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Chapter 180 Who Is The Weaker Party?

When he was with the Heat last season, Wang Dalin's main position was power forward...Of course, he sometimes swings to the fifth or third position. With his height, speed and strength, he can indeed swing freely in these positions, and the effect is not bad.

This season Wang Dalin's main position is small forward, but occasionally he will top the position of power forward, and he even played center when Da Ben was injured.

One thing to say, he performed quite well at the fifth position at the time, and he was a bit like a teacher in the future. When it comes to organizational skills, Garnett is the only player with a height of 210 cm or more in the league.

"Darling, are you serious?" Carlisle asked seriously.

"Coach Rick, don't you understand me yet? When did I stop talking seriously?" Wang Dalin said with a slight smile.

"I'm not worried about your performance on offense, but what about defense? Are you playing against Byron...can you keep up with him?"

"Who said I have to face him when defending?" Wang Dalin blinked his eyes and smiled, "We should let the guards defend him when defending, and I will be responsible for assisting the defense inside!"

Carlisle froze for a moment after hearing the words, and then fell into deep thought.

He understood what Wang Dalin meant. Under this tactic, Wang Dalin was the point guard when the team was attacking, but he was still a small forward, power forward...even center when defending!
This kind of tactical thinking was unprecedented, and even a tactical master like Carlisle couldn't help but think for a long time before realizing the beauty of it.

In fact, Wang Dalin's "sewer" style of play is still somewhat different from Westbrook in later generations. Westbrook himself is a point guard, so he will appear in the first position on both offense and defense.And Wang Dalin played in a different position, so he was doomed to be unable to completely copy Westbrook's style of play.

Calculated, the style of play he envisioned is more like James in the later Lakers period... Lao Zhan was the point guard for the Lakers, but he often appeared in the third or even fourth position on the defensive end.

After all, he has a height of about 205 cm. Even if he moves faster than most strikers, how can he match the ridiculously fast little guys in the first position?

Moreover, Lao Zhan was indeed "Old Zhan" when he was with the Lakers. His footsteps were much slower than when he was at his peak.

The difficulties that the Pistons are facing now are self-evident. Except for Wang Dalin, there is nothing in the team that can compare with the opponent. If he cannot crush the opponent strongly, the Pistons will have no chance of winning.

Carlisle pondered for about half a minute, and finally looked at Wang Dalin squarely and said, "Darling, are you sure?"

Wang Dalin smiled and said: "No, but you also know that in this situation, we will definitely lose in a normal fight. Anyway, there is no chance of winning. Why can't we try?"

Carlisle laughed and said, "What you said makes sense, but I'm speechless... Well, just play according to the tactics you said, and the other players will fully cooperate with you!"

Turning his head, Carlisle said to all the players: "Attention everyone, we can say that we are putting all our eggs in one basket. The offensive end is controlled by Darling. Everyone runs for me and covers each other. Don't hesitate after receiving the ball. As long as the opponent is not pressing close, I will attack immediately."

After a slight pause, Carlisle continued: "We still use Darling as the core when defending, and shrink the formation to play zone defense. They don't have any decent shooters in the team. Don't be afraid of their three-pointers. Do you understand?"

The players all responded: "Understood!"

Wang Dalin smiled and said: "Everyone, you must shoot immediately after catching the ball. Don't be afraid of missing shots. Let's all go for offensive rebounds!"

Damon Jones asked weakly: "Is this the kind of total defense of the Dutch football team?"

Wang Dalin smiled and said, "That's right, it's total attack and total defense!"

……

After the timeout ended, players from both sides returned to the court. The Pistons sent Wang Dalin, Williams, Barry, Jones and Alstom.

Paul Silas on the sidelines couldn't help being a little surprised. He didn't expect Carlisle to let Wang Dalin play center forward, but what's the use of it?

Of course Silas knew that Wang Dalin had played a few times as a center this season, but at that time the Pistons had all their main players except Daben, who else would they have tonight besides Wang Dalin?
It’s just that the absence of Ben alone may not be the end of the day for the Pistons, but without the four main players of Ben, Hamilton, Billups and Robinson, if the Hornets still can’t win this game, Silas thinks they might as well commit suicide collectively.

Since the jump ball was won by the Pistons, the Hornets served first in the second quarter.

Davis dribbled the ball for half the court and saw that it was Alston, a thin man who was defending him, so he chose to break through without hesitation, without even calling for a pick-and-roll.

Alston followed closely, and his movement speed was still very fast, but his thin body really couldn't withstand the impact of a strong man like Davis, and he was directly crushed into the three-second zone by him.

Davis was overjoyed and raised his hand to shoot.

But at this moment, he suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart. When he glanced around, he saw Wang Dalin slipping towards him. As long as he dared to shoot, he was guaranteed to enjoy a spicy and delicious mountain city hot pot.

"It's dangerous!" Davis hurriedly collected the ball and passed it to Wesley on the outside before Wang Dalin and Alston double-teamed him.

The Pistons' defensive formation was basically shrunk to the three-second zone. After Wesley received the ball from beyond the three-point line, there was no one more than two meters in front of him. He just hesitated a little before shooting... If he didn't shoot this kind of ball, it is estimated that the old coach Silas would stand up and scold his mother immediately.

Facts have proved that as long as you are not a professional shooter, even if it is a wide open, someone will often miss it!
If Wang Dalin is allowed to shoot in such a large space, he can score at least seven or eight out of ten goals. Unfortunately, Wesley is not Wang Dalin. His three-point shooting percentage this season is only 33.2%, basically just reaching the passing line.

In fact, looking at Wesley's entire career, his three-pointers are quite accurate. There were three seasons when he was above 42%. Except for his rookie season and the last season, his three-pointer percentage in his entire career even exceeded 37%.

But this season he was not accurate, just like Kevin Durant was also inaccurate. Even in the peak season of 2018-2019, his three-point shooting percentage was only 35.3%... Of course it was okay for others, but it was really inaccurate for Durant.

"when!"

The ball bounced out of the frame, Wang Dalin easily received the rebound, and dribbled the ball to the frontcourt by himself.

The Hornets didn't notice anything wrong, because Wang Dalin used to occasionally dribble to the frontcourt by himself, even when Billups was on the court.

How could they have thought that Wang Dalin would do this every time he attacked in this game?

"Pull away!"

Wang Dalin didn't sign to his teammates at all, but shouted out loudly... To tell you the truth, I'm going to single-handedly beat Davis!
Davison was on the verge of a formidable enemy, lowering his center of gravity and sticking very close.

He is 191cm tall and weighs 95KG. It can be said that there is no stronger person than him in the point guard position, even Kidd is slightly inferior to him in strength.

But Wang Dalin is not an orthodox point guard. He weighs 107kg and has a strength of 73. His strength can be ranked above the middle among strikers. How can he not be as good as Davis?

Therefore, Davis never thought about defending Wang Dalin's breakthrough from the very beginning, but stayed close to prevent him from suddenly pulling up a jumper, even if it was outside the three-point line, he could not relax his vigilance.

Who in the league doesn't know how accurate Wang Dalin's three-pointers are this season?
With a 48.7% shooting rate, and an average of 2.8 three-pointers per game... Now that he is the most accurate three-pointer in the league, I guarantee that few people will object.

Wang Dalin held the ball to observe for a while, then lowered his center of gravity and slowly dribbled the ball. His dribbling speed was very slow, but Davis did not dare to reach out and steal it easily... Ever since he showed "Sam Gold" in the All-Star Game, who in the entire league does not know his ball-handling ability?
Steal?

Do you really want to learn from Iverson's gamble defense that if you miss a hit, you will lose your position immediately?

Although Davis is not a master of perimeter defense, his defensive skills are very solid and he would never do such a rash thing.

Wang Dalin dribbled the ball and moved two steps to the right, then turned around and dribbled with his back, facing Davis and advancing towards the three-second zone.

Davis complained endlessly in his heart. He used to use this trick to bully others in the past, but he didn't expect that he would be bullied by this trick.

Wesley hurried over to help defend, Wang Dalin didn't even look at it, the ball was passed with a flick of his wrist, Damon Jones caught the ball and shot it, the three-pointer accurately fell into the basket.

Due to Wesley's help defense caused a leak, Jones shot this three-pointer very easily, and it was completely open.

This is a typical tactic of attracting the defense and passing the ball to an open teammate to shoot. This tactic is not complicated at all. As long as you don't double-team the opponent's ball holder, he will have no chance to pass the ball to his teammates.

But if there is no double-teaming, Wang Dalin will push forward strongly, and then he can turn around and shoot or hook inside at will, because Davis's height can hardly interfere with him.

For the Hornets, this is a dilemma. If they double-team, they will probably miss someone. If they don't double-team... Wang Dalin's personal offense is almost unsolvable.

Just looking at this one ball, Celas frowned... How to solve Darling-Wang's offensive strength?

At 26:26, the Pistons evened the score at the beginning of the second quarter, and Carlisle breathed a sigh of relief.

Looking back, it was the Hornets' turn to attack.

Silas found that Wang Dalin had been in and out of the three-second zone. Alston was still the main defense for Davis on the Pistons side, but Wang Dalin seemed to always move to the strong side and could come up to help defend at any time.

If Davis's three-pointers are as accurate as the "primary schoolboys" of later generations, even if they are only [-]% successful, the Pistons will definitely be hit by Davis' three-pointers in such a shrinking defense.

But Davis's three-pointers... His three-point shooting percentage of 35.6% this season is quite good, and since the playoffs, his outside shots have been more accurate than the regular season, but they are all open three-pointers.

Of course, there is no problem with a complete vacancy, but he doesn't have the courage to force Alston to pull out.

After hesitating for a moment, Davis still chose to break through. Compared with his outside shooting, he is of course more confident in his breakthrough... especially when breaking through a thin and small point guard like Alston.

The breakthrough was indeed smooth. Alston tried his best but couldn't stop Davis from advancing, but just after he entered the three-second zone, Wang Dalin came to help defend him again.

Davis made an exquisite ground pass to Magloire behind Wang Dalin... If you can pass the ball, can it be that I can't?I averaged more than 9 assists per game in the playoffs!

After Magloire received the ball, there was no one under the basket, and he was overjoyed...haha, now it's my turn to show you my real skills!

He took a step and immediately jumped up, holding the ball behind his head in the air, clearly wanting to make a violent dunk.

But the ball he raised behind his head was suddenly slapped off, and his hands hit the basket heavily, just dunking lonely.

Davis was stunned. He watched Wang Dalin turn around quickly, then jumped high to complete the block, and then grabbed the ball and rushed forward.

"Back to defense!"

Davis yelled feebly, but unfortunately Wang Dalin's block and fast break came too suddenly, the Hornets players didn't react at all, and it was too late when they started chasing back.

"Clang!"

Wang Dalin completed the fast break with a one-handed split button. After landing, he raised his head to the sky and screamed, and then slammed his chest hard.

It is "the roar of the wolf king"!
Hmm... In the current extremely difficult situation, Wang Dalin didn't care about the shame of this move, so he hurriedly used it.

Davis and the others all felt a shudder in their hearts. The Wang Dalin in front of them seemed to be like the Unrivaled Demon King, looking so terrifying.

It was the Hornets' turn to attack. Davis broke through Alston again and passed the ball to Lee Nairon on the weak side with the help of Wang Dalin.

Li Nailong was completely empty in the middle distance, but his mid-range shot hit the iron... "The Roar of the Wolf King" still has some effect!
Wang Dalin took off the rebound and immediately rushed forward with a quick dribble.

Watching Wang Dalin quickly dribble and advance to the frontcourt, the Hornets players and head coach Silas both understood... So it was the point guard who was fighting?
Williams' speed is very fast, his running position completely throws off PJ Brown, Wang Dalin gets the ball, Williams rushed inside after receiving the ball and caused Magloire's thug foul.

"Shh!"

"Shh!"

Williams made two free throws, and the score between the two sides came to 26:33, and the Pistons led by 7 points.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Silas immediately called a timeout.

He could already see that the Hornets were obviously not playing right during the second quarter... they couldn't score offensively, and they couldn't defend.

"Listen everyone, now the Pistons Darling-Wang is playing point guard, double-team me firmly, don't let him and Byron single-handedly!"

"As long as Darling Wang doesn't score, it's fine for others to score one or two... I don't believe they can keep such a high shooting percentage!"

"The mid-range is the key. You have to be firm when you shoot ... If we can't make those mid-range shots, we can't break the Pistons' zone defense. Do you understand?"

"Byron, your personal offense must be more determined. I allow you to play freely when the opponent is assisting in the defense, and you don't need to pass the ball every time... You are the most sure point of attack for our team, do you understand?"

Coach Silas is worthy of being an old coach who has been in the league for many years. His arrangements can be described as hitting the nail on the head. But if the coach sees the problem and makes arrangements, will the players be able to implement them in place?
Basketball... After all, it still depends on the players on the court!

And how can Carlisle, a master tactician, be a fuel-efficient lamp?

When the players from both sides returned to the court again, Celaston was taken aback because he saw that the Pistons had sent Gates!
Gates has only played 14 games this season, and his average playing time is less than 10 minutes per game, and he basically appears in garbage time.

Due to his overweight and slow movement, he will only squat inside when defending. As long as he plays, he will become the opponent's weakness.

But now that the Pistons have Wang Dalin as an assistant defense expert, Gates can safely and boldly defend the inside. He only needs to withstand the opponent Magloire or Campbell, and Wang Dalin will do the rest.

How can Gates be afraid that he won't be able to keep up with the Hornets' slow half-court offense?

……

Back in the game, it was the Hornets' turn to attack.

Davis immediately scored a goal. Before Wang Dalin helped defend him, he pushed Alstom to complete the mid-range shot. The basketball knocked a few times on the basket and finally scored.

Looking back, Wang Dalin dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, after a little observation, he lobbed the ball to Gates.

After receiving the ball, Gates made a strong push with his back, and only pushed Magloire. Immediately, he retreated with a shout of "Ya Butterfly"... Gates jumped from the basket and made a dunk.

No matter on the offensive or defensive end, Gates is a rough guy, but he is too strong to hold him back!

Magloire is 211cm tall and weighs 117KG. He can be regarded as a very strong tank center. The Hornets chose him to train him vigorously.

本赛季他场均上场18.9分钟就能砍下8.5分5.6篮板，这要是换成36分钟，岂不是就有17分11篮板了……明显就是个超级中锋的好苗子嘛！
Unlike Campbell, who is tall and thin with a weight of 98KG, Magloire obviously has better physical talent, and is also in line with the trend of "the insider wins the world" in today's league...Who doesn't want a Tim Duncan?

But his physique is deflated when he confronts Gates... Is this Nima O'Neill?
Wang Dalin got another assist. He just scored in double figures in this game, but he has 1 assists.

And with the 4 rebounds in the first quarter, he has already grabbed 7 rebounds. Judging from this posture, he is very likely to get a triple-double in the first half.

Silas frowned and fell into deep thought... "The Pistons only have Wang Dalin as their main force. Why do we seem to be the weaker side?"

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