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Chapter 37 Revisiting the Classics!

Chapter 37 reproduces the classics!
When the game came back, Roy of the Trail Blazers took the lead to attack and quickly broke through to the basket, trying to score a layup, but was blocked by Love in the penalty area with a big cap. The basketball flew out, and Bruce Er grabbed the ball from the outside and quickly passed it to Li Shihao.

Li Shihao controlled the ball to stabilize the rhythm, and did not launch a quick attack. After waiting for his own players to get in position, he hit the ground with a well-timed pass, and the basketball accurately penetrated the Blazers' defense. catch.

Al is a honest inside player. After he received the ball, he was not in a hurry to score. Thinking back to the words of head coach McHale just now, this honest big man also started to use his tactics.

"collapse!"

Al leaned against the Blazers' center Oden, stuck in his position, and withstood Oden behind him with brute strength.

Push back!
"boom!"

There was a solid muscular crash, and the two were evenly matched. There was no change in Al's dark face. He and Oden had known each other for a long time. They had played against each other when Oden was 14 years old. He knew exactly what Deng was capable of.

Since the two were equal in terms of strength, Al changed his method. He turned around with his back, walked steadily, swayed Oden, and tried to shoot a jumper.

Oden turned around and stretched out his long arms to block the shot, but he didn't want Al to suddenly get short and pass the basketball with a low hand.

At this time, a blue figure flashed, and Brewer rushed into the paint with lightning speed and scored a dunk!

"Wolves!"

Deafening cheers resounded throughout the Target Center, and the local Minnesota fans began to cheer. The team quickly scored two points through a new tactical attack as soon as they entered the field. This performance made them faintly see the team's chance to overtake!

Roy frowned, his calm expression disappeared, and a flash of thunder flashed in his heart.

Where have you seen this tactic?Why is it so familiar?

Roy thought hard for a long time, but couldn't find the answer he wanted.

The Trail Blazers coach McMillan, who was off the court, had a sense of familiarity with the wonderful cooperation played by the Timberwolves on the court. He saw the essence of this tactic!

"This is a triangle tactic!"

As one of the few black coaches in the NBA, McMillan's coaching career has been phenomenal. The young Blazers' ability to perform so well this season is inseparable from his coaching level!
With his piercing eyes, he naturally saw the tactics of the Timberwolves at a glance. Having experienced the era of the Lakers dynasty, he naturally understood how terrifying the triangle offense under the OK combination was at that time. What he did not expect was that the team in front of him The young Timberwolves also played a triangle offense!

What the hell!
Is this really the tactic that the old-fashioned and inflexible McHale on the opposite side came up with?
It is also a player who has transformed into a head coach. McMillan is much better than McHale. However, McHale, who has always been underestimated by him, actually showed a triangle attack tactic in this game!

Either McHale is crazy, or a change that has been planned for a long time!

In the NBA, there are only three teams that have truly integrated the triangle offensive tactic, the Chicago Bulls and the Los Angeles Lakers in two periods. The Bulls under Jordan were unrivaled in the league with this tactic and established six championships. Albert, this is the first time the world has been shocked by the triangle tactics.

As for the Lakers, the three consecutive championships during the OK combination period brought Los Angeles a glorious dynasty. Everyone was once again shocked by the triangle tactics, and the Lakers are now in full swing!

Everyone on the earth knows that the triangle tactic is Phil Jackson's signature tactic. Because of this tactic, the champion coach has a lot of rings on his hands.

Whether it's the Bulls dynasty or the Lakers dynasty, or the Lakers now, they all focus on the triangle offense. Only the aliens don't know this!

Many coaches in the league tried to replicate this tactic, but they all failed in the end!
They lost in the hands of the triangle tactics!
Phil Jackson's triangle offense is simple and easy to say, but difficult to say! ? But in the final analysis, the core of the triangle offense is three points.

First, there are two and three players on both sides. The three players are the strong side, which focuses on the orthodox triangle offense.

Second, space. The most important thing about the triangle offense is that players need to be able to size up the situation and create an appropriate space for each other on the court, not too far or too close.The determination of the spatial distance is based on passing the ball just a little faster than running.As for how much distance is good, different coaches have different opinions.

Third, low singles.

The triangle offense, to put it bluntly, is to maximize the strength of the stars in the team, especially the players who are good at low-post offense, and use the powerful low-post ability to destroy all opponents one-on-one and take the lead.

The complexity of the triangle tactics lies in its variety. He can and the triangle offense is changeable. One side of the triangle cannot be played. After the weak side is transferred, the players near the top of the arc are only slightly shifted. Switch positions and a new triangle will be achieved.

The essential reason why this tactic is difficult to achieve is that it requires stars to make contributions, but it also requires stars to make sacrifices!
This tactic is the most damaging to the point guard!

What makes McMillan really feel that McHale is hopeless is that he used this tactic on the young Timberwolves, which will be his biggest failure!

The founder of the triangle offense, Winter, once said that the triangle offense requires sacrifice, but for those young stars, they are most concerned about their own data, so the triangle offense is not suitable for young teams.

Take the Bulls as an example. Jordan reluctantly agreed to accept the triangle offense after being humiliated by the Pistons many times in the playoffs. Talk about a change!

Winter was right to say that the triangle isn't for untroubled young teams.

Whether it was Jordan in the early years, the OK combination who was continuously humiliated by the Jazz and Spurs, or Kobe who scored 81 points alone, they all used their personal abilities to the extreme, but what they gained was full of frustration. belong to them!

Therefore, only after being continuously humiliated, these superstars are willing to give up the ball, make sacrifices, and truly play the triangle offense wholeheartedly!
In McMillan's eyes, he doesn't believe that a team like the Timberwolves who have been too young can achieve this tactic!

But the situation began to change, and it gradually began to change in favor of the Timberwolves!
3 minutes into the second quarter, Timberwolves vs Trail Blazers 23:30
In 5 minutes, the Timberwolves seized a mistake of the Blazers and played a wave of 5:0
In 8 minutes, Li Shihao made a fallback jumper from the outside. Facing Roy's defense, he felt hot and hit a three-pointer!
The score was overtaken!
McMillan couldn't sit still, he didn't understand why the Timberwolves were able to execute this tactic!
Even though it was a bit jerky, they still used it after all. The Timberwolves' lineup on the field at the moment is so similar to that team!

McHale was a little uneasy, he couldn't believe it!

Tonight, the triangle offense of the Chicago Bulls mode reappeared!

(End of this chapter)