside Ye Feng: "Boy, you can't beat the Lakers."

Ye Feng smiled and said: "Lamar, you should be worried about yourself, I can beat you even if I can't beat the Lakers."

Odom swallowed, he was really worried.As soon as the Clippers started, he knew that Ye Feng was going to attack, and it would be embarrassing to be blown up one-on-one.From the bottom of his heart, Odom felt that Ye Feng was a bigger threat than Kobe.Players with ordinary physical fitness can also defend against Kobe's bad touch.But ordinary players would die very ugly against Ye Feng.In this series, his defensive task is the heaviest.

The game started, Love lost the jump ball again, and the Clippers played man-to-man defense, which made it difficult to prevent chaos. As long as Kobe was looking for cover from the outside, Ye Feng would switch defenses, which would not allow Kobe to score easily.

The Lakers still played Gasol on the left low post at the beginning of the game. Love scored three games and was already on fire. He vowed that no matter what method he used, he would not let Gasol do whatever he wanted again.

He used a half-circle forward to get in position, against Gasol's waist, which made Gasol waste a lot of energy just by holding the ball.

Gasol squeezed two steps inside with the ball, turned to the bottom line and made a jump shot. Love immediately took off and interfered, which had an effect and the shot missed.

Ye Feng caught Odom and grabbed the backcourt rebound, handing it over to Chalmers.Ye Feng is strong, has a good positioning, and is better than Odom in rebounding. It is only this season that he mainly plays outside and has dropped to less than 8.

In the frontcourt, he caught the ball in two steps outside the three-second zone on the right, turned around and singled Odom in front of the frame, and the two maintained a one-step distance.

Ye Feng dribbled the ball with his left hand under his crotch and handed it to his right hand, and the right hand patted the ball to change direction and walk in the middle.The Lakers' defensive compression was not very strong this time. He played in the middle, trying to find a double-team.Ariza followed Wright to the bottom corner, and Kobe was defending Morrow at 60 degrees on the right side.

Gasol has been pulled to a high position by Love, and the basket is empty. Although Ye Feng's layup speed is very slow, Odom is squeezed and cannot jump up. 2 to 0.

The Lakers attacked, Love kept pushing Gasol out, and Kobe attacked with the ball from the outside.After winning two games, the confidence of the Lakers players has improved significantly. Kobe was full of confidence against the unknown Wright.But fame is not everything, Wright has super physical fitness. The 206cm height and wingspan give him an obvious advantage in perimeter defense.

Finally had the opportunity to start, Wright also went all out, and tried his best to defend Kobe.The Clippers players are not afraid of running out of energy.Before the game, Thibodeau had already planned his playing time. Several outside players shared the time equally and only played for 20 minutes. In these 20 minutes, he had to fight for 48 minutes of physical strength.Ye Feng is irreplaceable for the Clippers. He has to play for more than 40 minutes on the court, and he must work hard on both offense and defense.

Wright learned how Ye Feng and Barnes defended against Kobe, not stealing, trying not to be shaken away, and trying his best to interfere with shooting.Kobe made an emergency stop on the left for a jump shot, and Wright sealed it to his face with his long arm. The interference was successful, the shot missed, and Love grabbed the backcourt rebound.

The Clippers fought in position again, and Ye Feng continued to ask for the ball on the right to single Odom.He has practiced singles with the ball for a year with several super defenders in the team. He has become accustomed to the interference of Barnes and Smith, and Tony Allen's closeness. He has accumulated a lot of experience and can handle various defensive methods. response.

Odom used the method of preventing breakthroughs from interfering with the shot. What Ye Feng had to do was not rely on feints to dribble the ball to avoid him, but to actively lean up and make physical contact with him.Offensive requires rhythm, and defensive rhythm is equally important.Ye Feng has an advantage in strength against Odom, and the advantage in speed is even more obvious.

He still walked in the middle with the ball, turned around and jumped into the inside line, his legs jumped high.He took the ball with his right hand and pulled it back. It was a standard dunk action. His body jumped forward and hit Odom who wanted to block the shot.

As soon as the two made physical contact, the referee's whistle sounded.Ye Feng smashed the ball to the backboard head-on, with a crisp sound, the cricket went in.This is a way of scoring with great morale, and he often practiced his face-to-face stunt.

Ye Feng also made an extra penalty, 5-0.Cause Odom a foul, the game is much easier to play.

The Lakers attacked Gasol. This time Gasol singled Love and turned to the middle. Ye Feng let go of Odom to help defend.Gasol's vision was broad, and it was passed to Odom.The latter shot a jump shot, Ye Feng returned to his position in time and rushed forward to block his eyes to interfere, and the ball missed again.Love took the backcourt rebound.

As soon as Ye Feng moved to the 4th position, Ariza's defense was misplaced. The Lakers couldn't mix the defense, so they had to change on the spot.The Clippers once again disrupted the Lakers' arrangements with a surprise attack.

Ye Feng took the ball from the outside and brought it all the way to the bottom line. Odom had already committed a foul, so he didn't dare to make too much movement when defending. Kobe also caught up with the help defense from behind. Ye Feng immediately passed the ball back and ran to Moreau at the top of the arc.

Kobe couldn't get back to defend, and Morrow made an open three-pointer, and the ball was hit steadily, 8-0.

Thibodeau stood up and applauded from the sidelines, and the player played the offense he wanted to see and took the initiative.

(End of this chapter)