Basketball Myth: Super Guard

Chapter 417 Isn't this just run and bomb tactics?
Assistant coach Harry was stunned, and asked in surprise: "What kind of team?" "Haha." Coach Fox said with a smile: "We played very well in the previous few games, winning all 6 games, but I always feel that it is not good enough. It seems that something is missing. This game let me know that we do have something lacking. Our outside line is very strong. There are Qin, Jimmy, and Holbert. Looking at the entire Big East, I am afraid that there is no such team. The perimeter of the team is comparable to ours."

"However, our inside line is relatively weak, and Kent's strength is mediocre. Jefferson has a good small hook, but his height is his weakness."

Coach Fox was still watching the game on the court, and said in a low tone: "With our inside configuration, we are not very competitive. Against the Twin Towers at the University of Tennessee, our inside line was blown up. Today, against Lan at the University of Louisville Des, our inside line has become the hardest hit."

"Once there is no inside advantage, it is difficult to defend, so we cannot become a defensive team. It can even be said that we cannot become a good defensive team."

Hearing this, Assistant Coach Harry frowned slightly, but couldn't help nodding in agreement.

The NCAA does not have three seconds of defense, but it has three seconds of offense. Under such a rule, the inside line becomes the basis for the team to build a defensive system. Without an excellent inside line, it is difficult to form a defensive system.

Moreover, under such rules, Syracuse University has no way to compete defensively with the opponent, as evidenced by the fact that Landers blasted the inside line in the first half.

"Harry." Coach Fox's eyes sparkled, "Today's game let me know that we have to fight against a strong team, and to defeat a strong team, we can only rely on offense. We must use our perimeter advantage and our Offensively played to the max."

Assistant coach Harry was shocked, and lost his voice: "You mean we want to become a purely offensive team?"

Coach Fox shook his head and said: "No, we didn't completely lose defense, but we made a certain trade-off between the two, and we are more inclined to attack. We have a point guard like Qin who has a sharp breakthrough, superb speed, and excellent organizational skills. There's an impactful, scoring forward like Butler, and a scoring guard like Holbert."

"You see, we have a lot of people who can handle the ball. Once we speed up the offensive and defensive rhythm, our offense can have more changes, and there is no need to fight with the opponent in the half-court position. And, we can also use our outside Unleash the greatest scoring ability."

For Syracuse University, the outside line is rich enough, but the inside line is stretched, especially when it encounters strong teams like the University of Tennessee and the University of Louisville, the inside line will become a weakness.

There is no way to change this, it is a matter of lineup configuration.

Everyone knows that it is best for a team to achieve a balanced internal and external, and strikers must be comprehensive, both offensive and defensive, but the reality is that few teams are so lucky.

For example, Syracuse University, with Qin Hao and Butler joining, the outside line is already strong enough. The trio of Qin Hao, Butler, and Holbert is enough to dominate the Big East.

But the interior is weaker.

Changing the team's style of play, speeding up the rhythm of offense and defense, highlighting outside offense, and replacing defense with offense is indeed a solution when the lineup is fixed.

Assistant Coach Harry nodded subconsciously, thought for a while, and suddenly exclaimed, his eyes widened and he called out, "Isn't this the 'run and bomb tactic'?"

"Haha, that's right, it's 'running and bombing'." Coach Fox laughed and said, "Our situation just fits, why not?"

At this time in 09, because of the "indiscriminate bombing" trend set off by Nash and Stoudemire in the Suns, the "run-and-bomb tactic" has become a household name.

The so-called running and bombing refers to quick offensive and defensive transitions and quick transfer of the ball. Every player has the ability to handle the ball, and can adapt to the situation on the field and decide whether to make a shot.Each of their players is the initiator of the offense, and it may also be the terminator.

In fact, the fundamentals are two words, speed and shooting.

The first element is speed, use the opponent's unstable foothold to create offensive opportunities, use fast running, counterattack, make the opponent exhausted, and finally be dragged into your rhythm.

The second is shooting, fast running, fast passing of the ball, fast shooting, without very complicated tactical cooperation, and in order to open up space, more outside shots will be used.Therefore, shooting is extremely important in running and bombing, and every participating player must have the ability to shoot.

Assistant coach Harry's heart was beating wildly, looking at the court, Qin Hao quickly pushed the ball to the frontcourt, then passed it to Holbert, Holbert made a breakthrough, and then passed it to Butler, who caught the ball and made a jump shot.

Swish!
The ball goes in.

There were only two passes, and the basketball did not pass through the hands of Kent and Jefferson. The two inside players seemed redundant and slowed down the team's counterattack.

"We are indeed suitable for running and bombing." Assistant coach Harry secretly frowned, "Coach, if we play running and bombing, then only one of Kent and Jefferson will be left."

"Kent came off the bench," Coach Fox said.

Assistant Coach Harry sighed helplessly. It seemed that Coach Fox had already made his decision.

This does not surprise Assistant Coach Harry. Coach Fox is known as the "Silver Fox", which means that his coaching style is changeable, not rigid in form, and often has unexpected operations, making people unpredictable, like a cunning bird fox.

So Coach Fox suddenly decided to play "run and bomb". Although assistant coach Harry was a little surprised, he didn't find it difficult to accept, but felt a little sorry for Kent.

But it's also for the team.

Poor Kent was still facing the crazy destruction of Landers on the court. He wanted to cry but had no tears, so he could only use fouls to resist.

"beep!"

The referee blew the whistle, pointed to Kent, gave him another foul, and then signaled Kent "five fouls" and will be sent off.

Coach Fox's face turned black, I was going to make you a substitute, but you can't strike me immediately, haven't I said it yet?

Without Kent, it is conceivable that the inside line will get worse.

"Coach, me." Kent came to the court with a depressed expression on his face.

"Forget it." Coach Fox patted Kent's arm and comforted: "It's okay, you don't need to blame yourself, I know you have tried your best."

Fortunately, Landers was not good at free throws and only scored one free throw.

Afterwards, both sides began to change players. After more than seven minutes in the second half, they began to enter the rotation time. The main players were replaced and rested, waiting for the decisive battle in the last few minutes.

The good news for Syracuse University is that with the outstanding performance of outside players during this period, they still lead their opponents by 6 points.

(End of this chapter)