NBA villain

Chapter 626 Strategy One
The Warriors left Salt Lake City.

It was a difficult game, and the Warriors finally won the game 106-98.

After the game, Sloan praised the team's tenacity.

"The lads are doing really well. I've seen their iron-like toughness. In the playoffs, maintaining this kind of aggressiveness will make a big difference."

At the same time, coach Sloan also talked about Boozer's injury, "He may have encountered some muscle contusions, but he is a veteran in the league for many years. I know he can calmly face such a situation. We need His scoring needs him to lead the team to victory."

The "Utah Sentinel", "San Francisco Herald", and some local newspapers reported on the event. At the same time, they all praised the Jazz. The Jazz have turned the Energy Solutions Arena into a real devil's home this season.

The situation in the West is not clear. With the Jazz occupying at least one spot in the top four, the competition for third, fifth and sixth has become very fierce.

The Warriors temporarily lead, followed by the Spurs and Rockets.

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Houston, Toyota Center.

In the general manager's office, newly appointed general manager Daryl Morey sat at a computer desk and held his first team uniform meeting since he took office as general manager.

The meeting was attended by the entire coaching staff, including head coach Jeff Van Gundy.

Darrell Morey is 32 years old and graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. After graduation, he founded a sports information consulting company in Chicago that specializes in providing operational data analysis for various professional teams.This working state continued until 2002 when the Celtics hired him as the team's vice president.

In April last year, Alexander hired him as the team's assistant general manager. 4 days ago, Morey succeeded Carl Dawson and officially became the team's general manager.

According to previous reports, I don't understand why the team would hire such a data expert who has never played basketball.

Of course, the Rockets took a fancy to Morey not only because of his status as the vice president of the Celtics, but also because of his education and research work in "Sports Analysis Management" at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.In fact, although he was previously the senior vice president of the Celtics Operations Information Department, Morey's work has no connection with Celtics general manager Danny Ainge. His job responsibilities mainly include venue operations, risk management , basketball analytics, ticket sales strategy, pricing, and technology infrastructure.And this actually conveys a signal: the Rockets will enter an era of "careful budgeting".

Daryl Morey called the meeting, but he wasn't actually the one hosting it. Coach Jeff Van Gundy was the real star.

A room full of management staff in suits, Jeff Van Gundy cleared his throat, then walked to the computer, opened the Western Conference leaderboard, and the projector was projected on the wall. Everyone raised their heads and looked at Van Gundy.

"I think everyone has heard about the rankings for the playoffs. After all, a large part of the outside reports are about the Rockets' rankings."

"I want to hear everyone's opinion." Jeff - Van Gundy skillfully threw the ball back.

Van Gundy scanned the management of the room, and then fixed his eyes on a round-faced, fat white man, "Tom, what do you think?"

Tom Thibodeau, the number one assistant coach of the Rockets, and Jeff Van Gundy's most capable assistant.

Thibodeau has been an assistant coach of the Rockets since 04, digging out Lucas, Hayes and others, and he is also Yao Ming's shooting coach.

Dean Cooper, Jack Sigma and others looked at Thibodeau.

Thibodeau nodded and said calmly: "Yes, as the outside world said, once we meet the Warriors in the playoffs, we will lose more than we win."

"Compared with us, the Warriors' lineup is more restrained." Thibodeau walked to the front, and then clicked on the Warriors' formation, and the heads of Yang Di, Chandler and others who represented the starting lineup appeared on the big screen .

"Everyone sees that Yang Di averaged nearly 30 points per game this season, and the focus of his offensive range has been expanded from the bottom corner to near the free throw line. At the power forward position, we lack players with the mobility that can correspond to it. I think everyone I also know that although Chuck is good at defense, his height is flawed after all, and Yang Di's turnaround shot has become his most common scoring weapon this season, and it will be very difficult to defend."

"Secondly, in terms of team style."

Thibodeau paused and continued: "The Warriors also have a run-and-gun style. They are best at defensive counterattacks. Yang Di protects the backboard and advances one-stop. It is almost impossible to defend him while we are on the move. We lack Mobility, once you fall behind to switch between offense and defense, you will be more passive."

"The Warriors' defense, Derek Fisher, Danny Granger and Tyson Chandler, correspond to our offensive strengths."

Dean Cooper asked: "That is to see the Warriors, we just have no hope of winning?"

"The probability is very low, and the analysis is not even as good as playing the Spurs." Tom Thibodeau said: "If we meet the Jazz, relatively speaking, it is the best of all teams."

"What about the Suns and the Mavericks?" Jack Sigma asked.

"These two teams are too offensive, and the Suns are relatively more difficult. It is better to play against the Mavericks. Although the Mavericks have an amazing record this season, they are a single-core team after all, and the tactics of the Mavericks are positional warfare. Defensive zone defense For Yao Ming, the effect will not be too good."

"In short, in the current situation, when you meet the Warriors, there is basically no hope of qualifying in the first round of the playoffs."

Thibodeau sighed, and there was still a word in his mind, "The Rockets still lack a traditional point guard. With Yao Ming's offensive ability soaring, with a good point guard, just like what the Mavericks did, the Rockets will The combat power has been greatly improved, and the combination of McGrady and Yao Ming may not be as good as imagined, far worse than the original OK."

"The Spurs are one and a half games ahead of us, and the Warriors are three games ahead of us. If we can finally surpass the Spurs or the Warriors, the situation will develop in the best direction. Otherwise, the situation is still very bad."

Van Gundy said: "The playoffs are a selection process. If we can't lead the Spurs, we will fall into a very embarrassing situation. I hope everyone can make a playoff strategy early. Warriors, Suns, Mavericks, Spurs, The Jazz are our imaginary enemies, and we strive to break through the first round this year and reach the Western Conference Finals."

Winning the championship is a slogan used by the players themselves to encourage themselves. The real team management, in the end, is all rational analysis and scientific planning. If they finally reach the finals, there will still be time to arrange finals tactics. The main opponent is still the gang of tigers and wolves in the west.

(End of this chapter)