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Chapter 709 Playoff Match

At noon on the [-]th, Su Yang flew to Memphis, met the team at the hotel, and held a meeting to clarify the arrangements after Curry's absence.

"In the remaining three games, we will play consecutive away games against the Grizzlies and Spurs, and then return to the home court against the Rockets. If we win all three games, then we may surpass the Warriors and rank third in the Western Conference. The discrepancy in their records is huge, and the Thunder are almost locked in sixth place in the Western Conference, so our next goal is to fight for third and beat the Thunder in the first round.

You know, the Thunder in the playoffs..."

Before Su Yang finished speaking, the generals of the king chuckled and booed, as if they all understood that he hinted that Westbrook would send the game away by himself.

"The second goal is to adjust our offensive system. We need to use Giannis as the absolute core. There is no need to say more about offensive and defensive transitions. It is mainly about positional warfare. Most of the points will be Giannis rushing to the basket to disrupt the opponent's defensive system. And to achieve that goal, we need to create space for Giannis first, and then we focus on training related tactics."

The difficulty of training is not great. I have played 1-4FLAT and similar tactics before. The focus is to create space for shooting and rushing to the basket through tactics, forcing the opponent to choose between Antetokounmpo and other Kings players to suppress, so shooting must be shot Accurate.

"I also know that everyone's momentum is low now because we have suffered too many injuries this season, but I will not say anything to boost morale, because we are participants in NBA events. If we don't have a strong desire to win games, we We can't get to where we are today. We have had many teammates injured. What we have to do is to persevere.

In short, please remember that no matter who falls, we must continue to fight!This is true now, and it will be true in the future! "

After the words fell, Brother Antetokounmpo took the lead in applauding, the king's generals followed suit, and the coaching staff looked at each other and smiled

Training ensues.

In a blink of an eye on the sixth, the King challenged the Grizzlies.

Perhaps it is the king who has fallen flat, and the Grizzlies, who have been confirmed to miss the playoffs, not only did not give up the game, but instead sent a starting lineup of Dillon Brooks, Marc Gasol, JaMychal Green, Mike Conley and Parsons, obviously wanting to win .

Su Yang simultaneously sent a lineup of Payton Jr. + Tatum + Jeff Green + Antetokounmpo + Lopez to play the triangle core.

"They seem to want to beat us, just like the young people in the Los Angeles Lakers. Paul George didn't play that game. The young man named Randall flew out of bounds to save the ball at the beginning..." Mike Brown complained wildly, and his words were full of sighs. When the three main players were injured, the king wanted to bully no matter whether it was a cat or a dog.

"Warriors can be bullied, but Lakers can't be bullied?" Su Yang responded in a Q style, and the teaching assistants suddenly understood and laughed.

Amidst the jokes, the game started.

The king won the jump ball, Payton took it across the center line to Antetokounmpo, and then lined up along the bottom line with the others from left to right, forming a typical 1-4FLAT formation, leaving all the high space for Antetokounmpo. Let him act according to the situation.

Antetokounmpo took the ball against Jay Michael Green, bowed and lowered his center of gravity, but the fake move was almost meaningless. Two steps forward failed to deceive the space, and the strong charge seemed unsure, so he quickly gestured for cover with his eyes. Tom went straight forward.

The other players of the Kings generally squatted on the baseline and did not move. The moment the cover was formed, Antetokounmpo started and rushed like a tiger.

Dillon, who ran up with Tatum, had no choice but to resort to the ICE strategy with Jay Michael Green. He couldn't stop it, trying to control Antetokounmpo in the middle distance, and Tatum took the opportunity to dismantle it, and Antetokounmpo fought. Pass the ball with the advantage of height and wingspan.

Because the other three Kings are still on the bottom line, the other three Grizzlies must guard, and no one can defend Tatum for a while.

The basketball went into the net hollowly, and the King scored a three-pointer first.

Easy side Grizzlies offense, Kings defense.

Su Yang raised his hand to signal that Antetokounmpo and Lopez guarded the waist positions on the left and right sides, while Payton Jr., Tatum, and Jeff Green coordinated at a high position, and the five joined forces to sacrifice a three-two defense. Super strong, if you don't give a breakthrough, you are only afraid of three points.

Anyway, using competition as a substitute for training, the total interval of three games is eight days, which can be regarded as making up for the king's previous garbage schedule.

Conley's three-pointer was really average, and he chose to hand the ball to Dillon, while the Kings directly double-teamed, and finally Parsons rushed to shoot.

The basketball slammed like iron, Lopez grabbed the rebound, and Payton Jr., Antetokounmpo and Tatum all made quick moves at the same time.

The three offensive and defensive switching lunatics, the Grizzlies couldn't defend at all, and chose to watch Payton Jr. rush to the basket and score with two-handed dunks.

With that kind of offense and defense, the King quickly established the victory, and finally won 114 to 93. Antetokounmpo scored 39 points and 15 rebounds.

Participating in the press conference after the game, talking about how he feels about returning to the team after a month, Su Yang said with a smile: "I am considering whether to give up the position to Mike Brown. The coaching of the team has been very successful. We have also suffered some misfortunes, which is an asset for us, and we will have a new improvement...”

Leaving Memphis, the Kings team flew to San Antonio, ready to rest for three days, and then challenge the second Spurs.

On the same night, the Warriors lost back-to-back away games to the Jazz, which greatly increased the King's hopes of competing for the third place in the Western Conference.

Su Yang was not too excited. He arranged for the players to train as usual, and was committed to making Antetokounmpo better link up with Tatum. The variant "Iverson Crosscut" became the key training content, and he understood why Donovan So love the Iverson crosscut.

The main thing is that Iverson's cross-cutting is simple. If the person who catches the ball has one-handed passing skills, it can evolve into many other tactics. Antetokounmpo and Tatum are not good passers, but they work together to cooperate with each other. Lopez, will be fierce.

The three cobblers are the best Zhuge Liang, all three of them can pass a little bit, add up to play a small routine, let Payton Jr. and Jeff Green be involved in the bottom corners on both sides, but I am a little afraid of zone defense, especially the Spurs' doubles. The tower team will have a certain test on Antetokounmpo and Lopez's three-pointers. It is easy to be slaughtered if the shot is smooth, and it is easy to be slaughtered if the shot is not smooth. That is why the Big Three Thunder led by Donovan can win. , No one can lose, anyway, the king is pursuing the upper limit, and he will try to change his bicycle into a motorcycle.

On the [-]th the next day, the Kings challenged the Spurs away.

Perhaps because they don’t want to meet the Kings in the second round, the Spurs have already confirmed that they are ranked second in the West, and the lineup is not released at all. Leonard, Aldridge, George Hill, Danny Green and Gasol, five people together Going out to fight, but also TM high-spirited.

The Spurs won the jump ball in the opening game. After some manipulation, Leonard singled out Tatum. He has a big size advantage and a good position.

Seeing this, Su Yang ordered double-teaming, and he was sure that normal defense would be difficult to play, so he might as well bet that Tielin's three-pointer would make him loose.

As a result, Tielin really hit the iron, Lopez grabbed the rebound, and the King started three quick shots, but the Spurs retreated very quickly.

The king can only sit down and start with the horns formation. Jeff Green leads Leonard to squat in the left corner, Payton Jr. takes George Hill to squat in the right corner, and Tatum holds the ball at the top of the arc to observe. And Antetokounmpo used Lopez's cover to lift up and run to the top of the arc.

As Su Yang expected, the Spurs did not hesitate to zone defense, and Antetokounmpo passed the ball to Daluo as planned.

Without any hesitation, Da Luo made a three-pointer.

Su Yang has already arranged a strategy. As long as Daluo gets an open space at the top of the arc, unless the route to the basket is completely unguarded, he must shoot a three-pointer. Even if he has made 27 consecutive three-pointers, No.20 still has eight times. We must act resolutely.

Amidst the boos of the audience, the three-pointer slammed into the net with a thud.

The king wins the bet again, and will continue to gamble.

Between you and me, the two teams fought hard and did not relax. During the rotation stage of the first, second and third quarters, Rose and Covington came off the bench and performed well. The Kings led by 1 points with 5 minute left, and Su Yang made a decisive start. Penalty shootout, won the game steadily.

After the game, various media and fans praised Su Yang for his on-the-spot reaction as the best in NBA history, and also praised him for his top-notch adjustment ability. He was able to quickly come up with a new offensive and defensive strategy when the team suffered serious injuries. and succeed.

The Kings team flew back to Saskatchewan.

On the second day of training, Curry, Cousins, and Brogdon sat on the sidelines together, forming a strong team.

In view of the fact that Su Yang had just finished the game before, Su Yang did not arrange confrontational running positions, mainly to maintain the feel of shooting, and spent a lot of time watching the video, and Cousins ​​took the initiative to serve as the commentator, saying boldly: "After more than two months of editing training and Explaining the exercises, I found that I also have the talent to become a generation of famous coaches, rookies like Tatum, I will be your head coach in the future..."

Everyone laughed, and the atmosphere of injury was swept away.

NO.11 played against the Rockets at home, the last game of the regular season.

Maybe it’s because I don’t want to face the Kings in the second round, I hope the Kings will be ranked third in the West, or maybe it’s the normal rotation at the end of the season. Harden, Paul, Gordon, and Capela didn’t play, and the Kings easily won the game , Zhou Qi blocked 4 shots.

Wait until ten o'clock in the evening, everything in the west is over.

With a record of 61 wins and 21 losses, the Kings surpassed the Warriors with 60 wins and 22 losses, ranking third in the Western Conference. In the first round of the playoffs, they faced the Oklahoma City Thunder led by Westbrook. If they entered the second round, their opponent would be the Spurs and the winner of the Jazz.

　Ordinarily speaking, in real history, Cousins, Brogdon, and Curry were all injured this season, but combined together, it feels terrible...

　　
　
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