The best teammates in the NBA

Chapter 85 Squeeze the rhythm!
Every NBA team has many sets of tactics. The job of the head coach and the coaching staff is to formulate a suitable tactical system around the characteristics of the players, but why do some games seem to be played randomly?

Because of the limited ability of players, some players are not naturally suitable for complex tactics, and they are blinded by running, while some players have extremely high tactical literacy and basketball IQ. Such players are the coach's favorite.

Kidd, Nash, and Paul are the point guards that many coaches in the league currently like. With a suitable lineup, they can guarantee the team's lower limit.

And the King's head coach Paul Westphal also discovered Harden's talent!

So he hopes to fully tap Harden's potential through two or three seasons, and the pick-and-roll tactics are specially formulated for Harden by the coaching staff.

In the first attack of the Kings, Harden played a pick-and-roll with Jason Thompson after he dribbled the ball for halftime.

If it's a pick-and-roll at position 5, it needs to be squeezed through. After all, Krstic's pace is slow, and it's too disadvantageous to guard against small men.

After dismantling, Jeff Green switched to Harden's side, and Li Ze always paid attention to the passing route, which made Harden unable to play the ball immediately.

However, the Kings offense was very patient, and Beno Udri and Harden continued to find big men to pick and roll, and they changed, allowing Durant to defend Jason Thompson.

Facing Durant's defense, the latter directly hit back and crushed in, and used his weight advantage to crush in and put the basket successfully.

Li Ze noticed that the opponent's offense was deliberately looking for Durant, and felt a little bad in his heart. The current weak link of the Thunder's defense really lies in Durant.

Judging by his body shape, Durant is tall and has long arms, which looks scary. In fact, Durant's defensive habits are not good at present, because he didn't need to defend when he was bad in the past two years, and he didn't have much targeted training at all.

Turtle didn't play defense last year, but at UCLA he was a defensive leader. After Li Ze joined the team this year, his defensive enthusiasm has also picked up. The team's real dirty work is actually Jeff Green and Krstic.
"Kevin, pay attention to changing positions, the opponent will attack you at this point!"

"Green, communicate more on the court and remind Kevin not to cut the ball blindly."

Li Ze took advantage of the serving time and loudly reminded his teammates that the Kings had studied them, and the coaching staff really didn't just eat.

When the ball was served to Guigui, he gave him a hand gesture, which was a tacit understanding formed between the two in college, expressing the need to increase physical confrontation.

After halftime, Guigui immediately played a hand-off pass with Li Ze. Kostic came up to pick and roll, and Li Ze directly threw off Harden's entanglement with this cover.

Hawes didn't squat down to defend, and directly defended, trying to pinch Li Ze with Harden.

Sensing the opponent's defensive intentions, Li Ze directly lowered his body's center of gravity, dribbled the ball with his right hand and accelerated his breakthrough. Hawes covered it, preventing Li Ze from having a chance to layup.

Jason Thompson saw Li Ze rushing into the penalty area, and immediately wanted to help defend, but as soon as his center of gravity moved, Li Ze directly passed the ball to Jeff Green in the bottom corner.

After the latter received the ball, he made a jumper from outside the three-point line.

"Shua" made an open three-pointer and made a steady hit.

Benno Udrih came over immediately and talked to Jason Thompson, and Big Brother taught defensive experience on the spot.

The Kings' offense was still trying to find Durant, but Jeff Green reacted quickly after being reminded, and kept calling his teammates to change positions. Seeing that the tactics could not be played, Harden received the ball and reorganized.

After Hawes came up for the pick-and-roll, Li Ze directly squeezed through the screen and continued to entangle Harden. The latter did not stick to the ball, and directly passed the ball to Hawes at the free throw line. The latter caught the ball and shot a jumper.

"唰" made a steady hit in the middle distance.

The Kings played this attack for 22 seconds, and the time was about to expire. Finally, they found the weakness of Kostic's slow pace and successfully scored the ball.

This offensive style is completely opposite to the Thunder. Li Ze knows that this is a game strategy formulated by the opponent's coaching staff. As the regular season progresses, the Thunder will inevitably be constantly studied by each team to find weaknesses.

But Li Ze didn't care too much. After all, the Thunder team is actually playing talented basketball, so it's best to do their best defensively.

After Li Ze dribbled the ball for halftime, he made a gesture to his teammates. Jeff Green mentioned the line, Li Ze quickly handed over the ball, and Durant immediately came over to catch the ball. open space.

Relying on this moment of cover, Durant dribbled the ball with his left hand and accelerated directly. After taking two big steps, he ignored Andres Nocioni's defense and made an emergency stop jump shot.

"Shua" scored 2 points easily.

After the goal, Durant shook his head while laughing, trotting all the way back to defend, as if to say that this kind of defense is useless to him, but this is also true, the king's striker's athletic ability is still a little bit interesting.

No matter how much defensive experience you have, it's useless if your body can't keep up. Andres Nocioni fell into this embarrassing situation.

The Kings offense is still unhurried. Benno Udri and Harden are masters of rhythm. The offense is called a slow one. Seeing that it is going to be 24 seconds, Benno Udri makes a mid-range jumper after the pick-and-roll.

"Ah! Wow!!"

Immediately there was a huge cheer from the home fans for the attacking possession.

Guigui raised his hand to indicate that the ball was his problem, and when the time came, his defense failed to keep up.

After playing these few rounds, Li Ze completely understood the intention of the Kings. If you can't escape, I will grind you to death. As long as you can't score, I will grind your position when you come back.

Benno Udry and Harden are the two commanders, constantly finding the Thunder's defensive weaknesses through pick-and-rolls, and finally completing the offense.

Li Ze looked at Coach Brooks, and then made a communication gesture. Seeing the coach give a thumbs up, Li Ze immediately knew it.

After halftime, Li Ze began to signal loudly, "No. 1! No. 1!" and then made two gestures in a row.

After seeing the tactical gesture, Guigui knew that it was going to break through and hit the basket. After catching the ball hand-to-hand, he accelerated directly and rushed into the opponent's penalty area in a few steps.

Facing Hawes' block, he directly carried the defense and scored the ball.

"Aha!"

The tortoise who succeeded in the breakthrough let out a roar and showed off his muscles to the audience, which elicited boos.

This attack only took about 7 seconds to complete after halftime, and Benno-Udrik was so sudden that he didn't need any cover at all, just relying on his physical talent to crush you!

Although the two are about the same height, their explosive power is not comparable at all. After the turtle accelerates, it is like a small tank.

Head coach Paul Westphal felt a little helpless when he saw this situation. Hawes' ability to protect the frame was average, and the Thunder also grasped this point.

The next game scene was very interesting. When Durant and Guigui took turns to break through, Li Ze turned into an outside turret to open up space for his teammates.

Once the breakthrough fails, Li Ze starts to take over the ball, play a pick-and-roll attack, and feed his teammates. At the same time, Durant and Turtle will make air cuts from time to time, playing Hawes and Jason Thompson to protect the frame poor ability.

The Thunder's offensive rhythm is very fast, which puts huge pressure on the Kings' inside line.

Conversely, the king's offense is to grind the ground and the god of rhythm!Constantly attacking Krstic, there is a chance to find Durant's misplacement.

However, Li Ze and Guigui frequently confronted Harden and Benno Udry physically, and the two also consumed a lot.

In the first quarter, the time passed very quickly. Except for a long timeout by the home team at 6 minutes, the game was played very smoothly. The two sides are now completely deadlocked, and the score has been leading alternately.

Harden was defended by Li Ze enough. Li Ze knew his technical movements too well, and he didn't give him the chance to foul at all. Shake out of position.

But Harden can still score, and this attack will take another 24 seconds. Facing Li Ze's defense, after consecutive dribbles under the crotch, he directly retreats for a three-pointer, facing Li Ze's defense, and shoots a jumper.

"Shua" hit the buzzer.

"Wow!!!"

The enthusiasm of the home fans was also ignited by this three-pointer, and enthusiastic cheers broke out.

After scoring the goal, Harden pointed to the sky with both hands, and celebrated with some excitement. The previous two 3-pointers were ironed, and this time he finally scored.

"Beautiful step-back shot! Bro, you must have practiced this trick a lot!" Li Ze said with a smile beside Harden.

"This will be my signature move from now on. I like step-back jumpers." Harden also said proudly.

Li Ze gave him a strange look, this guy won't turn into a magic ball again in the future, right?
In the Thunder's attack, after the pick-and-roll, Li Ze directly hit the ground and passed the ball to Kostic, who was running down, and the latter made a one-handed dunk.

"Kang" to eat cakes easily.

Hawes couldn't keep up with his footsteps. The continuous impact made him suffer 2 fouls in the first quarter, and his physical energy was also exhausted.

With 2 minutes and 36 seconds left in the first quarter, Coach Brooks requested a timeout. The two sides are currently tied at 19 to 19, and it's time for the Thunder to come on the bench.

Li Ze and Krstic were replaced, and Sefolosha and Nick Collison appeared.

"You performed very well, Kayce, take a break and play aggressively in the second quarter!" Coach Brooks patted Li Ze on the shoulder kindly. This kind of control over the game was what the team lacked before.

Li Ze didn't make a shot in the first quarter, but sent 7 assists without turnovers, and picked up 2 rebounds by the way, basically completing the task assigned by the coaching staff before the game.

Li Ze noticed that Harden had also been replaced, and when he thought about the current substitute lineup of the Kings, he suddenly felt happy:

"Being able to withstand the first quarter does not mean that you can withstand the second quarter. It's time to strike again!"

After the first quarter, the two sides tied at 24. It has to be said that the Kings did a very good job of controlling mistakes, and the Thunder's transition offense disappeared in the first quarter.

In the second quarter, the Thunder had Li Ze and Sefolosha in the backcourt, and Etan Thomas, Ibaka and Nick Collison were on the front line.

The Kings played Harden and Andres Nocioni in the backcourt, Kenny Thomas and Omi Casspi up front, and Dante Green at center.

The Kings put all the defensive strikers up, just to limit Li Ze. As long as Li Ze can be strangled as the starting point of the attack, then the Thunder's second team will not be too much of a threat.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Li Ze noticed that the Kings were covering and switched defenses, which showed that the opponent believed in the defensive ability of their striker. Li Ze saw this situation, so he went straight to it.

Ibaka came up and made a false screen to switch Casspi in front of Li Ze. After a cross-step dribble, he quickly pulled back. Casspi's defensive focus has been mobilized.

His right hand pretended to break through, shaking the opponent back. At this moment, Li Ze quickly dribbled the ball behind his back, stepped back and shot a jumper.

"Shua" 3-pointer hollow into the net.

"shush"

The audience in the ACRO arena booed loudly, they didn't like Li Ze's gaudy goal.

Casspi was turned into a wooden stake, and he could only watch as Li Ze retreated and made a jump shot. Thinking of the possibility of such a situation in the future, he couldn't help feeling dizzy.

After scoring the goal, Li Ze smiled and retreated quickly. At the same time, he secretly thought:

"I like this kind of defense that has no effect but has no effect. Badge experience must be indispensable!"

(End of this chapter)