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Chapter 284 Studying the Opponent

Spurs training facility.

After Yang Ke changed into his gray training clothes, he put his backpack into his locker, picked up his energy drink bottle, and finally walked out of the locker room.

"Yang, this way!"

Taking out a basketball from the basketball hoop on the sidelines, Yang Ke patted the ball and walked into the court. When he was about to start shooting practice, he heard someone calling himself, and turned his head to see Chip Engelland.The latter was standing at the door of the video room at the moment, waving at Yang Ke, as if signaling him to go over.

Swish!
Throw a three-pointer casually, and the basketball goes into the net.Seeing this, Yang Ke didn't go to pick up the ball, instead he ran to Chip Englander and asked with a smile, "Coach, what's the matter?"

For Chip Englander, Yang Ke has great respect from the bottom of his heart.Although the shooting coach in front of him is not well-known in the outside world, Popovich is full of praise for his ability.

At the beginning of the season, Leonard's poor outside shooting was criticized, but after England's training, Leonard's shooting percentage has steadily improved, and he even contributed an outside lore during the season.

During this period of time, under the guidance and training of Englander, Yang Ke made some small adjustments to his shooting movements, which made his shooting more accurate.

Englander took out a document from his pocket, handed it to Yang Ke, and said at the same time: "Don't practice any more today, take this document and read it. After the other players arrive later, you will watch the game video together. .”

After taking the file, Yang Ke weighed it, it was a bit thick, and estimated that there should be more than a dozen of them.Then he looked down, only to find that his name was only written on the cover, and immediately asked, "Coach, what is this?"

Hearing the inquiry, Englander was stunned for a moment, after all, he hadn't heard such a question for a long time.

Subconsciously glanced at Yang Ke, Englander remembered that the hardworking and precocious player in front of him was just a rookie who had just entered the league and had never experienced the playoffs at all.

Moreover, the unprofessional university leagues in Asia did not seem to make him feel the professionalism of basketball games.

Shaking his head, England patiently explained: "This is the Warriors data collected by the scouts, as well as the personal data of the Warriors players who may be on your team, as well as their style of play and technical analysis."

Yang Ke quickly opened the file and scanned it roughly. It was exactly the same as Englander said, and even arranged a table of contents on the first page.He was amazed by this, but at the same time puzzled.

Yang Ke couldn't help asking: "Then why is there no regular season?"

In the previous regular season, Yang Ke had only read the scouting report once, and that time their opponent was the Lakers, and in that report there was only Kobe's intelligence analysis, which was not yet perfect.

"In fact, we have sent scouts and technical personnel to investigate and analyze every team in the league. Of course, the number of people we send is different for teams of different strengths."

Englander took out the key, opened the door, and turned on the light.He put the documents in his arms on the table against the wall at the door, then looked back at Yang Ke, and continued to explain, "During the regular season, the coaching staff can just look at the collected data. But the playoffs are different."

Yang Ke nodded, although he had never experienced the playoffs himself.But he, who has been watching the NBA all year round, can also feel some gaps between the two.For example, the regular season is like a military exercise, and the playoffs are like a hand-to-hand battle with live ammunition.

Picking up the mineral water, England took a sip and said: "Every round of the playoff series is very important. In this case, it is simply not necessary to rely on the coaching staff to adjust the team's style of play and state. It’s unrealistic, there’s not that much time.”

"Therefore, we need players to understand the opponent's style of play and habits, so as to cooperate with our coaching staff to adjust. Even at critical moments, we need the players themselves to change and target the opponent."

Yang Ke thought about it, and now he understands why so many people say that the playoffs are the stage to test a player's strength and potential.

"Little guy, I like you!"

Reaching out to pat Yang Ke on the shoulder, England walked towards the office.These days, their coaching staff is destined to be busy
Walking into the video room, Yang Ke found a random place to sit down, and concentrated on looking at the materials in his hand.

This information is really comprehensive, ranging from the common tactics of the Warriors' starting lineup and rotation, to the technical characteristics and habit selection of individual players.

In the document obtained by Yang Ke, the data and analysis of Curry and Thompson accounted for a large part of the page.They even printed out their shooting heat maps, listed the specific data, and attached them after analysis.

On the last page of the file, there is a URL and an extraction password.Yang Ke just checked the website with his mobile phone, and found that those are all videos edited by the staff.

The video content is some offensive and defensive highlights of Curry and Thompson this season, but it has been slowed down countless times. In addition, there are special dubbing explanations and analysis by the coach.

playoffs
After closing the document, Yang Ke frowned slightly.

"what are you worried about?"

A voice suddenly sounded in his ear, and Yang Ke looked up, only to find that Parker, who was on crutches, had also come to the video room at some point.

"How did you come?"

After asking with concern, Yang Ke got up and helped Parker find a comfortable seat to sit down.

At the same time, Yang Ke also found a small bench from the side, and let Parker's leg, which was wrapped in medical splints and white gauze, lay flat on it.

Putting the crutches beside the bench, Parker glanced at the documents Yang Ke put aside.As a veteran, of course he knew what it was, smiled and asked, "Are you worried about the playoffs?"

"Ah."

Yang Ke nodded, he was indeed worried about this.After all, he has received the documents issued by the team, so the Warriors must be indispensable, and this means that his technical characteristics may be thoroughly studied by the opponent.

Parker asked again: "Are you afraid of being targeted?"

Yang Ke shook his head and explained: "I'm not afraid of being targeted, I'm only worried that I won't be able to fight well."

Looking at the young Yang Ke, Parker was in a daze, as if he had seen his former self.At that time, he also lacked confidence in his performance in the playoffs.

Afterwards, Parker said faintly: "I still remember that a few years ago, my mid-range and long-range shots were always bad. The opponents naturally noticed this. In some critical moments of the game, they even deliberately left me open to shoot. Opportunity."

"At that time, I was very worried about this, and I was deeply afraid that I would ruin the team's hard work for a year. At the same time, in the summer of that year, there were always media reports that the Spurs were seriously considering the introduction of the Nets in the free agent market. Jason Kidd."

"At that time, I was angry and scared, until one day the old man asked me to go to his house to drink red wine."

Parker gradually told his own story.

Yang Ke returned to his seat and sat down. Hearing the familiar plot, he asked out of curiosity, "Did he say something to you? Did it make you understand something?"

Parker smiled and shook his head: "At first I thought he would say something to me, but in fact he didn't. He just let me drink and chat about life outside the stadium. Even if I brought it up, he Will also actively change the subject."

(End of this chapter)