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Chapter 449 Domination of the Pacific Ocean

On the last game day of November, the Kings played against the Clippers.

In the pre-match training in the afternoon, Su Yang got the Clippers starting roster and found that Paul would be absent due to a wrist injury. He decided to adjust the team rotation and found Gobert who was working hard on jumping hooks: "You will play more time tonight. Ready for the challenge…”

"Okay, coach..." Gobert nodded excitedly, like the most obedient kid in the preschool class, he didn't have the naughty look of deliberately messing with the microphone during the epidemic and not complying with the epidemic prevention regulations, probably because he hadn't broken out yet Famous.

Su Yang smiled and encouraged, mainly because he wanted to take advantage of Paul not fighting and not having too many opportunities for military training and punishment, so as to promote Gobert.

The game officially started at seven o'clock. Without Paul's Clippers, both offensive and defensive ends seemed to be affected. The original backup point guard Darren Collison organized the team in an orderly manner. A sideline fan was curious: "What is the role of Paul? What is it?"

Hearing this, Su Yang suddenly thought of the Western Conference Finals in [-] in his previous life. The Suns won two games in a row without Paul, and lost two games in a row with Paul. Slow down and run tactics?

With 5 minutes left in the first quarter, Su Yang removed Millsap and replaced Gobert according to the plan. After a few rounds, the King's protection of the basket suddenly improved. A block threat is all that is required.

That is the highest state of inside line defense, allowing players with the ball to have the subconsciousness of 'rushing to the basket and being blocked easily', which in turn affects the player's offensive choices, making the player unable to play according to muscle memory, and finally reducing the opponent Scoring efficiency.

As the saying goes, if you are not afraid of thieves stealing, you are afraid of thieves thinking about it.

After the half game, the Kings led 51 to 44. He grabbed 8 more rebounds and Gobert grabbed 5 offensive rebounds. , also helps a lot.

In the second half of the game, Griffin and Redick encountered great restrictions on their shots and failed to stand up and score efficiently. Players such as Jr. Jordan, Dudley and Collison were also not good scorers. The Clippers relied on Crawford and several gods Ball, keep the situation from collapsing.

But the fairy ball can only be played temporarily, not all the time. Crawford misfired in the fourth quarter, and the King gradually established the foundation for winning.

When the final whistle sounded, the Kings defeated the Clippers 104 to 88, the third victory in the season, which is a bit restrained.

Gobert grabbed 17 basketballs and reached a new career high. After the game, he attended the press conference and talked about why he had such a performance. He said excitedly: "I want to thank Coach Su Yang. He always pays attention to me. I'm looking for an opportunity to play..."

Su Yang also attended the press conference. He talked about Paul's absence and whether it was a pity to win the game. He said: "If Paul is on the court, our defensive system will not be arranged like it is today. He can pass the pick-and-roll and make it difficult for many center players to appear..."

Paul is very lethal to the big center, but if the opponent withdraws the big center, his team can't create more damage inside, it's useless, just like the [-] finals, Daluo staggered many times After that, the inside of the sun did not become fierce.

One day off, the first battle in December, the king will face the warriors.

When the game was about to start, Su Yang happened to watch the Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich win the head coach of the month trophy on ESPN's national live broadcast by chance, and the commentator Van Gundy joked: "It's the first time I found out that the competition for this award is so fierce. !"

"Coach, I think you should get this award!" Brother Antetokounmpo was full of anger, and it was hard to distinguish sincerity or compliment.

"That's it, I have a lot."

Su Yang was sour on the spot.

In the past at the Lakers and Thunder, he ignored the award for the best head coach of the month. After all, if he can win the championship, he doesn't even care about the best head coach of the year. Now he wants to get the best head coach of the month to motivate The whole team couldn't get it.

In the 13-14 season, the best head coach award for the first month is evaluated according to the record from the start of the game at the end of October to the last game in November. The Kings have a total of 10 wins and 11 losses, and have repeatedly defeated strong teams. 11 wins.

The Spurs played 3 more games and their winning percentage was 4 percentage points higher. Popovich deserved the award and there is no dispute.

Moreover, the Thunder is also 11 wins and 3 losses. Considering that Westbrook missed several games at the beginning, Su Yang can't compete with Thunder coach Scott Brooks, so Van Gundy said that he never thought it would be so fierce, and the first selection is true. war.

In a blink of an eye, at seven o'clock, the game between the Kings and the Warriors started.

In the first quarter, the two teams took the lead alternately. It was difficult to widen the score gap, and they were also fully blooming. No player was particularly outstanding. When the second quarter came off the bench, the Kings relied on Thomas Jr. and Gay to establish a 7-point lead and maintain it until the end of halftime. .

Back from the halftime break, Thompson and Tony Douglas formed a broken version of the Splash Brothers. There was a wave of unreasonable bombardment, and the King's defense was not in place. As a result, although the King's offense was also very sharp, they were forced to be chased after three quarters. flat.

But the incomplete version is the incomplete version. In the fourth quarter of the game, Su Yang deployed a defense against a wave of Tony Douglas. The Warriors were left with Thompson playing alone. In addition to the steady and ruthless three-pointers, he was also pleasantly surprised to see some holding the ball Breakthrough offense.

"The timeline has changed, let Thompson attack with the ball, and Simmons won't be able to practice shooting..." Su Yang thought, the timeline changed before, so that Gay was not injured when he was in the Grizzlies, and LeBron was established in advance. A good attitude, it is estimated that there are surprises.

After thinking about it, Thompson's strength alone is always limited. The King finally defeated the Warriors 115 to 107, winning two consecutive victories.

With a day off, the Kings played against the Thunder at home.

When the game started, Westbrook ran to Su Yang to say hello, and showed off his impressive recovery speed by the way: "I am very fierce, right? Others need a long rest for a torn meniscus. I fully recovered in half a year, and I feel faster Even better than before!"

Su Yang smiled wryly: "You kid, you can take care of yourself. Before you hit your knee with a cane, you were injured twice and had to undergo an operation. You haven't learned your lesson. You should save effort afterwards. Don't do unnecessary movements. Learn from Stoke Dayton, it takes a few more years to make money..."

Unlike Kobe, Su Yang is willing to speak out to persuade Westbrook, mainly knowing that Westbrook will not listen, because he is not Westbrook if he listens.

Anyway, weird logic.

At eight o'clock, the game officially started.

On the king's side, Vazquez, who is tall but slow to move laterally, can only catch Westbrook blindly, and the young Antetokounmpo can't guard against Durant, who is about to become full. Millsap's defensive experience, met Ibaka, who likes long-distance jumpers, has a height disadvantage that is magnified several times. Cousins ​​​​is easy to be confused when he encounters Perkins' old fritters.

After the first quarter, the Kings trailed 16 to 31.

During the intermission, Durant passed the Kings bench and joked to Su Yang: "Remember, don't meet us in the second round..."

Su Yang responded with a smile, and did not make any offensive adjustments. In the second quarter, he decisively adopted zone defense, bullied the Thunder's three-point deviation, took care of Durant first, followed by Ibaka, and finally cared about Westbrook's zombie jumper, retaliated with a wave of 31 Compared with 19, they lost only 3 points at halftime.

After returning from the halftime break, the scoring efficiency of the two teams normalized. In the last 11 seconds of hard work, Antetokounmpo made a perfect shot.

The Kings regretted losing 105 to 107 in the end. Thomas Jr. scored 24 points in vain, but six players from the team scored in double figures.

After three full days of rest, the Kings played against the Lakers at home again. Thanks to Kobe's absence due to knee soreness, they won by 12 points.

Curry only scored 14 points in the game. Most of the time, he was responsible for dribbling the ball across the half. When Su Yang was coaching, the treatment was very different.

At the post-match press conference, the reporter talked about the king’s 8 wins and 6 losses in the last 2 games, 7 of which they played against teams in the Pacific Division. In addition, they defeated the Kings and the Warriors in a row at the start of the game. They can be described as the absolute overlord of the Pacific Division. .

Su Yang shrugged slightly: "That means we are doing well and can improve our goals, maybe not just the second round of the playoffs..."

(End of this chapter)