Bishop of the Abyss

Chapter 319 319. The new rule "Illegal Pick and Roll", the rule that restricts the Grizzlies!Luke up to the challenge!
The 31-point massacre of the Cavaliers in the opening game of the new season reminded all teams in the league of the fear of being dominated by the Grizzlies.

This summer, the Grizzlies have experienced very big changes in the lineup, including Paul Gasol and many other core players have left the team.

This makes each team feel that the Grizzlies in the new season will definitely decline seriously, and the chances of winning the championship belonging to other teams are officially coming.

As a result, only one game has passed since the start of the new season, and the Grizzlies used tough methods to prove to the outside world that as long as they don't retreat for a day, no one can take the championship away from the Grizzlies.

The "whirlwind combination" formed by Chris Paul and Tim Duncan can be called unsolvable. Every attack on the field is so clear that others have no way to defend.

Especially on the weak side of the court, Kevin Martin, an MVP-level player, helps to attract firepower. This makes the defensive team can only watch Paul and Duncan kill through pick-and-roll time and time again in the high position, but they are unable to pass the assist defense. way to solve the problem.

It's like a question that has no answer, and people don't know how to solve it.

Paul's ability to play small and big and Duncan's ability to play big and small are top in history. When the defensive team can't solve the problem through help defense, it seems that there is only one way for the defender to go.

However, Grizzlies coach Luke's ability to break the zone defense is well-known in the NBA. All teams that have placed zone defense against Luke have paid a very painful price.

Everything makes the Grizzlies look invincible this season. Even though the core lineup has undergone a lot of changes, the Grizzlies still dominate the NBA arena in another way.

In the second game of the regular season, the old Clippers coach Dunleavy obviously didn't believe in this evil. Facing the unsolvable whirlwind combination of Paul and Duncan, Dunleavy simply defended the second and third defenses on the court.

Wanting to limit the offensive efficiency of Chris Paul and Tim Duncan through the strength of the whole team, the Clippers, who insisted on defending the second and third defenses throughout the first half, were soon blocked by the powerful three-point firepower of the Grizzlies.

At the end of the half, the Grizzlies led the Clippers by 37 points.

Entering the second half, the old Dunleavy, who knew that there was no hope of winning, gave up winning or losing the game. He just wanted to prove that defending the zone defense can limit the Grizzlies' offensive efficiency.

Since the Clippers were blocked by the powerful three-point firepower of the Grizzlies in the first half, the old Dunleavy simply switched from the two-three defense in the first half to the three-two defense in the second half, putting pressure on the Grizzlies' outside offense.

It's a pity that the biggest flaw of the zone defense is rigidity. Although it can solve a certain player's defensive problem on the court, it requires the efforts of five people in the team to play the real threat of the zone defense.

Seeing the Clippers switch from a two-three defense to a three-two defense in the second half, even Bill Lamber, who was sitting on the sidelines, couldn't help laughing.

"Old Mike is a really stubborn guy. In the first half, the Grizzlies almost vomited blood while defending the zone defense. In the second half, he switched to another zone defense."

"Looks like this guy is determined to prove that defending the zone against the Grizzlies isn't a dead end."

For old Dunleavy's stubbornness, even Don Nelson showed a look of helplessness on his face.

"The Grizzlies players are very strong in personal ability, and they are all good at shooting inside and out. Although the zone defense can make up for the defensive shortcomings of individual players, but facing the Grizzlies' luxurious lineup configuration, zone defense is really not the best strategy."

Throughout the second half, when the Clippers switched to a three-two zone defense on the court, the Grizzlies quickly turned from outside offense to breakthrough.

Both Chris Paul and Kevin Martin are the league's top "defensive tearers", and Sean Marion and Tim Duncan on the front line also have good inside destructive power.

When the Grizzlies seized the Clippers' deficiencies on the defensive end and launched an attack on the inside with all their strength, the Clippers were quickly overwhelmed by the Grizzlies' breakthrough, and the score was about to break through 50 points.

The humiliation of the huge point difference on the field made "Captain" Baron Davis start to get mad, and he yelled at the head coach Mike Dunleavy: "Put away your damn zone defense, I have never seen anyone commit suicide Walking on the road is so exciting!"

When the game ended, the Grizzlies beat the Los Angeles Clippers by 57 points at home.

Even though the old Dunleavy finally gave up the idea of ​​continuing to defend the zone defense in the second half of the third quarter, the Grizzlies only used the third team to play against the Clippers and they had no power to parry.

If it weren't for Luke's mercy, the Grizzlies could have played a historic point difference.

Although the old Dunleavy was a little confused at the end of his coaching career, leading the Clippers to a worse record year after year, but Dunleavy had a good personal relationship with the old Nelson in private, and Luke couldn't do too much in the game.

In this game against the Clippers, due to the huge point difference between the two teams, rookie Zhu Holiday and others got a lot of opportunities to appear in this game.

In the face of the Clippers' demoralized backup defense, the first-year rookie Ju Holiday scored 19 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals. Among them, his shooting percentage was as high as 72.1%, and he played a wonderful personal performance. .

As early as the start of the summer league, Juho Ledi was labeled "stable" by the outside world.

Compared with Marcus Thornton, who can often perform amazingly, Ju Holiday is obviously more stable on the court, and the offensive and defensive ends are like copiers, which rarely have too much ups and downs.

It's not like Marcus Thornton's ghosts and ghosts make people wonder what level of player this guy is.

Marcus Thornton, who was feeling hot, said that he was Jordan, but once Marcus Thornton felt cold, the situation on the court was a headache for the Knicks management.

Now the Knicks management has begun to regret that Marcus Thornton was traded from the Grizzlies instead of Zhu Holiday.

Although Thornton's personal strength is also very good, he scored 18 points, 4 rebounds and 2 assists in the first game of the new season.

But Thornton's stability is really poor. Through the observation of five preseason games, the Knicks management has been worried that this guy can really be used as the core of the team?
As the Grizzlies beat the Los Angeles Clippers by 57 points in Game [-] of the regular season, the outside world took a collective breath.

Although the Clippers this season is not a strong team, the team's paper strength is not bad.

But even so, when the Grizzlies did not go all out, they were still slaughtered by nearly 60 points.

This situation is obviously something that no one thought of before the start of the season.

The dominance shown by the Grizzlies seems to be stronger than last season. This serious violation of the "law of winning the championship" is even difficult for experts in the basketball sector to understand.

In addition, the game between the Grizzlies and the Clippers worries the outside world most is the way the Grizzlies broke the zone defense.

Throughout the game, Clippers coach Dunleavy insisted on defending the zone defense like a piece of wood. If Dunleavy in the first half wanted to prove that zone defense can limit the Grizzlies' offensive efficiency.

Then in the second half, Dunleavy wanted to save face for himself through zone defense.

The result was unexpected. In the second half, the Clippers not only failed to regain face for the old Dunleavy through the zone defense, but also completely lost the little face that Dunleavy had left.

Under the relaxed and happy casual slaughter of the Grizzlies, the Clippers lost to the Grizzlies by nearly 60 points.

In this situation, even the old Dunleavy himself was very ashamed. He was asked to be silent by the media at the press conference after the game.

There is no doubt that defending the zone defense in front of Luke is a dead end. This sentence has been proven once again by old Dunleavy with blood and tears.

In the face of a state where the zone defense is completely unavailable, the destructive power of the "whirlwind combination" of Chris Paul and Tim Duncan is outrageous.

If Paul and Duncan cannot be assisted in defense, or restricted by zone defense, basically no one in the entire league can ignore the threat of these two.

The Grizzlies' current Bug lineup that seriously undermines the defensive balance, even the Bulls star Scottie Pippen bluntly said that this is an extremely fucking thing.

"I don't think there's any duo in the league that can defend against Chriss and Tim, both of whom are among the best players of all time at every position."

"A simple pick-and-roll can evolve into dozens of offensive methods. In this case, who can limit the damage of Chris and Tim after joining forces?"

"What's more, the Grizzlies have Kevin, a regular-season MVP-level player, on the flanks to help sweep the formation. Even center Mark falls outside the three-point line to participate in the offense, creating an offensive environment for Chris and Tim."

"This is simply a hopeless pairing. The Grizzlies' style of play this season seems to be relatively simple, but when both the zone defense and the help defense are restrained by the lineup, I don't think any team can beat this Grizzlies. Bear."

On a basketball analysis program, Bulls star Scottie Pippen said truthfully.

At the end of the show, Pippen also provided his views to the league and fans.

"If you want to stop the Grizzlies this season, unless the league can cancel the defensive three-second rule and allow the center to stay in the three-second zone like the international arena."

"In this way, the defensive team can spread out from the penalty area as the core, create a set of standing-style driving tactics, and find a way to limit the Grizzlies."

"It's not like it is now, once the wing players go to the strong side to help defend, they have to always worry about the troubles caused by Kevin's sudden shots from inside and outside."

The reason why some big center players can play super high defensive efficiency in the international arena is because there is no rule of three seconds of defense in the international arena.

As long as conditions permit, the center player can stand at the basket and not go out for the next step.

However, in order to enhance the viewing experience of the game and encourage players to break through more dunks inside, the NBA established a three-second rule for defense a long time ago.

The development of the NBA so far has proved with facts that the viewing of games can indeed bring very considerable income to the league.

There is a high probability that Stern will not do this kind of thing that shakes the foundation of the league, but Pippen's remarks make fans start to look forward to it, looking forward to the league's rules that limit the Grizzlies' unsolvable offense.

Otherwise, just two games into the new season, the Grizzlies have already shown their arrogance to win the championship, making other teams feel desperate.

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For the next period of time, the Grizzlies went on a winning streak all the way through an unsolvable lineup configuration.

As of mid-November, the Grizzlies have won 11 consecutive games. During this period, the Grizzlies have not lost any games, and both Chris Paul and Tim Duncan have played very good personal data.

Among them, the young Chris Paul is still far ahead on the MVP list, and has occupied the top spot in the MVP list since the start of the game. It seems that the re-election of the regular season MVP has become a certainty.

15场比赛打完，克里斯保罗场均能够砍下22.3分4.6篮板11.2助攻以及2.7次抢断，并且投篮命中率高达51.6%，就连三分也有37.8%。

而蒂姆邓肯也展现出了历史第一大前锋的实力，场均21.6分12.9篮板3.1助攻以及2.2次封盖的数据让人根本不敢相信这家伙已经是一位33岁的老将。

There is no doubt that the Grizzlies are sweeping the league with their extremely destructive style of play, and there is wailing wherever they pass, which can always cause panic and dissatisfaction among teams.

It wasn't until November that the Grizzlies defeated another favorite of the season, the Los Angeles Lakers, and won a record of 11 consecutive victories. The league finally couldn't bear it, and introduced new rules and restrictions the next day.

On November 11, local time in the United States, the Referees Association issued a document announcing that the league officially launched a new rule "illegal pick-and-roll" and strengthened the whistle-blowing standards for players in pick-and-rolls.

The so-called illegal pick-and-roll is just like the "anti-isolation singles rule" introduced by the league in order to restrict Michael Jordan, which restricts teams to play pick-and-rolls with two or three positions on the court.

Because the combination of Tim Duncan and Chris Paul is too strong, the Grizzlies have been using the strong side this season, with Duncan and Paul playing pick-and-rolls, and Martin and Marion standing on the weak side to attract firepower.

Center Marc Gasol dropped to the top of the arc to open up space for the inside.

This set of positions can ensure that Paul and Duncan can play 2V2 singles in most cases, avoiding the opponent's excessive defense and interference on the field.

However, the league's new rule "illegal pick-and-roll" perfectly restricts the Grizzlies, restricting the Grizzlies from endlessly using strong-side two-on-two tactics to dominate the game.

Just as the league no longer allowed the other four players on the field to pull to the other side in order to limit Michael Jordan's non-stop one-on-one singles, the illegal pick-and-roll is to limit the Grizzlies' unsolvable "whirlwind tactics".

The strengthening of whistle-blowing standards for players in pick-and-rolls is to stipulate that players must explain their foot movements cleanly when making pick-and-roll moves, and they cannot move left and right as before, and dance wildly on the line of moving pick-and-rolls.

There is no doubt that the new rule "illegal pick-and-roll" introduced by the league is to limit the Grizzlies. Although the introduction of the new rule has also attracted many people's doubts and opposition, more than half of the teams in the league have acquiesced to the new rule. Appear.

After all, the dominance of the Grizzlies this season is really a headache, and the emergence of "illegal pick-and-rolls" can minimize the threat of the Grizzlies' strong side two-on-two.

In a sense, the Grizzlies this season have become so strong that the league must come forward to sanction them, otherwise the other 29 teams are doomed to run with them.

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In the first few days after the introduction of the new rules, the Grizzlies obviously felt uncomfortable on the court, and they were often whistled by the referee for illegal pick-and-rolls and moving pick-and-rolls for no reason.

The continuous whistleblowing made the Grizzlies have to find the rhythm of the game again, which seriously interfered with the Grizzlies' game state.

With the last two games played in November, the Grizzlies' record has reached 11 wins and [-] losses. Even though they still occupy the first position in the league, the "illegal pick and roll" launched by the league has already caused a lot of criticism on the Internet. .

The league's targeting of the Grizzlies is too obvious, which runs counter to the fairness of competitive sports.

However, considering that this is not the first time the league has changed the rules in order to restrict a certain team, all the fans can do is to swear a few words, but it can't change anything.

Fortunately, the Grizzlies' lineup this season is strong enough. Even if they are restricted by the new rules, they will quickly regain the rhythm of the game and continue to enter the continuous winning stage.

It's just that Luke, who is the head coach of the Grizzlies, doesn't want to lose the dominant strong-side two-on-two. He has been trying to find a way to take advantage of the new rules of the league to see if he has a chance to win back under the nose of the league.

It is not difficult to take advantage of the new rules, but the outside world is putting a lot of pressure on the alliance, and Luke also wants to see how the alliance will respond to this matter.

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"Damn!"

"What kind of bullshit rules are the league's new! This is obviously aimed at us Grizzlies!"

"Competitive sports should be fair, just and open. What the league is doing now is really disgusting. In order to help other teams regain balance, it has reached the point where they don't even want to face!"

In the general manager's office, the grumpy Lambir couldn't help yelling.

Even though the new rules have been introduced for a few days, the Grizzlies' anger has not been vented, and they have always been brooding about the introduction of the new rules by the league.

Listening to Lambiel's increasingly harsh abuse, not only did everyone in the room not persuade, but they all felt a sense of approval.

After all, the league's approach this time is really shameless. Rather than promoting the birth of new rules, it is better to limit the unsolvable pick-and-roll tactics of the Grizzlies.

Although the Grizzlies this season do not only have "whirlwind tactics" on the court, the strong-side two-on-two initiated by Duncan and Paul has become an invincible weapon for the Grizzlies.

The emergence of illegal pick-and-rolls undoubtedly hurt the Grizzlies' vitality, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they have broken their own arms, otherwise the Grizzlies would not lose two games at the end of November.

"I didn't expect the alliance to be corrupted to such an extent that it would do anything for profit."

"David should be very clear that the introduction of the new rules will definitely attract criticism, but in order to limit the Grizzlies, the league still made this choice."

"It seems that the strength of the Grizzlies has touched the interests of the league, so David Stern will not hesitate to tear his face and introduce a new rule "illegal pick and roll."

"In the long run, our troubles should be more than that."

Tapping the table lightly with his fingers, even the old Nelson, who has been in the league for more than 30 years, showed a hint of helplessness, obviously he did not expect the reaction of the league to be so fast.

Listening to everyone's complaints and analysis, Luke sat in the main seat and did not speak. His face was neither gloomy nor optimistic, and his expressionless look seemed suffocating.

A sneer appeared on Luke's face until everyone's voices became smaller and smaller.

"To put it bluntly, the illegal pick-and-roll launched by the league is undoubtedly to limit the strong-side two-on-two between Chris and Tim."

"It is not difficult to take advantage of the league's loopholes, but I have been waiting to see if the league will change or abolish the new rules under external pressure."

"But now it seems that the alliance has no intention of compromising at all. If this is the case, then let the alliance see what it means to truly face up to difficulties!"

(End of this chapter)