The Legend of the Hungry Wolf in Basketball

Chapter 341 [Respond to the same with all changes]

During the regular season, Curry and Kidd were injured one after another, and Ye Feng was forced to take the No. 1 position, but found that the most suitable position for him was guard.

As long as he plays the 1st and 2nd positions, his offense can directly cause dislocations, and when defending the opponent's pick-and-roll attack, he will not have any loopholes when changing defenses. There are not many guards in the league who can defend the [-]st to [-]th positions.The reason why the pick-and-roll is the most powerful tactic in basketball is that no team can completely solve the weakness caused by the player's size gap after the dislocation, and the Clippers have made this weakness smaller.

Westbrook played very depressed, and his self-confidence was damaged.In the regular season, he can beat almost all guards in the league. Even Paul, Deron and others have no obvious advantages against him. He is not convinced that he was not selected for the All-Star Game.

In the last round of the series, Westbrook didn't take advantage of the Thunder's Rose. He averaged 3 points less per game, and he was not as good as Rose in controlling the rhythm of the game.However, the head coach asked to play inside before, so there is a reason for him to lose the data.Playing against the Clippers, the coach arranged for him to attack more, hoping that he would blow up the Clippers' back line, but now he is misfired.

Ye Feng single-handedly defended, and Westbrook failed to break through even once.If he shoots, Ye Feng can interfere even if he can't cover it. In the first quarter, Westbrook made 4 of 0 shots, only caused a foul by Love after a breakthrough, and scored 2 points with free throws.

Westbrook was blocked, and the Grizzlies' outside offense was weak.The Clippers ended the first quarter with a 32-23 lead.

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Barkley said: "Today, Ye Feng is the organizer of the Clippers. After Curry dribbled the ball and handed it over to him, he started running. It was more like a shooting guard. On the defensive end, Ye Feng also used Westbrook and Gerry. Finn's pick-and-roll is broken."

Smith also agreed. "The Grizzlies' pick-and-roll tactics are better than passing directly to Griffin to let him single McGee. In the first quarter, Griffin scored 6 points in singles. If this is the case, the Grizzlies will lose. Although the Grizzlies are not weak on the bench, but The Clippers' bench depth in the past two seasons is recognized as the strongest in the league."

The second quarter began, and the Clippers sent O'Neill, Gortat, Smith, Thornton, and Kidd.The Grizzlies got Marc Gasol, Darrell Arthur, Sam Young, Luke Walton, Vasquez.

After Walton moved to the Grizzlies, he also got some playing time.Now the coach sends him to play because he values ​​his playoff experience.

However, Hollins soon realized that it was a mistake to deploy Walton. Walton had no form and could not prevent the Clippers Thornton at all, allowing the opponent to score 8 points in a row.Thornton is also a convulsive player. Once he finds the touch, the offense is unstoppable.

Smith and O'Neal also played well. Kidd can always comfortably send the ball to his teammates on the periphery. The Clippers played a wave of 12-2 offensive climax.

The Grizzlies can't defend, and the offense can't open.

Marc Gasol was ravaged by the Clippers for two seasons in the Lakers, and he had no idea when he met the Clippers.He has a strong physique, but he can't beat O'Neal one-on-one. O'Neal is about to retire, and the person in the league who can punch him back has not yet been born.Gasol has no advantage in strength, and his performance is much worse. He can only pull outside the penalty area to cooperate with his teammates in pick-and-rolls, jump shots, O'Neal follows him, Smith will retreat in time, and ensure the defense of the inside by rotating positions.

Although Sam Young and Arthur scored goals, Vasquez also broke through and scored. After 5 minutes, the difference between the two sides widened to 16 points.Grizzlies coach Hollins had the confidence to fight the Clippers, but now he finds a big gap between the two teams.

This gap is not only in strength, but also in preparation for the game.The Grizzlies were underprepared and relied on improvisation.The Clippers are different. Not only Thibodeau is working hard, but their scouts can play a big role.

In the Clippers, what the scouts have to do is not only to collect the data of the opponent's players, but also to record the game. When the opponent calls a timeout, the scout is also responsible for finding out the opponent's tactics and reporting to the coach.This is what the Celtics did, and Thibodeau learned it.

During the timeout, the task of Clippers scouts includes drawing out every offensive line of the opponent, and the team's head coach will formulate the team's defensive strategy based on the opponent's offense.In addition to sketching the opponent's offensive line, it is also necessary to write down the offensive code of the opponent's coach.For example, what offense does the opposing coach's "ELBOW" correspond to, and what offense does the "FIVE" tactic correspond to.At this time, it is necessary to carefully observe the opponent's coach's password and gestures.

As long as the opponent's coach gestures to the players and shouts the code name of the offensive tactics loudly.It is possible that the Clippers will know what tactics to play and respond accordingly.

The Clippers scouts' understanding of the opponent's offensive routines is like the team's assistant coach. That person was hired by Thibodeau and is very capable.

Thibodeau sat on the sidelines with confidence. He was much calmer than when he first arrived in the Clippers, and his record made him more and more confident.Hollins stood up from time to time and yelled at the court twice. From this point, it can be seen that the two people have different positions, and the Grizzlies are a little confused.

Ye Feng was also very relaxed, chatting leisurely with Thibodeau on the sidelines.

Thibodeau said with a smile: "We will definitely win this game. Now I think you are more effective as a point guard. The opponent must dislocate the defense, otherwise you will definitely be forced by you. In the future, you will play the 1st and 2nd positions, right? We don’t need reinforcements at the back.”

Ye Feng smiled and said, "I will fight as you arrange."

He is already familiar with playing guards, the method is very simple, single play when no one is helping to defend, and split the ball when someone is helping to defend, he can use some special postures to pass the ball, and send out five wonderful passes, sometimes better than dunks Wonderful.And it's easier to play a one-on-one guard than to attack the inside, and you can shoot with a little distance.

The two chatted again about the Grizzlies' tactics.Ye Feng felt that the Grizzlies might be able to compete with the Clippers, it mainly depends on how they employ people.Now that the Grizzlies' second lineup can't work, in fact, they only need to use two of Griffin, Pau Gasol, and Gay as substitutes to strengthen the second team's strength, so that they won't be replaced by the Clippers. Suddenly exceeded.

Especially Gay, who used to be the Grizzlies' ball-handling attacker, but now with Westbrook, he changed to running without the ball to find opportunities.In this way, the power of his attack with the ball cannot be exerted, and he has become a spot-up shooter.Those two starting together are pure waste.Although Griffin and Gasol are a strong partner, no one in the second team can organize the offense well, and they don't play smoothly.If Gasol is a substitute and Gasol Jr. starts, there will be no lack of impact inside, and the second team will also have an axis.If Griffin is a substitute, he can play a pick-and-roll with Gay in the second team, and Gasol's role can be further improved.

However, Hollins showed all his cards at the beginning of the game, and he played like this in the regular season, which is nothing new.It's always hard to figure out those tactics after playing for a long time.The Grizzlies were able to defeat the Thunder because the Thunder also lacked tactical changes. The offense mainly relied on Durant, Rose, and Harden. The others were responsible for defense. The two sides played 7 games and used almost the same tactics. It's all about the stars fighting for their personal abilities.

The Clippers can switch to another if one method of attack is not going well. The tactics are mutual restraint. They can play any offensive tactic, but the opponent is not able to use any defensive tactic. Naturally, the Clippers have a way to break through the opponent's defense. , Master the situation.

Hollins failed to make reasonable adjustments in time, and did not switch to the starting lineup as soon as possible. The Grizzlies' substitute failed to withstand the Clippers' offense. Once the score was opened, it would be difficult to recover.

In the second quarter, Ye Feng came on the stage again, and began to single-play Griffin through the pick-and-roll. Every time he opened the distance to face the frame first, Griffin was close, he passed, and the distance was far, he went directly. Pulled out the shot and scored 8 points in the half. In order to defend Ye Feng, Griffin made two fouls and made three fouls in the half.

Griffin is the best rookie this season, and some say he will become another Ye Feng.Griffin can indeed be compared to Ye Feng when he first entered the league, or even better, but it's hard to say whether he can improve.Just looking at his size alone, he can't play outside.

Ye Feng taught Griffin a good lesson in this match.Griffin is very good at jumping, and after jumping up, he got nothing but being fouled. This guy defends throw-in balls, and he always jumps on the sideline to interfere, lest others don’t know his jumping ability is strong. Griffin is originally I am proud of this, but now I have a new understanding that it is not enough to play basketball well with good jumping ability, and the technique of floor flow is more practical.

Ye Feng's jumping ability is no worse than him, but now he has started to change to the direction of floor flow. He knows that he also needs to develop low-post skills, otherwise he will definitely not be Ye Feng's opponent.Griffin has big ambitions, and he also wants to be the best player he can be.

Unfortunately, this time Griffin became a defensive colander.In order to attack, the Grizzlies couldn't replace him. Gasol at the 4th position was slightly better defensively.

Guy could make Ye Feng feel a little uncomfortable, and he blocked it with a cover, so he couldn't get close to him.Besides Ye Feng, the Clippers also have many scorers, and the Grizzlies can't defend against them.

Barkley explained: "The Grizzlies tried their best to defend, but they still couldn't limit the Clippers' offense, and it didn't work to force Ye Feng to the outside. To defend him, he needed to be dislocated. If the dislocation was serious, he would pass the ball to low-post players and let his teammates play singles. Advantage."

Smith said with a smile: "The Grizzlies couldn't stand it anymore. The Clippers did a better job combining inside and outside. Although the Grizzlies could score goals, they couldn't recover the score."

In the third quarter, Ye Feng scored 6 points and 5 assists. Most of the assists were due to McGee and Love showing off their power.Love pulls to the perimeter, catches the ball and shoots after being misplaced, McGee plays low post, and often becomes Sam Young or Gay to defend after being misplaced, Ye Feng passes to McGee, today he feels very good, hit a few With a hook, McGee still had a few open shots. He made 7 of 7 shots in the third quarter, scored 14 points in a single quarter, and scored 22 points in the three quarters.

In the fourth quarter, Thibodeau replaced Ye Feng and left the substitute to compete on the court. The Grizzlies trailed by 24 points, and the situation was over.

(End of this chapter)