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Chapter 697

Su Yang is also very happy about Curry's reaction, mainly because no surgery is required, but the follow-up impact will be quite a lot.

No time to think about it, NO.30 at noon, the Kings team boarded the plane to Indiana, and started the three-game Eastern Conference.

Curry wanted to go with the team, but Brother Antetokounmpo stopped him directly and patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, I'm here."

After sending Curry away, Su Yang dragged Mike Brown and others on the plane to discuss: How to better maintain the team's record will definitely lose more than when Curry is there. I can only say try to win Cain's game, There is no such thing as a back-to-back match.

"The team doctor thinks he will be absent for at least 11 games, but after Curry comes back, he needs to adapt to the confrontation again. We have to calculate at least 13 games..." Su Yang stared at the schedule and lamented in his heart that not every player can return from injury. There are still too few perverts like Durant. Curry will definitely adapt to the game gradually, just like Harden. The difference is nothing more than the number of games.

Curry was quite nimble as a rookie, and he made breakthroughs in all kinds of coquettish ways. If it wasn't for the ankle problem, he switched to a simple and practical style of play. Well trained + luck.

"From the perspective of the schedule, it is more suitable to arrange a comeback on the 22nd of next month. We will play consecutive home games against the weaker Lakers and Clippers. We will not suffer too much in whistleblowing, and we can effectively avoid those dragging and dragging..." Assistant coach Mike Brown suggested .

Di Brown and other assistant coaches agreed, and Su Yang turned to another topic: "Everyone thinks, how to fill in the direct and indirect scoring that Curry is not in, my idea is to focus on the triangle series tactics, mainly attacking the inside and weakening the outside... "

The king's offensive overflow has no shortage of scorers, but the sudden absence of Curry for a long time will affect the operation of the offensive system. We must not let Rose be used directly as Curry. The technical characteristics of the two are very different, and Antetokounmpo and Cousin have to S to lead.

"I think it's feasible..." Assistant coach Mike Brown and others nodded one after another. Antetokounmpo could digest a lot of ball possessions.

From another perspective, Curry's injury allowed Antetokounmpo to show off his strength in positional warfare.

Between discussions, the plane landed in Indiana.

Settled in the hotel for a night of rest, held a video analysis meeting early the next morning, first watched the Pacers' play in the last few games, and then arranged how to run without Curry. Fortunately, except for Nance Jr. and Payton Jr., the other Kings players understand it well , and Cousins ​​said with a smile: "Since the main triangle offense, it must show Shaquille O'Neal's dominance in the Lakers period!"

Everyone laughed when they heard the words, Su Yang caught a glimpse of Ross who was a little worried by chance, guessed it in his heart, and talked in detail after the end.

"I know you were in the Knicks last season and made Phil Jackson's triangle offense very painful, which indirectly caused your shooting percentage to drop significantly, but I assure you that the triangle offense between our Kings and the Knicks has a great experience. difference."

"Oh, actually, I didn't think that much..."

In the middle of speaking, Ross turned his head away from Su Yang's eyes in embarrassment, as if he was worried that Su Yang might mistakenly think that he was questioning his coaching ability, and he didn't know how to explain it. Just saying it was an admission that he questioned the triangle offense, let alone explaining it.

Su Yang didn't bother, he raised his hand and patted his shoulder to encourage Rose not to think too much, and started to arrange the training content of the whole team instead.

In the final analysis, the triangle offense is an idea rather than a specific strategy. Although there are some signature moves and moves, you only need to remember the two key points of "strength transfer and low position support". There are still a lot of specific moves. Double screens and echelon screens, as well as pick-and-roll drives, as for the strict pursuit of positioning distance, and trying to make the stars play one-on-one, they are all superficial manifestations.

The game kicks off at eight o'clock in the evening.

The Pacers under the changed timeline did not get Oladipo and Sabonis by trading George this season. They still play with Jokic as the core, but recalled their old acquaintance Darren Collison. Jokic fights for the ball.

Su Yang also saw that Damien Wilkins, whom he liked to use when he first coached the Thunder, was also in the Pacers lineup. Let Larry Bird's weird idea of ​​"you have to change the main force or coach if you haven't achieved results in three years" toss enough, making the Pacers change the boss player at every turn. It's really like everyone else is like him. Just win the championship with poison, and the honors accumulated in the first seven years of his career can be ranked among the top ten in history.

The king won the opening jump ball, Antetokounmpo quickly slid down, and used Cousins' back screen to directly RIP and rush to the basket, while Rose synchronously passed the ball long, followed by a strong split dunk and scored. Su Yang sacrificed Vogel's usual Tactics, as a gift for the Pacers.

Another reason for that kind of start is to let Rose find the feeling as soon as possible. Before that, a set of tactics was specially designed for Rose. The ball and the breakthrough threat are relatively solid.

The Pacers changed sides to attack. Jokic failed to grasp the ball in the first place, but he also had a serious movement without the ball. However, the two new players, Collison and Bojan, seemed to have little contact with him, and he just didn’t get the ball. Pass it to him and force a three-point shot.

Perhaps because of McMillan's coaching, the Pacers returned to defense super fast, and Antetokounmpo failed to make a fast break when he dribbled the ball.

The king turned to land, and Antetokounmpo took advantage of the opportunity to flank the left elbow area. Seeing this, Rose and Cousins ​​ran to the right elbow area in unison to cover the oncoming Tatum, and then Tatum After receiving the pass, he directly switched to defend Collison.

Collison's body couldn't resist, Thaddeus Young on the weak side was forced to double-team, and Tatum decisively distributed the ball to LaVine.

A three-point shot followed, and the basketball slammed into the net.

Su Yang got up and applauded the king's generals. This time, the offensive and defensive transition, from the discovery that it was impossible to play a fast break, to Antetokounmpo taking the initiative to call the triangle tactics, and then to the subsequent step-by-step screens and breakthrough points, dealt with the level of consecutive championships. Lakers and Bulls.

Between the two teams, after halftime, the Kings beat the Pacers 55 to 30. Curry, who was far away in Saskatchewan, tweeted and joked: "I used to think I was important until I was injured and missed the game. The team still leads by 25 points at halftime..."

Fans from all walks of life were working hard in the comment area, and they all wondered whether the Kings were too strong or the Pacers were too weak?
Back from the intermission, the offensive and defensive situation of the two teams has not changed much from before. After three quarters, the Kings still lead by 21 points.

Su Yang felt a little unbelievable, and then sent out a substitute lineup dominated by Payton Jr. and Jeff Green, but they still played inextricably with the main players of the Pacers. Finally, the fans who eat melons found the answer: the King is very strong, and the Pacers are also strong. very weak.

In the end, the Kings defeated the Pacers 109 to 83.

Antetokounmpo got it in three quarters, 17 points, 9 assists and 16 rebounds, and voluntarily gave up the triple-double at his fingertips.

Participating in the press conference after the game, when talking about the absence of Curry, Su Yang replied: "There is no specific return time yet, but we miss him very much. He is the core of our offensive system. With him or without him, we It's two teams..."

After the press conference, the whole team flew to Boston overnight, and after a night's rest, they challenged the Celtics in back-to-back away games.

Because of the change in timeline, Hayward was not injured, Thomas Jr. was still in top offensive form, Stevens played the two offensively well, and the Celtics also boldly used two and three defenses on the defensive end, while avoiding Thomas Jr. was at a disadvantage in defense, while bullying Rose with a mediocre three-point shooting rate, and then double-teamed Antetokounmpo and Cousins, which made the King quite uncomfortable.

The Kings fought hard until the end of the fourth quarter, back-to-back lack of physical strength appeared. LaVine and Rose hit the iron three times in a row, and Tatum made a low-level pass error, allowing the Celtics to play a 9-0 attack wave. The final score was 104. 113 lost.

The seven-game winning streak ended just like that, but Su Yang felt a little relaxed. He didn't need to worry about the players needing to play for a long time to continue the winning streak.

After a three-day break, the Kings flew to Detroit to challenge the Pistons on their Eastern Conference road trip. Antetokounmpo scored 43 points and led the team to victory.

The whole team flew back to Saskatchewan overnight, played two home games, and then flew to the East for three consecutive trips. It's a fucking schedule.

Su Yang stared at the schedule table and complained wildly in his heart: "It's a pity that we are not the Lakers. We can start 13 games and play 11 home games. The opponent is basically the tank team. The boss is injured and absent, and the players play a few blind times, and we can maintain five or five. Open win rate..."

(End of this chapter)