start with scouting

Chapter 311

After defeating the Wizards, the Lakers returned to Los Angeles and got a day off according to the schedule.

The coaching staff did not have a holiday. On the afternoon of the 21st, Su Yang still rushed to the training base to resume the game and prepare.

The suspension of the off-season has made the schedule very tense and confusing. Since the start of the game, the Lakers have played 17 games, while many teams have only played 13 games. However, the Lakers rely on excellent load management and only allow two players to be injured. .

"After playing the Pacers tomorrow night, I can finally relax for a while..." Workaholic Mike Brown couldn't help complaining.

Snyder and the others laughed, while Su Yang shook his head and sighed softly, knowing that the next seven days and three games would be really easy, but after that there would be eight days of four games, two of which were back-to-back away games. The pressure is great.

The topic quickly turned to how to play against the Pacers. Mike Brown said: "The Pacers' starting point guard Darren Collison is very fast. Accurate mid-range shot.

In my opinion, if Derek Fisher goes to the matchup, it will easily become a defensive hole and cause our formation to tear up.

I'd recommend starting Lin, who did well last game against speedy point guard John Wall. "

After McBrown finished speaking, Snyder and the others didn't say a word, but their expressions looked a little like laughing, and they were holding back.

Su Yang thought for a moment when he heard the words, and then looked closely at Mike Brown's sincere and sincere eyes. For a while, it was difficult to tell whether Mike Brown wanted to flatter him, whether he thought Jeremy Lin would win favor by suggesting Jeremy Lin to start, or he really thought Jeremy Lin was better.

"Except for last night's back-to-back against weak defenses, there is no need for Jeremy Lin to start the game..."

Su Yang said: "His shortcomings are very obvious. If he dribbles too high, it is easy to miss steals, and his positioning is not stable for three-pointers. He needs a lot of balls to attack, but if he is partnered with Kobe and Gasol for a long time, he will have a lot of balls. low income."

The reason why Lin Crazy has only seven games, apart from the impact of Lin's own injury, is that he was targeted.

Lin just started to play brilliantly, and other teams in the league didn't pay much attention to it. But after the heat soared, teams represented by the Hornets and Heat began to deliberately target. The passing route allows him to rush to the basket, restricts his mid-range and passing advantages, and magnifies his shortcomings of ball control deviation and lack of offensive means.

That kind of strategy is difficult even for Curry to deal with, and Lin naturally fades down, becoming an ordinary player.

The strong team plays the sixth man and the weak team plays the starter, which is the best positioning for Lin. The core reason is that Lin needs to hold a lot of balls. In a team like the Lakers, if Lin holds a lot of balls to attack, he will definitely be targeted. After all, there is too much pressure to defend against Kobe.

"Then give full play to his advantage of being a substitute fast breaker. He works very well with Josh..." Mike Brown continued, "As long as our main players get enough rest time, we can be in a favorable offensive and defensive situation. "

Su Yang nodded in agreement, the matter was a turnaround, and assistant coach Darwin Hamm immediately proposed to use fast breaks to deal with the Pacers.

"That's the right strategy, but we have to use it in stages, because it's very strenuous to start playing fast..." Su Yang explained.

During the discussion, the preparation meeting ended.

Su Yang drove away from the training base and drove to a Chinese restaurant called Tai Huang in El Gondo. He met with Jeremy Lin as planned, talked in detail about the position given by the positioning team, and reminded him to practice throws and three-pointers. He bluntly hoped that Jeremy Lin stay for a long time.

The next night, the Lakers played against the Pacers at home.

Fisher continued to start the battle. According to the strategy arranged by Su Yang, he bullied Collison to shoot less three-pointers and hit a low percentage. Pass the ball to another Pacers player.

The game started at seven o'clock, and the Pacers, as usual, focused on the defensive end at the beginning, and the offensive feel was poor.

That's typical Frank Vogel's coaching thinking, expecting to use a balanced defense and slowly recover points.

Su Yang too understood Vogel's thinking, and directly instructed Kobe to attack quickly, and shot quickly after receiving the ball, preventing the Pacers from entering a four-level and stable single-player lock rhythm, and caught rookie Paul George and his enemy Dengtai Jones to beat him to death, and quickly And hard.

A variety of factors combined, and the Lakers led the Pacers 31 to 14 in the first quarter, which made Vogel unable to calm down.

The game entered the substitute stage, and Su Yang made another move, letting Jeremy Lin team up with Mike Roberts, as well as Barnes, Goodlock and Ebanks, to speed up crazily and fast, making the Pacers unable to play the strongest Defensive advantage.

The defensive end unscrupulously used a three-two defense to restrict the Pacers from breaking through and bullying the Pacers to shoot three-pointers.

Jeremy Lin performed well on both ends of the offense and defense, and was not affected by Lance Stephen's crime. He cooperated with Mike Roberts and McGrady and successfully led the team to expand the lead. When the main players of the two teams returned one after another, the Lakers led by as much as 24 points.

There was garbage time early in the game, and the Pacers were unwilling to try to strengthen their defense and counterattack in the third quarter.

That was Frank Vogel's usual strategy. Unfortunately, Su Yang didn't follow that strategy and let Kobe directly attack and play more inside.

The pace of the game was forcibly slowed down, and the Pacers couldn't get up at all. After three quarters, the point difference was not narrowed, but in the fourth quarter, Su Yang asked Jeremy Lin to lead the team to play faster. The players were completely insane.

全场比赛打完，湖人112比98击败步行者，林书豪拿到17分7助攻5篮板。

That kind of data can only be regarded as an excellent substitute level at most, and the media that originally wanted to tout it lacked an angle of entry.

There was no further media coverage, and the discussion that Jeremy Lin had sparked before dropped rapidly, and many scouts were not interested.

At the press conference after the game, when talking about Jeremy Lin's performance against the Pacers, Su Yang specifically mentioned his poor performance: "He still needs to pay attention to control errors, his left-handed offensive ability needs to be strengthened, and his ability to handle the ball in an emergency stop needs to be improved." promote…"

Those comments caused the heat of relevant discussions to drop again, and platforms such as Twitter no longer discussed how to defend Jeremy Lin.

湖人全队休息三天，主场103比100险胜小牛，林书豪14分7助攻1失误。

又休息三天，湖人客场119比100大胜雄鹿，林书豪15分8助攻1失误。

After playing the Bucks, the Lakers flew to Minnesota overnight. Jeremy Lin had 21 points, 5 assists and 0 turnovers. Together with Bynum, who was 30+20, Kobe Bryant and Gasol only played 28 minutes, and they had a back-to-back five-point advantage. Narrowly beat the Timberwolves.

With seven consecutive victories, the Lakers returned to Los Angeles. After two days of rest, they overcame the Bobcats and won eight consecutive victories.

Jeremy Lin made 7 of 4 shots and scored 12 points and 6 assists efficiently, but did not attract any media attention.

Without media attention, there will be no special targeting, and more time for promotion will be given, and everything is developing in a healthy way.

When the coaching staff resumed the game, Mike Brown said excitedly: "Lin's stable performance on the bench gave Kobe more rest time, and also allowed Goodlock, Barnes and others to get more good three-point shooting opportunities. Pairs well with Maddie too.

We have made a lot of money from this deal, our lineup and style of play have become more and more stable, and our chances of winning the championship have greatly increased! "

Su Yang quite agreed with that view, and then received a call from Kupchak, and after a few brief chats, he figured out his thoughts: Jeremy Lin's stable performance and Blake's rapid recovery made Fisher less and less valuable in the Lakers , The management has officially decided to use Fisher to trade for a center player, mainly to serve as a substitute for Bynum, and first ask him what he thinks.

For that decision, Su Yang was a little tangled for a while.

(End of this chapter)