This striker is a bit of a monster

Chapter 306 Changes!

'Howard dominated the game'

'The league's new inside facade'

'At the home court of the Magic, Zhou Lin couldn't cast his own magic'

After G1 of the Eastern Conference finals, almost all the media in the United States focused on Dwight Howard, who is not yet 24 years old. If we say that in the last round, in the round against the Boston Celtics, It was because the Celtics were empty inside, but in this game, the Orlando Magic won the Charlotte Bobcats, which had four opposing inside reserves. The total data of the four insiders of the Charlotte Bobcats was 32 points 21 rebounds and 5 blocks. Except for 2 rebounds, other statistics are greater than the sum of the four players.

This is enough to prove that Howard has become the league's number one center.

And when the opponent deliberately used tactical fouls, he made the damn free throws. In the case of 19 free throws in a single game, the free throw percentage also reached 63%, which is much more reliable than the 59% in the regular season. .

"Hi, I'm Superman, the invincible Superman."

Warcraft Howard jumped forward and backward with a smile at the reporter, saying: "It turns out that it is a stupid way to hack and slash on me. I mean, as long as it is a free throw that should be scored, I will definitely not Miss, I'm not O'Neal, oh, sorry Shaq, no offense."

In the face of the defeat in G1, the Charlotte Bobcats must make some responses. First, the strength of the inside line needs to be changed.

"It will get better!" As the veteran of the team, Juwan Howard has now transformed into the role of an assistant coach. He not only needs to provide technical support and help to these young players in the team, but also psychologically. Provide coaching to players.

Don't be afraid, let alone be afraid, and don't be afraid!
In fact, apart from Emeka Okafor, Yi Jianlian, Roy Hibbert, and O'Bryant are all playing in the playoffs for the first time, and it is also the first time in a hand-to-hand battle in the playoffs , When meeting Dwight Howard, the best center player in the league at this stage, it is normal to have ups and downs in performance.

"Alian, how are you doing?"

After the training, Zhou Lin found Yi Jianlian. In this game, Yi Jianlian only got 5 of 1 3 points, 2 rebounds and 3 turnovers. It can be said that apart from O'Briant who played very short time, the Bobcats The least efficient of the team's three insiders.

"It's not good."

Yi Jianlian said while changing his training shoes.

To be honest, Zhou Lin is still a little worried about this compatriot. Ah Lian is an insider and likes to hide many things in his heart. This kind of introversion and reservation is the most undesirable thing in the United States. The competitive environment of the NBA Here, it is necessary to take the initiative. Many players will not only adjust themselves technically after they perform poorly in certain games, but also give themselves a lot of hints on the psychological level.

Perhaps, they will take the initiative to fight for playing time with the coach, or they may swear in front of the media that they will be better in the next game.

Zhou Lin entered the league a year earlier than Uzbekistan, and he can also see the current plight of Uzbekistan. The Uzbekistan is obviously in the rookie wall.

This is also the bottleneck that most rookies will encounter in the first year and the second year. Zhou Lin also encountered shackles before, but he broke through quickly.

In Zhou Lin's understanding, apart from injuries and injuries, the so-called rookie wall has two levels.

Externally, it is the technical level. A rookie who enters a league with more intense confrontation may struggle a little because of his physical fitness and cannot crush his opponents like he did when he played in a low-level league. Most of them happened in the first half of the first-year rookie game, because the training intensity of the players in the NBA is much higher than in the previous league, and the players gain weight and muscle very quickly, which is also the case for the vast majority of young players. , The first step to adapt to the NBA, even many league super giants are the same, they have to quickly adjust their weight and confrontation to the most suitable for themselves and adapt to the current state of the NBA.

Of course, if you still cannot adapt to the confrontation, or your weight and your style of play cannot match the team, it is very likely that you will be kicked out of the NBA major league where the fittest survive in the second year. After all, there will be more than one hundred players every summer. One of the best basketball players in the world wants to squeeze into the highest stage of basketball through various means.

In terms of confrontation, Zhou Lin is not worried about Ah Lian. Ah Lian trains very hard, and his weight is much heavier than before. Moreover, Ah Lian came from the professional league, not a player like the NCAA. As a rookie, the confrontation is not enough. It is bad, and the positioning of the team also gives enough space for the UAE. The switch between the 4th and 5th positions. He spends a lot of time in the [-]th position, so he is no stranger to this position, unless he encounters a strong [-]th position insider like Stoudemire, even if he encounters most of the [-]th position players, A Yi Jianlian can also go to the top, and in this round of the series, Yi Jianlian has a very short time to go to the top of Howard. Even if he is partnered with Okafor, it is Okafor to go to the top of Howard, so in terms of confrontation, the problem of the U.S. big.

But now Yi Jianlian's game is not as good as the game, and the bottleneck encountered is more of the second type, that is, the technical characteristics have been thoroughly understood.

The data of many potential rookies in the first year of entering the NBA may be the highest in their careers, that is, their debut is the peak, but then they go downhill. The defense has also started to work hard, and it is difficult for you to perform well.

There are many players of this type, so I won't give examples.

Yi Jianlian is a bit similar to the fact that the technical characteristics have been thoroughly understood. In the playoffs, until the second round and the third round, it can be said that after coming to this stage, every player will be studied under a magnifying glass. There are shortcomings in the technical characteristics, that is, the ability to complete the technique under confrontation is not perfect enough, and the shooting speed is not enough.

Of course, the Orlando Magic also investigated Yi Jianlian, who is considered to be half of the starter, so part of the reason for Yi Jianlian's poor performance must be the targeted defense.

Another part, Yi Jianlian hit a bottleneck similar to the rookie wall, is internal.

Old problem, psychological level.

Yi Jianlian is not a player who is very good at communicating with other players. It is due to his personality. Although his English level after entering the NBA is better than that of Yao Ming when he first came to the NBA, his level of communication with other players during the NBA season is definitely not as good as Yao Ming. good.

Unless, you are a genius and the team is built around you, otherwise you have to communicate with other players, whether it is on or off the court, at least you need to have a few friends. When you were in the Eagles, The United Arab Emirates also has this problem. In fact, the Eagles have only Lopez in the inside line. The competition is not big. The skills of the United Arab Emirates are not enough to blow Lopez, at least five. Let's open five, but this is the reason why the Eagles kept Lopez Jr. and let Yi Jianlian go.

Although Yi Jianlian’s coming to the Lynx team will be much better because of Zhou Lin, Zhou Lin can only try his best to win opportunities for Ah Lian. After all, it is better to teach people how to fish than to teach people to fish. I know better what I need to do in order to gain a foothold in the NBA.

Zhou Lin took Yi Jianlian back to his home, and the two watched the video of the last game three times.

"You shouldn't have passed these few balls. In this round, they are all staggered. You should rush in and play hard. Don't hesitate!"

Entering the playoffs, the Arab side originally had less possession of the ball, and the technical characteristics were studied by the Orlando Magic, and I began to hesitate again, so the state presented in the game was really poor.

"Find out where the problem is, let's solve it together!" Zhou Lindao: "A Lian, you just lack a little bit of self-confidence."

Zhou Lin's ending is brilliant.

"Think about how you play in the CBA, you can call the wind and rain!"

Yi Jianlian nodded thoughtfully and said, "Thank you, Zhou Lin!"

"In fact, every player will not have many opportunities in the NBA. If you blindly worry about gains and losses, you will not play well. When you have opportunities, you must be firm."

"I will never make these mistakes again in the future." Yi Jianlian said seriously.

"By the way." Zhou Lin said suddenly: "I'll give you a suggestion, of course it's just a suggestion."

"Well, you said."

Zhou Lin patted Yi Jianlian on the shoulder and said: "I think you should vent your emotions. Look at those old black players, they play very passionately. It’s not an elegant celebration, but it’s also one of their game rhythms. Sometimes your roar and your emotional expression will also change the emotions of your teammates to a certain extent. In the words of my college coach Jim, That is, we need to ignite the team’s emotions, don’t hold back, shout when you need to, punch when you need to punch, beat your chest when you need to, and, don’t you think that’s actually quite cool!”

Ah Lian laughed, and then said: "I will try my best."

Many things need to be experienced by oneself, so Zhou Lin can only mention a little bit here.

……

On May 5, US time, at 22:8 pm, it was still the Amway Center Arena.

The Orlando Magic continue to sit at home against the visiting Charlotte Bobcats.

"Hello everyone, audience in front of the TV. Welcome to the 2008-2009 NBA Playoffs Eastern Conference Finals. The teams on both sides are..."

The old partners Su Qun and Yu Jia reappeared on the TV screen of the fifth set.

"In the last game, the 'home team' Charlotte Bobcats of our Chinese fans lost to the opponent. I thought, the Bobcats must make changes. In the last game, the Charlotte Bobcats Playing too many positional battles, playing positional battles, the Magic team is really not afraid of the Bobcats, Warcraft blocked eight in the last game, and two are short of completing a triple-double."

"Yeah, in the last game, World of Warcraft almost ruled both offensive and defensive ends. They trained the insiders of the Bobcats one by one. One person robbed two and three. Although the three-point shooting rate of the Orlando Magic is average. , but depending on the number of shots, the number of shots is actually the same, both are 9, yes, there is an insider like Howard to grab, and the shots are at ease."

"Oh, the lineup has changed on both sides."

"The Orlando Magic have moved Cornett Lee to the second position, and the other players, Ralph Alston, Hedo Turkoglu, Sharad Lewis, and Dwight Howard have not changed. "

"Connett Lee is a rookie, but he has played basketball in college for four full years. He is older than Zhou Lin and Yi Jianlian. This type of player adapts quickly to the NBA, but he has great potential. It's also limited. This season, he has 8.4 points and 2.3 rebounds. He can move between the sixth man and the starter. He also has a 40% three-point shooting percentage. Come on, JJ Redick, who played mediocre in the last game, made coach Van Gundy dissatisfied."

"Well, looking at the starting lineup of the Charlotte Bobcats, it has also changed. Oh, Raymond Felton is in the starting lineup, Yi Jianlian is also in the starting lineup, and the other three players are Brandon Roy, Zhou Lin, Emeka Okafor is a regular starter, and it seems Larry Brown has figured it out."

"This Felton used to dominate the ball under Bickerstaff, but as soon as Larry Brown took office, he began to be marginalized. However, he played well in the last game, so This game put him in the starting lineup, and Yi Jianlian replaced Roy Hibbert."

"This lineup is more mobile. The Bobcats must bring speed and play aggressive games."

"Yes, okay, let's watch the game, it's officially started, Yi Jianlian and Howard jump the ball!"

"The ball belongs to the Magic, and the speed and reaction of Warcraft are really fast!"

The Orlando Magic got the first wave of the ball. Howard brought it up and made a pick-and-roll with Hedo Turkoglu. After the pick-and-roll ended, Warcraft walked inside, which still attracted more eyes and attention. However, the Orlando Magic still chose an outside shot. Turkoglu gave it to Cornett Lee who was squatting in the bottom corner, and directly hit the first three-pointer.

"The Lynx team is still a little bit afraid of Turkoglu passing the alley-oop to Warcraft!"

The threat of Warcraft inside is too great, and it has changed the defensive attitude of the Bobcats. In the last game, they scored 34+19+8, so it is not up to the Bobcats to pay attention to it.

The ball returned to the Bobcats, Raymond Felton still chose to charge fearlessly, tearing open Alston's opening and killing inside.

It has to be admitted that Alston's footsteps are indeed somewhat behind the young defender.

Warcraft came to help defend, and Felton passed the ball in a wide range to Roy in the bottom corner. Roy took a look at the basket and missed the shot. He broke through and passed the ball to Zhou Lin, and Zhou Lin broke through again, and the Magic The team's defense line began to mess up, and Zhou Lin gave Yi Jianlian in the bottom corner.

Yi Jianlian did not hesitate at all this time, and directly shot a three-pointer. On the basis of decisiveness, the shooting speed seemed to have improved a bit.

Three-point hollow into the frame!

"Ah!" Yi Jianlian slammed his chest fiercely, as if all the blocked breath had been blown away by the impact.

"I told you you could do it!"

Zhou Lin rushed up to high-five Ah Lian, and seeing Yi Jianlian make a three-pointer, Zhou Lin was more excited than himself when he scored a three-pointer.

"This is the characteristic that the Arab League needs to show!" Su Qun said: "With a height of 7 feet, he can shoot three-pointers from the outside. It is difficult for the Magic to defend!"

(End of this chapter)