Play with your brain

Chapter 230 Gets thrown off by the Mavericks
"Mr. Xu, how do you think the first quarter of the two sides played?" Yu Jia used the rest time of the first quarter very modestly to ask Teacher Xu for advice.

"Hehe, as far as the first quarter is concerned, the scores of the two sides are very high, and the shooting percentage is also high, hehe. The Mavericks' style of play is very normal. This is how they play. They attack quickly and shoot accurately. Except for the No. [-] center in the Western Conference, everyone has a basket, hehe. But the Knicks are a little abnormal, because their style of play is not like this. The Knicks originally focused on positional warfare, and then occasionally played some fast breaks. But Now it is obvious that they have to play with the Mavericks, because the opponent's shooting is unreasonable and the shooting percentage is very high, hehe. If this continues, it will not be very beneficial to the Knicks. Although they are still leading now, it is estimated that if they continue to play like this ..."

Mr. Xu has already said it more euphemistically. The current situation is like this. The Knicks are playing basketball that they are not good at, and they are in a very discordant state.

However, the current Knicks are constantly scoring goals. It is estimated that not many people will consider this rhythm issue. Since all the goals have been scored, it means that the current offense is reasonable!
Coach Tuo also meant the same thing. Anyway, he is still leading now, and he is still scoring goals. Although the hit rate is a bit higher, isn't this a good thing?So, Lao Tuo continued to open his mouth, and all kinds of morale-boosting words kept coming out of his mouth.

Seeing Thomas spitting out there, Lao Hu had a different opinion in his heart.As the commander on the field, he clearly felt that his teammates were not adapting. Although he could score now, every time he made a shot, Lao Hu's heart would be broken.It's not that I don't trust my teammates, nor that I don't have confidence, but that the current shooting rate is too high, which is not the normal state of the Knicks.

Maybe Lao Hu's worry is a little unnecessary now, but from a long-term perspective, it is correct.The Knicks are playing with a rhythm they haven't used before. Although, the goal of organizing an offense every time is to score goals, but what should they do if they don't have such a touch?The physical strength of the players is certain. They all adapt to the game under certain conditions and rhythm. It's hard to say.Although their usual training will take this situation into consideration, after all, these players are more adapted to the previous rhythm. No one can say how long they can persist with such a change.

Moreover, the Knicks are really not very good at playing against bombarded teams like the Mavericks. It is said that the Suns and Warriors they met before basically lose more and win less.

"Well, by the way, have you ever won?" Old Hu couldn't remember for a while.

But fortunately, the Mavericks are not the fastest, the Suns are the fastest, and the Warriors even add three-point attack to the speed. In terms of pure speed, the Mavericks can only rank third.Although they are not the fastest, they are definitely the best defensive team in the speed type, which is also a place that makes Lao Hu more worried.

"Forget it! It's useless to worry now, what if the opponent can't hold it first? It's not impossible, and the Mavericks are not all gods!" Lao Hu shook his head, and directly put the previous Those worries are temporarily thrown to Java.

After a brief rest, the second quarter of the game between the Knicks and the Mavericks began immediately.

However, what I didn't expect was that Lao Hu's worry happened soon.

The Knicks' bench players were the first to be unable to withstand it. It wasn't because of any physical reasons, but they were not as accurate as their opponents in shooting.

Moreover, the Mavericks have produced a young player, Jose Barea!At this time, this guy is still unknown, but his super high shooting percentage and extremely fast speed have caused headaches for the Knicks outside.The key is that this guy is small and too flexible, and the Knicks can't guard against him all of a sudden.

But the Knicks also have small men, so the coach waved his hand, and Nate Robinson went into battle!
This time, Barea's side was indeed suppressed, but the Knicks' offense went wrong again.

Coach Tuo replaced Boss Fu. In fact, Boss Fu’s performance recently has the meaning of being a new man. This guy is not as independent as he used to be. He has paid great attention to organization and deployment in recent games.

But Crawford and Nate Robinson are different. Although they both have the title of point guard, they actually work as a shooting guard. Therefore, the Knicks' offensive possession is basically It was occupied by these two people.

The effect at the beginning was not bad. Crawford and Nate are still very capable, especially in terms of disrupting battles and making strong shots. They are both players with strong personal abilities. Dudou, coming out so suddenly really caught the Mavericks by surprise.

However, after all, he is the current overlord of the NBA regular season, and he quickly came up with a countermeasure.In fact, it is also simple, that is, chaos against chaos, and see who is more accurate.

Of course, there are also changes in personnel, the 'little general' Avery Johnson sent Josh Howard and Jason Terry.In fact, these two people were originally between the main force and the substitute, and they were not completely restricted, so their playing time was still very flexible.

Swish!When the game reached 4 minutes and 52 seconds in the second quarter, Jason Terry hit the three-pointer, helping the Mavericks overtake the score, 47 to 51 behind the Knicks.

Although it's only 4 points, there is still a timeout. We can't wait until the score is stretched.So, taking advantage of this timeout, coach Tuo replaced all the main players.

Hu Lin was already on the court before, just as the Knicks' leading advantage was slowly being eroded, but Lao Hu couldn't continue to be magical and suppress his opponent.

In general, the main reason why the Mavericks can overtake the score is that their shooting percentage is still very high.The Knicks' defense doesn't pose much of a threat to them. Of course, this is not a shame. As far as the current NBA is concerned, there are really few who can defensively suppress the Mavericks to score.

Therefore, there is not much that can be done defensively, so it is better to score.The result is the Knicks' bench lineup. It can be said that the half-main and half-substitute lineup has a very average shooting rate. They have changed back to the original Knicks.

The Mavericks did not make too many lineup changes. The original "No. [-] Center in the Western Conference" is still on the sidelines, but Nowitzki came up. He and Diop formed the Mavericks' inside line.The others, Barea, Josh Howard, and Jason Terry formed the outside line.

Diop is different from Dampier. This guy knows his position and what he should do on the court. He is a blue-collar and a defensive center.Now, Diop is working hard to defend. He has a height, wingspan, and physical fitness that are not much worse than Sharks, which makes the Knicks center very uncomfortable.

The Sharks were stubbornly supported by their opponents, but Curry, who has been playing quite smoothly recently, did not divide the ball again, but found a chance to force a shot.

boom!Bang!Obviously, Diop's efforts have paid off.

Nowitzki got the rebound, and he immediately passed the ball to Josh Howard next to him.

Hurry up and retreat, the Mavericks' attack speed is fast and tight, even if it is such a defensive rebound, they can easily be turned into a fast break by them.

Three passes and two downs, the basketball was pushed to the Knicks' half court, but fortunately, the Knicks now have 3 people back, and Lao Li has already run near the middle circle.

The opponent shouldn't have too many fast break opportunities, they should choose a positional attack, but...

Whoosh, Barea, who dribbled forward, scored the ball, and the basketball came to Jason Terry's hands.

Swish!Another three-point hit! 47 to 54.

"Shhhhhhhh..." New York fans booed their opponent again. In the last few minutes, that's all they can do.

"Good shot! This is the current style of play of the Mavericks, chasing the butt to shoot three-pointers, hitting your footing, and then running away after hitting. Haha, many teams are not used to it, mainly because of the Mavericks. The efficiency of the pitcher is too high, hehe." In the first half, Teacher Xu finally didn't laugh, but...

"The Knicks have to find a way, at least to suppress the opponent's offense and find a way to defend." Yu Jia is right, that's the reason, but the reality is not so easy.

On the ball just now, Hu was defending Barea, because this guy rushed the fastest, and Nate was defending Terry. This is actually nothing. Nate didn't lose his position, but he just couldn't defend his three-pointer.

The hands are almost pressed to the face, but people still throw in, what can you do?
There is nothing else, but to find a way in the attack.

pick and roll!Lao Hu is now the only tactic that is most sure, so of course he still needs to use it if he wants to score one steadily at this time.

This time it was different, Lao Hu directly put pressure on Nowitzki, who changed positions, and he made a breakthrough!
Sure enough, because of Hu Lin's breakthrough, Nowitzki didn't change his position, he could only follow Hu Lin to slide to the basket for the time being.

pass the ball!Lao Hu's breakthrough is not the ultimate goal. He still hopes to mobilize his teammates, because this is the key to their recent victory.

Lao Li received the ball. His position was near the free throw line. The only man marking him was Jason Terry. Basically, he was unguarded.

shot!Lao Li didn't hesitate, he just shot the ball with a flick, and Jason Terry had nothing to do.

Bang!It was a pity that Lao Li didn't score the goal. Just like Lao Hu worried, the Knicks couldn't keep high hits for a long time.

The problem now is here, that is, the Knicks can't maintain a super high shooting rate all the time.In fact, the Mavericks can't do the same. There are times when they can't make a shot. This often appears in the game video, and Lao Hu knows it too.However, the Mavericks have their own way, that is, once they fail to make a shot, they will immediately speed up their attack and shorten the attack time, so that they can increase the frequency of shots.To put it bluntly, it means that their mathematics is good, which is also a ratio, but they increase the denominator, so that the numerator of the hit rate will also be larger.

But the Knicks are still not used to this style of play. It should be said that they have never played like this before.

Lao Li missed here, and Nowitzki immediately made a shot for the Mavericks. He still used his old tricks and was still in his old position, but his sikma step was followed by a tentative step, and then a little Lao Li has nothing to do with the backward jumper.

Not only is Lao Li unable to do anything about this trick, but all power forwards in the league can't do anything when defending Nowitzki alone.This move of his is actually not new. This move was originally the famous move of Qiqi Vandeweghe, the master of the "Testing Step".Moreover, this trick was given to Nowitzki by Kiki Vandeweghe. Kiki was the shooting coach of the German when he first entered the NBA.

It can be said to be authentic and authentic.However, after the 2 meter big man learned this trick, he was simply unable to defend. Others could only hope that he would miss the shot.

The game continued, but the Knicks still didn't feel good.Of course, the good news is that when the Knicks tried their hand, the Mavericks didn't make many shots, but the score was slowly opening.

Swish!Josh Howard hit another two points.It was already the 8th minute of the second quarter, and the Knicks were 53 points behind 64 to 11.

As usual, Thomas called a timeout again, but now he has nothing to do.Although Thomas was the commander on the court when he was a player, it is obvious that he is a little different from a coach.Moreover, this guy is not like the 'little general' Johnson, who directly changed from a player to a head coach. Thomas entered the management first and has been working as a senior position like general manager.

"Defense! We need defense! Everyone can't relax, you have to keep an eye on your own people! Move your legs, don't be like a wooden stake!" Thomas was shouting, his tone was very anxious, because he I also understand that once the score is opened by the Mavericks, it will be difficult to catch up.

"The Knicks are not in a good situation right now. They are following the opponent, but obviously that is not the style of the Knicks. They are not used to such a fast offense. Hehe, but then again, the Mavericks are too strong. Their hits The rate is too high haha, as long as their offense does not encounter a bottleneck, then no team on this planet will be their opponent, haha..." Teacher Xu was full of praise for the Mavericks, basically becoming a universe-level ball Team up.

Now, there is no other way, the usual tactics, conventional tactics are useless, so I have to solve the problem by myself.This is what Lao Hu thinks now.

The two sides returned to the court again, and the Knicks attacked.

It is still the same old tactics of pick-and-roll coordination, but this time, Lao Hu's lateral movement has increased, and he is waiting for Lao Li's inside cut and Nowitzki's change of position.

That's right, it's this moment, this moment of unguarded space.

Swish!
Lao Hu shot directly!Hit a three-pointer!

(End of this chapter)