NBA Building Cardinals

Chapter 188 Strategies

James has been a figure who has attracted much attention in the United States since he entered the league, and he has always been called the proud man of heaven.

And Liu Rui is just an unknown person, but since he entered the NBA, the sports news about him seems to never stop.

Now leading the Bobcats is even more indomitable, playing a wave of offensive, approaching the top eight in the East.

Coupled with his young age, many fans now call it one of the models of NBA coaches' counterattacks.

And Liu Rui suffered a lot in the past to obtain the coach qualification certificate, and was picked up by some netizens on the Internet.

Although it is only circulated in a small area at present, the evaluation of Liu Rui by those who have seen it is very inspirational.

Therefore, this game at Charlotte's home court also attracted a lot of onlookers, and the tickets for the home game were sold out in one go.

This is something that Robert never thought about before the team was established.

After the opening, the two sides announced their starting lineups:

Bobcats:
Okafor, Wallace, Ariza, Martin, Duhon.

Cavaliers:
Ilgauskas (big Z), Gooden, James, Snow, McGinnis.

Both teams continued their previous game lineups.

As Gooden's performance this season has improved significantly, he also gave James a lot of help in the interior.

Otherwise, based on James alone, it is impossible for the Cavaliers to achieve such a record this season.

After the opening game, Big Z got the ball. After all, Big Z is the tallest player in the current league.

After the opening, the Cavaliers still had two insiders standing at the horns on both sides, and the outsiders were ambushing outside the three-point line.

In this game, for the first time, Liu Rui did not use Ariza to defend James, but directly chose to use Wallace to match him.

After all, although this is only James' second season after entering the league, James has now become a star in the league.

Although he hasn't developed a stable projection like the later generations, he uses his body to attack the inside line more.

But everyone knows how he will score next, but it is still difficult to guard against.

In fact, at present, the best strategy for defending James is to let him go as much as possible and force him to shoot three-pointers.

This is also the most defensive tactic used by other teams in the league against the Cavaliers.

However, for the first time in Liu Rui's game, he did not directly arrange this way, but let Wallace play against him.

As for how to defend Wallace, Liu Rui did not make any arrangements, that is to say, it was completely a one-on-one competition between the two.

Although James is already very strong and very comprehensive in the eyes of others, in the eyes of Liu Rui, he is currently too weak.

After all, I have seen James, Harden and Westbrook of later generations.

Strictly speaking, their playing styles are somewhat similar.

Of course, this style refers to the status of the team's tactics, not the style of play.

After seeing such developed defensive tactics in later generations, these players can still be enthusiastically produced. Now James, Liu Rui simply doesn't care at all.

In his eyes, James' current offense is really full of loopholes.

If you really want to defend, just put on the trick that Snyder used to defend Harden.

Just based on Xiao Zhan, who is now in the second grade, it is estimated that the mentality of being beaten will explode.

If James really wanted to rule the league, he might have to wait a few more years. At least in the past few years, Liu Rui didn't regard him as his final opponent in the East.

And just another foe for the Bobcats heading into the playoffs.

Although Liu Rui did not directly target James in the first quarter, the Bobcats ended the first quarter and still played at home with:

24:23
Leading the Cavaliers by one point, the contest in the first quarter ended.

With the several operations of the Bobcats during the season, although the current Bobcats are very young in terms of strength on paper, they don't feel any threat.

But only Liu Rui knew that the talent accumulated in this lineup was already impressive enough.

In the face of this Cavaliers team that relies heavily on James, the Bobcats, a team that relies on overall performance, can still have an absolute upper hand.

Especially in the second quarter, this gap became very obvious after the bench lineup came up.

In the second quarter, the Cavaliers' backup center was the 127-kilogram fat man Diop.

Diop is a typical meat shield center. His biggest role on the court is to defend O'Neal's tonnage center who mainly plays inside.

It can be said that they have similarities with the Bobcats' Buffalo White on the bench.

But in the face of Jefferson, Diop can be said to be beaten very depressed.

Jefferson is an offensive machine with no dead ends within 16 feet, and his longest range can extend to one step away from the three-point line.

And Jefferson is a well-known stable offensive center who relies on offensive skills and footwork at the basket, as well as shooting.

Facing Diop, who has excellent defensive ability in the penalty area, but has a slow pace and a very low golf quotient, Jefferson played for more than six minutes in the second quarter. He personally made 5 of 3 shots and 2 of 2 free throws, scoring 8 points in a single quarter.

Relying on his own strength, the second team that led the Bobcats completely suppressed the Cavaliers.

At halftime, the Bobcats were at home with:
52:47
Leading the Cavaliers by five points ended the first half.

Throughout the first half, when Okafor was off in the first quarter, Liu Rui chose to let the big buffalo White perform the rotation.

In the second quarter, Jefferson only played more than six minutes, that is, the entire first half, Jefferson only played more than six minutes.

This made the home court suddenly greeted with doubts and boos from many fans.

Fans even started shouting loudly at Liu Rui to let Jefferson play! !

Of course Liu Rui heard all this, but he didn't express anything.

In these games, Liu Rui set Jefferson's playing time to no more than 20 minutes.

But this deadline is facing a team that is a threat to the Bobcats, and it is obviously very difficult for the Cavaliers to win the Bobcats.

There is no need for Liu Rui to increase Jefferson's playing time in order to make Jefferson play good numbers.

Liu Rui knows very well that as long as Jefferson can stay healthy, his statistics will definitely not be bad, because of his personal ability and his style of play.

But all of this must be under the premise that Jefferson can guarantee his health.

Although Liu Rui also felt that Jefferson's playing time control might be too cautious.

After all, players play such a short time in each game, it will be difficult to continue this game state.

That's why Liu Rui put Jefferson in the second team, allowing him to have unlimited shots in the second team.

Strive to play more offense in the shortest possible time to realize his potential as soon as possible.

After all, Liu Rui's goal this season has changed from being poor to hitting the playoffs, so all of this should be more cautious...

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