lakers championship

Chapter 233 Mental Gap

The so-called victory of science has aroused great curiosity among journalists.

Under questioning, Tianyang declared: Relying on three-pointers as the main offensive method, once the hand feels cold or encounters oppressive defense, it is very easy to fall into a passive position. More mid-range shots and breakthroughs are the best way to win.

Even the warriors with the best three-pointers have a lot of passes and cuts on offense. Three-pointers are a phenomenon, not an essence.

Originally, it was right to say anything after winning, but choosing to shoot more three-pointers on offense has become a trend in the league.

Therefore, after the press conference, there were a lot of comments from so-called neutral fans on SkyOcean Twitter.

"The villain succeeds, the rocket regains its touch, and it will beat you to pieces."

"Don't get complacent too early, even if the Lakers win the Rockets and Spurs, the Warriors will defeat you in the Western Conference Finals."

"You're so bloated, you don't have any honor at such a young age, if a famous scholar says something like that, it's going to be a dark road!"

There are at least [-] such comments. Occasionally, a comment of approval appears, but it is instantly submerged in the vast "dislike" and disapproval. You have to turn the page and search carefully to see it.

The leading star was besieged, and the Lakers fans naturally launched a counterattack.

In less than half an hour, every comment criticizing and accusing Tianyang had new replies.

"Rocket fans are scared, the final result of the series is doomed, the Lakers won 4 games in a row to advance!"

"Maybe like playing the Clippers back then, put Harden on the bench and get a chance to come back!"

"It's impossible to come back. The Lakers are fully suppressed. Let's sweep the gentleman 4-1."

After the Lakers fans, Cousins ​​also joined the debate on Twitter, expressing his support for SkyOcean's views, and then Nick Young and others also joined in, allowing the debate that was originally limited to SkyOcean's Twitter to quickly expand to the entire NBA circle.

Suddenly, dozens of media called, hoping to interview SkyOcean.

Of course this is not possible!

Team publicist John Black also suggested that Tianyang temporarily shut down Twitter. During the critical period of the playoffs, it is best to avoid being disturbed by off-court voices, and to avoid such offensive remarks in the future.

Tianyang didn't care much, the fans just didn't know how to discuss the facts, time will tell everything.

……

After the first battle, various analysis articles were published one after another.

From overall strategy to key ball handling, the experts dissected the various performances of the Lakers in the first game one by one, even the subtle comparison before and after each timeout.

In the end, all the analysis articles came to a unified conclusion: the Lakers defense was better than expected, a group of young people made their first playoff trip, calm and experienced as if they had played in the NBA for more than ten years, and wanted to rely on three-pointers to kill the Lakers , the difficulty is equal to that of Reggie Evans learning the footsteps of big dreams.

Experts from all walks of life suggested that the Rockets should immediately increase CIC training and make up for it before it is too late.

But the Rockets have been playing tactics for a season, and they change as soon as they say it?
It's not about writing novels, any team can learn from the Warriors with infinite air cuts.

Surprisingly, Rockets coach D'Antoni said in an interview that he would seriously consider the suggestion of catching experts and was open to increasing the proportion of mid-range shots.

In addition, experts from all walks of life also suggested that the Lakers increase the proportion of three-pointers. Tianyang, a three-pointer master, is always used to play off the ball. The threat is quite big, but the effect of hitting three-pointers is not good.

……

At 17 a.m. on the 9th, the entire Lakers team was not complacent about winning the first game. The entire team showed up on time in the training room temporarily rented by the team, and started training step by step as usual.According to Wharton, only winning the championship is a moment worth celebrating.

After warm-up, shooting training, and running tactics, the training process comes to free time. Every Lakers player intends to further polish his technical characteristics and make use of his strengths to make up for his weaknesses.

But today, Wharton stopped everyone and said that he would collectively practice three-pointers.

Players would never have cared about such a common thing as extra three-point practice, but Tianyang just announced at the press conference yesterday that more breakthroughs and mid-range shots are the key to winning.

The atmosphere was suddenly a little weird, and the air was filled with the taste of wanting to laugh but not daring to laugh.

"Is there something wrong?" Wharton asked curiously.

Everyone winked and looked at Tianyang together.Tianyang was digging his ears, and he said flatly, "What are you looking at me for? The coach is doing the opposite, don't you understand?"

"Oh? Then tell me what I think?" Wharton crossed his arms and looked at Tianyang with interest.

"In the next game, the Rockets will definitely strengthen the restrictions on our passing and air cuts. At that time, mobile offensive tactics must not be used as frequently as in the previous game. We must increase the pick-and-roll ratio. Coach, you are a person who is good at taking suggestions The people who are here must have read the expert analysis, am I right?" Tianyang said with a smile.

"That's right!" Wharton nodded, "The Rockets' tenacity is stronger than we imagined. Before they went to the Yao-Mike combination and got Harden, they won the lottery every year, but they never failed. The playoffs were 1-3. Falling behind and never giving up. We can't take anything lightly and have to give our all to win the game."

After Walton finished speaking, the Lakers players fell silent, and Tianyang didn't answer. He knew that Walton still had something to say.

"So, I suggest that you play less on your mobile phones, suspend browsing Twitter, and go all out not only in the first round, but also in the second round, the Western Conference finals, and the finals. When you wake up in the middle of the night, you will regret it, understand?"

"Understood!" Tianyang was the first to respond, and then the entire locker room was filled with the sound of "understood".

Subsequently, the Lakers started three-point shooting training, focusing on moving the ball to catch and shoot, rather than fixed-point catch and shoot, so as to disintegrate the Rockets' unlimited defenses to the greatest extent.

……

At the same time, in the Toyota Center, D'Antoni had just finished speaking, and the Rockets began warm-up training.

Today's plan is to add more off-ball running and high double-block exercises.

There are two main reasons. One is that it is not efficient for Harden to break through with the ball all the time, and it consumes a lot of physical strength for Harden, so it is necessary to increase the number of times other players move without the ball; In the execution of double gears, Capela made layups and Harden made too few breakthroughs, and it was difficult to win more opportunities for Anderson.

In addition, the Rockets have to practice some three-pointers to break the Lakers' full-court defense and sudden double-teaming.

Although cramping has little effect, something is better than nothing.

Everything is logical, but the German coach is a little upset at the moment because of Harden's behavior.

It's not that Harden was absent from training or was late, but that Harden obviously didn't wake up. He might have gone to a nightclub to have a wild night last night. It's a good thing to learn to relax, but it's too late, so the coaching staff designed it like this Ten sets of tactics to save his physical strength have no effect.

The German coach sat on the sidelines and thought about it, carefully considering whether to talk to Harden.

Unexpectedly, Harden took the initiative to walk to the sidelines, "Coach, I think ESPN's expert analysis makes sense. In the next game, I will add more breakthroughs and mid-range shots. What do you think?"

The German coach felt a headache when he heard this, not because he didn't want to add breakthroughs and mid-range shots to the team's tactics, but because he realized instantly: After the first game, Harden's mentality has undergone serious changes, and he was so easily influenced by the media.

(End of this chapter)