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Chapter 943 Verdun Defense Line

The Blazers' starter gave up Jagged Basketball.

However, abandonment is not the correct word.

Should be replaced.They replaced a system that was more suitable for starting than the iron and blood defense.

This choice is based on reality. If the original style of play is maintained, some people will definitely be dissatisfied.

Therefore, the Blazers' starters are different from their substitutes. They don't regard defense as the most important thing, just do their best.

For Barkley, that liberated him.

If he defends like a mad dog every night like last season, he will be exhausted.

Likewise, it was a relief for veteran Larry Nance.He is more used to a slow defensive rhythm, and the Blazers were too aggressive last season.

They don't need to pursue defending opponents every possession like they did last season.

Instead, it only needs to defend the opponent in some rounds, and then blow up the entire league through an unstoppable offense.

Wait until their offensive destroys the defense of other teams, and then set up the Verdun defense line to harvest.

The offensive and defensive logic is very simple, the effect. It is what it is now, blowing up the entire league.

However, the Knicks are different from the other opponents the Blazers have encountered.

If the defensive configuration is wrong, not to mention defending them, even defending them in some rounds is an extravagant hope.

As long as the Knicks feel online and the Blazers' strategy of starting the five-man team remains unchanged, it will be impossible to prevent.

Sabonis's posture of the tiger not coming out of the mountain looks scary, but Rauf and Ewing's various outside-the-paint jumpers that ignore his existence also gave the Blazers inspiration.

After being kicked off a 14-8 start, the Blazers requested a timeout.

"Xiao Yu, you replace Patrick."

Louie makes the rotation early.

"Patrick, I want to speed up the game, you don't fit on the court."

Ewing had a question: "Is Harold more suitable for playing fast-paced games than me?"

"Of course he is not more suitable than you, but he is a substitute, and you are our core." Louis patiently explained, "I don't want you to consume too much in a fast-paced game."

Ewing nodded: "I understand."

The Blazers made the same substitution decision as the Knicks.

But what they replaced was not Sabonis, who seemed to have been regarded as a weakness, but Barkley, who missed 1 time on average.

Although Barkley is still in his heyday, if he wants to play the [-]rd position, the speed of the defensive end will be a big problem. In addition, he has his own inherent flaws. When he meets the Knicks' N.UCLA system, after a few rounds, it is mine bombing toilets-arousing public anger (shit).

Fans love Barkley, but don't like his attitude of doing nothing and not caring about the game.

In fact, Barkley doesn't care about the game, he just doesn't know how to defend.

Even if he knew, he only knew it with his brain, not his hands and feet.

Just like many teaching videos on the Internet, I seem to have learned it after watching it once, but I find that it is still far behind in the practical stage.

The Blazers' substitutions are quite particular.

They traded Clifford Robinson for Barkley.

An athletic swing forward who stands nearly 2'10" replaces Barkley.

In this way, the Blazers' frontcourt lineup has a clear advantage in height.

Moreover, Clifford's help defense and switch defense are at the top level in the league, and the N.UCLA system used to fight against the Knicks is the most suitable.

Louie did not think it was a good move to play Clifford.

This person was indeed a blockbuster in the finals last season, proving his infinite value as a two-way swing forward, but now, what the Blazers need is a forward who can not slow down the rhythm when rotating.

Clifford was good at everything but too tall.

With a height of nearly 2 meters, even if the rotation can keep up, it is easy to be beaten by a small one.

The result was unexpected. Although Clifford was tall, he was extremely fast.

Due to his fast speed and long arms, he is surprisingly effective when switching defenses.

His performance reminded Louie of his own John Saley.

The comparison between Sabonis and Gobert can also be placed on these two people.

Clifford, Nance and Jordan together gave the Blazers the confidence to switch defenses infinitely.

This is also one of Riley's innovations.

Unlimited switching defenses. Before the strong rise of the Warriors, the NBA rarely played defenses.Because switching defenses in the popular sense is to output the minimum defensive intensity at the expense of defensive quality.

But the Warriors' small ball changed everything.

Facing the peak Warriors, in 2016, two teams came up with ways to dismember the ball.One is the Spurs. The two teams played the second season in the season. Popovich boldly ordered the team to use unlimited defense to restrict the warriors with 114 points in the season and scored only 79 points in a single game to win the game. The other team was the knight in the finals. The full -time MVP was actually limited, and the warriors who defeated 73 wins in the case of gathered by the people and the three gathered.

The birth of infinite defense requires soil.

What is soil?
This is when a team that relies heavily on pick-and-rolls and screens must be invincible.

The person who came up with this method must have a clear mind, a calm mind, advanced insight and the corresponding team configuration.

The Knicks' N.UCLA system, based on the UCLA system, has gone its own way after years of evolution.

Even outside, the N.UCLA system is called the "L.NYK" system.

Because the name N.UCLA has never jumped out of the ranks of "UCLA", but New York and UCLA can't compete with each other, so why give them credit?Therefore, the New York media, which must be the first to do everything, called the Knicks system "L.NYK".

The domineering New York media thinks they have this right.

Just like they do not allow foreign media to call Louis "Little Lu", this kind of fanatical worship of the team and individuals has gradually shifted from the critics to the fans.

Back to the topic, the emergence of infinite defense requires the right team, the right people, and the right timing.

The Knicks have the foundation to trigger the birth of unlimited defenses. Their main opponent, the Blazers, has a visionary coach who holds the most luxurious wing group in basketball history.

All this laid the foundation for him to stand on Louie's shoulders and promote his own defensive philosophy.

Moreover, although the main defensive players of the Trail Blazers lineup are Jordan, Clifford and Nance, Thomas will also be involved.

Only Sabonis will stay away from the switching system.

Jordan's defensive aggression, Clifford's movement speed and defensive area, plus Nance's gap-filling sweeps, the Blazers made the Knicks' tactics run into trouble.

Mohammad Rauf's form has shown a certain decline.

Louie could see that it was time for a substitution.

He hopes that Rauf will explode like the fifth game of last season's finals, but this wish is not realistic.

Under the absolute close pressure, even his ultimate enhanced version of Golden State LaVine will be prevented from finding the basket, and he is in the most unfriendly era for the ball holder, coupled with the defensive influence of the Blazers' wing group, it is too normal to be unable to find the rhythm.

During this period, although the Blazers lost points, they suppressed the Knicks on the scene.

Riley curbed Louie's tactical intention to speed up, and used a beautiful infinite switch to force the Knicks to perform a large number of individual singles.

This is just the effect obtained by changing one Barkley. If the five people on the field are replaced by the legendary Verdun defense line, I can't imagine what it will be like.

Louie was in awe of the Blazers' defensive prowess, but it was just the Blazers normalizing their performance in the Finals.

Compared with last year's finals, they have been running in for more than half a season, and it is only natural that they have improved.

With 4 minutes left in the first quarter, Louis replaced Rauf and Wilson, which is a normal rotation, and replaced Stockton and Reggie Williams.

The Blazers have also changed.

Riley decided to give the Knicks a big punch.

He replaced Thomas, Jordan, Nance, Sabonis.

Of the original five, only Clifford was retained, and then Alvin Robertson, Jerome Cosey, Anthony Mason, and Xavier McDaniel were replaced.

"Fans at Memorial Coliseum stand up excitedly!"

"With 4 minutes left in the first quarter, they waited for the 'meat grinder moment' they've been waiting for!"

The Blazers' Murder Press was dubbed by Riley the "Line of Verdun," a name derived from the "Battle of Verdun," which was also known as the Verdun Meat Grinder.Therefore, the time when the Blazers put up this lineup to kill the opponent's second team was called the "meat grinder moment" by the fans.

It seems that they are still a little conservative.

If you really decide to beat the Knicks to death, you should keep Jordan in this lineup.

Only by replacing Jerome Cosey with Jordan, this lineup can be full of strength on both ends of the offense and defense.

However, even this lineup is enough to beat the invincible players in the league.

In the event of such a change, Louis has no idea of ​​temporarily adjusting his strategy.

He just took this opportunity to test their second team. He wanted to see if the Knicks' second team could withstand the Blazers' Verdun defense.

　In the past few days, eating melons has affected the code words. As a result, when I used WX to discuss the right and wrong of the two parties with my cousin at noon, I was laughed at. He said, "You don't read their books. You don't care about their right and wrong. You also earn tens of millions a month, right?" hihihihi
　　
　
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