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Chapter 150 Phil Jackson's Little Trick

As Su Yang predicted, the Thunder firmly grasped the situation of the game and finally defeated the Mavericks 106 to 91.

At the press conference after the game, he sincerely praised Carlisle as a tactical master, and declared that many teams in the league will learn from Carlisle's FLOW offense in the future, which will become the symbol of basketball in the new era together with the concept of space basketball.

The news quickly spread to social media, with many commentators and fans thinking that Su Yang was uttering wild words again.

Because even if FLOW's offense and space basketball are really that good, they still have to wait until they prove they can win the championship. Just like the long-prevailing run-and-gun tactics in the league, the Suns have never won the championship, and they will always be called strange skills.

In contrast, the insider is king is the secret to victory in this era, and there is no possibility of change in at least ten years.

Early the next morning, an ESPN reporter called Su Yang and asked him to talk in detail about why the insider era would end.

Su Yang said that the reporter misunderstood that advocating space basketball does not mean abandoning big players, but that the influence of insiders on the game will decrease. For example, it used to account for 60%, and it may only be 30% in ten years, and strikers and guards will occupy more.

In the past, he would not explain, but there are big players in the team, it is necessary to prevent potential misunderstandings.

After finishing the phone interview, he opened his mailbox to check the email as usual, and found that several coaches were willing to join the penalty challenge plan. Two of the coaches also attached detailed measures and thanked him for being willing to take the lead. After all, it is something to offend the referee.

Challenging the absolute authority of the referee alliance is indeed easy to be targeted.

But this kind of thing is a double-edged sword. The referee's controversial calls against the Thunder will also be magnified for observation.

At noon, he sorted out the list of supported coaches, as well as specific challenge rules, and posted them on Twitter.

Anyway, if you want to do it, make it bigger, use the media to spread, use the characteristics of the Internet, and win more support.

After tweeting for half an hour, a large number of media and fans forwarded it, and various discussions followed, with a lot of support and very little opposition.Su Yang liked it and forwarded a fan's comment: "We can question God, but we can't challenge the referee, that's ridiculous."

At 07:30 in the evening, the Thunder played back-to-back games against the Suns at home.

Although they were fighting continuously, the Thunder group of young people did not have too many physical problems, and they always maintained a relatively high peak efficiency.However, the Suns rookie Dragic played well, and successfully led the team to withstand Harden's impact during the substitute stage, and did not let the Suns fall behind.

Many fans were surprised that Dragic had such a terrifying performance as a rookie, but in fact, Dragic had played professional basketball for many years before entering the league, and he was born as a football player with extremely solid footwork.

The two teams fought hard until the middle of the fourth quarter. Durant made 3 of 3 shots and 4 of 4 free throws. He strongly helped the Thunder establish a 10-point lead. Lose Durant's rhythm.

The Thunder received fouls mainly from Ibaka and Westbrook. They also had zero fouls in the first three quarters, but they also received three fouls in the second half of the fourth quarter, which affected both offensive and defensive ends of the Thunder, and the rhythm became fragmented. .

In that way, the Suns successfully dragged the game to the end, Richardson took advantage of Harden's defensive distraction, and the mid-range shot reversed the lore.

At the post-match press conference, the reporter asked Su Yang: "Do you think the referee whistled specifically and intentionally made things difficult for the Thunder?"

Su Yang said with a smile: "It's useless to say anything now. We should speed up the establishment of a system to challenge the referee in the game, so as to avoid ruining a wonderful game due to wrong judgments, just like Paul Gasol's suspicious interference in last year's finals." ball."

The answer to the interview was quickly posted on Twitter. Many Magic fans saw Su Yang mentioning the 09 Finals and retweeted it to express their support. Because Gasol missed the goal at the time, the Lakers led 2-0 in the Finals. very different.

Some Lakers fans objected, but it was mostly ridicule. Maybe there were too many Lakers fans. The mainstream comments on social media turned into "Magic can't afford to lose, Su Yang wants to be popular and crazy", and Su Yang got Champions talk about leading change again.

Su Yang led the team to train as usual, trying to improve the shooting percentage of Sefolosha and Ibaka as soon as possible.

At the end of the regular training, he also pulled Harden to practice defense, and warned Harden that if he wants to achieve greatness, he must be like Kobe, who can win the first defense while winning the scoring title, otherwise it is absolutely impossible to be promoted to the top player in history. twenty.

Harden bluntly said that he only wanted to be an All-Star and didn't think so far, but he also promised to practice defense well.

On the 26th, the Thunder played against the Timberwolves at home.

Kurt Rambis is still insisting on implementing the triangle offense, and said in an interview before the game: "The team's establishment of a great offensive system is not a one-day effort. Even if this season's performance is poor, we must persist in implementing it. Good result."

Su Yang saw Rambis' interview by chance, and on a whim, he pulled the Thunder generals to practice several common triangle offenses.

Durant and the others were also interested in doing things. They listened very carefully and practiced very hard. Within a few hours, they came up with a decent triangle offensive routine, mainly low-post support, short-angle pick-and-roll, elbow support, and back defense. Cut with four.

The triangle offense is really very simple. The difficulty lies in the fact that the superstar sacrifices possession of the ball and the role players actively look for opportunities.

In terms of tactical complexity alone, the triangle offense is far inferior to Princeton, and it is not even as flexible as the UCLA system.

In the first round of the game, Ibaka took the ball with his back in the low post to support, and then Durant and Westbrook ran a quick cross screen. In the end, Durant made an emergency stop to catch the ball and scored from a long shot. offensive tactics.

The big screen in the center showed Kurt Rambis at the time, and the entire audience could see his circled expression.

In the next few rounds, the Thunder staged a triangle offense one after another. Although it was not as smooth as the Lakers, it was much better than the Timberwolves visible to the naked eye.

At the end of the game, the Thunder won 109 to 92, and seven players from the team scored in double figures.

If it weren't for Harden's shooting too much hips, he only made 9 of 2 free throws and 5 of 2 free throws. Eight players should score in double figures.

After the game, many fans discussed it hotly, mocking Kurt Rambis for implementing the triangle offensive strategy for most of the season. It is better for Su Yang to temporarily direct the team to play a dozen. The greatness of the triangle offense is bullshit. The players are really good. Jordan Invincible!

After a day's rest, the Thunder continued to sit at home to face the Raptors, whose No. [-] core Bosh was injured and absent.

Considering the relationship between Harden and DeRozan, Su Yang specially arranged for Harden to start the game, and also encouraged Harden and DeRozan to compete in mid-range shooting, competing for who is the player who plays more like Kobe, but Harden did not let him Disappointed, the audience scored 24 points.

The Thunder also easily beat the Raptors 119-99 to end the February schedule with a 9-1 record.

On March [-]nd, the Thunder played against the Kings at home, and Su Yang was once again the best coach of the month in the Western Conference.

In the whole game, Super Evans made 17 free throws, but Durant and Westbrook scored 69 points to lead the team to a big victory.
The whole team flew to Denver overnight, preparing to challenge the Nuggets in back-to-back away games and establish the top spot in the Northwest Division.

Su Yang woke up at noon and received a call from the PR director, saying that Phil Jackson accused Durant of taking too many free throws.

Curious, he turned on the computer to check the news, and found that Phil Jackson believed that the referee gave Durant and Westbrook preferential treatment. The evidence was the game against the Kings. Durant made 12 free throws and Westbrook also got 11 free throws. They should be strictly blown. penalty.

Phil Jackson didn't see Evans' 17 free throws.

After figuring out the whole process, Su Yang didn't care much. He knew that it was a trick of Phil Jackson. The purpose was to put pressure on the referee to raise the standard when calling the Thunder and the Lakers. That would be more powerful for the Lakers who have an inside advantage.

What Phil Jackson has done shows that the Thunder has posed a great threat to the Lakers, which is a sign that the Thunder has become stronger.

The rhetoric is just the beginning. When the playoffs are about to meet, Phil Jackson must still have a lot of tricks.

(End of this chapter)