start with scouting

Chapter 469 Building Self-Confidence Should Start with a Rookie
With 14 games left in the regular season, the Kings coaching staff entered the combat upgrade mode, and Su Yang took the lead in analyzing the opponent's video.

On the 21st, the Kings played against the Wizards at home. The whole team focused on Wall, double-teamed Gortat, and induced Bill and Ariza to attack with the ball more. In the first quarter of the game, Gortat, Bill, and Ali The three made a combined 14 of 3 shots.

The Kings further established an 11-point lead. Su Yang saw Ariza's dying state, and his idea of ​​getting Ariza in the offseason was much lower. The 4-year $3200 million is not worth it. It is better to train Covington and other rookies .

In the next three quarters, the Wizards substitute Drew Gooden broke out and forcibly held the situation, and he just won in the last 5 minutes.

The Kings won the game 117-106. Seven players rarely scored in double figures, and the number of assists reached an exaggerated 38.

No one sticks to the ball, the conduction movement is very smooth, Cousins ​​​​takes the lead in doing the dirty work, and the whole team is as energetic as playing chicken blood.

After playing against the Wizards, the Kings continued to face their opponents in the Eastern Conference and easily defeated the Bucks. Unfortunately, they lost to the Knicks where Chandler, Stoudemire, Anthony, JR Smith, and Felton played neatly. Young Alphabet brother.

JR Smith also scored 50 points with a shooting percentage of 26%+. He can bully Thornton both with and without the ball, and he is in excellent form.

With a record of 53 wins and 18 losses, the Kings team embarked on a three-game trip. The first stop flew to Oklahoma, and they fought hard for four quarters. In the end, they lost to the Thunder 107-114. It explodes in the middle, and it is completely impossible to defend.

After the match, Su Yang rushed to the hotel while watching the video, he felt his brain buzzing, he had a headache anyway.

Westbrook also had an operation in the middle of the season, but he looked even stronger after he came back, and the psychological impact was too strong.

The Kings flew to New Orleans in the second stop, and encountered Anthony Morrow, who had an excellent three-pointer and made 13 of 9 three-pointers in the game. He insisted on playing until the last minute to confirm the victory. The shortcomings are exposed again.

There is no complete solution. When the king encounters a team with strong shooting and impact, the zone defense is not so effective, and the center cannot be defended. Most of them will be overwhelmed. They can only make up for it on the offensive end and try to reduce their scoring efficiency. .

The third stop, the king flew to Dallas.

The Mavericks are competing with the Warriors, Grizzlies, and Suns for the eighth place in the regular season in the Western Conference. The price of losing a game is extremely high. The whole team sees the Kings attacking like crazy. Nowitzki and Ellis are playing high pick-and-roll. From the beginning of raw water, the king pursued hard all the way.

In the last 12 seconds of the game, Su Yang arranged a lore tactic, and Thomas Jr. hit the iron with a three-pointer, losing 100 to 103.

With a record of 54 wins and 20 losses, the Kings returned to Sacramento, eight games from the end of the season, still third in the Western Conference.

On April [-]nd, they played against the Lakers at home.

Su Yang stopped by to receive the best coach trophy in March. The league was very respectful. President Stern presented it in person and joked: "You only get it once this season. Compared with the previous one, your strength has dropped too much. You need to work harder next time." ah."

Su Yang simply thanked and led the audience to applaud Stern, and invited Stern to attend the ribbon cutting after the arena was completed.

The game started at eight o'clock, and Kobe returned from injury to participate in the battle. His condition was obviously not good, but Byron Scott did not make adjustments.

As a result, Curry has less possession of the ball, which caused the Kings' backcourt, which should have been blown up, to experience normal and excessive pressure easily.

At the end of the game, the Kings won 107 to 99, and the six players on the team scored in double figures. On the Lakers side, Kobe made 21 of 7 shots and scored 24 points with free throws. Curry was quite efficient, shooting 8 three-pointers 4, but unfortunately there were 6 turnovers.

After a day off, the Kings flew to Oakland to challenge the Warriors who were going all out for the playoffs. They encountered Thompson, who was in a state of enlightenment, and Thompson made 12 of 8 shots in the game, including 7 three-pointers. In addition, Iguodala and Harrison Barnes made 12 of 6 three-pointers in total. Cousins ​​and Gay scored 64 points and couldn't hold it. In the end, they lost 117 to 121.

Su Yang led the team back to Saskatchewan, and Thomas Jr. joked: "Fortunately, Stephen Curry was traded at the beginning, otherwise the backcourt composed of Curry + Thompson, as well as Bogut's meat shield and Iguodala's muscular man, Definitely super strong…”

"Yeah, luckily..."

Su Yang couldn't help but think that the previous Warriors boss would try his best to pursue Curry again. Could it be possible to kneel down to save him?

Back in Saskatchewan, the Kings faced the Mavericks and the Thunder in a row, and suffered two consecutive losses. The reason for the loss was the same as before. And Calderon exploded.

After losing to the Thunder, the Kings flew to Portland overnight to challenge the Trail Blazers back to back. They were exhausted and fell behind by double digits in the first quarter. They chased all the way to the last moment. Cousins ​​failed in a low-post attack. Regretted loss by 1 point, suffering a three-game losing streak.

With a record of 55 wins and 24 losses, the King flew to Los Angeles, ready to challenge the Clippers who are competing for the third place in the Western Conference.

After waking up early in the morning, Su Yang took the whole team to a meeting to watch the replay of the game, and discuss the upcoming playoffs by the way.

The three-game losing streak is really surprising. The coaching staff and the players are a little confused, especially Thornton and Thomas Jr., because their own defensive problems caused the King to lose several games. The teammates bowed and apologized.

Su Yang resolutely stopped: "We are a team, everyone has their own characteristics, there is no need to worry about what has happened, we must try our best to think about how to solve the problem, and the way to solve the problem does not have to be eliminated, but can also be bypassed ..."

Thornton and Thomas Jr. are really deficient in defense, but their offensive efficiency is very high. The other players of the Kings have no right to complain. The guards with good offense and defense are Kobe and Jordan. If you want that level, unless you are Bird and lebron.

Assistant coach Di Brown suddenly suggested: "Just control the result of the game and try to challenge the Spurs instead of the Thunder in the second round."

The voice fell, and the conference room fell into silence.

Everyone understands that Di Brown's proposal is feasible, mainly because the Kings played against the Thunder 4 times this season, and the Kings had 1 win and 3 losses.

If the Kings try their best to fight for the third place in the Western Conference, they will probably face the Rockets or the Lakers in the first round. It will not be so easy to advance, but if they succeed in the promotion, the probability of winning the second round against the Thunder will definitely not be as high as against the Spurs, because the Spurs' backcourt impact is average.

If they beat the Spurs in the second round and face the Thunder, which consumes a lot of energy in the Western Conference Finals, it may increase the probability of winning.

The key operation is not very difficult, you only need to lose to the Clippers and then lose to the Clippers. There are [-]% left to play against the Suns and Timberwolves. You can adjust it at will according to the situation. Anyway, the Clippers are also very strong, and basically will not let the outside world question the intentional loss. The ball controls the matchup.

Su Yang heard the words and almost wanted to say yes. If the Clippers played against the Thunder, the 514 incident happened repeatedly and Ibaka was injured, then the Kings are really sure to play against the Thunder in the Western Conference Finals. Although the premise needs to beat the Spurs to advance, the Spurs nemesis is not Call in vain.

In just two seconds, Su Yang quickly denied his thoughts. The first round of the Rockets or the Lakers is very difficult to play, and it is meaningless to assume too much.

The key is not to let Cousins ​​and Antetokounmpo and other future cores have that kind of fear, even if it is really difficult to fight.

After thinking about it, Su Yang made up his mind and looked at Brother Antetokounmpo, Thomas Jr. and Cousins, implying his objection.

Brother Antetokounmpo understood, and immediately shook his head: "Don't be afraid!"

Thomas Jr. answered: "We can beat the Thunder!"

Cousins ​​looked left and right, deliberately imitating Su Yang's expression and tone when speaking Chinese: "Just do it!"

(End of this chapter)